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sented at the meeting for the pe
riod ending as of October 24,
showed a balance of over $1,000
as cash on hand.
OPERATING STATEMENT
for Period Ending Oct. 24, 1950
Income
Advertising .$ 2,619.00
Admissions and Dance 7,333.32
Raffle . 3.106.00
Concessions . 2,107.83
Rental . 231.10
Gross Income .$15,397.25
Expenses
Manager Salary .$ 1.702.80
Printing . 1,261.30
Building Repair . 949.29
Supplies . 1,071.75
Advertising . 129.20
Dance . 288.35
Commissions . 197.97
Premiums . 2,580.51
Ground Wages . 555.58..
Light and Power . 199.47
Office Expense ..... 96.77
Rent . 150.00
Interest . 140.00
Depreciation . 368.66
Taxes 1.313.61
Total Expeises $11,005.26
NET PROFIT $ 4,391.99
The operating statement is not
a final report, however, as a com
plete audit will be available later
when all outstanding bills against
the Fair Association have been
paid. A1 Hagen, secretary, said.
Clear Deficit
A deficit of almost $4,000 from
prior years’ operation of the Fair
was paid off from the profits
realized by this year’s Associa
tion, Mr. Hagen said.
Attendance at the Fair this year
included people not only from all
over the states, but also from all
over the world. The guest book
included signatures of persons
from world capitals, including
Paris, London and Stockholm.
Request Bills
A request" was issued by the
Board of Directors of the Asso
ciation that all bills outstanding
be turned in immediately, so that
payment may be made. Also, that
all checks outstanding be turned
in to the management. They can
not be cashed at this late date as
they are marked “not good after
30 days,” and that time limit, of
course, has elapsed. All persons
holding checks are requested to
turn them in to the Fair man
agement so that they may be re
issued.
Prior to the general member
ship meeting Tuesday evening,
the board of directors were hosts
at a dinner at 6 p.m. for all de
partment superintendents who
served at this year’s Fair.
Those attending the dinner in
cluded Clair Stock, Thomas Le
pak, A1 Hagen, Mrs. Rusty Dow,
Mrs. C. F. Mielke, Mrs. Victor
Johnson, Mrs. Don Irwin, Mrs.
Harold Dinkel, Bill Hoskins, Har
old Dinkel, Merle Anderson, M.
D. Snodgrass and Alba Brooks.
WASILLA — Herbert Boucher
is making plans for an extended
trip to the states. He plans to
leave here soon for Seattle and
other points Outside where he
will visit friends and relatives.
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I MR. ELLIOTT NAMED
; PRESIDENT OF CLUB
Another one of the territory’s
j “firsts” is Alaska’s first School
! masters’ Club, which was formed
here this week. The honor of be
ing nam£d the first president of
the club in Alaska went to Wil
liam W. Elliott, who was elected
to that office at the organizational
meeting held Tuesday night. Mr.
Elliott is principal of the Palmer
grade school. Superintendent
Frank Jones of the Wasilla school
was elected vice-president and
[ Harry Townsend of Anchorage,
secretary.
Approximately 40 chapter mem
bers including the nine men of
the Palmer faculty, and the
schoolmasters of Wasilla School
and the Anchorage School Sys
tem, gathered at centrally-located
Spring Creek lodge for the forma
tion of the club and to have din
ner.
The club here will be patterned
after similar organizations in the
states. At the next meeting of
the group, scheduled for the last
Tuesday in November, a constitu
tion and by-laws for the club will
be adopted.
A legislative committee ap
pointed at the first meeting is
headed by Superintendent Jones.
The other two members are Jo
seph E. Hudock, high school
Install New Grange
Officers at Meeting
Held Thursday Night
Officers of Northland Pioneer
Grange No. 1, to serve for 1951,
were installed at the regular
Grange meeting last night. Clair
Stock, Grange deputy, acted as
installing officer.
The new Grange officers are
Bill Hoskins, worthy master;
Ralph Dye, overseer; Nina Stock,
secretary; Tom Lepak, treasurer;
Bruce Graham, steward; Wanda
Wilson, lecturer; Vera Rorrison,
chaplain; Karla Duff, ladies’ as
sistant steward; Arthur Stacey,
steward; Dee Johanson, gatekeep
teacher here and newly elected
president of the Palmer Teach
ers Association, and the presi
dent of the Anchorage Teachers
Association.
At the meeting Tuesday,. Su
perintendent William T. Zahi’ad
nicek of Palmer and W. W. Lah
num, acting superintendent of
; Anchorage schools gave interest
j ing reports on a recent conference
they attended at Juneau. Ter
| ritorial school superintendents
from all over Alaska attended the
conference held at the capital last
week.
1 er; Eugene Kirsch. three - year
I term on the executive committee;
; Herbert Holstein, one-year term
| on the executive committee; Lil
lian Loberg, Ceres; Marne Hanks,
Pomona; Harriet Bell, Flora.
Four new members of the
Grange also were obligated at the
meeting.
The grange Thanksgiving din
ner, an annual event here, will
be cooked and served by the men
of the group, it was announced.
The Grange ladies are looking
forward to the dinner which will
be served at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs
day, November 9. A real treat is
predicted.
Volunteers for work on the
Grange building this Sunday also
were requested so as ter get the
work as nearly completed as pos
sible before winter sets in. The
Grange ladies will serve a pot
luck dinner at 1 p.m. for the vol
unteer workers.
Other announcements at the
| meeting Thursday included word
received here of the death of Na
tional Grange Master Goss of
Washington, D. C. Mr. Goss had
many friends here who were sad
dened to hear of his death.
Vivian Goodrich, Grange Home
Economics officer reported on the
Harvest dinner that was held by
the Grange on October 21. Mrs.
Goodrich, who was in charge of:
the annual affair reported that1
SEVEN EIGHTY NINERS ELECT
An election of officers will be
held tonight at a business meet
ing of the Seven Eighty Miners’"
Club, it was announced today.
The meeting will be held at the
Carpenters’ Hall,
proceeds cleared from the dinner
amounted to $80. The money will
be used toward the building fund
for the new grange hall.
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