DIRECTORY
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SEWARD POST
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SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
1773
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Seward Carpenters' Union 3304
Telephone: Black 216
Meetings at Lutheran Church
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Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
James L. Reed — President
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MORE ABOUT . . .
The Seward Story
(Continued from Page 1)
played for the singing.
Between halves on Thursday
night, the Seahawks surprised
the Bluebirds by strapping snow
shoes on them and continuing
the game, but against the girls
of Seward. Then a myriad of
balloons were turned loose on
the floor to add to the confusion.
In describing the fun. Red
Murray, who was as surprised
by the move as anyone else, said,
"They have just turned loose
a million balloonns, and a mil
lion tykes from the audience
have swarmed onto the court to
capture them.” The good sport
Nebraskans tried to play bas
ketball, but every time one tried
to move toward the basket, he
found somebody standing on the
tail of his snowshoe and lie
couldn’t move. The fun lasted
about five minutes, then the
game resumed, with the Sea
hawks winning their only game
with a score of 53 to 48.
The first two games went to
Seward, Nebraska with the score
of Bluebirds 48 to Seahawks 39
in the first game and 40 to 36 in
the second.
Designer Presents
Alaska Flag
Benny Benson, designer of the
Alaska Flag, made the presen
tation of the flag to Ralph Bow
master, coach of the Nebraska
team, at half time Tuesday, June
2,
Mr. Benson was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Bonn Lee and the
Jesse Lee Home in Seward. He
was brought to the celebration
by courtesy of the Business &
Professional Women’s Clubs of
Kodiak and Seward.
Accompanied by his daughters
Anna May and Charlotte, the
Bensons were made part of the
group of visitors for the week.
The girls had never been in
Seward, and Benny had not seen
the town since leaving it in
1932 except for one visit when
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Russell C. Milligan
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the future.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
he did not leave the waterfront.
At the age of 13, and while
he was living in Jesse Lee Home
in 1926, Benny, an Aleut boy,
entered a contest sponsored by
the American Legion to design
a flag for the Territory of Al
aska.
The design submitted was the
Groat Bear constellation to sig
nify tile might of America, and
the North Star as the emblem
of the farthest north position
of Alaska. The field of blue is
emblematic of Alaska skies and
the blue forget-tme-not which
dots the countryside.
The boy Benny's design won
the contest for which he was
awarded a gold watch suitably
inscribed, and which he still
cherishes. The following year,
1927, the design was adopted of
ficially by the Territorial Leg
islature as the flag of Alaska.
An added touch of appropri
ateness was given the occasion
by having the flag for presenta
tion made in Jesse Lee Home
by \'ellie Brandal, a girl living
in the home now. The stars are
appliqued with tiny and dainty
stitches in beautiful workman
ship on wool flag bunting. A
gold silk cord fringe edges the
field. A tiling of beauty, the Al
aska flag, dear to all Alaskans,
was presented with pride to
the boys from Seward, Nebras
ka to be placed in their school
as an everlasting pledge of
friendship from this city and
vast Territory.
B*orfHersi Svn
Fishing Nebrcskans
Twentv-one Nebraskans got
th.e surprise of their lives
Wednesday when they acquired
sunburn amid snow covered
mountains. They were guests of
the Army Recreation Center on
a deeosea fishing trip down Res
urrection Bay on the self pro
pelled barge, maintained by the
Center here.
Most of the boys caught fish
"of some kind" but they didn't
know what species—mostly in
edible. Lunch for the trip was
provided by the Business it Pro
fessional Women's Club of Sew
I
ard.
It was a very warm and sunny
day Wednesday until afternoon,
when a brisk south wind churn
ed up the Bay making it pretty
rough. Mountains on all sides
of the Bay and Seward are still
heavily covered with snow. This
seemed to intrigue the visitors
from the prairies, as most of
them landed with sunburned
faces.
Another sight that interested
the visitors was a visit to the
cannery docks to see the first
big catch of halibut unloaded.
Many of them had never seen
a halibut before it was cut up
for market. “Herring Pete" was
in with 2,000 pounds, which
aided in the entertainment pro
gram.
Bluebirds Win at
'Obstacle Course1
On Thursday afternoon Sew
ard vs. Seward played soft ball
on the school ground. The Ne
braskans won 9 to 5.
It is easy to sec now why
the local track teams last year
did rot offer any competition
to other schools, according to
tire Nebraskans. They never saw
such an “obstacle course.”
“I would reach for the ball
and find that I had a rock,” one
laughed. Local young people
have not played soft ball for
years, although it was played
hero 30 years ago, and is gain
ing in popularity.
Troofsy Of? to Stotes
•—f-?r This Year!
Tire now famous Seward Tro
phy was shipped airmail to Sew
ard. Nebraska Friday morning.
It will arrive ahead of the team
tlrat won it fairly and squarely
in a spirit of wonderful sports
manship.
The trophy is a most unusual
work of art. Very simply de
signed, it is a 15 inch fossil
ivory tusk mounted on a block
of oak. A gold plate is inscribed
“Seward. -Nebraska vs Seward.
Alaska 1953.”
The trophy was given by the
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a
Seward Unit, Alaska National
Guard, and presented by Lt.
Ralph Fuske, Unit Commander,
after the final game of the ser
ies.
Wanting the prize to be on
exhibit at home before ' their
arrival there, the boys prefer
red that it be mailed rather than
to carry it among their other
paraphernalia on the bus. Be
sides the trophy, the basketball
autographed by all players of
both teams and the coaches, as
well as the huge gold key to
Seward, were mailed to the Ne
braska city.
Guests Wei! Fed
A banquet was held every
night by some organization in
town. Chamber of Commerce,
Monday; Episcopal Ladies Tues
day; Lions Club, V/ednesday;
and Elks Thursday. Luncheon
was served every day by the
Lutheran Ladies, Catholic La
dies, and a box lunch for the
fishing trip by the B&PW Club.
Breakfast was served in the
Methodist Church by the 4-IT
Club every morning.
Box lunches were prepared
for the return trip by Seward
Woman's Club. “Never saw so
much food,’’ Davisson declared.
"There is enough here to take
us clear to Canada.”
Dsncing, Fashing esnd
Moose Stocks
To keep the boys entertained
there was a square dance Tues
day night after the game at the
Service Club. This was well at
tended by local people. It was
also something new to the Ne
braska boys, as square dancing
does not have the popularity
lliere that it has here.
After the final game Thurs
day night a big public dance
was held at the Civic Center.
On Wednesday night after the
game, the visitors were treated
to a moose steak dinner at Jesse
Lee Home. They had never eaten
moose meat and thought it tast
ed "just like beef steak.” Shame
on them!
A young man who was about
to enter medical college told his
father that he had decided to
major in obstetrics.
“What do you want to do that
for?” inquired his father. “By
the time you graduate, like as
not some other doctor will have
found a cure for it.”
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