st of Goods Not
Exceed Actual
: Increase, OPS
quor dealers may apply
regular percentage mark
to the new excise tax when
ing ceiling prices on li
, the Office of Price Stabili
n said today. The OPS
there had been some confu
among liquor dealers as
>w this tax could be passed
0 the consumer. Neil S.
r. Anchorage office man
for OPS. said he had been
ed by the Territorial Office
.mean that liquor dealers
treat the new excise tax
1 added invoice cost and
their customary percent
larkup to the increased cost
?m. The OPS qualified the
nent. however, by pointing
lat this may be done only
tax is included in the in
cost and not stated sep
y. The same basis may be
in figuring tax increases
lor stocks.
■ new cigarette tax of one
a package may be passed
ly in the actual amount of
x increases, the OPS said.
the additional half-cent
on tax on gasoline may be
1 on only in the actual
it of the increase. The
cautioned dealers not to
lid the taxes into unauth
price increases.
f the people spend their
of others is to remember
of your own.
SANATORIUM HEATING
PLANT TO
UNDERGO ALTERATIONS
Joe Porcella and L. Barnard
of the Anchorage Installation
Company, both of Anchorage,
are in Seward for the purpose of
making extensive alterations in
the heating plant at the Seward
Sanatorium. The overhaul, mod
ernization and new equipment
will permit the use of a much
heavier and cheaper fuel oil
than has been used previously.
While it is impossible to predict
exact results, a saving of from
20 to 30 per cent in this winter’s
fuel bills is anticipated, accord
ing to Paul Nelson, administra
tor at the hospital. The Anchor
age Installation Company was
called in to start the job because
of long and successful experi
ence with this type of installa
tion. it was added.
The two men made the trip by
truck over the highway, carry
ing considerable quantities of
tools and equipment, and report
ed the road pretty rough in
spots, although they had no se
rious trouble en route.
SCHOOL CHILD SUFFERS
BROKEN ARM
Little Katheryn Ling, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ling,
was found to be suffering from
a broken wrist after a fail in the
school building Tuesday morn
ing. Katheryn is in the third
grade.
Her injury was not known to
be serious until she arrived home
at noon and her mother took her
to physician.
SCIENCE and HEALTH
SINCE THE DAWN OF HlSTORvV'
CHILD BEARING HAS MEANT Y
SUFFERING...
IN CAESAR'S TIME |i 1
WINE WAS THEONUl! j
ANESTHETIC
USED DURING
LABOR
AMONG SOME EARLY
AMERICAN INDIANS,
THE WOMAN WENT
^ CFFALONE TO
1- 6EARHER
^^:-CHILD
MMif\
ETHER WAS THE FIRST
MODERN AN/FSTHETIC
USED IN CHILDBIRTH.
THE LATEST AND MOST
EFFECTIVE PAIN-KILLER
IS MAN-MADE NISFNTIt
Easier Childbirth
all their advances medicine
lemistry have not been able
dish the pain of childbirth.
1347. when ether was first
as an anesthetic during la
hysicians have been search
:r better pain-killers for use
>stetrics. Notable advance
-.ade in 1902 with the intro
<n of morphine and scopo
e. In succeeding years there
many other drugs, but none
m were ideal.
v. Dr. Henry G. La Forge of
niversity ui Buffalo f ledieal
School reports that a new lab
oratory-made drug, Nisentil, is the
most successful pain-killer yet
found and "an improvement over
any analgesic drug heretofore
available.”
Dr. La Forge reported that 1,000
women were given hypodermic
injections of Nisentil, Results
showed that "the drug definitely
relieves pain and anxiety of la
bor,” shortens its duration, acts
rapidly and has little or n un
desirable feifects on either mother
or child.
I
SUNDAY - NOV. 19
iSEMENT SEWARD CIVIC CENTER
ISeward Rifle & Sportsman's Club
YOU CAN SAVE time, work and
money on the care ot your furni
ture by using a new polish that
contains silicone. After a single
application of Dri-Glo. no ad
ditional polish is required for
months. Just go over the furni
ture with a dust cloth, and you
will continue to get an even, dry
glow. This pretty young bride
also discovered that it leaves a
coaling that protects surfaces
from food and liquid spills.
