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you can never have both.
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VOL. XI. NO. 17.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1955
PRICE 10 CENTS
TREMENDOUS SEND-OFF PARTY
FOR SENATOR JACK WERNER
A near capacity crowd filled*
the Elks Hall and Banquet rooms
last week on Friday evening on
the occasion of a going away party
for Seward's popular new Senator,
Jack Werner.
The evening was started off with
a social period before dinner, fol
lowing which the group sat down
to a delicous meal.
The speech making of the even
ing got off to a good start with a
tape recorded message from Dele
gate to Congress, Bob Bartlett,
who spoke of his confidence in
Jack as a representative of Sew
ard and Alaska at the next session
of the Territorial Legislature.
Master of Ceremonies. Sol Urie,
then introduced the other speak
ers of the evening. Ben Wallace,
president of the Seward Demo
cratic Club, and Irwin Metcalf.
Mr. Metcalf recalled the many
other Sewardites who had been to
the Legislature since its formation
in 1913 and his confidence that
Senator Werner could amply fill
the big shoes of his predecessors.
Mayor Bussell Painter was next
on the floor ant he told the group
that he saw Senator Werner's elec
tion as a part of the bright new
future which is in store for Seward
and the Kenai Peninsula.
The man of the hour, Senator
Jack Werner, was the next speak
er of the evening and as a testi
mony to the high esteem in which
he is held, the group gave him a
standing ovation which lasted for
several minutes.
Werner told the group that he
felt humble that so many voters
of Seward and the Third Division
had given him such an opportunity.
It was, he said, the chance of a
lifetime.
The Senator said he was going
to Juneau with an open mind and
planned to do a lot of listening,
work hard and do the very best
job he could.
One of the bills which will he
coming up at this session will be
a ‘‘Districting Bill” which would
apportion seats in the Legislature
to the various population centers
and thus assure a spread of rep
resentation. Senator Werner
pledged himself to work very hard
for this piece of legislation, as
well as try to do the very best
job he could.
The balance of the evening was
spent in dancing and enjoying the
friendly atmosphere at the party.
Sponsors of the party were the
members of the Seward Democrat
ic Club, however, the party saw
a large number of both Republic
ans and Democrats present to give
Senator Werner a good send-off.
Jack expected to leave for Juneau
this week on Wednesday or Thurs
day.
Fur Rendezvous Asks
For Pottery Entries
The Inlet Potters Club has an
nounced that they will hold a
pottery contest and exhibit during
the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous.
February 13 — 22. A $1 entry
fee for each item will be charged
and there is no limit to the num
ber of entries you may make.
Please deliver your pieces to Mrs.
Pauline Johnson. 444 7th, Anchor
age or mail them to Tundra Pot
tery, Spenard. However, before
doing so, please mark each peice
clearly with your name and add
ress and the class in which you
wish to enter it .
The four classes are: 1. original,
either hand built or from a mold.
:2, wheel thrown. 3j painting. 4.
miscellaneous. There are two
rules that must be adhered to
It must never have been entered
in a contest before and the piece
must be original in the class in
which it is entered. Cash prizes
will be given for the best of
show and best of each class.
The club wishes to assure all
entrants that the utmost care will
be taken with each item, but
they can assume no responsibility
for breakage. All entries must
be received before February 11.
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March of Dimes
Aided By Sewardites
A team of experts from the South
Central Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
will be in Seward next week on
Monday, it was announced this
week by the local March of Dimes
organizations. Purpose of the
mee-ting which will be held in the
basement of the Methodist Church
at S p.m. is to answer any ques
tion local people might have about
the March of Dimes or the treat
ment of polio.
All interested local people are
invited to the meeting and will
be given ample opportunity to ask
any questions they wish regarding
Polio matters. The March of Dimes
drive has done fairly well so far
with total contributions topping
the $1000 mark and many more
activities are planned by the March
of Dimes committee and other
groups in Seward.
Last week the Legion held a
ham dinner and collected $131.
Early this week, entertainment at
the Palace Bar brought in over
$900. Other activities such as Wo
men's Club Bake Sales, have added
to the amount brought in. Klon
dike Kapers are plannee for this
Saturday at the Legion Club and
Alaska's favorite game also at the
Legion will be played on the 29th
All this promises a good time and
an oppot >nity to support the
March of Dimes.
Hospital Auxiliary
In Recent Meeting
The Auxiliary of the Seward
General Hospital met for their
regular meeting the second Tues
day of the month at 2:30 in the
recreation room in the basement
of the hospital. By the way —
did you know there was a Kecre
ation Boom in the basement of
the hospital? Neither did your
reporter until being invited to
attend a meeting of the Auxiliary.
And there were a lot of other
things we didn't know about the
hospital until that meeting. For
instance — who operates the hos
pital — and under what kind of
arrangement with the city — and
for how long? And what about
the talk of a new hospital? Is
there going to be one? and where?
and when? and who will pay for it?
