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! 44th ANNUAL AMERICAN LEGION CDNV/EW*
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T1 DM AT HAINES HELD JUNE 5. - 8
The 44th Annual American Leg —
ion Convention of- the Dep • • ment of
J ~-ft-i-es-ka came-to a .successful c.onclu
, sion on Saturday night, 3une"'8,'"'
j with a banquet at which the various
,awqrds for the year were given out.
During this convention, 17 res.olu—
* tions were passed and two rejected.
The weather was beautiful through
out the four days and the visiting
delegates enjoyed the hospitality
□f the host post and its auxiliary
as well as that of the entire area.
| Plans for the coming year were work
ed ouit and presented after some de—
: ' liberation'. The new officers were
! elected and convention busi:hess; con
cluded. . . , .
Opening ceremonies took place
at.a joint session of the Legion am
the Auxiliary at the High School
Wednesday afternoon, June 5th• Af
ter the usual introductidnis" and
uords of welcome, the Hon. A. H.
Romick, Commissioner of Commerce,
addressed the Convention on behalf.,
mf Alaska’s Governor, William A.
Egan. This was followed by ag ad
dress by* Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy,
USAF, Commander in Chief, Hq. Alas
kan Command, who spoke on how vet
erans can do more for the security
of the nation. Pg. 6 Please
COMMUNITY BIRTHDAY CALENDAR
Have you listed your birthday
qh the Community Birthday Calendar?
There are now 444 birthdays and an
niversaries listed which means most
- of your friends and neighbors are
participating. If you are interest
ed, please call Mary Ellen Kiser,
- TA 2-3375 before Friday, June... 28 th.
BOROUGH' MEETING.
To be or not to be a borough—
that was the question discussed at
Valdez High au.ditoriiFffi' Upinesd'ay
evening, June .12, 1963. Several
residents of this area drove down
for the meeting sponsored toy the
l/aldez city council. Ron. Cease of
the Local.Affairs Agency of Juneau
was the guest speaker., Also contrib
uting to the discussion was, Senator
Hiansen of Cordova. Dr. Clarence
Davis; was chairman of the meeting,
r Ron Cease opened the discussion
with a brief explanation of the dif
ference between first and second
class .boroughs and- a review of the
'standards which an area must meet
in order to become a borough. ■
Both classes of borough's must
assume at least three main responsi
bilities: education*, planning and
zoning, and the assessment and col
.lection of taxes.., First class bor
-oughs have the\powers of a first
* class city^;, second class boroughs
are limited in their powers outside
cities.
Boroughs do not have to assume
full financial responsibility for
their schools. Under-the- School
Foundation Act passed in the last
legislative session, borough .school
districts .must contribute the equiv
alent of' a 3-J‘~-mi-±-t-ta-x on the total
assessed valuation in the area. The
state pays the balance. A borough1?;
entitlement for the support of
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