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Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
Five Local Boys In
 November Druft Call

Selective Service Board No. 1, Anchorage, lists five local boys to be inducted next Tuesday at Fort Richardson
 Gene Kirkpatrick, Earl Moore, George (Bobby) Wells, Francis (Frank) Sanders, and Donald Smith received notice and travel orders last week.
 Gene Kirkpatrick was born in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from high school in Havre de Grace, Md, in 1946 and came immediately to Seward with his brother, Jim, where he worked for the Alaska Transfer and Seward Water Supply until last year when he joined the staff of the Record Gene is the son of Mrs. Mildred Kirkpatrick.
 Donald Smith, son of MT. and Mrs. Clyde Smith, was born in Rexford, Montana. He came to Alaska with his family in 1941, settling in Moose Pass. They moved to Seward three years later. Don has worked in local garages and more recently for The Alaska Railroad, where he now operates crane in the yards.
 Earl Moore was born in Mus kegon, Mich, the son of Earl Moore. ST. The family came to Alask;, in 1883, living at or near Nenana. They moved to Seward five years ago, and now have a home on Nash Road.
 Earl is fisherman, owner of the vessel Sortland (which, incl dentally, he has for sale, in order to go into the service). He had bad luck two years ago when he lost a boat on. the rocks at Mon tague Island, bu, never gave ur his ambition to own a larger boat, which he accomplished with the Sortland.
 George (Bobby) Wells was born in Seattle. He has lived ir Seward for three years, driving taxi and working on the dock His family lives in San Fran cisco.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
SCHOOL CARNIVAL HUGE SUCCESS

The Annual School Carnival held last Friday night at the high school was huge success, both as an entertainment and financially, stated Carl Carlson, Supt. of Schools.
 Receipts totaled over $12OO. Expenses are expected to run high, however, as all merchan- dize was purchased, with the exception of a few items that were contributed.
 Both staff and student body worked very hard on the pro- duction. They expressed satis- faction at the fine support of the townspeople in spite of the bitter weather Friday night.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
HENNING CARLSON IS DECLARED DEAD

Henning Carlson, who disap- peared from Nuka Bay. seven years ago, Nov. 3, 1943, was declared dead by U. s. Commits sioner Southard, Nov. 3, 1850.
 Nothing is known as to the circumstances of his disappear ance. A search party lead by Dave Anderson and Pete Sather found tracks leading onto the glacier, but no body was found. It was supposed that the man must have fallen into a crevass.
 The legal period of waiting expired last week and his wife was notified in Wisconsin.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
School Bus To Run To Woodland Acres

A delegation of mothers from Woodland Acres, Bartlett, and
 Nash Road, with Mrs. Earl
 Moore as spokesman, appealed to the School Board and City Council for additional bus serv- ice for the Is children who are not accommodated by the Terri torial school bus at this time. Mrs. Moore stated that they have every reason. to believe"
 that Dr. Ryan, Alaska Board of Education, will approve of the added bus service when addi- tional funds are made available to him for that purpose, possibly by the next Legislature.
 The mothers declare this to be
 an emergency situation, in which
 three children are being de- prived of school attendance be-
 cause of lack of transportation. The school bus, under contract
 with Carol Gage, now covers
 the main highway as far as Mile I3. Children at the Bear Lake Lumber mill are carried for an additional charge of S10 per month each, and the Moore chil-
 dren (the only ones on Nash Road now attending Seward schOOlsl for a smaller sum.
 MT Gage offered service to the Woodland Acres and Bart lett children for 12 and one-half cents per ride on a monthly basis. but the parents feel that inasmuch as they pay the two per cent sales tax for any com modities purchased in Seward,
 that a portion of that tax should
 be allocated to extra bus service for their children, according to
 Mrs. Moore. ..-- Upon the recommendation of 1 the School Board, the City Coun.
 cil somewhat reluctantly agreed
 to pay the sum of 800 per month l for the bus until such time as Dr. Ryan can consider the situ atiOn, or until February 1, 1851
 The present bus cannot carry
 the added 18 children, which
 will necessitate the use of sec
 ond vehicle and driver, accord
 ing to Gage, who has agreed
 with the rural parents to under
 take the transportation for S9(
 per month.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
Hiuh School Coach
 And Fire Department To Make Sko+ing Rink

