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The Mill City Enterprise Mill City, Oregon To The Editor: February 18. 1963 Recent Salem newspaper pub licity concerning the decision of Dear Sir: There seems tu be a groat the Santlain Union High board to not renew the contract of deal of feeling in regards to our Mr. George Stovall as Superin local aciiool situation As well tendent for the ensuing school there should be. 11 also ap|>ears that, some of year would lead the public to believe that tiic Mill City Ele us have loat sight of the initial mentary board is not in favor Idea of schools. Unless I am of reorganization of the Mill wnNig. the plan is to educate City ami Gates school districts our children. Or is it a matter into a single, twelve year ad of j»eis<Mialltles ami politics. Hy dispensing with an ad ministrative district. The Mill City Elementary ministrator every two or three board does, and always has fav years, wo can be assured of a or cd reorganisation They have vailed curriculum, accents on had t>oard members serving different subjects, anti othcr- on the County Reorganisation wise tlioroughly confused stud board. The Mill c.’lty district has. cuts in my memory, which goes « mi every occasion, voted in fav or of consolidation and work back over thirty years. There ed jealously to bring the two has never iieen a scitool ad districts together, notwithstand ministrator leave our town, of ing Mr Stovall's claim to being tus own fro« will. 1 have heard many people, the leader in the reorganization older than 1. remark, we should move. On Thursday. February 14. have someone like Ethyl Hickey, the Santiam Union High School tor our schools. Yes. Mr. Editor, tsianl went on record ns unanl- she too was tired. In a letter read tonight at | mously favoring reorganisation the Gates reorganization meet of the two districts. The Union High School board is comprised ing The Mill Elementary Hoard of the members of the Mill City recommended unanimously that and Gates Elementary school an outsider be hired as the new Supt of schools, and principal boards of the high school. Many reasons were voiced by In the «vent of reorganization, I various board members for not Ulla rroommendatiun will have renewing Mr Stovall's contract no more authority, than one las School Principal One from any group of cltizena. reason that was expressed quite 1 feel also that we should strongly, was that the retention I of such a controversial Admin never again have a candidate for a board member running istrator could contribute to the unopposed for election. Nor defeat of the reorganisation should there be an election ad election, to be held on March 4 vertise«! only after the tiling The Salem newspapers also I strt "d that there la a smold date for c.indidates is closed. It was mentioned In the news ering feud'' between the Mill paper that last Thursday, was Qty and the Union High dis the first time all of the Mill trlcti Due to the fact that the City members had t»een pres Mill aty and the Gates Elemen ent at a board meeting, since tary disncts apparently run very last year. when, the axes were smoothly, and all of the contro sharpen«! This is sort of a dis versy centers at the High grace, I believe. School. it would seem that Respectfully. thinking people might wonder i-owEix FLxrrwooD it. perhaps, the trouble could center in administration of the High School. As a further correction on ny Ed MMMrdy the publicity The headlines This is the week for doing stated that Mr. Stovall was "tired ". This is not true. His things at Santiam Weditosday contract expires at the end of is the datr of our clothing drive this school year. The action of for the "Save the Oitldren Fed the board was to not offer him eration" tp aid needy children a contract for the coming year. in the South. Our first rehears Mr. Stovall expressed his bit al for the Variety Show is this terness to the board in no un week The Junior class Is going certain terms and accused them to have a car wash all day <>t being absolutely irrespon Saturday and raffle off a ham sible." The people of the Gates and turkey at Saturday night s and Mill Qty districts elected game besides And it's also a these people to office They are week for doing things individ all hard-working. tax-paying ually. since the end of the six citizens of the areas Moat of weeks grading period is very them are freeholders and have near and those of us who have families. They spend many, been shirking had better get to many hours in establishing pol working Remember when the Sopho icies for their school districts. It does not sesm rrsonable, by more girls challenged the Jun any standards, to think of these iors to a Powder Ihiff football board members as "irrespons game last fall and lost? Not ible people " content with that, they've again If the patrons of the school challenged the Juniors, this districts do agree with Mr. Stov time to a basketball game. The all that the board members are date hasn't been set as yet. In not responsible, then they should thia game, boys will play a surely demand a recall of these quarter and girls will play a board members and elect a quarter, then boys and. again, group of responsible people to girls Something like Roller Derby, only probably not quite the board. as rough. At any rate, thia Very truly yours, JUIJA S. BASSETT, Chairman. should be interesting. Hoard of Education - Mill Qty District 129 J. Santiam Rippies Dear Mr. Editor: It is evident that Mr. Stovall used the Salem newspapers ns I a vent for his anger at not be- I ing rehired as principal of the I high school. In this Salem paper I he claimed it was the Mill City I ixMird that voted him out. Then I liow did Gates board members vote if there was only one vote in his favor? He also claimed it was because of his instigating the reorganization and if they fired him they were killing all chances of the reorganization of being a success. Many at the Salem paper's renders were no taken with Mr. Stovall's lan- guage that they completely ov- er looked a paragraph in that same article which stated AU. Ixzurd members voted approval of the reorganization plans and had scheduled meetings in ixith districts to answer any ques tion« people might have. It was also heard it was the Hoard that went about the "re hiring of Stovall" matter all wrong. Actually it was Mr. Stovall who brought that matter to a head and forced the Hoard to face the issue. Mr. Editor, why do people let their heads get so clouded with steamed-up false accusa tions that they fail to see the real issue. We need reorganiza tion and if we are forced into cleaning house to get it done, then let's not stop here. SUNNIE CHANCE. WEDDING STATIONERY I1ELIOG RAVED’ by th. creator, of Th. Hower Wadding I Jnr « be .vv.Ar.e./nwA aryr«««^ hbuogmving >■ bxmh raiaed Irlterinf rich look inf, elef ant IIFXliXsHAVING hM that individual took of fin ret craftsmanship. But it m«U only al ton! haJf «■ much aa yoss d «apart and ta read) with« a wwk Many other atylra from which In < ham. Telephone 897-2772
