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6 Canby Our Town
1955 — Funeral services for Howard H. Eccles,
78, a school teacher in the Canby vicinity more
than 50 years, will be held Thursday, Sept. 15, at
1:30 p.m., from the Canby chapel of Everhart &
Kent. Interment will be in Zion Memorial Park be-
side Mrs. Eccles, who passed away August 10,
1954.
Principal of Canby grade school from 1913 until
1945, Mr. Eccles passed on about 8:30 p.m., Mon-
day, at the Canby Nursing Home where he had
been cared for since August 27 following paralysis
of both legs. He had been under treatment last win-
ter for cancer.
A teacher from the time he was 17 years old until
his retirement at 73, Howard Hayes Eccles had his
schooling at Woodburn and later at Oregon Normal
school, now Oregon College of Education, at Mon-
mouth.
He taught the White school near Hubbard, then
came to the Canby vicinity in 1897 to teach the
one-room school at Riverside. He later taught at
Mundorf before taking over the principalship at
Canby grade school where he served for 32 years.
After retirement here in 1945, Aurora school direc-
tors persuaded him to take over the principalship
there, a post he held for four years.
1956 —Dedication of Canby’s new primary school
building, erected at a cost to District 86 of $7.79 per
square foot for a total of $96,042, drew an atten-
dance of 300 Friday evening to the recently-com-
pleted structure on N.W. Fifth Avenue at Douglas
Street.
Leslie G. Rood, county superintendent of schools,
but principal at Canby when the new building was in
the planning stage, was the dedication speaker. He
emphasized the low cost per square foot, and ex-
plained why the building is situated as it is, across
the grounds from the 1948-dedicated main building.
Not more than 500 boys and girls should be
housed in any one school building, the state depart-
ment of education recommends. Cafeteria and play
space cannot be provided adequately for a greater
number, the department contends. Therefore, in-
stead of adding a wing to the main building as was
planned originally, the new primary school building
was built, affording cafeteria and play space for stu-
dents enrolled here.
1966 — Boys with long hair and girls with heavy
makeup and extremely short skirts at Canby elemen-
tary school have been directed to comply with a new
policy of moderation, put out to teachers by Supt. Paul
Ackerman after a special board of directors' meeting
Monday evening.
Extremes in dress and appearance are prohibited
as "detrimental to (students') school conduct, pursuit
of studies and general attitude of respect and loyalty
to their school, teachers and community," said the di-
rective. Immediate compliance by those pupils now in
violation is urged.
Action by the elementary school district 86 board
was not deemed necessary until recently. Canby high
school No. 1 board of directors issued such an edict
prior to opening of the 1965-66 school term.
1962 — Some of the boys and girls maybe ob-
jected to the return to school movement Wednesday,
but none as violently as did a nest of yellow jackets
who had "holed in" at the Ninety-One school
grounds.
Several of the first-day students were nursing bee
stings. One fourth grader, Wendy Dunn, suffered a
reaction from stings and Principal Ronald Camp took
her home and with her mother, Mrs. Ancel (cq)Dunn,
drove to Canby to allow the girl to have medical at-
tention. She was able to return home after treatment.
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