The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-18
o Adjoining Towns .
New bury.
DIRECTORY.

NeWbury.
DIRECTORY.
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CHURCHES.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.
Services 1oso a. M. followed by Sunday school
I ocular weekly prayer meeting Thursday eve. Meet
ing Of the Society OF Christian Endeavor, Sunday eve
followed by prayer meeting. Communion service tn
first Sunday OF each alternate month"; beginning viii
Rev. JOHN l.. MERRILL, Pastor
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday services, 80 a m, followed by Sunday
school. Young peoples pray er meeting Monday eve
ming Class meeting Thursday evening.
Rev. THos. TIE, LILLIAN, Pa'tor
PEOPLES FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Sunday service 10 80 a m, ,I.3o p M. Prayer
1 ting Sunday. " Cnesday and Friday evenings
Rev. c. H. II 1T, Pastor.
Union meeting house and Town House supplied by
Rev. I. 'lrevlan and Congregational ministers OF
neiehboring churches.
Village Library Association open Saturday afternoons
at the Congre gational church pllors.
CHARLOTTE ATKINSON, Librarian.
The absorbing question is and has been
the union of school districts and 4. The
nUn-uniOniStS maintaining that the the
town meeting vote to unite was procured
unfairly. | think all persons present ut the
annual March meeting will, however, say
that the moderator did not restrict the All
vocateS OH either side, and that the oppo-
nents of union had fair field for labor,
The uniOniSts believed that the vote which
stood "a against and 11S for union was Il
legal vote, and that the Old districts were
dissolved and urged into a new district, but
that the districts so formed was un-pfiicertd
and could not go on with schools without
an organization by the srectmen as the
statute law provides. hence the Seleclmen
were peti toned to call school meeting,
and issued the following notice:
The legal voters in the former, but now
united school district Nos. and 4, IN the
town of Newbury, Vt, are hereby warned
to meet in Seminary Hall, Ill former school
district No. 4, Tuesday. March 18th, 1892
at 10 o'clock a. M, to organize SAID district
to be known as school district NO. 4, to act
OIL the following articles, VIZ:
ART. l. TO elect moderator and clerk.
ART. 2. To elect all other necessary
school district 0fflccrS.
ROBERT NELSON, So,ootmon
III. q. ROLLINS,
Newbury, March 7, 1882.
This sort of organization being operative
under Section 69 of Act No. . OF 1888.
The meeting was called to order by 1St
seleclman Robert Nelson, aud on motion OF
d. P. kimball the meeting was adjourned
until III o'clock This adjournment icing
for the benefit of the non unionlsls to give
them time t. procure counsel. The meet
ing got into working order about ll.45. |
Major j. II. Watson appearing for the |
uniunisls, Col. A. NJ. Dlckey for the non |
unioni,ts. The first move on the part OF |
the nOn-llnioniSts was Il motion 10 adjourn |
the mtetiAg which was defeated by most |
emphatic and decisive vote. The merits OF !
the case was discussed at some length 10y |
the counsel for the opposing factions anu |
MIR. Rich rd Doe and others. State Supt. |
of Education E. +. Palmer was present i'll |
the meeting and was called upon loT ms
opinion OF the case, which he gave candldly |
and briefly, as follows: lie held that unless
the district was organized 10y the SelccImrnl
that there could not be legal school held
in the district before an annual town meet
ing. Also that II special town meeting had
no authority to rrscind the vote OF March
meeting, because, to resclDd that vote
would indirectly alter the newly made
school district, AMI that special town
meeting cannot do what the law required
to be done only i'll annual town meeting.
1t was agreed and understood that The law
provides that each old district shall settle
its own Indebtedness, thereby exploding
the claim that has been made that NO.
was attempting to shift large debt on t.
No. 3. i he bone OF contention between
the counsel for and against union was Sec.
2Sl of Act No. 9 of 1888, Col. Dlckey claim
ing that the first three lines OF the section
down to period was specific and binding
Major Watson claiming that the balance oil
the section was modifying, and That under
the section as whole the new district was
competent 10 organize and proceed as set
forth in the warning under which the pres
ent meeting was called. In this opinion
the State Supt concurred, and Selectnan
Nelson proceeded with the business. HOl-
ace w. Bailey was chosen moderator; ): l..
Swasey, clerk. The balance OF the old No.
school officers were elected, all the officers
to hold only until the annual school meet
ing, the last Tuesday OF the present month.
The meeting was largely attended, and
next to the recent prize speaking, was The
event of the season.
The selectmen have caused the following
document to be recorded in the town rec
ordS: I'VE, the selectmen men OF NeMD bury
hereby Ger ify that the new district formed
by the uniting of the former school districts
Nos. 3 and 4, shall be known and deslSnat-
ed as school district No. in Newbury.
Dated at Newbury, March 10, 1892.
ROBERT NELSON, Selectmen
Ii. q. ROLLINS, of
GEO. w. CHAMBERLAIN, Newbury.
The many friends in this village, of
Lyman p. Wood will be glad 10 learn
that he has gone into business for him