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Teachers' Pay, Curriculum
Vie ws Aired By Candidates
By CHUCK GRELL
Ntws-Rtvisw City Editor
Mora on forum, page 2.
When smaller matters are sifted
way, two major points remain in
the thinking of many persons in
terested in the Roseburg public
schools: teachers' pay and the
scope of curriculum in the junior
and senior high school levels.
That became apparent Wednes
day night when five candidates for
the School .Board answered the
questions posed from an audience
of about 150 persons in a forum
in the high school library. The ses
sion lasted for 21 hours.
The candidates are: Dr. Verner
Anderson and Mrs. Helen Scott,
opponents for a five-year term;
and Dr. John H. Donnelly. .Mrs.
Dean Jewell and Don H. Reed, run
ning for a three-year term.
The terms, which start July first,
will be filled Monday in the an
nual school election.
In general, each of the five
agrees that teachers should be
paid more money. The three men
favor, in different degrees, consid
eration of merit pay. Anderson
said he is an outright advocate of
a merit system. Reed said it's
worth consideration and Donnelly
.said it seems to work in the county
Jlealth Department, of which he's
t administrator.
Pay Frnn Criticized
Mrs. Scott said she's disappoint
ed at a freeze at $4,100 in the
salary level for beginning teach
ers, who receive that pay for the
first three years in the system.
School Directors
Postpone Action
Thret members of the Roseburg
School Board voted Wednesday
night to delay a plan of action on
the possible 166,980 added rev
enue which might come to the dis
trict from the county until all mem
bers of the board are present to
discuss the matter.
The added money would come
from the Douglas County Court's
announced plan to triple allowanc
es to schools from the county
-school fund.
This plan calls for allowing $:10
per census student as compared
1o SIO per student currently al
lowed. In th District K case, this
Would mean ah increase of the
$166,980 to bring the total allow
ance to $250,470.
This would mean, in one form
or another, a tax decrease for Dis
trict 4 residents. The question
brought out by the three school
board members Wednesday night
was whether to deduct the $166,980
this year or to carry that amount
over to the 1961-62 budget period
to cut taxes then.
Even without this cut, the Dis
trict 4 levy will be down about six
mills for the coming school year
if the proposed budget is passed
at the polls Monday.
11 would be legal for the board
to deduct this amount, to be re
ceived from Uie county from the
levy when certifying the levy to
,ihe county assessor, even though
the higher levy would have been
passed by the voters of the dis
trict. Actually, there will be a savings
for District 4 taxpayers if the
county's plan is carried out and
the only question stands as to
whether to make the savings this
vear or to keep the money on hand
for the next budget period.
All three members of the board
said they felt this was a major
issue and should be voted on by
the entire board before any action
is taken.
First Princess Chosen
PORTLAND (AP) The first
princess has been chosen for the
court of Portland's Rose Festival.
Washington High School Wednes
day picked Sally Jean Taylor, a
brown-eyed brunette who will use
her festival scholarship to attend
the University of Oregon.
Junior High To Bear Name
Of Ore. Explorer Fremont
John C. Fremont, the man whoiand Lewis and Clark were also sug
explored half a continent, includ- gestcd as names for the junior
ing Oregon, will become one of the high.
foremost explorers in the minds of
Roseburg junior high school stu
dents. The District 4 school board Wed
nesday night voted to name theiat the Broccoli Lane site Fuller-
new junior high school John t.:ton Elementary School.
Fremont Junior High. The lale ex
plorer won out for the honor of
having (he proposed remodeled
Fullerton Grade School named aft
er him over three other men who
carved their names deep in the an
nals of the history of the Oregon
Territory.
The names of Marcus Whitman
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Forecast: Partly cloudy and lhe 1 ,r (irme School. Bolh Ihe
cooler tonight, considerable ,un. , four-room addition at Green ami
thino and o littlo warmer Friday1,'he 13-room Fir (.rove school will
Highatt Mm p. last 54 hours .
Lvweit temp, last 24 hours
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Highest ttmp. any April C57)
Lowtit tomp. any April ( 55)
Prtcip. Iasr4 hours
Procip. from April 1 ....
