THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD. ALASKA
Vol. IX. No. 26
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2(5. 1952
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Out With The Old,
Sn With The New—
'52 In Review
What kind of year was 1952 in
Seward? Here's some of the
happenings from Seward taken
from the Record files.
January 4
Since the warm ehinook last
Friday which ran the thermo
meter up to 45 degrees, the wea
ther man in Seward has gone
wild and gray haired attempting
to predict what will come next.
Announcement was made on
Jan. 3. in Seward and Anchorage
that effective immediately the
Bank of Seward becomes known
as Seward Branch. First Nation
al Bank of Anchorage, of which
D. 11. Cuddy is president.
January 11
Crowded classrooms worry
Seward school authorities.
Council to ask big bond issue
for water system.
Need stressed for hospital fa
cilities.
Nightcap killed by mistaken
kindness.
Funeral services in Lutheran
Church for W a 1 d o Vernon
Nieves, father of Mrs. Howard
Aniidon.
January 18
High winds cause damage, in
juries in Seward.
Girl Scout Council starts train
ing program.
Seward's much needed and
long hoped for airport became
a certainty this week with an
nouncement by Tony Schwamm
. . . that advertisement for bids
will appear next week.
January 25
Pressure of work was given
by Councilman Lawrence Whit
more as reason for his resigna
tion from the city council this
week.
A general call to Seward Re
publicans to meet Sunday in the
IOOF Hall was announced by
T. Osbo, vice president, local
club
1 uneral services for Emilio
Eusso will be held Tuesday in
Sacred Heart Church. He lived
in Seward the past 39 years.
Jane Phillips won third prize
jn Girl Scout poster contest.
February 1
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dahl were
honored by friends in the Elks
club at a farewell party before
leaving on the Baranof for the
States.
Sea Hawks lose first game at
Fairbanks by 10 points.
Carl R. Carlson leaves to at
tend week long conference of
school superintendents in Ju
neau.
Russell Painter was appointed
to fill the uncompleted term of
Lawrence Whitmore on the city
council.
February 8
Patrolman Bradford formed a
posse and captured a burglar in
the act of robbing Doyle’s Hard
ware store early Wednesday
morning.
Heated discussion on water
system held at council meeting.
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Firemen invite Ail
To New Year's Dance
The annual ball given by tlu*
Seward Fire D( partment will be
held in the Civic Center New
Yearh Eve.
Good music is promised along
with refreshments and the usual
wonderful fun on New Year's
Eve. Several prizes are on hand
to be given away during inter
mission. Announcement is made
that one does not have to be
present to collect his prize—it
will be delivered.
The collection of awards is on
display in the window of Seward
Hardware.
Proceeds of the dance are to
be used to help defray expenses
incurred by building the balcony
around the basketball floor and
lor the sick and welfare fund of
the volunteer fire department.
Death Ccmes To
'Rusty' Treakram
Ivor “Rusty” Treakram dic'd
in Seward General Hospital
Tuesday, December 23. He was
an Oldtimer Alaskan and an old
resident of Seward. His age is
given as 65 on hospital records,
and birthplace as Norway. Any
other data is not available at
this time.
Treakram was taken to the
hospital December 18. unable to
talk enough to give information.
He had been a longshoreman for
many years. The longshore union
(shipside) will make funeral ar
rangements. It is tentatively set
for Tuesday, December 30.
Kencu Youth Victim
Of Gun Accident
Leroy Arlhur Darnell, 15 year
old Kenai boy was' buried De
cember 25 from Seward Memo
rial Methodist Church, Rev.
CiiarK - Malin officiating.
The boy was victim of an ac
cidental shooting in which the
gun which he was cleaning dis
charged. killing him instantly.
lie was buried in the Elks
plot in Seward Cemetary. with
Elks having the service at the
graveside.
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Besides many fine gifts, the
holiday season brought remem
bered faces back to town.
Ronnie Lewis flew in from
Boulder, Colorado. We suspect
that his trip may have been in
the nature of a Christmas gift,
but whether to him or to the
folks it.s hard to say. Anyway,
everybody was glad to know
that Ronnie got home.
Billy Anrig is also home from
school in Washington.
Helen and Pedro Denton and
Leonard Gilliland are here from
the University of Alaska.
George and Jackie Daniels
and baby daughter came down
from Anchorage for the holidays.
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See? Hawks Clean Up
Sec-; Hawks In
Urcuswaj Game
Last year s Sea Hawks, all
star players and winners of the
Railbelt title, played tliis year's
Sea Hawks in an impromptu
game Tuesday night in tiie Civie
Center. Although tliis was the
first time in a year that tilt' all
star team have worked together,
they romped all over the little
fellows with a seore of 54 27.
Ronnie Lew is and Pedro Den
ton were home on vacation and
Donnie Sanders. Chuck Van
Slyke and Chuck Barr live in
town. This made up the old
line-up, with the excepton of
Billy Evins. who was an oppon
ent in this game.
