Seward Seaport Record
Postoffice Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published on Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman .Editor and Publisher
$5.00 per year by mail. 10 cents per copy.
Editorial
By MEK
WHAT ARE WE TO DO with
the growing and alarming prob
lem of delinquency among our
Seward children? The incidence
of lawbreaking and misdemean
or is not as great here as in some
other places, but the fact re
mains that it is here and some
thing should be done to curb
the tendency before it becomes
overwhelming. The question is
. . . what to do?
Business houses report a wave
of shoplifting this year such as
has never been known before.
Just this week a hearing was
held in the U.S. Commissioner's
office on charges brought against
two boys for pilfering mail from
boxes in the post office. It was
not the first offense for either
of the boys. If the postoffice is
closed hereafter at 5 o'clock in
J ALASKA LINE i
SAILINGS h
PASSENGER SERVICE
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF. Thurs., Jan. 14
Juneau, Petersburg. Ketchikan,
Seattle
FROM SEATTLE
NADINA, Dec. 31
Seward. Valdez
SQUARE KNOT, Jan. 14
Valdez, Seward, Homer,
Seldovia, Kodiak
CHENA, Jan. 21
Valdez, Seward, Cordova
stead of the usual late hour,
townspeople will be made to pay
by inconvenience for the mis
demeanors of two young chil
dren. Mail is inviolate and must
be protected, even if it means
closed doors.
It is rumored that there is
a gang in school who call them
selves "Black Angels.’’ This has
a sinister sound. Is there actual
yl such a group? Who knows? If
there is an active organized gang
in Seward, what is their objec
tive and who is in it?
Recreation does not seem to
be the answer. At least, so little
interest was shown in the recent
attempt to set up a recreation
program that the project died
aborning. Certainly, the major
ity of school children are law
abiding. Many of those who are
suspected are more or less regu
lar attendants in Sunday School.
What is lacking—what is wrong
—where does the blame lie and
what can be done? These ques
tions plague the minds of en
forcement officers, school, civil
and church authorities as well
as many parents.
It has been the policy of this
and other Territorial newspapers
not to publish names of juveniles
involved in trouble. It is now
becoming a question as to wheth
er this policy may be protecting
the wrong parties. Possibly those
moral, law-abiding youngsters
who are in the majority should
be freed from suspicion by pub
lication of the names of habitual
offenders when they are legally
charged with offenses against
law and order. Would this make
parents more conscious of the
growing and sinister trend
among teenagers, or will they
continue in ignorance of what
is going on and in their present
attitude of violent indignation
when confronted with suspicion
of their own children?
The problem of juvenile de
linquency is more serious in
many respects than the problem
of prevention and control of
polio, tuberculosis and any
other contagious disease. It is
in fact just as contagious as any
of those diseases mentioned and
should be treated as a menacing
factor in the mental and econom
ic health of future generations.
This alarming problem cannot
be shrugged off or dismissed
lightly. Someone must find the
answer—and soon!
Rev. B. I. Carpenter has been
in Anchorage a few days this
week.
ALASKA RAILROAD TRAIN SCHEDULE
Northbound
Read Down
7:30 a m.
12:01 p.m.
SEWARD AND ANCHORAGE
Each Thursday
Southbound
Read Up
8:05 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Lv. Seward Ar.
Ar. Anchorage Lv.
ANCHORAGE. McKINLEY & FAIRBANKS
Mon., Wed., Fri., Northbound
Tues., Thurs., Sat., Southbound
8:30 a.m. Lv. Anchorage Ar. 8:15 p.m.
12:50 p.m. Lv. Curry Lv. 4:10 p.m.
4:36 p.m. Lv. McKinley Lv. 12:26 p.m.
8:30 p.m. Ar. Fairbanks Lv. 8:30 a.m.
ANCHORAGE AND WHITTIER
Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
3:00 p.m. Lv. Whittier Ar. 11:45 a.m
5:0* p.m. Ar. Anchorage Lv. 9:30 a.m.
THE ALASKA RAILROAD SERVES
MT. McKINLEY PARK
Call Main 153 for Information
Milk from Your Local Dairy
SEWARD DAIRY
PHONE MONROE 4
or GARFIELD 50
REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT YOUR GROCER S
$Poets
ornsr
So you plan a poet’s comer
For the rhymers of the town.
We may no doubt all be sur
prised
By Seward’s poets of renown.
Poets come from mountain—
Valley, field and glen.
