The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-18
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
!. SCHOOL TO Be READY
FOR PUPILS BY 1923
Especial to rhe pa1ladinml

WHITEWATER, Ind, Oct 18-Al-
though the construction Of the Frank
lin township high school is not yet
half completed, Trustees Curtis be-
lieves the building can be occupied
some time in January.
The building, one of four rural high
schools now under construction in
Wayne county. will be one of the fin
est institutions of its kind in Indiana.
It's cost, exclusive of furnishings AMI
heating plant, will be $4,000.
At the time the plan for the cree
ton of the school was first proposed
there was considerable opposition, es-
pecially among residents of Bethel.
There was an insistent demand for
the erection of new grade school at
Bethel. At the present time, it Is
said, criticism of the course pursued
by the township school authorities is
almost silenced. The new school is
now generally regarded as the most
important and beneficial improve
ment provided for the community in
many years.
Provide Heating System.
When the school is opened early
next year temporary heating arrange
Fments will be provided, 1t is under
fstOod. Next summer it is proposed to
install a permanent heating system
land the school authorities believe this
rcan be done with only slight tax in
Grease. 1t is believed the premium
the township received from the sale OF
school bonds will cover a large part
of the cost of the heating plant.
Franklin township does not have a
large population and it is almost ex-
clusively a rural community, conse-
quently the cost of the new school as
isumed by the taxpayers is a large one.
Nevertheless, the bonds have been is
sued only against the school township
although the state boasd of accounts
gave authority to issue the bonds
against both the civil township and
the school township. The cost of the
building, it Is said, comes well within
the two percent limit of the net tax
able valuation of the school township.
When the new high school is ready
for use it is planned to abandon two
of the three schools now operated in
Franklin township, one at Marine, the
other at Bethel. The school now OPP
Grated at Whitewater, adjoining the
grade school. After, the Marine and
Bethel schools have been closed all
grade and high school students not
residing in Whitewater will be taken
to school and returned to their homes
in motor hacks.
Two Story Structure
The high school, work on which
began last July, will be a two-story
structure, of brick and concrete con-
struction. Construction of the first
story is practically omplete now.
One of it's features will be a large
assembly hall, which can be used as a
community center as well as for school
purposes. The study and class rooms
VIII be large and well ventilated and
heated, accommodating approximately
800 pupils.
Another feature will be well equip
ped gymnasium. and it is probable the
gymnasium will be ready to use by
Dec. 1.
There will be complete equipment
for manual training and domestic sci
ence instruction.
The first political meeting of the
campaign in Franklin township will
be held Friday evening by the Repub
licans at the Methodist church. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Represen-
tative Richard ~ Elliott and by Mrs
A. w Roach, of Richmond, vice-chair-
man of the country central commit
tee. Music will be furnished by a