Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-16
NO SCHOOL FOR
So. OLD BRIDGE
Madison Township Board
Fails to Show Up at Joint
Session

OLD BRIDGE, Oct. 16:-The
joint meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation of East Brunswick Township
and Madison Township scheduled to
be held here on Saturday night did
not materialize and for this reason
the outlook of the sixty-five or more
children who are anxious for a
place to attend school but have no
school to attend is not very bright.
The failure of the meeting was due
to the fact that the members of the
Madison Township school board
tailed to put in an appearance. al
though the East Brunswick organ
ization was on hand anxious to
remedy conditions. The East Bruns-
wick organization held lively ses-
sion, however, during which a dis
cussion took place on the general
school conditions and a communi-
cation supposedly from the Ku Klux
Klan read. A letter sent to the
Perth Amboy Evening News on a
letterhead of the Klan denied that
that organization had written the
school letter.
The joint meeting had been called
Education to assist Madison Town
ship in procuring school facilities
for the children of South Old
Bridge, who are now going without
an education because no place has
been provided for them in the
Madison Township school system.
Keen disappointment was felt at the
non-appearance of the Madison
Township organization, but two citi-
zens of the township who were
present said that they did not think
the board had been notified in time.
This was held by others. however,
to be no excuse and it was pointed
out that the meeting had been CALL
ed at the urgent request of the
Madison Township board and they
were severely criticized for not be-
ing present. Others were indignant
at the board because it had not Sc
c. ed the town hall as a school
room. 1t was said that the meeting
called for next Thursday by the
Madison Township board will be
held in Browntown and will have
little of no effect in solving the
acute situation that exists here.
When it had been definitely estab-
lished that the joint meeting could
not take place. a session of the East
Brunswick board was held. 1t was
during this session that an attack
was made upon the board by a deie-
cation representing the Large Brook
Welfare Association of Patrick's
Corner, in urging the erection of
new school in that vicinity, AID
the letter supposedly from the Ku
Klux Klan was read.
The Welfare Association in ap-
pearing before the board, urged the
erection of a school in the vicinity
of their district in order to supply
educational facilities for over liz
pupils. During the hearing on this
question, the members of the asso-
citation put forth many arguments
and indirectly accused the board of
falling to find a suitable scnool
site, and condemned the board for
not accepting the two-acre school
site which had been offered to them
without cost.
A personal attack was made upun
Henry Warnsdorfer. chairman of
the board. and George Hunt, the
secretary, after listening to the at
tack for some minutes, jumped to
his feet and praised Mr.. Warnsdor-
fer for his untiring energy in serv-
ing the board for over twenty-three
years and said that during that
time no misunderstanding ever
arose among them that had rot
beer adjusted to the satisfaction Of
all.
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