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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1958)
o (District 549C Patrons to Vote obi Budget Tuesday Voters of School District 849C (Medford) Will be ask ed to vote on the district's 1958-59 budget next Tuesday. Each year since 1946 the budget has been presented to the voters, to approve the amount over the 6 per cent limitation. This is necessary because the constitution pro vides that a budget more than 6 per cent over a district's tax base must be approved by the voters, and the tax base has long been far too small to provide for the need3 of the growing district. Estimated expenditures for 1958-59 total $2,525,441.17 compared with S2.329.765. 89 Tn 1957-58. Estimated receipts tor next year total $1,007,- 035.85, making $1,518,405.33 the amount necessary to bal ance the budget. Adding the amount of $93, 358.21 estimated not to be collected In taxes, the total estimated tax for 1958-59 would be $1,613,763.54. Sub tracting tlje tax needs within the six per cent limitation, $453,757.31, and the amount not affected by the limita tion, $162,923.44, leaves the $997,082.79 outside the six per cent limitation which must be approved by voters. The total budget for the coming year is $195,675.28 larger than the one for the current year. But the net amount to be raised by local property taxes is only $38,- 534.34 more than this year. The difference is accounted for by an increase in other income, largely from a higher payment from the state basic school support fund. Reasons for the increase, and an analysis of the budget generally, have been pre pared by school officials, members of the district board and budget committee and officers of the local Parent- Teacher association. Budget Influences "The school budget," they aid, "influences the type and kind of teachers a system has; the type and amount of equipment; the conditions and maintenance of buildings; and types and kinds, of teaching aids, reference materials, li brary books, textbooks, and all the other Items needed J 1 1 in a moaern educational pro gram." Major factors causing the Increase are larger enroll ment, more teachers, rising I costs of supplies and equip ment, higher salaries of em ployees and increased trans portation costs. Last year's comparable en illment was 5,362; this year's, 5,600; and next year's expected, 5,825. The system is taking in about twice as many first grade students as there are graduating seniors. Twenty-two additional teachers will be needed next year to relieve excessive over loading and to staff new schools. Enrollment Statistics Enrollment statistics for the system indicate there are 3,120 pupils and 108 teachers in the eight grade schools; l,320pupils and 58 teachers in the two junior highs; and 1,160 students and 50 teach ers in the senior high. The teacher's salary sched ule is essentially the same in Medford, Klamath Falls and Grants Pass for 1958-59 and is comparable to sched ules of most other districts. Increases in school costs are duo largely to "non-controllable" factors, such as in creased number of pupils; ris ing cost of necessary services, supplies and equipment in or der to maintain a minimum standard program; and in creased demand on schools by community and state, an estimated 50 per cent in anestimated 50 Fer cent in cost in the past five years. School supplies were estimat ed to have risen 6.5 per cent this ear; art supplies eight per cent this year; and school furniture, an average of four per cent a year the past four y-ars. Maintenance Supplies Maintenance supplies were up an average of eight per cent in 1956, seven per cent in 1957 and 7:5 per cent in 1958. - Sixty-nine per cent of the cost cf operating Medford schools is paid through local property taxes, with 25 per cent more coming from the state, 1 per cent from the federal government and five per cent from the county school fund. Medford's school tax rate of 44.3 mills is among the lowest in the state, compared with other districts of sim ilar size, and is the lowest among first class districts in the county. Estimates of actual tax irK creases for property owners as a result of the proposed budget also were included in the report. Example Cited The owner of property with a market -alue of $5,000 would pay an estimated in crease of S5.38 for the year; S7.000, $7.53; $10,000, $10.75; S15.000, S16.13; S20.000, $21. 50; and $35,000, S37.63. The estimates are high, and would be more accurate by multiplying the assessed value from the tax notice by 4.3 mills, or .0043. Costs for schools have in creased an average of 12 per cent or more each year, while the tax base could only in crease six per cent. The mill age rate this year of 44.3 compares with 45.2 in the pro posed budget for next year. The .9 mill increase does not include an estimated 3.4 mill increase in tax rates which will be assessed against Medford school district tax payers as their share of the new county equalization formula for financial support of schools within Jackson county. New Formula Briefly, the report states, the new formula is based upon equalizing one-half of approved operation costs of county public schools. Members of he budget committee stated that the rec ommendations made in the Medford budget have been reviewed "item by item by the school staff and adminis trators, and by members of the school board and budget commmittee." Dr. D. Kirk land West is committee chair man. "Medford students -have consistently rated among top graduates and performers in competition with other schools of the state," the com mittee said. "This success can in a major way be attributed to the exceptional education al opportunities offered our students by the people of Medford." ; Other Members Other committee members are Robert Cunningham, sec retary, and Sara Fay Puhl, P. G. Humphreys, R. C. Taylor, Frank C. Bash, William A. Barker, Edward Branchfield, Otto Ewaldsen ar?d Keith Hockersmith. . Polling places at McLough lin junior highfeoys gym and KIWANIANS HONOR DENTISTS