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TEW MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Jfor. St, 1144 BUILDING PLAN IS TOLD BY DR. WELLS The state board of higher edu cation's proposed ten-year build ing plan to meet the postwar growth of Oregon's university and colleges was outlined be fore the Medford Rotary club Tuesday by Dr. Earl Wells, member of the faculty of Ore gon State college. Speaking at a luncheon meeting at the Hotel Medford, Dr. Wells emphasized the urgent need to adequate facilities to accommodate in naiH enrollment and also the many service men and women who will seen a couege tou tion through the GI bill of rights and other federal and state edu cational assistance programs. Public understanding and ap proval of the board of educa tion's proposed plan for a sound, business-like retirement pro gram in the higher educational institutions of the state was also urged by the speaker. Dr. Wells was Introduced by Kenneth Den man, local attorney. Surveys Cited Certain expansion of future enrollment In Oregon's college was based upon army surveys of service men and women which indicate a desire on the part of 35 per cent for continued schooling after the war. If only 10 per cent of this state's present facilities for higher education will be sorely taxed, the speaker pointed out. Population growth and Industrial expansion in the state will further overcrowded existing educational plants. Contrasting the prewar 1939 enrollment of 11,509 students In Oregon colleges with the antic ipated normal Increase to 21,000 in 1960, Dr. Wells stressed the need for far-sighted, long-range planning at this time. This nor mal advance in enrollment was based upon figures secured from other states and UDon nomila- tion growth. The cautious and conservative BEST PHOTOS REASONABLE PRICES C HAYDEN JONES . PHOTO STUDIO PHONE 9364 607 W. 2nd Phoaa aumbfti under nam MM rrad Ball WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts It Service on nil makes B & B WASHER SHOP 406 E. Main Phone S302 approach to the building prob lem of higher educational insti tutions on the part of the state board of higher education was lauded by Dr. Wells. The board has sought to solve the problem with "absolute need" in mind. The ten-year plan will Involve an expenditure of approximate ly $5,000,000, of which the first biennial appropriation will be $2,237,000, Not included in this sum will be the erection, of buildings of self-financing na ture totaling $2,518,000. It was emphasized that this plan is based not upon an almost certain postwar spurt in college enrollment, but instead upon normal growth. Original esti mates supplied by the institu tions themselves were reduced 40 per cent. State contributions to the building program of higher edu cational institutions have shown a steady decrease since xuiu, Dr. Wells told Rotarlans. At this time only 9 per cent of build ing expenditures are provided from state funds while gifts, fed eral grants and student fees have carried the major portion. More than $3,000,000 has come from these sources other than state funds within the past 10 years. The need for Immediate' change in the present anti quated retirement plan In Ore gon's university and colleges was further- stressed by Dr. Wells. Lgislation will . be pro nosed which' will provide a sound plan, of retirement pay and death benefits for instruct ors In which .they will be joint contributors with the state. It will authorize the board of higher education to determine the amount of these payments, the eligibility of participating instructors and to enter into con tracts with annuity and casualty companies. Such program, heretofore, has been held up ny absence of a legislative enabling act. Dr. Wells sooke here under the sDonsorshln of alumni of the University of Oregon, Oregon State college and other scnoois of higher education., ' "G00F BALLS" SELLER WAITS COURT SENTENCE Los Angeles, Nov. 29 U.R) Ernest Stapp, wholesale drug gist, today awaited probation hearing and sentencing Decem ber 14 after pleading guilty to selling phenobarbltal, known in some jive circles as "goof balls" without a prescription. Stapp's arrest followed charges by Deputy Sheriff Rob-' ert G. Johnston that he sold him "goof balls" and sodium pheno barbltal, also known as "yellow Jackets." In 1943 California produced 13,020,000 pounds of shelled English walnuts. HEW FORCES IN WORLD AF FAIRS AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEA LAND and the ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC! A Subject of Timely Interest to Every Amerlcanl FREE LECTURE Tonight -8 o'Clock MEDFORD HIGH SCH(X)L AUDITORIUM C. Hartley Grattan el Tuckahoe. New York Contribute tag editor of Harper's and Leading authority on Australia and the South west Pacific. This announcement pub llshed as a publie service by . . . RETIREMENT PLAN FIXED FOR PACIFIC FRUIT -EMPLOYEES A plan whereby eligible em-1 ployes of Pacific Fruit St Pro duce Co. will share In the com pany profits has Just been an nounced and Is now In effect, according 'to John Lervcod, manager of the Medford branch. The plan. It was reported, will enable employees, who partici pate, to build up a sizeable per sonal retirement fund without any contribution to the fund on the part of the employe. The tributlons to the fund for the individuals who participate. Announcement of the profit sharing plan was made to the 18 employes of the-Medford branch at a 'dinner held last night In the Medford hotel. Mr. Xarwood, district supervisor for Pacific Fruit It. Produce Co., was in charge of the dinner and later explained features and benefits of the plan to ' those present. Officials of the company feel that the establishment of this profit-sharing plan marks one of the greatest forward steps in the -53-year history of the com pany toward building future se curity for their employes, Mr. Larwood said. The Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. is one of the largest whole salers of fruit, vegetables and groceries in the United States and Canada, with 106 wholesale and 32 shipping branches. LANDLORD'S PETITION Chicago,1 Nov. 29 U.R) The legislative committee of the Na tional Apartment Owners asso ciation today asked that rent control In the postwar period be abolished in any area where the average vacancy in privately owned housing units reached 5 per cent. $54,000 IN BONDS Announcement was made to day by L. T. Nygaard. branch manager for the Standard Oil company in this area, that his company is purchasing $54,000 In sixth war loan bonds. This is Jackson county's share of $2, 000,000 worth of war bonds which will be bought by the Standard Oil company in this state during the currept cam paign, This sizeable purchase will provide a substantial boost to Jackson county's quota. In each one of the six war loan drives the Standard Oil company has bought $54,000 in war bonds in this county, ac cording to Nygaard. It is the company's policy to apportion bond purchases to each territory served in the. west. The Standard Oil company's war bond purchase was made through both Medford banks. THORNlflTES TO BE THURSDAY Ashland, Nov. 29 Funeral services will be held here tomor row, under auspices of Elks lodge at the Elks temple, for James Edward Thornton, Ash land civic leader who passed away at his home here Monday. Born In Ashland in 1869, he served as mayor of the city from 1928 to 1932, after filling out the unexpired term of C. H. Pierce. He was charter member of the local Elks lodge and served as its secretary for 28 years. He also served as secre tary of Oregon Elks association. During the Spanish-American war Thornton served as second lieutenant and was later put in charge of Young's scouts and Was cited for bravery in action. Ex-Sales Manager Gets Pen Sentence Chicago. Nov. 28 (U.PJ Leonard W. Winston, 42-year-old former sales manager for P. F. Collier & Sons Publishing company in New York, today was sentenced to 20 months in a federal penitentiary for check forgeries totaling $15,000. Winton pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe to cashing $7,000 in checks in two days in Seattle. Oh Mall Tribune Want Ada. MONEY TO LOAN! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unre deemed lewalry at great . sa-'ngs PEOPLES LOAN CO. ' 2291 E. Main Street State License P 137 . SCOLDS I Believe misery direct I Vffir -without "dodnj?" WE'LL PAY YOUR PRICE for your GAS BUGGY WITHOUT GAS! Fly In, Ride in. Fall in. Walk in. 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