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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
Record
Seward's All-ITeather Port is Alaska's Greatest Asset.
Only newspaper in the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
Vol. X, No. 11
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Overwhelming
Strains School
Close to 600 children crowded
into Seward schools on Tuesday,
the opening day. straining fa
cilities beyond the limit. Two
churches and the Odd Fellows
Hall were again pressed into
service, as well as the five class
rooms in the Bayview school, to
house the overflow.
The James building on Fourth
Avenue is promised for occu
pancy oy October 1, which will
take the classes out of the lodge
hall and St. Peter's Church, but
the Methodist Church basement
will be us‘'d for the rest of the
year. One hundred and thirty
five children are at Bayview,
which will take care of 15 more
if necessary within the grades
2 to 6.
Carl R. Carlson, superintend
ent of schools, reports a total
registration to date of 505 with
12 to 20 more who are known to
be stilt coming. Eight high
school students from Moose Pass
are brought in by Territorial bus
which also picks up a first grad
er at Mile 12.
Most of the increase is in the
elementary school. Instead of the
expected limit of first graders.
73 children registered as begin
ners. This necessitated the form
ing of a third class for first grade
and last minute employment of
another teacher, which brings
the school staff to 30. Absolute
capacity of the school is 400.
With the additional 18S to 200
children to be housed the school
system is faced with a serious
problem this year.
As a large number of town
children had to be sent to Bay
view school, many of them are
faced with a walk of a mile and
a half. To overcome this situa
tion. a shuttle bus was put into
operation to carry children from
the Seward school to Bayview
school morning and evening. The
hot lunch Drosram will be ex
tended to accommodate the chil
dren at Bayview, it was an
nounced this week.
Important Issues At
Next C. of C. Meet
Seward Chamber of Com
merce will meet at noon Tues
day, September 15, at the Diner.
The announcement was made by
President Tormod Die today.
Since two weeks have elapsed
since the last meeting, several
items of importance have come
up for consideration. Mr. Bie ex
pressed hope that a good turn
out will be present. The Diner
management plans to seat ap
proximately 40. so there will be
room for everybody.
City Office Requires
Longer Residence
A new law passed by the 1953
Legislature requires two years
residence in the Territory and
one year residence in the city
for candidates filing for election
to municipal office.
This changes the old order
which permitted a taxpayer to
hold office on one year resi
dence. All candidates for elec
tion this year should inform
themselves of the requirements
which are found in Chapter 53
of the Session Laws, 1953.
$150 Stolen From
Liquor Store
The Yukon Liquor Store on
the corner of Fourth and Wash
ington, was burglarized early
in the morning of September 8.
The cash register was rifled of
$150.
The thief had kicked in the
glass of the front door— the
only entrance, at approximately
4 a.m. Time was set by the
police check of the patrolman's
rounds. No arrest has been made
to date.
Curfew Is On!
The ten o’clock curfew is in
force in Seward for all children
under the age of 16 who are
found on the street without a
legitimate reason.
As soon as it can be placed,
the o’d fire bell will be rung
as sign of the curfew. In the
meantime, parents are warned
that young children must not
be on the street unaccompanied
after 10 o'clock.
Don’t fail to save the date of
October 31 for the Hallowe'en
Dance. It is being given to raise
money for the purchase of a
new ambulance. We need it. You
need it. Everybody will benefit
by it. Let’s all help buy it!
Registration
Facilities
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, on September 17,
1787, the Constitution of the
United States was adopted by
the Constitutional Convention
and ultimately became the fun
damental law of the land; and
WHEREAS, as our nation
grew and became great, and as
new problems came into being,
certain additions were made to
our Constitution, notwithstand
ing which the basic document
has remained unchanged and un
shaken and there has thereunder
been maintained a government
"of the people, by the people,
and for the people,” "to preserve
justice, safeguard domestic tran
quillity, promote the general
welfare, and glorify the bless
ings of liberty;” and
WHEREAS, today, 166 years
after it was adopted, the Con
stitution of the United States
is still the great hope of Free
dom-loving people the world
over;
N O W, THEREFORE, I, B.
