Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-26

| Three more projects for the CONSOLE
dation Of rural schools and the locat-
ing Of the school houses at State Cen
ter, Lamoille. and Hartland were
launched Wednesday. One of them,
that in Marietta township for the
Hartland school, is under way. and a
petition is now being circulated. The
others are still in the formative period.
Petitions for them will be put out as
soon as the territory proposed to be
| consolidated is decided.
The proposed consolidation in MARI
! eta township promises another fight at
election for 4 consolidated school. The
State Center project is the largest yet
undertaken in the county.
Marietta Movement TO 30 Opposed.
About a year ago the movement to
consolidate most Of Marietta township
and build a school at Hartland was
beaten. The defeat of the project was
the result Of several reasons. For still
other reasons sufficient unto those who
| hold them this new consolidation is to
De opposed ny some.
The consolidated district IS now.,pro-
posed leaves out most of the Minerva
| village district, but takes in the east
ern part Of it, The Marietta village
! district is also left out, and one Sec
ton north of Moninger's that corners
on Iowa township. These districts We're
| left out SO they could go into the Al
bion consolidation. <
Object to HartIand. Is
| Just south of Marietta the new dis
, trict extends east to the Linn township
line. 1t extends south to a half mile
south of the Main street road.
Some OF the Minerva people will use
their influence to beat the consolida-
F! ton because part Of their school terri
tory has been included, leaving their
district only one and one-haf miles
wide. Some of those on the extreme
southern part Of the proposed district
they want to be consolidated with La
noble.
! Most of the opposition, however, will
come from the fact that the promoters
Of the consolidation insist that the
school be at Hartland. There are
others in Marietta township who will
! constantly oPpOSC oily anu oih IAebAAS
for a consolidation that con,emplates
| locating the school at Hartland. Those
behind the consolidation took in the
territory as outlined so as to have
sixteen sections and obtain state aid.
State Center Project Large.
The State Center proposed CONSOLE
dation has not been definitely prepared
as TO territory to be taken in, but ac-
ccrding to the preliminary proposal the
+, territory embraces forty sections, all
lying not farther than four miles from
State Center. Most of the territory is
| in State Center township, but it takes
| in small parts Of Minerva, Marietta,
and Washington townships.
Conso lidation at lamoiile.
Lamoille is very close to the line be-
tween Washington and Marietta town
ships. AS far as the project has been
advanced the intention Of the Lamoille
men is to consolidate sixteen sections.
Those living in the southern part of
Marietta township. some Of whom have
been taken into the Marietta district
would like to be consolidated with La
noble. In fact 1t is their wish that
the eight southern most sections Of
Marietta township might make up the
north half of the Lamoille district. the
other half being eight sections in the
north part OF Washington township.