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RQX ST FLA Our Biggest 'Back to School' Edition-- Section B Largest Circulation Sunday Of Any Newspaper In Boca Raton Area BOCA RATON NEWS VOL. 10 NO. 79 Boca Raton, Fla., Auggst 22, 1965 38 Pages PRICE 'Expansion* Taxes Will Go Up 1$ Key Word For$(hook Expansion is the key word in Boca Raton's education system today. At 7.35 Mill Rate The expansion, which began at a national level and has con- tinued through to the state, Just ahout everybody's city Millage for 1965's tax roll ing set for Sept. 9 to nail down county and city level, has been taxes will go up, but the jolt has been tentatively pegged at the new budget. going on for the past five years will depend on a lot of things, 7,35 mills, with a public hear- The millage is down almost at a slow pace, but now it has two mills from the current 9.25, taken a giant step and has cov- but the change from 70 per cent ered a lot of territory in a half to 100 per cent assessment has a year's time. Taxes af a Glance made millage figuring an aca- The effect can be seen in Boca demic procedure. Raton's three schools where These samples were taken at random from the city tax Offsetting part of the raise additions to faculty, curriculum rolls by Owen Dennion, tax assessor, to show average com- in ad valorem taxes will be a and expansion of duties and parisons of assessments and taxes between 1964 and 1965 decrease of the city's utility courses are a major part of the tax rolls. The 1964 tax is computed at 9.25 mills and the tax from 10 per cent to 7,5 program. 1965 tax is computed at 7.35 mills on the new 100 per cent per cent. How much this af- Boca Raton High School has assessment. fects the taxpayer will depend added 17 new positions to raise Assessment Tax on his usage of electricity, gas, its total instructional staff to water and telephones, 54 members. 1904 ' 1905 1964 1965 The 1965-66 budget, which New members of the admin- lloca Harbour $ 14,400* $ 22,800* $ 133.20 .1? 167.58 will go into effect Nov. 1, is the istration staff include two li- first prepared under the provi- 61.97 75.70 brarians, two guidance counse- Boca Raton Square 6,700* 10,300* sions of the new charter. lors, a dean of boys and a dean Finance Director Thomas 21,100* 126.72 155.00 of girls, and assistant princi- Royal Oak Hills 13,700* Mullen, compiling the budget pal. under the direction of City Man- Lawrence Patrone, assistant Royal Palm 35,900* 53,000* 332.07 389.55 ager L. M. McConnell, came up principal, will have expanded with a $2.08 million figure, but Waiting . suties including data process- Riviera 12,000* 17,200* 111.00 126.42 eight meetings of the City Coun- ing. cil whittled it down to slightly Dean of girls is Mrs. Elea- Dolray Manors 300* 1,800* 2.77 13.23 under $1.9 million. Waiting for the judges results nor Davis; dean of boys, Lee The gross assessed valua- McKinney. Two new guidance tion of property in Boca Raton was a bit apprehensive for Richard BR Hills (vacant) 2,900 4,200 26.82 30.87 and Russell Chisholm, above, at counselors are Charles Fields stands at $207,418,800. After and Bruno Dario, allowing for homesteads and the Junior Woman's Club Tots Small business bldg. 11,900 16,500 110.07 121.27 through Teens Talent Show Friday. Library staff will include other deductions and the 4 per Mrs. Barbara Ross and one cent reserve the taxable value They needn't have worried, though: 160,700 241,500 1,569.72 1,775.02 more librarian not yet appoint- Large business bldg. is $187,959,300. with their brother Ron, they won ed. *Assessment after deducting $5,000 for homestead exemption. With a mill valued at $180,- first place in the "under ten" cate- Grade 12 will be added this 441 (after the 4 per cent reserve gory. Special mention went to Kim year to complete the 7 to 12 required by law), /'.35 .Mills Meredith, left, the youngest parti- junior senior high school pro- will bring in $1,326,241. The cipant. The event, was a benefit gram. rest of the almost $1.9 million for the children's book collection With 1000 students expected will be made up from ocher in- of Boca Raton Library. to attend the high school this FAU's Sea-Van Story come — licenses, cigaret tax- year, Charles Godwin, princi- es, fines and forfeitures, etc. pal, says "it's necessary to According to Tax Assessor plan an extended day program Owen Bennion, the average to handle the increased enroll- Told to Congress home in Boca Raton is assessed ment until the upcoming million in an area from $15,000 to dollar building addition pro- The place of Florida Atlantic using regular merchant ships $20,000. The raise in taxes | 1st Graders, Hew Students | gram is completed." University's unique sea-van in for oceanographic research. in this area will amount to $15 The schedule planned will oceanographic exploration was The FAU sea-van, a self- to $25. Savings from the low- have students ingrades9 outlined this week at a hearing contained marine laboratory ering of the utility taxes in this through 12 beginning classes at of the House subcommittee on went to sea for several weeks same bracket could amount to { Will Register Thursday j 7:40 a.m. Students who have oceanography, aboard the ship Export Cham- from $5 to $15, leaving a pro- scheduled five subjects will Charles R, Stephan, chairman pion. Captain Stephan headed bable net raise of about $10. complete their schedule at 12; 10 of FAU's ocean engineering the mission. Registration day for first grade and new students will be p.m. program, testified before the Stephan offered testimony in Thursday, Aug. 26 at Boca Raton School and J. C. Mitchell Students who have scheduled group* on the sea-van, a part support of Congressman Paul City Building School. six subjects will be dismissed of Project Neptune Atlantic, Rogers' bill which would set Students who did not pre-register in the spring, or have at 1:35 p.m. designed to test the value of up a commission to review not already registered are to register anytime during the Study halls have been elim- oceanographic and ocean engin- Continues Pace day, inated from the planned pro- eering programs both in gov- "Students who registered in the spring need nor go to school gram. ernment and industry, deter- Boca Raton's building pace, until Aug. 30," principals at Boca Raton and J. C. Mitchell Students in grades seven mine the actual needs of these though falling under 1964's all- School said. through eight will begin classes activities and determine areas time record of $25 million, is Registration for new students at Boca Raton High School is at 12:15 p.m. and will be dis- Ann Landers page 7A for which there is no support continuing at a rapid pace. being held now. missed at 5 p.m. Sixteen single-family dwell- Classifieds 12-13A now, and provide means to move Students who have registered at the school are asked not J. C. Mitchell School has ex- Editorials 4A ahead in these latter fields. ings have been started in the to go to the school until the morning of Aug. 30, perienced most of the adminis- 12A He proposed as a possible first 20 days of the month, with Each student will find his assigned classroom on a list trative expansion on the ele- Public Notices program for the commission an average cost — without at the school at that time. Students will report to the class Real Estate 8A land - of about $20,000. designated on the list. (Continued on page 14A) 10-11A the following objectives: Sports SPECIFIC and detailed sur- Archer Investment Com- "School boundaries will be the same as they were last year," Travel 9A pany's Royal Palm Shopping said Charles Godwin, principal of the high school. TV Listings 2A veys of our continental shelves to determine what is available Plaza continues to expandinthe "New students who have not registered are to do so as soon FAU Launches Women's News 6-7A as possible," he added. Back to School Section B (Continued on page 14A) (Continued of page 14A) New Programs Appointment of Dr. Martin Shoppmeyer to head Florida University Atlantic University's office of continuing education was an- nounced last week by the uni- Holds Another versity. The new continuing education program replaces the Florida Institute of Continuing Univer- House Wanning sity Studies, scrapped by the state legislature in Its last session. Designed to serve Most modem buildings are con- teachers who are already work- structed with air conditioning in ing in their fields, the eight- mind, and Florida Atlantic Uni- county program administered versity's multi-millioti-dollar plant by FAU also is open to stu- is no exception. But current con- dents and others who wish to struction projects required the further their knowledge in spec- addition of even more air condi- ified fields. tioning equipment, connected to Both on-campus and off-cam- existing machinery. So what hap- (Continued on page 14A) pened? Well, things are pretty warm in most of those buildings, many of them near-windowless, The Weather while the equipment is turned off for the changeover.