Frank Heintzlcman, Governor of
the Territory of Alaska, by vir
tue of the authority in me vest
ed, do hereby proclaim Thurs
day, September 17, 1953, as
CITIZENSHIP DAY and urge
all churches, schools, civic and
patriotic organizations and all
citizens to arrange and take pait
in appropriate programs to the
end that we, the people who
benefit from the Constitution,
shall have a better understand
ing of and greater respect for
the gifts of liberty, equality, and
justice granted us by the Con
stitution.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the Territory
of Alaska to be affixed this 8th
day of September, 1953.
DONE at Juneau, the Capital,
this eighth day of Septem
ber in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and fifty
three.
s B. FRANK IIEINTZLEMAN
SEAL Governor of Alaska
ATTEST:
s WAINO E. HENDRICKSON
Secretary of Alaska
Four Propositions
Face Voters In
Coming Election
The regular election for City
Council, Mayor, Utility Board
and School Board members will
require much deep thinking on
the part of voters th^ year.
In addition to electing city of
ficials, Seward taxpayers will
be asked to vote on general ob
ligation bonds to acquire the
sewer system constructed in the
north end of town last year. This
is in the sum of $150.000.
Proposition 1 on the ballot
will be to bond the city in gen
eral obligation bonds in the sum
of $400,000 for a hospital build
ing. Said hospital to be con
structed under Alaska Public
Works as each of the other pro
jects also proposed.
The second proposition on the
ballot is for a general obligation
bond issue for $800,000 for ad
ditional paving of streets in such
areas of the town as the City
Council deems necessary, to
gether with necessary equipment
incident to street paving of a
permanent nature.
All these bonds would be of
30 years maturity at 2 per cent
interest per year.
Ordinances covering these
propositions are posted in con
spicuous places about town and
will be published throughout the
month so that every taxpaying
voter may read for himself and
form his own opinion before the
election. This ballot will be
given to regularly registered
voters whose names appear on
the tax roll of the City of Sew
ard.
Another proposition to come
before all registered voters of
Seward is a proposal of whether
the town should adopt the city
manager plan of government.
If'passed this ordinance will
take effect immediately and the
City Council will be obliged to
seek and employ a city manager.
The proposition came about
because of a petition which was
presented in proper form, signed
by not less than 25 per cent of
the registered voters of the town
of Seward at the last municipal
election. The petition asked for
the adoption of the city manager
plan of government, and is now
being put to the vote of all the
people.
Juneau News
ALASKA FUNDS NOT
RESERVED
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man has received word from
Washington that no reserves or
“set asides" were made by the
Bureau of the Budget in the ap
portioning of $33,815,000 appro
priated by Congress for the Al
aska Road Commission, Alaska
Railroad and Alaska Public
Works for use in the current
fiscal year.
This means that while some
other programs may be curtailed
because of the debt ceiling limi
tation, the programs of these
three branches of the Interior
Department can go forward as
planned.
One of these programs, under
the Alaska Road Commission, is
the continuation of construction
of the Copper River Highway.
It is anticipated that major con
tracts for this construction may
be awarded next spring.
Included in the Interior De
partment appropriation arc $12
million for the Alaska Public
Works program, $4,215,000 for
The Alaska Railroad, $14.0 mil
lion for construction of roads
and S3 million for road main
tenance.
Included in the railroad bud
get is $2,715,000 for rolling
stock and SI 5 million for docks
at Seward.
A dozen or more Alaska pro
jects are included in the Alaska
Public Works program —schools
or school additions at Kodiak,
Cordova. Anchorage, Sitka and
Fairbanks; utilities projects at
Ketchikan, Fairbanks. Valdez
and Anchorage: street improve
ments at Ketchikan and a num
ber of health centers.
