New Britain herald., 1925-03-06
AIR CLOUDED WITH
 VERBAL BRICKBATS
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then discussed and vote was taken on the acceptance of the Beals' land. Clark Refuses to Serve

on the acceptance of the Beals' land.
 Clark Refuses to Serve
 David Y. Clark, Jr,, who appeared prominently at the Ku Klux Klan gathering at his fathers farm last fall, and a wouldbe leader in the district politics was asked by Chair man Andrews to act as teller and pass ballots on the acceptance of Mir. Beals' offer. Mir. Clark did not favor the accepting of the Beals land and began a trade on how the meeting should be conducted. He was informed that he was out of or- der and then he sulkily told MT. Andrews that he would not become q party to the proposition by pass ing the votes. From then on, MT. Clark lobbied on all of the bicker- ings that came up but seemed to be outvoted by the Andrews supporters at every turn. He was frequently called out of order by the chairman.
 The motion was lost by substan- tial vote and q discussion of the building plans then took place.
 Plans had been prepared by Arthur Heise. which called for a building at cost of about S10,000. Mir. Andrews views, as he Is a con- tractor. for a modification of these plans, instead of adding to the old structure, did not meet with ap- proval as the tie ended the gather ing for the night.
 Mrs. Grace Burnham, who had challenged several votes during the evening, presented motion, which was finally carried, ordering the building committee 10 seek bids for the erection of such a building as the meeting determined. This mo- tion saw 39 votes in favor and two cast against. When Ernest Fem was asked 10 vote on the question, he aCCeded although on the land ac- ccptdnce he informed the teller, that he would not vote saying when the i ballot was being extended to him Don't bring the crime wave this way" His remarks were evoked through his seeming disgust when the Andrews faction overrode op- position on several questions of a hair-splitting nature.
 How to build school occupied attention for some time, until Mir. Andrews began to explain his views on contracting work. He was inter- rupted in the midst of q long ex- planation by William OdIum, who asked that the question before the house be taken up so that some ac- ton might result from the meeting MT. Odlum was disregarded for a few minutes but persisted and the question was finally put to vote, re- sultng in tie on the proposition to build an addition for $S,500, which the Clark faction favored. The Andrews adherents wanted a new building on Q new site, which they thought would cost about $6,O00 and would be a foresighted move as Chairman Andrews explained. be- cause the structure could be built in anticipation of the addition later of more rooms.
 The fear of going so deeply into dept brought Frank A. Woods to his feet and several others supported him in opposing any move to add : to the district taxes.
 Again the proposition was put to q vote and 20 to 20 tie showed for the second time. This was the | climax of the evening. The deadlock was seen to be unbrcakablc and the motion to adjourn came almost at once.
 Disgust al the haste in the ad- ! journment was expressed by Mrs. | Floyd Monroe, who said that school conditions were unfit for children any longer and that she would se- cure some action toward betterment "even if she had to go to Hartford and make complaints" With this parting shot ringing ntheir ears the district members turned home ward but continued the threads of discourse spun in the meeting. Because of the unsettled state of affairs, another meeting will be ncC- essary and board of education mem bers may be called upon to bear the olive branch as did Chairman Noble E. Pierce at several of the twelfth district gatherings.
 Revelations of a ludicrous nature took place during the meeting when several people whose votes had been challenged, were compelled 10 reveal . some Of. their innermost secrets. One man was asked about the encum- branCcs on his farm, as his right to vote was being delvcd into. He did not understand the word cncum- brancc and when mortgage was mentioned said that he had none but that he had borrowed $l0 from q ncighbor. Otherwise his property vas free of debt. As lie was found i 10 be a voter already in this city. he voted without any further research into his financial standing. Another man admitted after some question: ing that he had a personal note at a bank. Others did not have 10 tell about their affairs as one or two volunteers vouchsafed the informa- ! ton almost before the affected per son could answer.