Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman ..Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick ..Managing Editor
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FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY FOR
ARMY NURSE CORPS
Headquarters, United States
Army, Alaska. — Through three
wars and the intervening years
of peace, servicemen have been
nursed back to health by mem
bers of the Army Nurse Corps.
On February 2, 1951, the
Army Nurse Corps will cele
brate its fiftieth birthday. It is
the oldest of all the women’s
military services, with a tradi
tion of distinguished service to
military sick and wounded and
to the families of military per
sonnel.
Army nurses were the first
American women to be dispatch
ed with the Armed Forces to
Korea, a unit of nurses arriving
there during the first week in
July. Now over 300 are in sup
port of troops in the combat
zone. The Surgeon General of
the Army reports that their
work has been magnificent, that
without their fearless assistance
the high rate of recovery of
combat casualties would be im
possible.
Tribute also comes from the
Chief Surgeon of the Far East
Command: I
“The members of the Army
Nurse Corps have all distin-'
guished themselves by their de
votion to duty, their utter dis
regard of working hours, and
their willingness to do anything
that needs to be done at any
time. They have displayed cour
age, stamina, and determination.
They have completed every task
with which they have been con
fronted in a superior manner.”
Army nurses are indispens
able members of the medical
team. Today, with military ex
pansion under way. they are
more important than ever—for
the men who defend American
security must be assured that
doctors and nurses stand ready
with professional skill, when
needed.
At the present, more than
ever before, there is an urgent
need for more registered nurses.
With the coming Golden Anni
versary of the Army Nurse
Corps, the Army will attempt
to seek 3,000 graduate profes
sional nurses for military serv
ice during the first six months
of this year.
All graduate nurses who are
interested in a commission in
the Army Nurse Corps may get
further particulars by contact
ing the Army Surgeon's Office
located at Fort Richardson. ,Aaa.
Mr. and Mrs. Tod Lesko are
parents of a daughter born in
Seward General Hospital Thurs
day. Jan. IS. The baby weighed
5 pounds, 2 ounces. She was
named Linda Sue.
Mr. Lesko is steward of the
Legion Club.
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HOMER, ALASKA
Lv. Hoiiier: Moa., Wed., Fri., — 9 A.M.
ARRIVE SEWARD — 4:20 P.M.
Lv. Seward: Tues., T'.urs., Sat.
ARRIVE HOMER — 4:30 P.M.
9 A.M.
BUS STOPS: Inlei Inn, Homer - Terminal Cafe, Kenai
Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, and all way points.
406 Wash. St.
MADISON 93
FROM SEWARD
SS DENALI
Jan. 25 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
Feb. 1 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 8 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
Feb. 15 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Nadina .Jan. 27 Susiina -.
Coastal Rambler .Feb. 1 Nadina
Feb. 8
Feb. 13
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Two circumstances today have
called to mind a little city in
j Maryland, one I know well. It
! is a venerable city, so old, in fact
that it was seriously considered
as the capitol of the United;
States before the present site
was chosen. The consideration
was dropped, because the people
of this little village did not want
to be bothered by “wrangling
politicians.”
Situated on a natural harbor
in the mouth of a broad river, ,
just off Chesapeake Bay with
' anchorage for ocean going ships,
it could have been the chief port j
instead of that honor going to
Baltimore town. Today, and for
many generations, the only craft j
to be seen are the small pleasure
craft that abound along the near-,
by shores.
Remnants of the first colon-!
ists in Maryland still hug their ;
memories of Rochambeaux and
his officers, when they quartered
on those shores as part of Lafay
ette's forces. Wrapped in the!
smug antiquity, and superiority
as the “Founders” of tins little
city, they continue to turn a cold
shoulder to the activities of the ,
little city which has built up
around them in spite of all
opposition. i
There is a Chamber of Com
merce, one of the oldest organ- j
ized groups of its kind in the j
country.
There are three types of citi-j
zens in this little city. The old
families (the founders), the *
younger generation and new-1
comers who are struggling!
against great odds to create a I
modern city, and the boomers,1
who have moved in to live tem-j
Expert—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
Oriander
Jeweler
Established 1916
porarily upon government sala
ries in one or other of three hug<
military installations in the near
by vicinity. Saving their monej
to return to their home states
buying all their groceries anc
clothing in the nearby supei
markets of Baltimore and Phila
delphia—living on the city bui
not in it, having no interest bui
shelter and entertainment to be
found there.
For many years the Chamber
of Commerce, of Board of Trade
as it was originally called, main
tained a straight laced, high col
lar dignity. The older generation
gradually died off, or lost inter
est in the Chamber activities, or
resenting the younger blood with
its modern or “newfangled’
ideas, dropped out. They as
sumed the attitude that because
they were tire “founders,” their
decisions were right, and there
could be no other.
That city today has split into
two factions. A conservative
newspaper operates directly
across tire street from the lib
eral, and neither enjoys more
than a bare existence. Two drug
stores are the perfect examples
of the two ways of business. Al
most all business is divided
against itself. Tire modernists
are rapidly winning, but the
struggle has been a long, hard
one. That city which could have
been the commercial center of
Maryland is still one of the
smallest in the state. All because
the people would not pull to
gether. What has been gained
has happened in spite of the peo
ple. and by the coincidence of
the town’s location.
This CAN happen anywhere.
W.S.C.S. TO MEET AT
METCALF HOME
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service will meet at the
home of Mrs. I. L. Metcalf
Thursday at 8:00 p.nr. for a so
cial evening.
Hostesses for the evening will
be the Gertrude Knight Circle,
with Mrs. Norman Wengert,
chairman.
UNIVERSITY OF SEWARD
Sev/ard, Alaska
College Instruction
In Most Lines.
Dr. Galen Hunt (Dean)
Box 948, Seward, Alaska
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SPEND A HAPPY,
HEALTHFUL EVENING
Bowling
Pool
Shuffle Board
Set-up for Your
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BREAIV1LAMD BOWL
Alaska Railroad
Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage .-1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage —1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .8:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thursday in accordance
with the arrival of the passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesvitle and Whittier.
For Information Phone Seward Agent
MAIN 133
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WestGnghouse
SALES & SERVICE
Ranges - Refrigerators
Automatic Washers
Driers • Water Heaters
Home Freezers
I Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Adams 137
Telephone Polk 166
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
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Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays
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SEWARD POST
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Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Month
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd & 4th Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P.M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
W. C. Knaalc — President
Keith Cobban - Fin.-Sec. & Bus. Agt.
International Longshoremen'!
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First Tuesday of Each Month
7 p m. — Union Hall
President — John Rose