The Detroit tribune., 1948-08-07
"a Of 40
Units Are
Available

Construction Of new Scnopi
building IN Ecorse on the West
Side awaits the vacating Of
twenty units OF the Hyaclnih
Court Housing project II wa
learned tins week
Plans tor the new building 20
provide adequate plant facilities
for the ates have long been com
plctcd and the School Board Is
ready 10 proceed with construc
tlon as soon as the property
available
BOARD SECURES 20 LOTS
The school board already h
thirty four OF the forty lot
needed for the new building
which VIII be located a. Sal
lot,c Road between l6tn and
l7th streets A part Of ihls prop
ertv IL at the present time occu-
pied bv the projcc, and Federal
Housing Administration which
s,ill controls these houslna
projects has declined 20 approve
the tearing down Of the twenty
UNITS which stand in the wsy
of the ncw school building II Is
doubtful that any change in the
policy az the II A. VIII ne
made as long as the acute hous-
Ing shortage continues.
Al tho present time the EcorSe
school system II forced TO use
four housing units and the com
muntv center IN the project 10
take care of the present enroll
meni This unsatisfactory ar
rangement provides class rooms
for the kindergarten and the
FRS, three grades The Miller
School even with the recent ad-
dtIon OF four rooms IS stlll
not sufficiently large % meet
ne requirements az the district.
The proposed new building
will have twelve rooms in ad
dition 10 the kindergarten and
auditorium. II is expected 10
cost in excess of a quarter of
million dollars.
The entire program IS being
DELAYED pending r II A ap-
proval 90 tea down these twen-
~ housing units As soon as this
hurdle is overcome the building
OF tho new school wlll proceed
I Preparations fox tho fall cleo
lticnS nave been started b, the
River Rouge Election Commis-
sion which wlll hold = school Of
instruction carly n August for
election board personnel
4 Plans for the school were an
+ nounccd YESTERDAY by City Clerk
John r Oshorn
Z Tho Election Commission made
Up Of NJ Osborn City Attorney
/ Max Nslois. Chlef Of Police
Thomas Ncgcllcn and James Asp
den Superintendent n Public
Wo anticipates 2 record
4 hrcebr1 Vote particularly AZ the
rccua fall election on Nov ?,
Since there are record num-
be- of candidates entered for
county, cGislstlve and congress
! slonal nominations biz vote
anticipated AZ the primary
election Tuesday Sept. 4
NhN'i tlit pldIlS OF the Eiff~
non Commission. tho members
~ election boards will be Sc
iected from persons who have
attended ono OF the two sessions
Of a special school to be held
next month and passed the re-
aured test.
AZ the end Of the school
session. those attending will ne
given short written test 10
ascertain then qualifications to
serve on election boards
The first school session will
be hcld on Mondav August ?.
and tho second on FRIDAY. Aug.
s Persons attending must regis
ter AZ the CITY Clerks office
They must do 50 at anv time
dulnc Tornlat office hours.
With tho increase of voting
precincts fron 10 70 II affected
before tho Spring elections and
/ the propcr training of persons
sewing on election boards. Mr..
( Osborn hopcs 20 expedite voting
and do aWav with the necessitv
of long line-upS al voting places
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