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TOTTKTtttt MSDrORD fOMGOW) MAIL THIBTTHS Sunday. April 3, ItSS :: Heafpv MEW TALENT HIGH SCHOOL Shown above is an artist's drawing of the new Talent High school as it will appear after construction of a cafeteria and gymnasium, both of which are planned for sometime in the future. New athletic Kleti Talent High fields for football and baseball are being constructed to the south and southeast of the new building, and the new baseball field may be used this spring. Students moved into the new building Thursday. Architect for the building is Robert Keeney, Medf ord, and Frank Fairweather, Medford, is the, contractor. Opsins; Colorfful Rooms Featured Talent One hundred and forty Talent High school stu dents moved into new quarters during the past week. After years in a building that has been shared with grade school students, Talent High school Thursday was moved in to a new $123,424 building which was completed only a few days earlier. The new building, with a floor space of 17,093 square feet, provides enough room for 240 students. Talent School' Superin tendent Roy B. Parr says that will be enough space to handle an increased enrollment which is not expected for several years. Additional Space In addition, moving the high school to the new building will provide additional space in the old building for tha grade school. And some of this addi tional grade school space is needed right now. :. The new high school building Includes seven classrooms, plus a shop and library. Facilities for the school administration are a public area, general olfice, clerk's office, superintendent's office, storage space and . con ference room. The building has been design ed by Medford Architect Robert Keeney so that additions ran be made later as need arises and when funds become available. These additions will include a cafeteria and gymnasium. Until they are : constructed, high school students will use the cafe teria and gymnasium facilities at the old school, less than a block away. Only Paint Needed At the present time, about the only thing to be done on the new building . is a coat of paint for the exterior, a job which has been delayed by in clement weather. Present plans Call for the building to be paint ed a light. green, i . - A striking feature of the in terior of the building is the color scheme, which features bright, cheerful colors in distinct con trast to the usual "battleship gray" found in most older schools. Colors in the new building include bright yellows, pinks, browns, various shades of green, and others. They combine to make the interior "almost too cheerful to be a school," and to gether with modern lighting and lots of window space should re move any problems of eye strain. Now Library The large school library in cludes two small rooms, ore of which will be used for library- work, and the other will house the facilities for Talent High school's prize-winning news paper. Elsewhere in the building are a darkroom for photography work, and a student store, where students will be able to pur chase supplies. Cokes, and ether needs. The seven class rooms include a commercial room, science room, general purpose room, arts and crafts room, English and social . studies room and home making room. A folding wall between two of the rooms mav be opened and the result ing large room will be used for ; assembly purposes. j The homemaking room in-! eludes and ' automatic washer ; and dryer, sewing machines, I electric stoves and refrigerators, j Off the homemaking room is a , small room to be used for child j C3re and first aid classes, which are required for all senoir girls. Shop to South The shop is to the south of the main building and is con nected to the main building by a breezeway, which will become a corridor when the gymnasium ; and cafeteria are constructed. The shop contains a main gen-, eral work room, a paint room j and a spray room, which is spe- j cially designed to meet rigid j safety requirements. At the pre-j sent, plans call for the shop to be used only for woodworking, but the main room hag been de signed with a large door through which cars, trucks or trailers can be moved when metal work ing classes are added at some time in the future. All exterior and interior walls of the building are constructed of light weight aggregate block. All utility areas are plastered and all -ceilings have been ac coustically treated. Slab Floors Floors are concrete slabs cov ered with asphalt tile. Heating is provided by steam convec tors and vent heaters, and the building is so designed that an additional boiler can be added to provide adequate heat for the cafeteria and gymnasium when they are constructed. Contractor for the building is Frank Fairweather, Medford. Money for the building has been provided by a $159,500 bond issue approved by a 235 to 99 margin on April fi, 1954 by residents of the Talent school district. Professor To Talk At Roundtable Monday Dr. Newel Cornish, Eugene, a retired professor of business ad minstration at the University of Oregon, will be the speaker at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable tomorrow noon at the Jackson hotel. Dr. Comish, an' acknowledged expert' in the field of retail sel ling and marketing, was with the university from 1932 to 1&53, and has also taught mar keting, management and selling at Oregori State college, the Uni- OFFICE AREA One portion of the office area of the new Talent High school is shown above. Included