Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-08-22
MOVE TO REDUCE
LISABEULA SCHOOL
DEBT UNDER WAY
Representatives of Commercial Bodies
and School Officials Start Drive to
End the Only Obstacle in the Way
of New Union High School Building
at Banquet Tuesday Night-over
5000 Subscriber as Starter.

Numbering twenty-four. representing
civic bodies and school districts, gath
cred at the Vashon Island Community
House, Tuesday night, to attend an in
formal banquet and round table con-
ference over the ways and means Of
building a new Union High School
for Vashon Island.
It was q most enthusiastic gather
ing, and if the meeting accomplished
no other purpose. it raised higher the
spirit of cooperation from all parts of
the Island. The meeting was quite
instructive, it served to clear away
some misunderstanding in the matter,
md to present the whole proposition
in concrete form.
Much of the discussion of the even
ng was with reference to financing and
;axation All agreed on the necessity
Of new Union High School building
md therefore required little discus
sion. The outstanding problem was
financing, especially raising funds to
lift the Lisabeula District bonded in
iebtedness.
AL those attending the banquet gave
their views in an agreeable manner
and expressed confidence that the new
high school building would be con-
structed in the near future Two of
the speakers explained the situation
in the Lisabeula district 1t was said
that many in that district voted against
the special levy for bond redemption
through misunderstanding of its real
purpose. They thought 1t was to in
crease the indebtedness Of the district,
rather than to lower it. Another
speaker explained that Lisabeula has
the lowest assessed valuation OF any
district on the Island. being only
S57 200. with a levy for school purposes
this year OF A mills. That this district
was hard hit a few years ago when
their school building was destroyed by
fire, with only $1,000 insurance. Then
they bonded for $1,000, in addition to
the insurance. to rebuild
Those attending the conference
Tuesday night were: Ira Thompson.
chairman: r. S. Hearst. Geo. Spinning,
d. S. Segrist, John Brink. OF the Union
High School Board; DR.. v. Charles
Coutts and w. D. Clark representing
l Tic kdollOll pASklltoS SluOt
Howard Hansen. banker: Charlie
! England. r. w. F. Martin. e. II. Mile.
Coy Meredith, Alex Stewart. and T. B
Allison, representing the Vashon Is
land Commercial Club; Frank Robert
son, superintendent OF the Union High
School; Dr. f, II. Grandy and Pete
Smith. of the Burton Improvement
Club; Silas Nelson. architect, Tip
| Soike. c, Aug Peterson. Mrs. w. V.
Coyey. Fin Shattuck, w J. Dunlap.
Elmer Harmeling, members of Island
school boards. and II. Il. Sovereign.
representing the News-Record.
AT the close Of the meeting 1t was
proposed that subscription be started
there for the purpose of raising the
money TO pay off the Lisabeula bonded
Indebtedness sufficiently TO clear the
way for the whole Island to vote bonds
for the new Union High School build
ing. The amount to be raised is ap-
| proximately $3.50, and $500 Of that
AMOUNT from the Business Mems Club
carnival Is available. leaving $3.50 to be
raised by popular subscription. Those
NJ the meeting subscribing $40 each
were Tim Clark. DR.. Coutts, Howari
Hansen. Fin Shattuck. w. j. Dunlap
Elmer Harmeling, Tip Soike. Ton
Allison, Dr. Grandy. Alex Stewart
Coy Meredith Frank Robertson, Geo
| Spinning. r. w. F. Martin. Rev
Peterson. Charles England for Eng
land & Peterson contributed $50
Later DR.. McNiurray added $40 In
| all s2l0 And we understand many
others have been added TO the list
This money will also be placed in
escrow in the bank. and if the high
school proposition does not go through.
the money will be returned to the
| subscribers.
| BY a unanimous vote the chairman
was authorized to appoint a finance
committee. whose duty It will be to
solicit funds necessary to relieve the
Lisabeula debt and for other purpose.
Later the chairman appointed the fol-
lowing members of the finance COM
mittee: d. s Siegrist, Columbia Dis
trict: E II. Miller. Maury Island; Fin
Shattuck. Lisabeula; DR.. r II Grandy,
Burton: Tip Soike. Center; Tom ALI
son, Portage; Geo. Spinning. Southern
Heights; W. ID. Clark. Vashon; and
r. w. F. Martin, at large,