Seward seaport record., 1954-12-03
AT THE SAN

Mrs. Edna Foster of the Alaska Department of Health Offices in Juneau will spend some time at the Seward Sanitorium in Decem- Der, according to word received this week from Dr. Earl Albrecht, Commissioner of Health. Mrs. Eos ter is coming to gather material, both statistical and local color, to be used in a special edition of Alaska's Health. The Seward San atorium and especially the Sew ard Rehabilitation Center will be featured in this publication.
 Forest Acres and San residents met at the San Firehall Monday night to organize a Volunteer Fire Department. The jeep Firewagon which was formerly garaged at the down town Fire Department has been moved to the heated garage at the San to make room in Sew ard for a larger fire truck which has been acquired through the Civil Defense. Connecting telephone service with the Seward Fire De- partment will be installed through the cooperative efforts of the Army ACS, Seward Chamber of Con- merce, Civil Defense and the Phy- sical Therapy Rehabilitation Gen. ter The firmen for this station will be separate crew from Sew ard Volunteer Firemen, but they expect to answer calls in the Sew ard Area, thus giving Seward the benefit of a second fire-fighting organization. Forest Kennedy will act as Fire Chief
 Changes in the patient census last week included the admission of Charlotte Hampton and the dis charge of Emily Jimmie Joe. Elm fly Jimmie Joe has been the disk jockey for KSAN for several months, we'll miss her happy voice. She is to return to St. Michaels.
 Mrs. Myra Mcdonald, San school teacher, took a trip to Anchorage Thanksgiving weekend She went there to find home for a fine husky dog which had belonged to her son before he moved to quar- ters where he could not keep it. She didn't realize what an under taking she had volunteered for. She spent almost sixteen hours getting to Anchorage by car and almost that much time getting home. so she had very little time left to sell the idea of giving the dog home. We are happy to re- port that she was successful in her mission and is now back at work
 MT. Tommy Roberts, soloist, and Ray Doyle, organist. presented studio program over KSAN last Sunday. Several patients have asked your reporter to express their appreciation of this fine music. They insist that, although records will fill the need for radio program material, there is nothing so much enjoyed as Tive enter tainment".
 John Hardcastle is back at work after a week sick leave. He says that his wife will not be in the hospital much longer if he is able to find someone to assist with the work in their home while she recovers from her bout with polio.
 Last year it would have cost the 120 San employees s5.62O or an average of $465O if they had to pay at current prices for the x-rays that are taken routinely as part of the Sans employee health protective program. Chest x-rays are taken routinely every three months for those employees working with the patients and every six months for the remaind. CT. Considering that many eminent chest specialists recommend chest x-ray every six months, re- gardless of occupation, employees at the Seward Sanatorium are en- toying the maximum in employee health protection.