in the building are a gen eral office, clerk's office, superintendent's office, and a conference room. (Landis-Shangle Photo) Boyd Gibson Named Ruch School Principal Boyd Gibson has been named principal of Ruch grade school for next year, the county school superintendent's office reported. He will succeed Elmer Ayers who has accepted an instrumen tal music teaching post at Oak Grove school. Gibson has been seventh grade instructor at Griffin Creek school. The county office reported that Principal Orvel Walker and -Mrs. Walker have resigned their positions at Evans Valley to each in Grants Pass. Walker has taught the seventh and eighth grades and Mrs. Walker the fourth grade and music courses. versities of California, Utah and Pittsburgh. Any member of the chamber can attend the roundtable lun cheon, and can bring guests. Eight Rogue River Teachers Out of 21 Will Not Return ogue River Eight out of 21 teachers at . Rogue River high school and grade school have resigned effective the end of this school year, according to Mrs. Genevieve Dick, clerk of the district. Those resigning include James R. Hayden. high school princi pal, and William H. Esselstyn, head teacher for the grade school. Leonard C. Walsh, superin tendent of schools and principal of the grade school, already has been replaced by John B. Harr, present Prospect superintendent, who will serve as superintend ent of schools and high school principal. Walsh will serve un til the end of the school year. Meeting Set Walsh's successor as grade school principal will be named at a meeting of the school board set for April 7, according to Ro bert C.- Gail, board member. Other members of the high school staff who have resigned are Richard L. Michaelis. in structor of band, chorus, and mathematics: Carol B. Harris, commercial instructor, and L. Lyle Brown, instructor of sci ence and mathematics. Members of the high school staff who wilt be returning are Walter L. Perry, shop and Eng lish; Ray McClain, physical edu cation and science; Altha S. Le Ray, home economics and physi cal education: Lyman L. Hat field, physical education and social studies,- and Gerard B. Fahey, Latin, speech, and Eng lish. Grade Ttachers Resign Members hi the grade school teaching staff who have resign ed are Esther Mae Moore, physi cal education, language arts, and grades seven and eight; Esse styn, grades seven and eight, mathematics, science, and physi cal education; Vivian A. Miller, third grade, and Bessie E. Pol lock, second grade Returning grade school teach ers will be Ron Brown, grades seven and eight; Jean M. Wicks, sixth grade; Edward F. Harmon, sixth grade; Robert J. Wilkes, fifth grade; Eugene H. Cota, fourth grade; Minnie L. Jensen, second grade; Mary Beck, first grade, and Camilla Kearns, first grade.- ' Crater Rock Museum EAST SCENIC AVENUE Central Point (Turn right at first traffic divider one mile north of Central Point) Featuring Primroses Your Choice of Color ALSO HONEY AND FINISHED OR ROUGH AGATE MATERIAL Open Every Day No Admission Charge HOMEMAKING ROOM Shown above is one corner of the home making room tft the new Talent High school. The room includes four units with electric stoves and refrigerators, as well as sewing machines and an automatic washer and dryer. Students moved into the new building Thursday. (Landis-Shangle Photo.) 'Mefropolitan' Sairaifeary Piano; Explained, flpp roved; rasfiic Alternatives Told toy Doctor Co-Op Advertising Program Discussed Grants Pass Plans for a three-county advertising pro gram during the coming tourist season were discussed here last week at a meeting of represent atives of five chambers of com merce. Among those attending were Don McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Ron Gandee, a member of the board of direc tors. Other ..chambers represent ed were Klamath Falls, Ashland, Grants Pass, and Illinois Val ley. The chambers have joined in an organization called "South ern Oregon Hospitality Unlim ited," which sponsors coopera tive advertising programs to bring tourists to this area. A budget similar to last year's was approved, and it was decid ed to place advertising in two daily newspapers in San Fran cisco, one in Los Angeles, and in Westways. a touring maga- BOY SCOUTS Troop 43. Gold Hill On March 29 the Boy Scouts of Gold Hill Troop 43, who ap peared before the board of re view for advancement to second class, were Jack Jones, Richard Jones, and Calvin Smith. , For Star: Leo Gilman, James Eldred, and Charles Johnson. There will be another board of review for all eligible Scouts who were not able to appear at the previous meeting. . The court of honor Is planned to be held the latter part of April. Date and place to be an nounced. Scoutmaster Gerald Gear has arranged for the Boy Scouts to be taught first aid bjf a Red Cross instructor who will be giving the course to employees at the cement plant. Al eligible Scouts will attend classes at the Scout hall over a period of six weeks beginning April 9 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. zine. A meeting of the group will be held this fall to assess the success of the program, and to lay plans for next year. A "metropolitan area," or one district encompassing the Rogue valley floor organized to pro vide sanitation, would be the most economical and feasible method of solving the sanita tion problem confronting the de veloped portion of the valley. If the present legislature does not pass drastic legislation to permit solution of this problem, the