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Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
HOPE NEWS

MT. and Mrs. Charles Archer, and Mir and Mrs. Wes Ulrich at Mile 73 are feverishly working to complete their new homes before cold weather sets in. Both houses are nearly ready for occupancy.
 Snow and coming winter have ended mining operations at the Hershey-New Hope and Gold Mint Mines. Homer Boe and Pete Sor- enson are about thru for the sea- son with their placer operations on Resurrection Creek.
 Jean Brattain is spending the week end at her home in Hope.
 Carl and Earl Clark have re- turned home after a long fishing season in the Cordova area. They stopped in Seward, Seldovia and Burnt Island. The homeward trip was rather rough one and the LOyS VClS SldO tO OV lOIIlS dkdln.
 MT. and Mrs. Don Reicker and children have moved into the Mitchell cabin for the winter, or until they can complete their new log house on their homesite on Gull Rock Trail Road.
 Sam Gates recently returned to the Seward General Hospital from Hope. Just few days later Jim Bozard went in. We hope to see them both home and well soon.
 Bob and Charlie Mathison have gone to Chickaloon for a winter of trapping. On their last trip of the season to Anchorage, they did not return to Hope, but went di- rectly to Chickaloon.
 Word was received by Mrs. Homer Boe. that Mrs. Theresa Hershey had passed away after an illness of six weeks. Mrs. Her. shey will alway be remembered as a dearly beloved old time AL askan.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
DIR. POPE GUEST SPEAKER AT REGISTERED NURSES MEETING

Guest speaker at the next re- gular meeting of the Registered Nurses Association of Seward will be Dr. Horace Pope of the Terri torial Department of Health.
 Dr. Pope will speak on condi- tions found among the people in the Aleutian Islands. He will have motion pictures to illustrate his lecture.
 Dr. Pope is doing dental work at the Seward Sanatorum at the present time. He said he will not be finished here for at least three months. He has his residence at The New Seward Hotel while here
 The nurses will m eet at the home of Mrs Charlie Chestnut at the usual hour.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
Blast to Ren10Oe Glass rum City Swin1mlng Pool

The blasTing laSely heard by Seward people is being done at the swimming pool. Carl Thomas and John Haynes are cutting a chan pel through the rocks to lower the level of the water so the city can clean out the broken glass and other debris.
 People have been in the habit of floating bottles out on the water and shooting at them or throwing stones to break them. Consequent ly, there is much broken glass, which constitutes a hazard to swimmers.
 When the cleaning is completed. q headgate will be installed to stop the flow of water an draise it to it's regular level.
 Thomas and Haynes. as many people know. have a gold mine which they are working at this spot. The vein goes right down under the swimming pool for s feet; but very little water seeps down into the mine, Thomas said.
 It was Haynes who found the ore at this location. after thou. sands of feet had trod over the spot for many years. The Army even had a labor battalion en- camped on the spot during the war
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
Will Attempt Salvage of
 Wrecked Boat

Latest information is that an at tempt is being made to salvage parts of the Donna M. MT. Earl Moore and his son were to travel to Montague Island this week to make the attempt. One of the main items of salvage would be the new $3000 diesel engine.
 Earl Moore, Jr., who piloted the boat, was returned by rescue plane last Wednesday, while MT. and Mrs. Warren Bowers were re- turned by boat by way of Whit tier.
 It was just a week ago Thurs day that the Donna M broke up on the rocks off Montague Island in the vicinity of the Nellie Martin River.
 After struggling ashore through the surf, the three passengers found shelter in a Quonset hut in that vicinity. Their rations were lost. but that night they managed to kill deer which they lived on till the Coast Guard plane located them the following Wednesday,.
 To increase the chances of their being found, Moore crossed the island to McCloud Harbor while the Bowers remained at the Quon- set hut.
 Members of the party were re- ported to be in good health, but MOore's shoes were worn out and his clothes torn to shrees on his trek across the island to McCloud Harbor
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
|Unemploym Pay Is Earned Says M1itlQnd

w. w. Maitland, official of the Unemployment Insurance Office in Anchorage, made a special trip to Seward this week to explain to local longshorement that they are |entitled to receive compensation for unemployment.
 These payments, Maitland ex- plained, are made from money the men have earned, and which the government has held for them for such an emergency. The money is accumulated by deductions from the pay these men have earned in the past.
 :: Since the money has been earned
 by them, it is not relief There is absolutely no connection between employment insurance and relief MT. Maitland said he had secured applications for payments from some seventy dock workers of this
 city. Since neither of the local longshoremen's unions is on strike,
 MT. Maitland said, they are unem-
 ployed through no fault of their
 own.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
Police Dept. Reports Sept. Good Month

