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Postoffieo Box 20-4 - Telephone Main 1(53
• Published on Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
Editor and Publisher
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Public UnviiecJ to See
Hospital’s Progress
G? 22 Busy Years
Sew aril General Hospital lias
a flowing record oil achievement
in the development of Alaska
during the past 2d years since its
establishment.
Sunday, May 11, has been set
aside all over the United States
as Hospital Day. it is particular
ly interesting to the people of
Seward to take inventory oi the
hospital situation and conditions
here this year with the needs of
the community becoming in
creasingly critical. Residents arc
asked to make a special effort
to visit t!u general hospital and
see for themselves the inade
quacy of the building.
On June 2d, 1 Dot) the doors
of Seward General Hospital
swung wide to admit the first
patient. It was E. e.. f atty, dean
of the School of Mining at the
University of Alaska. Dean Patty
had been injured on a field trip
at the old Hershey min at Hope
a few days before. As the hos
pital was not quite finished
when he was brought into town,
Mr. Patty was taken to the Jesse
Lee Home, then as soon as the
paint was ary in the hospital he
became the first patient.
Dr. A. D. Haverstoek, railroad
physician of Anchorage, was
named head surgeon alter a
committee of townspeople or
ganized the hospital propel and
obtained the outgrown school
house for use .Th first commit
tee was made up of Mr. P. C.
McMullen, mayor; Mr. Elwyn
Swetmann, druggist: Mr. G> urge
Meyers, merchant; Mr. Carl Or
lander, jeweler and Dr. Roberts,
dentist. Mr. Orlander was chosen
to gain pit >l:c support f r the
project been us “a jeweler was
least likely to be accused of self
ish * interest In the sick.” Dr.
Harold Sega. I. *e. of Anchorage,
was technician and ass'stant.
Miss Doth Stewart, then dea
coness-nurse at Jcs>e Lee in
firmary was n leased by Rev.
For Information
Phone MAIN 125
W. W. Sipprell
G?v. A^t.
C. T. Hatten, superintendent of
.Jesse Lee Home, so that she
could take charge of nursing. It
was understood that children
from the Home would be treated
in the town hospital—the ar
rangement is still in effect today.
Miss Stewart became Mrs. John
Saiit, of Seward.
In August, 1930. Miss Ruth
Murrell, deaconess-11 u r s e. ar
rived to serve as matron on the
staff at Jesse Lee Home. B
cause Mr. flatten again felt the
need at the new hospital was
great, Miss Murrell agreed to
join forces with Miss Stewart
and came to the hospital. Miss
Murrell has been superint ndent
since 1941. She succeeded Miss
Elizabeth Geijsbeek. who was
made superintendent soon alter
open ng of the hospital.
A vei y inte resting history of
Seward General Hospital -from,
which much of the foregoing
was iakc n -was written by Mrs.
G. Edward Knight. It is titled
"The M e d 1 e a 1 Missionary at
Work In the Land of Totem
Poles. and may be obtained
from Miss Murrell.
In 1930. tile year the hospital
was established, four babies
were born. The first baby was
Arthur Hjalmer Hansen. Hi.
mother is the present Mrs. Mary
Rodg.rs. She and Mr. Hansen
then lived at Lnga and came
e’ear to Seward for hospital
tre..ant. Ml s. Bo'_;i's is al: o
mother of the lirsl twin-- barn
at 1 ie hospital. 'Huy \wr • Mil
dred and Meryl Hansen, both of
wham are now married.
In tin.' 23 years of its exist
e.ice there is a record of a0(:0
surgical op. rations, and 14
births b\ caesarean s ction.
924 babies first saw tile light
of the world m Seward General.
Of those t.hi were boys and 43e>
girls. Only six sets 01 twin., wrr11
a. . . the number, most of
whicii were born in the early
year.. Miss Murrell said, idle
last ones were the Lee Holman
twins uorn last year.
An inquiry concerning the
birth ol relative numbers of
boys and girls brought about an
investigation which ended in
the maxing of a very interest
ing graph. In ti.e year 1 J.)9
liii'i'e w re more girls than boy ;
born, me number being 49 giris
to 4 • I • same was tr ie
the following year with girls
1* ading of» to 4V. During tlie war
years .and so far in I:»,t2. boys
are m the leach
Th. hospital opened June 29,
Hide .. tli lu beds. An addition
ui 1 38 allowed an increase in
die numoer wi'icii is now 30. A
new builcung is m the planning
stage which will have 7 3 beds
it toe hospital board amt tne
city can find a way to finance
The railroad, steamship com
panies and construction com
panies rely on the Seward hos
pital. Army personnel quart--red
in and near town, as v. 11 as all
Ke Peninsula 1 isidents now
depend on litis hospital for medi
cal care.
