City Council Considers Parking Meiers
Definite indication that Sew
ard is experiencing growing
pains became apparent this week
when the City Council began
serious discussion on the possi
bility of installing parking met
ers on the down town portion of
Fourth Avenue in order to al
leviate the ever increasing park
ing problem during business
hours.
Seriousness of the parking
situation lias been repeatedly
pointed out to council members
during the past few weeks and
it has become apparent that
something must be done. It ap
pears that installation of park
ing meters would lie the simplest
and most permanent solution to
the problem, which is certain to
increase in scope rather than
diminish with the advent of
summer and better roads on the
Kenai Peninsula.
Time limit on parking would
probably bo restricted to the
hours between the early morn
ing traffic rush and 6 o’clock in
the evening, as is customary in
cities that are employing meters
as a means of regulating park
ing in congested areas.
No definite action has been
taken by the council on the mat
ter and the members would
greatly appreciate the opinions
of Seward residents in regard *o
the local parking problem and
suggestions as to the most prac
tical solution.
Seward
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Vol. VII, No. 80
SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 6. 1951
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Price 10 cents
Alaska Visitors Ass'n
Offers $50 In Prizes
For Poster Contest
The Alaska Visitors Associa
tion, newly formed organization
dedicated to the development of
Alaska's tourist industry, an
nounces that it is providing S50
in prizes for a student poster
contest being sponsored by the
Alaska Education Association.
Many Territorial schools are
competing in the contest, the
theme of which is ‘ Vacation in
Alaska.” Eliminations will be
held locally by the different
schools and their best posters
sent to Juneau before May 8
where twenty will be selected.
Prize winning efforts will
form the AEA’s exhibit at their
headquarters at the Palace Hotel
at the annual July convention of
the National Education Associa
tion in San Francisco.
About 3000 visiting teachers
from all over the United States
are expected to view tiie exhibit,
each, the AVA hopes, a poten
tial customer for Alaska's vast
tourist attractions.
Children have been urged to
feature things of interest to vis
itors in their own localities and
everything is expected, ranging
from posters representing the
gold dredges and birch trees of
the north, Mt. McKinley and the
beautiful Matanuska Valley of
the railbelt, to Southeast Alas
ka's fishing fleets, fiords and
glaciers. »
Mr. R. C. Rose, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, has
promised each competing school
a copy of that company's Sidney
Lawrence poster as an example
of the best in commercial art.
SEWARD HIGH ATHLETE
MAKES GOOD OUTSIDE
Antril Suydam. former stu
dent of Seward High School and
well known for his basketball
skill, made high honors this year
at Lincoln High School in Lin
coln. California, in that same
field of sports.
Playing in a California coun
ty tournament, Antril was se
lected to second string all tour
nament team and also scored
high with a total of 4(3 points. He
got the sportsmanship trophy
for this year at the California
school.
Antril is a senior this year.
He is residing with the Bill
Knapps, also formerly of Sew
ard. He has made a name for
himself in the fields of baseball
and football during the past
year.
OLDTIME DANCE
SAT.. APRIL 7
The American Legion Sew
ard Post No. 5 is putting on an
Oldtime Dance at the Civic
Center Saturday night, April
7. A good time is guaranteed.
Don't miss it!
'Enemy
Attempts
To Seize Kodi
Waterfowl Inventory
Shows Upward Trend
The 1951 annual inventory
of North America’s migratory
waterfowl, conducted from Jan
uary 11 to 13 on the wintering
grounds of the birds, revealed
an upward trend sufficient to
about offset the decline report
ed as the result of the 195U in
ventory, Secretary of the In
terior Oscar L. Chapman was
advised last week by Albert M.
Day. Director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service.
“It appears now,” said Direc
tor Day, ‘‘That the waterfowl
populations n a v e recovered
from the decrease of a year ago
and at this time stand at a level
approximately equal to that of
1949.”