The Seward Police Department, in it's monthly report for Septem- Der, reported great improvement over the same month a year ago. This September there were only eight arrests as compared to Al in September of l947.
 There were only six arrests for drunkenness and one for drunkeness and disorderly conduct. The most serious reported was one arrest for assault with intent to commit rape.
 Tickets were issued for traffic violations in II cases. Two were for speeding, one for reckless driv- ing, three stop sign violations, one for improper parking, two for not having Territorial drivers licenses, and two for making U-turns be- tween intersections.
 Out of five bicycles stolen, four have been recovered to date. There were two car accidents, one fire call. Assistance was lent to other officers in larceny cases. The re- mainder of the departments peace keeping activities were such as set ting family squabbles, barking dogs and such trivialities.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
SEWARD UNIONS SPONSOR HARRY BRIDGES BROADCAST

Louis Dick announced yesterday that the two local longshoremen's S unions. No. 39 and No. l-82 will sponsor a broadcast by Harry Bridges over KFQD on Sunday evening, October IT, at 6:15 o'clock.
 The program will be a l5-minute transcription in which Bridges will answer questions put to him by a well known radio commentator concerning the present maritime tie-up.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
Offer of Relief Turned Down By Red Cross

The Seward Chapter of the American Red Cross this week turned down an offer of the Ma tional Red Cross to fly food to Seward for free distribution in this city.
 At press time the local Red Cross had not received a single request for help from any family as re- suit of the present shipping strike.
 The Red Cross, however, has re- quested in the event the strike con- tinues for long period. that money be made available to take care of destitution by individual case work.
 Officials of the local Red Cross Chapter do not believe that a seri- ous shortage is imminent, and it would be unfair to local mer- chants to supply free food to their customers. And, of course, there are other areas where the food is bad ly needed.
 The Red Cross is concerned with the chance that the strike may last a long time. It has agreed to work with the local unions and other civic organizations to insure sufficient food and ordinary con- forts of life to all the people.
 A request is again made to vel fare committees of civic organiza- tions to get in touch with the chairman of the Seward Chapter of the Red Cross, to make plans for this, or any other emergency that may arise.
 The Red Cross is not a welfare organization such as the Territorial Welfare Department. Its purpose is primarily to take care of soldiers and veterans, and especially dis abled veterans or veterans with other troubles.
 It is only when the local welfare organizations break down, or when there is catastrophe beyond capa- bilities of local organizations that the Red Cross steps in.
 Seward has long way to go be- fore it reaches the catastrothe stage. it is believed.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
w. s. C. s. BAZAAR AND LUNCHEON

A bazaar and luncheon will be given by the Women's Society of Christian Service Saturday Mo- vember 27 with pm. given as the opening hour
 Booths featuring such articles as fancy work, toys and children'S clothing will have articles for sale. The luncheon will consist of a great variety, of dishes.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
Shipping News BARGE SToRMBoUND

The barge due in Seward yester- day was reported stormbound in Sawmill Bay about 65 miles from here. Bad weather has dogged the barge for days. delaying the arriv- al time originally set for October Il.
 The news of the barge's location was received trough an AcS com snunica,ion late Friday afternoon by the Northern Stevedoreing and Handling Company. No new date was announced for its arrival but it is expected that the tug and barge tow can make the remain ing 65 miles in very short time once the weather has cleared.
 Word that second barge tow is enroute to Seward could not be verified.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
kenoi Gets New Hotel

Business has been picking up rapidly in Kenai with the com pletion of the new road from Sew ard. John Consiel, widely known as Kenai Joe, is building a new hotel there.
 A new restaurant and gas sta- ton has been opened by Hal Thornton. He has service garage in connection with his business.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
EPISCOPAL GUILD PLANS BAZAAR

