Kotzebue News
f Ella Vernetti of Koyukuk visited
Kotzebue recently with one of the
Wien Tour groups. She visited
with friends in the village, stating
she and Mr. Vernetti would visit
Italy for a month this coming fall.
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Christine Heller of Anchorage
and Claudia Kelsey of Juneau
have been in Kotzebue on a field
trip for the Air Forces. Travelling
with them is Bea Shepperd, of
Juneau, Public Health Research
worker. Miss Heller and Miss Kel
sey are collecting material for
analysis and report on edible
plants of the Territory. Bea Shep
herd, senior chemist with the
Health Department, is also collect
ing edible plants for analysis.
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Public land surveyors have been
in Kotzebue for several weeks,
surveying all ground lying within
the village townsite. Upon com
pletion of this work, which will
establish, for the first time, vil
lage ownership rights to ground,
individuals may pay a small fee
and receive deeds from the gov
ernment, providing no one con
tests -an individual’s claim to the
ground. Should this occur, a set
tlement between the parties con
cerned must be made before a
deed will be issued.
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Mr. and Mrs. Delos Westbrook
and children are leaving Kotze
bue August 1 for the States. They
will pick up a car in Seattle, and
drive to the Middle West to visit
relatives. They expect to spend
the winter in California. Harold
Beck, with his wife -and three
children, of Sunnyside, Califor
nia, arrived this week to replace
Mr. Westbrook as pastor of the
Friends Mission Church.
The Westbrooks have been in
Kotzebue for some years and will
be greatly missed by their many
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
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Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle, Pres.
Dewey Goodrich, Secy
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
WILL M. GILLIS, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
i Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets
EVERY TUESDAY NOON
Larry Galvin, President
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friends. Mrs. N. G. Hansen, Mrs.
George Wilson, and Mrs. Robert
Baker entertained Mrs. Westbrook
with a handkerchief shower -and
tea the day before their depart
ure.
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Nina Arnold, widow of Ben
jamin Arnold of Kotzebue, was
buried from the Friends Mission
Church on July 26. Surviving
children are Clarence Arnold and
Dwight Arnold, of Kotzebue, and
Mrs. Enoch Sherman of Noatak.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dufresne and twin
sons arrived in Kotzebue from
Yakutat. Mr. Dufresne is replac
ing C. O. Robbins as manager of
the CAA station. Prior to the;r
duty at Yakutat, Mr. Dufresne
was with the CAA at Galena.
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Harold Jacobsen of Nome and
Teller has moved his family to
Kotzebue.
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Delegates representing the
Friends Mission Church at Noa
tak, Deering, Kivalina, Shungnak,
Selawik, and Noorvik attended
Quarterly Meeting at Kotzebue
July 25 to 29.
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Ivan O’Lane of Seattle is stay
ing in Kotzebue, enroute to Noa
tak where he will teach in the
ANS school this year.
Planes flying the Indo-China
“hump” in World War II used
three tons of gasoline for every
| ton they transported.
Anchorage Tax Collector
Convicted Embezzlement
ANCHORAGE, (/P) — Archie L.
Brown, former deputy Alaska tax
collector here was convicted by a
federal court jury last night of
embezzling $4,350 in territorial
funds.
Judge George Folta delayed sen
tencing of Brcrwn, who remained
in jail in lieu of $5,000 bond.
The former collector was ac
cused of keeping money given
him by the Northern Music Co.,
in payment of slot machine taxes.
He testified he made a full re
fund to Cecil A. Poythress, a part
ner in the firm. Poythress, who
was flown here from Florida as a
government witness, denied
Brown’s statement.
Brown, now faces from one to
15 years in the penitentiary, and
a fine equal to twice the amount
embezzled. At the discretion of
the court, either or both may be
suspended.
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SCHOOL TAX NOTICE
Under Chapter 4, Alaska Compiled Laws,
Annotated 1949, any person, firm or corporation
having in his or its employ persons subject to
school tax, is compelled to withhold this tax once
a year from the first, wrages earned unless em
ployees can furnish a receipt that the school tax
has been paid already. All other gainfully em
ployed persons whose school tax is not being
withheld, non - resident Federal employees on
seasonal Alaskan projects included, must pay this
tax on their own initiative any time between Jan
uary 1 and December 1 in any given year.
All sums collected under the provisions of
this Act are being deposited in the “School Fund”
for school purposes only, and failure to pay this
tax is construed to be a misdemeanor. Even if no
official demand has been made, 1950 delinquents
are cautioned to pay this tax retroactively in order
to forestall action as prescribed by the law.
DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION,
Territory of Alaska,
Branch Office, Nome. Alaska.
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