Smyrna times., 1950-07-06
REFERENDUM
TOMORROW
To Hold Two Elections To De-
termine School Issues at
School Here
NEED FOR NEW SCHOOL

dents of the Smyrna Special School
District will vote in two elections.
The first balloting will be to de-
termine whether the Smyrna Spec
ial School District Board of Edu-
cation shall have the authority to
issue bonds in the amount of $24O,-
600 for the construction of an ele-
mentary school and such altera-
tions to the present school facilities
to provide for an increased school
program. Voting will be conducted
in the John Bassett Moore School
from / pm. to pm. DIST. The
second referendum will be to de-
termine whether an additional tax
may be levied for the purpose OF
school maintenance and operating
expenses. This additional tax, if
approved by the majority of voters
in the Smyrna Special School Dis
strict, will provide for a maximum
tax rate of ten cents on the one
hundred dollars assessed valuation
and one dollar capitation tax. The
polls for this election will be open
from 2 pm. to 5 pm. DIST. The
differences in voting times is due
to the fact that the two referen-
dums come under two different
state laws, these laws prescribing
the election hours. To be eligible
to vote at both elections, a resident
must be an American citizen, Fl
years of age or over and have lived
in the state of Delaware at least
one year, the county three months
and the school district 80 days. It
is not necessary to be registered to
vote at these elections.
Proposed Use of Money
The School Board proposes to use
the S240,0O plus the $120,000 ap-
propriated by the State to build
the additional 12-room elementary
school with cafetorium. provide
classrooms for art and agriculture
courses in the current building as
well as a high school principals
office and guidance counsellor's Of
fee, and to erect bleachers ano
light the athletic field for night
contests. 1t is important to note
: that if the $4,000 appropriation
from the State is to be received, Il
must be matched with the local
funds prior to June 80, 1851, or the
? school district residents will have
= to provide all monies needed fol
: any building program approved
= Jerome D. Niles, president of the
Parent-Teacher Association which
I has gone on record as endorsing
= these referendums, stated the fol
lowing regarding the elections: "Or
Friday the citizens of the Smyrna
Special School District will decid'
whether or not they will accept
. " gift of $4,000 from the state to
a ward the construction of a much
. needed elementary school. 1t i
true that there are strings attach
~ =, ed-to get this money the schoo
- district must authorize the schoo
board to issue bonds in the amour
of S240,000 and we must approx
this move now because the offe
holds good only until June 80, 1851
IN AS taxpayers we owe it to our
in selves to accept the gift which vii
N hold the tax within reasonable linn
j. its. AS citizens it is our duty t
Y provide school facilities that vii
r. allow teachers and school admins
lie traitors to give the children of thi
4 district the same chance for goot
t. education as they would have else
~ where; and as individuals We ow
rs it to ourselves to know that W
ic have not side-stepped our duty il
he providing the best background fo
s. those who will be our leaders il
only few years"