The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-17
MEMBERS MAINTAIN
|. ACTION OF SCHOOL
BOARD RESPONSIBLE
DIR. Grosvenor Alleges Board
Told Association to Make
Arrangements.
CIVIC CENTER IDEA
WEST SIDES PLAN
Jordan Replies Board Want
ed to Cooperate in Dedi-
cation of School.

Shall or shall not the West Rich
mond Improvement Association pro-
vide the program for the dedication
of the new Joseph Moore school?
This was the question considered
and answered in the negative by the
association at a meeting last night
The condition Of the Main street
bridge was the subject of discussion,
it being reported that the structure
was unsafe and might collapse at any
time.
fusing to participate in the dedication
Of the new school, after extensive
plans had been made, was caused by
alleged unfair treatment by the school
board. September 1s. according to
Or. Grosvenor, the school board au-
thorized the association to take COM
pIete charge Of the arrangements for
the dedication.
Committee At Work.
With this permission, a committee
was appointed with E. P Trueblood
as chairman. Plans were made to
launch the movement for a civic CEN
ter in West Richmond with the open
ing of the new school building The
committee ordered a lot of printing
done, and had enlisted the women to
serve a luncheon.
Every home in the city was to
have been visited this week, given an
! invitation to the ceremonies, and lit
erature explaining the meaning and
purpose of the civic center move
ment
Following a meeting of the school
board last week, Mr.. Trueblood was
called into conference with Superin-
tendent Giles of the public schools,
relatives to the dedication. Superin-
tendent Giles submitted a tentative
program to Mr.. Trueblood and asked
his approval.
Abandons Plan.
! The West Richmond Improvement
Association construed this action to
mean that the school board had TAX
end the arrangements for the dedi-
cation out of their hands DR. Z. B.
Grosvenor, president of the body. dis
! charged the committee, with the in
tention of leaving the plahs to the
| school board.
| After a session of the school board
| yesterday afternoon, members of the
association were notified to proceed.
| that the board did not wish to inter
| fere. Charles w. Jordan OF the board
! said today the board had no intention
of taking the matter completely out
| OF tnS UdIluS OIL tno dSSOCldIlOQ,
merely to cooperate.
| After discussing the whole affair al
some length last night the association
decided it was too late to undertake
the dedication. plans for which had
been abandoned more than a week
ago. Wt&her the school will be dedi-
Gated at now remains a question
/ since the association left II to the
| school board, and the board has re-
| ferred the plans to the West Rich
mond people.
That the Main street bridge might
| seemed to be the opinion of members
who had made an examination. The
entire structure has slipped four
inches to the east This. it was point
! ed out. meant that the upright sup
ports had given somewhere. Some
it was claimed. had sprung in the
middle, while many had slipped four
! inches on their bases.
WitA this condition. and the bridge
! slipping more. the association COM
! plains that il is not safe. Recently
the county commissioners told the
| association they had no money with
| which to make the improvements
| Members of the West Richmond body
feel that when the bridge has fallen.
the money will have to be found. so
it might as we'll be got together now.
letter from John w. Mueller. a
bridge engineer. of New Castle, show
ed that the iron supports were eaten
almost through with rust, because OF
the seven years the structure has
stood without painting. No action was
taken. however. relative to the bridge.