(Editor's note: Although it is
not mentioned, Seward authori
ties have been given to under
stand that the Seward High
School building will also come
under this list of projects for
1954.)
TAX COLLECTIONS UP
The Territorial Department of
Taxation collected $1,616,454 in
taxes during the month of Au
gust, bringing the total for the
year to date to SI 1.832.542, ac
cording to a report to the Gov
ernor by R. D. Stevenson, Acting
Tax Commissioner.
This is the highest total ever
collected in the Territory for
the eight-month period and com
pares with $11,417,812 for the
first eight months of 1952.
Of the total collected this year
to date, $3,278,407 came from
the First Division: $169,922 from
the Second: $6,213,848 from the
Third and $2,170,364 from the
Fourth.
Tax collections for the month
of August, however, were $185,
213 below collections during Au
gust 1952. For the three month
period June. July and August,
1953, collections were .$40,923
in excess of collections during
the same three months of 1952.
TREASURY EALANCE HIGH
Territorial Treasurer Ilenrv
Roden reported a net cash bal
ance of $11,725,581.89 in the
treasury os of August 31. 1953.
As of that date there was $13,
195.147.97 deposited in banks
while outstanding warrants to
taled $1,469,566.08. The General
Fund had a net balance of $11,
475,372.42.
ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENTS
Governor Heintzleman has an
nounced the appointment of
George Jones, Anchorage Public
Accountant, to the Board of Pub
lic Accountancy in the place of
Marshall Crutcher of Kodiak,
who resigned. The appointment
is subject to confirmation by the
Legislature and the term will
end March 31, 1955.
Other members of the Board
of Public Accountancy are El
mer G. Johnson and Charles M.
Marler, Ketchikan: F. J. A. Ran
dall, Fairbanks and A. Van Sev
entcr, Anchorage.
James J. Brunette of Juneau
has been appointed a member
of the Veterans Service Council,
representing the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Other members
of the Council are Norman C.
Banfield, Juneau, representing
the American Legion; the Com
missioner of Veterans Affairs,
the Attorney General and the
Commissioner of Education.
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
CHANGES PLANS
Because of transportation
schedules, the Alaska Develop
ment Board made a change in
plans and was to meet at An
chorage Seotember 10 instead of
at Fairbanks. A Fairbanks meet
ing will follow the one at An
chorage. Main business was to
be the establishment of an office
in the railbelt area.
Governor Heintzleman was to
be in Anchorage for the opening
meeting and will attend other
meetings if possible.
Reporter's
Notebook
Betty Cook and Gloria Schae
fermeyer will attend the Uni
versity ot Alaska this year. They
are both graduates of the class
of ’53, Seward. When the Sea
hawks play Fairbanks this time
they will have some pep squad
right on the spot. Helen and
Pedro Denton are at the Uni
versity, too, as well as Miss Jane
McMullen. If we keep on we
will have a permanent pep squad
in Fairbanks.
Pete Lalios is a patient at
Seward General Hospital where
he was entered Friday morning.
Only two petitions for city of
fice are on file to date. Another
will be in Saturday morning.
Robert Biggs has filed for city
council. Leon Lewis has filed
for the five year term for School
board. Mrs. Lawrence Whit
mores petition for the three
year term, School Board, will
be filed Saturday.
Mrs. Don Richardson and two
children left this week for
Washington. They went to An
chorage where -they caught the
plane for Outsi*e.
Work has begun on test pil
ings for Hie new dock. The pile
driver has been working around
the shore line -or several days,
ll is now working in the bay
souih of the ca inery where the
original plans o Col. J. P. John
son proposed a new dock.
It’s Rally Da\ at the Lutheran
Sunday School this Sunday. All
the children who have been
away and those who had vaca
tion from Sunday School are ex
pected back this week.
Regular worship service will
be conducted by Clarence Keat
ing at 11 a.m.
