Seward Seaport Record
Postoffice Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published on Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman.Editor and Publisher
$5.00 per year by mail. 10 cents per copy.
Editorial
By MEK
Tuberculosis costs the Ameri
can people every year more than
$350,000,000, most of it in tax
dollars. Here in Seward with a
tuberculosis sanatorium on our
doorstep, we know the meaning
of this dreaid disease. Can the
people of this community afford
to pay the price for a disease
that can be presented and can
be cured?
Last year Seward contributed
$920 through Christmas Seals
to support the Association work.
It is hoped that this year's con
tribution will be equally large
or more.
Funds collected through the
purchase of Christmas seals are
not used for treatment of pa
tients or relief of their families.
All this money is used for pre
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF, Thurs., Dec. 31
Juneau, Ketchikan, Seattle
SS DENALI, Thurs., Dec. 24
Valdez. Juneau, Petersburg,
Wrangell. Ketchikan, Seattle
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FROM SEATTLE
SQUARE KNOT, December 22
Yakutat, Cordova, Valdez,
Seward, Kodiak
Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Paint
er are parents of a little girl
born in Seward General Hospital
December 12. Pamela Margaret
weighed nine pounds and four
ounces. This is the fourth child
for the Painter family. Her
daddy is Mayor of Seward.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph E. Rider Jr., in Sew
ard General Hospital December
12. The little boy was named
Ralph E. III. He weighed seven
pounds and eight ounces.
vention of the disease. The total
amount of contributions made
in the United States last year
would not have been enough
to pay for two weeks of treat
ment for all known TB patients.
We therefore believe that the
most economical way of spend
ing Christmas Seal money is on
research and prevention, which
is an investment in human life
and also tax dollars saved in tile
future.
BUY and USE the seals you
have received in the mail and
help to stamp out TB!
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SCHOOL OUT WEDNESDAY
FOR HOLIDAYS
School will close Wednesday
alter class parties for the rest of
the year. This will give students
and teachers an 11-day holiday,
which is a little more than usual.
School begins again January
4. 1954.
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
Mrs. Elsie Whitmore reports
that 423 books were borrowed
from Seward Community Li
brary last month, and 22 new
cards were sold. Membership
cards in the library are $2.00
per year. A total of 22 new
books were placed in circula
tion. They are listed as follows:
Lord Vanity, Shellabarger;
Pictorial History of the Auto
mobile, Stern; Sands of Kara
korum, Ullman; Heart of the
Family, Coudge.
Children's books: The Oldest
Secret, Gordon; Jupiter and the
Cats, Goudey; Circus April 1st,
Slobodkin; Little Frightened
Tiger, MacDonald.
The following title's were do
nated to the library and put
into circulation: Westward the
Sun; Trouble in Thor; Laughing
Stranger; Second St. Nicholas
Anthology; How to Draw a Lo
comotive; Short Stories of Stein
beck; Ready or Not; Big Red;
Derry; Blondie; Mister Penny;
My Dog Rinty; Great Grand
father in the Honey Tree; God
Loves You.
r-TA ELECTS LAMBERT
PRESIDENT
Lowell Lambert was elected
president of Seward Parent
Teacher's Association last Sat
urday night. He will be assisted
by Carl R. Carlson, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Mary Schaefermeyer,
secretary; Ben Frampton, treas
urer.
Mr. Lambert appointed chair
men to standing committees: en
tertainment and food, Mrs. Doris
Doyle; membership, Mrs. Ruth
Abplanalp; publicity, Virginia
Fyles.
Lottie Hirsch, Public Health
Nurse, gave an interesting talk
on the school child’s health
problems. Regular meetings are
scheduled for the first Saturday
night of each month.
SORORITY ADOPTS FAMILY
FOR CHRISTMAS
A needy family has been
adopted by the Iota Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi for the Christ
mas holiday and will receive a
basket of food, complete with
the traditional turkey and all the
trimmings. This family consists
of a mother and her three chil
dren and the members of the
sorority are all helping to make
this a very merry Christmas for
them.
Anyone wishing to contribute
food or gifts for this famliy is
invited to call Lincoln 33. Con
tributions will be picked up.
Buy Christmas Seals
HARBOR HOMEMAKERS'
CLUB ORGANIZED
Newly organized afternoon
Homemakers’ Club chose an ap
propriate name for the group.
The name was contributed by
Mrs. Ruth Inglis and was unani
mously accepted by the group
at the initial meeting held at the
home of Mrs. Ruth Brown.
The officers elected for the
coming year are Mrs. William.
Hamerly, president; Mrs. Del
bert Robbins, vice - president;
Mrs. Jean Fink, sccretary-trea
FOR WINTER
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and
SUBURBANITE TREAD
AUTOMOBILE TIRES
In Popular Sizes
SEWARD
MACHINE SHOP
FORD and MERCURY
Sales & Service
41h & Railroad • Seward
surer; Mrs. Frank Woods, pro
ject leader.
The club is looking forward to
next year’s meetings with the
calendar offering topics and
home demonstrations of interest
to all homemakers. Bread mak
ing, menus, recipes, upholster
ing, ceramics, preparation of the
pre-school child, and basic effi
ciency in housekeeping.
The club .is one of the many
informal organizations of home
makers working together under
the supervision of the Agricul
tural Extension Service.
Milk from Your Local Dairy—
REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT YOUR GROCER'S
S6WARV PA/Ry
PHONE MONROE 4
or GARFIELD 50
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Dynamic new 161-horsepower engine —The new
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features a completely new overhead-valve V-8.
More power per pound than even Mercury has had before!
It introduces fine-car power to the popular pi ice field!
Four optional power features and
three transmissions to choose from!
Seward Machine Shop
Fourth Avenue and Railroad Street