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8 A SUNDAY, MARCH 31. 1M3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Election on Budget for School District Scheduled Wednesday An election on the proposed 061,057.07 is added $89,561.40 reserved for expenditure in $1,521,986.17. leavlne a 2B mated rebate. limitation. A total of $388,- ation nl the district is exDecb budget for School District 549C for next year will be held in the district's 14 ele mentary schools between 2 632.30 the amount necessary to balance the budget. Added to this is $170,295.97, the amount of taxes which will not be collected and the esti The estimated tax levies for next year totals $3,798,928.27, of which $644,400 is within the 6 per cent limitation, leav ing $2,766,272.64 outside the 255.63 is not subject to the 6 per cent limitation. School officials pointed out that the actual tax levy may be less than the increase indi cates since the assessed valu ed to increase. Additional state future years, making an over all total of $5,150,618.47. The total estimated receipts and available cash balances is basic school support ana addi tional support from the coun ty also may keep the increase to a lesser amount than is in dicated. and 8 p m. Wednesday, April 3. dtij tao DELEGATES The four Medford youths above were delegates to the 16th annual Youth and Government day program, spon sored by the YMCA, in Salem last week. They are, left to right, John Dent and Mike Christian of the Tornadia Tri Hi Y; and Judy Kime and Janet Kolkemo of Dodge Tri Hi Y. Standing is Acting Youth Director for Medford YMCA, Bud Geren, who ac companied them on the trip. Highlights of their visit to the state capitol included attending the floor of the legislature Satur day and going to the Governor's ball Fri day evening. Miss Kolkemo and Miss Kime presented a bill of their own making be fore a mock session of the legislature. Air Force Continues to Seek Answer to Sonic Boom Problem How to prevent distress to civilians without jeopardizing the defense capabilities of the United States is the problem with which the Air Force has been grappling for a long time. ' It has not come up with an answer, Col. Edwin J. Witzen burger, commander of Kings Icy Air Force base, Klamath Falls, emphasized in a letter to Mayor James Dunlevy. ' Colonel Witzenburger's let ter was in answer to com plaints about sonic booms in the Medford area. The com plaints were received by the 408th Fighter Group which flics from Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls. The modern, high perform ance F-101B fighter located at Kingsley field operates at speeds beyond that of sound as a matter of routine accom plishment, Colonel Wit z en burger explained. As long as the supersonic speed is maintained, a pres sure wave is generated that extends outward from the aircraft in the shape of a large cone. It travels far enough to reach the ground even from extremely high altitudes and is dragged along the flight path as the plane makes its supersonic flight to the simu lated target. Under the proper atmos pheric conditions, the cone may extend as far as 30 miles to either side of the path with audible intensity, he said. When the pressure wave passes an Individual, it mani fests itself as a sudden, sharp, explosion-like sound that Is commonly referred to as a sonic boom, the commander continued. It tends to create fear and apprehension as well Caretaker Plan for Community Building Receives Approval Eagle Polnt-The governing board of the Eagle Point Scout Community building voted to give the executive committee permission to se cure an elderly couple as care takers for the building. According to plans, funds for a trailer home behind the building would be absorbed by community building funds. All utilities would be fi nanced by the city In ex change for the couple's seeing that the building is cleaned after use, keeping the appoint ment book, and opening the building for use. City representative Ted Hoffman agreed to lopk into the costs and present the Revised Street Maps Available Revised street maps of Med ford and eight other Oregon cities are now available through the Oregon state highway department, State Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper has announced. The maps include markings for post offices, schools, rail' road stations, city halls, court- houses and libraries. Streets are marked as open for travel or dedicated but not open, The maps were prepared in cooperation with the bureau of public roads. The oilier cities included in the map revisions are Ante lope. Dufiir, Grass