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Show MlUXmn (UTAH) NKWS - THrRS., APRIL 22, 19'1 MORK ANSWKRS CiiUlJLJ Milford taxpayers arc 'fcettir.g be a little below the state aver- more answer to the question age schedule). Item No. 2, The secondary they have bet-- asking, as time libraries will need adfor the s.pecial election draws a is letter ditional n source loks, etc., nearer. Following t from received Sup Parce late to provide adequate service for We propose Wednesday evening, and we are t i.r boy and girl additional an nd our late we were $1,000 'to getting glad it for this i rvtce. editorial page made up, can be included vMih the oilier 3 It is not good hern N it to pros nd cons on the school f dminhtration ait we tax issue. defer maintenance costs, to keep our buildings and grounds considerable Dear Editor: op to standard As has been indicated pre money should be spent lor this viously, the amount of money purpose, we therefore propose that will le made available to spend an additional $3,000 thru Use special election, will for this much needed service We Parents generally feel that a W appro i matey $18,000 to the money pleasant environment is best spend propose f item lesurung progress 'the thru following Item No 4 The balance of Item No 1 That $10,800 be spent for increased teacher sal- $3200 will be spent for class aries ThH will make possible room furniture to operate under a salary sched Again may we remind you as and of minimum ule $3100 taxpayers and as parents of Inforschool children of Beaver Counmaximum (from $4020 mation at our office this will ty, this is $our- probl. in von should indicate your conviction at the poles thi coining TuesfillLFGRD NEWS day. April 27 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA n .shl I) K PF.AHCE, V ') 1 - e 4s. Supt 4fl PublUhad Evsry Tkursdajr For several weeks Milford loitered in the po t office at taxpayer parents have tried to Milford. Utah, ai second cliu get the school board on recmail matter under the Act of ord, saying something more Congress of 1879 than "We need it for salaries and maintenance " The superUtah Adv. Representative: Utah Stat Press Association intendent's letter clears the Salt Lake City question considerably; how" manv Milford school pat ever, J.To AYeer In A'Tanee rons feel the Milford school S. A. Williams - Editor Publisher ! plant has been allowed to de over the years, while Pfttrich WllHsm .. Bun. Mr tetiorate the Beaver plant hat had first consideration. We don't think care Dr. H. S. Gradle, M Int. in Oneida 45, Day the special election is likely to Dawn In of 46, North Star Minthe this end carry county ing District. T 28 S, R 12 without assurances that our W, Cont 33 621 acres. school plant will receive a majM. Mlckehon. care Fredrick or portion of the funds allocatUtah Savings 4c Trust Co. ed for repairs and improve-mentKeystone and Live Yankee Lodes Sur. No 6234, T 28 s S. R 11 7 mau coag vcdc ' r jk ss&i fi f-- n p fi n f 1 ft fi r 61 UFf only 120 reoH da Vtrt, S. R FOR or &i pa? at ion. i.VT 4CAUNPAR MONTHS 4 J. I A hundred years Mid- fljoy the professional services of a Doctor. 0 Jvst as a century ago our children were taught by untrained teachers while today we can draw on the skills of college graduates. Why accept less than the best for our children in a maternity word, or a school room? GDVG tfMG4 i:. - Green Liqhi TO PBBESG' .fSi ,r 1 to-wi- HUJAH ORTON Lot 1. Ss A. Beaver Block 42. Plat City Survey. CAR LIE L. WADDOUPS Lot 14, Block 3. Plat B, Milford Townsite Survey. MILFORD' STATE BANK Lot U. Block 26, Plat B. Milford Townsite Survey. FRANCIS HOLLIS Lots 1 and 2, Block 2. Milford Heights Subdivision. R. W. RAYS Lot 18. Block 5, Milford Heights Subdivi sion. D. E. KIRK Lots 6. 7, 8. 9. Block 6, Lewis Addition to Town of Milford. BEAVER ARID FARMS NE'NW Sec. 32. T 23 S, R 7 W, SLM, Cont. 40 L L, BORDEN N W UNVW. KhNWU Sec. 32, T 26 S. R 9 W, Cent. 120 acres. JAMES ROLLINS EST, care d. r McknightNE chs S com. cor of 24.25 from See. 11; W 17.73 chs; S 27th IN YOUR SCHOOL ELECTIONS . 10.50 chs; E .17.75 chs; N 10 50 chs to T 30 S. R 10 W, SLM, Cont. 19 62 kg. acres'. Federal' Land Bank of Berkeley, care I. 