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Vol. VIII, No. 71
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1952
Price 10 Cents
Fluoride Treatment
Proposed For
Drinking Water
The school board listened to
a proposal for “fluoridation of
the local water supply when the
rehabilitation program gets un
der way" at its regular meeting
last Monday night. Members
felt that it was not the business
of the board to make the pro
posal to city authorities, but it
could well be made by other
organizations i n c 1 u d i n g the
P-TA.
Fluoridation of water supply
is wid lv accepted as a method
for reducing the prevalence of
dental caries (decay). Of all the
preventive methods used, fluor
idation offers the greatest hope
for preventing caries because
of its easy application for large
numbers of oeoplc and its rola
tiv.lv low cost.
An American Dental Associa
tion bulletin states: “The amount
of tooth decay in children is less
if fluoride-bearing water is used
from birth through the first
eight years of life, the period
when tooth enamel is being
formed. This benefit is thought
to continue for life. Children
who have used water containing
1 ppm (parts per million) or
more of fluorine have only about
one-third as much dental decay
as children who have used fluor
ide-free water."
The fluoride treatment is
added to the water at the source
of supply, or at the same time
as the chlorination or purifica
tion treatment is given, and at a
relatively inexpensive rate per
thousand gallons.
AVA Asks For Tourist
Facility Information
From Operators
Juneau—An appeal for tourist
facility information was made
this week by James W. Chad
wick, executive director of the
Alaska Visitors Association, to
all individuals, companies and
civic grouos throughout Alaska,
and bordering Canadian pro
vinces.
"One of the present stumbling
blocks to building a bigger and
better tourist industry in Alaska
is the lack of complete informa
tion about Alaska's tourist at
tractions and accommodations.
We want everyone represented
in this comnilation, which will
be distributed to trav: 1 editors,
travel agents and individuals
preparing trips to the territory,"
Chadwick said.
The Association requests that
every op; rator of a motel, hotel,
1 o d g e. res o r t, transportation
company, or other facility offer
ing a servic: to the tourist, write
the Alaska Visitors Association
in Juneau, enclosing available
lifer dure, brochures or other
printed and pictorial material.
The letter should include the
operator’s estimate of the avail
ability of his accommodations
for the coming season.
"Of equal importance,” Chad
wick said, "is knowledge of
events staged locally. Chambers
of Commerce, Canadian Boards
of Trade and other civic groups
should send us details on any
celebrations, fish derbys or other
festivals which will be held this
coming season.”
This information will be given
nationwide distribution by the
Alaska Visitors Association and
in addition will be included in
the publicity released by the
Pacific Interim Travel Associa
tion of which the Alaska Visi
tors Association is a member.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LUNCHEON NEXT TUESDAY
The second regular meeting
of tin' Seward Chamber of Com
merce will be held as usual in
the Harding dining room Tues
day. April 15 at noon.
The last meeting was attended
by 28 members who heard the
report on the critical defense
housing application. More news
on this subject is expected at
the Tuesday meeting along with
other matters of gr;at import
anee to business and develop
ment in Seward.
These meetings are open to all
interested Sewardites and their
guests.
Urgent Calls Only Is
Request of ACS
Until the present telephone
workers strike is t rminated,
toll telephone traffic between
the United States and Alaska
will necessarily, at times, be re
duced to calls which are of ei
ther an urgent or emergency
nature. Col. Fred P. Andrews,
Commanding Offie r of the Al
aska Communication System, an
nounced today.
For the convenience of pa
trons, the ACS has opened to
the public its tel;phone booth
in the Federal Office Bldg., Se
attle, on a temporary basis. Calls
must be made from tnis booth
in prison between the hours of
5:30 a.m. to midnight on week
days, and 8 a.m. to midnight on
Sundays and holidays.
The usual heavy influx of
Ear-tor telephone traffic will be
subject to indefinite delay and
patrons are urged to place calls
of only an urgent or emergency
nature. Col. Andrews said that
intra-Alaska calls and calls b -
tween Alaska and Canada would
be handled on a “business as
usual” basis.
ANCHORAGE FREIGHT
DISTRITUTORS OPENING
TERMINAL HERE
Two representatives of the
Anchorage Freight Distributors
Company have been in Seward
this week completing arrange
m nts for a warehouse and load
ing ramp. The company will oc
cupy the Brown & Hawkins
warehouse building on Wash
ington Street.
