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Vol. X, No. 16
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen National Guardsmen
Leave For Encampment
Sixteen members of Seward
Unit, Alaska National Guard,
will move to Camp Denali at
Fort Richardson for a two week
encampment. They form a part
of the 207th Infantry Battalion
(Separate) under the command
of Lt. Col. George M. McLaugh
lin of Anchorage. Seward Unit
is under the command of Lt.
Ralph Fuske of Seward.
Two planes from the Air Na
tional Guard will pick up the
local group Saturday morning,
moving them to Camp Denali.
The training site is described
as a greatly improved facility
this year, by Brigadier General
John R. Noyes, Adjutant Gener
al, ANG. Tents are being framed
to keep out the cold: mess fa
cilities will be run by the U.S.
Army at Ft. Richardson. An in
teresting and instructive camp
has been predicted by General
Noyes.
Alaska Day will be observed
at Camp Denali on Sunday with
a suitable camp ceremony. On
October 24, the public will be
invited to a review of troops, as
Guardsmen observe Governor's
Day. Prominent officials and
civic leaders throughout Alaska
are being invited to attend the
ceremonies on Governor's Day.
This is the first winter en
campment for the local boys,
eight of whom are high school
students.
Methodist Women
Plan Bazaar, Dinner
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service who met at
the home of Mrs. Paul Nelson
October 9, decided to hoid a
Bazaar and Harvest Dinner on
November 6. The dinner will be
cafeteria style and will be serv
ed from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Meth
odist Church basement. Tickets
may be obtained from any of the
► members or at the door and the
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
1 Mrs. Helen Lambert, president
of the Woman's Society, named
the following members to head
i the various committees for the
bazaar: Mrs. Arreta Howell,
Miss Sarah May Garrett, Mrs.
Ruth Malin, Miss Anna Martin,
Mrs. LuDean Knight, Mrs. Nancy
Blanchard, and Mrs. Gladys
Bogard.
Handmade articles, baked
i goods, candy and gift items, be
sides an interesting White Ele
' jJhant Sale, will be features of
the bazaar, and will be on dis
, play for shoppers all afternoon
and evening of November 0.
At the meeting at Mrs. Nel
' son’s home, Mrs. Marilyn Ed
wards was appointed representa
tive to the Seward Recreational
( Committee and Miss Martine
’ Burdick was named as alternate.
. The secretary of the group.
Miss Helen Case, was instructed
1 to write a letter to Governor
Heintzleman at Juneau regard
[ ing revision of the dental bill on
the agenda for the special ses
1 sion of the legislature.
Refreshments were served by
I the hostess, Mrs. Nelson, and
' Miss Helen Priebe.
President Endorses Cancer Fund Drive
OF THE $641 collected in the
Cancer Fund Drive in Seward
last year, all of it and more, .too,
was returned to this town in aid
to cancer Victims here.
The 1953 drive began October
15 with an appeal enclosed with
the electric light bills as was
done last year. One dollar to
the Cancer Fund means many
dollars in aid where it is
needed. _
8nStS‘e ANNUAL SCHOOL CARNIVAL
FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 23 HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM — 8:00 P. M. MORE PRIZES — MORE GAMES—-MORE FUN!
Elks Offer To Assist
Ambulance Corps
Four men and two women
have completed first aid work
and were placed on the roll for
emergency calls of the Seward
Volunteer Ambulance Corps at
the meeting of the SVAC last
Tuesday night. Although the
total number of available train
ed volunteers is still far short
of the goal of 40, this new group
will relieve the few person# who
have been called upon to devote
so much of their time, night and
day, for the past months, accord
ing to Jack Kelly, president, this
week.
Preparations are moving rap
idly for the Hallowe’en dance
October 31, when Buster Clark
and his orchestra from Anchor
age Musician’s Union will play
for a whole night (if necessary)
of dancing. Entire proceeds from
the dance will go for the pur
chase of a new ambulance for
Seward and vicinity to replace
the one now in use and which
is costing so much in upkeep.
The Corps is much in need of
half a dozen blankets. Dark gray
or Army type blankets are best
as they are heavy but launder
easily. Anyone who has a blan
ket which may be used is asked
to leave it at the newspaper
office or call in the address and
it will be picked up.