Valley, Shaniko, Suthorlin, Wasco, Winston and Yoncalla. All are on single sheets except Med' ford and Suthcrlin. . Persons wanting the maps may purchase them by writ ing the traffic engineering dl vision, state highway build' ing, Salem 10, Ore. The 17-by-19 inch reproductions are 25 cents per sheet and the smaller ones, 8'-by-ll Inches, are 10 cents per map sheet. Checks should be made pay able to the Oregon state high way department. ASSEMBLY SET Ashland - "The American Corporate Enterprise" will be the topic of Leavitt S. White, Pacific district manager of Du Pont company, at the 10 a m. assembly Monday, April 1, at Southern Oregon college. Leavitt also will speak to ac counting and economics classes. I project to the city council Tuesday, and report back to the executive committee Wednesday night. In other action, Keith Kram bcal agreed to look into the possibility of obtaining a tele phone. Assistant Chief of Po lice Robert Moore told the group that the police depart ment had several reports of the rear door being left un locked and asked the coopera tion of all organizations In assigning one person to be in charge of seeing that doors are locked. The board voted to have a night guard light installed. In a building furnishings re port by Chairman Mrs. Harry Hanscom, she said new equip ment and furnishings have been provided in the kitchen. The committee will make a list of all community building property and mark it. A committee was appointed to survey properties, and re port back to the governing Doara meetings each six months. Mrs. Charles Martin, Mrs. Elmer Harnlsh and Rob ert Moore were appointed Mrs. Hanscom told the board it was the hope of the fur nishings committee to get a service for SO in both silver ware, which Is now down to 30, and in dishes. The board decided to ask the city park and recreation committee and the building park committee to meet with the executive committee to ascertain what work could be done by their organizations. Further work on the grounds was delayed some time ago pending clarification of city boundary lines. as many misconceptions of what the sonic boom is capa ble of doing. From Populated Areas Training and testing are conducted away from popu lated areas whenever pos sible. Supersonic flight is conducted over Medford only as a matter of absolute neces sity, Colonel Witzen burger pointed out. Frequently an .unidentified aircraft is detected by the air aciense radar system and it is essential that it be intercepted as quickly as possible. The urgency of the situation re quires that the most direct route be taken, and that the F-101 travel as fast as it is capable of doing. This may happen at any hour of the day or night. To delay the interception long enough to circumvent a sonic boom to Medford could prove disastrous, he noted. It is i necessary to train pilots under conditions simu lating actual combat. If an attack by unfriendly aircraft would ever materialize, the pilot charged with , the re sponsibility of destroying the enemy must be previously trained to be instantly re sponsive and to operate his weapon system to the full limit of its capability, Colonel Witzcnburger noted. To this end the Air Force frequently exercises the air defense sys tem to insure continuous peak combat proficency, he added. May Reduce Disturbance The Air Force is working with the National Aeronau tics and Space administration and the Federal Aviation agency in hopes that some method may be found to re duce the public disturbance. At present, there is no scien tific solution. Citizens who experience actual damage from a sonic boom, however, may file a claim, Colonel Witzenburgcr noted. These people should be referred to the claims officer, 408th Fighter Group, Kings ley Field. Asking for better under standing of the situation, the Klamath Falls staff pointed out In the letter to Medford that supersonic flight is rou tine with thousands of multi- mission aircraft stratccicallv located In the United States and throughout the world. Soviet aircraft, for example, sonic ooom Russia continu ally. Loionel Witzcnburger said he would welcome an oppor tunity to come to Medford and speak directly to the peo ple aooui tne sonic boom. The amount which voters have been asked to approve is $2,768,272.64, the amount of the budget exceeding the 6 per cent limitation. Polling places wil be set up in Griffin Creek, Hoover, Howard, Jackson, Jackson ville, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lone Pine, Oak Grove, Roosevelt, Ruch, Washington, West Side and Wilson elementary schools. District patrons will vote in the school which serves