It was unusual to have all the
fellows in town at the same time
and the game caused consider
able interest even though there
was little* time to advertise it.
Chi!drcn Warned Of
Danger In Canyon
Numerous heavy slides in
Lowell Canyon, caused by the
mild temperatures and heavy
rains have made the area very
dangerous. Police department
warns parents to keep venture
some children out of the canyon
until a good freeze eliminates
some of the danger.
21 CHILDREN RECEIVE
LIONS CLUB TOYS
Twenty-one children received
toys from the Lions Club this
year, and this did not deplete
the supply. The needy families
were chosen with the help of
tlie Dept, of Public Welfare.
Toys were made apd repaired
by members of the Lions Club
and gift wrapped by Joe Doyle
of Doyle's Hardware.
Sari Soft Pay 5 Off
Seward 'Debts’
At least H> Sewardites wh >
laid a dollar each on Ike against
Adlai with Delegate Bob Bart
lett received the payoff this
week.
"I have notably damaged my
reputation as a political prophet
and have put myself in the posi
tion of debtor to you. The en
closure is to wipe out that re
lationship and got us on an even
financial keel again," Bob writes,
the enclosure being a dollar bill.
200 GREET SANTA AT
LEGION CLUB PARTY
The Legion Club reports an
attendance of about 200 children
at the Legion party on Sunday
afternoon. Santa Claus treated
every child with a package of
candy, fruit and nuts.
Santa also made a number of
rash promises which caused a
last minute rush of anxious
shoppers. Tut, Tut! Wait until
we meet the old gent face to
face!
Eisenhower Urges Nation
Support 'March of Dimes
President-elect Eisenhower meets 1953 March of Dimes Poster
Girls Pamela (left) and Patricia 0 Neil, of Raleigh, N, C.
NEW YORK CITY—President
elect Dwight D. Eisenhower called
on the American public to support
the 11)53 March of Dimes being
conducted throughout the nation
during all of January.
He joined in the annual appeal
after meeting the two Raleigh,
N.C., sisters who are pictured on
the 1953 March of Dimes poster.
They are Patricia, (j, and five
year-old Pamela O'Neil, both of
whom were stricken with polio
but now are recovered completely.
"It's hard to believe that these
are the same little girls whose
pictures are on the March of
Dimes poster,'’ lie noted. “Now
they're completely recovered from
polio, thanks to the generosity of
the American people.’’
He urged all Americans “to
h?lp the others like them by join
ing the March of Dimes.”
Later, he joined the poster
girls in making a short film which
is being shown by television sta
tions throughout the nation.
This year’s March of Dimes
follows the all-time record polio
epidemic of 1952 in which more
than 55.00U were stricken. At the
beginning of 1953, there * re
58,000 polio victims of former
years still undergoing treatment,
with financial help from local
March of Dimes chapters.
Fire Damages
Hording
The homo of Mr. one! Mrs.
Phil Harding at 107 Adams St.,
was damaged by fire at about
iJMO Friday ni dd.
Sitting in the living room at
the f ml of the stairs. Mr. Hard
ing said he caught a flickering
oi red at the stair h aid. He ran
upstairs to find the curtains
ablaze and a Hollywood bed
smoldering.
Their daughter, Jerry Richard
son and two small children had
arrived from Anchorage earlier
in the evening and the children
put to bed. Harding got the
women and children out of the
house after snatching down the
burning curtains.
Firemen worked about half
an hour to extinguish the fire.
Bed and drapes were destroyed
and the floor and walls dam
aged. besides some water damage
to the rest of the building, care
ful as the firemen were.
Mr. Harding has been working
hard all fall to refinish the
house, which is an old log build
ing, stuccoed with asbestos shin
gle on the upper half. The out
side was undamaged.
Friends kept the family over
night, as the house was smoke
filled. wet and cold and without
power.
Seward Very Quiet
Christmas Day
Alt-hough the weather man
tried hard to cooperate with a
white Christmas lie was not too
successful. lie waited a day too
long, probably to the delight of
the Street Department.
Everything was quiet in Sew
ard. this being essentially a fam
ily town, and the one day of the
year when families stay together.
Most of the festivities, except
for church services, were over
by Wednesday night, and Mother
and Dad and all the kids were
ready to stay home next dav.
HOLIDAY "DRESS UP"
PARTY AT ADKINS HOME
Mrs. Charles Adkins enter
tained her little girl friends the
day after Christmas with a
"dress uu” party in her home on
Third Avenue.
The little girls all wore long .
dresses, high heels, hair done
up. all the things little girls luve.
Beverly Sellers was hostess,
meeting the ladies at the door,
etc.
Guests were Donna Douglas,
Patty Muir, Linda Watsjold,
Carol Andrews, Janet Grounds,
Patricia and Judy Painter, and
Beverly Sellers. Dessert was,
of course, ice cream.
Seward Fireman’s 48th Annual Dance
Civic Center — New Year’s Eve — 9:3©