Elks Volunteer Aid
Seward Elks have volunteered
assistance to the Corps in pur
chase of an ambulance. This of
fer was gratefully accepted by
the SVAC members Tuesday and
a letter of thanks was sent to
the Elks. The Lodge will sponsor
a drive after the dance when it
is known definitely how much
money will be needed. Such
active interest as this shown by
the Elks and the very definite
assistance being given by fire
men is most heartening. SVAC
members agreed Tuesday, and
gives them courage to go on
with a job that is not easy.
Work on Garage
Russell Painter gave the Corps
use of his warehouse in which
to garage the ambulance. This
warehouse is on the alley be
tween Third and Fourth Ave
nues at Jefferson Street. It is
necessary to do some re-arrang
ing in the building and some
slight repairs. Corps men will
be glad of any help in this re
pair project that other men may
be repdy to give.
It was reported that many
people are buying tickets for
the dance who do not intend to
go, but are taking this way to
help out a very worthy cause.
FIRST P-TA MEETING OF
YEAR SATURDAY
The first meeting of the Sew
ard Parent-Teacher Association
will be held in the assembly
room of the high school Satur
day, October 17 at 8 p.m.
All parents are requested to
be present to set up a program
for the year. At this meeting a
nominating committee will be
appointed to present a slate of
■officers for the coming year.
Fire Chief Will Inspect
Homes If Requested
Fire Chief Fred Kielcheski
stated last week that he will be
glad to inspect any building or
home for fire hazards upon re
quest. Many people new to Al
aska are using oil and gas stoves
for the first time this year. They
may not be aware of fire haz
ards existing in their homes
through use of this kind of heat
ing.
Mr. Kielcheski will be glad to
offer any advice and assistance
in correcting such hazards. He
can be reached by calling Adams
155.
VFW TO INSTALL
OFFICERS MONDAY
Commander Joe Walsh, Den
ali Post 1685 VFW, Anchorage,
will be in Seward Monday, Oc
tober 19 at 8 p.m. for installa
tion of officers and initiation of
new members in the Seward
Post. The meeting will be held
in the Legion Club.
Concerted effort is being
made to reactivate Seward Post
3836 VFW. which has not been
active for the past three years.
It is hoped that all those eli
gible for Veterans of Foreign
Wars membership will attend
the meeting and take an active
part in reviving the Seward
Post. They are reminded that
this is a good outfit, but only
as strong as its membership.
TWO GRADES NOW IN
NEW JAMES BUILDING
Two grades, a third under
Mrs. Helen Carpenter and a
fourth under Miss Lurline Wil
kins, arc now settled in the new
James building on Fourth Ave.
The children are studying in
brightly lighted and brilliantly
colored rooms. The building of
concrete block construction is
fire resistant and warm. Play
ground space adjoining the
building keeps little people oft
the street and prospects are for
a good year in these two classes,
although one is larger than de
sired.
Jesse Lee News
Jesse Lee is making progress
in its part of the preventive and
corrective program so important
to the general health of any
community. Througii the co
operation of Miss Hirsch, local
Public Health Nurse, appoint
ments were obtained with Dr.
Fritz at the clinic in Anchorage
for twenty children needing eye
and ear examinations. Glasses
for thirteen needing them are
being provided by the local
Lions’ Club as part of their na
tional sight saving program.
Within another week all the
children will have had their
dental work brought up to date
by Dr. Hittson, Alaska Depart
ment of Health demist stationed
at the Seward Sanatorium.
The staff is hoping that an
instructor can be found to give
a Red Cross First Aid course to
staff members in the near fu
ture.
As a bit of practical accident
prevention Ray Rodgers is busy
replacing the broken steps at
the front entrance of the boys'
building.
Mr. Dan Boehm, who will
complete the staff at Jesse Lee
for the coming year, is expected
daily. He and Mrs. Boehm,
Bobby, almost four, and Ruth
Adrienne, almost two, are driv
ing up the Highway from their
home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
GENUINE POTLUCK SUPPER
FOR B.P.W. GUESTS
A genuine potluck supper,
everyone to bring just what she
likes, will make a change for
members of the Business & Pro
fessional Women's Club next
Tuesday, as well as for their
guests.
All women teachers in Sew
ard schools are invited guests
of the club at this meeting which
will be held in the Elks Club
room—entrance at south door.
