Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-07-15
BRiNTON T.. HALL AND DIR. j. IL.
ARMSTRONG RETIRE FROM
THE BOARD
I. w. PECK AND ARTHUR
BROWN NEW MEMBERS
Fan Nentilating System Will BE
Installed and Gymnasium
Sold

The annual school meeting for dis
trict No. Belding was held in the
high school room at the central school
nbuilding last Monday night. The
erowd was said TO be the largest that
: has ever been present at similar
meeting.
The secretary's report (printed in
full in this issue of the Banner) show
ed that the funds OF the school had
been handled in a most excellent man
ner. The school board recommended
that $4,000 be raised by direct taxa
tion for the ensuing year and the
amount was ratified by the meeting.
Following the report f.. T.. Chapple
asked permission TO take the floor for
a few minutes. He asserted that the
sum of twenty-eight or twenty y-nine
thousand dollars, the amount annually
handled by the board, was no mean
sum and that the patrons of the school
and taxpayers should look carefully to
the selection of the persons who were
to handle this money He pleaded for
sane voting and plenty of forethought
before casting ballots.
When the time came to elect trus-
ittS W MI lut tAplitu ltIlllS VI IL u =
II. Armstrong and Brinton +. Hall,
President Armstrong called for nom
nations to fill the vacancy made by
the retirement of Brinton +. Hall.
Three names were presented, those of
T. w Peck, Edwin @. Webster and
Geo. w. Moulton. OF these three,
Peck received III votes out of total
of 223 and he was declared elected by
President Armstrong. To fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement of
DR.. Armstrong only one name was
offered, chat of Arthur n. Brown. Mr..
Brown being the only nominee a
motion was placed before the house,
and supported, to have the rules sus--
pended and to have the tellers in
structed TO cast unanimous ballot
for Brown The motion was carried
and the vote was cast.
Byron f. Brown presented the con-
dition that existed in regard to the old
wooden building standing TO the south
of the central building and which had
been used as a gymnasium. He said
\ that the board had been carrying
$4,000 insurance on the building for
years but that the insurance compan-
les had refused to carry more than
$3.50 on il now. He said that the
building was known to be inadequate
for the use to which il has been put
and that it would be necessary for the
board to either have authority to sell
or repair it. Ii was voted to sell the
building and the board was instructed
to dispose of IL as in their judgment
seemed best.
Attention was called to the fact that
the new superintendent. while here a
few weeks ago, had recommended that
the fan ventilating system be installed
in the central building. 1t was assert
ed that this had been under considera-
ton for the past two or three years
Frank Fl. Hudson. who was member
of the board at the time the building
was constructed said that the fan sys-
tem was included in the plans OF the
building but that as the work pro-
gressed the board became short of
funds and il was omitted from the
building at that time. 1t was unani-
mously voted TO have the fan system
completed.
In connection with the retirement
of Brinton F. Hall and DIR. j. II. Arm
strong it might not, perhaps, be amiss
20 state that these gentlemen have
given 10 school matters a goodly por-
ton of their time and consideration
They have worked hard and conscien-
tiously for the good interest of the
schools and have done so, as any
member Of the board must do, at
much personal sacrifice The new
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by the same high motives.