The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-01
Members Take a Fall out of
the Health Officers
DENY TRUTH OF HIS REPORT
Members Say he Imagined
Most of the Things.
School Board Spends an Evening
Telling the Health Officer Wherein
he is Lacking as an Omcer--some
Minor Business Taken up.


the warmest so far held by the new
board of education. To date the life
of the board has been quite tranquil
but heated words were exchanged
with a vengeance at the meeting last
evening. Health officer addison Bain
who was present at the meeting was
criticized and censured in no mild
fashion for his method of proceedure
In finding the sanitary condition of
the local school buildings. Little other
business was considered at the meet
ing with the exception of the election
of w. A. Longbon as a member Of
the board of examiners succeeding w.
r. Waddell resigned. There were no
other applicants for the place and
Mr.. Longbon's election was unani
nous.
Following the reading of the report
Of the buildings and grounds com.
mlttee to whom the matter relating
to the condition of The buildings was
referred at the last regular meeting
Member L. T.. CUTLERY started tn,
ball rolling when he stated that ha
had visited the ravids street building
during the day and that he had found
the alley at the rear of the building
to be filled with rubbish and filth of
the worst kind very near to the
school building.
81 cannot understand how this
board of health can come into our
schools and look around and find
things in such terrible shape as Is
shown in this report and entirely over
look such a condition at the rear OF
the building. l move that we ask the
board of health to have the alley
cleaned up for II is positively danger
Gus to the health of the children up
there. Mr.. CUTLERY was warming up
to the situation and he added, "That
alley is filled with all manner of the
worst kind of filth and slop imagin-
able. II the board of health wants to
do what they say they want to do In
the newspapers then II Is time that
they We're cleaning up elsewhere"
Mr.. CUTLERY stated that in his estl-
nation the buildings were in fully az
sanitary condition as ninety five per
cent of the homes in the city.
Balm, standing behind his chair as
a fortress against the attack, de-
clared that he had over twenty calls
on hand to clean up alleys but that
this work could not be done during
the winter season when the ground
was frozen. He would, however, stay
with his report and only one thing
would make him withdraw. He stated
that he had found there were no dl.
rections on the fire extinguishers but
later he had found that they were
printed on the extlnguishers but In
such q manner that they would be
taken for advertising matter. In the
majority of cases the teachers wer1
the cXtinguishers.
I'VE have no disposition to quarrel
with you" said Member ]. Wilbur
Jacoby. 1--WE think 1t would have been
a great deal better to have told the
members of the committee regarding
the matter and I believe that 1t would
have been remedled without much
trouble"
Mr.. Jacoby stated that the COM
mittee of which he is a member, hal
found things in excellent condition on
their visit and he explained that per-
haps things had been cleaned up con-
slderably after the report of Balm was
published in the papers.
1T is an absolute outrage" declar.
ed Member CUTLERY who once mora
could not restrain himself from de-
claring his sentiments In the matter
"This officer has reported conditions
that / frankly believe are not true. II
has gone all over the state that ou.
buildings are in q terrible condition. 1
don't believe that all this cleaning up
has been done since the report of this
man was made. The buildings have
always been in good condition"
President II. Edmund Hill agreed
heartily with Mr.. CUTLERY and stated
that he believed that the buildings
were in as good condition as are the
homes. He admitted that the tin cups
may otter be found to be rusty but
this cannot in any way be avoided.
Health officer Balm proved entirely
lost when M. b. Dickerson the former
authority on buildings and grounds,
on which committee he has labored
long, took q fall out of the officer
"Why don't you recall what you
said about that fly wheel up at the
Oak street building where the child
rem In the play room were running
about the belt and endangering their
lives?"
Mr.. Balm said he had no reason To
recall 1t whereupon he was asked II
there was not q door there between
the rooms preventing access to the
room where the belt was running. He
stated that there was a door and
that II was open.
"Why didn't you say so?" shouted
Dickerson at the top of his voice
"Why didn't you say the Janitor left
| 1t open Why would you give the i'm
preston that the children at that
building are running In and out around
that belt with danger to their livei
II you wanted to be fair as you say
lyou do. why didn't you tell the truth
instead of giving false impression?' p
Rising from his seat and pointing
defantly at Balm. p. s. Wilson, su
perntendent of janitors and buildings
and grounds, also censured Balm.
why didn't you come around and
let me know you were making an in
spection II you wanted to be fair?'