A bazaar is being planned by the Women's Episcopal Guild for November l3. There will be booths for the sale of many interesting articles, and those who wish may play bridge or pinochle. The affair will be held at the Episcopal Church.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16

Mrs. Emil Hasmann has been confined to the hospital a few days this week and is now home convalescing from a throat infec ton. She expects to be back on the job with the Railroad in the near future.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16

Mir A. Baumberger. who is an engineer with The Alaska Rail- road, is on a months vacation. Mir Baumberger has been with The Alaska Railroad for the past 28 years
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16

The Public School Territorial health examinations were finished this week at the school and the general health of the school chil- dren is reported to be very good.
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16
CHIEF WASHAKIE HERE NEXT WEEK .~

The Chief Washable. according to word from the Alaska Steam. chip Company will be at Seward next week. The Chief docked at Whittier on Wednesday, October B. It will leave for Seward next Wednesday. and is expected to arrive the end of the week.
 The Chief Washakie, carrying two million feet of packaged lum- Der for consignees along the Alas ka Railroad, is ship of the North land Transportation Company, which is handled by the Alaska Steamship Company in the Port of Seward.
 WESTERN TRADER
 The Northern Stevedoreing Con- pany has also received word that the Western Trader, carrying gen. eral cargo for the Port of Seward will arrive next Wednesday. At press time it could not be deter mined whether the ship had ever before discharged cargo at the Port of Seward
Seward seaport record., 1948-10-16

Potrcnize Home Industry
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
JUDY Won THRON
HIRED AS GUARD
AT WADINC POOL
Dedication Ceremony To Be
Held In Lakeview Park At
3P. NJ. Sunday

Miss Judy Won Thron, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Verdi Won Thron and
a student at Ohio university, in
Athens, Tuesday night was en-
ployed by city councilmen to be
the lifeguard at the new wading
pools in Lakeview park.
Miss Won Thron is an accredi-
ted Red Gross life saver and an
expert swimmer. She will be
paid $50 weekly for a 4S-hour
week and will be on duty from
10 until IL in the forenoon, un-
til 5 in the afternoon and 6 un-
til 9 in the evening. She will not
be on duty Mondays.
Whenever the lifeguard is not
on duty, city police and park
caretakers will not permit child
rem to play in the wading pools.
Gala ceremonies are planned at
the park Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock when Judge William
Hunt will give the principal ad-
dress at the dedicatory pro-
gram. Archie King will serve as
master of ceremonies.
King will introduce various
civic club representatives includ-
ing Roland Schaper, Rotary club;
Supt. D. D. Sims, Kiwanis club;
Tom Finefrock, Chamber of Com
merce; George Schade, Merch-
ants association; former Mayor
A. w. Chapman, and Mayor Carl
Becker.
Paul Cochrane's Majorettes
will be on hand to give a march
and baton twirling demonstration
after which David Jeremy, Port
Clinton's 'Most Popular Pop" will
be introduced.
A feature of the program will
be the Baby Bathing Beauty con-
test in which prc-school age chill
dren will compete. Judges David
Jeremy, Marguerite Finefrock,
and Juel Cover will select the
Queen" and her Ladies' in Wad-
ing" and there will be prizes for
the winners.
Opening the program will be
a band concert by the American
Legion band, directed by Austin
Clark.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
CHERRY CROP
CAN MING ENDS.
Women Needed To Help Dur
ing Tomato Processing;
Cannery is Painted

Workers at the Gypsum Can
ming company completed canning
cherries Wednesday, with this
years crop being only two-thirds
as large as last year, manager
Richard A. Rice reported. The
sour cherries were brought from
the Bellevue orchards, and from
growers near Toledo and here.
Thirty-five women and 20 men
were employed during the cherry
canning operations.
Mr.. Rice and other key work
ers are leaving for Northport,
Michigan, this week for the
cherry canning work at the
Northport Cherry Factory, Inc,
which is also owned by the local
interests. Mr. Rice said the sweet
and sour cherries will be pro-
cessed there for the next 80 days.
Many women workers are need
ed for the tomato canning which
is due to start at the local plant
about August 20. The Gypsum
company has over $50 acres
signed up with growers in the
area. Women who desire work
at the plant may make applica-
ton any weekday at the office,
South Railroad street.
Additional equipment for the
tomato canning operations is be-
ing installed. During the week,
the exterior of the huge factory
has been painted cleaning
white.
Neighbors are very pleased
since installation of stokers this
spring, which has eliminated
smoke conditions in the vicinity.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
Will DL|FE MEN
MEET AT ISLAND.
- Put-in-Bay Is Weekend Host
For Midwestern Assn of
Conservation Men