Large freight trucks never
before seen in Seward are rapid
ly becoming a familiar sight.
The sev. ral loads of hew auto
mobiles being carried on trailer
trucks last week caused consid
erable jubilant comment. With
completion of the highway, this
sort of thing will become the
commonplace, but while it is a
new accomolishmcnt in this area
it provides the popular with a
thrill of hope in the future of
Sewa rd.
HARBOR MASTER LEAVING
FOR SUMMER IN
SOUTHEASTERN WATERS
Frank Perry, harbor master
in S.ward, leaves May 1 for
southeastern waters on eontract
with the Alaska Department of
Fisheries.
Perry is owner and operator
of the 60 foot fishing boat Char
bus. He will have a biologist
from the Fisheries Dept, aboard
who will tag king salmon for
the conservation program now
underway. The Charbus will not
return to S;ward until Sept. 30.
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
Midnight is one of the best
plays for high school production.
It has everything: mystery, ro
mance; humor; a note of sus
pense; chills; thrills; and spills.
Save the date—April 25 and
26 at the high school gym at
8 o’clock.
Builders Give Promise
Of Relief. In
Housing Shortage
Some relief in the critical
housing shortage situation here
is held out this week by Brady
Construction Company of Se
attle and Olson & Graves of
Seward.
The Brady Company took up
their option with the City Mon
day night on Block 31 for $3000.
Block 31 is immediat ly north
of the housing area facing on
Madison Street. The company
promises 25 garden-type dwell
ing units in this area for imme
diate construction. This building
program is similar to the one
completed in Valdez last year.
It will be a rental area, con
struct :d in cooperation with
Alaska Housing Authority but in
no way connected with the pres
ent municipal housing a r e a
which is to go under AHA man
agement.
Olson & Graves, S ward con
tractors have announced imme
diate construction of eight hous
e's in the block nor.h of the new
Brady addition.
With s verai private individ
uals planning construction of
rental housing on a smaller
scale, the situation should be
somewhat relieved by next win
t r unless the population in
crease continues at the present
rate.
Republican Divisional
Convention
Here Next Weekend
Tire first Third Division con
vention of the Republican party
will be held in Seward April
19 and 20. next Saturday and
Sunday. Seward R: publican
Club, hosts to the convention,
have been advised to prepare
for approximately 150 guests
and d legates.
Because of the size of the
delegation, meetings will be held
in Oddf.llows Hall and possibly
in the Civic Center. A banquet
is scheduled for Saturday night
in the Methodist Church dining
room.
This will be the first division
al Republican conv ntion ever
to have been held and is creat
ing much interest in the party in
Alaska.
five Women Ssek
Ye mortal O rr l c e s
Two Republican and three
Democrat women have entered
the field in the . mb Divisi
for election to th. Territorial
Legislature.
Dorothy M. Prior, a young
and energetic bus in e. s woman,
has been active in Anchorage
community affairs si.. s.. 1 <.
except for an interim cue ng
World War II during ■ lich
time site serve-! as La at nant
in the US. Na -
She was employed as account
ant by the engineering firm ol‘
McCarthy Brothers, who built
the Federal Building in Anchor
age. She went to Panama with
the firm and from there into
the Navy. After the war Miss
Prior returned to Alaska where
she opened her own business
known as ‘Your Girl Friday,”
doing stenography, bookkeeping
and accounting. She sold this
business last year retaining only
the accounting.
Miss Prior was born in Yaki
ma, Washington, and made hei
first visit to Alaska in 1028 with
her parents. The Republican can
didate is a graduate of Washing
ton State College with a bach
elor's degree in business admin
istration. She also took graduate
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
GROWING BY
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Mr. Carl Carlson, superintend
ent of schools, reported to the
school board Monday that the
next child to come in for Fall
enrollment would bring the fig
ure to 49'). By Thursday noon
the actual enrollment for the
September term had increased
to 515. “I just don’t know what
wo are going to do with them,”
Mr. Carlson stated.
Two classes have b:en housed
in the Methodist and Episcopal
church basements this year. The
same two and at least two others
will have to be held outside the
school next year.
This is th. reason the school
board is making efforts to obtain
the Bayview School which will
make two extra class rooms.
