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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
Record
Seward’s All-fVeather Port is Alaska’s Greatest Asset.
Only newspaper in the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
V01. A, No. 44
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
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I Vote Shows Tight Struggle
For House, Senate
The still incomplete returns
in the election battle for both
Republicans and Democrats
show tight struggle in all four
Divisions.
In the Third Division, with
several large precincts still out,
one democratic senate race was
still doubtful and upsets possible
on both tickets for scats in the
House.
In the race for the two senate
spots. J. Earl Cooper was well
out in front of his three Demo
cratic rivals with a total of
3,308 votes and seemed assured
of one of the seats. A1 Owen,
with 2,989, and Norman F. Shaw
with 2,504 votes in the running
for second place on the ballot.
Gerritt Snider, on the Repub
lican side, polled a total of 2,652
votes, as against Lee L. Mc
Kinley, the second Republican
candidate in the senatorial race.
On the Republican side of the
race for the 10 House of Rep
resentative candidates, Carl T.
Rentschler was out ahead with
1711 votes, and Chester E. Peter
son with 1,633 running close.
At the last unofficial reports,
the ten leading Republicans
were: Dorothy M. Prior. Paul
F. Robison, Winfield Ervin,
Lloyd C. Olson. Milton D. Snod
grass, Emil Knudson, James E.
Hawkins. Jack H. White, Paul
W. Nelson, and Carl T. Rcnts
chler.
In the Democratic line-up. the
top ten were: Raymond E. Plum
mer. Wendell P. Kay, Ken C.
Johnson, Stanley J. McCuteheon,
Russell K. Young, Irene E.
Ryan, E. G. Bailey, Harry B.
Palmer, Peter J. Kalamarides,
and Betty Mears.
LOYALTY DAY
Juneau, April 27 — Saturday,
May 1, has been proclaimed Loy
alty Day in Alaska by Acting
Governor Waino E. Hendrickson.
Sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United
States, Loyalty Day has been
marked as a day to emphasize
Americanism in all of its aspects.
It. is entirely appropriate that
Americans everywhere observe
Loyalty Day and re-affirm their
faith in the American way of
life, a way of life which empha
sizes the importance of human
dignity and personal freedom
and condemns tyranny and slav
ery.
The Proclamation states the
Acting Governor has called on
all Alaskans to note this ob
servance with appropriate reflec
tions and fitting ceremonies.
Methodist Church
Quarterly Conference
The Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence of the Methodist Church
was held Wednesday evening.
April 28, in the basement of the
Church.
After a carry-in dinner, the
business of the evening included
the Minister's report on things
that have been done in the past
year and plans for the coming
year. A report by the president
of the Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service was also read.
Other resolutions in future
plans were: A contract to Lesko
Brothers to paint the Church,
signing the petition for street
paving, taking over $600 more
on the minister’s salary from
the Board of Missions, leaving
a balance of only $300.
It was also decided to set up
a vacation Bible school for the
summer and Teacher's Training
classes for the fall.
The report of the Church's
work for the past year was ac
claimed as “One of the most
successful in the history of the
Seward Church.’’
The building fund for a new
education unity was initiated,
and the following names listed
to leave on the S. S. Denali on
May 13 to attend the conference
in Juneau: Mrs. Mae Metcalf,
Mr. Thomas Howoll, IVliss Edna
Sexton, Mrs. Marie Green, Miss
Delia Gabriel, and Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Malin.
