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VOL. 12
Palmer,Alaska
October 21,1949
No. 41
WHO WILL_ COLLECT THE
At the PTA meeting on Tuesday eve
ning of this week Mr. Keil Tiller,
Assessor for the Palmer School Dis
trict, cleared up a few points rel
ative to the new Tax Lav; as it ap
plies to the Palmer School District.
Hr. Tiller explained that a ruling
had been received from the Attorney
C-neral to the effect that the tax
es for this year would be assessed
and collected under the supervision
of the Palmer Independent School
District. There has been some ques
tion as to whether this would be
dor a this first year due to the new
ness of the organization of this
School District. However, at the
present time there i: no lav; in the
district which gives the local
School loard that authority. Eefore
anything can be done, he explained,
it 'ill be necessary for the local
School hoard to pass a resolution
adopting a school tax law within.the
district.
There has been some delay in prepar
ing a law for ohis purpose, hr.
Hiller explained, but the ^oard now
has a lawyer at work on the same end
a law is expected to be enacted
,nis week, .after this law has been
adopted there will be more definite
information.
Temporary dates for filing and col
lection of taxes have been set as
follows: The law was expected to be
passed at a School Board meeting on
October 20. hollowing this meeting,
forms for listing personal and real
estate property are expected be be
ready by November 1. If this is
accomplished, the forms are to be
filled out and returned by November
15th of this year. In January the
School Board will sit as a Board of
Equalization on property values and
taxes T,,ill then be collected on
February 1,1950. These,of course
are temporary dates at the present j
time, and are still subject to
change. More definite information
will be avgl^blg^juit^i soon.as .j
GIRL DIES FROm RCCIOEflT
Miss Tessie Meehan of Anchorage died
at the Palmer Hospital early Monday
morning of this week following an
automobile accident Sunday morning,
October 16, on the Palmer-Anchorage
Highway. Hiss Meehan suffered in
ternal in,-juries, a broken hip and
broken ribs. She was 21 years of
age'and was an employee of the Un
ion Bank of anchorage. She is sur
vived by her mother, also of Anchor
age.
The accident occurred on a turn in
the highway at Mile 39. From all
indications the car was bejng driven
at a high rate of speed and failed
to make the turn. It rolled ond
over end for about 200 feet^throwing
both accupants from the car. John
Peterkin of ^nchorago, who was driv
ing the car, suffered minor bruises
and cuts. Both were brought to the
Palmer Hospital for treatment.
everything was under
CON i ROL "GREENt says
Palmer residents were a little wor
ried last Saturday when Les Green
and Ralph Rye did not return from an
air trip to Farewell where they were
to pick up a new plane which is be
ing purchased by a group of local
citizens. However, it was learned
later that there was nothing to
worry about, even though the tv/o
had a little bad luck.
According to Hr. Green, they ran
into a snow storm just beyond Rainy
Pass. Rot' ’wishing to try to combat
a storm, they set the plane down on
a,bar in the river to wait for bet
ter weather. However, upon attemp
ting to take off later when the
weather had cleared, the wheel of
the plane ’was damaged slightly on
a low bank. Therefore, they left
the plane and started walkingi^pwn
the river to Fare-well.
On Sunday when weather conditions
were more favorable, Mr. Green and
Mr. mye flew the new plane back to
Palmer. Mr. Green stated that they
had not made definite plans to re
turn on ofeturday when they JLeft he_re.