Columbus Evening Dispatch from Columbus, Ohio • Page 13

FEB. 9.1969 flfepaftty Bispotcf) SUBURBAN NEWS COSTS TO BE MET Tax Delay Hurts School Districts TECHNIQUE, TUNING--It breeds togetherness, but the real purpose of the dual violin exercise shown at left is to teach beginning students to consider their bowing hand and their string hand independently. Doing the bowing here is Mike Politz, 10, of .920 Evening while Stephen Morris, 9, of 345 LongweUow tries to finger the right Teach Proteges in Worthington OSU Music Majors Develop Techniques strings. At right, student-teacher John Evans, an Ohio State University sophomore, shows 10-year-old Ellen Wenzelberger of 317 Weydon how to tune her bass. All students in these pictures attend Worthington's Evening St.

Elementary School. (Dispatch Photos by Sharon Brown) By RETTY DAFT Of Dheatch Staff A delay until March 15 in billing for Franklin County real estate taxes will cost school districts around the county, not including Colum- bus, an estimated total of more than $50,000. The money represents interest on millions of dollars the Boards of Education must borrow for operating expenses until mid-April, when they can expect the first ad- By HERBERT COOK Of Ditpatdi Staff squawking hours with a distraught music a a disobedient i i and a clock whose hands refused to reach the end of the lesson? So do some Ohio State university music education students who somehow sur- vived the ordeal and are enthusiastically working out their own techniques for teaching violin students at Worthington's Evening St. Elementary School. INNOVATION AND experimentation are the bywords of the new program.

Students and" student-teachers both seem to like It there hasn't 'been a dropout yet. KEEP THE BOW UNDER THE FINGER BRIDGE Amy Decker, 10, Gets Assist from Stephen Byrun Road Job in Arlington Expected to Start Soon expected to start this year on the rebuilding of Kenny Rd. in Upper Arlington, dubbed "Patched-Up Lane" by disgruntled motorists. The 18-foot wide road, formerly a county highway, will be widened to 41 feet, City Manager Hal Hyrne said. PLANS AND cost estimate! being prepared by the engineering iirm of Burgess and Nlple i.tdrare* expected to be completed in four to six weeks.

After approval of the by the Upper Arlington City Council, Columbus City CC st agren -'to with" aJJow "Upper Arlington to sess adjoining property own ers who live within Columbus city limits. FRANKLIN County commissioners also must approve the plans because Kenny Rd. is part of the countywide road---system--eligible--let OSU instructor Robert Culver, who supervises tHe group of student-teachers, says students from his string method classes in the music education department meet their nine-and-ten-year-old pro- teges every Saturday mom ing for ten weeks. Between the weekly sessions, music teachers in the Worthington Public Schools carry on the instruction in basic string techniques. IN THE HOUR-LONG Saturday classes, each OSU teacher is assigned four or five pupils and allowed to experiment with his, own ideas for new teaching techniques.

Appeals to avarice, muscular conditioning and even outright physical discomfort are part of the new bag into which the young teachers are dipping to keep their students attentive and Improving. "Shake out your hands," an instructor commands, demonstrating the proper technique for relaxing muscles drawn taut by long practice. IN ANOTHER section of the classroom, an Instructor illustrates the proper technique for making a long stroke with the violin bow: "Just pretend you're going to aim at your little brother or sister, and you're really mad," Another instructor, who appears to be trying to choke one of her pupils, is demonstrating thaf rieithef a boy nor a violin can produce intelligible when grabbed by the throat. To teach wrist position, teachers a minor bribe students who keep i balanced on their wrists while bowing get to keep the loot. THE SOUNDS produced are probably no more melodic than the efforts of beginning students In more ortho- "KEEP THAT PENNY ON YOUR WRIST" Laura McDonald, 10, Learns Proper Technique funds from the additional $5 auto license tax imposed by the county.

The section of Kenny Rd. from McCoy Rd. north to the city limits probably will be rebuilt first, Hyrne said, to- as-fFiShlnger Rd. being the second phase of the project. mit, are insults to the ear.

