Billings Gazette 1957-- Lockwood school gets new building

Lockwood School Gets New Building

Open house set in school edition

A $120,000 foods and administration building, newest addition to the rapidly growing Lockwood School Plant, will be open to the public Friday from 6:30 to 9 pm. Marvin Klampe, superintendent of schools, said Saturday.

The new building which provides cafeteria, kitchen, office storage and meeting room facilities for the school, was designed by Drake and Gustafson, Billings Architects. Construction was begun last July by Frates Construction Co. and the building placed in use two weeks ago, Klampe said. Up to 400 students may be served in the cafeteria, Klampe said. Enrollment in the primary, Elementary and junior high schools in Lockwood is 456.

Members of the school staff will serve as guides at the open house. The cafeteria features an “indoor” walkway so students waiting in line for meals will be protected from weather. Opening of the building, Klampe pointed out, also makes available the junior high gymnasium for athletic and recreational activities.

The school cafeteria was formerly located in the gymnasium. Administration offices include a meeting area for the Board of Trustees, secretarial offices and storage rooms and an office for the superintendent. The new building also features a separate meeting room which will be available for the PTA, Scout and other adult and youth school-related groups. Operation of the cafeteria will be supervised by Mrs. Myrtle Trulock, Klampe said. Other members of the cafeteria staff are Mrs. Ruth Ostrom, Mrs. Alice Seneschal, Mrs. W.G. Hopwood and Mrs. Ann Schutrop.

Lockwood sets bond election

$120,000 project planned by board

Lockwood School District voters Saturday will decide the outcome of our proposed $120,000 bond issue for a new building, F L. Sturdevant, chairman of the Board of Trustees said Wednesday. Voting in the special election will begin at noon and last until polls close at 8 p.m. Sturdevant said. A second proposal on the ballot, said Sturdevant is a special Levy of five mills for operating costs at the Lockwood junior high school and for adult education classes. Last bond issue brought before Lockwood voters was for $172,000 two years ago. The issue passed without one dissenting vote.

It will be necessary, said Sturdevant, for 158 voters to cast ballots in the Saturday election to satisfy the 40% requirement and make the election a valid one. The building project proposed by the board, said Sturdevant, will provide a lunchroom kitchen, storage and supply rooms and administrative offices for the school plant. If authorized, Sturdevant said, the new building would be constructed about 80 feet south of the present Junior High building. Its construction would release the multi-purpose room in the elementary school built which has been used as a lunchroom for the last 6 years.

Lockwood Votes for Bond Issue

Lockwood School District voters approved a $120,000 bond issue and cast ballots in favor of a special five-mill levy at a school election Saturday. In the bond election, 180 voted for, 19 against and there is one unmarked ballot. The percentage in favor of the bonds was 90.5. The vote on the special levy was 172 for, 25 against and three unmarked ballots.

Funds to be derived from the bond issue will add to the school plant a new building which will provide a cafeteria, kitchen, administration offices and storage room. Funds to be derived from the five mill levy will provide for support of the Lockwood junior high school and for adult education. Polls were open from noon to 8 PM. P.O. Brush, clerk and business manager of the school board, reported that 200 of the district's 393 registered voters cast ballots in Saturday's election.