The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-13
Prominent Member of the
Board of Education to-
Seek Seat in Council
From Fifth Ward.
MERRY BATTLE IN EIGHTH
Out of Twenty Petitions Taken Out
Sixteen of the Candidates Seek J
Places on the Common Council
Fight May Be Left to Women.

Harry o. Whitbeck, for many years
member of the board of education.
and one of the most active members
of that organization is to forsake the
school board at the end of his term.
The former president of the board has
announced himself as candidate for the
Office of alderman in the fifth ward and
petitions for his nomination were taken.
out this morning. Members of the
board of education pressed the regret
that Former-President Whitbeck would
not be candidate for reelection to
the school board. They held that he
had been most active in fighting the
battles of the schools and that his re-
lease from the board would be deeply
felt.
! Mr.. Whitbeck has served for four
years in the department of the schools
and his record as school commissioner
is going to be his greatest asset as a,
candidate for the council.
That there is to be a merry war for
The nomination FOR aldernan in the
a ward IS sho5 f. fact }t
There are already three candidates in
the field Edward Mischief was the
| first candidate for the nomination, he
having taken out petitions on last Sat
urday On Monday George S. Whyte
entered the race for the nomination
and today Frank Grasser, Jr., son of
/ the president of the board of water
commissioners took out petitions Tt
is said that at least one other candi-
date will be in the field for the nom
nation.
City Clerk Harrington is not worry
ing over the scarcity of candidates for
some of the offices in the city. Candi-
date viii have until March 3rd to file
their petitions. Among the late corners
into the political fight are Alderman
E. f. Schroeder who has taken petitions
to succeed himself in the fourth ward
and Louis j. AIthoff who is a candi-
date for alderman in the same ward.
The clerk has issued a total of twenty
petitions to date and of this number
sixteen are for candidates for alder
men, three are for school commissioner
candidates and one is candidate for
Justice of the peace.
Lack of school board candidates has
caused the women of the city to get
busy in several districts Out in the
Lincoln school district the matter of
getting women into the race for mem
Der of the board Of education has been
taken UP by prominent members of the
Parent Teachers Association and it is
declared that it is certain that some
we'll known woman in that section of
the city viii seek a place on the board.
II is said that the associations in other
districts Of the city will take similar
stems TO have women candidates on the
urinary ballot. 1t is not unlikely that
after the annual election several Of the
wards will be represented on the board
nv women school commissioners. A
number of well known club women of
the city are now taking an interest in
the primary and it is possible that
there will be an organized effort made
to have woman candidate for school
commissioner in every ward and that
the effort will include a movement to
unite the women of the wards in favoH
of these candidates.