Dinner will begin promptly at
6:30.
As entertainment, Mrs. Mar
garet Hafemeister, Public Wel
fare Agent, will give an account
of her recent field trip illustrat
ed with slides. Members may
bring 10 of their own favorite
slides to show, also.
One Blast For The
Country
New instructions are announc
ed by the Fire Department con
cerning fire siren signals. Here
after one long blast of the fire
siren will signify a fire outside
the city limits. In this way. fire
men will know that some equip
ment and enough men to proper
ly man the equipment will re
main in town.
The Carnival Is
Coming!
On Friday, October 23, at 8
p.m., the Scftiol Carnival will
be held in the High School Gym.
This annual carnival promises
to have the largest assortment
of fun, games and prizes of any
previous year.
Fortune telling, quoits, shoot
ing gallery, Mammy's grab bag,
fish pond, food concessions, bean
throw, dart throw, basketball
toss, games of chance, and the
most exciting sports show yet
are some of the events on the
agenda for the evening.
The proceeds from this car
nival will be used to pay for
the new basketball uniforms
now on display down town, and
to buy an elementary typewrit
er, which is a typewriter with an
extra large type tor grade school
use.
More prizes, more fun and
more games will make this a
long remembered evening. Turn
out for your All-School Carni
val this coming Friday evening
at 8 p.m. in the school gym.
ALASKAN MAGAZINE
FEATURES BROWN BEAR
PICTURES
A series of unprecedented
brown bear pictures, some of
the most unique ever taken in
Alaska, are featured in the cur
rent issue of the Alaskan Re
porter.
The pictures were snapped by
Dick Chace, Ar,ii»>rage photo
grapher. across Cook Inlet from
Homer. The massive brownies
were caught by the camera while
fishing for salmon. One picture
shows seventeen bears at the
edge of a river.
Chace reports that there were
more brownies there than could
be caught by the camera at one
time. He said there were 32 of
the big bruins fishing simulta
neously and roughly 100 bears
in the immediate area.
Fish and Wildlife Service
agents have known of the brown
bear "Shangri-la” for some lime,
but as far as is is known this is
the first time that anyone has
provided pictorial proof of the
bears' prized fishing site.
Chace photographed the bears
with both still and movie cam
eras.
The first release of the pic
tures is being made through the
Alaskan Reporter, which is now
on sale in the Alaska Shop.
Kids Invited To Enter
Modelers' Contest
It has been said that girls are
better at handcraft than boys.
Now is the chance to prove it.
girls! Or are the boys to settle
the question once and for all.
Take a look at the model con
test now under way at Bayside
Sporting Goods Store. Compe
tent judges of airplanes, boats,
and so on, will keep an eye on
the entries and judge them ac
cording to age groups and skill.
A list of age group will be
found in the advertisement else
where in today's issue. Prizes
and trophies are on display in
the store window.
RAINBOW GIRLS TRAVEL
TO PALMER SUNDAY
Two or three carloads of girls
from Seward Assembly, Order
of Rainbow for Girls, will go to
Palmer Sunday for the institu
tion of an assembly in that city.
Mrs. Tom Howell and Mrs.
Frank Lewis will be going and
will take as many girls as they
can squeeze in comfortably.
There is a possibility of a third
car, or possibly more, which ^vill
give more girls in the Seward
group an opportunity to go.
Mrs. Dora Sweeney, Grand
Deputy for Alaska, will be pres
ent to officiate at the instituting
of the new assembly.
Reporter's
Notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jeffery of
Alaska Steamship office went
to McKinley Park this week to
uphold tlie honors of Seward.
They will try to bring back the
same honors that the Sipprells
got last year as winners of three
prizes for costumes at the Ball.
Good luck, Jack and Ann!
Mrs. Mary Bucklcw arrived
on the Denali Thursday to stay
with her daughter and grand
children, Onnalee O'Brien, little
Pat and Casey. Mrs. Bucklew
is from Sacramento, California.
This is her fourth trip to Alaska
but the first time in Seward.
At 11:50 a m. Thursday a little
earthquake set things jingling in
Seward. Many people did not
notice the shake, but it was
quite evident to anyone sitting
down at the time.