'Glenn Kenney NENV I I I C7. Paid Political Advertisement - Norman C. Tanner 2743 East VJ)Q South Salt Lake City, Utah Winifred J. Stcdman. Carol J. Parsons. Frances Jensen C.ill-- Ss Se 32. T 29 S. K 11 W. SLM. Fnmk and Chas Mclntyre care Frank O Fisher SE ' Sec 32, T 29 S. R 11 W. SLM. 1 R int. F. A. Brhling in Summit Lode No 45. Rrad shaw Mininj District, Cont. 16 94 acres. Francis French care Walter L. HuLOedt Elephartt 43. Star Mining District. Cont 3.673 acres. t: on th's question. The voting at such election shall be by ballot, which ballots will be fur- nished by the Clerk of the Board of Education of Beaver County to the Judges of the election, to be by them furnished to the qualified voters. There will be five polling places for such election, one In each school representative precinct, and the location of th I polling places and the names of the electors and Judges to con-- ! duct the said election at each of J said polling places are as set forth below. I The polls for such election will be and remain open during the time from 7:00 in the rooming until 8.00 in the evening of said day. School Representative District No. 1 (Beaver East) Northwest Room of Beaver Hifih School Judges: James Riley. Wanda Martin, and Gladys Oakden. Osceola 43. North Star Mining District. Cont 4 591 acres. Roy S. and Harry S. Gradle, According to the figure? of the State Department of Public Instruction for the school Beaver County year 1953-5Board of Education could raise a maximum of $239,286 with a total of 19.61 mill levy for operation, maintenance and capital j outlay under the old school law. Under the new school law the Beaver County Board of Education could raise a maximum (without an elect:on) of $244,876 with a total (maximum) levy of 20.57 mills. This represents a possible increase of revenue of $5590 for the .96 mill tax increase permissible, and provided the average daily ing: remains attendance the same. Total Valuation of " new the school However, $6,310,449 Beaver Co. for '53 also laws the that Schools: require Tax for Education Board of to pay State and Slate Beaver County a proportionate 3 6 School (mills) share of the costs of taxing and Uniform 5 3 assessing for the County. This School levy will amount to approximately 2 15 County School The new laws also $4400. 24.1 Total Levy it make mandatory for the 152,081.82 Total Tax to Board pay an employer's Broken down in taxing units 2 ot on all salaries share It is this. This is estimated to paid. Assessment by Beaver to $4500 for the next amount Assessor 4.266,990 school year. By Utah State It is therefore to be seen Tax Commission the Board is obligated to that (public utilities) 6,310,449 more out because of the pay Beaver county, outside city change in the laws than it limits (farm lands, improve- gained because of the increase-iments, machinery, livestock, the allowance per distribu2,193,613 tion unit. etc., pays Public utilities , 1,509,596 Another , factor which must ' Total, outside and public b.-- taken into consideration is utilities 3,703,209 the fact that present estimates Assessments inside cities: indicate that the Beaver County School District will have apTotal Utilities Property proximately 46.239 distribution Beaver 1954-195- 5 751.841 778,829 units during the 26,322 a school of 1.228 decrease year, Minersville distribution units from the ac170,829 13,422 157,407 1953-195school tual This year. Milford amount state of decreases the 494,119 1,658,248 1.164,129 and local funds available by Totals 4,266,990 2,043,459 6,310.449 another 6289.81 (using Utah Foundation figure of $5122 per The school tax on above is distribution unit maximum possible without an election in apportioned thus: 89,247.34 Beaver County). County outside Beaver City 18,753.73 Expenditures for building Minersville 4,116.98 ma'ntenance, educational sup39.963.78 plies, texts, and other material Milford Total 152,081.83 have been reduced to maintain the present program. Another The parents and taxpayers of reduction in the for Milford are to be congratulated these items would bebudget damaging upon the interest that is being t6 the whole school program. manshown in operation and Information on hand indiThe cates that teacher salaries over agement of their schools. I 1. U.. ViJ ',u U""" the State are going to rise. The terest is disappearing. The . teache m Beayer Count are PwVfc t.,wmU? unde"Und ! being paid an average teacher problems j m1 1953. for the school and responsibilities and must 54, when with the compared have support from parents. teacher salaries in the rest of There are many questions the State. Even with the addi- that are asked and should be UoMl revenue provited by a ; superintendent T"" (successful election, teacher salto or by the county aries cannot rise more than of schools. the State average for One hears. "What is the mat- 1954-5- estimated In order to compete ter with, the school situation at with other districts on the teach- Milford. Why is there such a er marlrot It la nwccrv trt a salary comparable to the eachervper . can't we . I. o.