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Wednesday, February 18, 1976
Obituaries premature; little towns growing
By CONRAD BIBENS
Staff Writer
Small towns, once thought to be dying out, are making a comeback, according to three Lawrence area mayors and a new government study.
The mayors of Eudora, Baldwin City and Tonganoxie will say yesterday that their towns' leaders are working to improve the infrastructure.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released early this month a report that said small towns across the country were gaining in population.
THE REPORT, "Population Change in Nonmetropolitan Cities and Towns," said annexation was the main reason for small changes in population. The percent cent in the 1950s and 10 per cent in the 1960s.
Many demographers have said migration from big cities had been a major reason for small towns gaining in population in the early 1970s.
Eudora, with a population of 2,694, increased by about in the last five years, and now has 318,000.
Reasons for this increase include cheaper taxes, a good school system and less crime.
SOME UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS students live in Eudoria, which is nine miles east of Lawrence, because rental rates are lower for living space. he said.
About 180 students attend Eudora High School, Gerald Henderson, the school's principal, said. The enrollment represents a slight increase over past years.
"Less than half our graduates go on to college," he said. "Most go on to other towns because there isn't that much employment here."
ABOUT 25 PER CENT of the school's graduates continue to live in Eudora while working in other towns, Bill Rhodd, Eudora High School counselor, said.
"We're a bedroom community for Lawrence and Kansas City." Henderson said.
Both Henderson and Rhodd said though there was a turnover among Eudorea's high school graduates, the town's overall population remained stable.
Baldwin City, about 18 miles south of Lawrence, has a population of 2,834 which represents an increase of about 500 in the five years, C. V. Reeves, town mayor,
"We're a lot less congested here and we have an excellent school system," he said. "There's been an influx of people who live here but work in Lawrence or Oalate."
REEVES SAID Baldwin City's population figures didn't include the approximately 90 students who attended Baker University in Baldwin.
"We're the fastest growing city in Douglas County, percentage-wise," Reewes said. "Baldwin City is in a good location for commuters."
Mayor Mark Lee said the population of Tonganake had increased by 600 in the last five years. The population is now 2,564, including about 200 people who were added in 1972 when some nearby towns were annexed.
"TONGANOXIE OFFERS a better quality of life," Mark said. "A lot of people have moved here from large cities, such as New City, because of the high crime rate there."
"A lot of KU students and graduates live here," Mark said. "My son is one of them."
**TODAY: NOON HOUSE INTERNATIONAL will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Alcove F of the Kansas Union. Kansas City clerks and finance officers will begin a three-day meeting of the 20th annual professional school sponsored by the Department of Kansas Institute of Public Affairs and Division of Continuing Education.**
Events...
TONIGHT: ANNE KOSCIELYN, associate professor of piano at Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford and former Lawrence resident, will perform at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
TOMORROW: The 27th annual PRINCIPAL-COUNSELER-FRESHMAN CONFERENCE will begin at 9 a.m. in the Union. Flutilla XXXI-3 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will begin registration for a BOATING SAFETY CLASS at 7:30 p.m.
Six University of Kansas alumni have been nominated for three seats on the KU Alumni Association's board of directors. Those chosen were Gary Adams of Tulsa, Okla., Patrick Bolen of Salina, Nancy Lane of Russell, Margret Linton of Wichita, Richard Rodgers of Topeka and Tenton Fahort of St. Louis, Mo.
Correction...
David Shapiro, candidate for student body president, was incorrectly identified in the 2016 election. William Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs, was incorrectly identified
William Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs, was incorrectly identified as vice chancellor for academic affairs.
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Robert Friauf, a member of the Educational Policies and Procedures Committee (EPPC), said the EPPC had appointed appropriate faculty members to provide training, outside reading and structure of each of the courses that ROTC submitted for credit.
Of the 12 class-hours that Army ROTC submitted, were approved and two are still being studied by the EPPC, James Carothers, EPPC chairman said.
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The assembly approved an EPPC recommendation that 12 of the 16 coursehs submitted by the Air Force ROTC be approved.
The approval of the nine classes, which took 21 class-hours, is retraced to the 1975 law that required all teachers.
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In other actions the assembly announced:—a permanent committee of faculty members has been established to screen applicants for military science teaching positions.
—the by-laws review committee will send out questionnaires to the faculty to help determine what revisions to be made in the assembly's structure.
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The course numbers for the Army ROTC classes approved are: Army 144, for one credit; Army 148, for one credit; Army 184, for three credits; and Army 344, for three credits.
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