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Vol. IX, No. 17
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1952
Price 10 Cents
Council Names School First
On Priority List
Seward City Council in special
session Friday, October 24, pass
ed a resolution naming the
school building project in numb
er one place for consideration by
Alaska Public Works.
The resolution proposed by
Councilman Russel Painter stat
ed that by will of the people ex
pressed in election October 14,
'.lie construction of the school
building must be given consid
eration over all previous appli
cations made to APW by the
City ol' Seward.
After lengthy discussion over
wording of the resolution, it was
passed unanimously.
Further action taken by the
Council was to re submit the
bond issue for a new hospital to
election at the same time that
annexation of Bayview school
is voted upon, probably some
time in Xovemb* r.
P&WS Stocks Goats,
Moose, Fur Bearers
The Regional Office of the
Fish and Wildlife Service in
Juneau in a progress report re
cently prepared for the Washing
ton Office of the conservation
agency shows some active steps
being taken to improve hunting
and trapping in Alaska.
The project attracting the
most attention recently has been
the initial stocking of mountain
goats on Kodiak Island. To date,
six goats have been released on
the Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge, of which, only one was
a female. Unfortunately, this
nanny goat did not survive and
the Service is making renewed
efforts to obtain female goats to
balance the present all-male goat
population on the Island. In a re
cent offer to would-be live goat
trappers $400 is offered for fe
male, in contrast to $200 or S1O0
for males, depending on the lo
cation of delivery. Chichagof
Island in S.E. Alaska is also in
cluded in the work plan provid
ing for the goat stocking. Both
islands contain suitable goat
range and will eventually sup
port a huntable herd of goats if
the experience at Baranof Island
is repeated. Baranof was success
iuhy stocked with goats some
years ago.
Moose stocking on the Copper
River Flats at Cordova has met
with a greater initial success
than tlie goat operation. With
cooperation from a number of
sources, including the Izaak Wal
ton League, eight female and six
male moose have been released
in the Cordova area over the
past 2> 2 years. Frequent aerial
surveys show that the moose
have adapted themselves to their
new home and successfully win
tered there. In contrast to the
Yakutat area, which is naturally
poulated by moose moving from
the Interior towards the Coast,
no moose have ever been able
to move into the Copper River
area hence the decision for the
air lift to establish this big game
species there.
Two other stocking projects—
mink on Montague Island in
Prince William Sound and
marten on Chichagof Island
were completed during the year.
Other projects still underway in
clude stocking of Elacktailed
deer neer Skagway and the est
ablishment of squirrels and
marten on Afognak Island. Sea
otter restocking attempts have
been suspended pending further
study of the disease afflicting the
animals periodically and further
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BLOOD TYPE DOG
TAGS AT MCMULLENS
A number of metal “dog-tags”
showing blood type from the
typing program held here several
months ago have not been
claimed by the owners.
These indestructible tags were
made at no charge to the owners,
and can be claimed by going into
McMullens store. If you were
typed and received no tags, GO
IN AND GET THEM.
Bad Check Writer
Gets 6 Months in Jail
Monday afternoon, Thomas
O. Moody was taken before U.S.
Commissioner Bonnilyn South
ard on a worthless check charge,
wlu re he pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to s: rve six months
in joii lor same.
According to information from
the Marshal's oif.oe Moody
co- ed a lum ber of worthless
i h 'ts with local merchants here
in Seward during the first part
of last July and then suddenly
departed for various and other
parts of the Territory.
Moody was recently appre
hended by the U.S. Marshal s of
fice at Lost River, a mining Set
tlement, located about one hund
red miles north of Nome.
Local merchants are cautioned
against cashing checks for
strangers, unless such person is
able to produce positive and un
disputable evidence that they
actually do have a bona fide
checking account in the bank.
Letter To Parents of
School Children
Dear Parents:
Appropriations for the Federal
subsidized school lunch program
for Alaska have been reduced,
cutting off several schools, in
cluding Seward, from the sup
plementary funds.
The elimination of the Seward
School from the program this
year has forced the management
of the lunch rooin to announce
that beginning Monday. October
27, lunch students will no long
er be allowed to charge a lunch
at any time except in extreme
emergency and only then when
a note of explanation is written
by the parent.
Other schools in the Terri
tory are charging as high as 60c
per meal and your Personnel in
the Seward School lunch room
is endeavoring to continue hold
ing the lunch prices to the low
25c and 30c level it has main
tained the past three years for
the government Grade A hot
school lunch which furnishes
y'tur child with one-third of his
daily vitamin requirement.