ASC Resumes ReguEeir
Shipping Scheme
With a settlement of a work
stoppage by the Pacific Coast
Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water
tend rs and Wipers Association,
Alaska Line has resumed normal
schedules. The strike was set
tled befor; regular sailing time
for the Denali from Seattle, so
the passenger ship will also
reach Scv.r.rd at th usual time
next Wednesday night.
The Pacific Maritime Associa
tion and the Alaska Steamship
Company jointly filed suit in
the US. District Court April 8
against the union for damages
of not less than $1,950 per day
up to $47,500 pM- day depending
upon the number of vessels ef
fected by the strike which they
pronounce as illegal.
The strike was settl d Tues
day. There is no information as
to continuation of the suit
against the union.
Nurses Ass n To Be
Guests of Loco! Group
An estimated one hundred
delegates and members of. Al
aska Nurses Association, now af
filiated with the American Nurs
es Association, will be guests
of th_ Seward group, Seward
District No. 2. May 22 and 22.
This is the first annual con
vention of the association which
has been in process of organiza
tion for the past two years. T
only recently became affiliate;!
with the national organizat o:i
and receiv d its charter. Mrs.
Elizabeth Fritz of Anchorage is
president of the Alaska associa
tion.
Persons interested in the pro
fessional nurses organization or
the cony ntion are asked to coo
* act Miss Edna LeDuc, Seward
Sanatorium, Bartlett. Alaska for
i . , ivations r information.
BUS AND CAR COLLIDE
OP hIGHWAY
A bus of th hlatanuska Val
le\ Bus Lines and a car contain
ing the driver and two passen
gers collided on the highway
Tuesday at about Mile 40.
Passeng.rs of the car sustain
ed slight injuries and there was
seme damage to the car, it yeas
reported.
The bus was outbound to An
chor ag..
EIGHTH GRADERS TO RULE
CITY NEXT TUESDAY
Twenty-seven pupils from the
eighth grads class of the Seward
school will take over the reies of
the city's government next Tues
day afternoon—from the office
of Mayor on down. This notice
is intended to constitute fair
warning, according to the eighth
grade teacher, Mrs. Younker.
Seward, Alaska
Versus
Seward, Nebraska
Coach Don Dalberg announced
this week that preliminary plans
have been made with Coach
Ralph Bowmaster. high school
coach at Seward, Nebraska, for
an airmail or telegraphic bowl
ing meet between the Sea Hawks
of Seward, Alaska, and Seward
High School of Seward, N'. bras
ka, to take place this spring.
Tentative plans have also been
made for an airmail track meet
between the two schools. This
last, of course, depends on whe
ther or not a track can be built,
a team started, and how the
weather turns out from now till
school is out. The Chamber of
Commerce has agreed to cooper
ate and it is hoped that assist
ance will be forthcoming in
building a track. If the track
meet does not develop this year
it will definitely take place next
year, and annually from then on.
It is also hoped that perhaps
a home-and-home basketball ser
ies between the two schools can
be worked out in the future and
become a reality in a year or
two.
The idea for the contests was
started by Mr. Harold Davidson,
owner of the Farmers’ Supply
Company of Seward. Nebraska.
He wrote to Coach Dalberg ask
ing what could be worked out.
After Coach Dalberg answered
favorably, Mr. Davidson report
ed that both the Associated
Press and United Press in the
States are carrying stories about
the contests. A iso both radio and
TV commentators are plugging
the story. It is believed that this
idea will give both communities
and schools a lot of wonderful
publicity and provide wonderful
experiences for the students of
both schools.
Mr. Davidson and his family
are planning a trip to Alaska
this summer and will visit Sew
ard.
FACE LIFTING FOR
THE MAIN DRAG
Fourth Avenu: from Adams
to Washington Streets received
a literal face-lifting operation
during the week. All Sew’ard
motorists will agree that it was
a much needed operation, and
after seeing the improvement in
the block, hope that other blocks
will receive the same treatment
in the very near future.
Keep up the good w ork, boys,
we re all panting at your heels!
Alaska Crippled Children's
Association's annual drive ar
rives at Easter time. The banks
are in the local stores waiting
for your contributions. Be gen
erous and your holiday happi
ness will be increased as well
as the children's.