The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-28


of the parents who have children
of school age and who live more
than three miles from McElroy
asked the relief for help to build
a school house near them. During
the conversation it was mentioned
that the district had no school
house only a community hall.
Board Resigns
When the local school board
found out that this information
had been spilled, the effect was
electrical. w. o. Johnson and Pet
er Regstad, elected to the board
in April and J. G. Noon who had
again been appointed clerk, hur-
riedly handed in their resigna-
tions. ]. G. Noon, Peter began,
Carl Ebeling and Ole Hellum hur-
ried to Plentywood to confer with
the superintendent. These people
succeeded in inducing the County
Superintendent to appoint Ebeling
and Hallam to fill the vacancies
in the board.
CONTROVERSY GAL 2 -. 80. 49,.
Afterwards Mr.. began openly
boosted that he himself was re-
/ sponsible for these appointments.
Considering that Carl Ebeling is
bachelor and has no qualifica-
tons as an educator and that Ole
Hellum is a renter whose term of
lease has nearly expired and he
has been loudly declaring his in
tentions of quitting the country as
soon as possible, I suppose one
may grant Mr.. began all the hon
or due him in getting these men
appointed.
Later the board appointed Har-
old Foss as clerk. He is bachelor
who is utterly lacking in training
for a clerks job. Of course Mr..
Noon is close by and no doubt will
willingly give any needed help.
This was plainly evident at the
board meeting of June 10. Mr.
Noon, tho he had resigned as clerk
was present throughout the bust
ress session and was constantly
called upon to help Mr.. Foss. The
trustees also, even Mr.. Degar
himself, found it necessary to call
on Mr.. Noon for help.
Well, there is nothing like hav-
ing an efficient school board anC
some outsider ready to give the
help the efficient board needs
This board, by the way, has beer
so efficient that when their copy
of the school law disappeared TIVE
years ago, they saved by borrow
ing a copy of a private party once
in a while instead of supplying
, themselves with new copy.
Even after the above mentioned
, changes in the board had takel
place there still seemed to b,
fear that the relief office nigh
: take some action on account Of IT,,
} false representations the boar,
had previously made in regard t.
' the Community hall. At any rate
J began to be noised about that Nh
r Noon had decided the hall to tn
y school district and that the schoo
y board had accepted it.
Site Was Paid For
v To make this transaction plat
some past history must be review
e ed. The hall was first placed o
1 the south side of the track. A fe'
p years later it was moved to tn
!. north side of the track where
now stands. This was on M
q Moons land. Mr.. Noon agreed
a furnish a piece of ground for
site for the hall and give a dee
for it. Selmer copeland as treas
urer of the committee in charge {
the building paid Mr.. Noon for I'll
site and received a deed for ths
piece of land. A basement ws
afterwards built for the hall an
+ it now stands on this cement bass
ment on the site paid for and deco
cd to the McElroy Building Assoc
g alton. The deed was taken home b
81 Mr.. copeland. Some time later h
le house burned and with it the dee
= and some of the other buildin
3. records, but not all.
Mr.. copeland now tried to q
rs duplicate deed from Mr.. Moo
ct He was given evasive answers an
4 was finally refused outright.
r. the tenth of this month the scho,
board admitted to o. M. Lutne
" another member of the Buildin
e. Association Committee that Il
r. site had been decided by Mr.. Noe
)r to the school district and of courI
oil that meant the building also. M
Lutnes told them that would mes
c. a lawsuit on their hands. That r
K mark must have galvanizt
as things into action again..
Id Almost Immediately Joe Noe
ne got busy, sent his henchmen Of
ne to call a meeting Of the Buildir
he Association for the 18th. The
&c seemed to be a feeling on the pa
d. Of Mr.. Noon that if he could g
a gathering Of those who fir
I'd helped to put up the building the
TX would sanction the highhanded a
ey ton, and discredit the communal