We also learned that it is the
business and duty of the members
of the newly organized Hospital
Auxiliary to interpret the hospi
tal to the public. That's interest
ing. We’re going to the next
meeting on the second Tuesday
of February, too. There is a lot
of interpreting to be done. We
want to get in on the ground floor. I
Ensign Dangler
Marries Outside
Mr. and Mrs. George Dangler
announce the marriage of their
son. Ensign Richard Dangler to
Miss Sue Ann Behnken, daughter
of Mr .and Mrs. Herbert Behnken
of larkspur, California.
The ceremony took place at 10 j
a.m., January 8 in the St. Anne's
Chapel in Pato Alto, with the
bride attired ni the traditional
white gown and veil. After the
reception the young couple drove
to Ldng Beach where they will
make their home at 1816A East
First Aevnue until April when his
ship will leave for foreign ser
vice and she will return to the J
University at Stanford where she
is a Senior.
Richard is well known in Sew
ard, having graduated from the
local high school in 1949. Last
June he graduated from Stanford
University with an Engineering
degree. He has been in the NROTC
during the last four years and re
ceived his commission as Ensign
in Kodiak last September. He is
now serving on the USS Navasota,
stationed at Long Beach.
— WANTED —
EXPERIENCED SECRETARY
Who has read Kipling’s “IF” with (his or her)
“heart and nerve and sinew.”
Begin part time — faith and work will bring worth
while reward.
See me at cabin on Alley back of Hospital.
CHARLES E. PARROTT
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ALASKA'S Governor, B. Frank Heintzleman, re
cently did his bit io get -.he 1955 March of Dimes
off to a good start. The Governor is looking
m ... •».... .
over some of the material provided this year to
carry the story of the need for March of Dimes
contributions.
Chamber Listens to
Speaker on the San
A full house of Chamber mem
bers sat down to a delicious meal
served by the ladies of the W.S.
C.S. in the basement of the Meth
odist Church on Tuesday of this
week.
ANCHORAGE MEETING
A report on the recent meeting
in Anchorage with Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors of
that City was reported on and the
major item of interest in that
connection was that a letter had
been written to ask that a Con
gressional hearing be held looking
into the question of sea train
service to Alaska.
Other matters discussed at the
meeting included a possible Tour
ist exchange with Anchorage. Un
der the plan, tourists coming to
Anchorage would be encouraged
to visit the Kenai Peninsula while
in this area.
DOCK
A brief discussion of the need
for the immediate construction of
a new dock was held and it was
decided to weigh the possibilities
of pushing for the construction im
mediately without regard to the
possibility of the seatrains coming
to Seward.
It was also decided to send for
a copy of the long delayed Wyer
Keport, since early press reports
of its contents would seem to in
dictate that it contained some mis
information which was definitely
to the detriment of Seward's po
sition as a seaport.
CITY AFFAIRS
City Manager Raymond O’Hara
was asked to comment on the cur
rent rumor that he had resigned
following the Monday eve n i n g
Coucil meeting. He told the Cham
ber that it was true that he had
given six months notice of his
intention to resign. His agree
ment with the City requires 90
days’ notice.
There followed considerable dis
cussion of recent developments in
the City government and it was re
ported that there was currently in
circulation a petition enumerating
gains made by the City under
O'Hara's guidance and asking the
Council to retain him at his pre
sent salary.
It was decided to appoint a com
mittee to investigate and evaluate
the gains made and bring them
to the attention of the public and
the City Council.
A unanimous vote of confidence
was also passed by the meeting.
SAN PROBLEM
Paul Nelson spoke to the Cham
ber on the problem of vacant beds
at the San, and asked the assist
ance of the Chamber in trying to
get some action to make full use
of local facilities. At the present,
patients are being shipped out to
the State of Washington for treat
ment while Alaskan facilities are
not being used to the fullest.
Nelson said that there was no ob
jection to using the Washington
facilities, however, in order to fol
low out the recommendations of
the Paran Report, full use of all
facilities should be made if we
hope to gain on the problem of the
high TB incidence in' Alaska.
It was agreed by the members
that keeping the San running at
capacity was of major interest to
Seward as well as the rest of the
Territory, and action will be taken
on the matter.
1 Land Management
Summary Reported
As about 4,000,000 acres are un
der oil and gas leases in Alaska,
most publicity relative to Bureau
of Land Management activities has
! been about oil and gas recently,
[according to Lowell M. Puckett,
! Area Administrator. However,
there has been no slow down in
other land office functions in Al
aska. he said. A total of 770 pat
; ents were issued in the Territory
during 1954. Of these, 645 came
through the Anchorage Land Office
and 125 through Fairbanks.