Procip. from Sopt. 1 . .
Deficiency from Stpt. I ...
Sunriso tomorrow, S:0 a.m.
Sunoot tonight, 7:10 p.m.
Mrs. Jewell concurred, adding
that she's concerned about the loss
of young teachers from the dis
trict. The merit pay topic resulted in
a flood of written questions from
the audience, prompting Ralph
Snyder, vice chairman of a Rose
burg Education Assn. committee
studying the matter, to explain
progress of a proposed merit sys
tem in the Roseburg schools.
The status is this: the School
Board last year agreed to hear
recommendations of the commit
tee. A progress report was made
in December, and the board agreed
to a year's extension for the study.
Periodic reports will be made, the
next being scheduled for May 25.
Snyder and Kenneth Speedie,
chairman of the REA committee,
explained that a long study would
be needed to arrive at an equit
able program.
Speedie commented that no two
systems being tried in Oregon are
duplicates. The plans range from
a combined salary and merit
schedules in some communities to
a full merit program in the
Salem schools, he said.
The teachers' pay question was
brought up by a committee which
organized the forum. A committee
member, Mrs. Donald Mattson,
representing the American Assn.
of University Women, claimed that
to her knowledge, a merit system
in public schools never had pan
ned out after being tried.
Emphasis on discussion of cur
riculum was on the recent elimin
ation of shop and home economics
classes in the two junior high
schools partially because of t h e
classroom pinch caused by the de
struction of the Central Junior
High plant in the blast last Aug
ust. Here again, the three men saw
Civil Defense Units
Plan Rcle In Tests
Douglas County's Civil Defense
warning system will he tested with
those of the rest of the nation
early next month.
Oregon's stale and county Civil
Defense organizations will lake
part in the three-day, nation-wide
operation alert, which begins May
3, Col. Arthur M. Sheets, state Civ
il Defense director said today.
Arthur Selby. Douglas County
Civil Defense director, said today
he had received a sealed envelope
of instructions from the slate and
federal CD offices to be opened
the atternoon of May 3.
The alert is to be called Opera
tion Opal 60. Selby said the pur
pose of the alert is to establish
the efficiency of the county's warn
ing system and the ability to place
all committees and activities on a
standby basis. When the alert is
completed, a study of the time re
quired mil be made to determine
the degree of the country's readi
ness. Selby said warnings will he
broadcast over Conelrad frequen
cies on all radio stations. These
frequencies are 640 and 1240.
Except for the alert frequencies,
all broadcasting on radio and tele
vision will be discontinued until
stations are notified to resume op
erations. Selby pointed out that no oper
ational demonstrations will be car
ried on during the alert period.
"It is designed to determine the
readiness and efficiency of Conel
rad systems, so we can fix the
time element for warning every
community in the nation," he
said.
After the original Conelrad alert,
the remainder of the three days
of Operation Opal 60 will be taken
up in solving theoretical problems
wired to county headquarters by
th stnlp Civil Defense office.
In the target areas of Multnomah I
and Clackamas counties, several
school evacuations are planned, as
well as hospital and evacuation
reception drills. These counties
will also alert police to traffic
check points.
The familiar ring of the Fuller
Ion name will continue to be heard
in Roseburg school circles, as the
board voted to name the new school
Symbolic of its fir-crested set
ting, the new grade school at the
iRnscbuig L.S. veterans Hospital
site will be named Fir Grove Ele
mentary School.
! The names of the schools were
i selected by students within the
district.
In other action pertaining to Ihe
new schools, the board approved
I preliminary architect's plans lor
j Ihe Green Elementary School addi
Itinn and pre-preliminary plans for
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1. inary plans bv Stafford and Monn.
j. Architects, Kucene, call for three
'..Isels of four-.Ofin r.iodujar clan-
room units and a multipurpose
i.47lmom and administration offices.
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e isting. trees as th keynote' to
I the landscaping.
good cause for the elimination.
But Mrs. Jewell and Mrs. Scott
were shocked that it should have
happened. The women had plenty
of support in the audience.
