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To correct this problem a private school was organized in the park under the direction of Leavitt’s second wife Katherine for the 1949-50 school term. It was supported by payments made by parents and by private funds and donations. The school, which met in a room in the Administration Building, had five children in kindergarten and three in elementary grades during its first year. After the school was established the Oregon State Department of Education provided financial assistance to the school for two years. Beginning in 1952 funding was provided by the Federal Security Agency. [72]

During the early 1950s the park administrative organization continued to expand and be refined in the postwar years. An organization chart for the park prepared in June 1955, for instance, reflected the increasing complexity of park operations and administrative efforts to deal with that complexity. The park staff consisted of 32 full-time permanent positions. The office of the superintendent consisted of Superintendent Thomas J . Williams, Assistant Superintendent Gerald E. Mernin, and Secretary Mae Hammack. U.S. Commissioner Frank Van Dyke and School Teacher Zelma Pooh related directly to the superintendent. The park staff was organized into five divisions whose chiefs answered directly to the superintendent:

Protection Division–Chief Ranger,
Carlock E. Johnson

Engineering Division–Park Engineer,
William E. Loftis, Jr.

Landscape Division–Landscape Architect (similar responsibilities for Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lava Beds National Monument)

Administrative Division–Chief Clerk,
Marvin L. Nelson

Interpretive Division–Chief Naturalist,
Harry C. Parker

Two divisions were further divided into sections. The engineering division had five sections:

Communications and Power Section–Electrician,
Alvord H. France

Roads and Trails Section–Mixed Gang Foreman,
Richard O. Varnum

Garage and Shop Section–Mechanic,
Benjamin Pooh

Water-Sewage Sanitation Section–Plumber,
Harvey E. Clift

Carpentry-Painting Section–Seasonal Employees

The administrative division was also divided into five sections:

Fiscal Section–Fiscal Accountant,
LeRoy E. Marcroft

Personnel Section–Personnel Clerk,
Marion R. Anderson

Procurement and Property–Supply Clerk,
Basil G. Curtis

Mess Operation–Contractor

Warehouse Section–Supply Clerk,
George S. Woodley [73]

From time to time park administrative offices and procedures were reorganized. In 1957, for instance, the National Park Service initiated a new accounting system and financial reporting procedures in all of the field financial offices. As part of this realignment of Park Service financial management field offices were reduced from 28 to 24 offices and their functions transferred to the regional offices having jurisdiction over them. The four offices closed were those at Crater Lake, Carlsbad Caverns, Mammoth Cave, and the Southwestern National Monuments headquarters. [74]

During the next several years various changes were made in the park organizational structure to promote more efficient administration at Crater Lake. [75] A park organizational chart prepared in October 1962, for instance, indicated that the park staff consisted of the office of the superintendent and four divisions: ranger, maintenance and operation of physical facilities, interpretation, and administration. The ranger division was divided into the Annie Spring and Red Cone districts. The maintenance and operation division was divided into three sections: buildings and utilities, roads and trails, and garage and shop. The administration division consisted of five sections: personnel, school, mess operation, procurement and property, and warehouse. [76]