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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.
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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
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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
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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
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