Coach Dahlberg offers to clean up First Lake swimming hole to be used as an ice rink, if the Fire Department will keep it flushed occasionally d in g freezing weather.
 Mir. Dahlberg suggests that high school boys and girls will be only too glad to work on the snow and debris in order to have a safe and close place to skate Ice on the pool is now six inches thick, according to his tests Members of the Fire Depart ment agree to cooperate on the project.
 With a good rink, it may be possible to promote some hockey this winter, at the very least the lake will eliminate the long trips out of town to other skating spots.
 MT. Brownell, who owns the property where the lake is To- cated, volunteered to cooperate with the scheme by forbidding the cutting of ice on the lake this winter if the children can use it for skating.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
BroWnel Homestead Offered To City

Don Carlos BreWnell offered to sell his entire homestead property, except the home and the land it occupies, to the City of Seward for the sum of SIP, 2,OOO at the meeting of the council last night. Payments of S10O per month over a period of 10 years were the terms offered.
 This property consists of about 40 acres, all within the city Him. it's, extending from and includ- ing First Lake which adjoins the Park Reserve, south along Marathon Mountain west of First Avenue, including one half mile of Lowell Canyon, and a strip at the foot of Bear Mountain to the bay.
 The offer was made when the subject of purchasing hospital site was raised by the hospital board.
 Mayor Lanier appointed a committee of three from the council to consult with MT Brownell and report at later date.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
OSCAR THORMUNDSON, OLDTIMER. IS DEAD

Word of the death of Oscar Thormundson in Seward General Hospital late Tuesday afternoon came too late to get all particu- lars in this issue of the Record.
 It is known, however, that MT. Thormundson was born in Der gen, Norway, in 1877. He has been living at the Ocean View Apartments. MT. Thormundson is the second aged resident of Ocean View to die in the past 10 days.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
Council To Purchase New Caterpillar

Street Commissioner A. G. McRae pointed out to the City Council at last nights regular meeting that the condition of the old city tractor is very poor and that repairs on it are be- coming increasingly costly. Last year, major replacements and repairs amounted to well over $500.
 "The big graders will not ne- gotiate alleys for snow removal, and rental on caterpillar dozers amounts to S10 to SIP per hour. Opening and grading of new streets, pulling stumps and re- moval of boulders, require the use of a heavy bulldozer, also"
 "The cost of heavy equipment is rising steadily" stated the mayor, land if we want and need additional street machines, now is the time to get them"
 The distributor representa- tive for Diesel Caterpillar trac- tors presented a DC-6 for the total sum of 1,973.50, includ- ing estimated freight and insur- ance charges.
 Lengthy and heated discussion ended in a vote of four in favor of the purchase with Council woman Kirkpatrick voting against and Councilman Whit more declaring mo vote" Nego- tiations will be entered for pur- chase from the Northern Com- mercial Company of Anchorage.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
PASSENGER SERVICE
 RESUMED WITH DENALI

Passenger service will be re- sumed from Seattle with the SS Denali, leaving Friday, Mo- vember 10,
 Resumption of service was made possible by the agreement of the Marine Cooks and Stew ards Union to submit to screen ing, as announced Saturday by D. E. Skinner, general manager of Alaska Steamship Company
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
EUROPEAN TOUR SLIDES SCHEDULED FOR MEETING

An interesting feature of the Seward Woman's Club meeting to be held Thursday, November 9th at 8 pm. in the Methodist Church parlor, will be color slides taken by Miss Betty Boyd during her recent holiday spent in Europe. Miss Boyd will show her slides and comment on her tour.
 A cordial welcome is extend ed to the ladies of Seward and vicinity to attend.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
CITY JAIL PAINTED

The city jail has a new coat of paint in the hall and cell room. A soft, light gray covers the heretofore bare concrete wall. Gus Johnson donated the decor ating material which was ap- piled by the jail attendant, who also built a door into the east wall of the office, thus permit ting more economical heating of the cell block.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
Council Reaches Compromise With Water Company

