The Penn's Grove record., 1914-06-05
$4,000 Voted For New School House
To Be Put On Small Cunningham Lot

~ DC Fut On Small cunningham Lot
The fifth election to SETTLE finally on an
appropriation for the CREIGHTON of a new
school house was held last Monday eve
ming in Penns Grove schdol house, and
resulted in a vote Of rs in favor Of bond
ing the Borough for $50 ,OO0to % against.
W. D. Snyder WIS chairman of the
meeting.
! The following was read OH
THE BALLOT Voted
l. Resolved, That the Board of Edu-
cation be authorized to erect a school
house and to purchase for said school
house the school furniture ard other
necessary equipments. The cost OF said
school-house, furniture and equipment
shall not exceed the slian OF thirty ithous-
and (30. 000) dollars.
2. Resolved, That for the purpose OF
securing the money needed to erect SAID
school-ilouse and purchase said furniture
and equipment, the Board of Education
be authorized to issue thirty bonds
III the corporate name of the dis
trict, i'll the denomination of one thous-t
and Isl, OO0) dollars each.
3. Resolved, That one bond shall ,be
issued for one year, one Tor two years, one
for three years, one for four years, one
for five years, II for six years, one for
seven years, one for eight years, one for
nine years, one for ten years, II for
eleven years, one for twelve years, one for
thirteen years, one for fourteen years, one
Tor fifteen years, one for sixteen years,
one Tor seventeen years, one for eighteen
years, one for nineteen years, one for
twenty years, one for twenty-one years,
one for twenty two years, one for twenty
three years, one for twenty-four years,
one for twenty-five years, one for twenty
six years. one for twenty-seven years one
Tor twenty-elght years, one for twenty
nine years, one for thirty years.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
To vote for Resolutions leave them as
they are printed.
10 vote against any Resolution cancel
same With ink or pencil.
Before the balloting begun some re-
marks were made in regards to the word
ing Of the ballot. Some thought the
bonds should be of smaller denominations
than 81, 900 so that as many could be sold
to residents who have smaller sums to
invest, much of which is now in saving
funds at 3 and A per cent, could buy their
own bonds and keep the interest at home.
Bonds of large denominations have to be
sold to foreign bankers and the interest
goes elsewhere. j. U. Layton said it was
stated in the meeting Of the Board of Ed
ucation that the bonds were to be of
smaller denominations.
When asked where the Board of Edu-
cation proposed to erect the school house.
w. P. Denny replied that if the money
was voted the Board proposed to put it
on the lot opposite the school house and
that adjoining lots could be purchased.
Herbert Morse, the State official who con-
dennis school properties, and County
Superintendent IL. c. Dixon, had been
in Penns Grove about ten days previous
and informed him that they would APP
prove that site aid would not condemn
the present school building if $50, 900 we're
voted for a new school house to be put on |
that site.
The vote was.taken between 1926 an
9.25 o'clock. Nearly all OF the 103 ballots
were cast in the first half hour. About
one-fourth of the votes cast were by wo-
men, and the majority OF those being in
opposition to a larger school site, even tho
some have large families. II it had not
been for some Of that faction,
canvasing the Borough there would not
have been fifty votes out, so Indifferent
were the citizens, some being disguised
by the political deception and legerder-
main which has been carried on at the
former elections to keep from having
large and ample grounds and a building
to meet the future needs of a rapidly in
creasing population of school age.