Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-17
Fun in the School Board.
From Piedmont Banner.

At our school election last Apri
there were elected as directors Mrs
l.. McSpaden, w. p. Toney, S. Il
Durham, the directors holding owe
being John Schiek. A. j. Durham anC
Henry Detmers. The Board soon me
and organized by electiug Mrs. Nc
Spaden president. In the course o
time the Board met for the election oI
teachers and at two or more meeting!
completed the faculty by the selection
of D. B. Williams, j. H. Lucy, Mis-:
Myra Withers, Miss Octa Krimmingel
and Miss Rose Barry. At a special
meeting for the purpose of receiving
the enumeration report of the school
children S. Il. Durham made motion
that the selection of Miss Rose Barry
be recousidered and Miss Bessie Lind.
say selected in her place. The presi-
dent declared the motion out of order,
as the election of teachers had not
been included in the call. and that
even If it had been that Mr.. Durham
could not make the motion as he had
voted against Miss Lindsay's election
at another time. However, the motion
was seconded and Mr.. Durham put it
before the board, and as four voted for
it and one against it Zone director be-
ing absenD he declared it carried and
Miss Lindsay selected in the place of
Miss Barry. The president declared
the proceedings illegal and refused to
approve the minutes or sign Miss
Lindsay's contract.
In short while A. j. Durham pre-
sented his resignation which was ac-
cepted and Geo. r. Martin was elected
to fill the vacancy.
The minutes show that the Board
met again on June 1, all present ex-
cept Geo. r. Martin. At this meeting
by vote of three to two the president
was instructed to sign Miss Lindsay;s
contract, but this the president refused
to do, declaring her election illegal.
On July l the Board met again and
at this meeting D. M. Clark presented
his resignation. The president de-
clared it out of order. claiming that
she had been duly elected in place of
Mr.. Clark, had been properly inducted
into Office and made president of the
Board, no one objecting, so she re-
fused to put Mr.. Clark's resignation
before the meeting. Mr.. Durham
then put it before the Board (all the
members being presently aud the vote
was as follows-For accepting its.
r. Durham. John Schiek and Henry
Detmers; against it-W. P Toney, G.
r. Martin and Mrs. L. McSpaden.
Mr.. Durham ruled that as Mrs. Nc
Spaden was not a member of the
Board she was not entitled to a vote
and therefore declared it accepted By
a vote of three to two. DIR. l.. M.
Petit was then nominated for the va
eancy and by the same vote declared
elected. On July 9Th the Board met
with S. R. Durham, John Schiek, Hen
ry Detmers and Dr. l.. M. Petit pres
ent. DIR. Petit was elected president.
Geo. r. Martin having failed to at
aa,ara1 IF tho Roord
he was declared removed on account
of such failure to attend aad j. N. Bar
nett was elected in his stead. Henry
Detmers then presented his resignation
which was accepted and c. T. Burton
selected as his successor.
In the meantime quo warranto pro-
ceedings had been instituted in the
circuit court against Mrs. McSpaden
ordering her to show cause why she
held the position OF director when the
law says that director shall be
..quallfied voter" The case came
up for trial at the August term of the
circuit court and the writ was quashed
because of an erroneous service by the
sheriff. A new writ was issued but
the sheriff failed to get service.
After this failure in the circuit court
both sides tried to get School Commis-
sioner T. NJ. Grisham to settle it by
recognizing one of the Boards and fill
ing the vacancies, but for some rea-
son he refused. After repeated efforts
and failures to get the full Board to-
gether Mrs. L. McSpaden, Geo. r.
Martin and W. P. Toney met and de-
clared the places held by S. 4. Dur
ham, John Schlek and Henry Dctmers
vacant by reason of their non-attend-
ance and elected in their stead j. H.
Clore, DIR. S. A. Bates and S. A. Lee.
The Board represented by DR.. Petit
had employed d. B. Williams. j. II.
Lucy and Misses Octa Krimminger,
Mvra WIthers and Bessie Lindsay and
had set Monday. Sept z. as the time to
open school. Tne other Board en-
uloyed the same teachers with the ex-
ception OF Miss Lindsay, or rather rat
ified the action of the Board before
any trouble had arisen in 1t.
Last Sunday night Geo. 4. Martin,
W. 2. Toney and DIR. S. A. Bates took
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