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A Sales Tax?
The opposition to the proposed two percent sales tax io
raise $190,000 for school purpose-: has raised several interest
ing questions. At the Thursday meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce several business men went on record as being defi
nitely against such a measure. „„ , ' <
Vnrtous reasons were given, such as. “we need roads,
sidewalks and other civic improvements”. Another reason
was that “Kodiak businesses are up against enough competi
tion from the Navy Base, who reportedly sell for less than
%cal merchants, and by adding a two percent tax to local
prices on merchandise it will further discourage base per
sonnel from buying in town.”
We have been needing roads and sidewalks in ivodiak j
for years. Six years from now we will st 11 probably need,
them. We seriously doubt if an added two percent tax on each ;
dollar will discourage any customer from buying an article if.
he wants it. j
We believe that the opposion to such a tax is the “nui
sanee” it will be in filling out quarterly returns. We do not
believe that the customer will object to paying the tax when
lie knows that his money is going for school purposes. The
tax cannot be absorbed by the merchant. The customer must
pay it.
Kodiak is on the verge of obtaining a fine school. How
ever, money is lackiner for some improvements that will make
this scho >i one of the finest in the territory. Surely no resi
dent wants to see the job stop when it is only partially com
pleted.
Our question is: Are a lot of businessmen and residents
opposed to th salts tax because it will be a “nuisance” to col
lect. keep ie-' ris etc.? Or do these persons b dieve that a
Swim ning pool, and playground are not needed?
We have p-ogressed beyond the davs of just “readin,
ntin and rithm -tic”. We really need these additions to keep
pace with ofher modern schools.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lam- < Kenneth W. Klockenbrinck,
me attended the coronation o ba. .ender, and Rebie Virginia
Queen El zibe'.h. The Limmes Stephen, waitress, were mar
are currently on a worl I tour. 1 ried on June 3 by Commission
They have been in Paris for er A.M. Vokacek.
several weeks and are now re-1 Witnesses to the ceremony
turning ti Spain where they j were Adele and E. G. Cab
vacationed for a month. ria'es
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Book Review
By Sister St. Hilary
Sugar Oil The Slate, by Don
Ymtaine. N^ew Yorx, Farrar,
Itraus and Yloung, Inc. $3 00.
For thesalkeof the future
■f our country and the young
>eople who will one day be
•ontrolling it* destiny, it is to
oe hopor) than this satire on
progressive education is over
Irawn. It is also devoutly to
be wished that if the condi
tions described at Peyton
•Junior High ha' e their couner
part in any community in the
country, the end may be as
described in the book.
Don Fontaine has drawn an
amusing if disturbing picture
of the principles and results
of modern education gone
wild. It is a far cry from the
sanity of a philosophy of edu
cation which assumes that
while pupils are endowed with
intellect, will, and other spir
itual and physical capacities,
these capacities are limited by
their immaturity and other
conflicts arising out of adoles
cense, and must be cultivated
by discipline, both intellectual
and moral.
The book deals with an aver
age junior high school in an
average community, going a
long smoothly and happily un
til the principal succumbs to
the lure of “child-centered”
activities programs, wherein
the students are supposedly
taught their lessons by “liv
ing” them. Follows a series of
amusing incidents, until the
climax comes when the stu
dents t$ke over the govern
ment o.f the cityf>r a day.
Tne 'hAtraordinary experi
ment” .turns out to be just
that; cfl'tury-old statutes are
dug ou* >f the books and vig
orously enforced to the dismay
of property-owners wnose
names are painted—with ap
palling omissions in spelling
aeross the front of their
houses.
Finally, an irate group of
parents decends upon the
President of the School Board.
At the meeting which follows,
parents air their grievances
with a plea that the children
be taught some fundamentals
of learning and behavior. In a
final summary by one parent,
the blame is placed squarely
where it belongs--on the home
and school jointly, with a
stroHg urge for a return to
disciplined learning.
Don Fontaine is a teacher at
Ottawa Hills High Schodl in
Toledo, Ohio, ane of the count
try’s most outstanding schools.
Sugar un theS'ate is his first
novel; may it be the first of
several of like caliber.
Open house will be held to
morrow between 1 and 5 pm
at the newly incorporated Ko
diak Seafood Packing, Inc.
cannery. Walter Muller an
nounced this week.
The cannery is located on
Tagura near the Kodiak E
lectric Association plant. Ar
ticles of incorporation were
prepared recently by John
Hughes, Anchorage attorney.
The three persons incorporat
ing were Muller, Mrs. Muller
and Hughes.
j Utr«r ro the Editor
| Dear Editor.
After walking about town
seeing all the visible raw sew
Ige I’m going to be a hare
nan to convince a “swimmim
oo'” is what we need.
For years now the City
Council and School Board havt
I worked a mutual scheme in
I way of tax exemptions and in
adoption of a school budget
that has failed by as much as
three mils to come ud to the
allowable 10 mils provided by
law.
Before asking for additional
means of taxation why not ex
haust the means of taxation
now existent? Why tax ex
empt 1. Kodiak lee and Cold
Storage Co. 2. Kodiak automo
biles, and 3. Union Oil Co.
leasehold interest on lands?
Now on the eve of the hous
ing projects completion to-;
gether with the $80,000 tax
revenue it will annually pro-1
duce of which half or $40.000i
will accrue to the schools, ■
should we not wait to see if
this $200,000 additional monies
coming to the schools over the
next five years will do what
the $190,000 asked for through
the means of a Sales Tax will
do? Our school management
should be able to turn up a
loan at the bank pledging
housing project tax revenue
for the purpose of installing
drainage, grading, and equip
ping the new school site.
As for swimming whats
wrong with sur kids using the
[lakes and soaking up the sun
shine at the same time which
they couldn’t do in an inside
pool.
A big segment of the local
voters just voted down the
1 Public Utility District on the
•basis “taxes are too high
now”. OK boys do we want
taxes with our bread and beer?
Lets make it emphatic.
| Yours very Truly,
[s] H. F. MacDonald
i Raymond Shannon has filed
suit for divorce from Pauline
Shannon, in Third District
. Court
COMIN’ & GOIN’
Robert, Hedloff, city clerk,
returned to Kodiak late last
veek after spending several
weeks tour'ng the states on
his vacation.
Miss Ruby E. Ramazzina
arrived in Kodiak Tuesday a-,
board the Denali. She will be
employed at Gil’s Beauty
Salon.
Mrs. J. M Barker, Jr , sis
ter of Captain W. K. Rhodes,
commanding officer of KNS,
was an incoming Denali pas
enger Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hop
kins of Anchorage were incom
ing passengers from Sitka
Monday. Hopkins is a sales
man from Anchorage.
B. G. Hester, resident of
Kodiak and vicinity for the
past three years, left this
week for Birmingham, Ala.
The Kodiak Salvor skippered
by Gene Harding was expected
in port this week from Cor
dova. It will undergo repairs
while here.
Andrew Squartsoff of Ouzin
kie is scheduled to report to
the Sel-ctive Service office in
Anchorage for induction into
the Armed Forces.
The Island Seafoods floating
cannery was scheduled to
leave this weekend for Chig
•'ik Pete Deveau is superin
tendent of the cannery.
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THE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
“The big white church on the hill”
George Wick, Minister
Sunday School Program 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
(Children’s activities during worship)
Study Groups 6:30 P.M.
Evening Worship 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday Bible Study 8:00 P.M
CARD PARTY
Sunday 0 8 p.m.
JUNE 14
AT THE UMiON HALL