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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-25
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER "a e4s
To-day gives feminine nattre,
most sympathetic, humane fuihef
good works and beloved by all. 1t
is a grand character for a nurse,
tho its action should be spread
over a wider sphere, dissenHna7
ting its spirit through literature
or through social life. The life
should be a happy one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-25
NOTHING
SPECIAL
BY NINA

j l. rs
! / have lately found a number
of items advertised in magazines
| devoted to women and the
home that I win unhesitatingly
nominate as the most useless
and money wasting devices ever
conceived by the mind Gilman and
executed by the hand of the
same.
Way up ON the list is little
birdbrain- wave -resllltfcalled The
Kisserchief," this being a white
handkerchief with a small square
fred center. The advertising mat
ter describing this article is a
masterpiece in itself, and ! sup
pose orders are pouring in by the
hundreds and thousands from
people who have heretofore
found life intolerable without a
lkisserchief among their possess
sions.
This blurb reads, and ! swear
this is verbatim: 1.-THE KiSser-
chief is especially DESIGNED to
keep your secret. Folded, it is a.
fine hand-rolled dress handker- /
chief. Opened the lipstick-red
center, wipes yn-r lips clean
without leaving tell-tale marks
A practical gift a terrific gag
a MUST for the man about town
Practical? For what? A gag? r.
entirely agree it certainly makes
me gag. Al must for he man alb
out town? Show me just one man
about town around here with
one Of them, and | will show
you man who doesn't know
what he is about. Any man who
kisses a woman and then proudly
pulls out a handkerchief with a
red center and waves it around to
impress the woman is asking for
another good smack right on
the kisser, and good.
And here is another. A set OF
branding irons, no less, for steaks.
Not on the hoof. In the pam Say
you're cooking up six steaks for
your Family Two like'em rare.
Two Iike'em medium. Two like
,em weH7done. You heat up your
;branding-irons Earns in the west,
podnetl and carefully brand each
separate steak accordingly. That
way everyone gets a properly
marked steak. even if it isn't
properly cooked, because the
chances are you have burned
everything to an utter crisp
while you were monkeylng
around with the branding irons.
Chic? daresay. Praeticaz !
know that, anyone giving me a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-11-25

set of them will find themselves
quickly beaten to a pulp with
said branding irons welded by
my good right hand. 81
I haven't got the heart to 60
ON with the. list.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
Guest Day Observed
BY Arts And Crafts
Club On Tuesday

Guest Day was feature of the
meeting of the Arts and Crafts
club at the 18th Street Commu-
nifty Activities building Tuesday
at 3 p. m, in keeping with an
annual custom. The Reverend
Harlan Hilbun gave a particular
ly fine talk on Patience" with
the text. Il am determined that
in whatever state | am Herewith
to be content"
Business was dispensed with
Mrs. f. l., Brantley, the president
turning the meeting over to the
program chairman, Mrs. H. B
Overstreet, of Moss Point, who
introduced Mr.. Hilbun.
A gala note was given the
meeting by the artistic arrange
ment of Japanese magnolias tha'
decorated the speakers table anc
by the lace covered tea table or
which had been placed a bowl o
Pride of Mobile azaleas.
Mrs. f. d. Wright presided
over the coffee service and wa
assisted by Mesdames c. W
Smith, H. c. REVERE and Emm;
Alvis in serving.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
Moss Point Cogers
Split The Schedule
With ST. Murtin

The Moss Point Tigers defeat
ed the basketball team of st.
Martins in a nip and tuck game
at the Moss Point gym on Tues
day evening with a score of 80
to %
The game was hard fought
throughout with the score at the
half being 13 to 8 in favor of
Moss Point.
Top scoring honors were shared
by Roy Carter and James A.
Clark of the Tigers and c. Sey-
mour of st. Martin with each
one having 9 points to his credit.
During the third quarter Coach
Floyd ran in his second team
which made a creditable showing.
In the girls game the Tiger
cites suffered a close defeat with
the st. Martin girls winning 36
to 35.
Laura M. Mays of the Tiger
cites held scoring honors of her
team for the evening with score
of % points, while Bond of the
st. Martins racked up total of
% points to take top honors.
The Tigerette guards were ex-
ceptionally good in this game.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
Miss Katherine Rhodes Honoree At
Lovely Tea On Saturday Afternoon