A special session of the City Council, which was attended by City Attorney Ed Arnell, Mrs. Jean Thorne, Alex Petrovich, and John Connally, attorney for the Seward Water Company, reached an amicable compro- mise.
 II do not believe that anyone cares particularly who owns the water facility said Mayor Eugene Lanier, just so there is an adequate service at all times" Members of the council expressed willingness to leave the facility in the hands of the present owners, considering it less costly to taxpayers, but in- sisted upon rehabilitation and an increase in supply.
 A tentative sale price of $100,00O was set by the com pany's attorney, which is fifty per cent less than the price given in the spring of this year. MT. Connally stated that he had not understood that the city had ever offered any alternative agreement, than the sale. After being brought up to date on the negotiations and the reasons for the condemnation proceed ings, he offered to compromise.
 After much discussion it was decided that the city will engage hydro-engineer to make a survey of the present condition, source of supply and approxi- mate cost of rehabilitation. His report will be taken into con- sideration with the purchase price and regarded as a total cost of reconstruction. The pur- chase price is to be adjusted ac- cording to the whole.
 If the total amount is more than the ability of the city to acquire a bond issue to cover, the Water Company will then assume the cost of the engineer S survey and negotiate privately for refinancing to rehabilitate the system. ..- ..... .-:..~. In the meantime, Alex Petro- vich, maintenance manager for the company, has agreed to keep a man on the job full time if necessary to remove ice from Jap Creek, thus preventing a freeze-up which stops the flow of water at the source, causing a shortage in the lines such as that of last Friday.
 The agreement was presented in writing at the regular meet ing last night
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
Fire Chief Reports Hazards At Hospital, Ocean View

Letters from Fire Chief Fred Kielcheski and Police Chief Dale Green report fire hazards and health conditions in Seward to be serious in at least two pub, lie buildings.
 Kielcheski states that over three weeks ago upon inspecting Seward General Hospital he in- structed the manager and gen. eral supervisor to take certain steps to minimize the fire hazard existing there. Instructions were to recharge existing fire extin- guishers, to acquire additional fire extinguishers, to fire-proof the entire furnace room and to properly insulate the hot water tank.
 Tuesday, October 31," the report states, II again inspected the hospital and to my amaze ment I found the following:
 "Extinguishers not recharged. No new extinguishers installed; furnace room not properly in- sulated; and the hot water tank and boiler a greater fire hazard than when previously inspected"
 It is understood that since Nov. l, date of the report, the first two items have been reme- died There has been no report of change in the furnace room and boiler, of which Kielcheski says, "The present condition of that furnace room would not pass inspection in any city in th1 country. Something must be done immediately"
 Ocean View Firetrap
 Police Chief Green reports that upon inspection of Ocean View Apartments by himself, Chief Kielcheski, Wm. Deering, Dept. of Health Sanitation Off, cer. and the Public Health Nurse, Mrs. LaPreal Bic, they found the place definite fire trap as we'll as a health hazard.
 There was no fire escape (steeD on the building. Upon 1 further inspection we found = kerosene, gas and paint sitting around the furnace, and the place was exteremely dirty with trash and garbage being stored in the basement. Electric wiring is exposed in the base" ment and the old fellows (Al- aska pensioners are sleeping
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Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
School Donation Adds
 To Pool Fund

The freshman class of Seward High School raised $26.85 for the Memorial Swimming Pool Fund, bringing the previous total of $973.15 to an even 5000.
 The fund is growing slowly, but steadily, and the committee expressed qualification at this evidence of interest from the children as we'll as adults in the city.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
GERMA1N-RYAN WEDDING

Mrs. Jean Germain and Glen E. Ryan were married Oct. 31 by U. s. Commissioner, Mrs Bonnie l.. Southard in her home
 Matron of honor, Mrs. Doris Smith, and Jack Janicula as best man were their attendants. Others of the wedding party were Howard Smith, Agnes Jani- cula and Gabe Santos.
 The Ryans will make their home in Seward.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
COW MOOSE KILLED

Carlos Carson, enforcement agent for the Fish & Wildlife Service, reports the killing of a cow moose near Kasilof.
 The animal was shot through the neck and left lying in the road.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07
GRASS FIRE AWAKENS TOWN

