The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-04-02
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REPLY TO THE CONFER
TOWN CORRESPONDENT

In the bhalf of our entire school
wish to express our thanks to YOU
FOR your words of appreciation cx-
pressed in the Come, town items Of
the Dooley Sun, Narch 18th, on cur
MISREPRESENTATION program. In fact
we did not need to h, toih that oar
program was Il success. It could not
fail. us it was l,aiIt on The foundation
Of true Amcri',.r;>n, and we only
regret with You il ,pu failed to 500 It
in it's true light.
We sori"wfulIy l;m,'r. and .ymna-
thi2c with YOU, car 'l,itirul citizen,
in your ,iar,: linl"r OF rr.,r2l 20, N
! "onSrl"'tlou' a"!ui,'ir.: ever tho c,r-
tribution Of your nir''"l nr .Iinc /"
IN" coilection taken up 4, the ,i,.c
cot our proc, am.
A. stated in yor,' ;'ii'rl;', "Nunr Of
t'n!n had ever neal o. %l>l, Il thin.
h"totr.' Now you might Il; vrll have
spoken IN the first person t>inou.ar
hllilhCFl as y"n M,'', certainty nni
"Epr"$%ln" Che ';1''N ~ nf TT" nru4,,s
"t "u' community, '"tt th Tact uf
!"li' "Mn hrlIt'':'l l'in,'.
'hu%t say ~. '=il'.. >u.rri,.,l
To ';n"N that ,.Is. al n1.' I;.l'Y,,.nt
business; mon OF This t,s,.., j. no; 'l,,I,.
enlightened than tina. All IT,. ,:t,.,
Yea :"t' rel, /" be h',urI W., rather
- hr Iitlrtl.
80 will n"v VITA ,!,'. are take
;n%r dreams to cnI;',E,:.n y,,* avon
Ills n@itrr
N'mncrS 81 a school board "a"
given n" wight to- p,. only vii ui +
expenditures which .'1 towards ,h,. :
Keeping up OF Il school, not c<rrnS.,> 3
caused Tor thc cntcr:A;n',l, Of tie ,
plh!lc. III the same way school loXr., |
are not paid for tn" purpose of pay
ing pubic expenditures, hat tor the ,
one and only Vlu;r -:,"lull school OK |,
pcnSc>.
Therefore, when i public entertain
mcnt is given tor the purlic, the
public pays expenses.
You also state in your article that
this program was requested by tho
school hoard" We Syn,p:.,hizc with
you in your TACK o. memory and I
ito not believe It advisable tor Il pcr-
son with such i poor memory, to
hold the Responsible position las Ger
respondent.
1t was fully announced at Our pro.
gram that special exercises Toy Wash
ington and Lincoln birthdays had
been requested ''y the Superintend-
ent. ! have this letter Of request On
file. Sir, and l will gladly show it to
you, or If you wish, inquire ut the
Superintendent: Office.
l will here give an iten,izei st, te-
nent Of expenses and amount nf col
lection taken III ut or program.
Expenses As follows:
6 yds. flag buntin: $40
yds. cheese cl>th .... 40
flni Tor curtains .....-.... 49,. 40
Crepe paper ~. so
Total expenses $4.OO
Amount of collection S3.6l |,
Balance of.~ ....... IS
Cheerfully paid ~ tre teacher,
l have bills If account to show
this and four persons to verify my
statement.
Now, Mr.. Comcrtown correspond
ent, should it shorten your lericu Of
cOnvalescence, then come to me i'm
mediately and will gladly refund
you the amount You "drs up" to the
collection.
To the "chronic kickers," not only
in this community but in ether COM
munities as we'll, will say, knock
the schools Of education, the school
board and the teachers it you wish,
but bear in mini whom you do that
you knock ut tina heart of America,
the whole civilized world as well and
you interfere with the intellectual
growth and development of your own
child.
In the behalf If all fellow teachers
in general, I can earnestly state that
we arc here with the altruistis inteu-
tions Of doing Ill that We can for 1
your children. Otherwre We could L
not hold the responsible positions as
teachers.
Therefore parents anil patrons of
every community join hands with
your teachers, help IA carry ont the