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| VOL. XI, NO. 6.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954
PRICE 10 CENT8
I NEW ORDINANCE CALLS FOR
CITY BUSINESS LICENSES
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Joint Court of Honor
Held By Boy Scouts
The High School Gym was the
scene Sunday evening of a joint
Court of Honor held there by
Troop 630 and 627 Boy Scouts of
America.
The Court of Honor was cul
mination of weeks of hard work
on the job of earning points in
a contest to see which Troop. Pat
rol and boy could roll up the top
rating and earn rewards for their
efforts.
Present to witness the awards
were Mayor Russell Painter. Dr.
J. B. Deisher, A. R. Cox. Bob
Muller and Emil Nelson members
of the Troop Council. Gene Breit
enbach. Assistant Scoutmaster for
Troop 627. Stan Nigerman. Scout
master Troop 627 and Don Carol,
Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 630,
were also present as well as a
host of parents and friends.
Troop 627 took top honors with
a total of 14 Tenderfoot awards
made while Troop 630 had 2 Ten
derfoot awards and 3 Star Scout
awards to its credit.
Troop 627 received that award
of a Plaque. Eagle Patrol of Troop
627 will go to Elmendorf Air Force
Base for a visit and David Rose'
received the top individual award
of a packboard.
Master Michael Bogan
Celebrates Birthday
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Bogan was the scene of a gala
birthday celebration last week on
Saturday when young Michael
Bogan celebrated his birthday with
a large group of his friends and
playmates. t
The party took the theme of ,
Halloween and guests and the |
young Mr. Bogan wore Halloween i
costumes. The group enjo y e d ,
games and prises were awarded to !
the winners.
Guests in addition to the hon
oree were: Linda Yearsley, Rennie |
Yearsley, Ruth Wolcoff, Vickie
Ousdale. Denise Ousdale. Frank
Hoffman, John Beissner. Mark
Edwards, and Bruce Bogan.
Mrs. Bogan was assisted in
staging the party by Mrs. Tom
Ousdale.
Senior Women Meet
Tuesday Next Week
The regular meeting of the Sew
ard Senior Women's Club will be
i.eld next week on Tuesday it
was announced this week. The
reason for the change of time from \
the regular Thursday meeting to j
Tuesday was explained as being 1
done so that members of the Club
could attend the open honse be
ing held as the School on Thurs
day evening, November 11th.
The Tuesday evening meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
W. C. Irwin, starting at 8:00. The
featured attraction of the evening
will be a panel discussion, by a
group of High School students, of
the topic, "The Growth of Wo
men’s Rights in American History."
A very interesting evening is an
ticipated and all members are urg
ed to attend.
SCHEDULED FLIGHTS
WITH NO CHANGE IN PLANES
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Anchorage - V aldez
Cordova
ON TO
YAKATAGA — ICY BAY
TUESDAY
ON TO
MIDDLETON ISLAND
THURSDAY
THESE ABOVE FLIGHTS DEPART
SEWARD 9:35 A.M.
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Gosi&ova AisUinel
Serving the Heartland of Alaska Since 1934 ^
A full house and a full evenings
work faced the City Council this
week when they met for their 1st
session of the month at 8 pin.
SEWER
First item on the agenda was the
discussion o f the controversial
Sewer Assessment and there was
a full house of spectators and cit
izens to speak their pieces on the
problem. The question was brought
up as to why there was such a
difference between the first and
second assessment notices on the
sewer line. The question was an
swered by City Manager O'Hara
who explained that the first assess
ment had been figured only on the
basis of actual cost of the line
without any financing charges
passed on to the users. The sec
ond assessment notice took into ac
count the financing charges plus
certain,other expenses incident to
the total cost of the sewer pro
ject.
Mr. Murphy was present and
he contended that the City's fig
ures were in error and that based
on the contract price they were
charging way too much per foot
for the sewer. The problem was
never straightened out. so any
one with the possible exception
of the Council and Mr. Murphy
knew just what the difficulty was.
After over two hours of discus
sion it was recommended by the
City Manager that the Council
uuu[)i uie resuiuuun, selling me
wheels in motion to start collection
of the sewer assessments and take
care of any adjustments as they
came up. Citizens are to contact
the City Manager and make ar
rangements to meet with the Citv
Council a few at a time and work
their problems out under the reso
lution. The first payment is due
on December 31st and the balance
of 39 other payments would he
paid off at the rate of 2 per year
tor the next 20 years.