the area in which they live. The amount outside the 6 per cent limitation represents more than half of the money considered necessary to oper ate the schools and finance the educational program in the district next year. The $2,766,272.64 is $344,- 614.14 more than the amount approved by voters in the present budget outside the 6 per cent limitation. The total proposed budget is $5,061,057.07, which in cludes a general operating fund of $4,683,457 and a bond interest and redemption fund of $377,600.07. The total budget is $427,278.75 more than this year's general fund and bond interest and redemp tion fund. , Major increases in the pro posed budget are for teachers, teachers' salaries and for cap ital improvement. The cost of instruction next year, which includes teachers, principals, supervisors, con sultants, directors, secretarial and clerical assistants and teachers aides as well as sup plies and textbooks is estimat ed at $3,361,976, which is 71.8 per cent of the proposed budget. Fourteen new teachers will be added to the staff next year, school district officials have pointed out. In addition, the teachers' salary schedule was revised to bring it more in line with districts in Ore gon of comparable size. School officials pointed out that unless the salary schedule is revised, the district will have a problem of attracting and retaining competent teacners, The 14 new teachers will be divided among elementary and secondary grades, with six new teacher stations planned ab Medford High school. Most of the other teachers will be in the ele mentary grades. The other major increase In the budget is in capital im provements, an item which usually is financed through a bond issue for new class rooms. Additional-Classrooms Funds have been provided for five additional elementary school classrooms and for sev eral temporary classrooms at Mcqiord High school. School officials pointed out at a recent public hearing on ine Duaget mat additions to schools usually are financed through bond isucs. However, they are included in the budget this year because they are needed next September and time was not sufficient to call a bond issue election, bids and have the rooms con structed by September. Originally, the school board had planned to call for a bond issue to finance construction of needed classrooms during tne next two to four years, but because of unsettled dis trict boundary proposals the bond issue idea had to be held in abeyance until the is sue was settled. When the issue was settled, there was not sufficient time to meet all the legal require ments for a bond issue to fi nance the construction. School board members have pointed out that if the class rooms are not constructed, some primary grades will have to double shift-that Is, half the primary pupils will go to schools In the morning and the other half in the after noon. To the total budget of $5,- Medford Area Youth Singing in Choir Ernest J. Bolz, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bolz, 4005 Colver rd., Medford, is a member of the LaVerne col lege 34-voice choir, which Is now on a concert tour of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The college, located at La Verne, Calif., is a co-educational liberal arts school, fully accredited by the Western College association. It is in its 71st academic year. Bolz is a graduate of Phoe nix High school. The choir is singing at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the Church of the Brcthern, Med- j ford. I iiii.iroiia The ONLY Time-Tested GLASS FIREPLACE SCREEN Enjoyed by Thousands In the Rogue River Valley RADIATES MAXIMUM HEAT IIIMINATES tOOM HEAT lOii, SAVES FUEl PROTECTS AGAINST PlYMO tf AIKS. ASHES, OUT AND DRAFTS TWIN DOOIS OPEN WIDE FOR EASY LOADING OF FUEi CONTtOt DRAFT WITH TWO StlO ING DOOIS OR FAST OR SlOW FIIE SOU0 MASS CONSTRUCTION, IfAUTY UNHEARD OF. THOUSANDS IN USE WINTER AND SUMMER IURN WOOD, COAl OR OAS PHONE 772-7166 SMITH LUMBER CO. Corner 8th and Fir St. DISPLAY PRIZES The Medford Kiwanis club's annual Easter Egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 13, in Hawthorne park, starting at 9 a.m. Above the Rev. Harvey Coovert, (left) sub-chairman in charge of prizes, displays some of the prizes with Dick Lamont, project chairman; Dick Frey, publicity sub-chairman, and Curtis Nesheim, club president. No children over 10 years of age will be included in the hunt. The chil dren will be segregated by three age groups with each group offered a series of prizes. Eighteen prizes will be given away. Last year 13,000 children participated. National Forest Timber Sold in Two Sales