On Saturday afternoon Mrs
Jack Turner entertained with a
lovely tea at her home compli-
menting Miss Katherine Rhodes,
bride-elect of early February.
Spring flowers in a combination
of white gladioli, Chinese Sacred
lilies and daffodils were used in
charming arrangements through
out the reception rooms.
Guests were received by Mrs.
Turner, who wore a green crepe
afternoon dress and a white ca
mellia corsage, and presented to
the honoree who wore a green
faille afternoon dress made with
basque effect and full skirt.
She completed her ensemble with
corsage of yellow gladioli. Mrs.
w. j. Gilmore of Jackson in a
black crepe afternoon dress with
a rose colored camellia corsage
assisted in receiving and present
ed the guests to Miss Carolyn
Rhodes, sister of the bride, who
presided over the guest register.
Miss Rhodes wore an afternoon
frock of plaid taffeta in soft spring
colors.
Mrs. John ID. Lowe and Miss
Dora CoWan presided over the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
Moss Point
Churches
METHODIST

Circle Two met in the home
of Mrs. j. W. Backstrom, Jr.
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Back.
stf'om led the study which was
followed by a business and social
meeting.
Circle Two met with Mrs. N
U. Boone on Monday afternoon
when the study was led by Mrs
John Cirlot A social hour was
enjoyed by the large number
present.
BAPTIST
Mrs. r. c. Eley and Miss Carrie
Lee Harris were co-hostesses on
Monday afternoon when they en-
tertained the Margaret Lackey
Circle. Mrs. X. w. Burnham led
the program on Stewardship.
Several members of the circle
took parts on the program which
was followed with a social hour.
Circle Three met in the home
OF Mrs. B. B. Hobby with Mrs.
Martha Swan and Miss Hattie
Daniels on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. w. F. Mcleod led the de-
votional and Mrs. w. II. Nelson,
Jr., presided over the business
meeting. A social hour was en-
joyed when delicious refresh
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
Business Girls
Club Compliments
Members Al Shower

The Business Girls club was
the hostess at a surprise kitchen
shower honoring four members
who are February brides-elect,
Misses Katherine Rhodes, Ber-
nice Goff, Ethel Duncan and Peg
gy Studdard, at the Moss Point
community house on Thursday
evening.
After an evening spent in play
ing bunco with Miss Elsie Larsen
winning the prize, the honorees
were each presented with a col
lection of kitchen utensils by the
members of the club.
Misses Dorothy Rhodes an
Dora Larsen. hostesses for the
evening, served refreshments dur
ing the social hour that followed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
ACTIVITY PROGRAM

Bobo, the Magician, mystifiee
the student body Of the Moss
Point Central high school at the
chapel program on last Thursday
The program which wa> hap.
py blending of magic and fur
artistically and professionally
presented was one of a series oi
the Southern School Assemblies
programs which have been pre-.
sented throughout the year.
Jack Hill, Raymond Grierson
Edna Khayat and Peggy Suthofl
were among the high school stu
dents who were selected from
the audience to be used as stoog-
es by the magician.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28

Composer Richard Wagner took
part in a German political revo-
luton and, as result, was a ref
ugee in Switzerland for about 10
wears.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
PRESBYTERIAN

ments were served to the larg,
number present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28

The Women of the Church OF
the First Presbyterian church viii
observe a Week of Prayer ane
Self Denial for foreign missions
with meetings scheduled at the
church on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons at $3.50.
A program has been arranged
for each of the meetings.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
JUNIOR DRAMATIC CLUB

The Junior Dramatic club OF
the Moss Point high school pre-
sented one-act play 20, Say
Can You Sing on Friday morn
ing at the activity period.
Members of the cast were Dor
othy Young, Reta Fay Smith
Barbara Suthoff. E. NJ. Rea
George Lewis Hammond and Al
ice Jean Hammond.
The club which is directed by
Miss Julia Williams plans to pre-
sent other plays in the future.
The tusks of the walrus. which
sometimes are 80 inches long, arc
used in defense, in digging and
in climbing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-01-28
UNION SERVICE

The fifth Sunday union service
of all three churches will be hele
at the Methodist church on Sun.
day evening at z pm.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
Over Hundred
E|ks Coming
For Weekend

