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Superintendent Discusses Taxes at Women's Meeting The cost of public schools in the United States has increased much less than the costs of many other services and necessities in the last 100 years according to Leonard Mayfield, superintendent of Medford public schools, who spoke on taxes for Jackson County Republican Women yesterday afternoon. His talk followed a luncheon attended by a large group. - Education costs now average about 3.4 per cent of the nation al income, the speaker said, which is only slightly more than the 2.7 per cent of the national income which was the estimated cost a century ago. This is the more remarkable in view of the greatly expanded program which the public schools offer. Medford is in a very favorable position as far as school taxes are concerned, the superintend ent stressed. Using charts with comparative tax figures from 17 cities in Oregon approximately the same population as Med ford, he showed that Medford is the fourth lowest among these In point of the tax load on the true cash valuation of property. In point of bonded indebtedness, Medford is also one of the low est in the state among cities of comparable size,- the speaker said. . The tax levy for schools was up this year only a fraction in spite of the fact that the district added 32 new teachers and more than 50 classrooms in two hew buildings, he said. The school levy last year was 39.5 mills, and is only 39.8 mills this year, he said, adding that the increase would have been some what more had not the assessed valuation of property in the dis trict been increased. ' About 68 per cent of the prop erty tax money collected in Ore gon goes for the state's schools, i -i j BURSTING WITH IDEAS FOR SPRING... 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Read one family's answer in "Bulging at the Seams," second in the Journal series "The Plight of the Young Mother." DR. SPOCK, the Journal's author- ; ity, tells at what age a child's ' ' personality is largely formed! MORE-FOR-THE-MONEY HOUSE. Plans for a 7-room, 2-bath house for as little as SI 6,000. Complete portfolio with hundreds of ideas you can use in your house. SPRING FASHIONS ... 8 color pages. Your hat has more size, . new shapes. Suit jackets go to new lengths to please. ; IN A LI, 37 articles, stories, -and features Mr. Mayfield stated, and in Med ford, only 59 per cent of the property tax money is used for schools. About 7.4 per cent of all taxes collected in the state goes for schools. Mr. Mayfield pointed out that cities and counties have various sources from which they may collect taxes, but that schools derive their support from prop erty taxes only. The final chart he displayed gave recent figures to show that in point of taxable wealth back of each census child, Medford ranks at the top of the 16 com parative cities in Oregon used for the survey. " Mr. Mayfield prefaced his talk by a general explanation of taxes, explaining that ' taxes have always been a part of the economic picture of civilization, and adding that taxes are al ways imposed either by a vote of the citizens themselves or their representatives,- and that citizens may recall these taxes through the election process. Mr. Mayfield was introduced by Mrs. Wayne Stine, program chairman for the club, and Mrs. Robert Keeney, new president, conducted . the meeting. Mrs. Royal E. Bebb offered the invo cation. Mrs. Keeney introduced mem bers who will serve on commit tees this year. Fred Robinson passed peti tions sent to him from Oregon Republican headquarters which would insure putting President Eisenhower's name on the pri mary ballot. He announced that this would be done only if the president gave his consent, and added that in the event the pe titions were not officially used, they would be sent to the presi dent for inclusion in his ' memoirs. CALENDAR Calendar notices nd new for this society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition Is 1 p.m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a m of the day of publication and for week day news is S djt ' the day efore publication Tuesday : 6:30 p.m. Pi Beta Phi soror ity, Rogue Valley Country club. 6:30 p.m. Crater Lake post, VFW arjd auxiliary, VFW hall, 42 -North Front st. - ' Insurance Women of county, Kim's restau- 7 p.m.- Jackson rant. 7:30 p.m.: Medford Truth center, "Unity,". Room 203, Hol ly Theater bldg. . . ' .8 p. m. Lady Lions of Central Point, home . of Mrs. Wendell Panter. V" 8 p.m. Eagle Point Grange HEC, Grange hall. '.- 8 p.m. Pythian Sisters, Pyth ian bldg. 8 p.m. Lydia circle, Zion Lu theran church Mrs. F. H. Sher man, 841 - West 12th st.; Mary circle, Mrs. Ryder Berg, 733 Da kota st. , , 8 p.m First Methodist church, WSCS, Circle 10, Mrs. John Kent, 922 South Oakdale ave. 8 p.m. Jackson County Salon 8 and 40, home of Mrs.'Leo Wil liams, 1003 Reddy avenue. Wednesday . 12:30 p.m. Chapter A A, PEO,. Mrs. Grace Collins, 1810 East Main st. 1:30 pjn. Esther circle, Zion Lutheran church, Mrs. J. Tizek ker, 2116 East Main st. Auxiliary Honors Charter Member On 92nd Birthday Mrs. Maude Holmes, charter member of the American Legion auxiliary, .was honored on val entine's day by members of the Medford unit, the occasion being her 92nd birthday. She was pre sented with a ' corsage and a heart-shaped birthday cake. Mrs.' Leo Williams, hospital chairman at Camp White, report ed that 70,000 crepe paper pop pies have already been shipped to Alaska and other Oregon cities in preparation for the auxiliary's annual sale in May. A total of 541 hours of volunteer work was given at Camp White for the year 1955 by unit mem bers. As a community service proj ect - it was reported - that five members had helped with the recent bloodmobile visit and three members were blood do nors. Mrs. Minnie Bryant, poppy poster chairman, stated that the instructions had been sent to the various schools and work was already being done on the post ers for this year. . , Past presidents, under the su pervision of Mrs.' Nettie Ellen berg, will again this year make crepe paper flowers for the men at the Portland veteran's hos pital to use-in decorating their wheel chairs for the rose parade. Mrs. H. C Goldsmith on the success of the breakfast recently served the ' Rogue Valley hos pital campaign workers. She and Mrs.