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Vol. IX, No. 27
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1953 t Q ^ ^ i ? Tj
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Out Wifh The Old,
In With The New—
'52 In Review
(Conclusion)
May 16
High school graduates class
of 19 at commencement. Out
standing class, Carlson states,
with more than two-thirds with
averages of B or more.
Rainbow Girls and mothers
bid farewell to Grand officers.
First convention of Alaska
Nurses Association here next
week.
First intramural track meet.
Points to compete with Seward,
Nebraska.
College man stars in touching
rescue of pair of deep-sea diving
dentures.
Lions Club scholarship won by
Terry Cobban.
200 meals served at school
cafeteria open house.
May 23
Donald O. Hiser held for grand
jury on assault charge.
Open house at power plant to
view new generators in opera
tion.
Coroner’s jury finds Sam Le
Prells guilty of gross parental
neglect in death of 21 month old
child.
Policeman's ball huge suc
cess. Second annual affair by
the department.
Jeffrey makes urgent appeal
for help on swimming pool re
habilitation.
May 30
The SS Aleutian arrived
Wednesday, the last ship until
Seattle strike is settled.
Two men held in connection
with early morning fire in resi
dence on Alley B.
Two men and woman injured
in Saturday night fire which
destroyed cabin on Second Ave.
Betty Teresin, Fred Rinaldi and
Stuart Vail all hospitalized.
Lt. Glenn H. Easton, USN,
elevated to command of Naval
Control of Shipping Office here.
Seward, Nebraska, also wor
ried over schools.
June 6
Gateway Transportation Lines
make first haul out of port.
C. of C. sends telegrams on
strike protest.
Army Rec Center opened for
summer season.
June 13
Christensen Air Service sold
to Cordova firm.
Liberty Theater sold to An
chorage firm.
Rev. Edward M. Turner and
famiiy return for summer.
Taxicab rates increased in
city.
• Whales perform in Resurrec
tion Bay.
Half carload of mail arrives
■by ARR from barges docking in
Anchorage because of strike in
Seattle.
Doc Sellers gets home with
new midget car, first to be seen
in Alaska.
June 20
Businessmen claim no food
shortage—yet (due to strike.)
Henry Rosness promoted to
Li. Col. in Air Force.
Legionnaires attend conven
tion in Ketchikan.
Two Air Force sergeants fined
$50<) for buzzing Seward in early
hour's.
Lowell Creek water to be used
for school fire protection.
June 27
E. D. Webb retires after 46
years in insurance business.
Harry Hall, local flier, force
lands in Resurrection River.
Hatch and Stickman again
rivals for Marathon race title.
July 4
Don Carlos Brownell, oldest
and foremost Sewardite, dies
July 2.
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Republicans Called
To Meet Tuesday
A Republican Caucus for
Third Division precincts has
been called in Seward by Marvin
Viale at the request of Third
Division Headquarters.
The meeting will be in the
office of Patricia Williams on
Fourth Avenue at 7 p.m. Janu
ary (i. It is called for the pur
pose of voting on the endorse
ment of a choice for Governor
and the election of precinct com
mitteeman and committeewoman
for this district.
At a previous meeting held
last month, Seward precinct
made recommendations for nam
ing Heintzleman for Governor,
but this was not official as it was
not called in response to head
quarters' request, which has just
been received. The coming meet
ing will definitely be official
for Third Division precincts.
Sixteen of the seventeen pre
cincts in the Anchorage district
have been definitely committed
to the appointment of Elmer
Rasmussen as Governor. Fourth
Division Republicans have also
unanimously endorsed Rasmus
sen .The Second Division named
Lomen as first choice with Ras
mussen as second choice.
Seward and the Kenai Penin
sula will now meet to make final
decision of the will of this Dis
trict for the appointment. Every
registered Republican is eligible
to vote Tuesday night, in the
election, which will be by se
cret ballot.
Funeral Services for
Mrs. Tate Sunday
Funeral services will be held
for Mrs. Louella McVey Tate,
Sunday, January 4, at 2 p.m.
in Seward Memorial Methodist
Church, Rev. Charles Malin, Jr.,
officiating.
Mrs. Tate passed away De
cember 29 after a short illness, at
the age of 76 years. She was
born in Novelty, Missouri, July
20. 1876. She began teaching
school at an early age and con
tinued for 40 years in Missouri,
Oklahoma Territory, Washing
ton and Kansas. She married
Byron Tate in Brahman, Okla.
