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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1946)
Page Eight THURSDAY, APRn BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON, Home of the Croft Lily shown later that the district can per cent. The following recommendations not afford to build a building of this size at the present time. It are made, after taking into con is desirable that the district start sideration the factors stated be the new building as soon as pos fore: 1. That the district levy for sible. The elementary building must the school year 1946-47, the sum Continued from Page One be built in sections, the first of of $10,000 as a part o fthe budget which should be ready by fall, if for capital outlay. i the central part of the build- 2. That the district make a at all possible. There are a num in? and level up the floor. special levy of $10,000 per year 3 Drain the excacafcion under ber of ways that a building can for a period of five years. be laid out so one or two rooms th“ building. .Thia can be done by 3. That the $11,500 now on running tile from the axacavation of one such layout is inclosed, to tne canyon back of the build- can be built at one time. A sketch hand be converted to the building ini,'. The type of soil in the ex This is to suggest an idea rather fund and used to start the new cavation suggests that a number than a plan for the building, the building before the beginning of o laterals will be needed to re- architect can do a better plan. school year. 4. That either 1 or 2 of the r »ve all the water. This tile In the sketch given the first unit should be covered with gravel would include rooms 1 and 2, the foregoing be used to put the pres and if this does not keep the two toilets, the corridor back of ent building into satisfactory con space dry the area may have to these and the heating plant. The dition. be covered with a light layer of second unit would include rooms 5. When and if federal funds bituminous road material. Addi 3 and 4. and after the building become available that the bond tional ventilation under the new has reached this stage, from one ing capacity of the district be room up can be added at any building may be needed. used for matching purposes. In time. 4. Place additional girders un this case the serial levy would It is recommended that the be transferred to the retirement der the hall Joists so that the gym and the remainder of the building be erected with a slab of bonds. building be carried independently. foundation, the concrete slab be SCHOOL CENSUS 5 Provide accoustical material ing placed upon a fill so that the in the halls on both the ceiling floor level will be three or four District District ind down walls to door height, steps above the grade line. None No. 17 No. 25 Total kccoustical ceilings in the class- of the cross partitions should be 1945-46 •••• «••• .... 310 bearing so that room sizes can ooma would help. 1944-45 .... 97 92 189 6 Finish the gym and toilet be changed by moving any par 1943-44 .... 92 78 170 tition. The rooms have been made rooms. 1942-43 .... 77 61 138 T Paint the entire interior of large enough to accomodate about 1941-42 .... 96 72 168 the building, of couse repairing 30 pupils in an elementary grade 1940-41 .... 109 77 186 or, if it appears desirable to all plaster before painting. 1939-40 .... 90 93 183 change the basic plan and make 8. Cover the floors with either 1938-39 .... 108 81 189 asphalt tile of battleship linoleum. the new building a high school, 1937-38 .... 105 79 184 to house special high school ac The first four items mentioned 1936-37 .... 114 83 197 above are “must” items for this tivity such as science or home 1935-36 .... 105 85 190 economics. If it is decided within year. The others are listed in 1934-35 .... 105 76 181 the or er of importance. If the the next two years to make this 1933-34 .... 113 71 184 plan recommended is carried out building a high school the room 1932-33 .... 107 82 189 it may well be desirable after sizes of additional rooms will vary 1931-32 .... 95 82 177 from those indicated. the other building has been com 1930-31 .... 79 73 152 The building can be constructed pleted to build a separate gym 1929-30 .... 74 70 144 nasium and use the present room of any type material above the only as an auditorium. This should concrete slab, although it is rec HIGH SCHOOL follow adequate housing of the ommended that monolithic con (Column 1— average daily at elementary school. crete be avoided. Tile and brick, concrete blocks, or wood will be tendance; column 2, enrollment; housing t h e e l e m e n t a r y more satisfactory. Column 3— Tuition pupils; and SCHOOL The development of the ground column 4 - Per capita cost). 