Junior Class Play — “TIsh” — May 7*8
PRESENTED BY THE STUDENTS OF Wm. H. SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL — HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM — FRIDAY - SATURDAY, MAY 7 - 8.1954 — Admission $1.00
HOW THEY RAN
LOCALLY—
Following are final election
returns from the three local pre
cincts — Seward, Bartlett and
Bear Creek:
Delegate to Congress:
Bartlett, E. L. (D1 495
Beach, Ray (R) .20
Dimock, Barbara D. (R) . 96
Moore, Neil F. <D) . 16
White, Albert (Ind) . 3
Commissioner of Labor:
Benson, Harry A. (R) .209
Lannen, H. J. (D) 304
Westfall, Jack (R) - 75
Treasurer of Alaska:
Caro, J. B. (R). 43
Coughlin, Robert E. (D) 107
Hunter, Earle (R) . 170
Peck, Leonard (D) 93
Wade, Hugh J. (D) .. 142
Territorial Senate:
Cooper, J. Earl (D> .. 223
Kyger, Leonard K. (D) . 130
Lingo, George A. (Ind.l 55
McKinley, Lee L. (R) - 224
Owen, A1 (D) 108
Shaw, Norman F, (D) 163
Snider, Gerrit (R) 221
House of Representatives
Bailey, E. G. tD) .148
Buckalew, Seaborn J. (D) 111
Cichoski, A. J. (D) . 79
Duncan. Leroy H. (D) . 73
Ervin, Winfield, Jr., (R) 302
Fields, K. Lewis (D) ....... 52
Gregory, Earl (D).196
Hawkins. James E. (R) 256
Hegdahl, Harry W. (D) 107
Johnson, Ken C. (D) 186
Kalamarides, Peter J. (D) 120
Kay, Wendell P. (D) - 205
Knudson, Emil (R) ■ 155
McCracken, James A. (D) '356
McCutcheon, Stanley J. (D) 139
Wears, Betty (D) .133
Nelson, Paul W. (R> 333
Olson. Lloyd C. (R) .114
Painter, Harold Russell (D) 416
Palmer, Harry B. (D) 114
Peterson, Chester E. (R) 93
Poling, Bert L. (R) 76
Plummer, Raymond E. (D) 268
Prior, Dorothy M. (R) 244
Radinsky, Jules (D) 86
Rentschler, Carl T. (R) 64
Robinson, Paul F. (R) 167
Rothwell, Ira II. (D) 114
Ryan, Irene E. (D) .119
Shaduxa, Alexander P. (D) ■ 73
Snodgrass, Milton D. (R) 148
Strachan, Thomas (P) 111
Wharton. Thomas A. (R) 86
White, Jack H. (R) 61
Withrow, Howard O. (D) 54
Young. Russell K. (D) 142
National Committeeman:
Lhamon, W. L. (R) 90
Hickle, Walter J. (R) 60
Barnes, Doris M. (R) 136
Plummer, Raymond E. (D) 245
V or dale, Katharine D. (D) 158
\SSCO ANNOUNCES BERING
3EA SAILING SCHEDULE
The Bering Sea sailing sched
jle for the year was announced
this week by W. J. Manahan,
general traffic manager of Alas
ka Steamship Company.
The first sailing, June 9, will
call at Nome, St. Michael and
Teller; the second, July 6, at
Nome, Teller, Kotzebue and St.
Michael; and the third and last
of the year, September 23, will
call at St. Michael, Nome and
Teller.
The July 6 ship will call at
Nome both north and south
bound, then Northbound call for
perishable cargo only, it was
pointed out.
The Bering Sea area is closed
to ocean transportation by ice
conditions over six months each
vear and the persons and busi
nesses there must depend on the
short open season for the bulk
of their annual supplies.
Because of the shallow waters
in the Bering Sea, all cargo is
discharged from the ocean car
rier to barges for tow by tug
from vessel anchorages which
range from a few thousand feet
to ten to twelve miles off shore.
Sipprell, Gardiner,
King Moved In
Alaska Line Change
Two Alaska Steamship Com
pany Alaska agency appoint
ments and a transfer, effective
May 1, were announced this
week by W. J. Manahan, general
traffic manager of the line.
* John W. Titus has been named
agent at Fairbanks from the post
of Assistant agent at Anchorage,
succeeding Robert G. Gardiner,
who is transferred from Fair
banks to Seattle; Clarence R.
King has been named agent at
Kodiak from that of Seward
agent.
