Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-05-09

i homes which could be rented.
and found that the cost would
: have been prohibitive to alter
them for school specifications
for safety and space require
ments.
I'VE then looked at the Frat
ernal Order of Eagles hall on
Water Street and discussed the
possibility of renting with their
officers. Since they indicated
interest in the proposition, the
State Fire Marshal was called
out to inspect these quarters
and he and Mr.. Maynard looked
over the building thoroughly.
Both of them agreed that from
a fire safety standpoint we
could find no more desirable
building, and that it was def
initely preferable to the present
quarters. We also talked with
Mr.. Keenen, County Sanitation
Inspector, and from a sanitary
standpoint the building would be
infinitely more desirable than
the present church quarters.
1.-The Eagles indicated that
they would be willing to put in
the following improvements at
their expense:
l. a drinking fountain Com
mittee to raise money for
Eothers).
2. an additional toilet and
washbowl upstairs (already one
of each and two toilets and
washbowlS downstairs.
g. installation of a fire escape
from the second story.
4. install an additional railing
on the stairway.
THE building is already
equipped with panic hardware
on the doors, exit lights, fire
extinguishers, and the two rooms
that we considered using each
have two exits, one room meas
uring q q approximately, the
other 81 x 48 approximately.
, The building is not open to the
members until 3 in the after
noon, and at the present time
the floors are swept daily and
, washed weekly by a special
, cleaning woman. The bar in the
, building is completely closed off
from the downstairs room we
, propose to use and cannot be
seen by the children either from
the hallway or from the class
, room. Since no one is there
until 8, there would not even
! be any delivery Of supplies
J until after the children had
left. The dining room is used
: each Friday night for dinner
but any moving Of tables and
chairs would be handled by the
clubs steward or other staff.
The upstairs room Is not
used more than 3 times a year
for functions which would nee
essitate moving the furniture.
The members hold business
meetings in this room with
some regularity but for these
it would not be necessary to
, move furniture except to the
side of the room. For any big
functions their staff would take
care of any moving of furniture,
and it would not be necessary
= to move the furniture away
from the building at any time
during the school year. They
also serve meals during festival
week end and the Sunday pre-
ceding it, but there is no need
to stop regular school classes
for this activity.
I'm discussion with some Of
: the officials of the Eagles, they
felt that $4,000 per school
month, considering additional
expenses they would incur for
improvements, and additional
maintenance help would be suf-
ficient rental. This would in
clude the same things present
in the agreement with the
church; heat, light, water, jan
itor service, and also the use
of the acres adjoining the
building for play space.
I'VE recognize that there will
be a certain amount of adult
prejudice because of the pres
ence of the bar in this. build
ng. From preliminary discuss
ions with 50 or 40 mothers of
children who will be attending
kindergarten next year, we have
not found any antagoniSm to
such a location, in view of the
fact that the building is so
much more desirable from a
sanitary and fire-safe stand
point. County Prosecutor Dins-
more has ruled that in his
opinion we are within legal
rights to hold school classes in
this building, and his office is
in the process of contracting the
Attorney General for confirm
alton of this ruling so there
can be no question about its
legality.
"The group feels that the
presence of the bar should not
enter into the ultimate decision
since this represents a far sup
erior location from all other
standpointS. We recognize that
problems would naturally arise
in this location, but it would
appear that there would not be
as many opportunities for con-
flict as there are in the present
location, and from the teachers
standpoint the housekeeping
would be easier both because
of additional classroom space