The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-05-08
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council met In regular session
Monday evening.
In the campaign for members of the
board of education ending on April lst
bitter fight was waged 10 defeat for
reelection f. A. Miller, president Of
the board. Two of the four candidates
were elected, j. j. Kelley nosing Mil
Ter out of second place and putting him
out Of office. He was out just i've days.
His term expired with the month OF
April. AT the council meeting Mon
| day night the resignation of l.. K. Geer
from the board was announced and the
mayor promptly nominated Mr.. Miller
for the vacancy and the council unan-
imously confirmed the nomination.
This was putting zone over" on the
elements that worked hard to displace
Mr.. Miller He has been on the board
since its creation and was president
and the most active member, being a
zealot on the new high school PROPOSE
tion and one of the insistent partsans
of the Roeff's hill site which the old
board purchased just before the two
new members, Kelley and Hanson,
came in.
The council adopted the following
resolution and aldermen Nienauber,
McKeough, Isselmann, Revolinski and
Klusmeyer were named as committee
TO make arrangements:
"Our men are coming home. With
the laures of victory that was des
tined theirs by the righteousness of
their sacred cause, they are coming
back to us and to civil life. Their
names have been written upon the
pages that tell of Americas greatest
deed of honor and heroism. Tearfully
we watched them depart, prayerfully
we watched the reports of their valor,
their heroism their sacrifices, and now
jubilantly and with unrestrained en-
thusiasm should we meet and greet
them upon their return home. They
have never sulied or disgraced the
names they bore nor by any incident
brought discredit to the city of their
home; they have honored US far beyond
our power to reward. Manitowoc is
proud OF her returning soldiers stained
and wearied IN BODY but exalted in
soul and undying in name, forever
placed in the list of Americas inmort-
ais. While we proudly greet those
who return We are not unmindful of
those who in camp at home and in field
and camp abroad offered the supreme
sacrifice to national duty. They all
fought for the perpetuation OF those
principles of liberty and freedom upon
which our nation was built and for
new international order of reason, JUS
tice and liberty for all.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Manitowoc that the return
day OF our soldiers be civic holiday
and that as tribute to them we meet
them and by the warmtl of our well
come show that we appreciate their
valor and heroism and the manner in
which they upheld the honor and good
name of their home city and that we
glory in the great victory they helped
achieve for all mankind.
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Mayor appoint committee of
five to make arrangements for the
home coming Of Manitowoc soldiers
and that there be, and hereby is, ap.
propriated out of the general funds of
tbs city the sum of - dallars to de-
fray such expenses as may be incident
al to such reception.
The council voted to attend the
Memorial day exercises at Evergreen
cemetery in body.
The late Maria Wernecke bequeath-
ed S2l0 to the city to be expended for
the poor. The council voted 70 invest
it in victory bonds.
Thompson introduced an hour, SO.
minimum ordinance. 1t provides that
all city laborers, including all those on
contract work being done for the city
shall work only eight hours day and
receive not less than the union scale of
wages. 1t doesn't say it just that way
but that is what it means.
1t does not apply to fremen, police
men, bridgetenders or office employees.
1t will come up later.
The city has purchased new gravel
pit from John PITT on the Shoto road
opposite the old pit The price was
$4,000 but only $1,000 will be paid this
year. The city is required to pay off
$1,000 per year but has the privilege OF
paying the unpaid balance at any time.
The unpaid portion draws So interest.