Breakfast was interrupted and feluctant risers hauled rudely from their beds at 6:37 yesterday morning when the fire alarm blasted out of the silence.
 A grass fire at Oliver Amends had good start and was spread ng rapidly up the mountain. IA big turnout of volunteer fire nen extinguished the blaze and / he trucks were back in the Station by 7:15.
 The fire started while Amend Ras thawing frozen water pipes.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07

An Alaska Railroad repair gang and pile driver are at work on the City Dock repairing the break caused by the wind and SS Seafair last week.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-07

Mrs. R. V. Keller and Mrs. E. E. Mueller from Ninilchik re in Seward for a few days. i It is much colder in Seward" " hey say. We don't have the wind out there"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30
Sweden
Farmers Associations

The cooperative organization
for gathering, refining and dis
tributing agricultural produce in
Sweden is hardly surpassed in eff
ficiency and naturalization.
Central body of the agricultural
cooperative movement is Sveriges
Lantbruksforbund Federation of
Swedish Farmers Associations)
comprising IA different organiza-
tons. Membership is $4,000 =
practically every Swedish farmer
is a member of one, two or more.
The Federation owns approxim-
ately 700 diaries, 80 slaughter
houses, storage plants, ETC., val
ued at more than 500 million, or
(S13S million; 34.5 million pounds.
Annual sales exceed 1000 millions
or. 1855 million; 1873 million
pounds sterling). 979e of all milk,
97fe of all butter, 92fe of cheese,
1870 of animals for slaughter, 65es
of cereals and eggs, and a large
share of timber and firewood is
sold through the cooperative as
Socia atoms.
The Purchasing and Selling AS
sociations, IS. L. R. buys imple-
ments, artificial manure, building
materials, fuel etc, for its men,
bers and disposes of their crops.
Cooperative diaries in Sweden
are of old standing though large
scale organization did not begin
until 1882. Today the Swedish
Diaries Association has more than
100000 members; sales exceed $50
million cr 1924 million.D Run by
the Association are a research sta
ton, dairy laboratory, and sew
eral plants manufacturing dairy
equipment and reparations.
Some dairy declarations concen-
trate on serving one region or one
town, Typical example is the big
Mjolkcentralen The Milk Central
in Stockholm, which serves $500
stores in middle Sweden with milk
and other dairy products. Annual
sales exceed 800 million or. (SS3.4
millionD The Milk Central is own
ed by $4,000 farmers in central
Sweden.
The Meat Marketing Association
owns large, clean, and modern
slaughter-houses with large cap
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30

Anker, b. AAs. F. Robert nave
won international fame.
Other summer sports include rlf-
ling where many international VIC
tories have been won. swimming,
rowing, padding. cycling tennis
and bsdminton and the typical
Scandinavian sport; cross country
races and finding ones way by
map and compass. Horse races and
motor sports are followed by large
crowds
Indoor athletics such as Wrestl-
ing matches and boxing are pop
ular. also gymnastics, while fenc-
ing has few followers
Many sports popular in America
and European countries are not
found in Norway. notably baseball,
cricket, rugby, American football,
squash or racquets, lacrosse etc,
while basketball is played only in
schools and golf oy very few
people.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30

the countryside, While mountain
GERS find plenty of peaks to test
their ability and daring,
Winter Sports
Skiing is the national sport of
Norway. Cross-country races and
jumping contests are held regular
ly all over the country from De-
cember until April, while slalom
and downhill are fast becoming the
most popular events with the
young people. Norwegian jumpers
have captured II out of Is Olympic
medals and almost all world cham
pionshipS in the past 25 years. In
Norway the annual Holmenkollen
meet attracts the best skiers from
all over the world and close to
100000 spectators.
Skating has always been popular
in Norway though hampered by the
absence of an indoor rink. Speed
skating has attracted tremendous
public following. Numerous World
and European championships as
we'll as olympic medals have been
Won by Norwegians.
Figure skating has one outstand-
ing representative. Sonia Henie,
who won three olympic and ten
world championships 1926.
Other winter sports include ice
hockey, which is comparatively
new, handy, a game similar to
hockey, and a Norwegian form OF
toboggan. while bobsleigh a n d
curling are unknown in this
country, although a bobsleigh team
competed with some success in
the last Olympies.
Summer sports
Soccer is easily the most popular
game in Norway. being played
extensively Championship an d
international matches attract fun
capacity crowds.
Track and field eomtetitions also
have considerable following. and
Olympic and European champion
ships have been won by Nor
wegians. Sailing is very popular
all along the coast. and Norwegian
and designers tHRH
Crown Prince Olav. NJ. Konow. J.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30

