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8 The Statesman. Salem. Oregon, Friday. November 21. 1947 Blame Lack of Finances, Not School Boards, for Inadequate Schools in Comity, Mrs. Booth Advises By Conrad France Staff Writer, Tht Statesman The current critical state of affairs in Marion county schools can be blamed on Inadequate financing, and should not be laid at the doorsteps of the county's 333 school board members, Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent, declared Monday. A population rapidly .increasing by births and in-migration, has far outstripped school facilities here, she said. Overcrowded schools throughout the county have led to other evils improper light ing, heating and ventilation, un safe and unsanitary conditions, poor classroom supervision and inadequate supplies and equip ment. In many parts of the county," Classes are jammed into churches, fire houses, basement rooms and auditoriums. Some schools are taking care of more than twice the normal load of students. "The public", Mrs. Booth said, "is at last becoming aware of a notable educational battle cry equal educational opportunities must be made available to every .child." General Increase Noted Although the county school cen sus is not' completed yet, records indicate a general increase over last year's 21,000 students. In some communities the general in crease has been 50 per cent and primary pupils alone have more than doubled in many schools. Mrs. Booth praised two 1947 legislative laws as 'steps in the right direction." She referred to the basic school support bill and the new county rural school dis trict boards, which, she said, would help equalize school financ ing loads on local andstate levels. "There has been some misun derstanding on the part of some, as to the reasons or causes- for the conditions of our schools or the crisis we are now facing. Many people have been pointing accusing fingers at local school boards." Full Of Headaches It's a tough job, this business of being a school board member, Mrs. Booth said? It is poorly paid and full of headaches. The only thanks board members get, she -said, are those which come from satisfied patrons (and these are few) and the votes of those (and these also are few) who vote at school elections. , "Board members are required to know much, to deliberate with patience and judgment, and to act with courage and decision and to keep everybody happy," the school superintendent stated. In Marion county 299 of the S3 3 school board members (in 111 districts) are men. The' average board member age is 45, the youngesOerving is 2i and the old est 76. Their nationality and back grounds are varied. Nine were born in foreign countries Rus sia, Sweden, Switzerland, Eng land and Canada. A total of 234 are from out of state, while 90 are born-and-reared Oregonians, Well-Established Clttsens Members serving on school boards are not "drifters." The average number ,'of years they have lived in their communities is 23, with the shortest length of residence in a community at two years and the longest 67. The av erage number of years served, on a school board by the 33S mem bers is six, while one member has served 30 years. Most of them are leaders in their communities and range from state executives to laborers. Of the total, 182 are farmers, 27 are housewives, 24 businessmen and merchants, 27 laborers, 15 car penters, three each are doctors, attorneys, bankers, engineers and livestock buyers. Only six are teachers and seven are executives. The majority of the board mem bers have had a good formal edu cation "backed up with much practical experience". Only 28 did not complete elementary school while 126 graduated from the eighth grade and 131 from high school. Forty -one of them have had one or more years of college work and six have de grees. Only Five Unmarried "They must know the prob lems of family, life," Mrs. Booth said, "as only five are single." All are taxpayers with the ex ception of six. With the exception of a very few, they are all . church-goers. Ninety per cent are protestant with Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist and Christian denom inations most prominent. Ten per cent are of the Roman Catholic faith. School board members serve without pay, Mrs. Booth said. "We forgot to give them credit for jobs well done. Critical programs might be laid aside for helpful ones designed to provide better school systems. It takes commun ity pride, interest and elbow grease to make good community schools." FOR LEASH 45C3 SQ. FT. 