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VOLUME 10, NUMBER 7
PALMER. ALASKA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1956
Delinquent Tax
Court Hearing Set
A District Court hearing will *
be held December 17 on the joint
petition for order of foreclosure
and sale of delinquent real pro
perty taxes of the Palmer Inde- j
pendent School District and City
of Palmer.
“This is not the sale”, William i
Wakeland, tax assessor-collector j
stated this week. “Delinquencies ■
remaining on this date (Decern- j
ber 17) will be assessed further |
costs by the Court if the sale is
ordered. Such delinquencies will
be advertised prior to the sale.”
Owners of property advertised
this fall and not yet paid up are i
again urged to settle their ac- j
counts prior to the hearing to
save additional costs which will
be levied at that time.
The tax assessor is without an
office assistant until January 20
and has asked that people contact
him between 8 a.m. and noon
when possible, as he may have
to be out of the office sometime
during some afternoons. The of
fice is located in the Wright
building, above the Matanuska
Valley Bank.
BAND CONCERT
AGAIN POSTPONED
The concert originally planned
for November 30 by the PHS
Pioneer Band and postponed to
December 7, will not be held un
til after Christmas it was an
nounced this week by Lee Plumb
ley, band master.
The postponement was decided
because of conflicting events in
the community during the next
few weeks.
After Christmas, Plumbley
poined out, the stage at the gym
will be completely ready and the
concert will be held then. Tick
ets sold for the November 30 date
will be honored at the concert
in January but any who wish
may redeem them at the high
school business office.
On December 20 the combined
junior and senior bands will pre
sent a joint program with
the combined junior and senior
chorus. This annual pre-Christ
nas presentation is free and the
public is cordially invited to at
tend. It will be held in the gym
nasium at Central School.
ALASKA’S FAVORITE
GAME
: Every Saturday Night
Dance Follows
Moose Hall
BOY SCOUT DRIVE
OPENS NEXT WEEK
A campaign lo raise funds
for the Boy Scout program in
this area will open next week,
it was announced today by Ed
Smith. Serving on the commit
tee this year will be Smith,
Marve Slaughter, Stewart Dur
rant, Dick Jones, Jim Hurley,
Emil Ganschow and Curtis
Dearborn. Kyle Turner will
again this year serve as chair
nan of the campaign, and
checks may be made out to the
Boy Scout campaign, care of
Mr. Turner.
PHS Moose Meet
Seward Cagers
This Week-End
Members of the PHS Moose
basketball team take off for Sew !
ard this week-end where they
will meet the Seahawks in a two-;
game opening series in the Iiail
belt Conference.
Coach “Chip” Chatterton to
day announced the following five
as his starting team: Bob Estelle,
Larry Trowbridge, Fred Loyer,
Mick Leek, and Bert Verrall.
Also making the trip, and sure to
see action, are Russell McKech
nie, Mike Kelleigh, Jerry Mc
Kechnie, Neil Hermon, and John
Pearson. Loyer will be team cap
tain on Friday and Trowbridge
on Saturday.
The Seahawks this year will be
using the same team that played
in the Tournament last year.
RECOMMEND NEW
METHODS FOR
TAX ASSESSMENTS
Recommendations have been
made by a property valuation
committee which was recently
named by the Palmer Indepen
dent School District education
board. The committee met No
vember 26 and compiled recom
mendations in regards to meth
ods and price levels for the as
sessment of personal property in
the school district.
A new method, based upon
average book values and depar
eciation, and priced at the asses
sor’s office rather than by the
taxpayer, was discussed for farm
machinery. This system is the
same as now followed for automo
biles. The committee stated the
new method was recommended
to promote uniform assessments
and relieve the taxpayer of the
guesswork involved when pricing
his own equipment.
Under the new method a base
price of the factory list, or an
average between book high and
low, will be depreciated at an
average rate according to the age
of the article. Since first year de- j
preciation averages out between
30 and 40 percent, no one will
pay taxes on a valuation that is !
anywhere near the Seattle cost, j
or that would include freight !
costs.
It was recommended that pric
ing of livestock remain on the
self-assessment principle, but
with minimum values for tax pur
poses declared in the instruc
tions.