Mrs. Arthur Rich wanted to
know how interest in school could
be maintained by youngsters not
interested in college if the sub
jects aren't available.
Reed, the only candidate cur
rently serving on the board, re
plied that a three-level system of
instruction has been set up for the
outstanding, average and slow
students. The system is calculated
to stir the interest of slow students
in academics.
Reed and Anderson said they be
lieve that by elimination of shop
and home economics in the junior
highs, costly duplication could be
avoided, since they are offered
also in high school.
The rejoinder from several was
that, in the case of home ec, stu
dents progress from the junior high
to the senior high courses.
Reed said thai to have continued
the courses in junior high school
would have taken up classroom
space otherwise needed.
The session was moderated by
Ralph DeMoisy, president of the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce.
The forum was sponsored by the
Chamber, AAUW. REA and Rose
burg PTA Council.
Withnell Named
Yoncalla Head
HAROLD WITHNELL
, . . moving to Yoncalla
Harold Withnell, dean of boys at
Roseburg High School, has been
elected as principal of Yoncalla
High School for the coming school
year.
For the past two vears he has
been on Hie administrative staff
at RosebuiB Hieh School as dean i
of boys and prior to that time wasi
mrector of instrumental music. He der will attend the Medford school
holds a B.A. degree from Linfield visitation program on Friday, and
College and a M.S. degree from Supt. Yoder will be present at the
the University of Idaho. He has Conference for Education of Ex
been teaching for 21 years, all inlceptional Children in Eugene on
Oregon. jiay 6 and 7.
in jm ne was one oi bo enrollces
it the National Defense Act's
Guidance and Counselling Clinic j
held in Portland, as well as be-i
ing an instructor on the summer
school staff of the University of
Oregon. He is married and has a
son, Richard, a senior at Rose
burg High School.
School Teachers Study
Evaluation Reports
The evaluation reports and rec
ommendations received recently
inim me cnairman of tne Accred-
!lit'n Visiting Committe
in visiting Committe are be
ing studied by Glendale High
sciiooi icacners, according lo Mrs.
Gerald B. Fox, News-Review cor
respondent. The group studied Glendale High
School and its program in a three
day visit early in March. Content
of the report is not vet being made
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school board on May 18, school mediately, as they'll be served on
administration mcmoers said
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BLOOD DONORS Clarence Rasmussen, H. E. Schmeer ond Harry Hill, left to right
above, ore ready to give another pint of blood apiece when o Red Cross bloodmobile
stops in Roseburg two days n;xt week. Schmeer is Roseburg's champion donor, having
given 51 pints of blood to rtie Red Cross blood program. Rasmussen hos donated 45
times, ond Hill 32 times. The bloodmobile will be at the Elks Lodge 3-7 p.m. Tuesday
and 1-5 p.m. Wednesdoy. Quota is 250 pints. (Paul Jenkins)
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City Revenue
Higher Than
Anticipated
The financial picture for the City
of Roseburg continues to look
bright, as the third quarter finan
cil report for the current fiscal
year showed the city to be $22,846.
59 ahead of anticipated revenues.
The total non-property tax in
come was scheduled to have reach
ed $114,299.50 by the end of the
first nine months, which ended
March 31. The quarterly report
shows them to have reached $137,
145.09. City officials could nol predict
what the final outcome in the budg
et receipts vs. actual receipts de
partment would be at the end of
the year, but city auditor Bob
Hanberg said the picture looks
bright enough to anticipate that
more than the planned $65,000
would be cut from the city debt.
He pointed out this, of course,
all hinges on whether or not
there are any setbacks in the an
ticipated income for the last three
months of the year. Hanberg said
that if all goes well, as much as
S85.00O may be trimmed from the
debt, which slood at $145,531.85 at
the start of fiscal 1960.
Ten of the 14 budgeted income
items are ahead of schedule in the
total funds received, but some are
expected to level off by the end
of the year. .
The largest lag in income comes
in engineering fees, which will not
be paid to the city until various
improvement projects are put un
der the Bancroft plan. To date, no
eneincerina fees have been collect
ed and the fund is $14,250 behind
schedule. The projects, however,
are expected to be Bancrofted be
fore the end of the year.
