The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-10
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM SITKA
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

! ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE SITKA, Alaska, May l-The City Council met Tuesday, after only a weeks interval, in order to get back on it's regular schedule The revised salary ordinance was given first reading providing for Chief ot Po- lice, S350; City Supervisor and liar tor Master, $350 City Clerk, Treas urer, $450, Fire Chief, $35; Assistant Fire Chief, S15; Public Health Off, cer, $35: City Magistrate, s4 per ! hearing.
 | City Clerk Calvin announced that i gas tax money for harbor improve ment had been upped to $l5, ,765; i that piling for floats would arrive in about month; contract for float logs was not yet decided; that Rich ard Peters would te foreman on the job, under the supervision of City Supervisor Bill Ward.
 The finance committee reported that the annual budget would be presented about the middle of next month when the city audit would be completed.
 ! Chief of Police Stormy Doran re- ported that Dormand McGraw had Leen appointed permanent night patrolman and Bill Wyres tempo rary patrolman.
 {! A request presented by Fire Chief Franklin was approved, for the bor- rowing or an auxiliary fire truck from the ANS while the large city truck is given a thorough overhaul. Also, the fire departments request for a $50 monthly allowance for re- placement of firemens clothing, i presented at the last meeting was i granted
 l Mayor Charters appointed Coun- I cilmen Clithero and Goddard to work with the Women's Club on the proposed concert visit of the U. w Glee Club this summer; and God dard to see the SPU on improving city lighting facilities.
 1 City equipment was promised for use during Clean Up Week May 8 to Is. AGA was promised considera- tioa on any reasonable proposition for a new location of their hangar which must be moved from its pres ent site at the Conway Dock.
 Officers elected by Rotary at its meeting Tuesday were. T. J. Cole President; Roy Evenson, Vice-Pres- ident. Frank Calvin, Secretary ano directors, Pete Haugen and Leslie Yaw
 First initiation ceremony by new | Elk officers was held last night witf chair officers resplendent in theil I new tuyedoes. Members initiated were Fred Spink, William Haye' anu Clare Swenson. The new off lcers are reported to have been i'm pressive in performance, manner and appearance.
 Beta Sigma Phi held it's Founders Day Banquet and initiation las
 night at Community House. Pledge initiated were: Willa VanLear Mary Marmon, Bonnie Stribling Dorothy Krentz, Mrs. Frank Whit
 and Mrs. Pete Crews. Mrs. E. M
 Goddard, sponsor of the sorority fo
 he past four years, was presented f with a full jeweled pin on accept
 ance of her resignation. She was al
 so presented with lifetime homo
 -ary membership,
 Dinner was prepared and serve' ov the Presbyterian Women.
 Date for the fourth Annual Moth
 er-Daughter Banquet sponsored b
 he Presbyterian Women has beel
 ct for May 8 at Community House Tickets at $1.50 each are on sale a
 he Sitka Music Store and the Pho to Shop Studio.
 Orville Paxton has resigned a steward of the Elks Club and vii
 act as agent for the Alaska Coasta
 Airlines with an office in the Sitk
 Hotel Building in the quarters nov occupied by Charlie TuengeIs Bar
 Der Shop. A new steward has. no
 as yet been appointed by the hous
 committee.
 Frank Richards has been appoint ed US Commissioner, replacing Ef nest Dennis who resigned som
 weeks ago. MT. Richards plans t give up his present office in tn Coliseum Building hut not his req l estate and accounting business. Judge George W. Folta was
 round tip passenger aboard tn