The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-10
SCHOOL ROW IS
NOT SETTLED
Case Against Mrs. Keller
Is Continued In Court !
Until Dec. 21st.
CORK DISTRICT SCHOOL
Squabble Develops Over Build
ing of a New School in
the Cork District.

A delegation from the Cork school
district of Pleasant Prairie was in
the municipal court this morning ex-
pecting to be Gale as witness in
the case of the stat VS.. Mrs. William
Keller, of the Grand View avenue
road, who is charged witt abusive
language on the complaint of Frank
Gantzer, as the result of a row held
at a school district meeting recently.
George Mahoney is also charged with
abusive language on the complaint of
Gantzer and one other.
Among those present were the COM
planning witness, Frank Gantzer and
Mrs. George Adamson, Mrs. Emil Otto.
Mrs. Will McKeon and Matthew Balm.
But the case was not called. Mrs
Keller was not present, and Gantzer
and the others were informed that it
could not be heard this morning be-
cause R. V. Baker, attorney for Mrs.
Keller, was busy in circuit court.
The case was continued until De-
cember 21st at 9 a. m.
Over New Schoolhouse.
The trouble within School District
No. has been brewing for several
weeks, so that every meeting of the
votersl of the district called for the
purpose of arriving at an understands
ing, has left the two warning factions
still further apart.
The three school board members are
Frank Gantzer, Mrs. William McKeon
and William Tobin. A sum of $1,000
had been raised towards the new
schoolhouse, and a meeting of the
board was held to decide upon an
architect and the plans. At meeting
of the board Charles Augustine. of Ke-
nosha was selected as architect. Ac-
cording to the Gantzer faction Tobin
was the one who presented the motion
that Augustine's plans be approved.
However, the day after the board
meeting Tobin announced that he did
not approve of the action of the
board and declared that he was not
in favor of going ahead with the
school under these circumstances.
A split within the district followed;
a number of the voters held with Mr..
Gantzer and Mrs. McKeon, and anoth-
er number with William Tobin, and
the Tobin faction grew rapidly in ad-
herents.
The Gantzer faction insisted upon
going ahead with the plans and the
Tobin faction demanded halt in the
plans, declaring that under the cir
cumstances it would be better to let a
committee of voters be chosen to act
as a school building committee to
choose the plans and architect and go
forward with the building.
Secure An Injunction.
The Tobin faction retained Attor-
ney R. v. Baker as counsel, and Sc
cured a temporary injunction before
Judge E. B. Belden in circuit court
restraining the school board from go
ing ahead with the building. Judge
Belden suggested that a meeting be
called, and the two factions made a
determined effort to arrive at an
agreement for the. common good.
The meeting was called. District
Attorney Lewis Powell was called in
an advisory capacity, and he attended
the meeting, "solely in the capacity OF
a peace maker" as he said later. At
torney William Runge, representing
the Gantzer group, was also present
A vote was taken to decide wheth-
er the district wanted the school
board to carry on the plans for build
ing, and the result was majority
against the board. Tumult prevailed
Mr.. Powell addressed the meeting
still in his peace-making capacity; Mr.
Runge also spoke.
Then the voters present rescinded
the action, and were back where they
were before. 1t was then ten minutes
before midnight, and Mr.. Powell sug-
gested that it was too late to take an
other vote, as it would bring them into
the illegal hour of Sunday morning
and advised the tumultuous gathering
that they adjourn until the following
Monday, November 23rd.
Adjournment was taken and the fol-
| lowing evening hundred persons met
| in the small schoolhouse on the Allen
road. Now the vote stood 48 against
the board and 45 for the board.
It was at this meeting, it is alleged
that Mrs. Keller, standing on one Of
the school desks to drive her words
home, called Gantzer the names which
he charges The charges against
Gantzer arise out of meeting held
the previous Saturday night.