Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-07-07
'SCHOOLHOUSE
FOR BROOKLYN
Sentiment of School District
"Details Depend on Con-
ference
VOTE S4S,0OO
FOR COMING YEAR
w. ID. Morgan Elected School Board
Observation-Disclosures Report
From State Superin-
tendent

tendent
Agitation for new school build
ing in Brooklyn attracted a compara-
lively good-siZed crowd of voters to
the annual school meeting of Dist No.
l. city of Ladysmith and town of
Flambeau, held in the gymnasium
Monday night, sixty-six votes being
cast, as against only 10 at the last
annual meeting. However, the num-
Iber present was only comparatively
numerous, for there are resident tax
payers enough in the district to fill the
gym, and they should have been there
when nearly fifty thousand dollars
are involved in the school levy.
The meeting was called to order by
Director O. ]. Falge at 500. BY vote
of the meeting Mr.. Falge was made
chairman The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
District Clerk L. G. Streater stated
that he was unable at this time to
make a complete report, but that it
would be made ready soon and on his
motion it was decided to have same
printed in the newspapers or on leaf
let's when it is ready. However, he
was prepared to state that a tax levy
of $4,000 would be sufficient together
with the tuition paid into the district,
and other sources of income, to run
the schools the coming year. This
was the amount of the levy last year.
A resolution to raise this amount on
the property of the district was adopt
ed without dissent.
1T developed that about 100 tuition
scholars have the advantages of the
district schools at somewhat less than
cost.
School For Brooklyn
Director Faige seemed to sense the
impending question of the hOur-the
matter of a new school for Brooklyn
for the BroOklynites were out in
considerable fOrce-and he himself
brought the matter before the meet
ing. Then followed a long discussion
of needs of the district in the way of
more school room, especially that part
of the district known as Brooklyn
the part in the bend of the river on
the east side.
The proposition had been discussed
at the last annual meeting and the
district clerk stated he had been in
correspondence with a firm of archi-
tects in regard to plans and specifica-
tions of a schoolhouse, but that the
plans had not been received. Just
how large a building is needed and the
probable cost of it seemed to be bit
hazy, even to the Brooklynites them
selves, but they knew decidedly that
they wanted a schoolhOuse on their
side Of the river and they were there
to get it.
The justice of the Brooklynites' de-
mands was not denied; in fact, the
sentiment seemed to be generally in
favor of a school building on their
side of the river, but how large it
should be and what grades it is to
accommodate was a subject that was
not clear to anyone seemingly though
Mrs. A. J. Laidlaw presented some per-
tinent facts from her own experiences
in regard to grades to be taken care
of in the proposed building, and the
relationship of the new schools to
those already established.
Moves to Build
A. H. Galloway and J. H. Eswein
presented the claims of the people of
Brooklyn and urged that school
house be built as soon as possible, Mr.
Eswein explaining the difficulties the
little children have in getting to
school in winter time, Notwithstanding
the transportation furnished. Mr..
Galloway put the matter squarely up
to the meeting with motion ito build
schoolhouse in Brooklyn Of not less
than four rooms" The question of
the number Of school children in that
part of the city was called up by Ell
mer Nelson and e. M. Dahlberg was
able to furnish accurate information,
as he had just completed the census OF
the school children of Brooklyn. He re-
ported that there are 127 of school
age, of whom 36 are 13 years of age
Or over After much discussion, Mr.
Galloway withdrew his motion and
committee composed of Elmer Nelson,
Andrew Bovee and A. HI. Galloway
were appointed to meet with the school
board and go over with the board the
whole matter of the kind of building
needed before suggested adjourned
district meeting is held. Then to get
the sentiment of the meeting, A. J.
LaidIaw moved "that it is the sense
of this meeting that a school building
be erected in Brooklyn" n. e. Ried
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