Beta Sigma Phi Sponsors Valentine Ball Saturday Night
Vulley Waltz Queen to be Crowned
At March of Dimes Benefit Dance
Plans fot P.dmcl first formal
tame i i the yc.,1 were completed
this wi ek i«r»ti a> evidenced bv
tickets sales. 11 sc Valentine Ball
cheduled ini Kebruat > 9 prom
ises to lx* a "sell-out."
Decorations (<>r the >i-iiii-for
mal affair sponsored b> Theta
chapter. Beta Sigma Phi. will
carry out the Valentine theme
The Kiwanis Club will assist the
>orority. Dancing to Charles
Schaefer's orchestra, will start at
9:30 in the school gymnasium.
Walt: Queen
Highlight of the evening will
be the crowning of the waltz
queen following the prize waltz.
Jim Hurley, as master-of cere
monies, wil crown the queen and
present the v.inning couple with
gifts. Judges for the contest will
be selected previous to the dance.
Door Prize
What started out as a bushel
basket of food has over-flowed
very generously and the lucky
door prize winner will find him
self well awarded with chickens,
frui«. sweets and many, many
other good things to eat.
Refreshments and check stands
will be conducted by the sorority
and Mrs. Betty Mears, local chair
man of the March of Dimes. ,
Al,l proceeds from the dance
and stands will go to the March
of Dimes.
DELINQUENT TAX
PENALTIES SHOULD
YIELD SCHOOL $3,000
Delinquent taxpayers will have
to contribute an extra $3,000 to
the Palmer Indefendent School
District coffers, ta'" collector
William Head estimated late last
Friday.
Friday. February 1 was the
final day for the payment of 1951
real and personal property taxes
to the school district. About one
third of the taxes had not been
paid by the time the tax office
closed at 5 pan. These delinquent
taxes represent a total in the
neighborhood of $20,000 Head
said. The 15 percent penalty on
these delinquent taxes will take
care of a good share of the salary
of an additional teacher.
Superintendent William T. Zan
radnicek is in Juneau this week
to attend a Territorial conference
of school superintendents.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
February 8 & 9
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sat. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
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the ‘Refa/ut
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.^RICHARD ARIEN WRiClA MOCKON ^
SUNDAY & MONDAY
February 10 & 11
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sun. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
OVER 13 MILLION
COLLECTED IN 1951
TERRITORIAL TAXES
An unprecedented total of $13
*3*3. 74141 - almost $1,000 for
every man. woman and child list
ed in Alaska's 1050 census coun‘
was collected by the Alaska De
partment of Taxation for licenses
and taxes during the year 1951.
according to figures released last
week by M. P. Mullaney, Ter
ritorial tax commissioner.
Almost half of this amount - a
total of $6,050,443.80 - came from
the Third Division. Income taxes
from the Third Division amoun
ted to $2,668,987.49. The First Di
vision made the second highest
contribution in income taxes with
$1,470,238.56.
\ The sale of motor vehicle li
cense plates in the Third Divi
sion brought in well over half the
amount collected from that
source. Licenses for the Third s
j motorists accounted for $226,177
of the $372,309.75 collected in the
entire Territory.
The Third Division was the
only one of Alaska’s four that
paid a gross sales and service
tax, amounting to $14,503.98.
Third Division fisherman paid
less in taxes and licenses than
did those of the First. Sport fish
ing licenses brought in $14,073.25
from the First, $157 from the
Second. $7,357 from the Third,
and $3,371 from the Fourth.
The comparative youth of the
Third Division was apparent in
the amounts collected from in
hertance taxes. While $109
613.62 was collected from the
; Fourth - the late "Cap” Lathrop's
home - and $7,802.66 from the
First, only $3,904.05 was realized
from the Third. The Fourth con
tributed $109,613.62.
The Second and Third paid the
lowest amounts on the punch
board tax. $312 for the former
and $324 for the latter. This was
piddling compared with the
First’s $4,982 and the Fourth's
$1,608.
From property taxes the Ter
ritory collected S29260.43 from
the local area, $21,975.26 from
the First, $16,261.70 from the
Fourth, and $6,291.93 from the
Second.
