The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-12
School Board Members Indicate
That They Will Refuse to
Accept Resignation
MATTER TO BE DISPOSED
OF NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Petition With Eight Hundred Sig.
natures Presented by Commit
tee of Ladies, but Action There
on Is Deferred

O. A. Fechters resignation as Il
member of the North Yakima boar
of education of school directors will
not be accepted. This was determined
III the meeting of the board last night
though formal action in rejecting the
resignation was not taken. Directors
watt ana Wilson were frankly I'm fa-
Nor OF uecllning to accept the resignq-
tion Director McAulay was as FRANK
~ opposed to action by the board.
asking Mr.. Fechter to withdraw his
resignation, and Director Knerr
thought Mr.. Fechter ought to return
to the fold without being asked to do
so and that action on the RESIGNATION
ought to be deferred in order to give
Mr.. Fechter an opportunity of return
Ing in response to petition to that
end. which he knew had been pre-
scented Mr.. Knerr promised volun-
tariiy that If Mr.. Fechter had not
taken action by the time of the board
meeting Monday night next he would
vote Iavorably on a resolution against
acceptance. AS there are but four
members of the board, the stateme !,
or Mr.. knerr. taken together with tf,a
attitude assumed by Mr. Watt and
Mrs. Wilson, made It apparent that
the resignation will not be accepted.
ladies Present Petition
committee of ladies, with Mrs
Richard Strobach as chairman. waited
on the board and presented petitions
with approximately 500 signatures.
asking that the board decline to ac-
cept the resignation of Mr. Fechter.
They pointed out through their chair
man, that such action by the board
would pave the way for the return
to the board sessions of Mr. Fechter
and would make for peace and har-
monN, would be in accord with the
wishes of the petitioners and would
continue intact the board as at pres
ent constituted until the time of the
next annual election.
Puts II Up to Fcchtcr
Director McAulay said that Mr..
Fechter had displayed petty anger.
had in manner outraged the board
by display of such anger and that
action, If any, was for him to take and
not the board The members, he con-
tended could and should not be
asked 10 SlulllIN themselves HI TINS
time when already they had gone
more than half way in courtesy. Mr..
Fechter, having lost his temper at
board meeting. had handed in his
resignation ana asked for immediate
action thereon. Out Of consideration
for him, feeling that he had acted
hastily and in a manner that he would
regret his fellow members on the
board had declined to take immediate
action. but had allowed the matter to
rest, feeling that Mr.. Fechter would
recognize that the latchstring was out
for his return IL he so desired.
McAulay on Petitions
It was pointed out by the ladies Of
the committee that the signers OF the
petition merely wanted the board 20
remain intact and were asking the
board to accede to the petitioners
wishes In that respect by declining to
accept the resignation. To this Mr.,
McAulay said that obtaining sigma
lures to a petition was an easy matter
and while he respected the petition he
felt bound to say that on previous oc-
casions there had been petitions be-
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