Wildlife conservationists from
many midwestern states are ar
irving at Put-in-Bay today for
the opening of the Midwestern
Association of Conservation Com
missioners convention which will
be held at the state park area
on the island from Friday
through Sunday.
Among the first to arrive here
was Jimmy w. Stuber, secretary
of the Outdoor Writer'S Associa-
tion of America, and veteran
member of the Ohio Conservation
department, Columbus.
H. A. Buck" Rider, commits
sioner of the Ohio department, is
president of the Midwestern as
sociation, and E. L. Wickliff of
the state conservation depart
ment, is secretary.
Guests at the meeting will in
clude members of the Ohio Con-
servation commission, officials of
the League of Ohio Sportsmen,
and other sportsmen and officials.
Techniques in wildlife restora-
ton and game management from
administrative standpjoints will
be discussed at the sessions.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
PLANS SET FOR PORT
CLINTON DAY AT P-I-B
MAYOR FOX ASKS.
LOCAL SUPPORT.
Mystic Isle To Feature Half
Fare For Visitors Next
/ Wednesday

Mayor Henry Fox of Putin Bay
has issued a statement asking all
Port Clinton and area residents to
visit Put-in-Bay next Wednesday,
!, July IL, when Port Clinton Day
will be observed at the nearby
island.
Officials of the Erie Isle Ferry
company have offered special half
fare rates for the 2:30 trip aboard
the Mystic Isle.
Mayor Fox will be at the Put
in-Bay dock next Wednesday
when the ferry docks, to extend
official greetings to Mayor Carl
Becker and other local visitors.
Mystic Isle manager Louis Ried-
maier reports that half-fare tick
cts equal to the capacity of the
boat, 335 persons have been print
ed and are to be used only for the
2:30 trip.
Additional tickets will be honor
ed on Miller Boat Livery boats at
the Catawba Island dock. Tickets
will be on sale at the Mystic Isle
dock, Jefferson street, concession
stand.
ls 9les no 90 II!M s4eNo!I.
Sans Economy store, the Goebel
bus station and at the Mystic
Isle dock.
A card showing the balance of
unsold tickets each day, will be
displayed in the O. P. S. window,
Residents are urged to purchase
tickets as soon as possible.
Business people at Put-in-Bay
have given assurance that the visi-
tors from Port Clinton will be
. we'll entertained throughout the
day.
The Mystic Isle will leave Port
Clinton at 2:30 and upon return
ing from Put-in-B Bay will leave at
8 p. m. Optional trips from the
local dock will be at IL a. m. and
$50 p. m. Cars will not be taken
on this trip. The special round
trip fare is $1.00 and children un-
der 10 will be transported free
of charge.
Co-sponsors of the trip are the
Port Clinton and Put-in-Bay
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
club, Merchants Association, Elks
lodge and other civic groups.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
O'Brien ToOpen
"Brikcrete" Plant

William O'Brien, well-known To-
cal resident, has received the Erie
and Ottawa county manufacturing
franchise for "Brikcrete" building
blocks and plans to start produc-
ton in a building leased from the
Crystal Rock Brewing company at
the foot of Broadway in Sandus-
ky by August /.
During the past month, O'Brien
has completed a course in instruc-
tion at Brikcrete headquarters in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Adver-
tised as the worlds most modern
masonry, the Brikcrete products
is not only colorful but strong
and permanent. 1t provides insu-
lation while bricks do not, and
comes in single four-inch or
double eight-inch sizes.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
RILEY is HERO
IN FISH P0 n D
M|SHAP FRIDAY
Saves George Heise From
Death BY Drowning AS
Others Watch Helplessly

