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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1953
Voters Turn Down Hospital Bond Again
Sup't Reports On
Seward Schools
By Carl R. Carlson
THE TENNIS COURT -
SKATING RINK PROJECT
One of the projects at school
that has been under considera
tion for some time has been the
construction of a tennis court
and ice skating rink on the
north-east portion of the school
block. This double purpose af
fair was to be so constructed
as to be useable as a tennis court
during warm weather and as a
skating rink during cold weath
er. This would be possible by
laying a concrete slab about 120
feet square—large enough for
two tennis courts side by side.
This slab would be provided with
a fairly high curb so it can be
flooded for ice skating.
This project has been under
taken by the P-TA. During the
1951-1952 school year a con
siderable sum of money was col
lected for construction costs.
However, last summer the pro
ject did not get done; but, dur
ing the fall a part of the area
actually was graded. This grad
ing did serve a useful purpose.
During the winter Jack Jeffries
has spent considerable time fix
ing it up for skating, and the
children of town have been mak
ing good use of it. Some had
wondered whether the children
would use the skating rink. Now
that we know they will, we feel
that this project is well worth
completing.
We hope that during this year
this can be completed. This pro
ject should be well worth the
time, effort and money required
for it.
Nightshirted Players
Razzle-Dazzle
S.H.S Sea Hawks
When a tribe of night-shirted
“Nighthawks” limped onto the
floor of the Civic Center gym
last Saturday night, it looked
like a runaway game for the
slim, trim Sea Hawks. They soon
discovered, however, that, night
shirts or not, those old men could
play ball.
After setting up exercises in
which the Nighthawks made
their fingers nimble, they pro
ceeded to grab the ball. “Grab"
is right. To be sure that they
would get it every time, they
ganged up on the Sea Hawks,
held them by the arms, or throt
tled the boys until the ball was
safely in the basket.
To make doubly sure of the
game, the Nightshirts (oops, ex
cuse us, Nighthawks) also put
one of their number in as referee.
This “referee” allowed his fel
lows as many free throws as it
took to make a basket. Even the
score board went crazy and
marked up scores so fast it ran
out of numbers.
The Sea Hawks got even, how
ever, when they shanghaid both
referees, took the whistle away
from one and locked him in the
rest room. While they were in
possession of the whistle, the
game really went to the boys!
All in all, this was the funniest
“game” the Lions Club has put
on to date. Proceeds went to the
Lions scholarship fund.
BASKETBALL - SEA HAWKS vs. ANCHORAGE HIGH EAGLES
JANUARY 30 and 31 Com* Out and Support Our Team! SEWARD CIVIC CENTER
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No Improvement In
Local Telephone
Strike Situation
Seward today, started the sec
ond week without telephones.
Some people are beginning to
leel irked at the delay in begin
ning of negotiations on the part
of company representatives.
Charles Sim, general manager
of the telephone company, ar
rived from Juneau aboard the
Denali early Thursday morning.
The union representative cannot
get here until Saturday, accord
ing to latest reports.
With the sudden cold and
windy weather, Sewardites are
feeling the lack of phone service
more acutely and show a grow
ing impatience with the situa
tion.
Reporter's Notebook
Mike Clipper, night watchman
on the Army Dock, is improving
in Seward General Hospital after
a heart attack, Mike spent many
dreary months in the hospital
a year ago with frozen feet, but
doesn't expect to stay so long
this time.
Jacky Jaragisse and baby Pen
ny returned to Seward from
Colorado this week to await the
discharge from the Army of her
husband Joe. The young couple
is well known in Seward. Jacky
is looking for a house so that
they will have a place in which
to settle down when Joe gets
home next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Simmons
of Anchorage were visitors in
Seward last Friday. Mr. Sim
mons is executive secretary of
the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in Alaska. He came here to
welcome his friend. Rev. Car
penter, to Western Alaska and
his new charge.
Mrs. Arreta Howell has re
turned to her home after being
in Seward General Hospital for
several days .
Mrs. Joe Hughes expected to
be released from the hospital
after a severe illness.
Mrs. Kathryn Galen is also
a patient at Seward General,
having injured her shoulder in
a fall.
Willard Dunham returned to
duty at Eielson A^ Force Base.
He was home on emergency
leave on the death of his grand
mother, Mrs. Tate.
Carl Thomas left Seward Fri
day for Anchorage and Outside
for medical treatment.
NURSING SCHOOL STARTS
NEW CLASS
The School of Practical Nurs
ing in Mt. Edgecumbe will admit
its fourth class on February 16.
Requirements are: good health,
eighth grade education, interest
in nursing, age 17 to 35, one
fourth native.
For further information con
tact Alaska Native Service, Mt.
Edgecumbe, Alaska.
Anchorage Mushers
To Arrive Saturday
Drivers and teams from the
Anchorage Dog Mushers Associa
tion plan to mush from Anchor
age to Seward in the second an
nual event of its kind. They plan
to arrive here at 11 a.m., at the
same time as a special pre-Ren
dezvous train will pull into the
station on Saturday, January 31.
Although it was a very cold
day last year when the teams
and queens arrived, many resi
dents and most of the kids turn
ed out to watch. Teams made the
trek in three days before, spend
ing the last night in Moose Pass,
and it is expected that the same
schedule will be used next week.
Special entertainment is be
ing arranged by the Seward
Chamber of Commerce to enter
tain the guests from Anchorage
throughout the day. Open house
at the Elks Club and Legion
Club will give the Rendezvous
committee ample opportunity to
get in some good publicity work
for the Hub City’s annual event.
As there are no dog teams or
mushers clubs in this area, the
racing dogs are always the cen
ter of interest here, and a good
crowd of spectators will be on
hand.