But instead of whining there is enthusiasm year-old Mike Strobe, he practices more than 20 minutes a day required, father LIGHT REPLACEMENT 114 antiquated street lights, many of them like that at left, with an incandescent bul'b and a sca- loped pie pan reflector, are to be replaced. Mercury vapor lighte, such as the one at right, and recently in- Beacon-Addition on the eastern of the city, will 'be used aS replacements. The City Council included the additional cost of slightly more- than $1,000 a year for the newer type lights in a $12,500 appropriation by Mayor C. H. O'Brien for street (Dtepatdh Photos) Teacher Pay Could Be Cut During Strike Boards of education can refuse to pay striking school teachers for the time they are absent from their classrooms, in the opinion of Franklin County Prosecutor C.

Howard Johnson. Specifically, he ruled on "professional days" in ef- et strikes --Jield-by teachers during salary negotiations. Usually, these are assemblies, away from schools, which are forced to close because of lack of personnel. JOHNSON'S County School opinion to Supt. Fred Daniel held school boards are not obligated to pay salaries of teachers for professional days because they have not fulfilled their contracts and have not complied with the board regulations.

Daniel said he asked Johnson for the ruling on tricts of the county school system, he said. professional days and four other issues affecting teachers as a guide and had "nothing specific in mind." The questions had been raised by some superintendents in the nine school dis- JOHNSON also held: It would appear proper for a teacher to report to a teaching assignment if he or she does not wish to attend meetings of the Central Ohio Teachers Association or the Franklin Education Association on dates scheduled in the school calendar. The school board could waive the requirement a teacher appear at the school building. A superintendent would have whatever authority his See TEACHERS on Page 27A vance on tax collections for the first six months of the year. PHILIP A.

1 1 a Franklin County treasurer, explained the three-month delay in opening the tax books is due to a changeover to data processing, and slow delivery of equipment, paper and supplies Municipalities and townships also will be affected by the delay in delivery of their tax dollars. The law provides that the Dec. 20 mailing date for tax bills may be extended for 30 days, and then for another 30 days with permission from the State Board of Tax Appeals. "After Feb. 20 another extension must be asked from the board and there probably will be a hearing," Goldslager said.

In the past, first advances of tax money received were made soon after the billing, apportioned from early returns. Large taxpayers, such as the utilities, are expected to delay payment to obtain interest on their-bank its as long as possible, Golds- pager said. -THE TAX BOOKS will stay open until about April 30, he added. The problem is compounded for those districts whose financial need before mid- April is more than half their estimated six-month tax revenue, since they may borrow only 50 per the period's tax income. JEFFERSON Local (Gahan- See DELAY on Page 27 A AVOIDING THE DEADLY "PEEKABOO THUMB" Alice Bakos Adjusts Hand for Mike Strobel, 9 Grandview To Replace Old Cables Replacement of ground cables, some as much as 40 years old, has a high priority in a street lighting Bexley Council to Hear Mayor's Crime Report suits, even the teachers ad- Petitions Passed to Void Dobbs House Rezoning Worthington Residents are circulating referendum petitions to void City Council's approval of rezoning for a Dobbs House at High St.

and Kenyon Brook Dr. approved the rezoning 4-3 on Jan; 27. 'even--though doesn't like to hear it much." There may not be a future Jascha Heifetz or Yehudi Me- naMo- Evening St. violinists. But thanks to some eager young Ohio State musical scholars, there surely will be new appreciation for a much- maligned instrument.

Wayne Dipner of 30 Ken---Ti Brook Dr. served notice Manager George H. niapter Jr. a referendum would be sought to upset council's decision. DIPNER SAID he and resi- Art onjDisplay Worthington High School's annual midyear art show will continue until next Sunday at the Worthington Inn; The show is a collection of work of high school students.

dents working with him are seeking at least 491 valid signatures, representing, the required 10 per cent of the total vote for governor at the last gubernatorial election. program year by TALK REQUESTED ON LICENSING OF WHITEHALL CATS Whitehall Cnun- cil has been asked for a meeting to discuss licensing cats in the city. was made -4a a. letter signed by Forrest Brunsoa president of the New Humane Movement for Animals, 921 Miriam Dr. Columbus.