King succeeds Walter W. Sip
prell at Kodiak. Sipprell has
been acting agent there since
November, 1953 on an interim
basis while also Nome agent.
He will continue as Nome agent.
A native of Seattle, King join
ed the Alaska Steamship Com
pany Seattle freight office staff
in 1946 after earlier warehous
ing experience. Two years later
he was promoted to assistant
freight cashier, Seattle and in
1951 to assistant agent, Seward.
His promotion to agent here
came in 1953.
Gardiner started with The Al
aska Line in 1929 as a Ketchikan
agency clerk. He was appointed
Skagway agent in 1937. Before
going to aFirbanks as agent in
1947 he served as assistant agent
at Anchorage and as Seward
agent.
Local Clubs Prepare
For National Home
Demonstration Week
For the Ninth National Home
Demonstration Week, May 2 to
May 8, the Homemakers’ Clubs
have joined together in planning
a program to acquaint the public
with the major objectives of
home demonstration work. From
these duos women learn more
about food and health, child
care, clothing, housing, and
home beautification.
A tea is planned Saturday af
ternoon, May 8, from 2 to 4.
in the Methodist Church base
ment. Members of both the Mar
athon and Harbor Homemakers'
Clubs will be on hand to greet
guests. All women interested are
invited to attend. Exhibits at
the tea will include projects car
ried on during the year from
each club and government bulle
tins from the Extension Service.
Mrs. Jesse Woods and Mrs.
Eda Myers are in charge of ar
rangements for the week. Mrs.
George Dangler is preparing a
window display of projects to be
shown at McMullen’s store, Mav
2 to 8.
Convocation Of
Woman's Auxiliary
Convocation of the Women’s
Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church in Alaska is held this
week at All Saint’s Church,
Anchorage. Delegates from St.
Peter’s, Seward, St. Mark's, Ne
nana, St. Mathew’s, Fairbanks.
St. George's, Cordova, St. Step
hen's, Fort Yukon, Epiphany,
Valdez, St. Michael and All
Angels, Kenai, St. Matthias,
Homer.
The Convocation, which began
Thursday, April 29, with regis
tration at the Church at Eighth
and F Streets, and assignment of
quarters, will end Sunday, May
2, at 6:00 p.m., with a pot-luck
dinner for the parish and all
guests.
Daily conferences and meet
ings included the National Pro
gram of the Woman’s Auxiliary,
United Thank Offering film, Ed
ucational Program in Christian
Social Relations and Supply
Worship, and the Missionary
Field in Alaska.
Those attending from Seward
were Mrs. Vance Hitt and Mrs.
Russell Clapp. Reverend Russell
Clapp of St. Peter’s Church in
Seward will attend the close of
the Convocation, Sunday, May
2. He will drive Mrs. Clapp and
Mrs. Hitt back to Seward after
the Conference.
SEWARD WATER FREE
FROM CONTAMINATION
According to report of Calvin
Winey Jr., Regional Sanitary
Engineer fo rthe Alaska Depart
ment of Health, Anchorage,
tests made April 21 show Sew
ard water to be free of contam
ination.
The test is a routine service
maintained by the Seward Water
System periodically to assure
the people of clean, uncontam
inated water.
Permanent Dock,
Huge Apartment
Due W'littier
Two major projects at the
Army's Port of Whittier are
causing nationwide attention as
contractors prepare to submit
bids to the Alaska District Corps
of Engineers.
The number of construction
firms who now hold plans, speci
fications, and bid forms indicate
these projects rank close to the
top in interest by prospective
bidders in Alaska’s vast military
defense construction program.
For construction of complete
permanent docking facilities at
the mountain-ringed ice-free
port which opens off Prince Wil
liam Sound, an arm of the Gulf
of Alaska, 132 firms are bid
holders.
For construction of an ultra
modern 14-story apartment
house, nearly 100 contracting
firms are bid-holders to date.
Bids on the dock facilities
were to be opened today, April
30, at the Seattle branch office
of the Alaska District, Corps of
Engineers.