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HMHHaMHHJ These are represenUtive of til members of school hearts throughout Msrloa eonnty who eosos frosa sU wsllu of life. At vpper left Is Dosa Bishoorfck. ehairassa of the WoWhorn school oosHL Be owns s Tsriety store aa4 has two ehlhfroa. one in the second grade sad one la the firth. Clair F. Niblor. ehsinnsn of the Bells Passt dhsriet bosrsV aesr Weodbara, (apacr right) raises filberts, fnrfts sad her ries on his farm aad Us children attend the Belle rassl school. Karl B. Wipser, Tamer, (lower left), asases la his work of anlosdlag sheep from his 4t-aere fans. He Is ehalnasa of the aoa-hlgli caool board sad ass s boy la the elchth erode. Fifteen years of service oa Sales school boards Is the record of Mrs. Da rid Vf right. 75 Stewart st. pictured st lower right' Mrs. Wright finished her term ss Salem school board ehalnasa last year sad then wss elected to the beard agala, One proMesa fac ing Mrs. Wrishl sad an school board member is now to provide nacre sad adeeaale space to house the expsadiag school popahvtioa of Sslesa and Marion county. (Photos by Don DHL Statesman staff photographer.) .. . Griswold May Return Home ATHENS, Nov. 20-4P)-A high political authority said this week that differences between D wight P. Griswold, chief of the U. S. aid mission, and UJ5. Ambassador Lincoln Macveagh had come to the attention of Washington and it was "not unlikely" Griswold would return home. (Charles G. Ross, White House press secretary, said in Washing ton he had beard of no differences and knew nothing to indicate Gris wold would be recalled.) : Griswold told a news conference Tuesday that henceforth American officers here will "be observers and advisors on all military mat ters of the Greek army.'' He said he had recommended broadened authority for them to help win "the civil wax." iffiia-S rz 71 wen -rtrm- HERE'S WHY: 1. A bland of the workTi finest coffees. 2. Controlled Roosting an oxciuaivo HiUs Bros, arocoss antes ovory pound tho same matchlsos flavor. X Comes to you fresh, vacuum-packed in can and Uttra-Vac jars. TWOORINOS: Drt mmi GteM-l 1 Valley Obituaries Eobert Lee Thomas STAYTON. Nov. 20 Robert Lee (General) Thomas. 83, mem ber of a pioneer Thomas Creek family, died after suffering a re Lapse following an operation at a hospital in Eugene early Tues day morning. He had been in poor health for the past several years. Funeral services will! be held today at 2 p.m. from the Weddle Funeral heme in Stayton with the Rev. Willard Buckner qf Stayton Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Lone Oak cemetery. Familiarly known as; General, Thomas was born on the Thomas Creek donation land claim of his parents, John and Chartotta Shel ton Thomas, February: 16, 1864. There were eight boys and three girls in the family. His father and mother had each' crossed the plains by ox team from Missouri with their parents. JHe resided the greater part of his life ki the Jordan section, at tending the public . school there. He spent s few years in Rose burg and Medford where he ran pop corn stands.. He also spent some months herding sheep in the John Day country. The deceased married Elizabeth rons of Lyons who died less than a year ago. ror we last tnree years be had been living in Stayton with his brother, Thurston Thomas. He if also survived by a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Kimsey of Stayton; five grandchildren, and IS nieces and nephews. His grandfather built the first store building in Portland in 1145, from materials brought from the Columbia river to the site. It wss the first boat to bring a cargo, up tne Willamette and was towed by a rope manned by sailors. Pallbearers at the funeral are to be William Crabtree, S. K. Ely, Willis Cox, J. F. Richards. Frank Galloway and Mr. Shepherd. Planting Indian fashion means dropping seeds in beaoed - uo mounds of earth . among tree stumps. j 2 Aerialisls Injured in Fall MIAMI. !Fla, Nov. 20-(P)-Two performers fell from the high wire at the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey circus here last night and reports were that they were injured critically. Before an estimated 10,000 hor rified spectators who jammed the big top for its final performance in Miami, Harold Alzanas, 31. and his sister, Hilda, 18, toppled from the bicycle they were riding on the wire 33 feet above the ground. There was no net. The father. Charles Alzanas, 65, working .in the ring below, ran beneath them as they lost balance and their bodies struck him as they fell. Doctors on the scene said his action may have saved their lives. Knowledge of how to preserve meat with spires and the use of sugar was learned from the Mos lems by the Crusaders. Announcing THE OPEimiG hnrsdayf Hoy 20 north Diver Bed Keizer District .mm. . aBBBmBBSBBBBBSSSamamaaasaassmmamm m m m 28-oz. pkx. I 0 0 0 a o D 0 D D D 0 D 0 D D II LYNDENT3 S 1 SI MMAM aw. AVIMUU ULUmlMl Cretin of Wheal DUDE RANCH Apple Bntlcr Jar -29'0 280 STARR ! Pnrple Pliia-Prerves " 150 BRER RABBIT Ilolasscs lf-oc. Green Label BOYDEN Slrainedj Honey 5-lb. pail IIT. WHITNEY Oipe Olives Mediae Pi.t n-. 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