School will he starting Out
side in a lew weeks, and local
boys and girls are getting ready
to return to college and uni
versity. Hilly and Bob Erwin
leave soon ior Colorado. Their
cousin, JoAnn Milroy, is also
getting ready for her second
year in Colorado.
Billy Anrig leaves next Tues
day for his second year in Wash
ington .
Gail Jacobs has transferred
from Honolulu to Washington
State College at Pullman, Wash
ington. She will leave next
week.
Ronnie Lewis, Terry Cobban,
Dick Dangler and all the rest
will be saying goodbye for an
other year soon, if they have not
already gone.
Marie Jordan is going to
school in California,
Margery Turnbull has regis
tered for high school this year
at Kelso, Washington, where she
went to visit this summer and
liked it so well that she decided
to stay.
Mr. and Mrs. George Turnbull
will leave next week for a va
cation in Washington and points
south. They will be gone a
month or more.
Mrs. Marge Murkowski leaves
Saturday for Kansas City to at
tend the funeral of her brother
who was killed in Japan.
Commissioner Southard had a
wedding last Saturday morning
in the office. James H. Rock and
Rachel E. Isaacson, both of An
chorage, were married here.
Another fish fry will be ready
at the Legion Club Sunday be
tween 4 and 8 p.m. They have a
special way to fry fish that is
extra special and extra delicious.
All you can eat for a dollar!
The word is out that Jack
Hauser, manager of KIBH, has
been transferred to Fairbanks.
Sorry to lose a public spirited
man like Jack. Everybody
wishes him good luck in his new
place, which is an advancement
for him.
Edward A. Mcrdes, Assistant
Attorney General, is visiting in
Seward this week. He will hunt
moose before returning to Ju
neau.
FISHERY HEARINGS
Fishery Hearings will be con
ducted in the Seward Lutheran
Church next Thursday. Septem
ber 17, at 8:00 p.m.
All those concerned are re
quested to attend.
Dramatic Soprano
First Artist On
Alaska Music Trail
Opening the 1953-54 concert
series of the Alaska Music Trail
here on Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. in the
Methodist Church will be Lucine
Amara, soprano, of the Metro
politan Opera Company. She
will be accompanied by Don
Jones, known to us for his fine
playing of accompaniments for
Raymond Manton, tenor, last
season. He is substituting for
Miss Amara’s personal accom
panist who is detained in the
East during September.
When Lucine Amara won the
Atwater Kent award over 1,500
competitors, her career began
auspiciously and has continued
the same ever since. An Ameri
can of Armenian descent, born
in Hartford, Conn., she went to
live in California at the time
Luciiie Amara, Soprano
her high school education began.
She was a pupil at the celebrated
opera school of the University
of Southern California, directed
by Karl Ebert, and her only
voice - teacher has been Stella
Eisner-Eyn, celebrated Viennese
soprano and coach. After nu
merous important appearances
in California, including the Hol
lywood Bowl, Standard Sym
phony Hour, soloist with San
Francisco Symphony, Pierre
Monteux conducting. Marine Me
morial Auditorium debut in re
cital and others, our artist was
accepted by the Metropolitan
and given a 20 weeks contract
with an added one later for six
weeks of the spring tour. Lucine
Amara gradually worked her
way up from the Celestial Voice
offstage in the opening night’s
performance of “Don Carlos” to
singing the roles of Mimi in “La
Boheme,” a stellar part, “Nedda”
in Pagliacci and was chosen first
understudy to Eleanor Steber in
the Mozart “Cosi Fan Tutti.”
During 1952-53, Miss Amara
sang 77 performances at the Met
ropolitan and with a heavy
schedule ahead, she will also
sing in Italy after her tour for
the Alaska Music Trail and be
back in New York for the No
vember 2 opening of the opera,
making her one of the busiest
of the younger singers.
The Alaska Music Trail con
certs, now beginning their fourth
season, will be represented here
by Seward Concert Association,
Inc. Season tickets are now on
sale at $7.50 each.
