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Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER . Cwrifkr. Hill iyniii,,,, Inc. EDUCATION AND YOUR LIFETIME EARNINGS If you're planning to be a carpenter, you can count on earn ing an average of $209,000 during your working lifetime if you have a high school diploma but only $178,000 if you drop out after giade school a differential of $31,000. If you expect to be a plumber, you can count on average life time earnings of $252,000 if you graduate from high school but only $222,000 if you quit after elcmentarv school a differential of $30,000. Among truck drivers too, the differential in average lifetime raniings for those with and without a high school education is marked $212,000 against $189,000. The gap becomes even more dramatic among plasterers, mine workers, policemen, ranges up lo $42,000 over the working age years of 18 to 64. What good is a high school diploma lo an American who is not going on to college and who is heading for an occupation where the emphasis is on aptitude and know-how, not on formal education? The blunt answer is that employers in virtually all trades to day prefer high school graduates and are willing to pay for them and this is what Dr. Herman P. Miller, Special Assistant to the Director of the U. S. Census Bureau, will say in the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Quarterly to be published this Friday. That a college-educated man makes $170,000 more during Iii s working lifetime than a high school graduate is an impres sive fact, but it's not surprising. Nor is it surprising that a doctor, highest paid nf all professionals, makes $100,000 more than an accountant in a lifetime. What IS vitally important news is the mounting dollars-and-cents value of education to workers in just about every trade ranging from bus driving to hair cutting, from fire fighting to pipefitling. "Take a carpenter, for example." says Miller. "With a high school diploma, he has a better chance to get a regular job with a big and diversified construction firm. Then, rain or shine, he works every clay. Unlike the less educated and often also less trained carpenter, he may he the last to be laid off in slack times. "Or take t he busdriver. With a high school diploma, he may he considered for a job by a nationwide carrier without it, he may need a little luck to turn the wheels for any firm, often at lower pay." Miller's up-lo-dale findings on the money value of education, based on the llllil) Census, are nf extraordinary importance be cause, as he says, "There are still many in our society who have had little exposure to education, disadvantaged people who can not see how education can help them or !heir children." Yet, the fact is that in the trades, high school gr- 'rates are preferred for apprentice training and this, in itself, increases thp financial benefits of the diploma. The fact is that intensive, thorough training for skilled occupations easily can be worth more in the long run than picking up the skills on the job. The pay dill' -cntials go across the board. High school-educated craftsmen and foreman can expect to earn an average $311,000 more in a lifetime than those without the diploma. Service workers, including household help, can look forward lo $34,000 more if they have their high school diploma. Semi skilled operatives will have an average $24,000 extra with this education to help them. Of course, a college degree is a must for most of the profes sions and even for tlie few professions which do not demand a college degree, the rinllars-aml-ccnts advantage for the profes sional man with thp degree is enormous, ran go up In $100,0110 over a lifetime. Here are the average lifetime earnings tor men by years of school completed. Years of school completed Lifetime earnings age lR-til Less than 8 yrs. $143,000 8 yrs. $184,000 1-3 yrs. high sch. $212,000 4 yrs. high sch. $247,000 1-3 yrs. college $293,000 4 or more yrs. coll. $417.00(1 Seat Belt Tip Given for Holiday SALEM (UPI) -Nearly 30 per cent of the 527 traffic deaths re corded in Oregon so far this year involved people thrown from their cars at the time of impact, the Traffic Safety Divi sion said Monday. Many of these lives would have been saved by seat belts, the safety department said. With pre holiday traffic get ting heavier every day, the divi sion suggested an early Christ mas gift for motorists seat belts. Country of Origin Marking on Lumber Goes Before House WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Senate Monday approved and sent lo the House for final ac tion a bill that would require Canadian lumber brought into the United States to be marked with the country of origin. Canada has formally express ed its "deep concern" oyer the measure in I960 on grounds that the State Department that it would consider the requirement a violation of Canadian - U.S. trade agreements. Former President Dwight D Eisenhower vetoed a similar maasure in I960 on grounds that it would violate trade agree ments, and the State Commerce and Treasury departments op posed the marking requirement in hearings earlier this year. Cutback Hoped Supporters of the marking re quirement hoped it would cut back Canada's $280 million-a-year softwood lumber sales to the United States by making it possible lo enforce "Buy Amer lean practices. The requirement also laid the necessary groundwork for other bills which so far have not ad vanced in Congress to extend "Buy American" provisions as they apply to lumber. The lumber marking provision was included in a bill which would require imported prod ucts to cany a country of origin label even if they are repack aged in the United Slates. It Medford Grange Notes Central Point Grange Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. the Central Point Grange will hold its Christmas party for grangers and friends. The lecturer, Mrs. Gaston Floux. is ararnging a program of children's Christmas numbers. A Santa and treats will he part of the evening's entertain ment. Members are to furnish any of the following foods sandwiches, candy, cookies, popcorn balls, fruit cake or nuts for the snack supper. Preceding the Dec. 6 meeting, John Patrick, Eagle Point, showed colored slides and talked of his trip with the FFA, to Europe and behind the Iron Curtain. He lived on farms and learned about farming in East ern Europe. Freedom is a fac tor lacking in these countries, he said. The charter was draped in memory of President John F. Kennedy. A communication was read by the secretary from the National Grange Master Her schel Newsom, asking subordi nate Granges to drape their charters and observe a 30 day mourning period. Agriculture Committee Chair man Arnold Bohnert announced the annual meeting of the Ore gon Seed League in Portland and the State Grange agricul ture committee meeting in Port land at the State Grange head quarters. Delmar Smith quoted livestock prices. Home Economics Club Chair man Mrs. Morris Frink an nounced coming events of inter est to the women. Souvenirs of their recent trip to Hawaii were exhibited by Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Members balloted for s t a t e Grange officers. Included in other business. Master James Comutt announced the chair man of committees for 1964. Following the m e e 1 1 n g re freshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vail, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gordon. Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1903 PAGES 1 to 10 had been tacked nnln the bill as an amendment in the Senate and was accepted last week by a House-Senate conference com mittee. Canadian "Concerned" Canadian Ambassador Charles S. A. Ritchie handed a note to Deputy Undersecretary of State Alexis Johnson the day after the committee action expressing what a Canadian spokesman termed "deep concern" over the measure. But Ritchie did not indicate during the State Department meeting whether Canada might take retaliatory action. Canada exported about $280 million worth of softwood lum ber to the United States last year, accounting for about IS per cent of U.S. domestic con sumption. Lumber industry spokesmen have said the Cana dian share of the U.S. market increased this year. Add canned apple slices, chopped fine, to the pancake batter and bake as usual. Serve with butter, syrup and a dust ing nf cinnamon. 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