A motion was offered by Council
man West, seconded liy Petrovich,
to table the resolution until the
next meeting. On a vote the mo
tion was defeated and the res
olution was then voted upon and
was passed unanimously.
DELINQUENT TAXES
A report was received from the
Chief of Police on his investiga- ,
tion of the problem of uncollect
able personal property taxes. It
was the Chief's report that all
those assessed were now living out
side of town or had otherwise re- j
moved themselves or property from
town. While the Council was some
what inclined to write off the $9f>0
In taxes, the City Manager recom
mended that a further investiga
tion be made to determine if the
property assessed had ever been
in town, and if so to pursue the
matter further to see if some of
the tax could be collected.
TELEPHONE
The City Manager reported that
the preliminary survey of the pro
posed City Telephone System had
been cofnpleted by Mr. Bowler
of the Alaska Telephone Associates
and that a complete report would
be given at the next meeting of the
Utility Board to be held next Tues
day evening.
TAXES
Eades brothers were present and
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Miss Lura Peck
Awarded Prize Trip
Miss Mary Ann Hicks of the
Extension Service was in Seward
this past week to discuss plans for
the trip of Miss Lura Heck, 16.
High School Junior, with Lura and
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Mahan. Lura. it was recently an
nounced, will be one of three 4-H
Club members in Alaska to make
a trip to Chicago to the National
4-H Congress.
Miss Peck has been in 4-H Club
work for five years and won her
trip to Chicago by taking Terri
torial honors in Clothing Achieve
ment.
Miss Sandra Dangler, 16, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dang
ler, was another Seward 4-H Club
winner and she received an award
of a $100 Savings Bond for her
Girls' Record, a pictorial and writ
ten account of her activities in
4-H Club work. Mrs. Dangler is
local 4H Club Leader.
'Other winners in Alaska includ
ed two hoys, Don Hurlock and Hen
ry Jenkins of the Mendenhall 4H
Club in Juneau, and they will also
lie making the trip to Chicago.
The trip for Miss Peck the local
winner, will begin on November
23rd when she will leave Seward
to join Mrs. Carol J. Winey, chap
erone of the trip, in Anchorage.
From there they will fly to Juneau
and Seattle and then travel east
for the Congress which will open
in Chicago on November 2sth and
will run until December 2nd.
Before returning to Seward Lura
will visit in Indiana with relatives
and friends. It was in Indiana
that she got her start in 4H Club
work five years ago. before com
ing to Alaska.
Kunway Lighting
Up to Legislature
The Alaska Aeronautics and
Communications Commission a t
their meeting in Nome, Alaska ap
proved for construction during 1955,
under the Federal Aid Airport Pro
gram, airport and seaplane facili
ties to be constructed at the fol
lowing locations: Bethel, Ketchi
kan, Juneau and Wrangell. Projects
to be constructed using Territorial
funds and in addition to the FAAP
will he constructed at eleven lo
cations including Seldovia and
Cordova.
In addition to the 1955 program
l he Alaska Aeronautics and Com
munications Commission is request
ing the Territorial Legislature,
through the Board of the Budget,
to make available at least $700,000
in addition to the present revenue
derived from the 2c per gallon
aviation gasoline tax. If this mon
ey is made available to the Depart
of Aviation, projects will be en
larged, improved or constructed at
twenty-six communities, including
Eyak Lake (Cordova), Homer, and
the lighting of the Seward Airport,
would be provided.
The next regular meeting of the
Alaska Aeronautics and Communi
cations Commission will be held in
the offices of the Department of
Communications, Alaska Territorial
Office Bldg., Juneau, on February
22, 1955. Any persons wishing to
call to the attention of needed air
port improvements to the Commis
sion should address their corres
pondence to the Department of
Aviation, Room 202, Glocer Bldg..
Anchorage, and all such correspon
dence should 'be in the office of the
Department prior to February 7.
Big Brown Bears
Seen By Pair
Two large brown bears were seen
recently it was reported to the
Seaport Record this week. Acord
ing to our informant Martin Gore
son and Gil Anthony were on a
flight up Resurrection Canyon when
they sighted a couple of really
big brown bears on a bar in the
river. Attempts to land were
thwarted by the swollen river.
Last w-eek’s Record come close
to getting a gamey flavor to It
as it was hauled over the high
way from Anchorage Rounding
the turn at Mile 53 the Editor’s
car nearly struck a large bull
Moose We’re still sweating A
big moose in the road after dark
has acounted for more that one
car in the past.