The $5 school tax netted $208.
609.50 from the Third. $73,389.20
City Acquires—
Continued from putt 1
! ier the owner'!- euntrol Citv
I Clerk William Head reported that
IB dog licenses have been muH
for male* and spayed temal?>
; and six for female* He suggested
I that in a fev. weeks there Ik- .«
round up of all does found with
j out licenses. It was pointed out,
nowever. that the license is not
a permit for a dog to run loose.
Complaints regarding licensed
dogs will be handled in accord
ance with provisions of the per
tinent city ordinance. Owners will
first be warned, however.
Sale: fax check bounces
A bad check for over $200 re
ceived from a local merchant to
I cover his December sales tax
I collections u'as referred to the
Council by the City Clerk. Head
said that the check had been re
turned by the Matanuska Valley
Bank marked non sufficient
funds. In the past month several
attempts to collect the amount of
the check from the merchant had
been countered with the state
ment that he had just made a big
deposit at the bank that would
cover the check. The bank did not
back up these statements. The
Council authorized Head to turn
the check over to the city attor
ney for collection, stipulating
that the late payment penalty
j would be invoked.
aewer plans rexurnea
! Sewer plans incorporating
i changes in the original as sug
gested by the Alaska Depart
ment of Health were submitted
to the Council by Thomas B.
Bourne Associates through a cov
ering letter. The letter revealed
that the engineering firm hopes
Alaska Public Works will be in
a position to issue funds for
Palmer’s sewers concurrently
with those for the new water
system. Greatly cheered by the
possibility that work on the city's
new sewer system might be
started this year, Council mem
bers spent the remainder of last
night’s session in examining the
| set of plans prepared by Bourne
| engineers. The plans were re
| ferred to water committee mem
: bers Mick, Hagen, and Brown for
i suggested charges. The committee
1 will confer with the City Plan
ning Commission on the suggest
i ed location of sewers. The Bourne
plan proposes that the city make
use of existing sewer lines.
from the First, $6,167.50 from
the Second, and $54,827.50 from
' the Fourth.
Save Yourself
when the weather is bad
Bank-by-Nail!
and let Unde Sam do the traveling
IT'S SAFE
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
50 Candidates
Continued fi«wn page I
Carlson <>( Cordova all in< uni
tarnt
7. J I/iusmic. John W Thom.i'
Fred Olivia. Karl Hillstrand
William Cruthers Russel K
i You mt Patrick Brennan. K
Baldwin. Al Owen. Jr . Irene H,«
an. Jame> H Clematis. Peter 1
Kahnnandes, Buell Nesbett. A
I Lindetnuth. Charles “Jack" Davi
Pearl Gibson - all of Anchorage
Betty Meat s of Palmer, Zcbb ’
Harris and E. G. Bailey of Moun
: tain View. Alexander Shadur
l of Kasilof. and Don K Smith o
Homer.
Republican candidates lor th
| House include M. D Snodgras;
L. C. Stock, and Dr. Lee McKin
' ley of Palmer: Fred S William
I son from Mountain View; an<
j the following from Anchorage
| Lloyd Olsen. Barbara Dimock
; Rease Tatro. Bert Rutherford
Herald Stringer, Axel Niklason
j Olaf A. Olson. Dorothy Prior
: Carl T. Rentschler, Paul C. Kroe
i nunz, and Howard W. Pollock.
[ Seeking nomination for othe
| Territorial offices will be Demo
crat E. L Bartlett and Republi
can Robert E. Reeve for Congres
sional Delegate; Republican Ani
ta Garnick of Juneau. Democra
Neil Moore (incumbent). Demo
crat R. E. Sheldman of Fairbanks
and Republican Albert Goetz o
Douglas for Territorial auditor
Frank Metcalf, present highway
engineer will be opposed by Irv
ing Reed of Fairbanks. J. Geralc
Williams. Democratic Attorney
General, will have no opposition
WIDOW OF ALASKA PIONEEI
DIES IN SEATTLE
John O’Shea, local represen
tative of the Equitable Life As
surance Co. returned to his hom<
in Anchorage yesterday fron
Seattle after attending funera
services for his mother. Mr.