You are invited to see your
i 1 os pit d Sunday, as well as the
1 aw. rd Sanatorium. Both places
wiii hold open house b ginning
al th local institution at 1 p.ni.
h as trans lurtatian will be avail
able from there to the Sanator
ium. Tea vill be seren'd at the
Sanatoriu n at 2 p.m. followed
by a c unduet, d tour.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
The regular me tiny of lii ■
Seward Lutheran Ladies Aid
will be held Monday, May 12.
at 7:30 in the church parlors.
Every .me is invited to attend.
CORRECTION—
In the story on Seward Sana
torium last week, the name
Roger Mahan was given where
it should have been Roger Osbon
in the list of local volunteer
townspeople.
A baby girl was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle Rood, of Moose
Pass, in Seward General Hos
pital May (>. The little girl was
named Sandra Lynn, and Weigh
ed 0 pounds 12 ounces.
Mrs. Reed is the former Win
nie Sanders, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Sanders of Seward.
A tiny girl, weighing only 4
pounds 10 ounces, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foulks in
Seward General Hospital May 3.
She was named Jerie Cainill .
Mr. Foulks is the son of Mrs.
Kelurah King, Medical Social
Director at Seward Sanatorium.
This is their second child.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Inglis are
proud parents of a baby daugh
ter born in Seward General Hos
pital May 8. The little girl was
.amed Laurel Ann and weighed
8 pounds 5 ounces.
This is the second child for
the Inglis family.
LOCAL BUSINESS WOMAN
CELEBRATES loTH
ANNIVERSARY IN REALTY
Mrs. Mary Ann Raima! is ce!<
Inciting her loth year in the real
estate business this wee!..
Mrs. Ralmat started hi busi
ness with another com. any in
Tulsa. Oklahoma, in la >7. After
two and one lui'l year ' start
cd out for hers. If, and ’ns main
tained her own unity ba me
sine the! lime.
Knew a a V dwM X* C ” • >.
• ith hi r husband and son as
parin rs, ;}>•* c, n.vr y op' rat', i
in Tulsa and Juneau .Masco,
handlin'.; pin nerty titles, title in
sura.ice. abst'acts. rental coilec
tions and sales of residenti nl.
bu-hiess and acreage pro nrW s.
The Seward business woman
lias onei at d under the title Ani
mat Realty hi Seward since-1:* 17
except far a .short interim, han
dling the same kind of propertv
transactions except for -insur
ance.
LOCAL CANCER UNIT
ESTABLISHED
Mrs. Joseph Deishcr, recently
appointed chairman of the Sew
ard Permanent Unit, American
Cancer Society, met with her
committee Thursday night to
plan the program in Seward.
Assisting Mrs. Deisher are
Mrs. Murl Trevethan, distribu
tion chairman, and Mildred
Kirkpatrick, publicity chairman.
A program of education and
information was planned which
includes radio, theater and news
papers as well as individual con
tact. All women’s organizations
will be informed in the near fu
ture of a special film to be shown
on the recognition of breast
cancer.
Nine doctors from seven Alas
ka communities, including Sew
ard, attended the r e f r e s h e r
course on cancer diagnosis and
treatment, conducted last fall in
Portland by the University of
Oregon Medical School. This
was made possible; by the com
bined efforts of the Alaska De
partment of Health and your
Alaska Division of the American
Cancer Society.
A new field of service has
been added to the program of
the Alaska Division—that of
Direct Aid, financial or other
wis . to cancer patients. This
was inaugurated just last fall
and several patients have al
ready benefitted by the direct
aid program.
The program is intends d pri
marily for curable patients, or
those whom the doctors feel
reasonably sure can be cured.
But t rminal ease aid in the
form of dressings and m.dscines
is also available' and several
t 'rminal cases are now on the
rost r.
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays
I.O.O.F. Hall - Adams St.
N. G.. Art McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
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Meet 2nd & 4th Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P. M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERE
Seward Carpenters’ Union 2304
Telephone: Black 21G
Meetings at Lutheran Church
Affiliated With A K >t i.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Monti
W. C. Knank — President
R. M Levan - Fin.-Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets Fust Tuesday of Each Month
7 p.rn. - - Union Hall
Presided: Harold Dav!s
Recording < ' L. E. Dick
Fir/ ' rial Secretary — P. E. Wolcoft
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