- -. teachers more than one or two is The of Education Board years?". It cannot be a matter conscious of the fact that many of salaries. If it is for new and better that we are just providing ex- requests equipment for the schools; imperience for beginners, there provements in the buildings and must be an answer and a remmaingrounds, and some edy. The best work and effi- tenance items have major made been ciency is not to be had from a and it intends to go as far as new employe. possible in meeting these reOther questions asked: quests. Why isn't the furnishing of However, the decrease in fueL insurance, etc., on a com funds that will be available for 4 a petitive bid basis? n4iAM an4 . in Mr. farces statement, u " f the $ch0ols r j appearing in the Beaver Press t made it necessary for the Board under date of Friday, April 16. of Education to seek permishe states that the Legislature sion as of the electors, provided of 1947 established a classroom law. to increase the possible unit of $4620 and that this was by revenues "by an additional 1 . of 1 10 . ,1 amountst not exceeding . ; increase ci ine laci isit. ?f that that Legislature (1947) set 1,P0 a classroom of ket unit $3300. up American society has decided which can be substantiated by ST??" $18'Tsee no way that the teacher's skills shall be reference to Law, of Utah 1947. of, maintainmg the present made available to every per- Chapter The increase son. Schools and teachers of to $4860 from $3300 is not a I serv,lces budding ' f"d Tmnd21 some kind are to be provided 3 increase, but one of maintained In for all. The state, the only perctnu MIC ik.. W9k HlUIVUt market for teachers services, Is this a misstatement of fact? I It is now up to the sets the price for teaching servI have always supported ' election. electors to give their Board of ice. If the state sets the price school affairs, never before Education their opinion on the on human services, it has the registering a negative vote, . kind of schools they are willing moral obligation to proivde a ; and would not do so now if I to pay for. reasonable degree of welfare thought our local situation ARLO MESSING ER, Clerk. for those who perform ., those i could be settled by this increase. . services. ' WILLARD ATKIN. Other reasons for opposing, it UNION PACIFIC TRAIN are, the increased unemploy- DEPARTURE TIMES ment, the plight of our mining Northbound Myrtle Tribole. and Lillian At- - industry, which In the past has kin. contributed to our tax load, and Train No. 10 n.50 a. m 2 JO a. m the losses suffered last year by Train No. 108 BOARD OF EDUCATION, our farm and livestock indus- Train No.. 104 : 5.37 a. m. BEAVER CO. SCHOOL DIST. tries, and the general drought Train No. 33 12:35 p. m. By J. C Smith. President conditions that prevailed Last Southbound ATTEST: season. Train No. 9 2:10 a. m. Arlo P. Messenger, Our schools must be expected Train No. 107 12:03 p. m. to share the bad with the good. Train No. 37 . It's Clerk. .. 2:25 p. m. Pub. April 8,' 15, 22, 1854. JOS. R. MURDOCK Train No, 103 m. Are we offering our childrtn all that could be hoped for in our school? The answer is obvious. It Is also apparent that a good learning situation is built around the teacher. For a teacher to be at his best in inspiring, motivating, and lifting the child to his greatest effort, thi? teacher must first have a sense of personal well being Can teachers who are heads of fanvlies have this sense of security when they are asked to live on a salary set up on the premise that all school teachers are unmarried women? More than half of the teachers of Milford are fathers with at least two children. Add this to the fact that a high ranking reason for leaving the profes sion is one's inability to support his family, and we have s strong argument for a "family salary." The typical single woman teacher in secondary schools, who has a salarv of 1235 a month (this is the starting sal ary in Beaver schools) and one total dependent, is able to live at a comfort-an- d savings standard suitable to her professional status. She can afford to own a small automobile and set aside each year a depreciation fund for the purchase of a new one, care for an aged mother, make reasonable provision for further professional education, dress suitably, spend $ 115 for a vacation, make a comfortable allowance for amusements and pocket money, and still have a surplus to purchase a modest annuity for old age, an endowment policy to protect her dependent mother, and to provide a small savings fund for serious illness, emergencies, or travel For the typical married man teacher with a wife and two children dependent upon him. the starting salary of $235 a month is not adequate. With the requirements of four years of university training