New Britain herald., 1925-03-16
TWELFTH DISTRICT INLONG WRANGLE
). Clark Hare Maintains Order
 by Using Crutch
DISCUSSION BECOMES HECTIC
Miss Green Completes 30 Years As Teacher-Whlst Party Tonight \. o. IT. Social-Piercc Fined S25 in Police Court.

In Police Court.
 Decision to authorize the building committee to bring in sealed bids for an addition or a new school from "a good contractor of plans was reached after nearly three hours of wrangling on Saturday night at the special meeting of the Twelfth school district in the Fall Mont bungalow. By a vote of 24 to IS, a motion 10 leave the matter to the board of education to handle 1t was lost. The call of the meeting was specifically to consider the presenta- ton of the districts building diff culties to the board of education for decision but the members thought that they were well capable to trans acting their own business, so they said at the gathering, and conse- qucntly the board of education will not be compelled to act as an arbi- traton committee as it was feared few days ago.
 The gathering on Saturday night was as prolific of verbal brickbats as the meetings which have been held recently, when matters ended in 8 deadlock. District Chairman How ard Andrews gave the way to D. | Clark, Hare, former chairman of the district, as the presiding officer oi the meeting and to MT. Hare's credit it must be said that he worked won- ders. He kept order, although al times he found 1t necessary to ham mer on his desk with his crutch tc gain the attention of various belli' gerents in other parts of the hall.
 Mir. Hare has been cripple fol some time and his crutches on Sat urday night seemed to have a mucf greater effect than the gavel o' 1 Chairman Andrews at a previous meeting. At one stage, it was nee essary for MT. Hare to announce that he would keep "the crowd there until the stars went out, if nee essary in order to get a decision This was not necessary as the gath ering broke up at about lo:SC | o'clock.
 Votes Challenged
 The gathering, until it got doWr to business, was as exciting as a hive of hornets, suddenly disturbed from several years peace. Votes were challenged right and left and th' "compliments" handed down were sizzling in their nature. One woman remarked that one of the men, thel addressing the meeting on building problrms, should be hung. He re piled that "it would take more mel than she had ever raised to do it. As the woman has q family O daughters, she was nonplused for 1 time.
 Hayes the Peace Brlnger
 It remained for William A. Hayes q member of the board of education to act as the Moses of the gathering and lead the throng out of the sea of pickering. Mr. Hayes said thai the board of education did not wan' to interfere in any manner with the district affairs but that the board must take a hand. unless the dls- trict could settle its own troubles He said that the people there were fully capable of discharging then own affairs and urged that all pett! differences be forgotten and that all get together to clear up the sltua' ton. For a time, Mir Hayes was bombarded with questions and ac- uuitted himself nobly.
 i Frank A, Woods informed MT Hayes that he agreed with him in every rarticular as far as the sub feet of progress on the matter was concerned but complained that a flair deal" was not being given by the officers in charge of the meet irr He said that he was always being ruled out.
 Chairman Hare disposed of this complaint satisfactorily and agalH the meeting proceeded,
 Miss Irene Clark asked that the unfinished business of the last meet ing. when a deadlock prevented any decision on the question ot an au- dition or a new structure, be taken up but was informed that the meet ing had been called to discuss the proposition of turning the matter over to the board of education.
 Mrs. Clark Hare said that this was the fifth meeting and that it was time that something was done. Some discussion followed the re- marks of Mrs, Hare and finally Mrs. Grace Rurnham asked Mr. Hayes. if it were not possible. in tcvcnt of another deadlock, to have ,thc district consolidated with the 1 Third School district, Mir. Hayes