Lloyd Calvert learned yesterday
in a telephone conversation with
Ray Southworth and Oska Weeda
of the Anchorage Elks that more
than 100 Anchorage Elks have
signed up for the trip to Seward
this weekend. and more are eX-
pected to sign up for the trip.
The Anchorage Elks, coming to
Seward for the first time since
December 6, 1947. will leave An
chorage at 100 Saturday after
noon. The occasion will be the in
itiation Of five Seward candidates
and one from Anchorage at reg
ular meeting of the lodge.
Seward Elks belong to the An
chorage lodge, and the six candi-
dates will become members of
that lodge. The Seward group.
however. is working for local
charter. The local Elks Club is
composed of members who belong
to the Anchorage lodge. 1t was
organized by three local men who
thought that Seward Elks should
have a club of their own.
1t is reported that the ladies
will be guests of the Bills Club
during the meeting. and after the
meeting. which takes place sun
day, there will be a buffet din
ner and dance. The Anchorage
group has announced that it will
be bringing its own orchestra.
Saturday afternoon a group OF
local Elks will go by bus to meet
the special train at Moose Pass.
They will ride back to town on
the train.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
ARC. FIELD DIRECTOR
VISITS SEWARD

Miss Helen Cass. general field
director for the American Red
Cross in the Territory, concluded
a four-day visit to Seward last
Friday, during which time she
made a thorough survey of Red
Cross chapter activities and plans.
She expressed complete satisfac-
ton over the work done so far
and approved plans for a fund
campaign which is to be held in
April.
The new bookkeeping policy of
the chapter which has been pro-
posed by Treasurer p. NJ. Wang
ley and Chapter Chairman Mrs,
Mildred kirkpatrick was APP
proved. The Home Service Com
mittee was commended for good
and thoughtful work.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
Favorable Mining Outlook
Seen In Recent Survey

equipment thus shown viii mean
a larger output OF gold.
Active placer operations that
employed m Il Ter equipment
mostly in the form Of a combina-
ton of bulldozer and hydraulic
apparatus numbered 1902, as com
pared with 101 that were produc-
tive during 1947.
Offsetting whatever decline that
may have occurred in the produc-
ton of gold is a substantial III
crease in the output of industrial
minerals and fuels, particularly
coal. Final figures on the 194S
output of coal from Alaska mines
show a production of 100000
tons. This output exceeds by APP
proximately $1,000 tons the pre-
vious all-time high annual pro-
duction record, which was estab-
lished during the preceding year.
During the past several years
production in the Territory of
sand, gravel and stone, for use
principally in airport and road
construction, has taken rank in
value with gold, coal and plati-
mum in accounting for the total
mineral wealth produced.
The indicated value of Alaska's
output of sand, gravel and stone
during the year 1947 was close to
Continued on page p
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
PHOTOGRAPHS GROUP
VIEWS COLOR SLIDES

The Photography group of the
Seward Women's Club met Thurs
day evening. Color slides from the
collection of Casey Cobban We're
shown, ard Miss Frances Clark,
who is leader of the group,
showed color slides taken on her
flight to Point Barrow last sum
mer. At the next meeting photos
of gardens in Seward will be
shown. They may be in color or
black and white The purpose Of
the formation of the group is to
teach the beginnings of photogra-
ply.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
STRONGMAN TEARS OUT
JAIL PLUMBING

1t seems that prisoners at the
city Jail have been giving the po-
lice hard time lately. A man
from one of the ships in port was
thrown in the local bastille for
drunkenness. He began to feel his
oats, or it could have been corn,
and proceeded to tear a popular
bathroom fixture out by the roots.
1t was just last week that a
prisoner had to be subdued by
tear gas. He had set his bed on
fire.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
Railroad Workers
'GiUen Wage
Increases