This is a good time to remind
Seward rooters that Saturday,
Jan. 31, is the date ol the last
basketball game with Anchorage
Eagles, being played here. The
special train is sure to have a
crowd of rooters for the Eagles,
and it is up to Seward to make
a good showing at the Civic Cen
ter and back up the Sea Hawks.
Alley Through School
Ground To Be Closed
The second proposition which
came' to a vote Tuesday passed
by a wide margin, with only
about six voters opposing the
vacating of the alley behind the
school.
It was learned that at least
two of these voters were con
fused on the alley in question.
At Last—The Wind!
It is not news to Sewardites,
of course, but our friends Out
side will be interested to hear
that the long awaited, and dread
ed, wind has at last struck
Seward.
In spite of snow, rain, slush,
and rr ore rain, icy streets and
cloudy skies, we have been con
gratulating ourselves on temper
ature in the 40’s, an ‘'open win
ter”—and no wind!
Times have changed. Slyly the
North Wind began to seep out of
Resurrection Pass on Wednesday.
Clouds disappeared, the sun
shone—temperatures fell to 15
degrees, and the wind came—at
30 miles per hour. Now the
streets are a glare of polished ice
and everyone who can has holed
up, trying to keep warm. Good
business for the oil man, though!
Three Local Men In
New Draft Call
Gene Snyder, Richard Mattson
and Donnie Sanders received
the draft call this week. Rota
tion of men into service is just
becoming evident as those in the
first draft are returning home
after their two years training
and duty.
Most of the returnees are em
phatic in their opinion that “it
was not too bad,” and that they
gained, at least physically, by
the experience, but are glad that
it is over. Now they can settle
down and lake up normal life
where they left off, although at
least four of the original seven
in the first draft call have been
married while in service.
New Baptist Minister
Seeks Building Site
Rev. B. I. Carpenter arrived
on the Baranof last week to
build a church and organize a
congregation here. Rev. Car
penter is of the Southern Bap
tist Convention, and found, to
his surprise, that there is al
ready a nucleus of a congrega
tion in Seward just waiting for
a minister.
- First services will be held
Sunday. January 25 in the
Union Hall on Adams Street.
Morning and evening services
are scheduled for 11 a.m. and
7:45 p.m.
Rev. Carpenter established
the work in Ketchikan a little
over five years ago. He came
to the Alaska mission work from
Albuqurque. New Mexico, and
other parishes in that state and
Texas. (He has a soft, Texan
accent.) His wife and daughter
Helen Ruth will come to Sew
ard after school closes in Ket
chikan. She is a sophomore in
high school.
Although the new minister is
looking for a building site for
the church, he is also in need of
a home for the family, as they
expect to make this their home
for the next few years.
The Southern Baptist Church
is not to be confused with the
other Baptist group who have
already purchased a building
site on north Fourth Avenue.
Rev. Carpenter represents the
Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention,
which presents the Good Will
Hour on the radio.
Legion Jam Session
For March of Dimes
It s a case of "Come to our
party and bring your own band"
at the Legion Club January 30.
They are trying something new.
Everybody who plays an instru
ment is invited to bring it and
^play at a regular jam session
dance. (If it’s a piano you play,
you needn’t carry it with you.
The Legion Club undertakes to
furnish that one instrument.)
Many people play some kind
of musical instrument, and this
program should provide a vari
ety of music. —Sounds like fun!
Proceeds go to the March of
Dimes. A good chance to have
fun and help a child.
Hospital Bond h ue
Defeated; Still No
Funds For School
Seward taxpayers defeated the
bond issue for a proposed new
hospital for the second time
Tuesday, January 20 in special
election. Of the 379 eligible vot
ers registered, only 276 actually
cast their ballot on the issue.
Figures were 157 for the hos
pital, 119 against. As a 65 per
cent majority is necessary to
pass a general obligation bond
issue, the vote was 22 short of
passing.
While they were in Juneau
last week, Mayor Russell Paint
er, Jack Werner and Tommy
Bie conferred with Don Wilson,
director of Alaska Public Works.
They came away with the posi
tive information that the school
project is not scheduled for this
year's appropriation, and that if
the hospital project was rejected
by Seward, there would be no
chance of either the school or
hospital being included in the
1953 construction period. The
high school is on the list for
1954, Mr. Painter said, which
means further delay of at least
a year, and possibly two before
it could be ready for use.
The question remains in the
minds of many voters, however,
whether, with the defeat of the
hospital, the school project can
not be forced into its position
of priority for the sum already
supposedly allocated for con
struction in Seward. This sum of
$725,000 would not complete
and equip the building, as plan
ned, but it would permit a start,
with a further appropriation the
following year for its comple
tion,
Everything is at a standstill
at present until the city council
decides whether to take the
word of APW authorities as to.
the status of Seward project*
as final, or to begin a fight for
the school.
Sea Hawks Lose To
Whittier Team, 52-51
By Don Dalberg
The Sea Hawks lost a hard
fought contest to tne Port of
Whittier Army basketball team,
52-51, Sunday afternoon at the
Civic Center. The Whittier team,
composed of taller and more ex
perienced players had to come
from behind to finally nip the
Sea Hawks in the final minute
of the game.
This was the best game of the
season for Seward High and just
about pulled an upset for what
would have been a well-deserved
win. However, their work in this
game was very commendable—
their passing and shooting was
very sharp and their teamwork
by far the best they have dis
played this season.
Gene Boe led the Sea Hawks
with fourteen points, Billy Evins
getting 12, and Dale Lindsey 11.
Jerry Caley and Kenny Bahr
played outstanding floor games.
Playing the same caliber of
ball against Anchorage next
weekend, the Sea Hawks will
give Anchorage more than they
can handle and could easily up
set the Eagles at least once in
the games with Anchorage here
Friday and Saturday, January
30 and 31.