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Voters Determine
Levy of Sales Tax
The forthcoming Sales Tax Elec
tion will place before the voters
the question of authorizing the
City Council to levy a 2% Consum
ers Sales Tax.
If the tax is approved by the
voters one half of all revenue will
be used for Small Boat Harbor
facilities and one half for streets
and street improvement. Funds
when collected can be used onl>
for the specifically mentioned pro
jects and for no other purpose
Revenue to the City will vary with
the amount of money in circula
tion within the area. For example,
Fairbanks with a 2% tax takes in
approximately $644,000.00 p e i
year; Ketchikan, $336,000.00; Sew
ard, $86,000.00; Sitka, $70,5000.00.
It is the Council’s intention to
hold open meetings prior to pass
age of the actual taxing ordinance,
thereby allowing all residents to
voice their individual opinion as
to content and administration. A
specific ordinance can not be pass
ed trior to the election and be
binding. However, the Council fa
vors the Nome ordinance and are
intending to use it as a guide to
the preparation of a Kodiak sales
tax ordinance.
It is estimated that $100,000.00
to $150,000.00 would be collected
in Kodiak per year.
“Sales taxes are the only method
from shouldering the entire bur
that relieves the property owner
den of Municipal activities,” ac
cording to City officials.
Install Officers
Installation of Officers of the
Order of Rainbow for Girls for the
present quarter took place at the
Masonic Temple Tuesday evening.
Officers installed were Dona Van
Buren, Worthy Advisor; Carol Jer.
nings, Associate Advisor; Virginia
Lee, Charity; Carla Jueison, Hope;
Betty Lou Bulyca, Faith; Frances
Lindsley, Recorder; and Linda
Rockstad, Treasurer.
Also Janet Zeiba, Chaplain;
Irene Hicks, Drill Leader; Love,
Jill Acheson; Religion, Caroline
Reft; Nature, Sharon Van Buren;
Immortality, Elsa Starbird; Fidel
ity, Alma Jean Norris; Patriotism
Anita Stewart; Service, Elaine
Biomley; Confidential Observer.
Nancy Jennings; and Outer Observ
er, Judy Radinsky.
Hazel Hartman, out-going Worthy
Advisor, was installing officer.
Nancy Templeton was installing
marshal, Lois Goudie. installing
chaplain and Elizabeth Sautner
was installing secretary.
Mrs. Lucille Hicks was installed
as Mother Advisor and Mrs. Adelle
Neeley as Associate Mother Ad
visor. The Board of Directors was
also installed.
Mrs. Betty Springhill furnished
the piano music for the installation
ceremony.
Annexation Question to
Be Voted On Tuesday
The forthcoming election on an
nexation of a portion of the Leite
Addition will be held on the same
day as the Sales Tax election. Both
questions will be voted on next
Tuesday. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Residents within the City limits
will vote at the City Hall, while
those in the area up for annexation
will vote at the U.S. Commission
er’s office on Mission Road.
An unofficial survey of residents
of the area in question point to a
majority vote in favor of annexa
tion. There is some opposition,
however, and a solid vote favoring
it is not expected.
Qualification for voting in the
city includes either registration, or
voting in the last election. Each
voters name must appear on the
1955 tax roll. Husbands and wives
who own property jointly should
check with the City Hall and make
certain their names appear on the
tax roll.
A letter from the Regional Sani
tary Engineer, Calvin Winey, Jr.,
of the Alaska Department of
Health, strongly urges annexation
as a means of solving sanitation
problems in the area. He says in
part: “The Mission Road area, has
a water supply and sewage dispos
al problem which can only be solv
ed by public systems. In order to
finance and maintain these sys
tems, a public legal entity is neces
sary. The people of the Mission
Road area, by submitting and get
ting approval of the petition for
annexation to the City of Kodiak,
have taken the first steps. Becom
ing part of the City of Kodiak will
not improve their community over
night; however, it will in time eli
minate their sanitation problems
and thus improve the general pub
lic health in the City of Kodiak
and Greater Kodiak area. Annexa
tion is undoubtedly the most eco
nomical method of becoming a
public legal entity for the Mission
Road area.”
