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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1953)
1 I / • . » ‘ ♦ ♦ ♦ SMITH RIVER ♦ Bv Ethel GntvVvn Superintendent's Report on Schools . . . Gem and M ineral * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Russel H Morgan, who has made the audit for the various school districts of Curry county, has completed the per-capita costs on the basis of average daily at- tendance, counting only' actual days in school, and disregarding days absent. / On the basis of these annual audits. Mr. Morgan has computed the per-pupil annual costs for the school districts in the county. In | Gold Beach and Langlois, sepa- rate costs were set up for the Union High school and the ele- mentary school districts. These costs were computed by adding the total cost in the elementary and union high school district and dividing by the total average daily attendance of the combined districts. There follows, a com parison of these costs, Club Active Brookings I iarbor Pilot S THURSDAY. JULY 2, 1953 Bollinger, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan About 45 members attended the Shepherd and Mr. and Mrs. Del Norte Pomona grange held Thursday, June 18, meeting of the Claude Goldizen. its regular monthly meeting on Mt. Emily Gem and Mineral club The club now has a membership June 21 at Lake Earl Grange held in the V.F.W. hall. of 68 and new’ "Rock hounds" join hall with a potluck dinner served With a membership of about 68 at every meeting. at noon time. Granges represent this local club is now the largest ed were Klamath Valley. Crescent in the state of Oregon and new Redwood and Lake Earl. Also “Rock hounds" join at every meet O bituary present were Mr. and Mrs. Bert ing. Pasco, G.B.O. representative from Funeral services for Thomas Highlight of the meeting was Humboldt county; also Mr. and Year I omniy " Smith, 14, of Brookings the showing of colored slides Brookings Gold Beach Port Orford Langlois taken by Mrs. George Funk at was held at the Baptist Communi Mrs. Jack Kent of Oakland, Calif. No. 17C U.H.I. and 3C IC. U.H.3 and 10C Peterson Rock Gardens at Bend, ty church Saturday, June 27. at Mr. Kent, a member of the State $304.26 $297.18 $408.58 Oregon. Credit Union, spoke on credit 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dr. Chas. 249.73 316.91 271.25 339.20 unions and told how they operate. 1950-51 A field trip is arranged for the Durden officiating. Interment was 289 74 363.58 265 54 382.40 Holland district, near Cave Junc in the \\ m. James Ward Memorial Plans were made to form a credit 275.84 310.89 283.91 373.09 tion for this Sunday, June 28. union which will include all mem cemetery. Roy H. Brown Mortu 323.91 279.47 375.81 bers of the three granges of the 4 Year Average .. 265.96 Anyone wishing to participate, ary was in charge. county and will be called Del Tommy was born Sept. 11. 19.38, may report at the Central build It is to be pointed out that for this four year period for the ing at 6:30 a m. on that date, pre in Beaver Falls, Penn., the son of Norte Grangers Credit Union. Shares may be purchased by any these figures are for the period county. pared (with lunch and old shoes) James and Margaret Smith. He • grange member in good standing. from 1948 until 1952. The clerks came to Brookings with his par One might make the compari for a day of rock hunting. Five directors were chosen to send in their books for audidt, and son with the last of the four year Tentative plans are made to ents and sister Alice about four usually the auditor has the com period. head the new organization. The average per-pupil maintain a booth during Lily Blos years ago and has attended school Other visitors present were Mr. plete audit report around the last cost for these four communities som Time for the pleasure ol here since. Jones of Curry County Pomona, of August or at the latest, the in Curry county was $314.64 those interested. Survhing, besides his parents and four grangers from Oregon middle of September. whereas, Brookings cost was Individual displays will be wel and sister is a half brother. James It is to be noted that over this $248.54, or an amount of $66 10 comed by the committee. Smith of Los Angeles. Pomona. Following the grange business last four year period furnished by less than the average. Since there A number of the local club a t affairs the fifth degree of Pomona the county school district auditor, were 527.8 pupils in ADA, the tended the Grants Pass Mineral under direction of Master Leo the local Brookings School Dis total actual cost was $¿14,887.58 and Gem show, June 13 and 11. Klorke, conferred the degree to trict No. 17 annual pupil cost less to the taxpayers than if tin Among them wen» Mr. and Mrs. Screened Sand, and Gravel a large class of candidates. The was $57.95 less than Gold Beach Brookings cost had come up to Tom Yokum, Mr. and Mrs. Chas • stage was beautifully decorated schools; $13.51 less than Port the average. