Tuesday, September I, 195J
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, gakm. Oregon
Staff of Salem Schools
Twice as Large as
Statistics tell the story of
bulging school and in increas
ed staff never before eoualed
In Salem.
Along wIWi the price of
bread there has been a rise in
the population of the nation
and the state, of Oregon and
of Salem in particular.
This has nevessarily brought
a rise in school children and
an increase in school staff.
According to the last city
census taken, In 1950, there
were around 43,000 people liv
ing In Salem as compared to
30,000 in 1940. To accommo-
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date the children of this In
creased population city schools
nave raised the number of
staff members from 200 in
1840-41, to 300 In 1950-S1
This year the total will be close
to 400,
Divided Into schools, there
wui oe around 200 in elemen
tary, 80 in junior high and 70
in the senior high.
Some SO new teachers will
lead the classes, most of them
from Salem. There will also
be members from most every
other town in Oregon, Includ
ing Astoria, Ashland, Elgin,
Portland, Albany, La Grande,
Corvallis, Coquille, Monmouth,
Redmond, Independence, Bak
er, Sheridan and Hubbard.
, Other states represented will
include Kansas, Washington,
Wisconsin, Illinois, New Mex
ico and California. From out
of any state will come an
exchange teacher from New
Zealand. ,
Sweet Home
WOSthool Dates
Oregon College of Educa
tion, Monmouth Mrs. Lor
na G. Ranetta, who for sev
eral years a primary grade
teacher in Salem public
schools, has been appointed
supervisor of teaching in the
Monmouth Laboratory school
beginning In September, un
der Joint appointment by
School District 13C and the
Oregon College of Education.
Exchange Teacher
Arrives at Lebanon
Lebanon The city's first ex
change teacher. Miss Isabel Mc
Lennan of Perth, Australia, ar
( rived here Wednesday. She was
met by Mrs. Betty Curtis, prin
cipal of Santiam school, and
Mrs. Doris Gunderson, who left
Thursday for Australia to teach
on a Fullbright scholarship.
The exchange teacher has
been assigned to teach in Le
banon's newest grade school,
Cascade.
Mrs. Gunderson, accompa
nied by her two daughters, Ka
ren and Rosemary, left Port
land by plane Thursday night
for Sydney, Australia, from
whence they will go by train
to Perth. There Mrs. Gunderson
will receive her teaching as
signment. She has for several
years been an Instructor in Le
banon's Santiam school.
Independence
School Med
Monmouth New appoint
ments, shifts in assignments,
and resignations of supervis
ors of teaching in the Mon
mouth and Independence ele
mentary schools, have been
announced jointly by Henry
Tetz, superintendent of School
District 13C, and Dr. Roben
J. Maaske, president of. OCE,
as follows.
The resignation of Mrs.
Dortha V. Taylor, fourth
grade supervisor in the Mon
mouth Elementary school, has
been accepted. She has taken
a position in the Eastern Mon
tana College of Education at
Billings. Miss Margaret Perry
will replace Mrs. Taylor in
the fourth grade of the Mon
mouth Elementary school and
will also be the advisor for
the OCE Future Teachers of
America chapter. '
Mrs. Jessie P. Hill, kinder
garten teacher last year, will
teach first grade succeeding
Miss Lillian Nicholson, retir
ed. Miss Mildred Kane will
resume her work in the kin
dergarten after two years of
study for the doctorate at
Teachers Collge, Columbia
university.
Mrs. Lorna G. Ranetta, for
several years second grade
teacher in the Salem public
schools, " will replace Miss
Grace Kaufman, resigned, in
the second grade in the Mon
mouth elementary school. The
third grade will be taught by
Mrs. Lois Vandepool, for sev
eral years first grade teacher
in the Corvallis public schools.
Miss Henrietta B. Wolfer
will replace Miss Perry in
the Henry Hill school at In
dependence in the fifth grade.
Miss Wolfer is returning this
fall after a year's graduate
study at the University of
Texas and George Peabody
College. She is well known
In Independence and former
ly served as supervisor of
teaching there.
HELP
WANTED!
PARENTS of elementary students in Salem
public schools wanted to help relieve last
minute rush to get school supplies on the
afternoon of the opening day of school . . .
September 21st.
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At Needham's Book Store
Official Lists Are Available and Our Supply
of All Items Is Complete
1. First Grade Includes S Work Books..
$2.12
2. Second Grade Includes S Work Books
$1.43
3. Third Grade Includes t Work Books.
$1.43
4. Fourth Graded $3.55
5. Fifth Grade iSSSS ....... $3.90
6. Sixth MeRKfiou. $4.20
Complete Supplies...
Books for All Ages!
SHOP EARLY AT
NEEDHAM'S
Book Store
46S Start St.
Salem
Sweet Home Sweet Home
Union high school will begin
classes for the 1953-34 school
year on Sept. 14.
The new opening date con
forms with that date which
was established earlier at Le
banon, Albany, Seio and
Brownsville.
By state law, the school year
must Include 180 teaching days.
Legal holidays are included,
when they fall within the teach
ing week. So to make up for
the late start which was six
days later than originally
planned so that the students
may help harvest the late bean
crop, It was decided to cut
three days from spring vaca
tion and add one day at the end
of he school year schedule,
which will be June 2.
At a recent meeting of the
District No. 2 school board,
members approved the 19S3-94
calendar:
Sept. 10 and 11 County In
stitute in Sweet Home; - Sept.
14, start of classes; Nov. t and
10, County Institute; Nov. 11,
Armistice Dav holiday: Nw
26 and 27, Thanksgiving holi
ng; uec. mrougn Jan. 3,
Christmas vacation; March 18
and 10. Sorine vacation? Mv
31, Memorial Day holiday; and
June z, ena oi classes.
The Sues Canal tm mhnul inn
yiles long.
BACK TO SCHOOL SECTION-! T
Urge Parents to Buy
Supplies in Advance
Parents' are being urged by
the school administration to
purchase supplies of pupils be
fore the opening day of school.
All stores In Salem handling
school suDDliea have liiti n
the materials required. Mer
chants Join with the board in
requesting early shopping In
order to avoid the usual last
minute rush.
BIS C08TS LOWERED -
In 1920 the cost of provid
ing school bus service for pub
lic school students was almost
$41 per pupil per year. Today,
in spite of Inflation, the an
nual cost per pupil la only
29.
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