for entrance into the teaching field, constant expenditure for additional training after appoint ment, and 16 years experience before receiving the maximum. the highest salary to which he can aspire as a classroom teacher is quite inadequate to support his family in even modest comfort at the standard of living of the professional class to which by education he belongs, or to provide for his old age. His family must economize severely on clothing; their recreation must be limited; he cannot afford to hire help for his wife even in the heaviest household tasks, to travel, or to pay for art or music lessons for his children To provide reasonable maintenance as a professional man and to raise the standard of a married man teacher supporting a family to a comfort-and-savlnlevel pareileling that of the single woman teacher, his income should be much greater than it Is at present. "But," you say, "can society afford the cost of just and competitive salaries for school teachers? Society is already the affording support of enter-tai- n ess, of salesmen, of engineers, and of other occupational groups at much higher costs than are contemplated for teachers. Society has the means, if it has the Will. Practically, hflWVfr th nncue limltf by the fact that most funds for teachers salaries are secured from taxation or gifts not from direct or hidden addition to the price consumers pay for a commodity in the open mar- ... gs As a substantial taxpayer in Beaver County covering a period of many years, I cannot help being concerned with the controversy running in The Milford News concerning our schools. I have refrained from taking any part therein; but it has reached such a point that I feel urged to add a taxpayer's view, as I feel this controversy is most detrimental to our students. Percentage of taxes paid in both ends of the county have been mentioned, mostly on a guess basis, and to set the record straight I submit the follow- 4, 4 1 -- I T' ' 'T 5. VniUt sub-norm- al a,. 'iZ ?B!? 1 School Dis- Representative trict No. 2 (Beaver West) Basement of Beaver Library Building Judges: Naomi Baker, Blaine Blackett and Ruby Grimshaw. Sec, 14, T 30 S. R 10 W, SLM. , ! 99 474 59-10-6- 4, acres. JOHN JONES. Care THOMLot 3. AS D: JONES Block 2, Adamsville Town Survev. U W, Cont. .. - APQOIL 11 NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION mm .t "J NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That a special school election has been duly called by the Board of Education of Beaver County School District and will NOTICE OF FINAL TAX SALE be held on Tuesday, the 27th day of April, 1954, to vote upon NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the following question: that on the 7th day of May, 'Shall the Board of Edu1954. at 10 00 o'clock A.VM., at cation of Beaver County the front door of the County School District increase its Court House in Beaver City, annual costs (by ari additional Beaver County. Utah. I will local tax on tangible levy offer for sale at Public Auction property) by an additional and sell to the highest bidder amount not exceeding ten for cash, pursuant to the provisions of Section Utah percent of the cost of the baCode Annotated. 1933. the folsic state - supported school lowing described real estate program to meet emergencies situated in said county and now including operation, maintehi. Id by it under preliminary nance or capital outlay?" tax tale, assessed in the names All registered voters in Beavof and described as follows, er County are qualified to vote ' wife delivered our Utah bobies. Today we V 40 418 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 7th day of April, 1954. C. VICTOR SMITH, (Seal) Beaver Co. Auditor. Pub. ApriM5 29, May 6, 1954. AfYlGQOGA '&m Cont acres. No bid for less than the total amount of taxes, interest, penalty and costs, which are a charge upon such real estate, will be accepted. VOUMAVff WHICH IS SWT W, acres, J. R. and L. R. Bagnall Wasatch King. Kentucky. Meridian. Lone Jack No. 1, Lone Jack No. 2, Lone Jack No. 3, Sur. No. 5470. T 26 mm A HJMIMftia.POST-tfOUW YOU WANT TO APPIY PILOT QAfG ego the buty A THE SCHOOL BOARD THE TAXPAYERS THE TEACHERS mJm v Q Q Interested Groups Give Special Election Views "TV M-- m r 'Minn. 17ITI1 THE School trict Judges: Representative Dis-N- o. 3 (Minersvllle) Town Hall Simeon Murdock, Verna Thompson and J. H. Eyre. School Representative Dis4 Olilfordl HiRh School Building. Northeast Room in Basement ' Judges; O. C. Koch. Ina Nor ton. and Josephine Killam. trict No. School Representative District No. 5 (Milford South Milford) McGarry Building Judges: George C. Goodwin, r 75-12-- ' 5. 47-pl- 1 J j iqjo p. n |