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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1956)
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1956 County Budget I The Klamath County School Dis trict's operating budget lor fiscal year 1956-57 of $1,780,120.02 wilt be submitted to the voters of the county at a special election- May 7. announced county school super intendent Carrol Howe Monday. This total operating budget, School District lestSy For Voters Buick Dealer Attends Show Radical new experimental Gen-I erai Motors automobiles were viewed last week by Klamath Falls Buick dealer Jim Winde who attended the GM Motorama held at Pacific Auditorium In San Fran cisco. Winde reported that the Buick experimental "Centurion" has many advanced Ideas in motoring. The car is equipped with a new" type cantilever steering column which comes out of the middle of the front compartment and may be swung to permit driving the car from either side. This car Is also equipped with a television camera mounted in the rear which sweeps the road to the rear of the car and trans mits to a receiver mounted1 where the driver can view it. The car's body is constructed of fiber glass and has a clear plastic top, Winde reputed. While In San Francisco attend ing this dealer's preview of ex perimental automobile, Winde conferred with Edward T. Rags dale Oeneral Motors vice presi dent and general manager of the Buick division. Dent Funeral Rites Revealed Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 28. 2:30 p.m. from Ward's Klamath Funeral Home for Edgar H. Dent, 51, resi- aent oi Klamath Falls for 28 years. Mr. Dent was fatally Injured Sat urday in a fall from a two-story house being moved to Merrill. Death came in a Medford hospital wnere ne was rushed by Kaler's ambulance for brain surgery. He was born October 26 1904, in Douglas County, South Dakota, and served during World War n In the Navy in the South Pacific. He was a member of Dent Brothers House Moving firm. Services at the chapel will be In charge of ofilcers of Klamath Falls Lodge, No. 1247 BPOE. Military graveside services In Klamath Memorial Park will be under the direction of Pelican Post, No. 1383 VFW. I Survivors include two brothers. Lloyd M. Dent, Klamath Falls and the Rev. Dorsey E. Dent, Grange vllle. Idaho, two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Guinan, Rosevllle, California and Mrs. J. A. Burgess, Redding; also two nieces and two nephews. CORPSE REELECTED BERKELEY. Mass. W A month after he died, Allen M. Tal bot was reelected town burial ground commissioner. He died sev eral days after the closing date for nominations. Because he was unopposed in the election, the se lectmen and the other two mem bers of the burial ground com mission will name a replacement. which does not include any build ing but is only for current operat ing expenses such as teachers salaries and other annual school needs, is obtained from several sources. The voters of the school district will vote on a probably combined (for both county elementary and high school funds) millage of 30.6 mills. School officials pointed out that this millage may be reduced slightly after the assessed valua tion of the county for the next fiscal year has been set by the county assessor. It Is estimated that this millage of 30.6 mills would raise about $901,932.86. The remainder of the operating budget is obtained mainly from these sources: (the figures are approximate! state basic school support fund (533.000: cash bal ance from federal forest sales and delinquent taxes, $199,000: county school fund, $195,000. This county school fund comes from tne general county tax fund and is based on a fixed sum per pupil as set by state law. Several other smaller-amounts are paid to the county school operating fund from such sources as federal Indian funds, etc. A comparison of the operating budgets of the past few years shows $1,710.889 34 in fiscal year 1954-55, $1,660,889.34 for fiscal year 19DS-06 and tne $1,780,120.02 estt mated budget for fiscal year 1956-57. The 1956-57 budget will be advertised in full in the Herald and News on the tentative dates of April 16 and 26. Howe pointed out that the rea son for the increase In the budget is aue to teacner pay Increases (as shown In comparative scale at the end of this article) and the probable need for approxi mately 11 more teachers In the county system next year. Increas es in the county's population will necessitate more' teachers, Howe stated. In explaining the new teacher pay schedule approved recently by the school board, Howe said that although a maximum pay grade has been set through a 15 year level of experience the 13 year level was the highest a teacher in the county system could go this year. Under thi system a teacher with over 15 years experience would automatically go to the 14 year pay level the following year and to the 15 year level the next year. School district clerk John Hey- den reported that the educational level of the county system's teach ers Is as follows: 19 have less than three years college education, 50 have three years, 95 have bache lor's degrees, 14 have five years of education and 34 have masters degrees. The total combined millage for past fiscal years shows: 1949-50, 37.4 mills: 1950-51. 