The border vidette., 1923-10-20
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ley Tor ScQOOl trustee, endea
voring to prejudice baseball
fans against her. alleging that
she is unfavorable to baseball,
ETC., is being circulated. on &C
count of Mrs. Ackley's position
on the grand stand proposition.
The following facts regarding
the much talked of grand stand
will be of interest to taxpayers
who will vote at the school cleo
tion next Saturday, October q:
The board of school trustees
some years ago. the members at
that time being Mrs. H. M.
Clagett, DR.. w. r. Chenoweth
and T. J. Wylie. gave the base
ball association permission to
erect a grand stand on the school
grounds, with the understanding
that it should be first class in
workmanship, material and ap
pearance, and kept painted and
in good repair. A few years
later the grand stand became
very much dilapidated. never
having received any attention,
repairs or paint, and in fact dan
gerous to life and limb. After
much endeavor being wasted by
the trustees to have the grand
stand put in safe and decent
condition. without any success,
the trustees had the stand re
moved from the schoo. premises.
In 1921, the baseball associa
ton. in re organized body, so
licited the privilege of again
building q grand stand on the
school grounds, but the board of
trustees. having fresh in mind
their former experience in the
matter of grand stand under
similar auspices, concluded to
have no repetition of their for
mer trouble, and granted permis
sion specifically setting forth the
fact that the grand stand should
belong to the school property,
no partnership affair.
That it would be at the dis.
posal of the baseball association,
when. and only when the board
of trustees granted permission,
and it was made plain that such
permission would only be grant.
ed at such times as it was not
being used by pupils Of the No
gales schools. 1t was further
stipulated that plans and speci
fications for the grand stand
must first have the approval of
the trustees.
Upon this understanding the
baseball association raised a
considerable sum of money by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. half enough
to build q grand stand that
would meet the requirements of
the school board.
After much solicitation, the
school board agreed to add suffi
cient to the amount subscribed,
5000, to put up a grand stand
that met their approval, and it
was built under the supervision
and approval of the board.
In 1922, the baseball associa
tion found themselves bankrupt
and owing quite sum of money.
A committee from the associa
ton approached the board with
q proposition to sell the assOcia
tion's interest in the grand stand
to the trustees, and presented
petition signed by large mum
ber of taxpayers requesting the
board to place in their budget
$500 for the purpose of pur.
chasing said interest in the
grand stand. A committee of
four called on the board of trus.
tees at their budget meeting and
urged the procedure, the com.
mittee stating that they had
been selected by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Two members of the school
board, and Mrs. Ackley was one
of them, held that as the base
ball association, by reason of
bad luck, had lost $500 in their
efforts to give Nogates base ball
sport, the association should be
recompensed, bat they took the
position that in view of the fact
that the school was already the
owner of the grand stand, it
would be illegal for them to dis
burse school funds for this pur
pose. That the baseball asso
citation received their pay for
what they put into this project
by being granted at the pleasure
OF the board, permission to use
the school grounds and pre-
misses, and that the trustees had
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