state board of health and health officers will be forced to take steps to provide temporary relief which will in the long run be more expensive. These views were brought out by A. D. Harvey, civil-engineer, and Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer, at a meeting of the sanitation committee of the Jackson County Public Health association held last week. The meeting was one of a series be ing held to discuss possible solu tions. Explains Plan Harvey gave a thorough ex planation of the plan which he has originated here, and which is patterned after those used 'in Los Angeles county and the bay area of California; He stated that Senate bill No. 434, introduced by ' Jackson county's Senator Phil Lowry, if ;.t is passed, pro vides the necessary legislation to permit organization of such a sanitary area. Dr. Merkel stated that "some thing has to be done; we have reached the saturation point," and said SB 434 and others cov ering specific areas in the state, are being endorsed by the board of health and the Jackson Coun ty Public Health department. A letter urging passage of this measure ana . signed by more tnan ju members of the com mittee was sent to legislators. Individuals and other commu nity groups were also urged to write on the matter. Ideally Situated In explaining the metropol itan district under one sanitary authority, Harvey stated this area is ideally situated to work out such a plan, with the valley following a gentle slope to the Rogue river. We are fortunate, he said, to have the main trans mission line and Camp White treatment plant falling into an engineering pattern which would make the plan feasible and eco nomically sound from the stand point of tne communities in volved and the state sanitary au thority. The Camp White disposal plant was built to take care of 35,000 people and can be oper-j ated for 50,000, he stated. j By making the valley into one i big sanitary district, under one beard there would be sufficient financial stability to allow proj ects which cannot be done in dividually, he pointed out. Taxes would not necessarily have to be raised for support of such a plan, he said. Should Pay Own Way "It is my belief that the area definitely served by the sanitary service should pay the load for that service," he said, "but most districts need more capital than they can raise under the law." As an example he cited the South Bear Creek sanitary dis trict, extending along Highway 99 from the new armory to Phoenix, which is badly in need of sanitary service. Under the law this district is not permitted NOW AT mm puinges' Ashland, Oregon Water 80 Degrees to bond for money enough to pay for this service. They are limited to $58,000 when they should have $90,000. In order to hook up with the Medford sys tem they must build a line which they cannot yet pay for. If there were an over-all au thority in the county," it could handle such matters, Harvey stated. Plan's Features One of the most important features of the Lowry plan is that it provides for future plan ning, and for other sanitation problems such as mosquitoes and garbage, Harvey stated, and it is flexible enough to allow for later developments. He also stated that his plan would not interfere with the city of Medford's current study for annexation of fringe areas. Although the plan includes the city and use of the Camp White GRANGE Eagle Point Grange Eagle Point Grange H.E.C. met March 30 at the home of Leona Wattenberg with Amelia Jones as co-hostess. There were 16 members present and one guest, Mrs. Leona Hackney. Cards were sent to Mabel Wertz, Winnie Brown, Rosa Smith and Luella Cline, who are all reported to. be on the improv ing list. It was asked that anyone de siring to do fancy "work for the fancy-work committee, contact that committee as there is workl for anyone that likes to do this. Members were reminded that homemade Easter hats are to be j on next display table and that each member is expected to have one to display. H.E.C. Chairman Carroll Cly mer told of the sewing contests that are open to any Grange members interested, and re minded them that anyone mak ing kitchen curtains should .have them finished by May; she said it is also time to be thinking about the canning contest. Next H.E.C. meeting will be April 27 at the home of Carol Clymer, co-hostess will be Opal Waddell. Roll call will be an swered by "Places I'd like to go and why." . . v disposal plant, it would not necessarily have to include the city of Medford in order to be workable. The district could con tract with the city for use of the plant, or separate unit could be built, he said. However, it has been the pol icy of the state sanitary auth ority to discourage putting in any more treatment plants than absolutely necessary due to dif ficulty of operation and since it is more wasteful; to operate in dividually, he pointed out Quicker This Way Asked how qoon he felt the plan could be worked out if the bill is passed, he stated he felt there is enough interest locally for petitions to be circulated immediately. After that it is a matter of legal processes, he said, but at any rate, it would be much faster than by individual small districts trying to organ ize. Committee members were in ested in finding out more about county zoning and how it might help the county especially if the legislature does not approve the sanitary measures and it was decided to hold a meeting to discuss this subject cn Wed nesday. 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