Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-31
a List Of the Candidates for
the Vacancies
IN The BOARD OF EDUCATION
Fourteen New Members Must Be Elected
- the Boart-Retinng Members
Who Are Candidates.

/ gets al about the y. ;. 5. during the
I subsequent 364 days. School elections
are about the only things held IN
/ Grand Rapids IN which politics does
not constitute a prominent factor; bat
I the board OF education IS and has been
/ for years a strictly non-partsan body.
/ it Is 10 this that much Of rs efficiency
! 5 due Ihis year the peoples party
| has made an effort 10 combine politics
/ and education; tut It's candidates Will
not be favored in more than Two OF the
/ wards. Ia many of the wards no eau
Gus Will be held, bat one u called for
( in the Second ward tonight and the
/ Tenth Will probably hold one. There
/ IS Il general disposition 10 return
the retiring members OF the
/ board so far as they Will
| accept. Most OF them have taken an
| intense interest N the working OF the
/ school system, and few Of them VIII re-
/ fuse another term. The election Will
occur on Labor day, and as TINS will he
general holiday for the working men
I It is expected that an unusually large
vote viii be polled. There Will be four
teen new members elected. The new
wards. the eleventh and twelfth, have
|
and this Will necessitate the election OF
two members for u short term OF one
year. The new board of education
Will consist of the mayor and twenty
four members, instead OF twenty as
heretofore.
Whose Terms Expire.
The members whose terms will ex-
pre- this year are e. n. Stein, II. f.
| LOcher, Joseph Houseman, Thomas ID.
| Bradford, James Blair, William III.
Leifingwell, 4. Van Bree, W. b. Fol
ger. James Hogg, John I. Strahan and
f. J. Maybury.
In the first ward DIR. Locher is a can
| didate for reelection. 4. w. Scott
has been mentioned as a candidate IN
opposition to DR.. LOcher. K. II. Stein,
the other member from the first ward,
Is now resident of the TIVE fth ward
by reason of the redistrlctlng, and so
there are two vacancies to be filled IN
the first. DR.. Palm has been men,
toned IS candidate. James F. Grady
is also IN the field.
The second ward will hold a caucus
IN Wagner Bros. office IN the Widdi-
| comb block tonight. Joseph House
man is the retiring trustee and has
OF the board tie says he isn't nauker-
| ing tor reelection, but will accept It
| If there is no one else IN the second
ward that wants il more than he does.
No other candidate has been mentioned
| In the ward. DR.. Bradheld Will be a
! candidate for reelection in third. He
| is chairman of the committee on build
ings and is admitted to be one of the
| most efficient members of the board.
Fred :. Clark says 1t will save the city
| many thousands of dollars to have
| DR.. Bradlield retained on the building
committee, and Joseph Houseman says
Or. Bradheld's reelection means more
10 the city schools than that of any
other man on the board. e. A. Fetch
er will also be candidate from the
third ward. Mr.. Fletcher WAS formerly
principal of the Congress Street school
and is now one OF the trustees of the
Western Michigan college. He is a
practical school man.
James BLAIR, president of the board i,
represents the only vacancy in the
fourth ward, and there Is said to be
little doubt of his reelection. +. c.
Jackson and CT. II. Behnke have been
nominated rs candidates, but no defin-
lite action has been taken.
There has been no opposition to
Trustee LeffingwelPs candidacy in
the fifth, and he will probably be re-
turned. Arie Van Bree's term in the
sixth ward has expired; but nobody
has appeared TO dispute his title TO .
reelection.
Mr. FoIger Not a Candidate.
W. b. Folger of the seventh has an
nounced that he will not be a candi-
date for reelection and asks his friends
to vote for A. II. Chilver. Joseph Al
bright and Andrew Doyle, both eX-
aldermen, have been mentioned as
candidates.
Trustee Hagy's term in the eighth
ward has expired. but Mr.. Hagy, like
Barkis, SIS within" and his friends
Will try to re-elect him. The peoples
party IN this ward has nominated Dan
Palmsteer.
John L. Strahan is again a candidate
from the ninth. James Blandford. who
was formerly member of the board
may be brought forward as a can
didate.
f. J. Maybury doesn't live in the
tenth ward since the new division, and
the ward has "just stacks" of candi-
dates that will agree to represent It's
citizens IN the glorious cause of free
education. Prominent among these
are II. II. Deury, c. W. Tufts and John
RawsOn. Mr.. RiwsOn is n contractor
aud builder. Mr.. Tufts was for several
years high school principal, and Mr..
Deury has already served four years as
member OF the board. George G.
/ Pierce, we'll known a an alderman, has
been mentioned, but has not stated ais
intention of beng a candidate. A call
for caucus IN this ward viii soon be
made.
=. !. Naybury, who now lives IN the
eleventh ward. will probably be elected
for the long term. W. ". Fuller and
Frank Bailey have been mentioned rs
candidates for the short term.
Z. III. Stein represents the twelfth
ward for the short term. For the long
+ term George " Dulenhacs, FRANK
trr.swoid and Mrs. Harry Turner have
, been suggested as candidates. Mrs
Turner - tho only woman mentioned
as candidate. James Brnsham ma.
been endorsed by the committee and
wlll accept K elected.
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It's Business Is Completed.
The court house building committee
b held its final meeting yesterday after
noon aud settled all accounts incident
TO the construction Of the building
Asau evidence 81 its appreciation Of
the services Of Superi utendent WOOD