Hungry Horse news., 1955-03-04
New Schools for District s

or District q
Construction of new schools at
Essex, Martin City and Columbia
Falls and land purchase at Essex
and Columbia Falls were topics
before the district 6 school board
at meeting that started We'd
nesday at 7 pm. and continued un-
til Thursday lis am.
The board took action adopting
a resolution that places the Ques-
ton OF a $4,000 bond issue to build |
a four-room addition to the Mar
| tin City school on the ballot at |
| the April 2 election.
PETITION OK
The Martin City petition was
lfound to contain 239 correct sig
natures Of registered taxpaying
voters or 21.4 per cent. There were
262 names on the petition which
was examined by the county clerk
and recorders office. A 20 per cent
figure was needed to place the
measure on the ballot, and to pass
a 40 per cent turnout, with a
majority in favor is needed.
Talking with the board before
the meeting started to see that all
was in order was Martin City
delegation of Jerry Baldwin, L. P.
Tonner and Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
/ Cady.
4 The board took action by plac-
ing the question of four mill levy
on the April 2 ballot to buy 1874
acres of land in Hoerner addition
| for future school expansion in Col
umbia Falls. Price of the land is
, $16,326. An option down payment
of 1915 has been made.
BUY ESSEX LAND
{ The board also voted to purchase
an acre of land from R. F. Withrow
5 at Essex for $1,500. The tract is
3 located near the Walton hotel, and
will be the site of a new one-room
/ school and teacherage Attempts at
finding a tract of land that could
: be used for school purposes for
less than $1,000 were not success
;. full. Construction of the new school,
e is scheduled for this summer
S Plans and specifications are being
prepared, and the bid call will be
t before June 80. Funds are on hanc
: for the building.
u Essex delegation meeting with
: the board were Owen Wright, Johr
d Javorsky, Romolo Pettinato, Franz
j Faust and Stilden Roll, ESSEX
r teacher.
!. District 6 residents will vote OF
II the Martin City bond issue, Col
i, umbia Falls land purchase, fou
d mill levy, and elect two schoo
board members April 2.
n BOARD MEMBERS
,r Terms of William Knapton, Col
: umbia Falls, and Herman BYRD
a Martin City, are expiring. Knaptol
has indicated he will be a candi
IS date. Byrd has not indicated hi
te intent. Holdover members ar
Chairman Otto Fehlberg, Coran
,e DR.. w. F. Bennett, Columbia Fall:
l. and Con Lundgren, West Glacier
le All except Lundgren were at tn
l. March meeting.
= All residents of the district fo
30 80 days and the state for yea
may vote for school board mem
le bers. Five signatures will nomin
ell ate a candidate, and deadline fc
III filing is March q. Only registere
taxpaying voters may vote on tn
bond issue or mill levy. Canyo
View district will vote on the Ian
purchase levy.
u REvIEWsa FALLS PLAN
e Plans and specifications for tt
us new seven-room addition to Co
umbia Falls grade school were re
us viewed by the board.
a. The building is to be erecte
e1 o1 through a $130,207 federal gran
- Plans have been approved by tt
! ~ State Department of Public IL
struction and State Board
~ Health. They have been forward
~ No ed to the Federal Housing and F
~ nance agency in Seattle for al
80. 10 proval. Then they are to be Sc
49, 49, to the Federal Office of Educate
80 ~. in Denver and to Washington,
~ C. for further review. An April b
~ opening is anticipated.
,r,o Meeting with the board We
W nesday evening were Mr.. and MI
- &c. j. Buzzell and Mrs. Anvil
= - Reed of Coram in behalf OF t
~ federal subsidy for milk at Cora
&c &c school. Coram PTA has been pr
;Ia I viding milk for students.
tho A letter of resignation was r
cot S ceived and accepted from Princil
Durward .Bollinger of Martin G.
tbo school. He taught at Essex for
: gs year, and is completing his seco
he year at Martin City.
BAD TEACHER CON hACi
The district has So teachers,
liar of them having taught in the d
Sc trict for three years or more, a
. to have tenure. The tenure teach
re- can be dismissed only with eau
ion The board is to review contra
,ort for tenure teachers March II.
This is also the date OF the