2 Brookings-Harbor Pilot
T hursday , june
FOR
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT
xeroml-clana m atter at the p oetofflre at B rookings, Oregon,
M arch 7. 1846, under the A ct of M arch 3, 1M78
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W ILLIA M G. P H E L P S , E ditor
SU B SC R IPT IO N RA T ES:
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N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E
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The Vote on the School Budget
School elections a re often, in them selves, confusing
th in g s. C ertain ly th e six p er cent lim itatio n law is not the m ost
ab so rb in g read in g and one could blam e th e v o ters very m uch if
th ey get slig h tly irrita te d over i t ’s com plexities.
T his year, things a re ju s t a little m u d d ier th a n usual,
in th e first place, a n o th e r has been piled upon th e one w ihch
co n sid ers th e school budget, this one to elect th re e new board
m em b ers. And because of a couple of w ierd law s, th e tim e for th e
elec tio n s is all fouled up.
So v oters this com ing M onday will h av e to go to tw o
s e p a ra te elections at th e sam e place. S o m etim e betw een two and
eig h t P. M they will cast th e ir votes for th e th re e m en they wish
to re p re s e n t them on th e school board. And from eig h t to nine
P. M., th ey will decide on w h e th e r o r not to approve th e funds
n ec essary for th e budget o v er th e six p e r cent lim itation.
A w eek ago w e’d have said th e school board election
w as th e m ost c ritic a l (in fact we did). B ut five very able men
hav e fihxi for th e th re e positions. No m a tte r who is elected, we
feel we will have able, sensible re p re se n ta tio n on th e board
So th e re m ain in g m a tte r is to vote (a fte r eight o’clock)
on th e exceeding of th e six p er cent lim itation.
Since th is is D istrict 17’s first y e a r as an independent
d is tric t, it has had no election of its own, voting w ith the rest
of C u rry C ounty on the school budget. T his y e a r’s excess over
th e lim itatio n will he atxm t th e sam e as if we w ere still in the
co u n ty -w id e d istric t.
B efore we go to far, w e’d b e tte r explain this six p er
cen t business. U nder th e law, a school d istrict can not spend
m o re in a school y e a r th an it has spent in one ol the th re e y ears
preceding, plus six per cent, w ithout ta k in g the m a tte r to the
people. T his y ear, School D istrict 17-C needs about 76,(XX) m ore
d o lla rs th a n would he jM umitted un d er th e six jmt cent lim ita
tio n , so i t ’s b ringing th e m a tte r up to you.
T h e reaso n s lo r its needs, we think, a re obvious. T he
trem e n d o u s g row th of this a re a has called for new schools, new’
teac h ers, and new equipm ent. T h e m ain reasons it is needed
this y e a r a re to h ire fo u r full tim e and one part tim e teac h ers;
to c a re to r the increased o p e ra tio n a l costs of o p eratin g the
schools to r m ore s tu d e n ts th an ever before, and to o p e ra te th e
new high school building as well as furnish part of its equipm ent.
A ctu ally, m illag e on p ro p e rty h ere should go down next
y ea r, as in creased v alu atio n s a re re flected on the tax rolls. So
the cost of taxes .per person should not be so severe. T his year,
though, th e tact re m a in s: we not'd m ore m oney th an we did
last y e a r . . . . you only have to look at th e grow ing a re a around
you to see why.
•U n d e r such circu m stan ces, it is obvious o u r schools
could not function on th e m oney proscrilx'd in form er years.
T h a t is why K is n ecessary low to com e to you to increase the
schtMtl’s budget
LES
WED JUNE 2 6
IT'S
T h ere will be a m eetin g of th e
Elks lodge at fhe C hetco Rod anti
Gun Club, Ju n e 17 at 8 P. M. a c
cording to P ete L esm eister, C h a ir
m an of the group.
In itiatio n and in stalla tio n of
nt w officers for th*' o rg an izatio n
is scheduled for J u n e 25.
Mr. and Mrs. C arl W hillock ol
B rookings this w eek announced
the en gagem ent of th e ir d au g h ter.
C arla, to Mr. John H entze, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E jn e r H en tze of
By
C LIFFO R D P. Ju n c tio n City, Oregon.
h he m a rria g e will be solem niz BY CURREY COUNTY,LUMBER. CO.
ROWE
ed S a tu rd a y , J u n e 26 a t th e
J u s t recen tly I read th a t v o ters S ta r of th e C atholic C hurch, w ith
of a ce rtain school d is tric t had all friends of th e bride cordiallv
approved six additional classroom s invited to atten d .
hut had tu rn e d down a new g ym
nasium . In a c o u n try w hich pop
G ra titu d e to God m akes even i
u larizes and glam orizes physical tem p o ral blessing a ta rie
>f
achievem ents ra th e r th an m en tal, heaven. Achille Poincclot.
it is indeed h e a rte n in g to learn I
that som e people som ew here had
th e co urage to m ake an in te lli lesu lt the boy lacking n a tu ra l
ab ility is e ith e r elim in ated from
gent decision.
th e ac tiv ity o r w arm s the bench
O nly th e brave a t h e a rt d are
tn o th e r w ords th e a th le tic pro-
criticize o u r public schools’ a th -j
grom is designed for th e benefit
letic program ; fo r th e people. 1
of those who alread y have, w hile
seem ingly, a re all for it.
W ith ,
th e “have n o ts” m ust rem ain as
sh o rte r w ork days and w ork
such.
weeks, th e populace m ust be e n
W hen coaches begin to b ra g
terta in e d , and now here can they
about th e n u m b er of hoys of m ed
get m ore for th e ir m oney th a n at
iocre ab ility whom th ey developed
a high school a th le tic exhibition. ,
into w ell-coordinated and w hole
"Go build your own houseU
B ackers of the program still som e-m inded youngsters, then and
m outh th e ir reasons for th e ir su p only then, can physical education
port. claim ing th a t the purpose p ’a n ts he considered as good in
A complete line of building
of such com petition is to develop vestm en ts.
c h a ra c te r. Anyone who believes
materials
Such a n rlle n iu m will never a r
th a t philosophy is e ith e r an ig rive, of course, until tax p ay e rs
noram us o r th e fa th e r of a hoy m ak e it clea r to ed u catio n al lead We Give S and II G reen S tam p3
on th e first strin g .
ers hat they are in tere ste d in th e
T he w hole ob jectiv e of in te r physical
developm ent
of
all
scholastic a th le tic s today is to win children, at (he sam e tim e im
gam es. A coach, th erefo re, d e pressing upon them th e fact th a t
pending on victories to keep his the school system has not respon
job is not going to w a ste v alu ab le sib ility w h atso ev er to furnish en
tim e try in g to develop ta le n ts or te rta in m e n t
for
ad u lts
w ith
to s tre n g th e n c h a ra c te r.
As a n o th in g else to do.
WORTH
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$3.50
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JOHN HENTZE TO
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CARLA WHILLOCK, ELKS TO MEET
17,1954
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