Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-14

Spirited School Vote
Metuchen, Woodbridge
Recount at Metuchen-AII
Appropriations Carried in
Township and Borough

WOODBRIDGE, Feb. 14-Everett
G. Ensign, Alexander G. Walker and
James Filler were the successful can
didates in the annual election of
members to the Woodbridge Town
ship Board of Education held yester-
day. Five candidates names appear
ed on the ballots, the unsuccessful
Office seekers being Willard Dunham
of Fords and Mrs. Helen M. deRussy
of Woodbridge. Alfred d. Hyde re-
ceived the votes of a number a of
friends in Woodbridge.
The total vote of the township was
as follows: Ensign. 476; Walker,
444; Filler, 1885, Dunham, 346, and
Mrs. deRussy. 201. The vote by dis
tricts follows: Avenel, Mrs. deRussy,
8; Durham, 5; Ensign. 16; Filler. 10;
Walker, -. Fords. Mrs. deRussy, 8;
Durham, 158; Ensign, 1877; Filler, 81;
Walker, 104. Port Reading, Mrs. de-
Russy, 81; Dunham, 81; Ensigne, 81;
Filler, SO; Walker, As. Woodbridge,
Mrs. deRussy. 1856; Dunham, LAG:
Ensign, 296; Filler, 24S; Walker, 2S3;
Alfred d. Hyde, AZ.
Ensign and Walker were re-elect-
ed, Filler being the new member to
the board. He will succeed Howard
R. Valentine. The other members
of the new board will be: Melvin H.
Clum, Roy e. Anderson. Maurice P.
DUNCAN, Mrs. Harry ]. Baker and
Mrs. Albert l.. Gardner.
Despite many irregularities and
Inconsistent voting all of the appro-
priations were carried. was not
until O'Clock this morning that the
election board had finished the count
owing to the heavy vote and jumbled
up way in which many of the votes
we're cast.
An amusing outcome of the cleo
-tion was the manner in which 200 or
more voted on the new Fords school
proposition. Voters who favored the
erection of the new school objected
to the purchase of the land upon
which the school was to be erected.
Of those voting in the high school
156 favored the school but only 134
favored buying the land on which to
build the school.
METUCHEN, Feb. 14-Voting at
the shcool election in MetIchen
broke all previous records, when
more than quarter of the registered
voters turned out to cast their bal
lots. The election interest was
keen and the school election fur
nished the topic of the day. A pecu-
liar angle occurred at the end of the
counting, when Mrs. Mildred f. Jones
and DIR. Louis f. Kuntz were tie
for the third place. The recount
however. favored Kuntz by one vote:
IL. Ramsey Crowell, president of
the Board of Education was re-
elected receiving the highest number
of votes a total of 322. Mrs. Ruth
r. Nook was the second successful
candidate by a vote of 290 while
Kuntz was third men to get school
board post with vote of 274. Mrs.
Jones received 273 votes thus being
defeated by one vote. Leroy II. Min
ton received 1914 votes as against 54
cast for Charles K. Stevens.
4 grand total of asa votest were
cast at the election, three of them
being rejected for various flaws. The
appropriation questions for the Ms
cal year were carried by vote of
2S6. Only 35 were opposed to the
budget.
Voting began at o'clock sharp
and continued until 9:55, when the
polls were closed and the count be-
gan. The corridor of the Franklin
school was filled with men and
women who eagerly listened to the
progress of the count. The majority
of the group remained until the
results of the election were an
nounced.
l.. e. Molineux presided over the
election. Otto r. Drews acted as
clerk, Oscar Smith and James Pow
ers as tellers.
The interest this year at the school
election is attribute dto the agitation
of civic organizations to stir up In
ferest of people in school affairs.