34.7 mills; 1951- 52, 35.7 mills; 1952-53. 32.0 mills 1953-54, 27.1 mills: 1954-55, 25.8 mills, and 1955-56 26.4 mills. During the period 1949 through 1952-53 a ten mill serial tax in crement was Included in the mill- age rate to be used for new school buildings in the county's system. In the period 1953-54 Ihrough 1955 56 a three mill serial levy has been included for county building. The millage of 30.6 asked for 1956-57 does not Include a serial levy tor building. The Klamath County School Dis trict does not have any bonded indebtedness and has financed all its new building in the past by the use of serial levies collected prior to actual construction. The county school board con sists of Elmer Lemler, Merrill: William Burnett, Bonanaa: Lerov uienger, cnnoquin; D. E. Colwell Kenc, and Ray Garrison, Klam ath Falls. The budget committee members are: Dave Campbell, Bly. chair man; Earl Wilson, Malin secre tary: Harold Dehlinger. Henlev Ralph Johnston, Keno; and Orin R. Sample, Gilchrist. The salary schedule approved by the county school board budget committee for fiscal year 1956-57 followed by the previous year's schedule gives comparative fig ures on educational levels, exper ience and amounts paid. NEW SCHEDULE Training Rank Yrs. Expert- Le6s Than ence 3 yrs. 3 yrs. A B i 0 $3350 $3500 .. 1 3475 3625 .. 2 3600 3750 .. 3 3725 3875 .. 4 3850 ..- 4000... 5 3950 ,. 4125 .. 6 4050 4250 .. .7 4150 4375 .. 8 4250 4500 .. 8 4600... 10 . 4700... 11 12 13 B.A. 5 yrs. M A. C D E .. $3700 $3800....: $3900 .. 3900 4000 ..x 4100 ... 4100 4200 4300 ... 4300 4400..... 4500 ... 4425 4600 4700 ... 4525 . 4700 4825 ... 4625 4800 4925 ... 4725 4900 5025 ... 4625 5000 5125 ... 4925 5100 5225 ... 6025 5200 5325 -. 5125... 6300 5425 5225 6400 6525 ... 5326 6500 5025 PREVIOUS SCHEDULE Training Rank Yrs. Expert- Less Than ence 3 yrs. 3 yrs. A B 0 $3225 "... $3425 1 .: 3350 ... 3560 2 , 3475 3695 3 3600... 3830 4 3725 3965 5 . 3825 4065 6 3925 4165 7 4025 4265 8 4125 4365 8 4465 10 ....... 4565 11 12 13 . " " B.A. 5 yrs. C D $3700 $3800... 3850 ... 4000 .. 4125 4225 4325 4425 4525 4625 ... ... 4725 ... 4825 ... 4925 .. 5025 ... 5125 3950.. 4100.. 4250.. 4400.. 4bo0.. 4600.. 4700 .. 4800.. 4800 .. 5000.. 5100.. 5200.. 5300 .. M.A. E. ..$3900 ... 4050 ... 4200 ... 4350 ... 4500 ... 4625 ... 4725 ... 4825 4925 ... 5025 ... 5125 ... 5225 .. 5325 ... 5425 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACE THREE 'if PRIZE WINNERS are these two Klamath County girls, chosen outstanding grange members at a recent Pomona Grange meet ing. Both have been active in extra curricular activities at the schools they attend. Seated is Mary Lu Caldwell. Standing is Carol Rollings. Mary Lu is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hap Caldwell, 4629 South Sixth Street. Carol is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Railing, Poe Valley. Mary Lu who placed first by a narrow margin will receive an expense-paid trip to the Oregon State Grange session in Pendleton next June. Grange Honors Klamath Girls Two Klamath County girls. Mary Lu Caldwell, Shasta View Grange and Carol Reiling, Poe Valley Grange have been chosen as out standing grangers from Klamath County by decision of the Klamath County Pomona Grange. Both have been active in grange work, serv ing as officers and committee members. First place went to Mary Lu in a close contest. She will receive an expense-paid trip to the state grange convention to be held In Pendleton in June. Both served on the county instal lation team and both were mem bers of the Rosebud Drill team which was presented . at state grange sessions held here In 1955. The winners were judged on out side activities as well as on par ticipation in grange worK. Mary Lu Is a Junior at Klamath Union High School, is a member of the Girls' League, LI Low Club, Future Business Leaders of Amer ica, Future Homemakers of Amer ica and has served as a Student Congress representative. She Is also a member of Trl-Hi-Y where she served as news reporter in 1955. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hap Caldwell, 4629 South Sixth Street. Carol is a junior at Henlev High School where she is a member of the Girls' Athletic Association and the Camera Club. She has been active in 4-H work and has com pleted projects in clothing, cook ing, homemaklng, sheep, dairy flower gardening and Junior lead ership, she won county honors In several projects and placed her exhibits in the state fair at Salem. In national 4-H achievement awards program she received the county medal for placing first In clothing projects. