The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-03-30
Macksburg High
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last four years. You have no
bonded indebtedness and l sug-
gest you increase your rate of
levy soon if you keep your
school,"
Rep. c. William O'Neill in a
stirring address said Someone
behind a desk somewhere is say
ing to you We know more about
your schools than you know your
selves" He further stated that
you are facing a serious prob
lem in the loss of freedom to hold
your own school, and personally,
1 am willing to rely on local
school boards to decide whether
local schools should remain. You
are a community of historic
value which is being told arbi-
trarily that you are not capable
of controlling your own schools.
If you succeed in your fight, you
do a tremendous service to
Washington county and Ohio"
O'Neill closed by assuring the
people that he stands ready to
assist them by advice or coun-
sci to succeed.
Congressman Robert T. Secrest
was the last outside speaker and
opened with the statement that
1T is most important that this
oldest high school in Washing
ton county be saved" He said,
when you take a school from a
community, you take its mind;
when you take a church, you
take away its SOUL" Secrest fur
Their said, 81 think your school
can be saved because % its en-
rollment is increasing, GU your
district has the greatest future,
ind~ustrially of any district in
Ohio, and CD you have formed
a committee to provide means to
meet requirements of the state"
He further said, this is not a
question of consolidating sever
al schools into one, but an issue
of picking out one school and
shaking it by the neck" He
added, mo Communists have
been reported from the 18th dis
trict. New York City has many
thousands and they have big
schools. 1t is better then to have
more small schools, from this
point of view" The congressman
closed his address by ~reassuring
the people of his desire to help
secure the continuation of their
high school, on the basis of in
creasing enrolment, a great in
dustrial future, an increasing tax
duplicate and the determination
of the people to help themselves
through the forming of an "em-
Urgency committee. Secrest was
authorized to quote Attorney
Charles D. Fogle, who was un-
able to attend, that Il stand
ready to help the people of Aur-
elius district in any way within
my power" The congressman
praised Mayor w. c. Warren, of
Macksburg, for his great interest
in this emergency.
Judge Werner E. Metcalf, of
Marietta, unable to be present,
sent assurances to the people of
the school district that he was
actively and Fundamentally in
support of their case.
President John H. Bates of the
Aurelius local board then read
the names of the 80 member
emergency committee, of which
Sherman Darrah was named
general chairman, and Naomi
Kemp, Secretary-treasurer. 1t
was announced at this time that
a petition in support of this COM
mittee was being placed at the
door to be signed by patrons as
they left the meeting.
In a sweeping climax, Chair
man Sherman Darrah, of the
emergency committee, arose and
announced that, to provide fl
nancial means to bring certain
departments of the high school
up TO any reasonable require
ment of the State Department of
Education, the committee was
Herewith launching a voluntary
subscription campaign with a
goal of ten thousand dollars.
Chairman Darrah then proceeded
to start off this drive with two
hundred dollars pledge of his
own. Pledge cards were quickly
circulated to be signed and re-
turned at the pleasure of those
contributing. Within five min
utes after launching the cam
paign over a thousand dollars
came back on signed cards.
In closing, Pres. Bates, before
adjourning the meeting, re-
minded the people that their
votes had elected him and he as
sured them that he had tried to
serve them conscientiously and
IN good faith, and would con-
tinue to do SO.