Hundreds of small tracts were
leased and are proceeding to pat
ent and practically ail of the leas
able islands to the southwest are
under grazing lease, the official
said. Homesteading continues
brisk although the new law re
quiring veterans to cultivate 1/S
of the total area, the same as all
i other entrymen, seems to have
slowed the rate of filing among
ex-military men, in the opinion
of BLM land office personnel. A
number of sale at auction of busi
ness sites were conducted during
the year.
i BLM has the responsibility of
disposing of timber and other re
sources of the land and of dir
ecting fire fighting and fire sup
pression on the public domain.
There were a total of 16S timber
sales, involving a total of slightly
over 111 million board feet. There
were also 249 permits issued for
free use timber involving almost
2 Vi million board feet.
During 1954 there were 10 gravel
sales by BLM totaling 69,150 cubic
yards and 74 free use gravel per
mits involving a total of 2,296,120
cubic yards, principally to other
government agencies. The per
mit for sales and free use of tim
i ber and gravel were widely dis
persed throughout the Territory.
Efforts are now being made to
prepare pre-sale inventories and
short summaries of the informa
tion as to species and volume pre
sent in order to attract prospec
tive purchasers. The cutting reg
ulations, which are designed to
leave the areas in a productive
condition, are not so restrictive
that they would incur any handi
cap on an operator, it was point
ed out.
During the 1954 calendar year
266 fires burned approximately
1.431,000 acres, according to E. V.
Zumwalt, a BLM official. The
total expenditure for fire suppres
I sion costs was about $612,000.
Twentyfour percent of these fires
were caused by lightning apd these
lightning fires occurred within re
mote areas and were in many
cases either economically or geo
graphically inaccessible by the
time ground control action could
be taken, Zumwalt said.
During the past 15 years there
has been a gradual increase in
the number of fires, but the acre
age burned has varied greatly
from year to year depending pri
marily upon weather conditions.
Seahawks’ Schedule
HOME GAMES
Feb. 4 A 5—Anchorage.
GAMES AWAY
Jan. 28 A 29—Palmer.
Feb. 18- A 19—Fairbanks.
Rainbow Girls Order
Holds Installation
Officers for tlie new term of the
Orcier of Rainbow Girls were in
stalled this week on Monday at
special ceremonies.
The new officers included: Aud
ney Horton, Worthy Advisor: I.ura
l’eek. Associate Worthy Advisor: j
Cindy Coleman, Charity; Hope. I
Anna Jensen; Faith, Sandra Dan- t
filer; Sharon Stevens, Recorder; |
Ava Jo Doyle, Treasurer; Janis
Jeffrey. Drill Leader; Peggie Wer- j
tier. Love; Ruth Ann Sword, Re
lifiion; Laura Same, Nature; Lau
rel Lewis, Immortality; Linda
Norton, Fidelity; Faye Rutledge,
Patriotism: Roberta Henritiison.
Service; Chaplain, Sara Peck;
Confidential Observer, Judi Jones;
Outer Observer, Patsy Williams;
Musician, Jane Phillips; Choir Di
rector, Jeanene Schaefermeyer;
Mother Advisor, Mrs. Thomas
r!o\vell; Associate Mother Advis
or. Mrs. Willard Mahurin; Daddy
Advisor, Willard Mahurin.
Members of the Rainbow Board
include: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Willard j
Mahurin. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert j
Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blan
chard. Mrs. Dan Bedford, Mrs.
Frances Phillips, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lechner.
The Choir is made up of the fol
lowing girls: Linnaea and Sharon
Svedlund, Susan, Cindy and Vir- ,
ginia Heseltine, Loretta Correa, |
Mary Montgomery, Helen Doshen,
Donna Douglas, Barbara Vaughn,
and Eleanor Henrickson.
The Keeper of the Jewels is
Anita Devlin; Keeper of Paraph
enalia, Amelia Jensen; and Lect
urer is Gloria Hughes.
The Installing Ofifcers for the
ceremony were Janice Frampton,
Worthy Advisor; Mrs. Cecil Hor
ton, Past Matron who installed
her daughter, Audney, as Worthy
Advisor.
Assisting Worthy Advisors were:
Past Worthy Advisors, Ava Jo
Doyle, and Murlene Trevethan;
Chaplain. Sandra Dangler: Record
er, Mary Montgomery; Marshall,
Linda Norton; Organist, Mrs.
Thomas Howell; Mother Advisor,
■ Mrs. Thomas Howell and Associate
I Mother Advisor, Mrs. Willard Ma
: hurin.
Sattler and Smith
Homesites Released
Two homesites on the Alaska
National Forests have been made
I available for patent through the
signing by Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, Fred G. Aandahl of
Public Land Order No. 1042 on
December 28, 1954, according to
the office of Regional Forester
A. W. Greeley. This Public Land
Order provides for the elimination
of the tracts from the National
Forest. Both are located on the
Kenai Division of the Chugach
National Forest.