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Reiling, Poe Valley. COPPERWARE for EASTER.., Goeller's Monaco, leasts (Editor's Note: The biggest wed ding in a long time will be held in the smallest country in the world next month. What kind of place is Monaco? Here, in the first of four stories, is a graphic descriptive of the tiny nation. Other articles will profile Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, and tell preparations for the ceremony Itself.) By CYNTHIA LOWRV Associated Press Feature Writer Set like a tiny gem on the mild blue waters of the Mediterranean, with the chilly majesty of the Maritime Alps rising behind It, is Monaco where next month the prince will marry the brautiful commoner in the culmination of a fairy tale romance. For almost a thousand years, Monaco has managed to remain an independent stale. One reason, no doubt. Is Its size. It occupies 370 acres, could be dropped neat ly into Chicago's stockyards with room to spare. While Monaco Is much more than the gambling tables at Monte Carlo, It still Is essentially a coun try of hotels and resorts, thriving on tourists. It exports perfumes and liqueurs, oranges and olive oil, ceramics and postage stamps, but mostly It- imports travelers, preferably with money. MINIATURE NATION Yet this land whose ruling Prince Rainier HI will soon marry movie actress Grace Kelly is a nation, even though in miniature. It has a national anthem. It has a standing army 65 men In sky blue uniforms who double as pal ace guards and the police force. It has a flag of red and white. It also, of course, has Ha Vic torian gambling palace. But for some years that has been a rath er ghostly structure, its gilt flak ing, its red plush wearing smooth, its habitues often on the dowdy side. Monaco's history, also In minia ture, is almost as bloody and ex citing as its giant neighbors: France, which surrounds 11 on three sides, and Italy, a few kil ometers away. The Grimaldi line, which origi nated in nearby Genoa, has ruled the principality for more than 600 years, except for 21 years during the French Revolution. The first Grimaldi gained admis sion by disguising himself as a Franciscan monk. Inside, he raised a rumpus, diverting the 370 Acres Isi Size, Colorful tHistorv M Rent a Spinet Piano ruling German lords long enough to permit his followers to enter and conquer the fortress. ONCE ENTRENCHED Once entrenched, the Grimaldls depended on brain and brawn to remain. They made shrewd politi cal alliances, most often with France, and usually turned up on the winning side. Through wise marriages, they allied themselves with some of the richest, most powerful and noble houses in Europe. In the 16th century, in return for favors rendered under Spanish protection, a Grimaldi was given the right to collect tolls from ships passing Monaco's port. This pain less means of filling the nation's coffers was unequaled until 1861, when Rainier Ill's great-greatgrandfather set up a gambling concession In Monte Carlo, one of the principality's three towns, TAXES ABOLISHED Eight years after the "Sea Bath ers and Foreigners Club cf Monaco" was founded, Monaco abolished direct taxes. Ten years later It attracted 150.000 visitors: in 1910, half a million. It was the beginning of the Monaco legend. Through the Victorian period un til World War I. Monte Carlo was the world's most fabulous play ground. But after two wars, there were few crowned heads left to disport themselves In the resort. Rival gaming halls. In Nice and Cannes, cut Into what was left of the gambling business. There was still no direct taxation; but the In come was coming from a govern ment monopoly on cigarettes, matches and a brisk business In postage stamps, (Last year, for tlie benefit of collectors, Monaco put out more varieties of postage s t a m ps than did the United States.) Prince Rainier ascended the throne In these critical times. Shortly afterward, the Sea Bath ing Society got a new boss: a slightly mysterious Greek with an Argentine passport and a 300-mll-lion-dollar shipping fortune. His name: Aristotle Socrates Onassls. He announced grand plans for the rebirth of Monaco as a resort. PROSPECTS NOT GREAT At the moment, Monaco's pros pects do appear great, although not as a result of Onassls plans. Tourist business has taken a brisk upward turn, due entirely1 to the forthcoming marriage. Much of the storied principal ity's future may depend upon the prince's marriage to the common er, in the first place It may result in again swelling the innkeepers' purses. And secondly, It may re sult In the birth of a young Grimaldi to succeed Rainier. This Is extremely Important, for under a 1918 treaty with France, the little country will be annexed by its protective neighbor If there Is no successor to the throne. That means mandatory military service for the 4,000 Monacans and the 17.000 other residents. It also means direct taxes. Make a Date with the Newest OOME IN AND . ROCKET 'ROUND BLOCK OR 'HOUND THE TOWrA IF YOU LIKE I J' SEE YOUR ' NEAREST (MOBILE DEALER ( Rtnt nwy be Applied far m reft sonibU It me toward purchftM. Larg est piano stock tn thti part et to Weit. Many leading make. , LOUIS R. MANN PIANO CO. 120 No. 1th Hammond Orfan - Chord Orraa aKe it -froiTi me... Easter feasting calls for plenty of t milk . . . for those delicious creamed soups and sauces and taste tempting desserts ... to give extra flavor and savor to so many of the family's favorite dishes. 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