Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman .Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
subscription tales 7a< per inunui, $8 per year
Mr. Tom Reilly is expected
back this week from a flying
trip to Seattle.
Bob Baumgartner left by
train for a few days in Anchor
age on business.
John P. Smith is hobbling
around with a bum ankle. He
sprained it on the ice.
HERD OR HEARD?
“Hey, look at that bunch of
cows.” |
•‘Not bunch, herd.”
“Heard of what?”
"Herd of cows.”
“Sure, I've heard of cows.".
“I meant a cow herd.”
“What do I care if a cow
heard? I haven’t said anything
I'm ashamed of!"
SALLY'S SALLIES
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“Love really flow out the window last night, mother Llrr.er
stayed too late and father wouldn’t take the trouble to open the
door!”
I n<z in'et inn
in Homer
NEW AND MODERN
ACCOMMODATIONS
Carl F. Gulley, Owner
P.O. Box 8 Homer, Alaska
Expert—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
C. E. 0Hander
Jeweler
Established 1916
| When in Seward It’s - -
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
March 1 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DFNALI
March 8 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
March 15 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
March 22 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Nadina .March 1 Chena . Mar. 14
Susilna .Mar. 7 Flemish Knot Mar. 21
WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gon. Agent - Phone Main 125
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The
VloeLt
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
1 have been asked to make a
plea for housing. The subject
lias been up before in this col-1
umn, but tlie situation is becom
ing really desperate day by day.
Seward cannot expect to see
anything like a • real boom in
population and business, nor is
any such thing to be wished for.
But there is no doubt that a sea
sonal increase for the next two
years can be' expected, and
should be anticipated by local
residents and business.
This week, five families are
living in hotels, which is not
wise nor economical for either
the family or the hotel, which
relies on quick turnovers lor
stability of income. If these
family workers cannot find
some form of permanent hous
ing, there is nothing left for
them to do but leave. If they
do find adequate accommoda
tions, a large proportion of the
number can be expected to re
main and become permanent
residents.
Highway Department and
Public Roads men, construction
engineers and foremen, whose
families usually accompany
them, are arriving in rapidly
swelling numbers, all hunting
quarters. What are we to do
with them—send them to An
chorage or some other vicinity?
Or, shall we get our heads to
gether and find some place for
these desperate people to live?
Surely, the reputation of the
town will suffer when these
folks return to their homes with
the word “don't go to Seward—■
there is no place to live.”
One immediate solution has
been offered, which would only
be a stop-gap, but it would give
some small measure of relief.
Do you have a basement that
could be turned into an apart
ment? Do you have a spare room
that you could rent for a few
months? Many Seward houses
remain with one or two unfin
ished rooms. Why not finish
them nowr while they can be
made to pay for themselves, and
at the same time assist in the
war effort0 These strangers are
willing to pay "most anything”
for shelter. That does not give
us the moral right to overcharge
SMORGASBORD FRIDAY AT
METHODIST CHURCH
A Smorgasbord dinner with
delicious Swedish dishes and a
choice of appetizers and desserts
will be held Friday evening,
March 2, in the Seward Me
morial Church basement from ;
6:31) until 8:00.
Tickets have been on sale J
for several days but also can
be purchased at the door. Wait-|
resses will be attired in colorful
Old World costumes, and gay
Scandinavian music will pro
vide an atmosphere appropriate
to the occasion.
For eating that is different
and a change from the every
day. many are planning to at
tend the Smorgasbord dinner,
and accommodations will be
provided for any size group.
Tickets are also available at
the Alaska Shop.
or gouge on what we can supply,
but it certainly does offer the
opportunity to make the best of
a bad situation by finishing off
those rooms NOW, that will
otherwise have to wait “until I
can get around to it.”
There are several quonset
huts and old Army buildings
standing about town that could
be made livable with small ex
penditure and a little effort. It
may not have occurred to many
that in the next two years we
have not only a duty but a
golden opportunity. It seems im
possible to get Federal, Terri
torial or city assistance in this
problem. The city is already in
volved in the Seward Housing
Area which is filled to capacity.
Now it is up to the individu
als. Let's make a survey of our
space resources and plug the gap
by offering every single room,
basement or building available
for living quarters.
We have been waiting for de
velopment. Now it is at our back
door—and we are not ready for
it. Are we asleep, incapable, or
just indifferent?
Mrs. Frances O'Brien is re- j
ported as “much better" in the i
hospital today.
SPEND A HAPPY.
HEALTHFUL EVENING
Bowling
Pool
Shuffle Board
A Set-up for Your
Entertainment!
DREAMLAND BOWL
Alaska Railroad
Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage ...1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage —1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .8:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thursday in accordance
with the arrival of the passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesville and Whittier.
For information Phone Seward Agent
MAIN 153
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TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to ba
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately,
Valcauaa Fur Co.
National BIc.g. Seattle Wash.
Telephone Adams 32
Pickup & Delivery
Cleaning
Alterations
Pressing
Hat blocking
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays
I.O.O.F. Hall - Adams St.
N. G.. Art McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
SEWARD POST
No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Month
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd & 4th Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P. M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
W. C. Knaak — President
Keith Cobban - Fin.-Sec. & Pus. Agt.
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First Tuesday of Each Month
7 p.m. — Union Hell
President — John Rose