ORDER OF
RAINBOW GIRLS
BAKE SALE
SATURDAY, NOV. 13th
Starting at 10:30 a.m.
at
MCMULLEN’S
A wide selection of Bread and
Pastry will be offered for sale
P-TA Buzz Sessions
On School Situation
The first regular meeting of the
Seward Parent-Teachers Associa
tion was held on Thursday even-;
ing, October 28th, at the High
School with a total of 57 In
attendance. The meeting was con
ducted by the P-TA’s new president
Mrs. Genevieve Schafermeyer.
Presentation of the Colors was
made by a group of Girl Scouts
under the direction of Mrs. Kath
erine Ling.
Mr. Harry Midby reported that
the Tennis Court project had come
to a standstill for this season due
to lack of time to devote to the
project on his part. He stated
that there were enough funds
on hand to complete one court and
he hopes to resume work in May
of next year.
Mrs. Phillips reported that the
Health Committee has done a lot
of work this past summer and is
now assisting Miss Hirsh, the Pub
lic Health Nurse with Health Cards
prior to the start of eye examina
tions at the schools.
The Christmas party held at the
High School each year was dis
cussed. Mr. Rea Davis advised
that the annual party was not
necessarily strictly a P-TA pro
ject, but one for the whole com
munity. Mr. Frampton reported
that since the Grade School en
rollment had grown to over 500.
it was no longer practical to plan
a program with all the children'
of the school participating in it
as had been done in the past. The
president appointed a committee
consisting or Mr. Frampton and
Mr. Jeffries to contact other or
ganizations of the community.
After the business session a very
interesting "Duzz Session" was
held under the direction of the
Rev. Charles Malin. Textbooks,
rythm bands, comic books, beauti
fying our school grounds. Recrea
tion Director, and Higher Educa
tion for our graduates were topics
of discussion. After the progrfcm
refreshments were served.
The next meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association has been
scheduled for November 30th at
the High School. If you are a
parent or teacher or are interested
in the problems of the parent and
teacher in relation to school you
are invited to attend.
Watch YoUr Income
Says National V.A.
Veterans Administration officials
are urging all veterans and wid
ows receiving non-service-connecfed
pension payments from the VA
to keep an accurate check on their
income to make sure that it does
not exceed statutory limits.
Under the law, annual income
in excess of certain amounts must
be reported and VA will stop pen
sion payments which by law may
not be made if income in excess
of stated amounts is received.
VA said that by reporting the
change in any anticipated income,
veterans and widows receiving the
payments will be spared the trouble
and hardship of repaying the Gov
ernment for any large overpay
ments which will result if VA is
not notified promptly. Amended
VA regulations (1228 (A) (3)) dir
ect that failure to report excessive
income will result in overpayments
subject to recovery.
Where the VA is notified prom
ptly. pension payments will be
discontinued effective the date
of the last payment. However,
where the veteran or widow fails
to inform the VA promptly, dis
continuance will be retroactive to
January 1 of the calendar year in
which the excessive amount was
received, and steps taken to re- t
cover the entire overpayment.
In the event the income ques- |
tlonaire of the succeeding year
shows the anticipated income for
the current year to be less than
the statutory limits any pension
payments then due will be with
held until the entire overpayment
for the prior calendar year is
liquidated.
Income limitations for any calen
dar year are: $1,400 for veteran
without wife or child, or widow
without children, or $2,700 for
either with elegible dependents.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Q. I am a World War II veteran
training under the original GI Bill.
Next month I expect to finish my
course. Since I have some en
titlement remaining, would I be
allowed to enroll in another course
in a different field.
A. No. Once you complete or
discontinue a course under World
War II GI Bill, you generally are
^prohibited from taking another
course, even though you do have
additional entitlement.
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Seward Republicans
Name New Officers
The Seward Republican Club
met last week on Thursday even
ing to name new officers and get
an active program started in this
area.
Officers chosen by the Club were
President, Dave Carlson; Vice
President, Frank Roberts; Treas- i
urer, Bernard Hulm, and tempor-1
ary Secretary, Mrs. Emil Nelson.
Members of the Executive Board
named at the meeting were Mar
vin Vialle, Robert Elhard and Dr.
Francis J. Phillips.
The meeting also organized to
carry on a program of activities
aimed at stimulating interest in
good government, Seward Repub
lican Club activities and local gov
ernment and civic improvement
projects.
