Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick Managing Editor
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
If there were only sonic way
in which everyone could ex
change a month of living in An
chorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak, and
other Alaska cities with a month
in Seward by persons from those
places, how much more we
would all understand of each
other's problems, trials and joys.
Comparing them with our own,
we could take a lesson here and
there from another's experience
and see the value of friendl* re
lations between cities all striv
ing toward the same goal, and
quite often one would return
home, thankful for the peace
and quiet of a small town, and
feel that one's own problems are
not so great after all.
I enjoyed my stay in Anchor
age, made many friends in ad
dition to those I already had
there. Of course, in a cosmopoli
tan city of that size, and at this
time of year, one rubs elbows
with absolute strangers to the
Territory. These people give An
chorage the appearance of a
self-centered, disinterested and
not particularly friendly place.
It is a false impression. When
one meets the real Anchorage
people, those who have become
a part of the city by reason of
owning property, of raising fam
ilies under difficulties — the
steady, plodding resident who
must pass up the boom wages in
order to survive next winter.
These are the Alaskans, no mat
ter where in the Territory they
live. Friendly, interested, and
real.
One thing about the city es
pecially attracted me. That was
the clean streets downtown. Of
course there is mud—brown,
sticky mud—and plenty of it off
the paved streets, but no trash
cluttering up the gutters, fence
corners cleaned of papers and
leaves, and houses being painted.
One just gets the impression of
a clean city. I didn't get'into the
outlying area but once, and *it
was not so good.
Upon returning home, the
residue of winter was very evi
dent. I was most ashamed of my
own yard, and am hoping for
some good weather so that I can
b"CT>n work on it. and get an
other coat of paint started.
There is always a certainty of
meeting someone from home, or
an acquaintance from the States
in Anchorage. I spent some time
with Sgt. Verne and Mary More.
Their little son Mikey had the
measles, but was getting well
when I left.
Mrs. A1 Raffensburger came
down on the train with me.,She
is a former Sewardite who has
been living in Cordova for tin
past three years. During April
she was on jury duty in Anchor
age but was excused last week.
She will stay with Mrs. Casey
Cobban for a visit.
Miss Nan Blaha, director of
public welfare for the Third
District, is always ready to wel
come friends to Anchorage. She
is quite sold on the place, inci
dentally. and anxious to show
off its good qualities to all vis
itors.
Hotels are crowded to the lim
it. Even the lobby chairs are oc
cupied many nights with men
coming in for work. Soldiers
from Fort Richardson and Elm
endorff swarm the streets eve
nings and weekends, all courte
ous and happy-go-lucky, hunting
for .good entertainment—which,
unfortunately, is sadly inade
quate.
One thing was made plain to
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me. Home has always been
wherever I hung my hat. Times
have changed now and home is
only in Seward for me. The
“big'’ city is fine for a while,
but I’m oh, so glad to be home!
Mrs. Nora Dodge and little
daughter came down on the
boat train from Anchorage
Thursday after a few days busi
ness in the big city.
Politics get their bad name
from scheming politicians who
use politics for their own selfish
ends.
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