60 years ago, March 27, 1961
School Election Is Tuesday; Two Levies on Ballot
Qualified voters of Tonkawa school district will go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots on two tax levies. All voting will be done at the city hall between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Rual Case, incumbent, is the only person for Office No. 1 on the board to be elected automatically for the first full five-year term in the office. He was appointed some two years ago to fill the unexpired term of the late H. A. Wyckoff.
Tax levies requiring passage by school district residents are a five-mill building fund levy and a five-mill emergency food levy. The building fund has been passed annually for many years. This is only the second year the emergency levy has been requested.
According to Bob Boone, school board president, the only way in which the Tonkawa school can meet its estimate of needs for the coming year is the passage of the emergency tax.
School needs for the coming school year have been estimated at $243,000, including $233,000 for current expense and $10,000 for capital outlay. The net assessed evaluation of the district is $2,916,586 which would require an ad valorem levy of 28 mills to meet needs above receipts from other sources.
According to law, the board can levy 20 mills without election, but can submit an additional five-mill levy to voters for their approval. Each five-mill levy will provide approximately $15,000.
Thomas J. Head Recipient of NSF KU Fellowship
Eight University of Kansas students including a Tonkawan, have been awarded pre-doctoral fellowships for 1961-62 by the National Science Foundation in a nationwide competition, and two other winners have elected to take their graduate studies at KU.
Four of the winners, now seniors, and the two coming to KU will hold fellowships for the beginning level. Two fellows will be at the intermediate level while two will be at the advanced level in work toward the Ph. D. degree.
Stipends to the fellows are on a graduated scale by level of study, but average about $2,000.
Carline Nardheim Is Phi Beta Kappa
Carline Sue Nardheim, 1960 graduate of Oklahoma university, has been named to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society for students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Carline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nardheim of Tonkawa, will be initiated into the OU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at a banquet on May 5 ...