Five committees were named to
carry on the activities of the club,
Public Relations. Phil Durant. I
Program and Hospitality, "Buckie” I
and Betty Nelson; Community Im
provements. Dave Carlson; Organ
ization and Membership, Paul Nel
son; and Legislative Action Com
mittee. Frank Roberts.
Schafermeyer - Parret
Nuptials Celebrated
The parlor of the IOOF Hall was
the scene of the wedding of Miss
Gloria Ann Schafermeyer and Jack
Merlyn Parret on October 2kth.
Approximately 90 relatives and
friends of the young couple were
present to hear them exchange
vows before the Elder James A.
Jensen of tile Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. The
groom, son of U. S. Deputy Marshal
and Mrs. Burl Parret of Kenai,
attended by his brother. Bob Parret
waited for bis bride in front of a
stage banked with yellow and white
“Mums”. Lighted tapers and sub
dued lighting reflected against
the background of Gothic style
paneling, creating a beautiful
autumn scene as the bride, escort
ed by her father. Janies Schafer
meyer followed the ushers and
bridesmaids down the aisle.
The bride was radiant, if a gown
of ice blue slipper satin and lace
which she had designed and made
while attending the University of
Alaska as a Home Economics
student last year. The fitted bod
ice carried a Peter Pan collar
and opened to the waist with tiny
satin covered buttons. Her finger
tip veil of sheerist illusion was
caught at the top by a scalloped
lace bonnet trimmed in seed pearls.
The brides slippers were lace cov
ered balerlnas and she carried a
bouquet of giant white mums.
Matron of honor. Betty Ennis,
bridesmaids Jeanne and Vonnie
Schaiermeyer, wore identical floor
length dresses of dark green
changeable taffeta and carried
baskets of strawflowers, bearded
wheat, pon pons and ivy. Ushers
were Jimmy Woods. Jerry Woods
and Don Ennis.
Music for the wedding and re
ception was furnished by Mary
Schafermeyer on the piano and
solovox and soloist Art Bossard
who sang “I saw a star at Night"
and “I Love You Truly". A girls
trio consisting of Peggy and Cath
erine Werner and Roberta Hend
rickson sang “Always" as the hap
py couple cut their three tiered
wedding cake under a canopy of
white streamers and wedding bells.
The mother of the bride chose
a dress of rose beige shantung
lor her daughter’s wedding and
wore a corsage of red roses. Mrs.,
Parret, mother of the groom, wore
a suit of brown and biege wool
and a corsage of red roses and
white mum petals.
For her honeymoon trip the
bride chose a grey wool and orlon
suit. The couples hideaway was
the Summit Lake cabin of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Jones. The honey
moon trip took the couple to Kenai
and Anchorage. They are now
making their home in Seward at
526 First Avenue.
Pioneers Plan New
Wing on Sitka Hotel
A call for bids has been issued
for construction of the new wing
of the Alaska Pioneers hotel build
ing at Sitka, It was announced
recently by the Governor’s office
and the Office of the Alaska Public
Works.
The new wing to be constructed
by Alaska Public Works will pro
vide an additional 79 beds In the
home for pioneer residents of the
territory. The wing will have
rour floors and will be 41 by 127
feet of fireproof concrete construc
tion. It will match the present
building and in addition to living
quarters will provide space for
additional laundry, kitchen, dining
room, and storage facilities.
NOW THEY WANT BLOOD!
CHAMBER FAVORS PROPOSAL
At the Tuesday noon meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce the at
tendance was unusually heavy with
a total of 21 persons present, two
of them guests.
ALASKAN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
The first business of the meet
ing was the appointment of a dele
gate and alternate to the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce Meeting to
be held in Anchorage next week on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
It was voted to name the Chamber
President Win Ervin as delegate
and send Sol Urig along as alter
nate.
BLOOD BANK
A letter was received from the'
Seattle First Nation Bank outlin
ing a plan for a blood bank for
Alaskans to be located in Seattle.
According to the letter there is
annual call ‘for over 400 pints of
blood to be used by Alaskans re
ceiving medical attention in the
Seattle area.
Under the proposed set up blood
would be donated by Alaskans in
Seattle and when necessary blood
could be drawn from the Alaskan
bank to meet the needs of Alaskans
needing it. This would eliminate
the expensive fee for blood from
professional donors. The Chamber
endorsed the plan.