Bids on the apartment house
will be opened May 11 at 11
a.m., at that office, but a prebid
conference has been called for
all interested and qualified pros
pective bidders for May 5 at
9 a.m. at the Seattle branch of
fice.
The big apartment house will
provide 177 family quarters for
service men, rfTTtr 39 Irsfchetor
quarters. The units are 1. 2, and
3 bedroom size. The structure,
of latest design and accommo
dations, will be reinforced con
crete. Approximately 6,000 cubic
yards of excavation and 4.000
cubic yards of backfill will be
required, also 500 cubic yards
of excavation for driveways and
sidewalks. 120 square yards of
4-inch concrete sidewalk; 700
cubic yards of area grading, and
800 cubic yards of topsoil.
The prebid conference has
been called to discuss and ex
plain specifications for the
apartment house and to answer
uuestions on various phases of
the construction and require
ments. Plans, specifications and
bid forms may be obtained from
either the Anchorage office or
the Seattle branch office of the
Alaska District Corps of En
gineers.
The Port of Whittier already
is the site of the famous compo
site building, literally “a city
under one roof,” built at a cost
of about $6-million and turned
•over by the District Corps of
Engineers to the Army last
summer.
Another bid opening set for
May 24 at 11 a.m. in the An
chorage office of the District
Engineer is for construction of
electrical power service to serve
receptacles and hardstands at
Eielson Air Force Base.
Specifications call for approx
imately 2000 cubic yards of ex
cavation, 4130 cubic yards of
classified fill and unclassified
backfill; installation of under
ground cables, handholes, and
electrical receptacles. The work
is to be completed before June
1955.
UTILITY BOND ELECTION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
Residents of Seward are re
minded that next Wednesday,
May 5, is the date of the Utility
Bond Election, at which time
the City asks the voters’ consent
to the issuance of $200,000 in
electric utility revenue bonds
for the purpose of making neces
sary additions to the generating
equipment in the city owned
power plant.
PROCLAMATION
Mental Health Week
United States of America
Territory of Alaska
Office of the Governor
WHEREAS, the nation’s most
important health problem is
mental illness, which accounts
for more hospitalized patients
today than all other illnesses
combined; and
WHEREAS, more than 9,
000,000 people—or one out of
every 16 are suffering from
mental and emotional disorders;
and
WHEREAS, mental illness
manifests itself, also, in physical
illnesses, delinquency, crime,
school failure, job failure and
alcoholism; and
WHEREAS, the effects of
mental illness are felt in the Ter
ritory of Alaska no less than in
other parts of the United States
and the World: and
WHEREAS, the Territory of
Alaska suffers from an acute
shortage of clinical facilities and
personnel trained in treating
mental illness; and
WHEREAS, it is the respon
sibility of every community and
every citizen in the Territory
to combat mental illness through
support of measures for preven
tion, improved treatment, re
search and education and
through the personal application
of sound mental health princi
ples:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Waino
E. Hendrickson, Acting Gover
nor of Alaska, do hereby pro
claim the week of May 2 to May
8 as Mental Health Week, and
furthermore call upon the citi
zens of Alaska to participate in
the observance of this occasion,
thus better acquainting them
selves with the facts about men
tal illness find mental health,
and with their responsibilities
in maintaining good mental
health in this Territory.
DONE at Juneau, the Capital,
this twenty-third day of April
in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and fifty-four.
(SEAL)
s WAINO E. HENDRICKSON
Acting Governor of Alaska
ATTEST:
s WAINO E HENDRICKSON
Secretary of Alaska
4-H'ers TO HOLD ROUND-UP
AT UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
When it is round-up time in
Alaska, the 4-H boys and girls
head for the University of Alas
ka campus for a week of demon
strations, tours, games and other
entertainment, Mrs. Lydia Fohn
Hanscn, acting 4-H leader, said.