Dr. John Dickson, left, president-elect of Southern Oregon District Dental Society, receives plaque from Bill Singler, Medford Kiwanis club president, honoring Jackson county dentists who participate in the Kiwanis sponsored clinic. Individual dentists contrib ute one-half day per month free of clarge giving care to youngsters who otherwise could not afford, to have work done on their teeth. The clinic, in operation since .mid-March, is located in the county courthouse and has handled more than 350 appointments since it opened. Dentists were guests of Kiwanians last week at their noon luncheon at Rogue Valley Country club. Tuttle Honored by Area Pear Growers Shelby Tuttle, retiring man ager of Southern Oregon Sales, was honored at a lunch eon last week at the Rogue Valley Country cb. More than 40 industry refP resentatives, civic officials and area businessmen saluted Tuttle as an effective com munity leader for the past 37 years. The special testi monial luncheon was planned by his associates in the Med ford Pear Shippers associa tion. Tuttle was presented an embossed leather binder con taining telegrams, cards and letters from hundreds of his friends and . associates who had learned of his planned retirement. Makes Presentation Making theO presentation was Raymond Reter, Medford, president of the International Apple association and person al friend of Tuttle since he Hedrick junior high school cafeteria will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Any person 21 years of age or over, who has lived in the district six months, and who has registered at least 30 days before the election may vote. arrived in the Rogue valley in 1921. In tracing the chronological highlights of Shelby Tuttle's career, Reter related some personal and family history facts and anecdotes concern ing Tuttle and then reviewed his association with the pear industry. The Tuttle family moved to the Rogue Valley in 1921, after his discharge from the U.S. Army and acquired the old Washburn Orchard. In 1926 Tuttle was named as assistant manager of South ern Oregon Sales when that organization was formed. He became manager in 1934 and has been active in that ca pacity until his recent retire ment. He will be retained in a consulting capacity by S.O.S. even after his formal retire ment, according to company spokesmen. FAINTED TOO SOON Batesville, Ark. (UPI) Mrs. Robert Anderson heard a judge sentence her husband to three years in prison for receiving stolen property. Then she fainted. She missed the judge say ing, "but I'm going to sus- Vision Is Learnable, Lecturer Tells Group The age of gadgets and push buttons has done much to deprive today's children of the visual advantages and benefits gained through the doing of chores about the home and the many things for oneself that were part of everyday living for our fath ers and grandfathers." - This statement by Dr. Ed mund F. Richardson, interna tionally known lecturer from Hollywood, Calif., and direct or of study groups for the Optometric Extension pro gram, in addressing members of the Southern Oregon Op tometric Society, keynoted a post-graduate conference re cently. "The binocular oo-ordina-tion so necessary for the maxi mum and efficient use of vis ion in school to gain mean ing from the printed word is developed by children through Episcopalians Honor Bishop Portland (UPI) Episco palians in Oregon Wednesday night honored their retiring bishop, the Rt. Rev. Benja min D. Dagwell, at 70 din ners in parishes and missions of the Diocese. Bishop Dagwell, in an ad dress over a 10-station net work to the dinners, spoke to about 30,000 persons. He said he has confirmed 23,500 per sons, or an average of more than 1000 annually. The bishop was presented with a check for $11,174 by Coadjutor Bishop James W. F. Carman as "some recogni tion of the love and apprecia tion" of Oregon Episcopal ians. Bishop Dagwell accept ed the check "not as a per sonal gift, but one that is go ing into our work." pend the sentence good behavior." on your Sawdust for gardens Summer Rates McGINTY FUEL CO. Phone SP 3-6297 the experience gained by 'do ing' for themselves.. "Over 80 per cent of the teaching in the modern school system is through the visual MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Oregon, Sundiy, Junt 1, 1951 t pathway, and vision is a total bodily process that is learned in the same way that walk ing and talking are done. Be cause vision is learned, it is trainable. "Furthermore," Dr. Rich ardson said, "it is also time that we took a good look at the school classrooms to see whether they are built ade quately to sustain concentrat ed vision over many hours of time which, in itself, is a highly unnatural thing in the use of the eyes." -Taw lillkli Count on Kelthane to kill mites and prove to yourself the truth of this statement: "With Kelthane, you get low-cost and the best mite control." The money-saving reasons for this high-activity and low-cost performance are all-important: Kelthane delivers quick and certain kill to most of the troublesome orchard mite species. Kelthane has 1-o-n-g l-a-e-t-i-n-g residual action; therefore, fewer applications are needed. Kelthane is safe on foliage, safe to fruit finish, and safe to handle, when used as recommended. Kelthane can be used on all fruit varieties, even "sensitive" ones. CHECKMATE FOR MITES Begin your Kelthane program as soon as mites start to build up. You will like the way Kelthane kills mites in hot or cool, humid, wet, or dry weather. You can use Kelthanb all season to within a few days of harvest if necessary. Ask your dealer for Kelthane today! ROHMCtlAAS COMPANY WUHIMGTOH WlUJtt rHIUDaWtt I, ML St EjS'g its KELTHANE is a trade-mark, Rey. US. Pat. Off. and in principal foreign countries. UK is - ? h v-r, ft d)U la M V SI G o Ray Johnson, Manager The KMED family contest winner will be announced June 10th O 0 TO yLL OUR KMED LISTENERS who assisted us so splendidly in our recent program analysis. You've been o a great telp. 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