Mrs. Tate was a member of
Jasmine Chapter No. 65, Order
of Eastern Star in Hardin, Mon
tana. She joined the Methodist
church at the age of 13 and had
been a staunch member ever
gince.
The aged teacher came to Al
aska to visit her only daughter,
Mrs. Ler.ore Robbins, in 1946,
staying a year. She returned
again in July, 1952.
Mrs. Tate is survived by her
daughter; grandson, PFC Wil
lard Dunham; a sister, Mrs. Hope
V. Townsend of El Segundo,
California: and a brother, P. L.
McVey, of Yankton, South Da
kota.
Interment will be in Seward
Cematary in the Masonic plot.
Vacating of Alley
Second Proposition
On Special Ballot
Voters will be asked to vacate
the alley in the present school
block in the special election of
January 20. This move will per
mit fencing of the entire school
block as a safety measure for
children playing on the school
grounds both during and after
school hours.
Tennis courts and skating
rink, for which the P-TA has
construction funds, can then
proceed as planned when wea
ther permits.
Alleys, as well as streets, are
public property and cannot be
closed or “vacated" without pub
lic consent by election. Access
to the school building and
grounds will be had through a
gate in the center of the block
on Third Avenue. This will stop
children from running to the
streets at the corners, and still
give vehicular access from the
rear. A parking lot will be avail
able on the northwest corner in
side the fence.
Word has been received from
the Land Office that the park
reserve and school reserve on
Second Avenue, site of the new
high school, will be transferred
to the city under patent from
the government. This will re
lease ail federal claims on the
new school site.
1953 Off to Merry
Start at Annua! Dance
One of the biggest crowds
ever seen at a dance here usher
ed in the New Year in a noisy
but happy celebration at the
Firemen's Dance December 31.
The hall was unusually beau
tiful with new decorations. The
refreshment bar was larger than
usual and more popular than
ever.
A good orchestra, home talent,
was hot on the ball all evening
—with Doris Smith leading at
the piano.
During the intermission at
midnight, 23 prizes were given
to people in the crowd. Joe
Hughes received a radio; a mir
ror went to J. Hardy; 100 gal
lons of oil to M. Bristow; Del
Robbins got a basket of gro
ceries; subscription to the Bull
etin went to R. Ronne.
C. R. Boney got the Osbo
prize: a torch to C. Blatchford;
a knife to Mark Walker; milk,
Anna Sunby; trade at Blue Shop,
Dan Southard; hauling by City
Express, E. V. Breitenbach; shirt,
H. Jacobs; tire, Paul Nelson;
sled, Elnora Jones; 30 gallons
gas, O. T. Blair; printing, E.
Dai^forth; wine, A. Peterson;
blanket, Vera Coumbe; milk,
E. S. Ffeffer; liquor, Pearl Mil
roy; groceries, E. Jones; $10 on
electric bill, Win. Ford. The big
gest prize, an electric clothes
dryer, was taken by Frank Mar
key. All prizes were donated by
Seward businessmen. Advertis
ing, posters and tickets were do
nated by the Record.
Notice
The Registration book, for duly
qualified voters of the City of
Seward, is open for registra
tion, in the office of the City
Hall between the hours of
10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M.
weekdays, and 10:00 A.M. to
12:00 noon Saturdays. Said
registration will be for any
Municipal Election held dur
ing 1953.
SIGRID STEARNS
City Clerk
All persons desiring to vote at
the Special Election to be held
Tuesday, January 20, 1953,
must be registered AFTER
January 1, 1953.
SIGRID STEARNS
City Clerk
A.R.R. Start
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Special Sliding Areas
Set Aside by City
Two special areas have been
reserved for use of children
sledding, and traffic barred for
this purpose. Parents are urged
to insist on children using these
streets ONLY for sledding. Sev
eral near accidents have made
motorists jittery, as a car cap
be upon a sled before it is seen
in unexpected places.
Second Avenue from Adams
to Railroad (the hospital block)
is reserved and marked with
barrier and lights for children's
use. All motor traffic is prohib
ited.
In the north end of town Mad
ison Street from Fifth to Seventh
Avenues is similarly reserved.
These are both good slopes and
give plenty of room for all the
kids in town.
