Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman
Mildred Kirkpatrick
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ARMY BUYS BATHROOMS
Exposition Press of New York
received a call this week from
Washington Army brass order
ing ()00 bathrooms. The man
who made the call sounded a
little dazed, as if he had a
strange feeling that the Army
wasn’t the Army any more.
The publisher, Edward Uhlan,
reassured him that tHe order
was for copies of “Bathroom’s
Down the Hall,” by William
Cameron Johnston, a humorous
story of what happened when
mother took in boarders, which
will be published this month.
“Thank God they’re books,”
the Army man said. “1 was try
ing to transport GOO bathrooms
ing to figure out how I was go
w i t h o u t disconnecting the
plumbing.”
Johnston, an employe of Arc
tic Contractors now working in
Point Barrow, wrote “Bath
bailor ancl Publisher
Managing Editor j
75c per month; $8 per year (
room's Down the Hall” to while
away his spare hours at the
construction camp. The U.S.
Army got an advance peek at
the book and ordered GOO cop
ies for its libraries to help GI’s
to while away their hours in
camps all around the world.
OELWEIN (IOWA) REGISTER
says:
... In America our repub
lican form of government makes
it possible for our enemies to
distribute libelous propaganda.
But in a dictatorship can we
circulate Life Magazine, Readers
Digest, Better Homes and Gar
dens, Christian Herald, for ex
ample?
America’s very i r e e d o m
makes it vulnerable to Russian
espionage. We must keep our-!
s Ives mentally awake.
Jackie Webb left Wednesday
for Pasadena, California.
c:t Ross Mann's
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
A recent issue of Readers
Digest describes a new poison *
for rats. The same idea may
have occurred to all Sewardites
who read the account. “Why not
try this new stuff here?”
Almost every community has
a rat problem, but seaports have
it to a more dangerous degree
because of the very definite i
possibility of ship rats having
been infected with the deadly j
germs of typhus and bubonic i
plague.
A* number of complaints have
been registered with city auth
orities about rats on the garbage
dump, in the housing area and
adjacent residential blocks. Sev
eral merchants in the downtown
district have been fighting them
for years and the docks are re
portedly infested with rats of,
great size.
Individual efforts to rid any!
one building from rats or other
vermin, while effective tempor
arily, do little but drive the,
pests from one building to an-!
other. Of course, it is a satis*-1
faction to rid one's own prem
ises, but it is a never-ending
battle. According to this report
on tiie discovery of Dicumerol
and its derivative Warfarin,
other cities have been able to
rid themselves of rats.
It means a concerted effort;
and an all out drive. Since this
city is infested at the north;
and south extremities, the fight,
must begin at the dump and on !
tiie docks at 'the same time with
a close watch established in the)
intervening district.
Mr. Sidener has ordered a
supply of tiie new poison, but!
lias no information yet as to the
cost nor the amount required!
and method of use. According!
to the research reports, War-,
farin is harmless to cats, dogs,
chickens and humans. If it is
living up to the expectations'
of its discoverers, the new rat
destroyers must be a real life
saver, and it would seem profit
able to have a committee of!
businessmen, probably through.
the Chamber of Commerce, look
into the matter and sec how j
much cooperation could be
found for an extermination
project.
Kasilof Items
Mrs. A. P. McLane, Kasilof
school teacher, took the entire
student body to Kcnai Thursday
afternoon to the showing of the
pictures, “The Voice of the Prib
ilofs,” and “The Lake George
Break-up.” Many people of this
community also attended the
showing, which was held at the
new Kcnai schoolhouse.
Carol Erwin is the guest of
Mr. nad Mrs. Larry Flecken
stein. She left Fairbanks in 1949
and moved from there to Eu
reka Springs, Arkansas. She
plans to again make her home
in Alaska.
Little Susan Webb of Cohoe
celebrated her fourth birthday
Friday with a party. The guests
were Mrs.. Walter Franklin,
Jewel and Judy Franklin, Mrs.
Roy Gronning, Elia Larson, Mrs.
Ann Ramsel. A lovely luncheon
of punch, ice cream and decor
ated cake with four pink can
dles was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shelford of
Homer were here Saturday aft
ernoon visiting the Gronnings.
Mrs. Chester Cone spent three
days of the past week with her
husband in Kenai where he is
employed. j
George Pollard spent Tuesday
and Wednesday of the past week
in Homer on business.
Moose Pass News
The Moose Pass Sportsman’s |
Club held its regular meeting!
Tuesday, March 6. The next |
dance will be held Saturday, |
March 31. It will be a public
dance with everyone cordially
invited.
Mr. T. O. Payton. ARR agent, J
was given a surprise potluck i
dinner at the Wayne Racines I
before he left to be the agent
at Whittier. Mr. Robert Hall i
showed slides of Alaska and of i
the Hall’s trip south, at the close
of the evening.
Last Friday was a real “photo-1
genic" day for the children of1
the Moose Pass school. Mr. Merle !
Reed took each child's picture I
and presented them each with a j
copy.
SPEND A HAPPY,
HEALTHFUL EVENING
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A Set-up for Your
Entertainment!
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Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage ....1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage -—1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .6:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thursday in accordance
with the arrival of Ihe passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesville and Whittier.
For Information Phone Seward Agent
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