An analysis of all the data
turned in by the observers in
dicated that, by flyways, the Pa
cific Fly way had a wintering
waterfowl population somewhat
better than last year, particular
ly in geese. The Central Flyway
was down slightly. The Missis
sippi Flyway showed a good re
covery from 1950, while the At
lantic Flyway also indicated
some improvement for the sec
ond consecutive year.
Of all the waterfowl seen in
the inventoried areas, ducks
comprised aooui io per cent or
the population: geese. 13 per
cent: coots, about 3 per cent;
and brant and swans, each less
than 1 per cent.
The Service's annual inven
tory, as in recent years, covered
the more important known win
tering grounds of game species
in Alaska, Canada, United
States, Mexico, and the West In
dies. In addition to these sec
tions. the survey included wat.r
fowl areas in British Honduras,
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa
Rica. In the United States alone
about 1.300 cooperating observ
ers participated. More than 30
aircraft were used in the inspec
tion of waterfowl wintering
grounds and these plan s flew
more than 60,000 miles on sur
vey flights.
ELEANOR PAINTER HOSTESS
TO BETA SIGMA PHI
Seward Iota Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi met for th. t.rst reg
ular meeting of the month at
the home of Eleanor Painter on
April 3. After the business meet
ing, Jean Bogan talked on
“Music as an Art and Music as
an Inspiration"
Following a round table dis
cussion in which all members
participated, refreshments were
served by the hostesses, Bobbie
Bauer and Eleanor Painter.
The first meeting of the Beta
Sigma Phi Pledge Training Pro
gram will be held April 10 at
the home of Faughn Bennett.
Aviation Safety
Discussions
D. M. Greizer
for
The Office of Aviation Safety
RADIO FIX VS. PILOT FIX
During that fine week in early
March, when all of Alaska was
CAVU, we were cruising along
out of Fairbanks in the L-5. We
went up Wood River and over
to Grubstake, where we heard
CAA Beechcraft 389, talking to
Nenana, so we gave a position
report somewhat as follows:
225: Nenana Radio, this is
Stinson 225: over.
Nenana: Stinson 225, this is
Nenana Radio; over.
225: This is 225, now over
Keevey Intersection, heading for
Anchorage VFR from Fairbanks:
over.
Nenana: (Puzzled) Roger. Do
you mind advising how you
identified Keevey intersection?
225: (Aggrieved) I use a radio;
over.
Nenana: (Triumphant) For
your information there is no
longer a Keevey Intersection.
225: (Red-faced) Oh.
We were over Healy before
we remembered to ask Nenana
to advise 389 where we were. A
check of the Airman's Guide
prior to flight would have saved
lace.
Fuel Systems
There seems to have been an
epidemic of forced landings and
accidents due to the pilot not
knowing how his fuel system
works, such as:
1 Using a tank for take-off
which is placarded for use in
level flight only.
2. Operating on both tanks
when the airplane is placarded
for the use of one tank at a time.
3. Operating on one tank
when the airplane is placarded
for the use of both tanks at
once.
4. Turning tank vents in the
wrong direction.
SENIOR CLASS TO HAVE
DINNER SATURDAY
The senior class of Seward
High School is having an inform
al dinner Saturday evening at
5:30 at the home of Mrs. Grace
Campen, senior class advisor.
The dinner will consist of tur
key and all thj trimmings with
the class paying for the dinner
out of the class treasury. Mrs.
Campen is going to prepare the
meal. Mr. Carlson, superintend
ent of schools, and Mr. Don Dal
berg, basketball coach are going
to attend. The class plans to at
tend the movies aft>:r the dinner.
Frank Volek, ARlt employee,
is the latest flu sufferer to be
admitted to Seward General
Hospital for care.
Evacuation Test Set
For April 7
Headquarters, Alaskan Com
mand, Elmendori Air Force
Base, Anchorage, Alaska, April
3, 1951—An Alaska-wide test
of evacuation facilities will take
place this Saturday, April 7,
in conjunction with exercise
“Firestep." it was announced
today by Lt. Gen. W. E. Kcpncr.
Commander-in-C h i e f, Alaskan
Command.
