The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-30
He Has Been a Teacher in the
County Schools for Eighteen
Years, a College Man, and
Is Popular.
He WON WITH EASE ON
lRST BALLOT TAKEN
Three Other Candidates Op-
posed Him, But Only One of
Them Received Hotes-lor-
dan Given Surprise.

Charles o. Williams, for eighteen
years a teacher in the schools Of
Wayne county. was elected on first
ballot, by vote of ten to five. to the
county superinte1dency on Friday
morning by the township trustees. He
succeeds C. W. Jordan. who on Sat
urdsy assumes the duties of secretary
OF the Commercial club. after serving
- county superintendent for seven
years. The new superintendent was
opposed In his candidacy by Joseph NJ.
Blose OF the Garfield faculty. Charles
Woolard, principal of the Hagerstown
schools. and Joseph Burgess, principal
of the high school at Deerfield. Blose
was the only one OF the unsuccessful
candidates to receive a vote. getti.s ;
five.
In a short speech of acceptance. the
new superintendent, who assumes the
duties Of the office on Saturday. de-
clared that his policy would be for the
Improvement of the schools under his
Jurisdiction and including all those in
the county, with the exception of those
In Incorporated towns and in Rich
m0nd.
A College Graduate.
His qualifications for the office
were considered very good by the trus-
tees. He is graduate of the Valpara-
iso university. securing degree OF
b. A. there. He also graduated from
the Indianapolis Law school, He is a
member of the Wayne county bar. He
has been teacher in the county for
the past eighteen years, his first po-
sition being in Franklin township. For
the past seven years he has been prin-
cipal OF the high. school in Williams
burg and has brought that school up
to its present high standard. He also
has taught in Economy, Webster and
Fountain City.
The meeting of the township trus-
tees of the county, who compose the
Wayne county board of education, was
held at 10 o'clock in the office of
County Auditor Demas Coe. Claude
Keever. trustee of New Garden town
ship. was selected as temporary chair
man and the auditor acted as clerk,
by virtue Of his office. The names of
the candidates were presented to the
trustees and they proceeded to ballot.
The first ballot resulted in the cleo
ton of Williams.
AS the teller announced the result
1t appeared as though Joseph Blose
would give Williams a close race as
during the call OF the first ten votes,
Blose and Williams stood a tie
ever were for Williams. Only eight
votes were required for election.
Surprise For Jordan.
c. w. Jordan. the outgoing super
intendent. was most pleasantly sur
prised before the meeting. The trus-
tees were all assembled in the office
Of Wayne Township Trustee James
Howarth and Mr.. Jordan was called
into the office to give his last word
of advice on a school matter. Almost
before he knew it he was seated in a
fine upholstered chair. The chair is
filled full of comfort" and its action
is of the merry go round nature. 1t
being possible to swing around and
around. or rock up and down or from
side to side.
1t was presented to him by DR.. F. s.
Kienzle. trustee of Clay township. in
behalf Of the county board of educa-
ton. He expressed the sentiment of
the board and the people generally in
the county who are interested in
school work when he declared that
Mr.. Jordan's administration had been
most successful and filled with more
accomplishments than any other ad-
ministration of a county superinten-
dent. Mr.. Jordan was congratulated
on being made secretary of the Com
mercial club and expressions for his
success were given.
Upon retaining his composure, Mr..
Jordan thanked the board for it's kind
remembrance and declared that his
work as county superintendent had
been successful because Of the assis-
tance which he obtained from the trus-
tees. His term Of office does not ex-
pire until midnight, but he expects to
take his first vacation in years by
turning the office over to Mr.. viii
liams at 6 o'clock
Mr.. Williams ia . married man and
win move his wife and two children
to Richmond The selection of psin-
cipal OF the Williamsburg school viii
be made by Trusteo Brown n soon