Winey concludes by stating: “If
no community effort is made to
eliminate the water supply, sew
age disposal, and garbage disposal
nuisances in the Mission Road area,
it may become necessary to take
action against individual proper
ties in the area.”
The majority of the members of
the Welfare Council are reported
favoring annexation as the means
of curbing the existing garbage
nuisance in the area.
Carl Huer, a staunch supporter
for annexation, sees it as the only
means of development of proper
ty, and of securing needed facili
ties.
TORGERSON RETURNS
FROM STATESIDE TRIP
O. A. Torgerson, president of the
Bank o fKodiak, returned late yes
terday from Seattle. He is reported
in good physical condition follow
ing his recent operation.
Scouts To Launch
Four Year Program
The nation’s 4,100,00 Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Explorers, and adult
leaders will launch their Four-Year
Program “Onward for God and My
Country,” during Boy Scout Week,
February 6 to 12, marking the or
ganization’s 46th anniversary.
Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief
Scout Executive, says the new pro
gram seeks “through organized and
trained man power to give an in
creasingly better program to an in
creasing number of the nation’s
youth” and to "help today’s youth
to ‘Be Prepared’ as citizens of
character, to be prepared in body,
skill, spirit, will, and as a mem
ber of a team.”
He declares it will give youth
further opportunity to develop
physical fitness, self-reliance, the
fulfillment of one's obligation to
God, a sense of personal responsi
bility, a spirit of helping people,
a willingness to share, and an un
derstanding of the government’s
democratic processes.
During Boy Scout Week plans
will be completed for the strictly
nonpartisan 1956 National Get-Out
the-Vote Campaign which the
Scout organization is sponsoring
jointly with the Freedoms Founda
tion of Valley Forge. Scouts dis
tributed more than 1,000,000 pos
ters and placed 30,000,000 Liberty
Bell doorknob hangers in their
first nation-wide get-out-the-vote
effort in 1952. This effort was said
to be an important factor in the
record turnout of sixty million
voters.
It is believed that four million
Scouts and adult leaders can be a
great influence among parents,
relatives, neighbors, and others to
produce another record vote this
year.
The campaign seeks to instill in
adults the determination and re
sponsibility to exercise their fran
chise as free people and take a
more active part in their govern
ment. Each Scout will have an op
portunity to participate and better
understand his responsibility as a
citizen.
Since a major reason for not vot
ting is failure to have registered,
the Scouts’ campaign will first try
to get citizens to register. Colorful
posters encouraging registration
will be displayed in accordance
with local registration dates. Just
before Election Day, Scouts and
their leaders will distribute 35 mil
lion Liberty Bell doorknob hangers
to homes across the nation. These
hangers read: “Heed youths’ call.
Vote as you think, but vote No
vember 6, 1956. Use your freedom
to vote.”
Boy Scout Week is the largest
annual single event observed by
young citizens.
Most of the nation's 36,000 Cub
packs with 1,430,000 members, will
hold blue and gold pot luck ban
quets with each family bringing
a part of the menu. These eight,
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Candidates File For
Territorial Elections
A total of 18 Democrat candi
dates and 11 Republican candi
dates for Third Division seats in
the Territorial legislature filed
prior to the deadline Wednesday
night.
Four of the Democrats aspire to
the two senatorial positions. There
are two Republican aspirants.
Candidates for the house, who
are running under the Democratic
banner are: Victor Fischer, James
H. Seitz, Albert Maffei, William H.
Poe, Russel K. Young, K. Lewis
Fields, David (Col.) N. Boyer, Sea
born J. Buckalew, Jr., Irwin Met
calf, H. Andy Andrews, Mrs. E. A.
Fischer, Dorothy J. Awes, Irene E.
Ryan, Ken C. Johnson, James E.
Norene, Leroy H. Duncan, Harry B.
Palmer and Earl Hillstrand. Ben
Hitchcock is filed for the House as
an Independent.
Republican candidates for the
House seats include: Thomas A.
Fink, M. D. Snodgrass, John Ross
wog, George C. Anderson, Reese
Tatro, Richard H. Alvord, Lee
Wharton, Carl E. Martin, Benjamin
F. Culver, Neil Southerland Mac
Kay and Ralph Cottis.
