2— Seward Seaport Record — Fri., May 11, '51 - Seward, Aaa.
Seward Seaport Reesrct
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick M maginf Editor
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Cvil Defense, Red Cross and
medical officers expressed concern
today over the apparent lack of re
sponse' to Rio blood t>pmg pro p un
now in progres at Civic (. *n
t or.
It is hard to account ft r any ac -
tual disinterest in Seward. The lac k
of iespouse must come from some
misunderstanding on the part of
the people regarding the purpose
of blood typing.
The National Defense Adminis
tration has recommended tuat
every individual from the age of 3
years up should be blood type.;,
and cany the information concern
ing tiie blood group and rh factor
cn his ; erson at all times. That the
same information should be kept in
the local hospital for reference, in
case of emergency operation, acci
dent. or enemy attack.
In addition, the surplus of blood
plasma, left in the Territory after
the war has been used up, or ;>e
come out-dated, and must be sup
plied by residents in each district,
or purchased at great cost from
Stateside laboratories. Because one
never knows when a member of
one’s own family might meet with
an accident, or need blood to re
place the precious fluid lost in an
operation, or when one’s friend
must have whole blood to sa’-e his
life, a “walking blood bank" was
devised a few years ago. This con
s sis of a list, of blood donors,
t pod and classified, and on im
mediate call. The blood bank or
nor li: t is entirely voluntary.
One may be typed for his ov^n pro
tec! ion, and not bc listed as a don
or unless lie wants to be.
The time required to be typed is
not more than five minutes. Dr.
Phillips, or a local physician, is on
hand to make the additional tests
tor donors, 'i he prosess is simple,
all the chcol children have been
1 >>ough it A whole family could
be typed on their way to the mo\ ies
toni ;lit or tomorrow night.
Because this is an expensive pro
gr m. persons are asked to pay the
nominal sum of 25 cents for a sim
o c blood type.
For persons willing to‘be listed
in the life-saving or blr. d bank
group, there is no charge at all.
The men are likeh to forget to
stop in, so it is up to the women to
• . n 1 t’ or . Let's have a good
turnout! Saturday from 0 am. to
9 in., with time out for lunch and
dinner, is your last chance.
A son was born to Mr. and
Ti -. L. Veerhusen of Kasiiof,
today. May 11. in Seward Gen
eral Hospital. This young man
•'■c'ohed 8 pounds, 15 ounces.
He was named Daniel Fred.
A bore has been defined as
a guy who's here today and
here tomorrow.
Should jaywalkers, run down
bv automobiles, be called the
bumper crop?
OPEN HOUSE AT HOSPITAL
So ward General Hospital will
observe Hospital Day, Sunday,
May 13, by open house all day.
The City and the staff of the
hospital are very proud of their
little hosnital, which is now
serving all of Kenai Peninsula
as well as the city.
The hospital b u i 1 d i n g is
own. d by the City of Seward,
having been converted from the
old school building upon the
construction of the present
school. This was in 1927 or 1929.
Approximately ten years ago
the south wing was added and
the basrmpni ’"■-modeled as a
ward, thus bringing the total
numbev of h^1 in 30.
Over 10,7 00 bed patients have
been treated by the hospital
since its beginning, and the
number of casual and out
patients runs to many times
that figure. Original x-ray, ster
iliser and other equipment has
been modernized from time to
time, the latest models installed
last year.
last year. Seven hundred fifty
six patients were housed in 1950,
of which 258 were operations
for trouble running all the way
from removing rusty nails from
feet, beans from baby noses and
ears, to the most delicate and
serious surgery.
Ninety-one babies were born
in Seward General hospital in
1950.
A permanent staff of five reg
istered nurses, one practical
nurse, and one technician, staff
Seward Gen ral Hospital, the
only one on Kenai Peninsula,
is called upon by increasing
numbers of patients outside of
Seward Airplanes and ships
have been bringing people in
for treatment ever since it was
opened. With the recent high
way improvem nt. opening the
Peninsula to automobile traffic,
the numbers have increased to
the extent that more and larger
quarters must be provided in
the very near future.
NPA AMENDMENT WILL
HAVE HARMFUL EFFECT.
CLAIM CONTRACTORS
The latest NPA amendment
to basic construction regulation
M-4 will have unnecessarily
harmful effect upon the defense
program and essential civilian
activities requiring construction,
according to Larry Moore, man
ager of the Associated General
Contractors. »
The new amendment will in
crease the list of projects re
quiring NPA approval before
starting construction and effects
multi-residential buildings
(apai mitmt buildings) in excess
of three stories and basement?
residential units for single fam
ily occupancy estimated to cost
more than $35,000; as well as
various classes of business plants
and facilities requiring the use
of more than 25 tons of steel
in basic forms and shapes that
are already restricted under ex
isting NPA orders.
Because of the new order
NPA authorization will now be
required for such types of con
struction as schools, churches,
hospitals, highways, bridges,
water and sewer systems, pipe
lines and public utilities. The
harmful effect of the order,
Moore explained, is the delay
in processing applications for
permits. He pointed out that
NPA does not have adequate
administrative machinery to
process applications for commer
cial projects. With practically
every new public or private con
struction project now requiring
NPA authorization, Moore con
tends that serious delays will
be encountered, even for urgent
projects.
One of the most valuable
things anywhere, and the cheap
est in cost—courtesy.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Southan
are parents of a baby boy bon
May 9 in Seward General Hos
pital. lie weighed 7 pounds, :
ounces and was named Johi
Edward.
A son was born to Mr. am
Mrs. James Richard Eide o
Seldovia, in Seward Genera
Hospital on May 10. He weighe
8 pounds, 1 ounce at birth am
was named Richard James.
GRANDDAUGHTER FOR
THE MILLERMANS
A dispatch from the Nintl
Naval District, Great Lakes
Illinois, announces the birth o
a daughter, weighing 8 pounds
3 ounces, to Mrs. Patricia Jea:
Overson, wife of Charles J
Overson, aviation machinist’
mate, 2nd class, USN, at th
U. S. Naval Air Station, Corpu
Christi, Texas.
Overson, who is serving a
the Corpus Christi Naval Ai
Station, is the son of Mr. an<
Mrs. LaVerne Millerman o
Seward. Mrs. Overson is th
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cha =
G. Underhill of Cheyenne, Wvc
The baby is the second chil<
of the Ovcrson’s, who are re
siding at Rodd Field, Enlistei
Men’s Housing. Corpus Christi
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