El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-03
ALTA VISTA NAME
FOR NEW sCOOOL
This Is the Name Selected
by the People Of
the District.

alta Vista" viii be the name of the
new East Ell Paso" school house, if the
school board accepts the name sug-
gseted by the residents of the district
This is the name they decided upon
unanimously at meeting in Austin
Park chapel Wednesday evening
The gathering was attended by the
men and women of the district and over
eco persons We're present. There was
not a single objection to the name and
the school board viii be asked by presi-
dent Davis Mcknight, of the Alta Vista
Improvement club, to give the new
school this name.
have already selected Alta Vista as the
name for their section of the city The
district extends eastward from about
PledTas street TO government mi ana
lies between the G. H tracks on the
south and Manhattan and Altura
heights on the north,
YAH Are Voters.
At the meeting. Wednesday evening,
5. z. Patton, chairman Of the clubs
social committee. was in charge, and
refreshments were served The women
of the district provided the refresh
ments, but men, women and children
partook of the good things to eat
Solos by Mrs. Young were a feature
There were at least a hundred men
present and S. Z. Patton remarked:
There is not man here. who can't
mark his own ballot" Further inVeSti-
cation also showed that not a man
present was living in a rented house.
Alta Vista is strictly a district of home
owners and the Improvement club
consists of men who are interested IN
building up that section of the city. By
cooperating with the city officials they
expect to get many needed improve
ments-
Every occupation represented in the
city was also represented among the
men at the meeting, it is declared
There were lawyers, newspaper men,
real estate men, letter carriers, rail-
way postal clerks, pOstoffice clerks,
statesmen, clerks, travelling men, and
men of the various building trades, all
of them owning homes in the district
school Is Full.
President David Mcknight presided
over the business session Of the club
at which the name was selected. Mrs
Eunice Payne, principal of the new
school, and Miss Wilson, one of the
teachers, were present and agreed as
to the suitability of the name for the
new school. A discussion of the con-
dition of the school developed that al
ready the four rooms completed by the
school board had been filled with the
children from the district and that the
pupils of the high fourth grade had
been transferred temporarily TO an
=t.ther school Three more rooms Will
be completed this fail, however. A
year ago the school board a [ first dis
cussed erecting a fOur-room building
to accommodate the district for some
time.
To Discuss improvements.
The improvement club will meet
again next week in the chapel for the
annual election Of officers and for the
purpose of discussing needed improve
ments. The residents have already Sc
cured their school and a number of
needed electric lights They are now
working for an improved street car
service and for better fire protection
-hydrants at least if not an appara-
tus, but they are going to ask the city
for a fire apparatus and station. They
viii also discuss the coming bond issue
and send a committee to meet with the
city officials to ascertain if the city
will use some Of the money for drain
ing the water from the mountainsides,
which the Southwestern tracks now
catches up under a few culverts and
sends out in rivers over private prop
erty-