The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-06-11
Exciting
WAS Scene
Enacted At The County Court
House On Monday
When..IC Commissioners We're
Asked To Appoint
Three sMembefs For The
Brink Haven School Board
War Of Words Came Near
Ending In Fight
Other Items Of Interest From
The Court House

The three members of the Knox
county board of commissioners have
a perplexing matter on their hands to
decide.
, Owing to the fact that the board of
education at Brink Haven is unable
to select persons to fill three vacancies
on the board, the county commission
ers have been asked to make the APP
pointments and settle the trouble now
existing.
There was quite an exciting scene
in the commissioners room and in
the corridor at the court house late
Monday afternoon when the matter
was brought to the attention of the
commissioners. SO heated did the
argument become between Brink
Haven people and others interested
in the matter that the commissioners
We're forced to. step in and separate
combatants or there possibly might
have been bloodshed.
The trouble started at Brink Haven
several weeks ago. The board of ed
ucation consisted of Messrs. Samuel
l.. Thompson, William Bailey, Royal
Fendrich, Harry 0. Church and Elijah
Jones. 1t is alleged that certain cir
cumstances arose in reference to the
affairs of the board that Messrs.
Jones and Church rendered their
designations as members of the school
board and the same were accepted,
effective May /. In the meantime it
appears that certain factions in the
village demanded the resignation of
Mr.. Fendrich for the reason that he
was occupying the position OF post
master of the village. Accordingly,
! Mr. Fendrich rendered his resigna-
tion and the same was accepted, ef-
! fective June 1.
On June the two remaining mem
bers of the board, Messrs. Thompson
and Bailey, met to appoint three
members to fill the vacancies, but
they were unable to make any pro-
gress in the matter. 1t is claimed
that if one member would propose a
name that the other member of the
board would object After several
meetings it was decided to submit the
question to the county commissioners
the law providing that this body
has power to fill vacancies in such
cases where the members of the
board are unable to do So
Monday afternoon was the date set
for the presentation OF the matter to
the commissioners. large number
of residents of Brink Haven were
present. There were those who want
ed so-and-so appointed as a member
of the school board and there We're
those who wanted someone else ap
pointed Two attorneys were present
B. B. Ferenbaugh of Danville, who
represented one side, and Judge
Patrick A. Berry of this city, who rep
resented the other side. The argu
ments were exceedingly warm ant
the Brink Haven residents took al
active part in the discussion. FINAL,
one man called another liar ant
then it was that the commissioners
took a hand and ordered all the mel
out of the office. The battle of words
was renewed in the corridor and it re
quired the efforts of two of the com
missioners to keep several men iron
a fistic encounter
The whole affair ended in confusion
, and disorder and the commissioner
+. now have the unpleasant duty OF az
, pointing three persons to MI In
vacancy on the board. The presdden
OF the board of commissioners az
nounced Tuesday that the boar
would take no action until next weei
Quarterly Session
J. The Knox county commissione'