The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-31
PROT EST rs ADE Z.
| BY IA XPA r ERS
OF UNION DISTRICT

Against the West Milford Site
for High School Building
in That District.
The board Of education Of Union
District has PROPOSED to erect d new
district high school building. They
keiected a lot at West Milford over
fhe protest of the president of the
* Poard. Citizens are protesting
: against the location. A large ma
1ority of the tax payers of the dis
krict have petitiQned the said board
70 locate the building on a tract Of
land to be purchased of j. B. Wright,
about one mile from West Milford,
and two miles from Good Hope. The
two members Of the board Of educa-
Zion entirely ignored this petition
lid not even consider 1t. A PROPOSE
pom was also made to have the ques-
ZION submitted to the voters of the
district. but that was also refused by
Them. And now the county super
intendent has been peititoned for a
Bearing on the question and asked
70 correct the action OF the board.
Below are some reasons Of
khe petitioners for asking for the
location on the Wright farm:
4. "A more beautiful site for a
school building can not be found
u Union district, one that the whole
District will be proud Of, II properly
improved and cared for.
.. The high school is for the whole
district, not for any one section, and
the site on the Wright farm would
bring the school nearer the center OF
the district and therefore would ac-
commadate a majority Of the pupils
VINO would attend. AS the school Is
now located, at least half Of the tax
payers of the district get no benefit
Of It. tlthough they pay mare
than half OF the taxes FORTS support.
According to the reports OF all the
teachers In the district last year,
there are about ninety-one pupils in
the eighth grade who will be ready
Tor high school next year. OF this
number there are only about seven
teen to whom West Milford would
possibly be more convenient to attend
school. = ',7D
8. Land at West Milford is high
N price, and two acres seems to be
the limit of the amount that can be
purchased at the site selected by the
board. which is not sufficient for all
school purposes, and it is not likely
that any more could be secured In
the future that would be conveniently
located.
4. Ten acres OF land can be pur-.
chased of j. B. Wright at reason
able price, an ideal location for a
school, which will be ample for all
purposes Of a good school-plenty Of
ground for school buildings. dormi-
tory, barn, athletic field and the
study Of agriculture. Agriculture is
now one OF the leading branches of
all good schools.
S. Some may think the school
should be in town, but we find al
great majority OF our citizens do not
favor that. They want their children
to be away from the temptations Of
IA town. There will be no difficulty
On securing board and homes for the
few pupils that can not board at
home during bad weather. In few
years as the school grows, the district
can build domitory to take care
sof all such pupils. 1t is perfectly
right that the tax payers should have
a voice in the location OF their own
school building. and we think the
board OF education should be glad
to listen to them IL they are looking
to the interest Of the whole district.
6. We are selecting school site,
not only fortthe present, but for the
future as we'll, and we should not
be hemmed In on small lot, when
1t can be SO easily remedied to the
satisfaction OF nearly all the citizens
of the. district.
Below are the names signed to the
petition to the board of education:
( J. L. Williams. B. P. Holden, w. G..
Lynch, Thomas G. Harris, T. e. Mar
tin, ] P. Anderson, r. H. Paugh,
Lloyd Talbot. N. L. Hall. A. F. Hall,
S. Paugh, ] s. Hit, Oral Bowen,
Il b. Byers. ]. G. Boner. G. 2.
Cofindaffer. Isaac Barker. R. Guy
Bell. B. F. Sturm, Wayne Kelley. Lee
Kelley, James Perine, j. P. Post,
George w. Nicely, j. w. Caynor, Loyle
Benedum, w. G. Smith. w. R. Law
man. G. F. Lawman. j. Richardson,
Post, Homer Hit, G. w. Rhodes, w.
2. Smith, Tom Moss, Morgan Day,
E. NJ. Haggerty, J. S. Nicholson, A.
w. OWHMerVllle, u. w. SOMmerVllle,
A. w. Davis. 6. v. Sommerville. u.
r sommerville, I. N. Burnside, Mar
tina E. Allen, Blaine Wilson, James
NJ. Clark, A. ]. Lanham, jackson
Nay, G.. N. Swager, c. d. Yates. E. S.
Pitts. Henry Wagner, Mike Moore,
A. A. Post, Nelson Robinson, Martin
3 Yates. S. NJ. Fleming, Merriman' Ed
wards II. B. Goldsmith, Jain S. Car
ter, Orie o. Hoskinson. Floyd Bates,
81. S. Pierce. S. P. Miller, j. R. Nor
rts, E. F. Jeffers, w r. Rose, W. Cas-
ton. ]. D. McReynolds, D. L. Perine,
] NJ. Hall, j. D. Hit. w. G. Currey,
9. G. Currey. w. B. Currey. William
Currey, Dolph Cottrill, w. o. Adams.
Edwin Currey. c. r. Smith, c. G.
Barnett. D. Chandler. McClelland
Hess, r. Cox, Wohty Stutler, Lloyd
Hudkins, John Hinkle, ALI Hinkle.
w. r. Swager, A. j. Furby, Morrison
Bell. C. c. Cottrill, ]. A. Bailey, A.
b. Stutler, A. M. Stutler, A. ]. Cur
.tey. j. w. Chandler, Abbott Clemans.
C. E. Clemans, c. A. Ciftindaffer, D.
4. Cofiindaffer, M. L. Devricks, w A.
I Carder, ]. r. Carder John F. Doug
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