Rather than double the cost
of meals in order to carry the
charges the Lunch Room Person
nel respectfully request the full
cooperation of both parent and
lunch student so that we can con
tinue giving you the advantage
of this low lunch cost as long
as we possibly can.
You are cordially invited to
come and visit your school lunch
program.
Respectfully,
School Lunch Personnel
CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
There will be a meeting of
all those interested in forming
a city basketball league Tues
day evening. Oct. 28. at the high
school at 8:00 p m.
Lions and Jr. Women
Co-Sponsors of
Boy Scout Fund Drive
Announcement, was made this
week by .Toe Doyle, president of
the Seward Lions Club, that the
Lions Club and the Seward Jun
ior Women’s Club will co-spon—
or the annual Boy Scout fund
campaign. Mr. Doyle also stated
that Mrs. Clyde Lovett, president
of the Junior Women’s Club, will
serve as general chairman of the
drive and will co-ordinate the
work of the two organizations.
The campaign will kick off on
Friday evening. October 24, at
the Lions Club meeting. Workers
will be organized into teams at
this meeting and will start the
drive next morning.
The purpose of tiie drive is
to raise funds for the Alaska
Scout Council. The council is
composed of representatives of
organizations sponsoring Scout
ing in Alaska and is responsible
for tie. Scout program through
end the t. rritory. '1 he council
provides a staff of five trained
professional nun to aid and
train volunteer workers. The
council headquarters is in An
ehorage. with field offices in
Ketchikan. Juneau and Fair
banks. Seward is served by field
executive Clil’i’emd Smith, work
ing old of Anchorage and serv
ing the towns of westward
Alaska.
The Scouts of Seward attend
ed Kings Lake camp this past
summer, one of Severn summer
camps conducted oy die council.
The Alaska Council serves over
3000 boys in Scouting programs
from Point Barrow te> Metlakat
la, and is the largest of all Unit
ed State councils in size. In ad
dition it has one of the higest
records in growth and achieve
ment, a record made possible by
tiie 902 adult volunteer Scout
leaders in the territory.
Seward has a Cub Pack, spon
sored by St. Peters Episcopal
Clinch with Dan Rose as Cub
master.
The Seward Boy Scout Troop,
027 is now being sponsored by
the Elks Lodge. Stan Niegemann
is Scoutmaster of this fine group.
No goal is set for the campaign
as the Alaska council does not
set goals but asks each com
munity to give as generously as
possible, as the only financial
support of tin* council comes
from the communities it serves.
Vets Unemployment
Benefits Set
Unemployment compensation
benefits for recently discharged
veterans of the armed forces,
which became payable in Alaska
October 1!), under Title IV of
the Veteran's Readjustment As
sistance Act of 1952. will be ad
ministered in accordance with
the provisions of the Alaska em
ployment security law, John T.
McLaughlin, executive director
■of the Employment Security
Commission announced this
week. Persons who have served
ninety consecutive days in the
armed forces, at least one day of
which was after June 18. 1950,
and who have been discharged
or released from the service
under conditions other than dis
honorable, are covered by this
new veterans’ legislation .
McLaughlin declared that cer
tain conditions must be met by
the veteran before he can obtain
this compensation, which is in
tended only for veterans wdio
are unemployed for no reason
other thar that they cannot find
a suitaule job. The territorial
official pointed out that the vet
eran cannot obtain compensation
until his mustering-out pay peri
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Gen. Kepner To Address
League Convention
ON-FARM TRAINING
INTERRUPTED
College, Alaska—The Univer
sity of Alaska announced this
month that despite earlier hopes,
the newly passed Public Law 550
(Veteran’s Readjustment Assis
tance Act of 1952) does not pro
vide a realistic on-farm rehabili
tation program for veterans try
ing to develop homesteads in
Alaska. For this reason the Uni
versity cannot continue to offer
such a program to veterans
farming on a part-time basis in
the Territory.
Inquest He*d Friday
On Hailaday Death
A coroner’s jury returned a
verdict of death ■’caused by a
blow on the head, circumstances
of origin unknown" at an inquest
held Friday afternoon October
24, in Commissioner’s court.
Kenneth C. Hailaday. aged
about 39, was found dead in a
cabin near the waterfall below
town on the cannery road. Time
of death was not definitely est
ablished but is presumed to have
occurred sometime on the night
wl October 13 or on the 14th.