The homesites eliminated are
those of Mr. John H. Sattler, Law
Ing Group and Mr, Sherman C.
Smith, Jr., of the Snug Harbor
Group.
Homesite lots on national for
ests are eliminated from the for
est as soon as possible after per
mittees have met the homesite
requirements. The permittees can
then make application for patent
to the District Land Office at
Anchorage.
COUNCIL BURNS MIDNIGHT OIL
DISCUSSING CITY BUSINESS
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Korean G.I. Benefits
Change January 31st
The president has issued a pro
clamation setting January 31, 1955
as the end of the period of eligi
bility for certain veterans' bene
fits of the Korean Conflict, admin
istered by Veterans Administra
tion and other Federal agencies.
VA administered benefits affect
ed by the proclamation are ed
ucation and training and loans
under the Korean GI Bill; rehab
ilitation for the disabled; compen
sation and pension for living vet
erans and for dependents of de
ceased veterans; medical, hospi
tal, domiciliary and burial bene
fits; automobiles for seriously dis
abled.
Main concern of veterans is
with education and training. The
proclamation stes January 31, 1955
as the last day of the Korean
Conflict during which those in
service may earn entitlement to
education and training. The Kor
ean Conflict began June 27, 1950.
Those entering service AFTER
January 31, 1955 will NOT be en
titled to education and training
when they leave the service. Also,
as a result of the proclamation
the end of the Korean GI Bill
.education and training wijl be
January 31, 1963, or eight years
after discharge or release from
service, whichever is the EARLIER.
The provision that eligible veter
ans must start their education or
training within three years after
discharge or release from active
service is not changed by the pro
clamation. Eligible veterans who
fail to begin training or education
within that period will lose further
entitlement to this benefit.
The proclamation also sets a cut
off date for GI loan entitlement.
Those entering service after the
January 31. 1955 date, will net
earn this benefit under the Kor
ean GI Bill. They also must use
the entitlement prior to January
31, 1965.
For entitlement to other bene
fits, or information about any GI
Bill benefit, veterans may obtain
full information fro mtheir near
est VA office.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Q. If the widow of a service
man kilted on active duty re
marries, may she still receive the
$92.90 monthly insurance or in
demnity payments?
A. The legal widow at the time
of the serviceman’s death has
entitlement to the indemnity; her
remarriage, under the law, does
not bar her continued entitlement.
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One of the longest sessions of a
good many months was held on
Monday evening of this week when
the Council hung on until 2:25
a.m. Tuesday disposing of a heavy
agenda of business.
SEWER ASSESSMENTS
The City Attorney gave a run
down of the legal and practical
reasons for making the sewer ass
essments in their present manner.
Following some discussion it was
decided to look into the possibility
of refunding 2% of the payments
to those people who pay cash.
PETITIONS
A report on the recent petitions
asking a cut in the City Mana
ger’s alary was heard in which it
was reported that of the 104 sign
atures on the list about half were
taxpayers and of these 16 were
registered voters.
Councilman Petrovich said that
it was his belief that in as much as
the signers were definitely a min
ority and that they had failed to
make their point that the cut was
justified.
Gene Lanier was present and
said that he was till unconvinced
that the City finances were such
that they could afford to pay a
City Manager as much as they
were now paying .
To support his contention ne
quoted figures taken from the 1954
audit to show that the City had
spent about $74,000 more than in
1954 than they did in 1953 and in
doing so had spent all of a $60,000
surplus on hand when the year
started.
A budget report is due at the
next Council meeting on February
seventh.
Merle Trevethan told the Coun
cil that a second petition favoring
the retention of the City Manager
at his present wages was being
circulated by members of the
Chamber of Commerce and would
be presented at the next Council
meeting:
DOGS
A report from the City Dog
officer John Disney was heard on
the question of complaints that
the new dog pound was causing
some disturbance in the neighbor
hood. It was his opinion that
I after 8 at night there should not
I be any objectionable amount of
noise. .
After a somewhat heated ex
j change between Disney and Coun
cilman West it was decided to
close down the dog control pro
gram at the end of the month,
at least temporarily to see if the
problem was under control.
CIVIL DEFENSE
Ed Fortier, Deputy Director of
Civil Defense for the Territory,
was present and showed two films
on the explosion of the H-bomb
in the western Pacific and so
called “fall-out” which occurs fol
lowing an atomic explosion. It was
the “fall-out” from the H-Bomb
explosions which caused the in
jury of Japanese fishermen who
were some 100 miles from the ex
plosion site.
Fortier told the Council that
it was now considered possibile
that the Anchorage-Fort Richard
son area might be a possible H
Bomb target and if so Seward could
expect an influx of refugees and
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