The other lags come in the box
ing commission fees, which were
scheduled to have reached $112 by
now, but no boxing has been held;
in the golf department, which is
$61 behind its $1,064 schedule: and
in gas tax refunds, which are $127.
70 behind their $1,372.30 schedule.
Largest increases over their
scheduled amounts come in t h e
fines and hails department, which
is $13,072.44 ahead of schedule: the
franchise fees, which are $10,884.
30 ahead of schedule: and the build
ing department, which is $6,139.15
ahead of schedule.
Glendale Directors
To Attend Meetings
Glendale School Board members
and school officials will attend va
rious official meetings today and
in uie near xuiure, according to
Ms. Gerald B. Fox, News-Review
correspondent.
Five board members planned
iu aucim u.e Voumy ocnotu puaru
Assn. session today in
Supl. Marlin Yoder and Elbert
Brock, elementary principal, will
be present at tho session on "Ad
ministralors and Their Functions"
in Medford today.
Mis. Leota Fisher and Supt. Yo-
The new school hoard will take
office on
that agenda will be the opening of
h., hiH ..i h, ,ii k.i.
lots, and a report by Lawrence
Gibson, high school principal, on
the National Secondary School
Principals' meeting held in Port
land recently ,
Teacher vacancies for the 1960
61 school year exist in commercial
and homcinaking positions in the
high school and two first grade and
a fifth grade position in the ele
mentary school. Resignations of
.Mrs. Delores Frickc, Mrs. Bcrneice
Thicle, Morris Jiminez, Charles
Plummer, Mrs. Elma Archam
beau, and Mrs. Jane Walker open
ed these posts. The rest of the pro
gram was devoted to an orienta
tion discussion for the new board
members.
Two typewriters, which can be
purchased for $50 each, are avail
able to the public at the end of
the school year, said Yoder. Those
interested should contact Lawrence
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26 Po9ei ROSEBURG, ORE. THURSDAY, APRIL 28,
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PROMOTING beautification of Roseburg's downtown blocks ore Spencer Yates, left, and
Alan Knudtson. Jackson St. between Douglas and Washington Aves. blossomed out with
magnolias Wednesday, (News-Review photo)
City's Business District
If Businessmen Have Their Way
Downtown Roseburg will leaf out
permenently if a group of busi -
nessmcn has anything lo say about
it.
Potted magnolias which were set
out Wednesday on Jackson St. be-
.. ,., anrt WaKhinolnn
Aves., they hope, are the first dec-
Sneeze Guards Planned
For School Cafeterias
Cafeterias In the Roseburg
schools probably will get "snecz.e
guards" whether Dr. John H. Don
nelly wins or loses in Monday's
School Board election.
A $900 item lo buy glass barriers
to protect food from germs car
ried by virus-striken students was
deleted by the school, Budget Com
mittee last month.
Wednesday night, Donnelly pull
ed his rank as county public health
officer.
He said the law slates that Ihe
cafeterias must have the guards
and "I'm going to see that they
do."
Donnelly, a candidate for a three
year School Board term, spoke at
a candidates' forum at tho high
school.
Britain Drops Missile
LONDON (AP) Prime Minis
ter Macmillan's government
Wednesday night won expected
parliamentary endorsement for its
abandonment of Britain's Blue
Streak missile in favor of an
American missile. The govern
ment said separate development
of a British missile would waste
money.
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Magnolias Blossom
orations
in a beautified business
1 district,
The way toward beaulification of
the downtown blocks was opened
last winter when tne City Council
set down specifications for placing
potted shrubs along the streets.
The council told a group of mer
chants lhat not more than one
shrub could be placed in lhe dis
tance between parking meters. And
tho merchants were informed they
would have to keep un the green
ery, including watering. The siuubs
ana pots must be uniform in color
and size.
That was enough for jeweler
Alan Knudtson and attornevs Soen-
ccr Yates and Gordon Carlson to
start tne ball rolling.