- Merle Jarmin were both presented with gifts by the 'presi dent, Mrs. Herb Gifford, in appreciation of their work.' A previous pledge to give $100 to the hospital was amended to a $500 living memorial. . Mrs. Earl Bigalow, chairman of the "Heart Sunday" campaign, asked for more volunteers and said that a meeting for ; them would be held Thursday, Feb ruary 23, at 8 p.m. at the Legion home. , . .' . According to the "National News", , national publication, of the American Legion Auxiliary, it states "Our nation's leaders, including President Eisenhower, sincerely believes that Korea is the only real anchor of freedom we possess in Asia. In Korea a year's education for one child can be purchased for the small sum of five dollars". As part of their child welfare work, it was voted to educate three children. A short Americanism-program was presented by Mrs. Biealow. who is also "Americanism chair man for the department of Ore gon. Following the meeting refreshments-were served by Mrs. Ross ,M inn e c i, - Mrs. Car old Parker and Mrs. Gifford. The table was centered - with an arrangement of , daffodils and yellow candles,' and the refresh ments were in keeping with the valentine theme. - Players to Enter Bridge Tourney - - - , A group of Medford . bridge ! players left. today for Portland j where they .will . enter the an- nual Pacific Northwest regional contract bridge . championship The tournament, which will open February 22 and continue for five days, will be held at the Multnomah hotel. , - . Jn the . group representing Medford clubs will be Mr. and Mrs. George Rode,; Mrs. Frank R.vBaker,. Mrs. R.. J. . Conroy, Mrs. T. J. Fuson and Mrs.. Wil liam' Kennedy . Also with the group will, be Mrs. . Stanley : Alcorn, Ashland. Mrs. .Alcorn, a life master, has been a winner in national' tour naments, held in the : east, but will be attending a western re gional tournament for the first time. . Week's Sewing Buy Cinch to sew this handy apron make a full length version for chore-time, cobbler style for en tertaining! . No fitting problems, it wraps and ties opens flat for easy ironing too. Make several in gay cottons use remnants for the graceful yoke, pockets, ties! Pattern 9129: Misses' Sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, . 18, 20; 40. Size 16 takes 4 V yards 35-inch fabric. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew CJhart shows " you" every step.' . , Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for Ist-class mail ing. Send to Marian Martin, care of Medford Mail Tribune, Pat tern Dept., 232 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print plain ly NAME, ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. Even if you don't buy apples in plastic bags, you'll be able to keep them fresher if you use the plastics for refrigerator, storage. Keeps the apples from drying. The top crust of a two-crust fruit pie should be folded over the lower one, then fluted. This will keep the. juices in. . Training Course Planned Thursday For Scout Workers A training course for Girl Scout workers in the Medford district will be given Thursday, February 23, from 9:30 a.m to 2p.m. at St. Mark's guild hall. Mrs. Lawrence Buonocre, training chairman, announces that the , course is for leaders, assistant leaders and , neighbor hood chairmen. The program will include: songs, how to conduct a flag ceremony, ideas for Girl Scout week, the Brownie revel to be held in March and instruc tion on "fly up" work. Scout leaders will also' be given information on badge work and court of awards ceremonies, good troop programs and a new program for neighborhood chair man. ' - ' . .' - Those planning to atterid are asked to' call, the scout office, 2-5912, Wednesday, and are to take a sack lunch to the Thurs day session. ' " " , 4 . If you want to vary the top ping of coffee cake, add a gen erous teaspoon of : ground ' all spice to your, favorite sugar and butter mixture. Tuesday, February 21, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE ARRIVING IN LOS ANGELES, Count Jean de Pierre de Po lignac (left) is met by son, Prince Rainier of Monaco, for dis cussion of details of prince's marriage to Film Star. Grace Kelly, scheduled for April in Monaco. (International) Graduate Here To Visit Family Miss Carmen Turpin, daugh ter pf Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Frazier, 619 West Second street, arrived Sunday to visit for about two weeks. She arrived from San Francisco where she was grad uated February 17 from the Dental Nursing college. Miss Turpin has lived in the Bay city for the past year and previously -attended Medford Senior High school. She will re turn to San Francisco after com pleting her visit. Go Shoot Yourself Down to Laurine's Carpet House to see what's new in CARPET LINOLEUM FORMICA VINYL DRAPES Open Wednesday nights Nothing down as little as $6.00 per month. Laurine's Carpet House .400 E. Main Ph. 3-5182 "" . 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