New property forms to allow
space for listing and describing
farm equipment were recom
mended. Such forms, and a com
prehensive instruction pamphlet
on personal property taxes, are
now being prepared in the asses
sor’s office. Upon formal adop
tion of these recommendations
by the school board, they will, in
(Continued on page 5)
APW Papers Here;
Water Transfer
Not Yet Completed
Papers arrived in Palmer this
-veek to complete the transaction
of the city water system purchase
from the Alaska Public Works.
Mayor Charles W. Wilson called;
a special meeting of the City j
Council Wednesday afternoon
but was unable to get a quorum,
and the papers are not yet com
pleted.
Also waiting is the approval of
an ordinance calling for the
bond issue, Mayor Wilson point
ed out. A regular meeting of the
Council will be held December'
11 and if a quorum is present at
least part of the necessary paper
work will be completed.
Mayor Wilson stated that fig
ures have been discussed and
that it is believed that paving
costs to the property owners will
run around $600 per 50-foot lot.
“This is the present thinking”,
he pointed out. “Prices may
change, but at that rate it would
cost the property owner, having
10 years in which to pay off his
share, only about $5.00 a month
for the comfort of dustless, pav
ed streets.”
LEANN HOFFMAN
WINS BAKE-OFF
WITH PRIZE PIE
Competing against winners
from Ninilehik, Anchor Point,
and Seward, Leann Hoffman of
Palmer was named the winner in
the cherry pie bake-off held in
Anchorage last Saturday. Miss
Hoffman would have automatic
ally been named Territorial win
ler of the contest except that the
contestant from Juneau was un
able to make the trip because of
weather conditions. No definite
decision has been announced by
the officials as to whether or not
the contest will be declared
closed and Miss Hoffman the
winner. Rigid scoring was used
(Continued on page 5)
SMALL TOWNS CAN HELP IN COLLEGE PROGRAM, OFFICIAL SAYS
Following an interesting and
informative talk by William Rea
sonover on the future Methodist
College which is to be built in
the Anchorage area, the Matan
uska Valley Chamber of Commer
ce went on record in support of
the Methodist College movement,
and suggestions were made as to
how a small community, such
as Palmer, could help in the pro
gram.
Reasonover, business manager
of the executive committee, vis
ited the local Chamber from his
Anchorage office and told of the
progress being made, not only
in Alaska, but throughout the
States, for the liberal arts col
lege.
“To date the Methodist Church
has built 78 colleges and 11 uni
versities, and nearly all of these
were on frontiers”, Reasonover
pointed out. “It was only natural
that they in turn chose Alaska
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tor another site. It has been
estimated that the college will
cost $5,000,000. Ih Anchorage
area $700,000 has been pledged
and to date approximately $210,
000 of this has been collected.
Reasonover estimated that with
the cash on hand, pledg l in Al
aska and throughout the states,
that $4,000,000 of the total costs
will be accounted for.
“The Methodist Church has
never failed in a church-wide
project. This particular project
to raise $5 million is the largest
single project ever undertaken
by the church”, the business man
ager stated.
“History shows that someone
was far sighted”, he stated and
spoke of a recent report indicat
ing the next 10 years high school
graduates will double the num
ber of today’s total, “Neighboring
states, Oregon and Washington,
have been extending a welcome
to Alaskan students. However, if
their colleges become taxed with
heavy enrollments, they may
feel they have to give preference
to their own students. By that
time Alaska will have a college
designed as a liberal arts college
in the true sense of the word,
and designed to compliment ex
isting educational facilities in Al
aska.
“What can small communities
in Alaska do to help in the pro
gram? 1 don’t envision great
sums of money. Our real need,”
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he went on, “is to enjoy the sup
port and good will all over Al
aska. We welcome suggestions
and comments.”
Mrs. Lucille Mick suggested
that perhaps some type of glori
fied piggy-bank could be distri
buted throughout small commun
ities where small weekly contri
butions could be collected. She
pointed out that many people
are interested in the college and
would like to help but are reluct
ant to offer a small amount of
money. Her suggestion was well
received by Chamber members
and Mr. Reasonover.