Over-Size and Weight
Permit Revision
On Highway Loads
A revised procedure for is
suance of overload permits on
Territorial highways during per
iods of unstable conditions has'
been announced by the Territor
ial Board of Road Commission
ers, the Alaska Road Commis
sion and the Bureau of Public
Roads. All permits for over
length, over-width or over
height loads will be issued by
Territorial Police (formerly
known as the Highway Patrol.)
Permits for overweight loads
will be the function of the Al
aska Road Commission or the
Bureau of Public Roads depend
ing on the road system involved.
Overload permits, when ap
proved, must be registered and
validated by the Territorial Po
lice before coming effective.
Overload permits may be is
sued at Road Commission Of
fices in Anchorage. Fairbanks,
Valdez and Haines; Bureau per
mits at Seward and Cordova.
Any Territorial Police Office
will issue over-width or over
length permits.
Load restrictions or road
closures, when required, will be
announced and enforced by the
Territorial Police when notified
by the other bureaus that such
action is necessary.
Two Airmen Injured In
Head-On Collision
Just Call Operator
For Ambulance
To call for ambulance service
the only thing necessary is to
lift a telephone receiver and
tell the operator.
Seward telephone operators,
several of whom are members
of the Seward Volunteer Am
bulance Corps, have done im
measurable service to the people
of Seward and the Ambulance
Corps in getting immediate serv
ice on emergencies. Whether
they are members or not makes
no difference. All operators
swing into action when an emer
gency call is made. They locate
certificated drivers and first aid
personnel to take the vehicle
to the scene of any accident.
One thing is requested by the
operators and the ambulance
drivers—BE SURE TO GIVE
CORRECT ADDRESS, and if
possible the nature of the acci
dent. This information will
speed help to the accident vic
tim or to the person ill at home
who must go to the hospital.
PAINTER WAREHOUSE FOR
AMBULANCE GARAGE
Jack Kelly, hunting for a
garage to house the ambulance,
requested help from the city
council Tuesday night. Mayor
Painter gave him the use of the
Painter warehouse between
Third and Fourth Avenues at
Jefferson. There is some re
arranging inside the building to
be done, which men of the
SVAC volunteered to do. It is
hoped that by the first of the
week the ambulance will be un
der cover in a safe place, and
also one more easily reached
than its present location.
First aid supplies can also be
kept with the vehicle, as well
as clean laundry, so that no time
need be wasted in taking a call.
Mr. Kelly, president of the
Corps, also informed the Coun
cil of the condition of the am
bulance and the very pressing
need for a new one. He secured
the support of the Council in
purchase of a new one. A study
is now being made by the Corps
of ways to finance a new ve
hicle. The first effort to S'aise
money will be the Hallowe'en
Dance to be given in the Civic
Center October 31.
Police Department
Reports Busy Week
It has boon a busy week far
Seward policemen. The jail is
full and running over, Chief
Don Balmat says.
Among the troubles was the
theft of two cars. On the night
of September 6 a Jeep owned
by Ben Suddath was taken from
a down town street. It was dis
covered after daylight over the
bank at Mile 6.
At the same time a car owned
by Phyllis Pugh was reported
missing from the Barabara Bar
on the highway. It was later
found in town.
Apparently the two thefts had
been done by the same person.
An arrest was made and the
hearing will be before Commis
sioner Southard early next
week.
City Invites Bids On
Two Vehicles
Invitation to bid on supplying
the city with two motor vehicles
were issued by the City Clerk
today.
The first is a new police pa
trol car which is to be equipped
with heavy duty springs, shock
absorbers, battery and gener
ator. It is to be a sedan with
screen or plexiglass protector
between the front and rear seats.
It must come with 6-ply tires,
heater, leather upholstery and
other specified equipment.
Trade-in allowance is speci
fied on the 1952 Pontiac now in
use as well as the Chevrolet
panel delivery formerly used by
the police department. Bids must
be in by 3 p.m., September 21,
the day of the next regular coun
cil meeting.
