NSW ALASKA LINE
SHIP IS GIVEN
ALASKAN NAME
Now on her initial trip to Al
aska, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s recently acquired Liberty
ahip, the Volunteer State, is to be
given the Alaska name “Fortuna”
Melville McKinstry, vice persi
dent and general manager of the
line, announced this week.
The renaming is to take place
before the vessel sails on her
second trip north, scheduled for
late this month.
An Alaskan strait and a village
bear the name “Fortuna,” it was
pointed out. The strait is in
Southeastern Alaska between
Klokachef and Chichagof islands,
a little north of Sitka. Fortuna
Ledge is a village on the lower
Yukon River.
Alaska Steamship Company
purchased the Fortuna from the
States Marine Corporation of
New York the last of July. “Re
naming this vessel is in line with
the policy of identifying com
pany-owned vessels with Alaska
names,” McKinstry said. Other
such vessels are the steamers,
Chena, Iliamna- Nadina and Ton
sina, and the motorships, Susitna
and Galena.
EIRE FIGHTERS
TO MEET TONIGHT
All volunteer fire fighters of
the City Fire Department are
urged to attend a practice ses
sion which will be held at the
fire hall tonight from 7 to 8 p.m.,
Fire Chief Ray Lancaster an
nounced today.
Plans will be discussed for a
special event to be staged dur
ing the Matanuska Valley Fair.
SUTTON SALLIES
Flach and Rueffer
At the home of Mrs. Katie
Wade a stork shower was recent
ly held for Rita Ann (Hubbard)
Harrison, who received many
practical gifts. Those present
were Mabel and Mae Harrison,
Frances Hamilton, Helen Larson,
Mary Bannon, June Withey, and
Agnes Sandvik. Games were
played based on nursery rhymns
and useful prizes were given. The
house was beautifully decorated
with wild flowers. A luncheon
was served composed of angel
food cake, three kinds of ice
cream and topping on split ban
ana. The latest increase in Sut
ton population was born in the
Anchorage Hospital, a 9 pound
11 oz. boy named Louis Raymond
Harrison Jr., after his father.
We were honored with visitors
on two separate occasions. Frank
Atluk born on King Island 90
miles N. W. of Nome was with
us one early morning for break
fast. He told us of his cliff home
with its own natural refrigera
tion, a giant cave which never
melts and each family has a sec
tion alloted to it. Father Hub
bard spent five years working
with the Eskimos in this locality.
Rev. and Mrs. Lincoln Brown
with son David live at Chugiak.
They are in Alaska doing mis
sionary work. Rev. Brown is also
a mechanic. They enjoyed seeing
how homesteaders live and little
David loved the goats. Browns
are also from Detroit, Michigan.
Darrel Callison is about to har
vest his head lettuce.
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Assessed Valuations
Increase 24% In Alaska
Assessed valuation of real and
personal property of 30 Alaska
cities show that assessed valua
tions have increased by $44,000,
000 or 24 percent since 1953, ac
cording to a survey published
last week by the Alaska Resource
Development Board. Building
permits valued at $12,556,015
Were issued in 1954.
For the second year in a row
Fairbanks led all other Alaskan
cities in building construction
with a figure of $7,222,484. An
chorage was second followed by
Seward, Ketchikan and Juneau.
The combined value of construc
tion in Fairbanks and Anchorage
accounted for 83 percent of the
total value.
The survey covered property
valuations and construction in
side city limits only.
The property tax rate as levied
by the various cities ran from a
high of 25 mills to a low of 10
mills. The mediam tax rate rose
from 18.1 mills in 1953 to 20 mills
LOCAL SORORITY
TO MEET MONDAY
Members of the local chapters
Beta Sigma Phi will meet at Car
penters’ Hall Monday evening,
August 15- at 8 p.rn. Bernice
Kuoppola will present the cul
tural program. All members are
urged to be present at the meet
ing, during which plans for the
Fair booth will be discussed.
in 1954. Seventeen cities report
ed a sales tax of two percent
and one city of one percent.
The results of the survey
point to the continued growth
and economic progress being en
joyed by most Alaskan cities.
The survey will be conducted an
nually by the Alaska Research
Development Board. The present
survey is available at the Jun
eau office of the Board.
UNIVERSITY DEAN
URGES ENROLLMENT OF
STATESIDE STUDENTS
Students from the United Stat
es who are earning tuition money
this summer in Alaska could use
these funds to the best advantage
by remaining in the territory and
attending the University of Al
aska.
Dr. Neil W. Hosley, University
of Alaska dean, pointed this out
today. He stated tuition and other
costs are lower in many cases at
the University of Alaska than at
institutions in the United States.
Because the University of Alaska i
is a smaller university with a
comparitively large staff of high
ly qualified professor’s, students
receive individual attention thejr
cannot get in larger schools.
Dr. Hosley added that enroll
ment of students from stateside
high schools as fall semester
freshmen already has broken ail
records.
“Short vacations during the
school year and the resultant
early closing of the university
give University of Alaska stu
dents a real advantage in obtain
ing Alaskan jobs for the sum
mer,” Dean Hosley concluded.
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