Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-24
WALKER IS CHOSEN
CO. Superintendent ! I |:!| |:
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
NAMED TO SUCCEED 6. !,
s! o. RissLE. 5s. \ .s
EIGHT CANDIDATES FOR The POSITION
Presidents Of Various School Boards
Meet and Name Official az Pro-
: 3zvided by Law. ,.sSs2 ssz

or in the Manchester High school 0ul
klng the school year OF 1929, an1
who during the past year has been 8
member OF the faculty OF the Anamoss
High school, was on Thursday OF last
week elected to the position ct Su.
lperintendent OF Schools OF Delaware
County at a meeting Of the presidents
Hot the various school boards OF the
county. = t..S'F
The election was made neces sary by
che recent resignation of Guy, D. Rib
BILE, and was held in compliance with
Chapter 1O7. Acts OF the 35th Genera,
Assembly OF Iowa, which provides
that the presidents of school boards
OF townships and independent dis
tricts shall meet and name the super
tintendent, instead of the former
method OF election by ballot the same
as other county officials. II we mista. q
not, the election Of Mf. Walker is the
first held in the state under the
i new system. The law was. passed on
April 1S, 1913, and became a law OF
July 4, 1918. ~ %9s 55si
Under the provisions OF the law
Delaware county's superintendent was
named by the vote of twenty-six pres
idents, who are as follows: : ft
j. w. Robinson of Adams, John
Nachtmann OF Bremen, Henry Boil OF
Coffin's Grove. F. j. Hartbecke OF
Colony. E. NJ. Newcombe of Delaware,
H. B. Reth OF Delhi, S. A. Milroy OF
Hazel Green, L. F. Menge Of Honey
Creek, John Luens4 Of Eek, E. j..
Huls Of Milo, Richard Sherlock Of
North Fork, William Cooking OF Onei-
da, H. S. Stimson Of Prairie, w. H.
Winch OF Union, NJ. J.. Fitzpatrick OF
Richland, Charles Murray of South
Fork, Peter Jakelin Of Delhi inde-
pendent, Nick Weller of Ryan inde.
pendent, L. G.. Kaster OF Delaware
independent, F. E. Richardson Of
Manchester independent, C. NJ. Lax
son Of Earlyille Independent, M. E.
Dittmer OF Colesburg independent w
a. Lang OF Greeley, independent, H.
H. Hartke of White Oak Grove indie
pendent. T. J. Fuehr OF Dundee inde-
pendent, and y. J. Kirkwood OF Hop
kinton independent.S q: h;
Pursuant to, the call Of Auditor C.
II Bunker, the gentlemen above mem
HoAed, with the except ion Of J. ~;
Kirkwoed of Hopk pkinton. met at the
court house on ThuEsday f. Il: Rich
|aTu6Ou l. WSiS-ckCSLGu
sidel Notwithstanding phereswere
Feight applicants for til 81 position. s.s>as
follows: F. P.SzWalkeE otttAnamosa.
p. j. Bowman of ST. Ansgar. E. F.
Wisdom OF hardwood. Miss Julia
Scury of, Eldora, E.. s.. Van Krogs of
iElkader, Robert E. Long Of Corning,
Miss .Maude Graham and Clark Sat
terlee Of Manchester. s u N f
/; Upon motion an informal ballot was
taken, which resulted as follows:
Walker g, Wisdom s, Bowman S, Miss
Graham 2, Miss Scury /, Van Krog i,
Satterlee o. Long O.. The first formal
ballot was then taken, resulting in
the election of Mr.. Walker, the fol-
lowing being the distribution Of the
vote: Walker Is, Wisdom Z, Bowman
g, Miss Graham 1, Miss Scury 0, Sat
lterlee 0, Van Krog o, Long Q. 5a
Il Mr. Walker having received ma-
jority Of all votes cast. was declared
elected to fill out the unexpired term
of Guy D.. Ribble, from September l,
1914, to September /, 1915. Upon an
nouncement OF the result Mr.. Walker
was called before the convention and
addressed the delegates briefly, ex-
pressing his appreciation Of the honor
conferred upon him and assuring the.
school officials that his very best ef-
forts would be given in behalf Of the
Delaware county schools.