Friday Joe Oliver, Trail, was high bidder Friday for 145,000 board feet of national forest timber in the Northside Union Creek blowdown area, Union Creek Ranger district, Rogue River National forest. Forest Supervisor C. E. Brown said the high bid to taled $4,072.50, compared to the forest service appraised price of $2,079.75, an increase of 96 per cent. Next high bidder in the oral auction was Wayne Ash, Trail. The other bidder was Frank Dolenshek. Timber in the unit consisted of 45,000 board feet of Douglas-fir bid at $40 per thousand board feet; 55,000 board feet of western white pine and pondcrosa pine bid at $31.50 per thousand board feet; 45,- 000 board feet of white fir and other species bid at $12 per thousand board feet. In a second sale Friday, Fir Ply Inc., Medford, was high bidder for 6,830,000 board feet of timber in the Sunshine Blowdown area, Prospect Ranger district. The high bid totaled $146, 586, compared to the forest service appraised price of $141,538, an increase of 4 per cent. Next high bidder was Mc Grew Brothers, Medford. Oth er bidders were Olson-Lawyer lumber Inc. and Steve O. Wil son. Timber in the unit consisted of 4,280,000 board feet of Douglas-fir bid at $28.25 per thousand board feet; 1,710, 000 board feet of sugar pine, western white pine, and pon- derosa pine bid at $15.60 per thousand board feet, and 840, 000 board feet of white fir and other species bid at $9 per thousand board feet. Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- HERKIE STYLES is one night club comedian who frankly admits that he earns his biggest, biggest laughs with his oldest, oldest jokes. Like the one about the three characters named into court for op erating a motor vehicle while, intoxicated. The judge looked them over with some disgust and demanded, "Which one of you drunks was t the wheel?" The spokesman for the trio explained hazily, "None of us, Your Honor. We were all rid ing' in the back seat!" A young: physician left his ear at a service station for a check-up and was out raged, when he called to retrieve it, to be handed a bill for $68. "It's like this, Doctor," the manager of the station told him suavely, "we had to call In a specialist" Jerome Beatty tells about a doctor whose doorbell began ring lng frantically in the middle of the night He rushed to answer It and found on his doorstep a man on whose head a pelican was roosting. "Say, Doc," begged the pelican, "can you get this thing off my feet?" C MM. by Bennett Serf. Distributed ty Kins Features Syndicate tz MEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADULT EDUCATION COURSES SPRING TERM SCHEDULE Spring term courses begin the week of April 8th. Registration is held at the first class meeting. The courses run eight weeks, un less otherwise designated. For in formation or schedule, call 773 7220. Homemaklng Cake Decorating Knitting I & II Bishop Clothing I & II Upholstery (5 weeks) Business Education Briefhand I Shorthand II Office Machines I Bookkeeping I & II Typing I & II i Civil Defense Family Survival (4 weeks) Hobby and Craft Photography Oil Painting I and II Drawing and Sketching I & II Water Color Painting I & II General Education Speed Reading Remedial Reading Public Speaking I Conversational French I & II Conversational Spanish IS. II , English Review Arithmetic Review Algebra I & II Application! Are leine Accepted for the 1963-64 Class ef THE SOUTHERN OREGON SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING. Far information, write or call the Adult Education Office, Med ford Senior High School, 773-7220. 773-7220 for Further Information A Public Service Advertisement by JCIF JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL Savings and Lean Aun. AXEL ALEXANDER fen l'-esM-B1iej M 0 You are invited As guests of PURUCKER'S To attend a DU ESQAIKI CONCERT THIS AFTERNOON March 31-2:30 p.m. at the HOLLY THEATRE You will be enjoyably entertained by two of America's finest organ ists, Shay Torrent and Axel Alexander. Shay is a composer, conductor, TV artist and recording star for Mercury records. Axel is graduate of the University of Breslau in Germany and has been organist, ar ranger, and composer for Radio Frankfurt, Germany also a recording artist for all major German record companies. You will be delighted with the Victor Borge type of humor and equally impressed with the musicianship displayed. Complimentary tickets may be obtained at the Holly Theater at the time of the concert. Your Free ticket entitles you to an opportunity to win a FREE $21.00 Value Hammond Playtime Plan. Sponsored by . . . PURUCKER MUSIC HOUSE SHAY TORRENT
