Alaska C of C Convention Next Month
At Anchorage Will Explore Fields
Of Finance, Industry and Legislation
Plans • for the Alaska Chamber
of Commerce convention were
announced this week in Ketchikan
by Charles Cloudy, president of
the organization. The annual
meeting will be held this year in
Anchorage, October 23, 24 and 25.
The convention will revolve
around a three-point program in
the fields of finance, industry and
legislation. Many noted personali
ties from‘all over the State and
other States as well will formulate
panel discussions on each of the
three phases. Due to the fact that
the first Legislature will play such
a major role in how the new State
will be shaped, all of the politi
cal candidates for office in the
coming November elections have
been invited to attend. While none
of the candidates will participate
in the convention panel discus
sions, it is felt that they should
gain much insight into the views
and problems confronting Alaska
business both present and future.
Advance registrations which
have been coming in daily indi
cate a keen interest in this year’s
conclave. Passage of the recent
Alaska Statehood Referendum is
expected to spark an unprece
dented attendance.
The convention will be given
added enthusiasm by a good will
delegation from the State of
Maine. In a telephone call to
George Sharrock, vice-president
of the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, it was learned that on
September 15, a large truck-trailer
outfit belonging to the Maine
Truck Owners’ Association, will j
begin a tour through the State of !
| Maine. The truck will start at Fort
Kent, the farthest northeast point
of Maine, and will make a sweep
of that state picking up a variety
of Maine products to be presented
to the new State of Alaska -from
the State of Maine. The 35-foot
van will be painted like a gift
package with a large red ribbon
around it, and will bear a sign
on the sides reading “Maine Wel
comes Alaska.” At the base of the
truck, another sign will read,
“This truck contains a load of
Maine products as a gesture of
the State of Maine to the new
State of Alaska.” On September
19, the truck will begin its trip
to Anchorage over the highways,
passing through 32 states enroute.
The good will gesture was
started by the Maine Truck Own
ers Association and now has the
endorsement of the whole State,
including Governor Edmund S.
Muskie, now Senator-elect from
Maine. The huge van will arrive
in Anchorage October 17, taking
29 days to make the trip. A good
will delegation of some twenty
persons will attend the Chamber
convention. The group will be
headed by Governor Muskie and
Richard S. Clemens, president of
the Truck Owners Association. An
official presentation of the Maine
products will be made to Alaska
during the convention.
The Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce is hosting the conven
tion with traditional Anchorage
hospitality. Further details and
advance registration may be ob
tained from the Chamber office
in Anchorage at 304 G Street.
49th State
49th In Insurance
When Alaska officially becomes
the 49th State, it will be the 49th
in rank of life insurance in force,
but will be ahead of several pres
ent states in average life insur
ance protection per family, accor
ding to the Institute of Life In
surance. More than 40 life in
surance companies are now doing
business- in Alaska.
Although Alaska’s civilian pop
ulation is about the same as that
of New Haven, Conn., or Tacoma,
Wash., in a land area one-fifth
that of the United States or twice
that of Texas, Alaskan families
are approaching $300,000,000 of
life insurance ownership. This is
nearly twice the total in force
there only four years ago. At the
start of this year, Alaskans had
$263,090,000 of life insurance, esti
mated to be an average of about
$5,000 per family.’
Since the first of the year,
Alaskans have been adding new
life insurance at a record pace,
showing a 13 percent gain from
last year in the purchase of new
ordinary life-insurance, compared
with a U. S. gain of 3 per cent. If
this increase Is sustained, the
year’s total of new life insurance
will be around $40,000,000.
'HASTENS' VIA SPORTS
CAR TO FINE SPEEDERS
BALTIMORE, (ff) — Magistrate
James F. Fanseen, an Irishman,
did triple duty Monday for his
Jewish colleagues.
The magistrate-at-large, -because
magistrates’ courts are short of
funds, sat in Southern, South
western and Northern District
courts the same afternoon. The
regular magistrates, Samuel Ga
boff, Howard L. Aaron and Henry
L. Rogers, were celebrating the
Jewish New Year.
Fanseen hastened — but did
not speed — from one court to
another in a foreign sports car.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
CRAZY CANNONBALL
CLOBBERS CYLIST
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., LB —
John E. Carre, 15, was knocked
off his' motor scooter by a can
non ball. He was jolted but wasn’t
seriously hurt. The cannon ball
was rolled down a bridge — a
few hundred yards from the
country’s oldest masonry fort —
by four youths who fled in an
automobile.
In 1926 the Alameda set a new
speed record when she ran from
Ketchikan to Seattle in 41 hours,
15 minutes.
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McCormacks Complete
50 Years’ Service
At Wrangell Wharf
The passing of the year 1957
completed the 50th anniversary
of the Wrangell Wharf Company
under the ownership of the Mc
Cormack family.
Originally built in 1875 by Wil
liam King Lear, the wharf was a
going business before several
Alaska towns came into being.
Purchased in 1907 from Robert
Reid, the McCormack family oper
ated the wharf under the name
St. Michael Trading Company
Wharf. In 1921 the name was
changed to the McCormack Dock'
Company, and the present name
replaced that in 1956.
The company records have sur
vived two major fires when the
business section of Wrangell was
completely burned in 1906 and
in 1952.
The Alaska Steamship Compay
operated 17 vessels in 1908.
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