The Ingham County News Asked "In Addition the Junior High School Is in Dnte Present Schools No, of in Number of Students Is Accelerating
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(' i ' ~.PL' ngpot•t r>ind S•J,.~ ·, _... cry • • .~.nsro rt M·l 'h. Proposed $358,400 Bond Explained · ·· · I Mason school district taxpayers will vote maintained this continuing support through ''This table shows that from 1953 to the to continue their support of the school's on a $358,400 bond issue Monday, s·eptem the years. present the number of students has in needs. Therefore, the bond issue for ber 27. The proposed mo,1ey would be used "The growth in the number of students creased 2,160, The table also shows that $358,400 for riew high school faollities will to' build additio11al high school facilities and the continuing support of the pe9ple the families in the district have respond be presented for consideration, September and to up-date the Jefferson street junior can be shown by the following table! ed to the needs by maintaining a continuing high school building. 27. · support of the school district, The growth This week the Ingham County News asked "In addition the junior high school is in Dnte present Schools No, of in number of students is accelerating. Ray Yeutter, chairman of the school study bad repair and needs to oe renovated to schools were Students From 1948 to' 1956 the number of students committee, to present the committee's meet state requiremonts for fire safety. increased by .869. From 1957 to 1965 findings relative to the bond issue, why A group of citizens from the school study l922 Jefferson St. the increase has been 1280 students. the committee supports the bonding and. com1n lttee inspected the junior high school. School "The school district has arrived at why its members believe additional fa Their suggested repairs and those suggest 1953 Cedar St. School 1090 another point in the cycle of need for en cilities are requirad for Muon school ed by an architect and the state amounted 1955 Steele St. School 1502 larged facilities. The high school enroll district youngsters, to $190,60 0. This included bo~h fire safety 1959 High school 2343 m,:Jnt is. over capacity this year. Next Here is what Yeutter has to say: renovation by the fire marshall and re 1961 Alaiedon School year's enrollment promises to increase "The Mason Public School district has pairs suggested by others, However, the Cedar Addition 2579 this over-load considerably. The school experienced continued growth in the num school board after careful consideration, 1964 N, Aurelius School board has anticipated this increase. The bers of students from year to year, This voted to undertake the fire safety reno Alaiedon Addition 3151 board has wisely voted to create a solution continued growth requires coatinulng sup vation at present at the cost of $101,400, 1966 Proposed: High to the problem before it become.s acute by, The other suggested repairs will be paid port by the people of the district who have School Addition 3250 asking the famUies of the school district Continued on Page 11 ~onnt Vol. 106, No, 36 2 Sections, 24 Pages Wednesday, September 8, 1965 10¢ per copy Mason's Chest Goal Increased No Parking Signs Trailerites Kickoff Oct. 13 Go Up ·On Oak St. To Visit City If you see a lot of red No parking signs were In Chief T!m stolz of !he Ma berets around Mason F rlday, Total Boosted stalled last week in the alley son pollee, Is awa!t!ng Con Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-8 running east and west between sumer Power company crews don't panic, the French haven't Jefferson and Park streets who w!ll erect poles !n the invaded - It's the Michigan and located In the 400 block of $2500 This Year; center of the 100 block of W. Travel Trailer club, Jefferson between Ash and Oa' street where a traffic Long a special spot with the Oak streets, Similar no park A record breaking goal of $14,744 was establ!shed for the slg!i:i. light w111 be hung over trailer c I u b s, the Ingham 1965-66 Mason Community Chest drive which will kick off Ing signs were placed along the center of the street to county fairgrounds will be October 13, This is the first time in 2 years that the city's the east side of the Mason control· moving traffic during come the camping site for the goal lias been Increased, junior high school grounds on school hours, Michigan Travel Trailer club Jefferson street, The Commun!ty Chest board last Thursday decided on the The city counc!l at a recent which is expecting upwards budget and appointed Dr, T. Vander Boll, Jr., of 119 Steven, Also