Wage increases of six to ten
cents an hour were handed Alas
ka Railroad employees as of Jan
80, 1949, the ARR management
announced this week in Anchor
age. The pay boosts will add an
estimated $450,0OO year to the
Railroads payroll
Train and engine crewmen will
get q 10 cent unconstitutional in
crease. This is patterned after the
dime an hour increase recently
granted to operating employees
on Outside railroads, following
negotiations between the unions
and employers.
Incorporating employees on the
ARR get the six cent an hour
increase. This group on Outside
railroads has not yet received any
wage settlement, but President
Truman's Fact Finding Board has
recommended a seven cent an
hour increase The time-and-a "a
half pay for Saturday gives the
AIRS Incorporating employees
aproXimately the seven cent an
hour increase.
y pay raise was granted ARR
workers last May |. 1t amounted
to about 100000 a year. Rates
OF pay for each classification wee
then established to equal the pay
for the same job on railroads in
the Pacific Northwest, plus a
cost-of-liying allowance OF $3.50
per year
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
20-Acre Plot
To Be Divided:
City Gets Gift

Frank Gibbons announced to-
day that he is having a 20-acre
plot of ground surveyed on his
73-acre tract at the head of the
bay with the purpose Of setting up
residential subdivision.
Four streets will be laid out,
two running east and west and
two running north and south
The road will follow the CON
tour of the river, and will be far
enough away from the stream so
that timber along the banks will
be left standing to prevent ero-
sion.
Gift to City
Within the plotted tract one
acre will be set aside as a gift to
the City of Seward. While the
land in question is not within the
limits of the city, it will make an
ideal picnic ground for school
children and social groups.
The picnic ground has full
stand of timber which will be
left there, and after the brush is
cleared from the ground the site
will be Immediately useful.
Mr.. Gibbons said that power
, lines now run past the airport as
far as the Bland homestead and
power will be available 1t will be
possible to use electric motor
pumps to draw water. which is
found at a depth Of eight feet.
Mr.. Gibbons returned Thursday
from Washougal. Wash. where he
attended the funeral of his broth
er, Charles NJ. Gibbons, who died
! January 81 at the WashOugal Me
mortal Hospital at the age OF GS.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
FUME VICTIMS STILL
DANGEROUSLY I'LL

1t was reported today that Leo
Douglas and Joe IsaacS are still
seriously ill at the Seward Cen
eral Hospital as result of
poisoning by Observation-Disclosures
fumes.
The two were working on a
tractor, and were cleaning the
parts with the carbon-tetrachlor-
ide. There was no ventilation in
the room and a fire in a stove
made the place quite warm.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
RAINBOW GIRLS INSTALL

At a regular meeting of the
Order of Rainbow for Girls Thurs
day evening, Mrs. Phil Harding
was installed as Associate Worthy
Advisor and Mrs. w. C. Erwin
was installed as a member of the
Advisory Board. Installing officer
was Beverly Scatter.
A number of girls received at
tendance and merit bars. Four of
the girls have perfect attendance
records since initiation.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04

Despite preliminary reports re
Gently issued by the Federal Gov
eminent that show a diminished
output of metallic minerals in
Alaska, and especially OF gold,
during the calendar year 194S as
compared with the preceding
year, other statistics bearing on
the progress of Alaska's mineral
industry during the past year that
have been compiled by the Office
of Territorial Commissioner of
Mines tend to discount the i'm
portance of the apparent decline
in gold output.
Also, it appears certain that
final figures on gold production
itself will show a substantial in
crease above the preliminary esti-
mates for the year that have been
announced from Washington. 1t
even appears possible that it may
prove to have been greater in
1948 than in 1947.
Statistics gathered and compiled
by the Office of the Commissioner
Of Mines show that during 194S
thirty dredges were in operation
in the Territory as compared with
27 during the previous year; and
that 3S draglines were in active
use as compared with 35 during
1947. 1t is logical to presume that
the increase in heavy placer
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
WONEN'S CIJB SUPPORTS
PROPERTY TAN BILL.

The Seward Women-s Club has
dispatched a series o. kilograms
to Representative Clarence D.
Heating at Juneau urging him to
support the property tax bill as
we'll as the child welfare program
and increased payments for old
age pensions.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
Alaska Line
Again Adds
To Schedu