Participants, who arc request
ed to take part on a voluntary
basis, i n c 1 u d e dependents of
military personnel, dependents
of Department of Defense civil
ian personnel; and female De
partment of Defense employes.
Individual instructions will be
given the participants prior to
the drill, and radio stations in
the various communities will be
used, when and where necessary,
to tender further directions. The
test will involve automobile,
aircraft, rail and sea transport
facilities. giving dependents
throughout Alaska an opportun
ity to practice the method of
travel they would be likely to
»use in the event of an actual
evacuation.
Residents of civilian communi
ties. other than those mentioned,
will not participate in the drill,
and there will be no restrictions
on puonc travel during me lest
period.
SEWARD FURNISHES ONE
FOR JURY DUTY
Word from Mrs. Mildred Kirk
patrick who is in Anchorage on
jury duty, is to the effect that
she is the only representative
from Seward, all other Seward
ites who were called having
been granted excuses.
NOTICE TO TRUCKERS
The Alaska Road Commis
sion is requesting all truckers
using the Sterling Highway to
confine their operations while
trucks are loaded to the time
between 11:03 p.m. and 6:00
a.m., on the entire stretch of
highway from Henion's to
Homer.
The request is made by the
Road Commission in the hope
that if truckers cooperate
there will be no need to close
the road during the spring
breakup. The request applies
to pickup trucks as well as to
heavier equipment.
This step has been taken as
an experiment and if, under
the arrangement, the highway
seems to be suffering too much
during breakup the road will
have to be closed entirely to
all hauling at that time.
It is assured, however, that
in case it becomes necessary
to close the Sterling Highway,
as much advance notice as
possible will be given.
Headquarters, Alaskan Com
mand. Elmendorf Air Force Base
—The island of Kudiak became
a local center in military exer
cise “Firestep” yesterday when
“aggressor” troops made an
early morning attack there. The
“enemy” force is now attempt
ing to seize the Kodiak U. S.
Naval Station with defending
Army and Navy troops putting
up a stiff fight to overcome the
threat. Simultaneously bombing
and strafing sorties continue
in the Kodiak area as well as
in the Fairbanks and Anchorage
areas. No major action has been
reported from Western Alaska
where the “enemy” secured two
footholds during early phases
of the mock Alaska war.
April 3
The “aggressor” forces in mil
itary exercise “Firestep” have
secured footholds in at least two
locations in Western Alaska, it
was disclosed.
Since mock operations started
April 2. the “enemy” has also
made bombing and strafing
“attacks” against military in
stallations in the Fairbanks, An
chorage and Kodiak areas, with
aircraft of the Alaskan Air Com
mand counter-attacking. Some
damage at these installations
has been assessed, and local
damage control units have been
able to test their techniques and
to test repair facilities.
April 4
Stepped-up action in military
exercise “Firestep” this morn
ing brought pinpoint "bombing'’
of the Alaskan Command Head
quarters building up "aggressor'’
forces, who were aided by good
weather. “Casualtie s" were
light, and although some dam
age was inflected on the build
ing, damage control units re
ported it ready for use within
a matter of hours after the
strike came.
Meanwhile, the so-called en
emy also intensified their bomb
ing and strafing sorties on mili
tary installations in -the Fair
banks and Kodiak areas.
The bases in Western Alaska
secured by the “enemy'’ during
the first two days of the exer
cise are still in “enemy"’ hands.
RED CROSS DRIVE REACHES
CLIMAX TOMORROW
Booths will be set up and in
operation tomorrow at Werner’s
Market, the Seward Trading
Company, the Post Office and
the Alaska Shop, where the
membership drive of the Ameri
can Red Cross will go on.
An estimated S800 has already
been cdfkgrtecl but the goal is
SI500. A house-to-house canvas
was planned but is being post
poned until the weather has un
improved.
Copies of the Red Cross maga
zine may be found at the mem
bership booth as long as they are
available.
DANCE
S 'VTTJRDAY NIGHT
AN OLDTIME GOOD TIME!
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