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
WE ALL PRIDE OURSELVES
on being neighborly. Within the
circle of our community, the
helping hand is extended to
those in distress. No town can
claim more open hearted and
generous citizens than Seward.
But being a good neighbor in
just our own community is not
enough. There are mutual prob
lems facing all of us that can be
solved only on a national level.
Some of these are health and
welfare problems that are much
better solved voluntarily — thru
our own efforts—than by a pa
ternalistic government.
The scourge of polio is one
problem that cannot be solved
at home. Victory can be ^yon
only if every community volun
tarily supports a coordinated
national attack against disease.
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ALASKA LINE
SAILINGS
PASSENGER SERVICE
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF. Thurs.. Jan. 14
Juneau, Petersburg. Ketchikan,
Seattle
FROM SEATTLE
SQUARE KNOT. Jan. 14
Valdez, Seward. Homer.
Seldovia. Kodiak
NADINA, Jan. 21
Valdez, Seward, Cordova
This requires a nation wide or
ganization to lead the fight.
For 16 years the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis and its chapters have spear
headed the attack on polio. This
is the American way of doing
things, as opposed to the totali
tarian way in which govern
ment does it all and people must
simply accept what is done.
As President Eisenhower re
cently said when talking about
voluntary agencies: "The slogan
■of a true democracy is not—
Let the government do it. The
true slogan is —Let’s do it our
selves.”
During the year 1953 the peo
ple of Seward contributed to
all funds and causes more than
$12,000. This figure does not
include contributions made in
December to the Ambulance
drive nor the Saindon fund for
the blind. Certainly Seward
people need not take a back seat
anywhere when it comes to gen
erosity.
This year, however, the de
mands for money to start the
polio inoculation program can
not be denied. We have been
fortunate that this city has had
no polio, but how long will we
be so lucky? The 1954 March
of Dimes is the most important
thing before us for the whole
year excepting only our own des
perate need for an ambulance,
and should take precedence in
our financial planning.
Seward Post, American Le
gion and Auxiliary did not wait
to be asked to sponsor the cam
paign. They volunteered for the
job. Since those people will do
the actual work of collecting,
the least the rest of us can do
is to be ready to give whatever
we can to save our children
from crippling disease or death
by polio.
HELP FIGHT POLIO
JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES
Kathryn Galen
Special Agent
j NEW YORK LIPE |
Insurance Co.
SPOKANE ROOMS
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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.
12:50 p.m. Lv. Curry Lv.
4:36 p.m. Lv. McKinley Lv.
8:30 p m. Ar. Fairbanks Lv.
ANCHORAGE AND WHITTIER
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Saturday
3:00 p m. Lv. Whittier Ar. 11:45 a.m
5:05 p.m. Ar. Anchorage Lv. 0:30 a m.
8:15 p.m.
4:10 p.m.
12:26 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
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REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT VOUR GROCER S
seward nmy
PHONE MONROE 4
or GARFIELD 50
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A dedication to our new city
manager.
CO-OPERATION
Seward is having growing pains.
Concerned with vital needs and
gains.
Sometimes it is a healthy sign
To exercise your views and mine.
But it is not the least bit fair
To speak our grievance in the
air.
Or stand within another's shade
And to the critic give your aid.
Let’s put our shoulder to the
wheel
And with the other townsmen
feel
The burden of the load they
bear,
To bring about the good we
share.
I am reminded feuds and strife
Are not condoned in any life.
Let’s work and pull together, so
Our Seaport town will grow anti
grow.
It's grand to find towns folk who
care
Enough about our town to share
Their time and views and what
they know
To lead the way and say ’’Let’s
Go"
Don't stand aside and hue and
cry
And let the boosters pass you by,
Bat like a man, stand strong and
try
By what we do we live or die.
Our City Manager takes his
place
Our Council Chamber thus to
grace.
His work and labor will be vain
If a solid front he fails to gain.
So "Ship Ahoy!" again I say
Let’s all see Seward on her way:
To live and grow’ with courage
strong
Let's climb and work and go
along
Look to horizons far and wide.
We’ll sail together on the tide.
God is our sovereign King and
He
Will guide us through the stormy
Sea.
—Sarah May Gairett
CHRISTMAS AT SEWARD,
ALASKA, 1953
Twas the night before Christ
mas, with Seward aglow
The people were happy, there
was plenty of snow.