Don't forget the Nurses' apron
sale on November 14. Aprons
make good Christmas gifts.
Wilna Henrickson is back in
the beauty shop after being out
a week with her injured foot.
She limps but gets around. Wil
na broke a bone in her foot when
the car she was driving went eff
the road a couple of weeks ago.
Mrs. Clara Varnell is home
after a month spent in Fairbanks
with daughter Helen and the
new grandson, Stephen. It was
like going south, Mrs. Varnell
says, coming back to Seward
from the northern city. Trees
are all bare up there and it was
quite a thrill to find even a few
green leaves at home.
The Junior Women’s Club met
at the home of Marge Lovett on
Tuesday evening. About 16 were
present. The club will handle
TB Seals again this year.
Thursday, October _ 13. the
Brownies went to the Girl Scout
House for a meeting. They sewed
surprises for their mothers.
There were 11 girls and two
adults present. The next meet
ing will be in the Episcopal
Church basement.
Two very interesting people
dropped in at the office this
week.
Mr. Zimmerman from Albu
querque, N.M., owns two big
motels in that city. He is leaving
Alaska after a most successful
hunting season. He was much in
terested in Seward and its pros
pects as a tourist center.
Mr. C. H. Winningstad, from
Cambria, California, told about
his home town which is a little
smaller in population than Sew
ard. All the elected officials,
even the fire chief, are women!
The men like it that way, be
cause they continue to elect the
ladies to office. “City slickers’'
can’t fool the women folks, Mr.
Winningstad says. “Of course,
there are always menfolks
around in case the fire chief gets
into difficulties, or anything
really serious comes up,” he
spoiled it all by saying. Cambria
sounds like a real Shangri-La.
It lies on the ocean between Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
1st Printed Edition Of
'The Alaska Nurse'
In The Mail This Week
The first printed edition of
"The Alaska Nurse," a quarterly
publication of the Alaska
Nurses’ Association is just off
the press and in the mail.
Edited by Mrs. Ruth Cooper,
secretary of the association, the
book represents many hours of
compiling, editing and make-up.
all of which was an unknown
field to Mrs. Cooper when she
undertook the work.
The 32-page magazine was
printed by Seaport Record. An
attractive cover design, which
will be permanent, was designed
by Col. Frances Kasmarek, U. S.
Army.
Mrs. Cooper has done an out
standing job on the publication
and it to be commended by the
membership for her ingenuity,
skill, and the courage to under
take a task of such large dimen
sion without previous experi
ence.
Six-Day Mission Set
At Catholic Church
A Catholic Mission will be
conducted at Sacred Heart Cath
olic Church beginning Sunday,
October 18, and continue daily
through October 23. The Mis
sion will be conducted by Father
Luke L. Kreuzer, S.J., well
known member of the Jesuit
Mission Band of the Oregon Pro
vince. He is currently on tour
of Alaska conducting missions
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Father Luke L. Kreuzer, S.J.
for the Catholic Parishes and
military installations.
Father Kreuzer was formerly
associated with Gonzaga Univer
sity and during the past few
years has conducted Novenas,
Retreats and Missions in the
Northwest.
He was born in Spokane July
3, 1920. In 1937 he entered the
Society of Jesus at Sheridan,
Oregon. Four years later he be
gan the three-year philosophical
course at Mt. St. Michael’s, Spo
kane. After teaching for three
years at Gonzaga High School,
he went to California for theolo
gy, where he was ordained on
June 17, 1950. His tertianship
was made at Port Townsend,
Washington. After teaching last
year at Gonzaga. he joined the
Province Mission Band in July.
Father Kreuzer pronounced his
vows at St. Aloysius Church,
Spokane.
The Mission at Sacred Heart
is for all Catholics, and non
Catholics as well are welcome.
The instructions and sermons
are concerned with the funda
mental issues and problems of
everyday living.
Mission services begin each
evening at 8 o’clock. Masses in
the morning at 8 o’clock will be
followed by a brief instruction
ueriod.
SS ALASKA SUBSTITUTES
FOR SS BARANOF THIS TRIP
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany steamer Alaska is sailing
from Seattle at 3 p.m., October
16. for the regular voyage of the
Baranof which is being with
drawn from service for one voy
age for maintenance, D. E. Skin
ner. company vice president and
general manager, said.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
A new telephone directory
for Seward is now under prep
aration to be printed locally.
