Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-02
School Meetinn.

A meeting of the voters in the town
school district was held Tuesday morning
to vote upon the question as to whether
the district would instruct the directors
to build a new schoolhouse at East Bethel
and kindred subjects. About go voters
were present. Considerable informal con-
versation was INDUCED in before there
was motion before the meeting. 2. {.
House OF East Bethel thought the present
structure sufficient. W. q. Whitaker
told OF his taking over DR.. Holton of the
state board of health to examine the pres
emit building. Howard Fowler stated that
there were about 40 voters in East Bethel
district and about II or IS in the hill dis
trict, these two being now united. John
Clifford had made thorough measurements
OF the building and found it to be an
eight-sided structure, each side being IL
IT, and inches, or 100 #. and Z inches in
circumference; that the inside OF the
building was equivalent to a room about
2ix25 feet; that the room was nine feet
and ten inches high. He said the reason
the building was cold was that no repairs
had been made on it for years and the
cold air was allowed to circulate beneath
He said he was in favor of a new building
in the present location, but not otherwise;
he said there were about Il scholars now
in attendance, of whom about third
came from corners of Royalton and
Tunbridge and and that these should
be considered.
II. w. Fowler then made motion to
instruct the directors to build new
schoolhouse at East Bethel. Considera-
BILE debate then followed, the opinions
being different mainly on the point of To-
cation.
l.. II. Abbott was not particular to loca-
tion, but thought the best interests of the
people of East Bethel demanded new
nd haf cd mo- m
Of town for lack of school facilities.
School Director Durham read the report
Of DIR. II. ID. Holton, secretary of the state
board Of health, stating that the building
was manifestly unfit for school purposes
and should be replaced by new building,
and that the old building could not be
properly repaired to fill the purpose; that
the desks and seats were unfit and that
there should be a larger school lot. Mr..
Durham stated that he had inspected the
building and found the silis rotting and
thought il would be very costly to repair.
He thought it would cost 800 to $500 to
repair.
p. c. House said it would cost $500
more to build a new building than to re-
pair the old one.
School Director Taggart maintained
that the report of the state board of health
was unequivocal to the effect that a new
building was needed and that he thought
the location could be safely left to the dis
cretion of three disinterested persons,
meaning the board Of directors). He did
not think the present location central as
required by the law; thought it would cost
about 500 to build a new house.
p. A. Chattield favored a location ON
the hill west of East Bethel village, as
being nearer to the scholars coming from
Christian Hill.
A vote was then called for and upon
counting the ballots there were found II
votes in favor of building a new house
and IS opposed, so the motion was lost.
The meeting then adjourned