Small children, as usual, hung
their stockings with care
Why not! "The Spirit of Christ
mas" was in the air.
The folks were all friendly and
you could frequently hear
“M e r r y Christmas” neighbor,
"Here's to the New Year.”
With mountains surrounding, the
setting was nice.
Even the bars were serving their
liquor with ice.
Some "old soak" gave the signal,
"What’s this in the sky
Surely it can't be Old Nick, he's
not yet on the fly.
Well, away on the horizon, the
folks turned their eyes,
A strange apparition was in the
skies.
Some thought it must be Saint
Nick, he is on his way.
I hope he has properly loaded
his sleigh.
Well, "Shiver my timbers!"—
what did they see?
An “LST" with a Christmas tree
Lit to the skies and sailing to
port
Welcome my hearties, you are
the right sort
Join us in Seward, the spirit is
here
"A Merry • Merry Christmas"—
"A Happy New Year!”
—W’.N., purser on the LST
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January 2 to 31
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THE MART
VARIETY
DIRECTORY
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays
I.O.O.F. HaU - Adams St.
N. G.. Art, McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
SEWARD TOST
No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Monti
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
1773
Meet 2nd & 4tli Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 5:00 P. M.
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 1-39
Mcetjfigs—
First Tuesday Each Month
7:"0 p.m. Union Hall
President — H. E. Burke
Secretary — Ralph Ryder
United Brotherhood ot
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 230*
Telephone: Black 21f>
Meetings at Lutheran Church
Afrihafcd With A F. of L
Meetinp 2nd Tuesday of Monti
Wm. C. Knaaek — President
Ft. M. Bevan - Fin -See & Bus. Agr
PU3LIC 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.
TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to
be tanned. Quick, efficient, re
liable workmanship. We return
your finished skins immediately.
Valcauaa Fur Co.
National Blag. — Seattle, Wash.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. James G. Aylen in Sew
ard General Hospital at 5:28
a.m. January 1. The little girl
was named Pamela Jo. She
weighed 7 pounds. Aylens have
another girl and twin boys.
Mr. and Mrs. David Albert
Blume are parents of a little
boy born in Seward General
Hospital January 2 at 6:40 p.m.
The child weighed 7 pounds 11
ounces. He was named Michael
David. The Blumes have one
other child.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Murlin Bell of Dairy Hill
at 9:38 a.m. January 8 in Sew
ard General Hospital. The little
boy was named Kevin Lee. He
weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces.
This is the fifth child for the
Bells.
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MARCH OF DIMES
January 2 to 31
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ANDY'S
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# Stove Oil
9 Furnace Oil
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WHEN YOU WANT IT.
Madison 143
"MAN OF THE YEAH"
FORMER SEWARDITE
One of the ten top young men
of the year, as named by the
national Junior Chamber of
ICommerce, is William J. Gor
don, Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Alaska. Although he
now lives in Fairbanks, Bishop
Gordon is considered as one of
ISeward’s own.
He served at St. Peter's Epis
copal Church before 'he was
'made the-youngest Bishop of the
Episcopal Church, and was mar
ried here in St. Peter’s. His
friends in Seward were delight
ed to have him chosen by the
national committee of JCC. Bish
op Gordon is known as the “fly
ing Bishop’’ and was cited for
“constantly risking his life to
bring religion to Alaska.” The
diocese has an area of 586,000
square miles.
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NEW ALASKA LINE
TELETYPE NETWORK
Means Better, Faster Service for Alaska
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With the opening of teletype service to
Valdez, Alaska Steamship Company’s new
teletype network is complete. Alaska Line
agents at key points in the Territory now
can contact Seattle or other Alaska agents
by teletype in a matter of seconds-obtain
answers to important questions immediately.
Messages travel via a network of radio
beams, cables, land lines (see map)-arrive
at company headquarters in Seattle instantly.
This new communications notwork is on#
of a number of recent deve'opmente
In The Alaska Line's constant
March for new and bet'sr
methods of serving tho
people of tho
Territory.
The teletype net and the company’s
•hip toshore radio telephone facilities
result in more efficient operation and
improved customer service.
With teletype serving Alaska Line
agents know in advance what pass
enger accommodations are available
— confirm passenger reservation*
without delay. . Requests for space
for freight shipments are accorded
faster service.
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