The four Democrats seeking
Senate seats are E. G. Bailey, John
H. E. Johnson, Ralph E. Moody and
Victor C. Rivers. Barbara D. Dim
ock and Dr. Lee McKinley are the
two Republican candidates for the
Senate.
Mrs. Bowman to Marry
Archer Lewis Tonight
Lila Bowman and Archer Lewis
will be married at the home
of Bud and Nita Metzgar tonight
at 6:30 in a double ring ceremony.
Chaplain Buckingham of the
Naval Station will conduct the
ceremony. Following the wedding,
a reception will be held at the
Elks Club.
BEN BENSON TO ATTEND
HISTORIC SIGNING
-qgnep om} siq puc uosuag uag
ters, Charlotte and Anna Mae, left
Friday for College, Alaska, where
they will witness the signing of
the Alaska Constitution.
Benson was the designer of the
Alaskan Flag, and received an in
vitation to be present at the his
toric event.
GRADE SCHOOL CARNIVAL
DRAWS HUGE CROWD
The P.T.A. Carnival held Janu
ary 27 attracted a huge crowd and
was extremely successful. The final
report is not yet available, but Mr.
Ivor Schott, Superintendent, ex
pects the net proceeds to exceed
a thousand dollars.
Mr. Schott stated, "The many
people who so generously gave of
their time and donations are to be
highly commended.” The school
is now assured funds for the new
piano.
Along The
Waterfront
Several bopts caihe irito port this
week with nice hauls of King Crab.
Pete Deveau of the Island Sea
foods reports the following: The
Eldorado, skippered by Louie
Wick, brought in 15,000 lbs.; Miss
Arctic, Hiram McAllister, skipper.
10,000 lbs.; The J. H„ Barney Corg
atelli, skipper^ 7,000 lbs.
Bob ResofL.of'JCiiig Crabs,. Inc.
reports considerable activity. More
boats are expected to arrive, but
the following have brought in
catches: The Totem, skippered by
Kory Kalstad, brought in 29,000
ilbs.; The Juneau, Dave Murphy,
skipper, 18,796 lbs.; Roxanna Dawn
with 14,000 lbs. Pat Mullins is the
skipper; KFC, Harry Kanigan,
skipper, 5,200 lbs. Various other
deliveries totaled 3000 lbs. Very
good catches are reported in the
Alitak and Shuyak areas. Accord
ing to Resoff, 67,243 lbs. of King
Crab were processed, one half of
which were canned.
Driftwood operations were light
this week.
Several boats are in for repairs
at the marine ways of Alvine and
Gibson. The Oranius is having her
keel repaired and a new tail shaft
installed. She grounded in Mosher
Bay recently. The skipper is Al
bert (Coogan) Peterson. Sergie
Pestrokoff, skipper of the Left
Cape, has his boat in for major re
pairs..
Stan Alvine of the local boat
works says they are “snowed” with
work at present. He is assisted in
the repair of boats by Clyde Hat
field, Herb Long, Ted Pestrokoff
and his wife, Mrs. Alvine. She of
course, doesn't repair boats, but
does the book work necessary in
the operation.
The sale of "My Sin,” a pleasure
craft was reported this week.
Formerly owned by James Schmidt
of the C. A. A. ot Woody Island,
is being transferred to Anchorage,
the boat has been sold to Don
Bryant, employed at the Naval
Station.
GEN. JOHN NOYES DIES
OF PLANE CRASH INJURIES
A plane crash claimed the life
of Brig. Gen. John R. Noyes in the
barren wilds of the Arctic near
Nome. He died in a hospital in the
far north city Monday from in
juries suffered after four days and
three nights confinement in the
wrecked plane.
Maj. Robert Kolb, the plane’s
pilot, and two other men. Major
Francis Siegwart. and SP 2 c Ri
chard August, who were passen
gers in the plane, survived and are
reported recovering.
Gen. Noyes had served as com
mander of the Alaska National
Guard since his retirement from
active duty with the Army Sept. 1,
1953. He came to the Territory in
1926. ,■