And express themselves quite
freely
By their nimble mind and pen.
Some day I'll send a jingle in
To you for what it's worth.
It may bring to some a chuckle,
To some a bit of mirth.
It may be mostly nonsense,
_Or of much more serious strain.
"I've nothing much to gain or
lose,
So I may try again.
—Sarah May Garrett
THE GIFTS IN THE STABLE
Tile Christ Child Slept.
Mary, long adept
At prayer, knelt, half sitting, by
his bed.
“My son, my little son, my
Lord,” she said.
And touched his hair
Gently, softly, lest he stir.
The very depths of her
A living hymn of faitn.
His golden curls, sunlight
drenched
'Though no sun shone. . .
Just here. . . just here the crown
would rest.
She longed to snatch Him to her
breast
But knew a little child must
sleep.
She looked about her at the
sheep,
The cows, the tiny donkey, by
His side.
“It is my grandchild He shall
ride”
The donkey seemed to humbly
tell.
And Mary knew that all was
well:
With these her Child would
never be alone.
Before her, in high mystic drifts
She saw the first sweet Christ
mas gifts,
And Joseph, guarding by her
side,
Saw too. They looked with hum
ble pride
At love and shelter freely given
By beasts who dreamed no
dream of heaven.
Of food, and cloth, and humble
skills
Of shepherds from the wonder
ing hills.
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
from kings
They saw, and marvelled at
these things.
Then touched His curling, chub
by hands
And smiled.
And with these, Mary laid her
gift to God:
Her Child.
—Mary Ellen White
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Weber spent
several days of this week in
Anchorage on business and
pleasure.
DIRECTORY
Meets 2nd and 4th Monday*
I.O.O.F. Hall - Adams St.
N. O.. Art McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
SEWARD POST
No. 5
Meets
1st 3rd Wed. of Mont
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
1773
Mi ot 2nd & 4th Wed. of Monti
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P. M.
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 1-39
Mootings—
First Tuesday Each Month
pm. Union Hall
President — H. E. Burke
Si ri\ t;ry — Ralph Ryder
Unfed brotherhood of
CUtPENTCFS and JOINER?
Scwutd Carpenters' Union 1304
Telephone: Black 21G
Meetings at Lutheran Church
With A F »?
Mt'Oting 2nd T:i^«f!ny of Mr.r h
Wm. ('. Knaack — President
R M. Be van - Fin.-See. & Bus. Ajji
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Mondays 10 A M. - 12 Noon
Wednesdays . 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
Thursdays—
Well Baby Conference
and Immunization
Clinics 1:30 - 4:30 P M.
Other times by appointment.
Call Main 238
Monday thru Friday
8:00 - 8:30 A.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Johnson
are parents of a little girl named
Linnea Lee, born in Seward
General Hospital December 26.
The child weighed 6 pounds 8
ounces.
This is the fourth child for
the Johnsons, who live in Sew
ard.
Mr. and Mrs. Gar Smith are
parents of a daughter born in
Seward General Hospital De
cember 26. She weighed 6
pounds 3 ounces and was named
Deniece Darcele.
The Smiths live at Mile 5V6
and have two other children.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. James Dyer in Seward Gen
eral Hospital December 27. The
little boy weighed 7 pounds. He
was named Michael Robert.
A girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Wright December
28 in Seward General Hospital.
She was named Amy Ruth and
weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Sigvold Julius
sen of Mt. View, Alaska, arc
parents of a little daughter born
in Seward General Hospital De
cember 20. She w e i g li e d 8
pounds. Her name is Karen
Annette.
Mrs. Juliussen is the former
Margery Malcolm ef Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cutter of
Mountain View arc Seward visi
tors for a few days. The cutters
are enjoying a vacation from
their photographic business by
taking numerous pictures around
Seward.
Keith Specking of Hope was
in town Thursday on one of his
few visits to the “city.”
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MODERN MOTORS
SECOND AT JEFFERSON
ANNOUNCES
Opening New Yearns Day i
WE BELIEVE the automobile is here <■ hr,. *
we believe we can help it stay here longer with
our modern equipment in the newest shop in town.
We're set to do almost everything to make your
driving safer and easier (except make your pay
ments to the finance company). We'll be happy to
listen to all your troubles, check your air and oil,
service your battery, clean your windshield, or we
might even sell you a little gas and oil if you insists
STOP IN NEW YEAR'S DAY —
There's something for nothing, too!
DON’T FORGET!