The first 4-H round-up since
1946 will start on the university
campus June 21 and end June
26. Each 4-H club is urged to
send one delegate to represent
the club, but attendance is open
to all 4-H boys and girls who are
13 years old or older. The 4-H'ers
are to be accompanied by at
least one leader from each com
munity. Part of the program
will be planned especially for
leaders.
The university will provide
dormitory space for the youths,
but each club member is to bring
his own bedroll. Meals will be
served at regular prices in the
college cafeteria.
With completion of Nerland
Hall, the university can cooper
ate with Fairbanks for tourist
housing and will have room for
Alaskan 4-H'ers. Limited dormi
tory space and heavy tourist
travel made it difficult to plan
4-H round-ups in the post-war
years.
As program details are com
pleted, information will be sent
to 4-H boys and girls, Mrs. Fohn
Hansen said.
STILL TIME TO PAY UP ON
DELINQUENT TAXES
From the City Hall comes in
formation that, although the full
publication of delinquent tax
notice is being completed with
this issue of the Record, there is
still time for those appearing on
the list to pay up and before the
property goes up for tax sale by
the city. See Assessor Harry
Southard in the City Hall.
IN SEWARD, NEBRASKA—
TICKETS ON SALE FOR
ALASKA EVENTS
This large sign at the office
of the McGrew Insurance tells
the world that tickets can be
secured for the various events
being staged during the visit in
Seward by the group from Sew
ard, Alaska.
The group from Alaska will
arrive at the Lincoln airport
about 1 p.m., Monday. May 31st,
and will be brought to Seward
by tlie Seward Junior Chamber
of Commerce for a welcome at
the Seward Outdoor Amphi
theatre.
There will be two basketball
games between the two cities
while they are here, also bowl
ing, dancing and other amuse
ments.
The Chamber of Commerce is
planning some kind of a “Gold
Rush” event for Tuesday, June
1st, with gold rush prizes for
many attending the event.
The big Jamboree will be held
at the High School Auditorium.
Further announcements of
events wil be published as the
plans are completed.
The Blue Valley Blade and the
Seward Independent will co
operate in publishing a 16-page
“Gold Rush News,” with 8,000
copies to be mailed out on May
23th. Advertisers are requested
to turn in their advertising copy
early to either of the news
papers.
—Photos Courtesy Harold Davisson
The picture above shows Dis
trict Judge Harry D. Landis buy
ing the first basketball ticket for
the game between Seward, Alas
ka, and Seward. Nebraska, from
Carl McGrew. Tickets went on
STUDENTS PRESENTED IN
PIANO RECITAL
Mrs. John F. (Sybil Smith
presented ten piano students in
a recital Saturday, April 24, at
2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Opal
Bryan at Mile Seven.
Students playing in the re
cital were: Mrs. Margie Miller
and three children, Richard,
Carol and Joyce; Mrs. Alameda
Midby and two children, Rose
mary and Harry; Mrs. Opal
Bryan and daughter, Mary; and
Master Curtis Lee.
Guests present were Mrs. Paul
Lee, Mrs. J. B. Woods and Joyce,
Mrs. Ed Burke, Mrs. Mary
Schaefermeyer and Mike, Mrs.
Georgia Gordon and Stevie.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Miller and Mrs.
Smith. Gift music was presented
sale for the various events on
April 18th. The Seward, Alaska,
visitors will arrive in Seward,
Nebraska, on May 31st.
—Blue Valley Blade
SeWard, Nebraska
P-TA TO ELECT OFFICERS
AT YEAR'S FINAL MEETING
The final meeting of the P-TA
before the summer holidays will
be held Saturday night, May 1,
at . 8:00 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected at this time, and
will take over their duties in the
fall to assure members of the
organization a, better and more
active program for the coming
year. All members are urged to
attend this meeting.
to the students by Mrs. Smith,
and they in turn presented Mrs.
Smith with an ivory brooch, a
souvenir of Alaska. Mrs. Smith
is returning to her home in Ore
gon on May 6, after spending the
past year in Seward.