1 2 3 4 Die indicated growth of the should be carried along with the » 52.4 61 b ;h s c h o o l indicates a high development of the building. A ........ 33.7 .... 42 195.59 school large enough to use effect good lawn nad proper shrubbery ....... 27.4 33 16 196 24 ively the whole of the present do much to improve the appear 10.2 23 12 220.43 building. A high school with an ance of any school house. It might .........27.4 35 153.47 average dally membership of 94 be pointed out, in this connection 32.2 39 16 139.951 will require five teachers, and if that good upkeep, and janitorial 36.3 40 15 128.64 there is any growth of the com service can go a long way in 41.3 47 12 98.70 munity above the present level overcoming the defects of a par 37.5 47 11 102.57 the number will be larger than tially inadequate building 31.1 40 12 98.53 has been indicated. Adequate high 34.0 47 19 95.98 i school instruction demands that FINANCING THE PROGRRAM ........27.6 34 10 108.851 certain rooms be set aside for The financing of the building 27.5 32 18 108.71 specialized activities so that the program, as is always the case in f February 8. 1946. utilization of these rooms will be “ boom” districts, is going to be Jraa than completed. Under these difficult. The real danger lies in Conditions It appears doubtful i f 1 the possibility of the continued my of the elementary grades can growth of the district beyond any be housed in the present building increase in assessed valuation. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kessler, more than two years. The situ- and son, Conner, left Saturday The assessed valuation has in ition demands at least a six-room, creased $390,510 in tw’o years due morning for Portland, Conner to probably an eight-room elemen to a change in the assessment leave for Fort Lewis, Wash., to tary school building. It will be ratio and to increased wealth in j report for duty, and Mr. and Mrs. the district. The preponderant I Kessler to search for materials part of the increase in assessed 1 for the Curry County Lumber Co valuation has been due to an in They returned late Tuesday. Mrs. Dewey Akers and’ three creased amount of property val ues in the district and represents ¡children, of Dayton. Ore., and an increase in tax-paying ability. Miss Lena Stilwell of the same Even though this is true the ta x j place, were week-end viiston at paying ability of the district has Brookings, where Miss Stilwell Home Designer not increased as rapidly as the was guest of Miss Edith Ott. and educational load. The a c t u a l Mrs. Akers and family visited Free Estimates on Complete wealth in the district has increas Dewey Akers. They left early Set of Working Plans ed 55 per cent during two years, Monday for their Dayton homes. P. O. BOX 36 but. in the same period, the school | Mrs K itty Smith of Gold Beach censur has increased 82 per cen^ was in Brookings the latter part HARBOR, OREGON and the number attending school of the week. With her husband, in the district has increased 100 they have long been proprietors of the Black Cat Garage at the ¡county seat, until her husband’s |death. John Darger. this week an nounced conclusion of his purch- ase of the building which was formerly the company garage of the defunct C. 4 O. Lumber Co. The deal has been in considera tion for some time, delayed bv settlement of the estate ’of the uG ? ° r 8 e Heiberger, from which the title was issued Call at the POot office while in town, an* day. to subscribe to the Brooking»-Harbor Pilot. Local School M ust Expand To M eet Growth O f A rea N O TIC E— Will the whom we gave the banii motor oil, come and c! Mrs. Foltz has been absent from barrel at once It js ¡n the Chetco Store, where she is Standard Service Station" cashier, in order to prepare her son, Karl’s, favorite food. K arl has just returned from the South Pacific, drooling at the mouth for some of “ mom’s” favorite dishes. "It’s different from navy chow, you know,” Karl was quick to answer. Karl, like so many returning Engineers service men, believes t h a t we Consultants should have a strong army and Surveyors navy at all times, and says that if we are again caught weak, we C entral Building won’t have the chance to arm— if there is ever another time. Mother “Lays Off” To Feed Up Service Son H . E. ECHOI CH AS. ECHI Brookings Try Pilot Clarified Advertising H andy S u b scrip tio n Blank BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, Brookings, Oregon. D ate.............................. ... 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