ED MANTHEY INSTALLED
AS LEGION COMMANDER
Installation ceremony Wednes
day night placed Ed Manthcy as
Commander of American Legion
Post No. 5 in Seward. Other of
ficers installed were Ralph
Rider, first vice commander:
Charles Flynn, second vice com
mander; Ted Lesko, adjutant;
Mike Stevens, sergeant-at-arms;
Mr. Gillespie, chaplain; J. R.
Jackson, service officer, and
Bill Knaak, finance officer. Mr.
Knaak also served as installing
officer.
More than 100 members of the
Legion and Auxiliary attended
the installation dinner which
was prepared by Auxiliary la
dies. The menu included half a
fried chicken per person, dress
ing, stuffed cabbage, corn-on
cob. hot rolls, fruit cocktail,
salad, cranberry ice cream, and
coffee. "When those Legion
naires eat they really put on a
meal." commented one of the
guests.
The chicken was home grown
at Homer by Oscar Woodman, a
former Sewardite who is home
steading in the neighbor com
munity.
SENIOR VAUDEVILLE
FULL OF SURPRISES
Many surprises are promised
by the seniors of Seward High
School in their vaudeville show
next Friday night.
Local talent specialties will be
presented by such teams as An
na Hewlett and Don Sanders;
skits by Jo Ann Milroy, Chuck
Barr and Audrey Denton, Marie
Jordan and Betty Sanders.
Gene Boe and Leslie Brattain
will be blackfaced; Chuck Van
Slyke and Llewelyn Shuster will
stroll through the park in song
and dance. Mary Rodgers, Deris
Doshen and Cherie Lubin are
the can-can girls and the high
school chorus group will do a
Gay Nineties act.
This first vaudeville show
looks like real entertainment for
Seward.
Rev. Johnny Gillespie of An
chorage. with Mrs. Gillespie,
were Seward visitors this week.
Road Trips or Light Hauling—
U-Drive Jeep Siation Wagon
MAIN 54 or MAIN S5
CELEBRATES "FIFTH" — Irene
Esa&ley really has music in her
ears as she celebrates the filth
anniversary ol her daytime radio
show, "Grand Slam." The musical
game, in which Irene is Mistreaa
cl Ceremonies, is heard daily over
CB;i. ai 11:30 A. M. EST.
WOMAN'S CLUB GETS
PREVIEW OF
VAUDEVILLE SHOW
Members of the cast of the
high school vaudeville gave a
preview of some of their special
ty numbers at the meeting of
Seward Woman’s Club Thursday
night.
Selections from the Gay Nine
ties by Llewelyn Shuster, Anna
Hewlett, Charles Van Slyke and
Don Sanders were exceptionally
good. A violin solo by Audney
Horton, accompanied by Mrs.
Kathryn Baker, and selections
by the seventh and eighth grade
girls’ chorus were directed by
Mrs. Lee Dixon, music super
visor in the schools.
The book review of the month
was “Florence Nightingale,” re
viewed by Miss Martine Bur
dick. As requested in the Oc
tober meeting, several came
dressed to represent some book.
Prizes were won by Miss Sarah
May Garrett for guessing the
greatest number of books cor
rectly, and by Mrs. Nancy Blan
chard for the most original cos
tume.
Mr. Carlos Carson, Fish &
Wildlife Service agent, showed a
movie on walrus hunting in the
Arctic and big game hunting in
Africa.
The program was directed by
Mrs. Robert Duffy. Hostesses
were Mcsdames Kirch, Everitt,
Guthrie, Inglis. arid Miss Estep.
TECHNICOLOR SOUND
FILMS ARRIVE
Faith Chapel announces the
arrival of “The Voice of the
Deep" and To Every Creature."
Roth of these films will bo
shown at the Odd Fellow’s Hall
Friday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m.
Primitive tribes, strange cus
toms and weird rites in the
d pths of the South American
jungles arc* included in the film,
“To Every Creature," produced
by the Moody Institute of Sci
ence. During a recent trip thru
the South American mission
fields. Dr. Irwin A. Moon, the di
rector of this film, turned his
camera on these dramatic scenes
as he traveled in dangerous, un
explored areas of this jungle
country.
