The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-03-26
School Meetings.

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!, Mount Holly was one of these localities
!; 1t is singular thing but every thre
years there seems to be an unusual desir
: to make change in the Mount Holl
g Board and candidates appear at 'the earn
J est solicitation of friends" Of course, tn
, fact that one of the old members desire
re- election does not prompt the activit
on the other side, but it is a singular coin
t cidence that opposition always occurs a
, the time this particular members tern
expires.
Up to Saturday evening there was APP
parently no opposition to the reelection
, of Messrs. Atkinson. Darlington anC
Kingdom, but on Monday it cropped gu
} three candidates were canvassing the towI
for votes, and that it had been determined
that change must be made. This start
ed discussion on the subject and the re
suit of the election showed how the PEG
pie felt about it. Many theories were ad
vanced with reference to the sudden de
sire for change, the one that gained most
prominence was that the contest at the
polls was continuance of that recently
started in a pulpit. Whether this was
with or without foundation it had more
effect than anything else and the re-elec.
ton of the old members by such decisive
vote is perfect endorsement of the man
ner in which the schools have been con-
| 6n0fod nd chnx1c ho 0f
people who are interested in the institu-
ton.
| The meeting was called to order by
! Samuel A. Atkinson, president of the
Board of Education, and Richard j. B.
Slack was made chairman, District Clerk
Dill acting as secretary. After the legal
requirements had been carried out, the
president appointed tellers Charles r.
Fenton and Benjamin W. Zelley were
given charge of the box in which ballots
for members of the Board were to be cast
s. Orland Alcott and James L. Jamison
being placed in charge of the appropria-
ton box. Nominations being called for
the following names were offered: Sam.
uel A. Atkinson, Dr. Richard G. Barring
ton, Joseph G. Kingdom, John S. Stiles,
Francis c. Naylor. Samuel E. Colder.
AS soon as the polls were declared open
there was rush to vote and the tellers
were kept busy. In 30 minutes there
were 1856 votes cast, and in the remaining
Is minutes of the hour that the polls were
required to be kept open there were 10
votes deposited, making a total of 346.
The tellers announced the result as follows:
Atkinson, 24O; Kingdom. 225; Darlington,
800; Stiles, 113; Naylor, III; Colder, SO.
The appropriations were granted by 1852
votes in favor and no opposition. The
amount of money voted was 81, 472, of
which amount $500 was for repairs and
50, 062 for bond and interest.
In Beverly township, B. D. Blair and
Jacob Leaning were elected trustees.
William Warrack, Harvey G. Ford and
Richard Thomas were elected trustees at
Bordentown.
The old board was reelected at River
side William A. Tauble, George A. Lam
bert and A. H. Mulholland.
In Westampton there was no contest
and Benjamin Fl. Deacon. Firman DubelI
and Harry E. Dubell were reelected.
Eastampton appeared to be satisfied
with its Board and reelected Daniel
Evan, Charles Holzbaner and Herbert
Willitts.
Pemberton township elected Alfred n
Simons, Thomas Clatts and Victor Bush.
Mr.. Simons took the place of Thomas c.
Shreve. who declined reelection.
In Burlington township appropriations
amounting to $1,000 were voted and these
directors elected: Lewis r. Adams, Ed
ward G. Davis and Henry K. Gilbert.
Harry W. Erickson, Jacob H. Groves
and Wilson T. Lee were elected on the
Plumsted Board at New Egypt. J. M.
Thompson and Edgar s. Murphy were
chosen president and clerk respectively of
the new board.
Tuckerton had one of the liveliest cleo
tions for long time. w. H. Kelley, s.
Judson Ridgway and ]. w. Horner. Jr.,
were elected. Kelley and Horner are new
members, Ridgway being reelected.
In one of the fiercest elections ever held
in Beverly James D. Fish, George A.
Smith and Eleazer F. Woolston were
chosen members Of the Board, Fish be-
ing the only one reelected. The building
of new school will be work of the new
board.
At stirring meeting in Florence sew
eral prominent residents made addresses
criticising the present condition of the
schools Appropriations of $4,000 were
voted and these new members chosen:
Goodwin Donnelly, William G.. Sturte-
want, Daniel Bishop and Thomas Watson.
After appropriating $4,000 for current
expenses the citizens of Riverton assem-
bled and asked the Boa d of Education to
call special meeting at an early date and
present facts and figures as to the feast
bility and cost of installing high school
work and manual training. o. H. Maths
and w. o. Wolcott were reelected to the
board, and Mrs. R. F. Cory was elected
new member
Notwithstanding considerable objection
to the proposed Improvements in the High
School, which would place it on the zap
proved list, the meeting at Palmyra was
devoid of excitement. The citizens appro.
priated $7275 for the years expenses,
about $1,000 more than last year. H. P.
Hurff, Elias Moran and Joseph Hemple
were elected to the board.
1t had been expected there would be a
contest in Springfield township. That
Springfield people are always on the alert
when school matters are in question.
But when the voters got to the meeting
the prospects for a contest faded away
There were SO votes cast and there were
few scattering ballots. The successful
candidates were: Joseph Kimble, Frank
Kelvey, Alfred Cox, for three years
Clifford Borden, Frank Bozarth, for two
years. The appropriations were $2,750.
Moorestown is another place wher,
school affairs are always uppermost in tn,
minds of the people and there was larg
crowd out at the election. The ladie
down there take advantage of thei
privilege to vote on appropriations ant
there were number of them present