August 17, 1950 »_THF MILL CITY ENTERPRISE EF va Children’s Bill Held Vital to Schools Parents Required To Get Children Ready for School Increased costs and devaluated dol­ lars have made necessary an increase in the basic school fund, Mrs. Jen­ The county school superintendent’s nelle Moorhead, state president of the Office advises all parents of school Oregon Congress of Parents and age children to prepare them for en­ Teachers, said this week, in opening tering school on the opening day this the drive for the children’s bill to be Coming September. acted on by voters this fall. The compulsory education law "The measure on which the voters states that EVERY parent or guar­ will pass adds $30 per census child dian be held responsible for and re­ to the funds to be apportioned by the quired to send all children of school state to all local school districts,” age under tehir control, to school Mrs. Moorhead said. "The original regularly. bill, intended to provide about half If for any reason any parent or the operating cost of schools from guardian is in doubt about the law, state sources, missed the mark be- additional information can be se­ oause of increased costs and devalu­ cured from your local school officials ated dollars.” The proposal to increase the basic or the county school office in Salem for schools in Marion county and in school support fund was referred to the voters by large majorities in both Albany for schools in Linn county. The Enterprise has been informed houses of the legislature. While the that parents’ responsibility ends with measure technically msut be enacted getting children ready for school. It as a state property tax, actually the is the duty of the school district to funds expended thus far have all provide proper transportation for come from the state income tax, sup­ Children who live too far from school porters of the bill argue. Only by voting 306 X Yes, they say, to walk. can the state income tax provide ad­ ditional public school support and re­ No man can live piously or die lieve property taxes in the local righteously, without a wife.—Richter school districts. in the Oregon Journal. "Purpose of the Basic School bill is twofold. It would carry out the mandate of the state constitution that the state help provide a uniform I system of public schools. Secondly, it would not make school districts entirely dependent upon local proper­ ty values for operating funds,” VETERINARIAN recently organized Children's I committee maintains. STAYTON The committee points out that PHONE 411» alysis of records of children in Ore­ gon indicate the school population Opposite 1 will nearly double in the next ten years. In that period, they point out, (laude lewis' Service Station the state will need 9,000 more classes and 230,000 more desks. The 9,000 added classes would make necessary 9,000 more teachers. Under present laws school districts must build the class-rooms and buy the desks on funds from local dis­ trict property taxes. Supporters of the basic school bill believe that local taxes should not be called upon for , the full load of operating costs in addition to the building program ex­ pense. They believe that the type of school program should not depend on is no the wealth of the local district. Effects of sub-standard schools do not stop at the school district line, they point out. Just as a sound • Don’t expect your Phy­ sician to perform mira­ foundation must support every build­ cles. Remember, it takes ing that is to stand the ravages of more time and effort to time so must the child who is to be climb uphill than to coast an asset to the state have a sound down! Your patience and educational foundation full co-operation are es­ sential to rapid recovery. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere thanks to all those whose efforts in fighting the fire at the Golden Cycle mill this month prevented the blaze from reaching my house. I especially wish to thank the Mill City fire de­ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ partment, my neighbors and passers­ by who reported and fought the fire. pie scriptions BERT KARR F irst B ucket O f C oncrete DETROIT DAM PLACED BY CONSOLIDATED BUILDERS A: PRIME CONTRACTOR UNDEP SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT ENGINEER PORTLAND. OREGON DISTRIC CORPS OF ENGINEERS A ugust 5.1950 J. W. GOIN "MEDICINE MAN” Tailored Suits and Topcoats 1000 ■MIAMI NEW FALL AMI WINTER PATTERNS .11 ST ARRI5 Ell for Men and Women I’KIl 1 s t umi $4500 o. S95 "" I t 1 lit GARMENT GUARANTE! I» TO FIT I Dignitaries from throughout the state visited the Canyon area early this month as the first concrete was placed at Detroit Dani. The above scenes from the Capital Journal show the highlights of the first placing of concrete. At top right is shown the gathering at the speaker's platform at the side of Highway 222. In a few minutes these people were to watch the MILL CITY Mr. and Mrs Lynn Stover and Bob­ bie Ellen of Compton. Calif., left for their home Sunday morning follow­ ing a two week's visit with relatives. Fred Gnuschke, Morris Howe, and Dick Shultz spent Saturday and Sun­ day at the Prineville rodeo. Dinner guests at the Lowell Cree home Tuesday evening were Mrs. J M Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Gorton and Dale of Salem. Sunday. August 20. members of I the Cree family will hold their annual re-union at the Stayton city park. A basket lunch will be served at noon followed by a business meeting, pro­ gram and sports. A group of Mill City young people will go by bus Thursday evening to Portland to hear Evangelist Billy Graham. William Chase. Aurora, spent last I Wednesday with his grandparents. Dr and Mrs. David J. Ferguson. Mrs. Glenn Pike from Michigan left for her home Tuesday after visiting I several weeks with Mr. and Mrs Les­ ter Hathaway. Mrs. Arthur Kriever and Betsy spent Friday in Portland shopping, Mrs. Ida Kirk of Loleta, Calif. was i;» visitor at the George Cree home last week Mrs Tommie Craig has taken over METHODIST OFFICERS MEET A meeting of officers and teachers of the Lyons Methodist Sunday school was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hartnell Tuesday evening to select new teachers, to discuss the meeting place for the teen-agers, and to make plans for the Sunday school picnic which is to be held Sunday August 27. The lo­ cation of the picnic will be decided upon later, At the close of the meet- ing Mrs. Hartnell served ice cream and cookies. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cooke and Donna and Carol drove to the coast over the weekend to take Mrs. Cooke’s sister. Mrs. Hazel Austin to view the Pacific ocean and the many scenic spots around Otter Rock and Depoe Bay Mrs. Austin will be leaving this Sunday evening on her return trip to Mankato, Minn., where she is em­ ployed on the staff of the state normal college. management of Oleson’s dress shop Miss Frances Caraway and Louis Foreman of Portland spent the week­ end at the Frank Caraway home. Spending the weekend with her son Burton Boroughs and family Mrs. M Buroughs of Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. F H Hollyman twin babies have moved back to City fqnm Monmouth where Holly­ man has been attending summer school first bucket (shown immediately below) glide high above the canyon floor carrying the first of mon' than two hundred thousand bucketfuls of concrete for the gigantic structure. Governor Douglas McKay of Oregon (»•enter) Is pictured alongside the bucket as it rented on tern» firma prior to its first plunge into the depths of the canyon. With the governor are Col. O. E. Walsh (left) and Col. Donald S. Burns (right) of the corps of engineers. Blowing the whistle which signalled the placing of the first concrete is Jim Myers, CBI powder foreman, in the picture in the lower right hand comer. Closeup scenes of the lower­ most recesses of the hollowed-out river floor are shown to the left. In the lower-left hand corner the bucket has completed its first trip and is discharging the first concrete. Col. C. C. Davis, resident-engineer at Detroit Dam Is at the lower left in the foreground in the picture of the spectators. (Photos courtesy Capital Journal) w When You Buy From a SEARS Store The Santiam Tailors Get your Permanent-Type Anti-Freeze while still available ALLEN KEITH WHAT WE SELL WE SERVICE, TOO! Vw, onyfhmg yov pvrchove