George Heise, 81, of 210 Elm
street, narrowly escaped death by
drowning early Friday evening
when he suffered cramps while at
work in the Riley fish pond, Erie
township.
Heise was saved by James Riley,
son of the owner, C. j Riley. Mr..
Riley and four other workmen
standing nearby could not swim
and were unable to help the
drowning Heise.
The Elm street resident had
donned pair of swimming trunks
in an attempt to find some miss
ing seine stakes. Jim Riley was
working at the other side of the
pond. Suddenly Heise, who is a
good swimmer, doubled up with
cramps and sank.
There was no boat near by and
the other workers could only stand
by and watch the helpless man.
Finally Jim Riley heard the shouts
and ran around the lengthy pond.
He jumped into the deep water
and pulled Heise to safety.
Heise was rushed to Magruder
hospital where he was treated for
exhaustion an possible acute en-
teritis. He was released Satur-
day night, apparently none the
worse for his narrow escape.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
Few Vacancies In
National Guard Open

Only three more local youths
will be accepted as members of
Port Clinton's 1923 Engineer
Treadway company, Captain
James Pressler, commanding of
ficer of the natioanl guard com
pany, stated this week.
With 81 members of the COM
pany enlisted, state headquarters
will permit only three more men,
bers here.
"You've got to be good to get
in the Guard" is the slogan now
used. Especially desired are vet
erans who served at least 80
days and less than IL months be-
fore Pearl Harbor or after VI
Day and young men in the II to
18R year age group.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
COUNCIL VOTES.
FUND TO FILL
PIER PARK AREA.
Airport Building Moving Pro
ject Is Tabled Awaiting
Health Bd. Report

Another phase in the lengthy
program to beautify the lakefront
was started at Tuesday nights
village council meeting when
Clarence Fulkert was given a
$500 contract to haul dirt from
the Celotex Corp. strip mining
fields to the area behind the
waterworks park.
Mr.. Fulkert offered to load, de-
liver and level the dirt at cost
of $3.50 per five-yard load The
filled area will give larger
playground and baseball diamond
in the waterfront area.
Councilmen approved resolu-
tion passed by the Board of
Public Affairs which calls for
bids to complete the electrifica-
tion project at the city water
works, and for the purchase and
installation of a boiler and neces-
essary radiation to heat the plant.
The special ordinance was ap-
proved as an emergency measure.
Also approved was City Clerk
William Zeis' budget for the last
six months of 194s and for 1949.
Zeis announced that Mayor Carl
Becker's monthly statement of
fines collected totaled 1896.
Councilman Paul Schmitt re-
marked that Division Manager
Henry A. Cowgirl should be re-
minded that the o. P. S. com
pany has not as yet fixed the
"dip" at the corner of Laurel
avenue and Fremont road.
A lengthy discussion of plans
to move the airport administra-
tion building from the north end
of the field to the south end
brought forth nothing tangent as
che discussion was tabled unit
definite approval is received from
the Ohio Board of Health on san,
itation requirements.
Milton Hershberger and George
Borman of the Island Airways
discussed the airport and the ad.
ministration building. Hersh-
berger stated the airport brings
many people here, not only from
the island but from inland cities,
and that these people spend their
money here.
When asked if he would be
willing to pay rental if the city
moved the administration build
ing, Hershberger stated he did
not feel that he could pay addi-
tional rent as he now pays $3.50
yearly and also pays for moving
the field. He offered to pay for
moving the building himself, if
the city doesn't care to do it.
Hershberger amused the city
fathers when he declared: awe
islanders feel that we are part of
Port Clinton. After all, Putin
Bay is a suburb of your city,.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-07-16
boN aLD DAME
DAME TO APPEAR
ATLAKESIDE
Cleveland WOmen's Orchestra
Is Also Due At Lakeside
This Week

LAKESIDE - Concert by the
Frank Bennett Singers, of Chicago,
"a mixed octet, is scheduled for
Saturday evening. July II, in Cen
tral Auditorium.
On Sunday, Bishop j. Waskom
Pickett, of the Delhi Area of the
Methodist Church of India, will
speak at both morning and evening
services. Bishop Pickett also will
speak Friday evening, July %, at
services under the auspices of the
Lakeside School of Christian
Science.
Also on Lakeside's program for
the coming week are: Monday, mo-
ton picture; Tuesday, Behind the
Broadcasts," Elsie May Gordon;
Wednesday. DR.. Ralph W. Sock
man, of New York City; Thursday,
Donald Dame, tenor; and Saturday.
the Cleveland Women's Orchestra.