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Trautmann with flowers for the Court of Po Orford, and $109.85 less than It might be further pointed that and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tygart. mona. Plans are made for a pic Langlois on a per-pupil actual a t the millage rate for the last foui A group representing the Gem nic for Pomona meeting at Kla tendance cost basis. It might be years has not increased in the and Mineral club of Brookings further pointed out that Brook local School District No. 17 tax went to Seven Devils on Sunday. math July 19. Among the members of the ings is $45.32 less than the aver structure. If the given individual June 28. Agatized myrtle-wood Top Soil Fill Dirt Smith River American Legion and age of these four communities’ pays a greater amount, it is due was one of the specimens sought. Drainage Rock Ladies Auxiliary who motored to school cost, or 14 per cent under either to increased assessment, or It is found only on the coast of Fort Bragg Saturday where they this average as noted. Since in to the individual gaining more Southwest Oregon. Phone 2341 attended the district meeting of the 1951-52 school year Brookings property. Those going were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Real E state District 1 were Mr. and Mrs. School District No. 17 had an In the ’’summary of assessment Tom Yocum, Mr. and Mrs. Vinton actual average daily attendance of Chester Crook, Mrs. Lucille Lawn, roll’’ furnished by George Sutton, Clark, Mrs. Eva Lee Long, Art and Mrs. Martha Owen. They re 527.8 pupils, the actual cost would Curry county assessor, the follow amount to $23,919.89 less than it ing totals for District No. 17 C turned home Sunday evening. The farmers are busy now get would have been if District No. are shown: ENROLLMENT FOR SUMMER ting their hay stored away in the 17 had cost up to the average cost V» barn. There is a good crop of grass hay this year. ,and on ac DANCING CLASSES MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES count of shortage of help in the Will Be Taken at Total Millage for District 17, hay fields a number of ranchers including rural school district have purchased hay balers and V.F.W. I lull, Thursdays and local school district special bale the hay in the fields and then store the bales in the barn. tax, county school and library. B allet — P ap — A crobatic Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ferrill and Year ending June 30. 1953 ................................ 44 mills One class w ill be all Ballet and Technique children of Leaburg, Ore., are Year ending June 30, 1952 ............................. 46 3 mills spending the week visiting the Year ending June 30, 1951 ................................ 51.7 mills former’s mother, Mi's. Frances Year ending June 30, 1950 .............................. 61.2 mills BONNIE KAY MINCER Ferrill. In contrast to the decreased per-pupil annual cost, and decreases in millage for school purposes during the past four years, school enrollment shows great increase. The following figures are taken WARD'S from the Curry County School Superintendent’s office. Salvage Sand and Gravel Propane Service School Year 1952-53 1951-52 1950-51 1949-50 1948-49 Enrollment ( as of Oct. ) 663 559 406 338 321 We carry a COMPLETE line of Gas Appliances, Wedgwood. Tappan. O’Keefe & Merritt, and Caloric ranges — General water heaters—Servel Refrigerators — Coleman furnaces. Tanks for rent, sale or lease. It should be further stated that Crescent City Phone 111 this enrollment of 663 in Octolier At Jet. Hwys 101 and 199 1952,, has increased to a total of 687 actually remaining in school as of May 29, 1953. It is to be further noted that if all of the pupils were to be housed in the school building at one time, there would be an average of 15.8 pupils in each classroom. It may be pointed out that if the 29 high school seniors were subtracted Office hours, 9 a. m. 5 p. m. from the total remaining on May 29, and the 70 first graders ex pected next Fall are added, there DR. R. E. SMITH will he a total of 728 pupils if no additional people move into the DENTIST community duripg the summer. PHONE 2831 Divide this number by the 15 classrooms that District 17 actu Dr. Richard L. Smith ally owns, and it would be neces OPTOMETRIST sary to assign 18.5 pupils to each classroom. How much space is needed? DR. ROY M. W HITE This question is somewhat hard to answer. State standards, how OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN ever, give us some light on the and Surgeon matter. Emergeneies at Any Hour "The pupil load in any class room in which a teacher is as PHONE 2701 signed to teach only one grade E t e n i gs by A ppointm ent should be within the range of 20- 30. with the benefits of a lighter teaching load provided in the pri- BROOKINGS CLINIC Y U P ... Census 910 762 557 450 422 We Have 'em THE BEST The Lucky " 7 ' mary grades.” With present pupils remaining, there is expected 217 primary children this fall. If we assume the midfile load for the primary children, 8 ’4 rooms would be needed for the primary children z There is expected 211 pupils in the intermediate grades. At 30 pupils per teacher, seven rooms would lx» needed for this level There is expected 122 seventh and eighth graders which would re quire four rooms at 30 |x»r nxim. Since there are four grades in high school, with no grade small enough to "get by" without tw< ‘t * ’ « = . f £ \ \ c . fc . sections each in the required sub jects, there is needed at least eight rooms for high school next O V tlA U t /AW I» evtBAUS O V ltA u S year. By simple addition, it therefore DON’T FORGET OUR BARGAIN TABLE appears that 27’-* room units are needed to take care of the dis This Week's Special trict’s pupils on a single session basis. The district now has 15 NAME BRAND LADIES’ T SHIRTS regular classrooms eight in the elementary building, and seven in Reg. $$.<5 — Now $ 1 .9 8 the high school building Conse A REAL VALVE quently *he district is now short 12‘a classrooms needed to place the sehols on a angle shi't b is> PHILLIPS DAD AND LAD (Above furnished by’ Lynn O Hampton, superintendent.) CANT b u s t e r W O R K CLOTHES »N w.«o NS