Installed were signs meeting ordered that school of 200 trailers from all over general chairman. prohibiting parking of vehicles buses which for several years the state. during school hours on both have been using the block for Vander Boll, a Mason op sides of the street in the day parking be moved to an During the 3 -day stay the tometrist, was b r 1 e fed on block between Jefferson and other parking place and open group will have Its annual basic campaign goals and giv 10,000 Gather Park street on W. Oak streets. the street to traffic. election meeting, en the date for the Mason kick of! which will correspond w1 th Lansing's. The Increase !n this year's Labor chest goal can be attributed to a request for additional Mason Link in Proposed funds for the Mason area rec Has Its reation program which !s to be expanded In the near future. Part of the $2,500 will go Day Here toward hiring Abe Cohn, 727 Tri-County Police Unit Roosevelt, as a part time An old fashioned Labor Day observance at the Ingham Donald L. Reisig, Ingham under one general head, pos County fairgrounds here Mon county prosecuting attorney, of cooperative assistance for sibly the county sheriff or a each other. day drew a crowd of 10,000 has made a proposal for the board of control created by and more, establishment of a metropol "Cooperative assistance a appointments of local govern mong departments would per Sponsors of the event, par itan pollee department and ment officials, Reisig said. t!c!pat!ng local unions of the judicial authority to cover the mit oUicers from East Lan This pollee unit, he point sing to enforce Ia ws !n Ma Greater Lansing Labor coun counties of Ingham, Cl!nton ed out, Is strictly envisioned son should the need arrive," c!l, were so pleased with the and Eaton, Mason would be ahead 10 to 15 years when the he said. "Then the path would ·local turn out that definite a part of this metropol!tan population growth would re plans to stage the event again area at Its southern boundary. be opened so that a uniform quire such a set-up. For the enforcement agency could be next year already have been Reisig said the plan Is not time being legislation would be finalized, new, but that such a unl!ied created when and 1! the need BRIAN BASORE- Time for school but his mind isn't in it. necessary to allow police units should develop. B!g attraction of the day police unit would insure ade in a centralized population was the old fashioned prices quate enforcement for areas area to enter Into agreements (Continued on Page 11) for rides, food and soft drinks, that are considered a no man's Visitors to the Labor Day fair land where existing pollee de needed to bring only nickels partments aren't sure o!thelr and dimo:s with them. jurisdiction, ''The Lansing area is fast Mason Man Dies After taking In the sights School Doors Open along the midway which In growing Into a complex one that creates many efficiency cluded clowns all were Invit problems of pol!ce criss - In Alma Crash ed to see a special program crossing each others' paths which featured speakers from Clare 0, Wasper, 55, of Ella Wasper, He is survived high ranking state government in the line of duty," he said, 230 E. Maple street, Mason Ultimately the proposed po by his wife, Norlne; a son, and union positions. To 3,200Students met death shortly after 1 p.m. W!lliam, of Mason; a daugh recreation director, Under h!s llee force would wear the same Making an appearance at the Tuesday at the Intersection of ter, Mrs. Ella J, LoVette of leadership the recreation Summer's fun came to an Under a new system devised distinctive unUor ms, drive State road (old US-27) and Lin Labor Day fest!v!t!es was G. be staffed by !24 teachers similarly marked cars and be Mason, 5 grandch!ldren and a committee, which Is repre end this week for more than this year the 4 elementary and administrators, 3 more coln road 2 m!les east of Alma Mennen "Soapy" Wlll!ams, 3,200 Mason youngsters, brother, Orrin Wasper of Les sentative of every organiza schools will have 2 principals teachers and one more admin in Grat!ot county, l!e. former governor of the state School started yesterday, tion and the 4 township area of Michigan and assistant sec Instead of one for each school. Istrator than last year, Wasper, a truckdriver, was surrounding Mason, hopes to Bright and ear 1 y, all . hauling a 50 foot mobile home retary of state for African Walter Mcintosh, who has M. Chandler Nauts, super Wall Falls Funeral services are sche unify the program and Ini scrubbed and dressed up, they Intendent of schools, gave the trailer he had picked up at duled for 2 p.m.