The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-06


is to go on sale.
/ The motion was defeated by thu
majority.
Harry Meyer, protester, told
Vonnegut the board was the peoples
servants.
Not Servants
I'VE are not your servants" Won
negut asserted.
Meyer later said that he hat
worked like a cur" to put the ma
jority faction in Office and was OPP
posed to them reversing their cam
paign stand that they would serve
the people and work for community
good"
Some one in the audience said
"amen."
The session closed with Emsley
Johnson remarking that the board
would lose $42, 1000 paid for plans for
the building.
Kern said that if the building wa;
erected on Forty-Sixth st. 1t coulc
be erected for $1,000,000 instead OF
$1,200,OO0.
The board then received bids or
the heating and ventilating anc
plumbing for School rs. The bids
were referred to the buildings and
grounds committee and superin
tendent for analysis.
Protest Meeting
The meeting in the Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church Friday night
was one Of protest.
"Thirty Fourth and Meridian or
Fight was the slogan adopted at
the meeting.
Plans to raise $1,000 fund to
fight erection of the new Short
ridge OH Forty-Sixth St. were for
mulated.
The resolution which was adopted
declared it is unwise and con-
trary to the interests of the
great majority Of school patrons to
abandon the Thirty Fourth st. site
for the one or Forty Sixth ST.; that
the board. if it believed more ground
was needed, should acquire that ad-
jacent to the Thirty-Fourth st. site
on the north, and that the school
board be urged to rescind all action
that has been taken looking toward
abandoning the Thirty-Fourth st.
tract and acquiring the F'orty-Sixth
st. land.
Majority faction board members
were scored vigorously at the entire
protest meeting. None of the school
commissioners attended.
A committee to select an attorney
to carry on the fight Is composed OF
Forrest knight, realtor; G.. A. Mil
lett. chairman of education commit
tee of Chamber of Commerce, and
Albert Pierson.
This committee was appointed by
Henry L. Dithmer, elected per
manent chairman Of the meeting
Herbert King was secretary.
A committee from the Indianapo
lis Real Estate board composed OF
Walter T. White, chairman; Knight
and David Coulter, was present and
promised the cooperation OF the
board and pledged from 500 to $500
to aid in the legal fight.
Burdsal M. Forbes, lumber deal
er, who recently erected a new home
on Washington Blvd, across from
the Forty-Sixth st. tract, announced
that 81, 90 for the same purpose had
been pledged by residents in that
district. Forbes, Frank Krause, and
H. Z. thinner, compose the com
mittee that has charge of raising
the legal fund in this district.
$4,000 War Fund
It was said that If a fight be-
came necessary $1,000 will be the
legal fund goal.
Speakers at the meeting were: J,
Clyde Hoffman, member of the
Shortridge Parent-Teacher Associa
ton advisory committee; Emsley w
White; William Bosom, attorney; Ed
ward Harris, defeated candidate
for the school board at the last cleo
ton; Edward Shelton; Thomas
OHara, 1884 Graceland Ave; Rich
ard l.. Ewbank, attorney; Knight
Lee and Mrs. !. w. Thompson, presi-
dent Of the Shortridge Parent-Teach'
er Association.
Hoffman opened the meeting by
giving a summary of events in the
last few weeks in connection with
the purchase Of the ground or
Forty Sixth ST., and moves to sell
the Thirty Fourth st. site at public
auction March "a.
Site Choice Rushed
He told how the committee to ad
wise the board on the selection OF
sites was appointed and how 1t did
not get an opportunity to function
because the majority members OF
the board rushed the selection Of the
site.
He declared that the written
statement of this committee pre-
scented to the board at special meet
ing a week ago Thursday after the
ground already had been purchased
was practically ignored by the
boards majority faction, composed
of Vonnegut, Charles W. Kern and
Mrs. Lillian Sedwtck.
This meeting was called hastily
after dema nds on the part Of inter
ested parties that something b..
done" Hoffman said. ''It was called
hastily in order to keep up with the
hasty actions Of the school board