Yates recently contacted busi-
Land Bureau Sells
Four Timber Tracts
Two Bureau of Land Manage
ment timber tracts in the Coos
uay District and one in tha Alnl
ford district were sold this month
The biggest tract was 7,522,000
noard feet sold to Cascade P vwood
Corp. of Ilecdsport for $192,0-12. 90.
Another tract in the Smith Riv
er aramage east of Gardiner was
purchased by Clear Cut Logging
Co. of Eugene. It paid $7.1.610.20
for 1,673,000 board feet of timber.
Meanwhile, the Robert Dollar Cn
of Glendale paid $41 per thousand
Doara leet for Oouglas fir and a
total of $315,250.85 for a tract con
taining 7,706.000 board feet on the
Mt. Ruben-bden Valley Rd.
Douglas County.
Another sale located in the Brum
met Creek area north of Sitkum
was purchased by Robert N. Cam
eron of Roseburg. He paid $96,-
an. is ior z.khy.uuu mam icet.
Smith Charges Byrd, Carninc
With 'Spread-Eagle' In Race
Democratie Sheriff candidate
Carl Smith returned to the attack
against one of his primary rivals,
Deputy Sheriff Gail Carnine, in a
political rally at Reedsport on Wed
nesday evening.
Smith has previously brought up
the issue of Carnine's candidacy,
in a legal sense, because of his
dale of party registration change.
Carnine prevailed In a court test
instituted by a Democratic party
member.
In his P.ecdsport address Smith
contended in effect that Carnine
was teamed with Republican in
cumbent Ira Ryrd in trying to
spread-englo the sheriff's race
field.
Smith said he studied the pos
sibility of running for sheriff alt
er resigning as undersherilf, was
encouraged by Democratic parly
officials, and was elected secre
tary to the Douglas County Demo
cratic convention. He filed on
March C after Byrd had already
filed. Then, he said, Lojl franco
later entered tha race.
Limine filed on the last day,
1960 99-60 PRICE 5c
To Blossom
nessmcn in his block that which
blossomed Wednesday to see if
they would accept the plan. They
wouia.
in tne meantime, Knudtson is
contacting merchants in the block
in which his store is located
Jackson between Cass and Lane
Aves. He hopes Ihe move will be
taken up on other downtown
blocks. Knudtson estimated cost of
each shrub, including tub, at $25.
The lubs arc being built by Kel
son & Pyle Woodworking Co.
Magnolias were selected. Knudt
son said, because of their identifi
cation with warm climates.
That fits in with what the Cham
ber of Commerce is trying to pro
mole Roseburg's year-around
mild wcalhcr.
Then, too, Knudtson explained,
magnolias keep their leaves
through the winters, so lhat the
decorative effect will be maintain-l
cd.
Papers May Run
Roseburg Weather
The Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce likes to boast of the area's
climate, but it also wants people
to know Hoseburg has weather.
Roseburg's weather records have
been omitted the past few weeks
from the Northwest tables in Port
land's two daily newspapers. So
Harold Rcaumc, chamber secretary-manager,
wrote lo the papers
to complain.
Wednesday, he had promises
from both papers lhat they would
jump on the Wealhcr Bureau to
get service for Roseburg. Editors
explained the records have been
arriving too lale to he published
in editions reaching this area.
according to the News-Review, said
Smith, and said it was with Byrd's
approval.
South Has System
Claiming this is "the start of a
political machine," Smith said a
similar system is customary in
southern states (deputy and boss
running on separate tickets to re
tain their own group), and that it
usually is accompanied by corrup
tion. (Smith is a West Virginian,
originally).
He asked: If Carnine loses the
primary election who is he going !
to support? The Democratic candi
date or Byrd? I
Smith said he's campaigning
"with my own car" and that Byrd
and Carnine are bolh using county
cars in their slumping. Byrd to
day denied (his, claiming Carnine
was using his own pick up in cam-
paig
his
igning and that he would use
own private vehicle.
In the court test Carnine had
dcniivfjiliis line of attack, claim
ing lhat he was indeed a serious
sheriff's office contender and had
South Korean
Revolt Cause
Of Death Pact
SEOUL. South Korea (AP1T .
