The Raymer enterprise., 1918-07-11
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FAvORINc BONDS

special election has been called
for July goth. to vote upon the Prop.
ositon OF building school house In
the center Of Township s-58 and a
the writer has been advertized BY the
Enterprise as one who has caused
an eruption In the tranquil manage
ment OF the centralized School Dis
trict at Raymer. wish to explain 10
the voters why township 9-58 is ask
ing for this school. and also to explain
to them the attitude the board has
taken regarding the needs Of our 10
cality.
At the annual meeting this spring,
l with others, opposed the centralix-
ing OF the entire district In one school
at Raymer, because of the distance
our township. 9-58, was from the
Raymer School, and that II was un-
wise impracticable and not for the
best interests Of the school children
and contrary to the will and wishes
OF the parents Of these children, to
compel them to be hawled In trucks,
to the Raymer School. but asked that
the Board furnish US teachers in the
remote parts OF the school district.
The board not only saw fit to ignore
our demands, but the Secretary saw
ut to give me column OF free adver-
tising in the Enterprise bslittling
our claims and conveying the idea
that all we wanted was to kick on
the board and on q centralized school
Some days after the annual meet
Ing, Mr.. Deal called on the Secretary
OF the School Board and asked him
what they Intended to do about our
corner OF the district. Mr.. Graves
advised him that they intended to
hawi them to Raymer the same ~
last year To this Mr. Deal stated
that he would take It into the courts
to prevent them from doeing 80 IL
necessary. and during the controver-
sy, a compromise was agreed upon
AS follows:
That rather than build several
school houses In the back yard OF ev-
cry settlement where there were chill
dren to school. II township S-68 could
agree upon q central school Tor the
entire township, and sign q petition
to that effect, he, Mr.. Graves, a. one
OF the school board would favor It.
Accordingly petition was circulated
and presented to the school board
containing the names of every voter
and taxpayer In the township asking
for school building az provided in
the notice Of Special election.
This petition was ignored by the
board until another petition was pre-
sented which under the law COM
PEELED them to call this special cleo
tion.
After further delay, the Board
drove out to Mr.. Deals and informed
him that owing to the war 1t was un-
patriotic and unwise to ask for this
Improvement That the President
had asked us to forego all enterprise
OF this kind during the war. That
they knew we needed this school, and
that II he would withdraw his name
from the petition calling for the sps-
cial election, that the Board would
build US a $1,000 or 5000 school
building In q year OF two; that the
one asked for was not large enough
anyway.
To these appeals and supplications.
Mr. Deal fell a victim and withdrew
his name fromthe petition. However,
the next morning another petition
was presented to the Secretary ask
ing for the special election. contain
ing more names than the one former
ly withdrawn. Hence the Board have
been compelled to submit this pro-
position to the voters OF the district
In conformity to the law, and not ar
rogate to themselves questions Of this
kind which they have done In the
past.
The Board Is now willing to give
us a teacher In the Molthu school
house in one corner Of the district,
size IL X Is with all outbuildings
sold OF by the Board. and very little
left except the sides and roof
This will in q way accommodate tenn
porary, the children In this corner
but what will the district do with
the other three corners and the CEN
ter! viii they be hawled an average
distance Of IL miles to Raymer in
trucks? which the parents claim they
will enjoin the district from doeing.
or will the district build three or four
school houses In the Township In
place of voting this onsf
Mr.. Graves objects to the location
because, he says, II is not nearest the