This will be welcome to phone
users because of the large num
ber of changed numbers and
added lines whose numbers are
not in the old book.
The new book will be for
Seward only.
'Greatest Show On
Earth’ Coming Sun.
Bestowing an extra wonderful
treat to Seward movie-goers, the
management of the Liberty
Theater is proud to announce
a special. Academy Award de
mand performance of Cecil E
De Mille’s "The Greatest Show
on Earth.” This “Oscar” winning
film masterpiece, due to open
Sunday, combines two of the
world’s greatest spectacles — a
Cecil B. De Mille Technicolor
extravaganza and a big-time Big
Top show.
De Mille, long the master
showman, has at last applied his
film-making genius to a massive
circus spectacle combined with £
drama about its performers anc
workers. The result is a truly
superb Technicolor treat tha'
captures the spirit and essence
of the Greatest Show as no filn
has ever done before. _
Businesses Close
In Observance Of
Alaska Day
October 18. Alaska Day. fall
ing as it does this year on Sun
day, will be celebrated here on
Monday, October 19. Stores will
close for the day—so do your
shopping Saturday!
THE ALASKA FLAG
“Eight stars of gold on a field
of blue,
Alaska’s flag. May it mean to
you
The blue of the sea, the evening
sky,
The mountain lakes, and the
flowers near by.
The gold of the early sour
dough’s dreams,
The precious gold of the hills
and streams,
The brilliant stars of the North
ern sky,
The “Bear,” the “Dipper,” and
shining high,
The great North Star with its
steady light
Over land and sea a beacon
bright.
Alaska’s flag—to Alaskans dear
The simple flag of a last fron
tier.”
This flag was made at Jesse
Lee Home, Seward. The Jesse
Lee Home takes particular pride
in the Alaskan flag for it was
one of her boys, Benny Benson,
who designed the flag and it
was on the Jesse Lee Home
grounds the flag was first flown.
In 1927 the American Legion
Department of Alaska sponsor
ed a flag contest among the
school children of Alaska. Win
ning designs from schools all
over Alaska were submitted to
a committee—two senators and
two representatives from the
Alaska Legislature and three
named by the American Legion.
This committee unanimously
chose, from 142 submitted to
them, the design sent in by
Benny Benson, 13 year old ward
of the Jesse Lee Home and a
pupil in the seventh grade of the
Mission Territorial school. The
legislature of that year, 1927,
made it the official flag of Al
aska.
The Seward Gateway of Mon
day, July 11, 1927, tells of the
unfurling of the flag for the
first time. The occasion was the
dedication of the Jesse Lee
Home buildings:
"At the hour of 4 o’clock p.m.,
Saturday, the official flag of Al
aska was flung to the breezes
for the first time on the flagpole
of the Jesse Lee Home, one and
•one half miles north of the City
of Seward. Those officiating at
the ceremony were Captain
Ralph E. Guthrie of the United
States Signal Corps and Pri
vates Edwin S. Diehl and
Charles Harris.
“Benny Benson, 13 year old
student at the Jesse Lee Home,
designer of the flag, attached
it to the halyards below the
National emblem and stood at
attention while the multicolored
folds of Old Glory and the deep
violet blue of Alaska’s official
emblem, studded with the gold
en stars of the Big Dipper point
ing to the North Star, fluttered
about him.
"While the pupils of the Home
sang the National anthem, the
troop of Boy Scouts standing at
attention and in salute, and citi
zens of Seward and dignitaries
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church stood" uncovered, the hal
yards tightened, and climbing
into the brilliant sunshine of a
perfect day. Old Glory led her
child to the top-most heights
of the towering flagpole where
both straightened out and flut
tered proudly in the cooling
breezes blowing in from Resur
rection Bay.”
Usliler-Fsrth Wedding
Miss Grace Ushler and Lev. is
Raymond Firth were married
last Saturday, October 10, in
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Father Arnold Custer, S.J., of
ficiating.
Attendants were E. W. Hull,
Luke McCabe, and Miss Susm
Hayward. The bridal couple sre
spending a honeymoon near
Homer.
The new Mrs. Firth is couns 1
lor at the Seward Rehabilitation
Center, and has been a local
resident for several years.