The second vehicle is a five
yard dump truck. Minimum re
quirements on this bid include
cab-operated tail gate control,
5-speed transmission, re-inforccd
steel plate frame and rock lug
tires on rear wheels. Delivery
date on both vehicles is 60 days
of awarding of bids.
Staff Sergeant Lindsey How
ard of the 621st EAMC, Elmen
dorf AFB, and Sgt. Clarence H.
Buhler of the 813th EAB, also
of Elmendorf, were injured in
a head-on collision at Mile 21,
Seward Highway, early last Sun
day morning.
Howard, the most seriously
injured, suffered deep lacera
tions and head wounds when he
was thrown through the wind
shield on the right side of the
car which was driven by Buhler.
Both men were taken to Seward
General Hospital by the Seward
Ambulance, which was called to
the accident at 2:33 a.m.
Miss Novak, who was spend
ing the week end at Wolf Trail
Lodge, drove to the accident
when a passing car stopped in at
the Lodge to get help. The phone
call was placed at that time.
Miss Novak, a registered nurse
in the Public Health Service at
tached to Elmendorf Air Force
Base, attended the injured man
and went with him in the am
bulance to the hospital.
Howard was removed to El
mendorf hospital Thursday.
Buhler suffered shock and
light cuts about the face.
Involved in the wreck was
Robert Walls of Anchor Point,
who has been working in Sew
ard. Walls was driving a Jeep
pickup. The two machines ap
parently collided head-on. The
truck was rolled over the em
bankment on a curve at Mile
21 near the Paulsteiner cabin.
Walls received a small cut on
the right cheek. His escape from
more serious injury seemed mir
aculous to people who saw the
truck later and found it to have
literally broken in half. The
sedan driven by Buhler was
badly damaged, front and right
side completely crushed.
It is thought that both car and
truck must have been hugging
the inside of the cliff which
overhangs Kenai Lake. Which
driver was in error is not known
here.
Andrews Girl Saved
From Drowning
At noon last Saturday a small
child, Andrea, daughter of Ralph
Andrews, fell into the water
trench at Fourth and Adams.
Water in the bottom of the nine
foot trench was deep enough
that the child, unable to get out,
was on the point of drowning.
A man whose identity has not
been established, but who is said
to have been here from Homer,
jumped into the water and res
cued the child. He took her to
the hospital where her father
found her wrapped in blankets
getting warm.
No amount of questioning has
turned up the name of her res
cuer, who is said to have jumped
into the water filled ditch
dressed in a good suit and over
coat.
Lions To Entertain
District Governor
Seward Lions Club will enter
tain District Governor A. W.
Blackrrby and District Deputy
Claud Chilton on Tuesday of
next week. Mr. Blackerby is
from Juneau. Mr. Chilton lives
in Fairbanks.
Time and place of the dinrer
honoring the guests has not been
announced as there is some
difficulty in finding a large
enough dining room, a Sew; rd
Lions spokesman said today. Ex
act time, place and further de
tails will be announced by radio
before Tuesday, however.
Regular meetings of the Liens
Club are now scheduled for no )n
every Friday at the Diner.
Baptist Ministers
Visit This Week
Rev. Harold Dye, of San Jc^e,
California, and Rev. L. O. Grif
fith of Atlanta. Georgia, visit -d
Seward Thursday on their tour
of the Baptist work in Alaska.
They are gathering material a id
taking photographs for a for in
coming book on the Territe; y.
The Stateside churchmen w< re
accompanied in Seward by Rev.
B. I. Carpenter, minister of 1 re
Seward church, and Rev. Felton
Griffin of Anchorage. They in
spected the site of the new Sew
ard Baptist Church, which is to
be erected on the corner of
Fourth Avenue and Jefferson
Street. The group will proceed
to Fairbanks for the church con- -
ference to be conducted there
later this month.