The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-04-05
Voters OF KenOsha Decide that No Change
Shall be Made in the Governing
Body of the City.
BRUCE EASTMAN DEFEATS GLERUN
Former President of Board of Education Defeated
Sixth Ward = Only Woman Candidate Wins
Out in the Ninth Ward

the third man on the ticket. It wa
not real successful city election a.
less than twenty per cent of the voter
of the city took the trouble to go oul
and the total vote in the city did moi
exceed $500 votes. In one or TIVE
wards where there were exciting CON
tests for the election of school com,
missioner there was some show OF
interest but for the most part the
people let the annual city election
go by default
Charles Carlson was reelected tt
the Office of justice of the peace, de.
feating j. c. Crawford by majority
of little over two hundred votes In
the state Justice Charles Crownhar
was reelected to place on the su.
preme court bench, he having no oppo.
sition for the office. In Kenosha county
John j. Kerwin was reelected for
four year term as county superinten,
dent of schools.
School Elections of Most Interest.
Evidently the people of the, city took
more interest in deciding the school
board elections than in any otfer feat.
ure of the electieL and sor a'nez
~ slfl-ss polt4-zsi L. ushts9 were re-
ported. In the sixth ward Jay B
Glerum, a member Of the school board
for many years and former president
of the board, was defeated by Bruce
Eastman who was making his first run
for a political office. This ward
brought out proportionately the larg-
est vote recorded in any of the wards
of the city. Both candidates and their
friends were active at the poles during
the day and Eastman won by narrow
margin of twenty-eight votes.
Mr.. Eastman who succeeds the form
er leader of the school board, is one
of the employees of the First National
bank and he has taken very active
interest in all educational movements
in the city. Women of the sixth
ward showed an unusual interest in
the election, casting a majority of the
vote cast in the ward.
Only Woman Candidate Wins.
Mrs. Rose B. McCluskey, the only
woman candidate on the ticket, was
elected as member of the board of
education from the ninth ward, she
receiving 101 votes to 81 cast for Ches-
ter Dibble, former member of the
candidate for the Office but his name
was written in at the primary election.
board Mr.. Dibble had declined to be
Women of the city have shown a great
interest in the candidacy of Mrs. Nc
Cluskey on account of the great inter
est she has taken in the advancement Of
all movements for the betterments of
the schools of the city. Her coming
to the board of education is certain to
bring greater interest in the work
of the board among the women of the
city Mrs McCluskey has been head Of
the Parent-Teachers' association in her
section Of the city and she is in close
touch with all of the big movements
for the advancement of the schools
and education in Kenosha.
Martin Schmidt Stages Comeback.
Martin Schmidt, who formerly served
on the board of education and who has
been known as one of the most eccen-
trio members of the organization,
staged comeback in the eighth ward
where he defeated Robert B. Whyte by
majority of 81 votes. Schmidt was
formerly one of the leaders of the So
cialist party in Kenosha but he gave
out statement several days ago de-
claring that he was no longer connect
ed with the Socialist organization.
He gained note on the board of edu-
cation when he established a de-
lousing clinic in a number of the
schools of the city and gave several
days of his time each month to pro-
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