First shipments of dried cod
from this years production in Nor
way began in early September
with a shipload consigned to Italy.
Production this year is a mere
5000 tons in contrast to a normal
$4,000 tons. Exporters report that
only a small part Of the foreign
demand can be satisfied.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30

A Swedish judge will preside ct
the settlement of the Indian bor-
der dispute. Lord Justice Algot
Bagge, of Stockholm. has been re-
quested by the governments of In
dia and Pakistan to sit as chief
justice during the court proceed
ings that will settle the differences
between the two nations.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30
Introducing Scandinavia
Denmark
What The Danes Are Like

W lldI TIC DdllCo al Z LING
Women do not smoke in the
streets in Denmark They smoke
everywhere else. Some smoke che
roots and cigars. This indicates
nothing at all except that they
like the cheroots and cigars bet
ter than the available cigarettes.
If Danes experience difficulty in
making themselves understood by
a foreigner they simply shout loud
er - just like the foreigner.
Children are nearly always pres
ent at the table in Danish homes.
Most of them take an unflagging
part in the conversation, to the in
finite delight of their proud par
ents and to other peoples aston
ishment.
Copenhagen night clubs are
the cheapest in the world. You
can order a sandwich and a glass
of beer in the best of them - and
let it end at that, if you like
The official rate of tipping is
121? per cent; but 10 per cent en-
sures better service, which is why
many people give II per cent.
When drinking beer wine. or
spirits one says "Skaal" to ones
companion. Nobody seems to know
precisely why it should be "Skall";
but it is friendly and, therefore,
necessary.
For reasons unknown, an an
nouncer is called a Speaker IN
Danish, dinner jacket a "Smok-
ing and a cap a "Sixpence.'
Fresh air is regarded with Ell
thusiasm as very, very healthy.
In railway carriages, however. It
is not fresh air because it instant-
~ becomes a draft.
The Danes have a pronounced
sense of humor 1t is so strong
that it makes them laugh at the
things which are definitely not
funny.
Denmark was never intended to
be inhabited in winter, but t IS
lovely in spring. summer and au-
tumn.
The Danish national drink S
beer. The Danish national weak
ness is another beer.
The Danes worship anything
foreign and everything Danish.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30

acity. Stringest State control $
exercised at the slaughter houses,
some of which have their OWL Re-
tail shops.
Affiliated to the Federation aIe
also a credit institute with 100, 900
members and bank with $4,000
members.
The Federation maintains close
contact with the National Rural
Federation. tRLF1, which func-
tions as a trade union Of the far
mers.
Plans are afoot to convert the
Federation from its present status
as a non-economical cultural lnsti-
tuition into an economic assoeia-
ton This is intended TO open new
fields of activity for the farmers
cooperative movement.
Fishing. The greater part f
Swedish commercial fishing =
done in salt water by 10000 pro-
fessional and 5000 subsidiary
fishers The 194s take of Is. 900
tons is the best in the 20th GER
fury. About 1900 professional and
10000 auxiliary fresh water fish
ers supplemented this with a L.
600 ton catch.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-01-30
Scandinavian Review
By N. NETSRoTH,
scandinavian News Commentator
By N. NETSROTH

number of American visitors Norway
recently inquired about the status Communists
For information will
Bergen has been temporarily
continue The largest Norwegian Communist
Oslo lost about 100000
the red is Fridom" in published
times week
has been excluded from the its
is spreading Communists in Norway
industrial a
1949 with 14S cent above that 948
2,l26 merchant ships toaing 522OOO
Two hundred twelve ships
during the After the
ed LOCO speed cutting Now Norwegian
ducon
Russia negotiated
100000 tons this US.A
$4,000 tons of will
Australia The
nual but 100000 retained fodder while
$4,000 Monopoly
annual consumption of grain amounts to 100000
Undertaking in NO,ay forests is in full swing with
24O0O work If the winter weather
million cubic Aluminium
949 with total of $4,000 Thi the
another