The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-28
HUTTON CITIZENS
PASS RESOLUTION
FOR new SCHOOL
Petition Signed By 35 Criticizes
School Board For Allegedly
Failing To Fulfill Promise
CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOL

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school building at Hutton, five miles
west of Oakland to replace the struc-
ture which was destroyed by fire last
year, has been sounded in a resolu-
ton passed by large group of school
patrons of that village and commun-
ity surrounding it.
The resolution, signed by thirty
five persons and released for publica-
ton in the local press, criticizes the
Garrett County Board of Education
for allegedly failing to carry out
promise to construct new building,
and also alleges that the members of
the Board have refused and failed to
meet with protesting citizens of the
community.
The petition also states that citi-
zens of the Hutton area have refused
to send their children to the Crellin
school, located about two miles from
Hutton, as proposed by the Board.
Forty-one elementary pupils are said
to be affected by the action of the Of
ficials.
Following the burning of the build,
ing last year, the resolution AYERS, the
Garrett County School Superintendent
persuaded the patrons of the Hutton
school to send their children by bus
to the Crellin school for the remainder
of the term by promising the said
patrons that during the interval be-
fore the beginning Of another school
year a new building would be erected
at Hutton" according to the adopted
resolution, which adds that the build
ing "was not provided and it now
seems apparent that there is no in
tention on the part of our school au-
thorities in Garrett county to provide
for the construction of the building
as promised"
The protest goes on to state that
the patrons petitioned the Board to
hald meeting at which they might
present their claims, but the president
"has so far refused to call the mem.
bers Of the Board together to hear our
petitions"
According to the information con-
tanned in the resolutions the School
Board has received $1,000 insurance
hold meeting at which they might
Commissioners have agreed to provide
whatever additional funds are needed
to construct and equip a new building.
The petition points out that the
citizens of Hutton feel "sorely ag-
grieved at the failure of our school
authorities to cooperate with other Of
ficials of our county in their efforts to
provide new school building for our
community, and especially we feel ag-
grieved over the failure of our local
Board to accord us the privilege Of
presenting our claims, which we be-
lieve to be proper and just"
"The permanent loss of the school
will work great hardship and incon-
venience upon our small children who
will have to be transported by bus to
school in another community" it con-
The document was signed by the
following:
lowing:
Gordon R. Gank, Elmer Hauser,
Paul A. Markley, Agnes Pendergast,
Roberta Markley, Mrs. Frank Har-
desty, William j. Lewis, Mrs. Clayton
Slabaugh, Clayton Slabaugh, Mrs.
Fred Hardesty, Mrs. Elwood Roy, F.
A. Lewis, Mrs. John burst, Lille Hau-
ser, Gilbert Gank, Helen Gank, Mrs.
Edgle Serene, Edgle Serene, Mrs.
Charles Bergner, Mrs. Forrest San.
ders, G. w. Woods, Lorraine Woods,
M. J. Carney, Beatrice Hardesty, Web
ster Trout, C. H. Sidebottom, B. H.
Long, w. R. Pendergast, Fred Har-
desty, Frank Hardesty, Susie A. Lee,
Isaac Lee, John O'Haver, Brydon
Hardesty, Cecil O'Haver.
Frank Hardesty, in Oakland Mon
day, said the matter would be taken
up in the Legislature at it's next ses.
sion if no action from the School
Board was Forthcoming. This assur-
ance came, he said, from two men,
bers of the General Assembly who at
tended the meeting several days ago
when the petition was drawn up.
Rathbun Makes Explanation
F. E. Rathbun, county superintend-
ent of schools, when he learned of the
petition, declared that as early as last
June the Board of Education had in
formed citizens of Hutton that the
Hutton school would not be rebuilt.
He said that the local Board had
asked the State Board of Education
for an opinion on the matter at the
time and that the latter had declared
that the Hutton pupils should be