outlined for this Grandview Heights Mayor Joseph Wyman. i cable, when found, will be replaced, not repaired, and locations will be recorded on a map. The city does not have a record of locations of replacement cables installed in past years Wyman said. A ALSO said a study will be made of existing lights on Goodale Blvd. from Grandview Ave.

eastward for i improvement of lighting with mercury vapor lights. Use of 1 a lights along Northwest "Blvd. also will be checked, he said. OTHER 1969 city programs are: fijywide Inspection and Bexley Mayor Kenneth McClure will report to City Council on Bexley's crime situation Tuesday night at the request of J. Roth Crabbe, council president.

Crabbe said he and other council members had received inquiries and heard rumors on the number of offenses in the city and the way in which they were handled, "and I thought it would be helpful to council to have a report on the situation." COUNCILMAN David Shawan agreed the report was needed. "I'm delighted the mayor is responding to the for review of peace-keeping procedures in Bexley, and a status -report on apprehensions and convictions," he said. "William Schoedinger and I have heard similar, disquieting reports, such as 65 to 85 burglaries in January "This obviously Is nonsense. However, all residents Bexley, including those who are victims and those who are apprehended, are entitled to assurance their nterests are being protected according to law," Shawan added. McClure who is also the city's safety director, announced last week there had een no reported burglaries, arson or auto thefts in Bex- ey for three weeks, since an.

10, and that suspects had been questioned in five earlier burglaries and three cases of arson, but no formal harges had been filed. "THE POLICE, the council and all Bexley residents i )e more comfortable when he -mayor gives the box core. It's high time to re)lace rumors with sub- tance," Shawan said. clein-out of all catchbasins and a check of all sanitary sewers with mirrors and photographs. Continuation, of ment of curbs and gutters, started in 1968 and to be completed in 1971.

Inspection of aft streets- for repair work to be done this year and in 1970. OFFICIALS SAY LOSS SURE UNDER CHANGE Darbydale Services Cited Darbydale residents would lose services they now have and would not get the roads they want, if they succeed in an effort to dissolve the village government, elected officials believe. The announcement- that a group is circulating petitions to place on the ballot the question of surrendering the village charter in favor of a a Township and Franklin County control, was made by Mrs. George Scarberry, of 5540 Dawn Dr. THE VILLAGE'S i streets are the residents' management of municipal affairs, and the reason for their claim that "Our tax money is being misused," Mrs.

Scarberry said. "I guess there is only one way to handle the road situation, and this is to assess the peopla for entire cost," said Mayor John Kell. "We have been trying to do out part with the money we have and this i please them." Mrs. Laura Clover, village clerk, pointed to dangers If the village ghpuld revert to township and county control "WE'D LOSE our street lights, because a a Township trustees have not budgeted the $180 monthly service charge, and we'd Insr our police and fire departments, "Police protection would be 4he Franklin County Sher iffs office, which has only six cruisers to cover the entire county. Fire protection would 1 be from Jackson Township's nearest fire station in Grove City, and our fire insurance would go up even higher." Mrs.

said "We would not get our roads, cause the township doesn't a Ihe money to maintain the roads they already have '1 COl NCIL PRESIDENT Da i Stokes discounted Mrs Srarbrrry's claim that the vil lage had "spent almost $2,200 fnr a i a truck, knowing it can't used" (because it is See LOSS on Page 27 A NEWSPAPER! CONGREGATION LESS The United Methodist Church gains this church i i in 1836 but loses at least 191 of its Franklin congregation of 252 as the majority splits from the i a i formed by the merger of the i a thp Evangelical United Brethren Church List Ap, Franklin Church 15 a mile north of Ontral College Rd ailong the New Albany-Condit IM The departing members will meet at 1 30 in Albany School as a mw confjrcKal.ofl rol.n- quishung real estate which by resolution thcj "so hard earned by pur forefathers and so loyally developed by ourselves in our ou-n time (Dispatch Photo) NEWS PA PER.