Wasilla Organizes
VFW Cootie Unit
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WASILLA—A Cootie chapter,
honor degree of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, was organized at
Wasilla last week. Eight mem
bers of the unit, to be known as
Malemute No. 5, were initiated
by installing officer Andy Dennis
of Anchorage.
Additional members will be in
itiated later. There will be 15
charter members of the new or
ganization.
Officers of the group were
elected and installed at the Sun
day meeting. They were Robert
Jdhnson and Martin C. Betts.
The Wasilla chapter was installed
by a team of five men from An
chorage.
The new organization will
meet on the third Monday of
each month.
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settle the issue. Cities of the
second-class require a majority
vote only.
Tax rale in such an incorp
orsted area cannol exceed two
per cent, the committee found.
It was suggested that a public
hearing be planned before fur
ther study continues. The mat
ter was taken under considera
tion by the study committee, but
no action was taken at the Wed
nesday meeting.
It also was reported at this
meeting, that the Valley’s new
fire truck will be in Palmer
next Monday. The truck is com
pletely equipped with fire-fight
ing material, and has a 200-gal
lon water tank and pumper.
"The city of Anchorage
hasn't a fire truck as complete
ly equipped or as good looking
as this one is," Jack Maze,
spokesman for the Volunteer
File Association, told the
Chamber.
Mr. Maze said an organization
meeting of members of the Vol
unteer Fireman’s Association is
planned for next Tuesday eve
ning at 8 o’clock in the Legion
clubrooms. All Valley men are
urged to attend, for specific fire
fighting duties for volunteers
will be assigned.
Negotiations are now under
way for purchase of a second
fire truck from the army, and
that equipment should be deliv
ered here soon.
There were 47 members and
guests present at the Wednesday
luncheon. It was the largest
regular meeting ever held in the
Valley, long-time Chamber mem
bers said.
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Taxing powers then stem from
the city council, which must
approve the school budget.
The meeting ended with a
general discussion of the sub
ject. Walter E. Huntley, repre
sentative from this area in the
last legislature, said there was
need for some type of action.
Mr. Huntley said that a bill was
introduced at the last legislative
session which would have de
prived Palmer of its high school,
if passed. He stated, “there is
no doubt in my mind but that
bill is going to come up at sub
sequent meetings of the legisla
ture.”
It was pointed out that the
Valley has the fifth largest school
in the territory, but is doing
nothing to aid in direct financial
support for that school. Some
communities which have a school
population of only 40 or 50 pu
pils are bearing a part of the
burden of school expenses.
Biggest problem facing Palm
er is how to collect taxes once
they are levied. Seventy-five per
cent of the land in the area is
still owned by the government,
and most of the personal prop
erty is covered by a chattel mort
gage held by the government.
It was suggested that tuition
might be charged, but it was
agreed that this plan was no
solution to the problem. The
burden of financial support of
the community's educational
program must fall on the com
munity as a whole and not on
parents alone, the P-TA was
told.
Mrs. Charles Schaefer, P-TA
president, announced *at the con
clusion of the discussion that
further information on the sub
ject may be available at the De
cember meeting. An attempt is
being made to schedule C. C.
Caldwell, superintendent of An
chorage schools, as guest speak
er at that meeting. Mr. Caldwell
is expected to discuss some of
the problems faced by the An
chorage independent school dis
trict.
HOMESTEADER'S HOME
WAS ILL A—Jim Baldwin, one
of the first homesteaders to take
possession of land staked in the
new area adjacent to Wasilla,
soon will have a home on his
property. Mr. Baldwin is moving
a temporary house on his land,
and will build a permanent home
later. His homestead lies just on
the outskirts of Wasilla at the
edge of the recently-opened area.
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