The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07

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same. The ballot used in voting on
the question shall have written or
printed thereon the words, .FOR
DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, and
/ AGAINST DIS TRIO HIGH
SCHOOL" s 81.
Said election to be otherwise held
and conducted ard the result thereof
certified as provided by law.
said election will be held on the
said Path day Of June, 1913, at the
following places with the following
named persons to act as commissions
ers thereof: Fl.
Precinct No. I. Mineral school house
W. J. Law, R. H. Paugh, Arnold
Oldaker. ss y 5
Precinct No. 2, school house, Jar
svisville Truman Payne, M. r. Post,
1 3. K Sommerville. Z
Milford-C. w. Post, D. D. Underwood,
IA. A. Ladwig. :,
This Goth day Of May, 1913.
! Board OF education Of Union dis
trict. Z. d 81 b 4, ~
"By TzAD CURRY. president.
R. MCMILLAN. secretary.
! The result OF the election was a
good majority over the three-fifths re-
CURED to carry the question submit-
ted. r, Z sl-sf3
The same section 80 further states:
II It appears by u Q result Of said
election that not less than three-fifths
OF the voters who voted on the ques-
ton are in favor OF authorizing the
Establishment Of IS ID school the board
Of education shall then proceed to OBJ
tain site, provide proper buildings. Ak
terms, etc." = I. Z
The mandate Of the people was made
on June "a, 1913, and until the ex-
piration OF their term Of Office, jan
uary 4, 1915. neither q. Thad Curry,
president, nor Claude w. CASTOR had
carried out this order as the Jaw
plainly states they should, but we find
them both signing petition to their
successors, asking that they also ig-
more the order Of the voters of the
district. However. tae new board OF
education has contracted for two
acres OF land adjoining the present
school property In West Milford, max
ing in all four acres, which would
seem sufficiently large for all neces-
sary purposes. and upon which 1t Is
to be hoped 1t will build a suitable
building for q high school, especially
since the graded school building has
been appropriated for the purpose and
the grades placed in any old. rooms
that might not be in fit condition for
any other purposes. AS an instance it
might be stated there is one room IL
has now rented situated on the river
bank. fourteen by twenty feet, with
out any ventilation and little light,
and no sanitary accommodations at
all. Twenty pupils attend school
In this room. The old brick church
used last year, was so bad 1t would
not re-rent it, but continued to rent
a room over in Grant district to
which part Of the grades must 20.
The article in last Sundays Tel
egram states further that a beautiful
site" can be purchased from ]. B.
Wright in Dog Town. No doubt this
is true; but do the taxpayers want to
establish two high schools? The high
school established at West Milford by
q vote OF the people is the only loca-
ton in the district at which high
school may be located which will par
ticipate in the state school funds.
DO the men who signed the petition
know that it would cost the district
$4,000 more per annum to have a high
school located at Dog Town tnan On.
the site contracted for in West MIL
ford by the board Of education? There
is nothing In the preamble Of this
printed petition to indicate that they
we're informed Of the fact.
This petition also states that only
seventeen out OF ninety-one prospec-
tive pupils would be more conven-
fenced by having the high school To-
Gated as the people ordered it located.
The facts are that Of the ffty-six pu,
pills now enrolled in the high school,
twenty-seven live in and east of the
town Of West Milford and would evil
IDENTIFY be better accommodated by a
building located on the site selected
by the board Of education than at any
aspects