q " VI VEHV1 q "
The IS Aleutian passenger ship
Of the Alaska Line, viii again be
placed in service this spring. She
is scheduled to leave Seattle for
her first trip of the season May
81, II. n. Peterson, traffic man
q ger for the Alaska Steamship
Company, said Thursday in Sew
ard.
Even more freighJers will be
| operating, he said, as the peak
season nears. Ordi3 arily there are
only four or five ships serving
Seward in winter, but this year
there are three passenger ships
and eight freighters.
When material for government
and private contracts starts NOV
I ing to the Interior in the spring,
sary to place even more ships in
service, especially when supplies
| the canneries.
Freight Backlog Cleaned Up
Some people have believed that
the great amount of freight NOV
ing through Seward has been Il
backlog OF the fall shipping tie
up, Mr. Peterson said But that
| backlog has been taken care Of.
he stated, and the amount Of
freight is increasing more than
ever
Mr.. Peterson went into further
detail on recent publicity ccacern-
ing its statement that it serves
all Alaska. He stated that his
company does not concentrate on
the ports which handle the most
freight, such as Seward, but
/ serves even the ports which han
die very little freight.
There are some ports OF call, he
said, where only few tons Of
freight are discharged. Those few
tons of freight, however, are just
as important to that small town
as thousands of tons are to the
more important port OF Seward.
Someone has to serve the small
ports, even though it is done at
loss.
Cheaper Freight to Rail Points
The subject was brought up
THAT it is cheaper TO unload
freight into railroad car. move
it seven miles to Woodrow and
truck it back 10 Seward, than it
is to take the same freight direct
ly over the dock.
Mr.. Peterson said that this
would not apply to every kind OF
freight, but he said he would not
| be able to tell which types of
commodities were excepted with
out referring to complicated sta
tistics
| The Alaska Line, he stated,
could book passage for any num-
Der of tourists it wished to accept.
The trouble is that there are not
adequate accommodations for
them when they arrive in Alaska.
The best tourist season lasts
over a period of IS days, and it
would not pay to build big hotels
for such a short season. Many
Alaskans, however, believe that
the Kenai Peninsula could be a
winter sports area second to none
in the world.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
DANGEROUS WEAPON
ASSAULT

1t was reported today (Friday)
that Bobbie Slaydon was arrested
on charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon. The complaint
was signed by Clarence e. De-
Wolfe, and the hearing is set for
200 pm. Monday, Feb. Z.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
Ponies w ak Over
HQrQ7UQYenlen
1O1 to 80

Last Tuesday night the Seward
High Ponies galloped rough-shod
over the Seward Hardware team
to ring the bell for 100 points
with one for good measure. The
final score was 1916.
The Ponies regular practices
on Seward S large civic center bas-
ketball court are paying off. The
size of the floor seems to suit the
Ponies, for their set attack and
fast breaks were a treat to watch
and clicked time after time for
goal. Don Steele and Stan Ander-
son scored in the thirties. with all
members of the squad in for their
share of the spoils. Teamwork was
outstanding. The Ponies could be
heard talking to each other, ad-
yising, encouraging, and cOmpli-
menting teammates. Their morale
is high, and it is apparent that
victory spurs them on to harder
effort and Improvement. Their
condition is good, as indicated by
a closing slashing drive which
netted them thirteen points in the
last two minutes of play.
Stewards Ponies will soon rem
resent their school and city in
the important Rendezvous Tour
nament. All Seward should get be
hind the Ponies and give them
the support and the cooperation
which they show among them
selves on the basketball court
Cate Receipts Low
Gate receipts for City League
games have not paid expenses
The people OF Seward can show
their support in one way, by pU-
chasing tickets on the Refrigerator
which was generously donated b!
the American Legion Post Of Sew
ard. New owner of the refriger
ator is now scheduled to take
place at the half-time period O,
the Seward High-Kodiak Higl
game on Feb. IL. Ticket sales tc
date have been slow.
The Il & b Boosters defeated
the Seward Light and Power quin
| tet, 71-G4, in Il game which see
sawed throughout the first three
quarters Both teams took turn:
scoring in these quarters with the
| score seldom being more than twt
points apart.
Third of Last Series Tonight
T0night, Feb. 4, at Seward >!
Civic Center, the four teams o
the City League play off the thirC
game of their last series.
The Po;aies and the Seward
Light and Power teams are SEIZED
uled for the opener, which begins
at 1870. Seward Hardware anC
the b & Il Boosters take over the
floor for the second game.
Admission is season ticket OF
so cents for adults, and 25 cents
for students.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-02-04
MEMORIAL CHURCH TO HOLD
FAMILY DINNER, FEB. 8

The Seward Memorial Church
will have it's monthly family din
ner Tuesday evening, February s.
in the church hall. Members con-
tribute food for the dinner.