Asked about adult education in
the college, Reasonover stated
that to succeed the college must
meet the needs of a community.
“Naturally the programs will be
primarily aimed at young people
but trends indicate that more and
more adults are going to college.” j
Tonight’s issue of the Anchor-1
ige Daily Times will carry a!
special Methodist College section j
in which nearly every question |
that might be unanswered will >
be found.
No construction on the new
college can begin until a total
of $2,000,000 has been collected.
Anyone with suggestions or com
ments is invited to contact Rea
sonover at his Anchorage office.
He has expresed his willingness
to visit any organization or meet
ing where members are interest
ed in learning more about the
college.
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Hagen to Appeal
Magistrate's Verdict
ATTENDANCE URGED AT
CD MEETING TONIGHT
!; All Civil Defense workers,!;
!; area directors, and those in- !;
!; terested in working in the CD !;
!; program, are reminded of the !;
!; special CD meeting to be held !;
this evening in the Valley !; i
!; Theatre basement at 8 p.m. In ';
!; addition to discussions pertain- !
;! ing to the newest trends in;!
j; civil defense, new bulletins;
■ will be distributed to those; ’
;! attending, Alfred Hagen,; !
;! Greater Palmer CD director ;
;! has urged all interested resi-;
;! dents to attend. ;
Charily Ball to
Raise Funds for
Christmas Baskets
All Elks members and their
guests are invited to the charity
ball planned for Saturday eve ,
,'iing, December 8 at the Palmer
Elks hall.
No ticket sale is planned prior
to the ball. Admission price of i
$2.50 per couple may be paid at .
the door.
All proceeds from the ball will
go toward the lodge’s Christmas j
project of providing baskets for;
needy families in the valley area
and the annual Christmas part- j
ies planned for children in the |
more distant section. Talkeetna
and Glenallen. Baskets will also
be distributed in these two lo
cales.
An Anchorage orchestra has
been engaged to furnish the
music for dancing.
Merchants Xmas Parly
To Be Held Dec. 22
December 22 has been announ-1
ced as the date of the Merchants
annual Christmas Party for chil
dren in this area. The party will
be held in the Valley Theatre,
starting at 2 p.m. and will include
the showing of several films, a
visit by Santa Claus and the dis
tribution of treats to each child.
Moose members will again act
as ushers at the party and Wom
en of the Moose will take on the
job of bagging the treats.
City Magistrate L. C. Stock
found Alfred V. Hagen guilty
and fined him S50 in Municipal
Court December 4 on a com
daint of failure to file and pay
sales tax during the month of
August, Through his attorney,
Edgar Boyko of Anchorage, Ha
gen gave oral notice of his inten
tion to appeal and his bond was
set at $100. The defendant had
mtered a plea of not guilty to
the complaint.
Attorney Boyko offered two
motions to the Court; the first
that the complaint be dismissed
which was denied by the Magis
trate and a second asking that
the Magistrate declare himself
not qualified to sit in judgement.
On the second motion, which was
also denied, Boyko stated that
Stock is city clerk and as such
must follow city ordinances in
collecting sales taxes in the city.
He stated he did not believe he
>u!d, as city clerk, press for col
lection of taxes, and then sit im
partially as magistrate to try
alleged violations of the sales tax
ordinance.
City attorney John Shaw stat
ed that if Stock felt he was not
impartial that he could disqual
ify himself. “The fact that there
is a dual role here should not
enter the picture”. Magistrate
Stock said that he recognized the
points brought out by the attor
ney Boyko. “However, it places
me in a position of judging my
own honesty,” he said, “it is not
a pleasant task to be city magis
trate in a small community.
Every individual brought into
murt feels he knows me too well,
or not well enough. On these
grounds, I shall deny the mo
tion”.
The case proceeded with City
Attorney Shaw calling Police
Chief Bernard Bouwens and
Louise Loberg, secretary in the
clerk’s office, as witnesses in re
gards to the date Hagen paid his
August sales tax. identified as
November 15. The visible ledger
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Church Service.11:00
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Saturday night, 6:30 Sharp
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THEIR LADIES
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