Let's use these safe streets and
have no sledding accidents this
year. The police department
promises all protection in its
power, but full cooperation of
parents is necessary to this safe
ty program.
Sec Hawks Vs. Eagles
At Anchorage
The Sea Hawks will journey
to Anchorage January 8 to take
on the Anchorage Eagles in a
pair of games January 9 and 10.
Roads permitting, the Sea Hawks
will travel by ear. The traveling
squad, which will consist of nine
players, a manager, and Coach
Dalberg, will be named Wednes
day.
It is anticipated that a large
following from Seward will
travel to Anchorage to witness
these games. The games with
the Eagles always seem to create
a lot of interest and the more
support the boys have in An
chorage the better chance they
will have of knocking off the
Eagles.
The boys are hard at practice
again after a few days lay off
and expect to give Anchorage
all they can handle.
Kirkpatrick Named
Chief of Police
The recommendation of the
police committee for appoint
ment of J. E. Kirkpatrick as
chief of police was unanimously
adopted by Seward City Council
in special session Monday night.
Kirkpatrick has been police
captain for more than a year,
second in command under Floyd
Evans and Dale Greene before
that. He has two years experi
ence on the Seward force. His
training in police work was ob
tained while in service with the
Navy Sea-bees where he was
under Marine Corps police train
ing. Kirkpatrick has also had
some training in crime detection
from the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation.
Evans resigned December 10
and Kirkpatrick has been acting
chief since that time until his
full appointment this week.
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The Laugh's on Andy!
Keep your~oil drums filled!
Do as Andy says, not as he does!
Andy Novak found himself in
the shoes—overcoat and fur
cap—of other Sewardites New
Year’s morning when he ran out
of oil! Andy said it took him all
day to warm up after the oil
man got on the job.
3 Diesels on
tiorage Run
Col.. J. P. Johnson, general
manager of The Alaska Railroad,
today handed Seward the ’‘sur
prise” he promised in his talk
at the recent League of Alaskan
Cities Convention here.
The surprise was the inaugura
tion of- diesel passenger service
on the Seward-Anchorage run,
completing the change from
steam to diesel passenger train
service on the entire road.
A powerful new 1500 horse
power diesel engine moved out
of Anchorage with a special
train at 0 a.m. to officially in
augurate the new service. An
chorage civic and military dig
nataries made the first trip and
a small program was held at
the Seward Elks Club. The spe
cial left Seward for the return
trip at 5 p.m.
jjiesei motivation promises
improved train service for the
south end of the line and a more
economical operation for the
railroad,” the general manager
reports. Diesel units are not
■only less expensive to operate
than the coal burners, but offer
greater efficiency and easier
maintenance.
Diesel engines had already
replaced the steam locomotives
on all scheduled runs except be
tween Anchorage and Seward.
A bridge strengthening program
wh:ch was started by the ARR
in 1948 now makes the improved
service possible on the south
end, Johnson said.
Two of six new 1500 horse
power diesel locomotives, which
are expected to join the motive
power fleet by the middle of the
month, are earmarked for the
south end service,
The powerful new road en
gines are the same as those used
by larger railroads in the States
and are manufactured bv the;
Electro Motive Division of the
General Motors Corp. in La
Grange, 111. Each unit is half
again as powerful as the biggest
diesels now being used on The
Alaska Railroad. As a result, the
railroa<*--can use less engines
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C. of C. To Meet At
Chop Suey House
The next regular meeting of
Seward Chamber of Commerce
will be at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 6,
at the Chop Suey House on the
corner of Fifth and Washington.
The change was necessary with
the close of Harding's dining
room. Arrangements for a reg
ular meeting place will no doubt
be discussed at the meeting.
This will be the last meeting
before President Bie leaves to
attend the All Alaska confer
ence in Juneau before the open
ing of Legislature.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN ANCHORAGE
All members of the Western
Alaska High School Activities
Association will meet in An
chorage Saturday, Jan. 10. This
meeting will settle arrangements
for the Railbelt basketball tour
nament to be held in February.
Mr. Carl Carlson and Coach
Don Dalberg will attend the
meeting.
DISTRAINT ORDERS
FILED ON
DELINQUENT PROPERTY
Orders of distraint for non
payment of delinquent personal
property taxes are being served
this week by the police depart
ment on authority of the tax col
lection department.