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."
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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."
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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.
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