Ki poong, his wife and two sons
committed suicide todav in orien
tal atonement for the revolt Lee's
election as South Koreas vice
president touched off.
Ten hours after Lee and his
family died in a cottage on tha
grounds of the presidential man
sion, the chief casually of the re
volt, ex-President Syngman Rhee,
left the president's house Ion
yards away and was driven with
his Austrian-born wife to a mod
est hillside villa where they took
up life as private citizens.
Sentimental, friendly crowds
along Rhee's route applauded him
and women wept, in sharp con
trast to the bloody rioting which
forced the 85-year-old father of
modern Korea to end his 12-year
rule over South Korea.
lhe old man waved and smiled
occasionally at the crowds.
Cabinet Group
Hhpe' sitf,.nficnn Anlinw T).. 1
dent Huh Chung, named six inde-
penncms to nis cabinet, bringing
uie new government lo nine mem
bers. All Doliticallv ihHonnndsnl .
they include a noted surgeon, an
educator and two bankers.
ami vacant is the key oost of
minister of defense, ax well
the agriculture and communica
tions ministries.
rour more memhera of ihn Na
tional Assembly, all members of
Rhee's Liberal nartv. rxian,i in-
day. The Assembly had demand
ed that they quit, charging they
jnvuiveu in ricL' np in
March 15 eleclions which named
Rhee to a fourth ip
Ki poong to the vice presidency.
Murder Count '
taillcr Hull's envrnmnnt lo.
sued warrants for the arrest of
the former home minister, Choi
In-kvu and siv nih,.a ha,-.,.,u.
with responsibility for the voting
frauds.
Charges of fraud, intimidation
and police brutality during the
election set off the six-week re
volt that overthrew the Rhee re
gime. Choi has been in hiding since
the bloody climax of the revolt
April 19. There have hcen uncon
firmed reports that he has fled
the country.
Others whose arrest was
ordered were Lee Kang hak, tor.
iiicr uuecior ot me hated Nation,
al Police under Choi, and Hun HI
suk, Rhee's campaign manager.
Son Wields Gun
The death of Lee and. his family
was announced by the army com
mand, whicli slill is in charge of
maintaining order in Seoul and
other major cities under martial
law.
The announcement siud the 64
old vice president-elect, his wife
Maria Park Lee, 52; and their
sons, 2nd Lt. Lee Kang-suk, ti,
and Lee Kane-uk. in r,,n.,,,in,i
suicide at the home of a member
of the president's secretarial staff,
a friend of Mrs. Lee. .
The announcement eaVA tin In-
tails, but it was understood that
the elder son whom ifh,. unn
his childless wife had adopted
shot his parents and his brother
and then turned the gun on him
self. Red Cross Fate Slated
For Decision Tonight
The fate of the Douelas Cnnni
Red Cross activities will be deter
mined Monday at a noon luncheon
meeting in Uie Roseburg Elks Club.
Charles Woodrich. eauntv Rpd
Cross chairman, said he wants all
ooara members present for the de
cision. On hand for the meeting will hn
Thomas A. Gill, San Francisco, di
rector of field services for the Pa
cific area in the Red Cross organi
zation.
"He will participate In the de
cision of whether or not we carry
on the services we havr- In tha
past, in view of the limited financ
es raised this year." Woodrich
said. He continued that probably
some of the services will be cut
out of the program, or all will be
continued until money Is exhaust-
ed when the entire program would
stop.
Woodrich said the contributions
to the Red Cross had been disap
pointing mis year.
said so on the record many months
before the actual filing. He wasn't
present at the Reedsport meeting.
Other Democrats appearing at
Reedsport, with non incendiary
speeches, Included circuit judge
candidates Dan Dimick and John
Horn, Democrat Judge candi
date Frank Ashley, Democratic
county commissioner candidate
Dallas Bennett, and district judge
candidate Gerald Hayes.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Relzenstein
Though ostensibly out of
the presidential race. Adlai
Stevenson ond Nelson Rocke
feller give the impression from
news reports that they are
loitering at the race track,
wearing spiked shoes,
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