Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-20
CHILDREN GET
SCHOOL ROOM
Fight is Won for Pupils of
South Old Bridge
Vicinity
TO USE SOCIAL CLUB
Madison Township Board
| Acts to Provide School
Room for Children

l OLD BRIDGE, Oct. 20. - The
Perth Amboy Evening News won the
fight for the children of this section
who have been without school faci,-
Ties when a final decision was reach
ed last night by the Board of Edu-
cation OF Madison township to take
immediate steps for the opening
OF school quarters in the South Old
Bridge Civic Club. The board has
secured the building at a rental of
$40 a month for a period of n
ear. On Monday, October %. at
least twenty children will begin their
tuition in the newly acquired quar-
ters and the others within three days
after the opening. when the balance
of the seats are delivered to the
school room.
Lets get this South Old Bridge
matter settled right now" was the
appeal uttered by Richard Burlaw,
ST., the chairman and all the MEM
bers favored the action of the edu-
cattonal body in renting the hail,
which, 1t was said State School
Superintendent willis did not favor
for school purposes. Each of the
members has been detailed to pe
helpful In making necessary prapa-
rations to have the hall ready for
Monday morning. All idle seats
from nearby schools will be CAM
vassed and a stove installed. Books
are already there. The teacher has
been waiting for a call from the
board and will be on hand for the
date set.
Richard Burlew, sr., president OF
the board when questioned about
the school delay intimated hat the
&{0n-Arnvo1 AP tha aiufa hnl1 hrnnoht
them at a loss for other quarters
and the East Brunswick town hail
was not proposed until recently
when the school matter became
more serious. He also explained,
that the members Of his board
would have been only too glad to
attend the meeting of the East
Brunswick board last Saturday but
the negligence on the part of the
clerk of that body in not notifying
them was the sole reason given.
The Madison school board in ad-
dftfcn to South, Old Bridge has It's
many other troubles. The little
school house in Browntown, the
seat OF the township offics, is too
small to care for all of the children
from their own district. A recent
appeal to the state board by par
ents brought superintendent Willis
to the scene and unless other quar-
ters were secured, the present
classes will have to be put on half
time basis he warned. While no
definite action was taken in this
matter, the president will give a
trial to the half time idea.
The board rejected an offer from
the Browntown Union Sunday
school to lease a little room for a
school. Commissioner Fredda, Il
OF the members who voted for TIE
rejection, claimed that the rental
oil s25 a month they asked was ex-
ctssIve. The conditions stipulated
81 the lease of the Sunday school,
thar the children are not to eat
lunches in the school room a.
Is brought a general protest from
NJ rest of the school body n
.hei, offer was refused.
Fer nearly three hours the school
80 RI listened to lectures of three
,erhitects as to the building they
ropos to do. They have present.
. pans and outlined the cost of
one-room school for Brunswick
riarGens. for which they have ap-
srepriated $500. and a three
cm modern school building for
T nth Old Bridge which will be
-ectsd at a cost of $4,000. These
rvv buildings will be ready for use
y' season, the board said.
a committee has been appointed
/ see the different school buildings
d signed by these architects and ht
lie next meeting plans and speci-
ncations will be prepared for con-
tractors bids.
The members OF the Madison
township board includes: Richard
Burlew, Sr., A. Fredda, William
oertell, P. Dill. Jacob Gamo, A r.
Brown, L. H. Quackenbush, P. Par
bridge and W. C. Ludi.