Dr. Moon uses tlie hydrophone
to record sound under water in
the film. “The Voice of the
Deep." You will not only see
the fish in action, but you will
hear the sounds they make.
There will be no admission
charge, but an offering will be
taken to help defray the ex
penses. All are invited to see
these pictures.
“THE SURF” TO OPEN IN
FEW DAYS
John McKessey. popular form
er operator of the Wagon Wheel,
reports that his new downtown
cocktail lounge, to be known as
The Surf, will be ready for a
formal opening in a matter of a
few days.
Located on the premises va
cated some months ago by the
moving of the R. E. Baumgart
ner law office. The Surf will fea
ture friendly, informal atmos
phere and carefully-concocted
cocktails and other mixed bever
ages. Mr. and Mrs. McKessey
have earned an enviable reputa
tion as host and hostess in their
former establishment, and look
forward to greeting their many
friends in the new downtown
spot.
SHOOT THAT TURKEY!
The good rifle shot in town, of
whom there are many, are de
laying the purchase of that
Thanksgiving turkey until after
the turkey shoot to be held by
the Seward Rifle and Sports
man’s Club on Sunday, Novem
ber 18.
The shooting match will be
held in the indoor rifle range in
the basement of the Civic Cen
ter. Details for the match and
committees will be announced
later, but the Club wants marks
men to remember that next Sun
day is the big day.
Funds raised from the turkey
shoot will be used to set up an
outdoor range.
Problem of the ages: Is age
or religion the greater reformer?
DR. J. B. DEISHER TAKES
OVER SHELTON PRACTICE
Dr. Joseph B. Deisher, form
erly of Mt. Edgecurnbe, arrived
in Seward last week to take over
the practice of Dr. J. H. Shelton.
Dr. Deisher worked with Dr.
Philip Moore in the orthopedic
hospital at Mt. Edgecurnbe.
A graduate of Rochester Medi
cal School, Rochester, New York,
Dr. Deisher has been associated
with the Charity Hospital at
New Orleans, and also practiced
in' Windsor, Colorado. He was
a flight surgeon in the Air Force
during the late war.
KENAI PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE ON FINAL TOUR
Mrs. Shirley Denison, the Pub
lic Health Nurse assigned to the
Peninsula area between Kenai
and Homer, is making her last
tour prior to resignation from
the service.
Mrs. Denison is leaving the
service to become a full time
homemaker. She has made many
hundreds of friends in the course
of her work, who express regret
at her retirement and best wishes
for her future.
SAN STAFFERS ENJOYING
VACATION TRIPS
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, di
rector of nursing at the Seward
Sanatorium, left last Friday by
plane on an extended six-weeks
trip, during which she will visit
her home town of Waco, Texas.
Also on leave is Mrs. Nellie
Graham, the housekeeper, who
departed on the SS Denali last
Thursday for a round trip to
Seattle. An informal farewell
party was held aboard the ship
to bid her goodbye and to wish
her a safe and early return to
the Sanatorium.
SHUSTER LEAVES WITH
PARTY FOR STATES
Gentry Shuster left today for
a trip Outside. He accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs of
Moose Pass in their new Piper
Pacer for their first trip by air.
They are to meet George Tib
bets of Naknek and Patsy Woods
of Seward who are driving the
Shuster car over the highway.
The two parties expect to keep
in contact along the way. Miss
Woods is on her way to Boulder,
Colorado, to attend school.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
WILL MEET MONDAY
All women interested in the
work of the Lutheran congrega
tion are invited to attend the
regular meeting of the Lutheran
Ladies Aid. It will be held Mon
day. November 12. at 7:30 p.m.,
in the church parlors.
NO PLEASURE ON THE
HIGHWAY
Highway Patrolman George
Puckett warns all Seward motor
ists that pleasure driving on the
highway is no pleasure just now,
but a real headache accompanied
by actual danger.
“You should stay off the high
way if you are not on actual
business.” Mr. Puckett warned
today.
Handrails were installed last
Week on both sides of the cement
Steps at the Seward Post Office,
much to the satisfaction of Post
master Clarence Larsen, who
has been concerned for the safe
ty of post office patrons during
the winter months when it is
difficult to k:ep the approach
free of ice and slushy snow.