Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-05
Fourth Observed With
Complete Program
CORONATION DANCE

tety ISlGDi dtloIl Will Ille OOIOlld-
ton Dance on Saturday evening
until the final sky rocket burst
against the mountain Stewards
July celebration was complete
success.
A great many people of the town
expressed the opinion that this had
been the best celebration Seward
has ever known.
Coronation Dance
The first public function of the
week end program was the COro-
nation Dance. The Queen, Miss
Evelyn Gilbert, was crowned by
the master of ceremonies, Hal Gil
filen, and was attended by Misses
Vera Lehman, Wilma Myers, Patsy
Woods, and Jacqucline Ratchford
as maids of honor.
About four hundred people at
tended the dance in the Civic Cen
ter. An orchestra organized by
| Charles Lechner and Pryce Harri
man played for the occasion.
PICNIC
Sundays picnic sponsored by the
| lzaak Walton League, drew at
least couple of hundred people
to Little Bear Lake, where the
main attractions We're swimming
and trap shooting Actually there
was no way of telling how many
attended because people kept COM
ing and in groups of five to fifteen
or twenty people.
The largest group was the chill
dren from Jesse Lee Home. They
had a swim and picnic lunch.
But trap shooting was the main
attraction with Ralph Van Glider
taking top prize with a total Of
% targets broken. Pat Began and
Frank Lewis tied with, high scores
of % and in the play-off of II
shots each, Lewis got 10 to 8 for
Pat Began.
PARADE
While parades generally are con-
sidered mostly for the entertain
ment of children, adults broke into
rounds of applause time after time
as it passed in review. Highway
Patrolman George Pickett preced-
ed the marchers, while the National
Colors We're borne by soldiers OF
the security guard at the Army
dock. They We're accompanied by
the colorS of the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
First prize for floats went to the
| Nobby Club; second to the Rain
bow for Girls float, and third went
to the Seward Elks Club. Judging
was made on the basis of obvious
effort in preparation and appropri-
ateness.
Linda Norton, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Norton, won first
prize in the doll buggy parade;
second went to Virginia Blue; third
to Carol Ferguson, and fourth to
Patty Elhard.
In the pet parade, sponsored by
McMullen's, each contestant re-
ceived a prize, since there were
first, second and third prizes for
best decorated pet, largest, small
est, most unusual pets and others.
RACES
Danny Rose thinks he must have
about the best bicycle in town,
since it placed in three races, al
though Danny only jockeyed it in
| one race himself. Altogether there
| were nineteen races on the pro-
gram, although couple of them
were cancelled for lack of con-
teStants.
CREASED PIG AND POLE
The creased pig which Pat Bo
gan purchased from the Jesse Lee
Home went to one of the boys
from the Home when he caught
it and placed it in the box. Louis
Bernstein was the winner. Pat
Began, who donated the pig as
the prize, had hard time getting
one and finally bought it for sos.
At the last report Bernstein had
turned down an offer of $40 for it.
The five dollar bill at the top
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