PHONE SERVICE
A copy of a letter sent to the
Alaska Railroad and Alaska Com
munications system by the Sew
ard Sanatorium, was read which
outlined the need for a telephone
at the newly established Physical
Therapy Center. This facility is
presently handling the treatment
of many Seward area polio victims
and the need for a phone is very
great the letter pointed out. The
Chamber is waiting to see what
success the letter has before tak
lug any acuun.
VISITORS
Bill Erwin advised that his boss,
Mr. S. E. Stretton of Standard Oil
of California's Seattle office, would
be in Seward next week sometime
to inspect the Company's local
installation.
It was agreed by the Chamber
that a special meeting should be
held so that local Chamber of Com
merce members could hear the
Seattle president.
FREIGHT RATES
A letter was read from the Ketch
ikan Chamber of Commerce in
which they outlined a problem of
unfair freight rates when comparing
the Seattle to Ketchikan rate on
certain items against that for the
same items from Seattle to An
chorage. It was found that it
would cost nearly forty dollars
more to ship to Ketchikan than to
ship the item to Anchorage even
though the haul was nearly a
thousand miles longer and involved
railroad transportation and hand
ling charges. This was much the
same sort of complaint which was
taken up a week ago by the local
Chamber.
COAST GUARD
Sam Romack suggested that
the Chamber take up the matter
of trying to get a Coast Guard Boat
stationed in Seward. It was Sam’s
report that the proposition had
been turned down in the past due
to the shortage of housing. He
told the Chamber that he thought
this problem was now solved and
renewed efforts should be made
to get a boat stationed here.
It was agreed by the Chamber
that such a project was desirable
and Sam was appointed a com
mittee of one to survey available
housing so that appeal could be
made on the basis of established
facts and figures.
GUESTS
The two guests at the Tuesday
meeting were Miss Cork and Mr.
Jack Hutchison of the Territorial
office of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Mr. Hutchison spoke of the pro
gress being made in the field and
asked local cooperation with the
Seward Sanatorium's Rehabilita
tion project. He also invited any
commentary and suggestions there
might be from local citizens and
businessmen.
‘LET GEORGE DO IT’
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GEORGE EVERITT
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Izaak Waltons
Meet November 9th
The word went out this week'
to call in all Izaak Waltons for
a meeting to be held in the base
mfent of the Episcopal Church
next week on Tuesday.
This will be a regular meeting
and will commence at 8 p.m. All
members are urged to attend the
meeting and in addition any per
son interested in the conservation
objectives of the Izaak Walton
League is invited to come to the
meeting.
Democratic Club
Sets November Date
Officers of the Seward Democra
tic Club announced this week fol
lowing a meeting this week Mon
day evening that an election of
club officers for 1955 would take
place at the next meting to be
held Monday, November 15th in
the dockside Union Hall.
Monday evening’s meeting was
devoted to a discu»on, of Sew
ard problems whi^Jnight Ije' sal
ved by the Territorial Legislative.
The discussion will be contjaTed
at the next meeting but wy be
broadened to take in the^whole
Kenai area. Members of the Kenai
Peninsular Democratic Clubs will
be sent invitations to dttend.
Other business to be discussed
at the next meeting will be election
of Officers to hold office through
1955. All local Democrats are in
vited to attend the meeting which
will be held in the dockside Union
Hall.
Girl Scouts Observing
Anniversary Week
The week of October 31 to Nov
ember 6 is being celebrated nat-.
ionally as Girl Scout week.
One week each year is set aside
to commemorate the birthday of
Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scout
ing in the United States.
The Girl Scouts and Brownie
Scouts know it as the Seven Ser
vice Days, namely Home making,
Monday; Citizenship, Tuesday;
Health and Safety, Wednesday;
International Friendship, Thurs
day; Arts and Crafts, Friday, and
i Out of Doors, Saturday. The whole
program of scouting is based on
these service fields.
Scouting in Seward is getting
a firmer footing as we go into our
fourth year of being organized.
There is, however, real need for
greater interest to be shown among
the adults. More troops could be
started if we had more adults
to volunteer for leaders or co
leaders.
Juliette Low was so right back
in 1912 when she said “1 have
found the greatest thing yet for
the girls of America", and then
set out to start Girl Scouting In
this great country of ours. If
she were here today she would say
they were truly a "Growing Force
For Freedom”.
“FROST JEWEL”
AND
“ARCTIC NIGHT”
COLOGNES
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ARCTIC
SCENT