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CLASS IN LIBRARY Students at Hoover for elementary students now attending class
school, Medford, are shown above attend- es at Hedrick Junior High school. School
ing a class in the library. Four additional officials noted, however, that elementary
classrooms are planned at Hoover school to school students at Hedrick may not neces
help relieve the crowded conditions with sarily be assigned to Hoover school. The
money from a proposed bond issue on which students may be absorbed in elementary
district patrons will vote Thursday. The schools by some grade school boundary
classrooms also will make available, space shifting, they said.
Money from Bonds Would Build
Classrooms Needed for 2 Years
(Editor's note: This Is the
first in a series of articles
in which the proposed $750,.
000 bond issue to finance a
two-year construction pro
gram in the Medford school
district is discussed. District
patrons will vote on the is
sue Thursday.)
Patrons of School District
549C will vote next Thursday
en a proposed $750,000 bond
issue to finance a two-year
construction program in the
district.
Bonds sold from the issue,
if approved, will finance esti
mated building needs for the
next school year and for the
1961-62 school year. Building
needs are based on a study of
the census and school age
population.
Included for next school
year will be 11 classrooms in
the district's secondary
schools and 9 in the elemen
tary schools plus one addition
and ona major renovation.
Planned for the 1961-62
school year are eight elemen
tary school classrooms, major
renovations and additions and
capital outlays improvements
at Washington, Howard, Lone
Pise, Roosevelt, Lincoln and
Jackson schools.
High School Addition
If the boys physical educa
tion, health and class addition
at Medford High school is
complete for next school year,
it will add six teacher sta
tions, school board and budg
et committee members noted.
This probably will handle
, high school enrollments in the
existing and added facilities
for three years, they added.
-This year, the district
changed from a six to seven
period day which has helped
relieve the classroom problem
at Medford High school.
Completion of the old dis
trict shop into a boys' manual
arts department with a wood
shop and drawing room is also
planned for next school year.
The shop and drawing room
will be downstairs, with two
classrooms upstairs for art
and crafts or assigned as de
termined by need.
Two classrooms are planned
at Hedrick Junior High school
for the 1960-61 school year.
They are one vocal and one
dual purpose classroom for
both vocal and regular class
work.
The nine classrooms plan
ned in elementary schools in
clude four at Hoover school,
three at Oalc Orove and two
af TOT Act Cilia iitka,. QImitltG. I
trative offices and storage
space also is scheduled.
Renovation work is plan
ned in the multipurpose room
at Jacksonville, along with re
pairing and painting the ex
terior of the main building.
The multipurpose room is the
gymnasium which was used by
Jacksonville High school be
fore consolidation.
A stage, which also will be
used as a multipurpose room,
and acoustic tile for the gym
nasium ceiling is planned at
Ruch school. The stage may
be used as a band room, ad
ministrators noted.
Planned for construction for
use in the 1961-62 school year
are three additional class
rooms at Hedrick Junior High
school, two at Jefferson, one
at Griffin Creek and West
Side and two at .Wilson and
Hoover schools.
To Build As Needed
The two-year program is de
signed to construct those class
room and other facilities" as
needed. If additions planned
for the 1961-62 school year
are not needed because oi
some unforeseen reason, bonds
would not be sold.
Members of the school
board, budget committee and
school consultants believe that
school construction planning
should be limited to five years
ahead based on children cur
rently residing in the district.
And then, facilities should be
constructed only as they are
needed in areas where the fa
cilities will best serve the
children, the board and budg
et committee believes.
With plans and financial
needs arranged on a basis of
only two or three years ahead,
construction plans can be
stopped at any point if there
proves to be no need for addi
tional facilities, school offi
cials have indicated.
The board and budget com
mittee members also believe
that continued studies on
school needs on a long-range
basis are needed, including
purchase of future - needed
building sites.
Long range classroom and
building needs of district 549C
depend on several factors,
school officials said. Factors
involved in determining long-
range building needs will be
discussed in a later article. -
Traffic Volume
Increases at Two
County Locations
Traffic volume at two loca
tions in Jackson county show
ed increases last month over
February, 1959, the state high
way department announced.
A 3.4 per cent increase was
noted on Highway 99 two
miles south of Talent, where
6,664 vehicles were recorded
on the permanent automatic
traffic counter. In February,
1959, 6,446 vehicles were re
corded. The volume at that
location, however, was a de
crease of .03 per cent in the
last two months, the depart
ment said.
An increase of 1.2 per cent,
from 1,234 in February, 1959,
to 1,249 last month', was noted
at the traffic counter on High
way 62 four miles south of
Shady Cove. The volume
there was down 2.8 per cent
over the two-month period
just ending.
Other Locations
Traffic volume at other per
manent recorders in the coun
ty showed substantial de
creases last month from Feb
ruary, 1959, the department
said.
On Highway 238 one mile
west of Ruch, the volume was
462 last month, a 10.6 per
cent decrease from the 517 re
corded in February, 1959, and
on Highway 66 five miles east
of Ashland the volume drop
ped from 764 in 1959 to 691
last month, a decrease of 9.6
per cent.
During the past two months,
traffic volume on Highway
238 decreased 18 per cent and
on Highway 66, it decreased
19.9 per cent, the department
said.
Highway traffic statewide,
however, showed an increase
of 6.8 per cent last month
compared to February, 1959.
Substantial increases were
noted on Highway 101 ' and
Highway 99 at Oakland south
of Eugene.
AEC Lists Uranium
Reserves of U.S.
Washington - (CPD - The
Atomic Energy commission es
timated Friday the United
States had 86,100,000 tons of
uranium ore reserves at the
start of 1960.
It said Oregon, Washington
and Nevada had about 1,900
000 tons and Montana, Idaho
and Alaska, 1,100,000.
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Honored in Salem
Salem (DPI) State Agri
culture Director Frank Mc
Kennon, 70, was honored at
a luncheon Friday in recog
nition of his 25 years of ser
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Four Months Remain
For Veterans To Apply
For Home, Farm Loans
About four months remain
in which World War II veter
ans may apply for GI home,
farm or business loans, S. T.
Brannock, contact representa
tive, VA Domiciliary, Camp
White, said Saturday.
Under present law, July 25,
is the cut-off date set for
World War II veteran partici
pation in the post-war pro
gram that has seen more than
five million World War II
veterans take advantage of
the GI Bill loan provisions
since June 22, 1944.
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applications in sufficient time
before the July 25 deadline so
as to allow the VA to make a
commitment, will be allowed
an additional year, or until
July 25, 1961, in which to
have the loan processed and
actually closed.
Brannock pointed out that
these dates do not apply to
the Korean Conflict veterans
who have until Jan. 31, 1965,
to make GI loan applications.
World War II veterans who
also served during the Korean
Conflict period are considered
Korean Conflict veterans for
the purpose of GI loans, he
stated.
Under the GI loan program,
qualified veterans are offered
the opportunity to obtain VA
guaranteed or insured loans
to (a) purchase, build, or im
prove a home; (b) buy a farm
or farm supplies; and (c) buy
or expand a business venture.
Veterans In rural areas and
in small cities and towns
where guaranteed loans are
not generally available are
eligible for VA direct home
and farmhouse loans. The di
rect loan program for both
World War II and Korean
Conflict veterans is due to
expire July 25, Brannock
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