Seward Snaport Record
Postoffice Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published ore Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman .Editor and Publisher
$5.00 per year by mail. 10 cents per copy.
Sup't Reports On
Seward Schools
By Carl R. Carlson
Next Tuesday, at the special
election being held by the City,
one of the measures appearing
on the ballot will be a proposal
to vacate the alley thru the
school block. This measure was
placed on the ballot at the re
quest of the Seward School
Board that the alley be vacated.
For some time the Seward
School Board has been consider
ing the school playground prob
lem. It has been felt that we
could be making more use of the
area. However, since the alley
way really cut the block into
two lots—each 100 feet wide and
600 feet long—not much can be
done with the school lot as it
now stands. Last summer the
P-TA proposed beginning the
construction of a double tennis
court on the northeast end of
the lot. This will require an area
120 feet square. Elimination of
the alley is the only way this
can be fitted onto the present
school block.
At this time it might be well
to mention also the possibility
of improving the south end of
the school block if the alley is
eliminated. The present baseball
diamond is too small. Rearrange
ment of the playground equip
ment will make it possible to
increase the size of the diamond.
It is felt that elimination of
the alleyway will improve the
school block greatly. The School
Board and administration hope
that the voters of Seward will
support this measure.
To replace the alleyway, the
Seward School Board will have
a service road made from Third
Avenue to the building. This
road will be much shorter than
the alleyway and will serve the
school fully as adequately. An
other proposed improvement will
be the fencing of the entire
school block. This project will
be a fairly costly undertaking,
but the protection given the
children will fully justify the
expenditure.
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Thursday
Jan. 29
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Jan. 20
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A FREIGHTER
Jan. 27
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W. W. Sipprell
Gen. Agt.
Reporter's Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lamberson
planned to leave Seward Satur
day for a vacation Outside. They
will visit friends and relatives
in the south and west.
Ray and Pat Quick are back
home after a nice visit Stateside.
Frank and Nancy Blanchard
got back to Seward after sev
eral months Outside. They had
a wonderful trip and are now
ready to spend a few more years
in cold country.
Lois Reed returned Tuesday.
She had been Out with her hus
band Jim, who went for medical
treatment. Jim was still not well
enough to return when Lois did,
but she expects him soon.
A1 and Norine Reed are back
from their trip. It was not too
happy a time, as they met with
an accident before getting to the
States. Considerable damage to
their car delayed their return
several days.
Mrs. Arreta Howell is a pa
tient in Seward General Hospital
suffering from bursitis, a pain
ful infection of muscles in the
shoulder. She was reported rest
ing a little more comfortably
today.
Mrs. Esther Deegan, who was
injured in the automobile acci
dent that took the life of her
companion, Mrs. Ellen Cameron,
January 7, is reported recover
ing rapidly in Seward General.
She will soon be able to return
home to Cooper Landing.
Mr .and Mrs. Phil Durant,
formerly of Spenard, plan to
make their home in Seward. Mr.
Durant is negotiating for the
purchase of Doyle’s Hardware.
Doris Smith made a trip to
Anchorage this week.
Gene Lanier arrived home via
the Alaska Line Thursday.
HAVE YOU REGISTERED”
This is the last chance you
will have to register for voting
in the election next Tuesday.
The registration book will be
open at 7 o'clock both Friday
and Saturday nights for late
comers.
Every eligible voter in town,
that is, every taxpayer, should
be vitally interested in this elec
tion. But you CANNOT VOTE
unless you have registered since
January 1—this year!
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Tofflemire
left Monday to drive to Fair
banks. Mr. Tofflemire will be
working on an electrical job in
the water purification plam in
Fairbanks for the next month.
The job shop of Friberg Electric
is open for business here, how
ever, under management of G. P.
Kirkpatrick.
METHODISTS HAVING
FAMILY DINNER
Members of the Methodist
Church will enjoy a carry-in
family dinner in the church
basement next Sunday. Folks
will just go downstairs and eat
dinner together instead of going
home and cooking.
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SOLLY'S LIQUOR STORE
and
SOLLY'S LOUNGE
• • •
The Finest Beverages at all Times at Solly's
• • •
"Buy the Bottle or By the Glass"
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Tisch in Anchorage
January 11. He weighed 8
pounds, 11 ounces, and was
named Richard Edwin after his
grandfathers.
Mrs. Tisch is Wilma, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Myers of Seward. Mrs. Myers
has gone to Anchorage to be
with her daughter for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Murl Trevethan
are proud parents of a baby
daughter, born in Seward Gen
eral Hospital January 15. The
little girl weighed 8 pounds, 12
ounces. After a family confer
ence (which included Seward
Higli School student body) the
baby was named Susan Joanne.
She is the sixth child and fourth
daughter in the Trevethan fam
ily.
Six Robbers Found at
Harold's Automotive
Recently there has been a
number of complaints from cus
tomers being robbed of large
sums of money: this has been
going on for quite some time.
In some cases the people were
not aware of this thievery.
It seemed as tho some unseen
iiand was picking their pockets
clean! What was this mysterious
bandit? How could he be found?
Certainly it wasn’t up to the
local authorities to investigate
this matter begfiuse it only hap
pened when they were riding in
their automobiles.
Luckily, however, the amounts
were small. One person was
robbed of $3.50 on a trip to
Anchorage: another was robbed
of $10.00 while just driving
around town in one week. Just
imagine out of 500 cars how
much this amounted to over a
period of six months.
Finally a few very sensible
and cool thinking people decided
to put this matter in the hands
of an expert and the bandits
were apprehended by Harold.
The crooks were six worn out,
broken down spark plugs. At the
time of the investigation it was
apparent that these crooks had
accomplices—dirty carburetors,
burnt points and faulty ignition.
This story has a happy ending.
These people are enjoying the
pleasure of economical motoring
and knowing that there is a
place called “home” for their
cars at Harold's Automotive.
Come in and get acquainted
today.
—paid adv.
TANNING
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bo tanned. Quick, efficient, re
liable workmanship. We return
your finished skins immediately.
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Free at
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Main 54 or Main 55
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NORTHERN CAB STAND while
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Lv. Portland .January 17
Lv. Seattle .January 22
Arr. Seward .January 27
FAIRBANKS ANCHORAGE SEWARD
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M. J. (Bill) Wilcox p.O. Box 592 ARR Freight Depot
Dist. Mgr. Ph- 3-«°> Mai" 164
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Modern Coastzeise Steamship Transportation
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD
WINTER TRAIN SCHEDULE
Tuesday and Thursday
Depart Seward for Anchorage.7:30 a.m.
Arrive Anchorage ... 12 Noon
Depart Anchorage for Seward on Thursday.3:30 p.m.
Arrive Seward . 8:00 p.m.
Depart Anchorage for Seward on Tuesday . 6:00 p.m.
Arrive Seward. 10:30 p.m.
SPECIAL FARE ON TUESDAY
Only $7.00 (incl. tax)
Anchorage - Fairbanks
The passenger train AuRoRa leaves Anchorage for
Fairbanks daily except Thursday at 8:30 a.m. The
southbound schedule from Fairbanks to Anchorage
is the same.
Ride the safe and dependable way—
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