Milford chronicle., 1960-04-08
GEORGETOWN
Mrs. Constance Brown

Undaunted by the recent over
whelming defeat of teacher pay
supplement proposals throughout
the state, the board of education of
! the Georgetown Special School Dis
trict has set Saturday, April %,
for a referendum.
W. Carl Utz, president of the
board, called attention to the fact
that the Georgeown proposal has
left the property tax where it is,
and put the burden on the capita
ton tax. The final proposal, as
voted by the board, is for an in
crease in capitation tax mot to ex-
ceed $780,"
The present real estate tax is 80
cents and the. capitation tax, $5.
He announced that members of
the board will be available to any
group or organization interested in
discussing the purposes and pro-
visions of the referendum. In ad-
dition, an open meeting of the
board is scheduled for p. M, We'd
nesday, April 20. in the school au-
ditOrium.
The local supplementary salary
schedule was endorsed by the PTA
executive committee and approved
by the general PTA membership
at an open meeting, March IA. 1t
follows: Up to five years exper-
fence, $400 increase; six to 10
years experience, $500; 10 years
plus, experience, 5000.
In its resolution, the PTA had
suggested that SO capitation tax
be set, but the board lowered this
to the mot exceed So" figure.
The board of education at its
meeting (Tuesday night voted to
oppose the Civil Service Bill and
the Central Purchasing Bill with
the suggestion that schools be elm
mated from the provisions.
The board approved makeup
dates for the three days school was
closed because of heavy snow as
April Is and 10 and May 80, the
last with a ! p. m. closing.
Seven vacancies were reported
in the teaching staff, including ad-
ditiOns needed to meet an increased
enrolment in the JuniOr-Senior
High School. A need for additional
classroom space was indicated in
the Junior-Senior High School. APP
proval was given for the CONVEX
sion of small room in the shop
building for mechanical drawing by
building fabricated units and pur-
chasing stools for these spaces.
Further space requirements, it was
announced, will intensity the need
for additional facilities within a
five-year period.
The decision of the Milford Spe-
cial School District to close its
summer school to nonresidents re-
suited in considerable discussion
and the decision to attempt to pro-
vide a summer school fer Grades
8 to IL operated as a central unit
with other cooperating schools.
The Lenten Cantata, ''The Cruel
fixon'', by John Stainer, will be pre-
sented on Palm Sunday april 1O)
at 1880 p. m. in the GEORGETOWN
High School auditorium by the
combined choirs of Grace Methodist
Georgetown Presbyterian, st. Paul's
Episcopal and Wesley Methodist
Churches.
Rehearsals have been in progress
for several weeks with so choir
members participating. The organ
accompaniment will be played by
Mrs. Patti Pepper, organist of
Wesley Methodist Church.
The cantata is directed by G..
Linden McIlvaine, Jr., director of
Grace Methodist choir and LemueI
II. Evans, director at Wesley.
Soloists will be Freeman Hudson.
Howard Smith, Harold White, Chris
Mack, Wilson Boyer, Beverly Nc
Ilvaine, Russell Plumpton, Sigurd
Christensen, G. Linden McIlvaine.
Jr.. Loren Frye and Richard Davis.