John O’Shea who died last Fri
day.
Mrs. O’Shea was the widow o
a pioneer Alaskan miner whi
died in 1949. The O’Shea
lived in Fairbanks for 15 year
before moving to Enumclaw
Washington.
WHAT KIND OF HOMFS
DO ALASKANS WANT?
Wlr.t k:nd of hnu.H should I
build m the Northern part .f
Alaska. th** Panhandle «>f Alaska
the Coastal area of Alaska?
\ Should t",\ Alaskan home I* <•>
. -< mt tally cheerful. light and ex
pansive. oi should it !*• like a
j parka-k*-en * he elements out and
the heat in"
How much money should he
spent on insulation How much
heat should l>e sacrificed to per
, nut picture windows to give a
r sense of freedom and escape to
those who live within?
> With building costs rising high
er and higher, people want to
know what type of architecture,
what kind of housing materials.
and what type of interior decora
tion would make the most effi
cient and most livable home for
the Territory.
The Alaska Housing Authority
is starting a program to find the
answers to these question. Mr. E.
Glen Wilder, the Executive Dir
ector of the AHA. which has
loaned more than SI3.000000 to
finance adequate home construe*
i tion for Alaska, hopes that he
l can come up with a type of house
j that fits Alaska as well as the
! Capo Cod dwelling fits New Eng
I land.
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MARVIN SLAUGHTER
OUTSIDE
I Marvin Slaughter of the U. S.
Geological Survey left Sunday
for a month-long sojourn in the
States.
After spending two weeks on
t official business in the Survey
offices in Washington. D.C.. he
■ will visit in Chattanooga and
- Knoxville. Tennessee.
i | WOMEN OF THE MOOSE TO
1 HOLD SPECIAL INIATION
Kathleen Moore, senior regent
- of the Women of the Moose an
nounced a special initiation at
i the regular meeting to be held
> Tuesday. February 12 for the
3 benefit of candidates who were
3 unable to be present at the last
. meeting because of inclement
J weather.
HOSPITAL ASSN.
TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEETiNG FEB. 15
t Th«- annual mc< ting of t*i«- Val
ley Hospital Av>o>:ation will b<
hold FnHa\ evening at right
M'lix k February 1'< in the school
•afeteria. were notified
this week bj the secretary. Mi •
i Karl Grave.-.
It is expected that Anchorage
Attorney Paul Robinson will o*
per sent to give members infor
rnatmn about organization of i
new hospital association that will
succeed that present one on the
expiration of it> charter this year
Kincaid Announces—
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bets should “let their consciences
be their guides “
New hope for patents
Betty Meats gave a report that
suggested a nev. line of chamber
action to hasten the granting of
patents to purchasers of land
along highway affected by the
recent highway withdrawal de
cree of the Interior Department
This recent action, together with
-a lack of funds for land surveys,
! has blocked possession of lands
I purchased by local people as well
| as those in other parts of the Ter
; ritory. It was suggested that local
chambers write to Assistant Sec
retary Dale Doty suggesting that
the withdrawal laves be rescinded
; and that easements similar to
those on lesser highways be sub
stituted. These would permit the
government to have the use of
land along either side of a high
way as long as need for the high
way existed but would permit re
lease of the land to the owner
whenever such reed had passed
: President Kincaid was author
j ized to forward such a suggestion
: to Doty in the name of the local
, Chamber.
The 12:30 Homemakers’ club
: will meet at the home of Mrs
; C». A. Lindsey for their next regu
| lar meeting. February 13.
I There are more than five mil
I lion Boy Scouts and leaders in
I the 52 nations using the Boy
i Scout Program.
Odd'Lots Clearance Sale
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MENS’ UNDERWEAR
Various Sizes and Styles
MENS’ SHIRTS
Small Sizes
RUBBER FOOT WEAR
Real Good Buys (n Curtains
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PEACHES
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PICKLES
Mario Brand
STEW
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