He is known to have served in
the U. S. Army at Fort Richard
son during the last war, and to
have lived around Seward for
several months. His mother. Mrs.
Herbert Hailaday. lives in Chi
cago. He will be buried in Sew
ard cemctary. time to be an
nounced.
Director Meet With
Local Red Cross
Mr. S. Conn, General Field
Representative, Pacific Area Of
fice American Red Cross and
Field Director, Elmendorf Air
Force Base, met with the Board
of Directors of Seward Chapter.
Red Cross Thursday night. Mr.
Conn was accompanied by Miss
Elleighfare Amason, executive
secretary of the Anchorage
chapter.
Chairman, Rev. Charles Malin
appointed a nominating com
mittee to report in 2 weeks. A
U mporary treasurer was also
appointed to fill the position left
vacant by Wayne Gillies. Mrs.
Kathryn Ling accepted the temp
orary appointment.
There is too much correspond
ence to be handled on a volun
tary basis. Mr. Malin stated and
suggested the appointment of an
executive secretary with a token
salary. The suggestion was tab
led until the first business meet
ing following election of officers.
Mr. Conn instructed the Board
on handling of Home Service ac
counts and new policies in the
field of hoVne service.
He and Miss Amason left Fri
day to continue their field trip
to other chapters on Kcnai Pen
ninsula.
Reporter's Notebook
Many people will remember
Ty Myers, brother of Dick Myers
who worked in town three or
four years ago. lie is back in
Seward, working for Andy's Oil
Delivery, and greeting old
friends.
Mr .and Mrs. John Paulsteiner
left on the Baranof Thursday
night. They will spend the wint
er outside, visiting, touring and
absorbing sunshine.
Carl R. Carlson returned Fri
day after a trip to Juneau. Mr.
Carlson attended the school
Superintendent’s Conference.
Lt. Gen. William E. K mner,
Commander - in - Chief. Alaskan
Command, will be guest speaker
at the League of Alaskan Cities
convention dinner here ne d Sat
urday, November 1.
The convention will be open
for general session at 1 p.m.
Thursday in the Elks Club, and
continue throughout Saturday.
Other speakers at the conven
tion will be Dr. Terris L. Moore,
president University of Alaska;
Lee C. Hettinger, president of
the League: Wm Nieme, Alaska
Road Commission; Capt. W. W.
Kenner, U.S.C.G.. Commandant
17th Coast Guard District: May
nard Taylor, mayor of Anchor
age: G( orge Shannon, city man
ager, Anchorage; and mayors,
councilmen and city officials of
seven Alaskan cities. Mayor
Eugene N. Lanier will give wel
coming address.
This is the second annual con
vention of the League of Alaskan
Cities. It was organized in An
gust 1950 at Anchorage and held
its first annual convention last
year in Kodiak. Mr. Lee C. Bet
tinger, mayor of Kodiak, is pres
ident.
Sewardites arc invited to at
tend all sessions, as well as a
cocktail party Thursday eve
ning from 6 to 9 p.m. at the
Elks Club.
Seward Lions will entertain
ci( legates and consultants of the
League Friday evening at Hard
ing's Cafe. Afterwards there will
be a reception at the Legion
Club.
The League’s legislative pro
gram is creating a great amount
of interest throughout tile Ter
ritory. It is based on needed le^p
islation benefiting the munici
pality. Changes in Territorial
laws to make city financing,
law enforcement and permanent
improvement policies more
equitable and standard are main
issues on the program. This will
receive considerable discussion
which may be heard by the
public.
The League prepared 16 pro
positions, 12 of which were ac
tually presented to the Legisla
ture'. Of these*. 10 were signed
into law by the Governor in
1951. The present program con
tains 25 propositions.
Firemen Get Workout
Thursday flight
Seward firemen really got a
workout at dinner time Thurs
day night. An alarm was sound
ed which sent the fire equip
ment to the Seward Bakery on
lower Fourth Avenue. A small
grease fire had started in the
bakery kitchen, which did no
damage.
Before the all-clear whistle
sounded, another alarm was
made for a fire at the new Lewis
and Clark automobile agency at
710 Third Avenue. The building
is under construction, but a
truck which was inside caught
fire. It was run out of the build
ing, causing no damage to the
structure and little to the truck.
A north wind was blowing,
which always puts all firemen
and individuals on the alert
against possible bad fire. The
fire dogs responded in record
time and once again are receiv
ing commendations of the people
who rely on them.
For information of those who
may wonder—one truck and
crew are kept on standby for
just such a double incident as
that of Thursday night.