The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-03-06
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in that letter, but time and
space do not permit.
1t is inconceivable to me that
any person elected by the people
to any public office could make
the statement that they are
"irrevocably" either for or
against anything. If they are
so sure they are right, why don't
they give us some legitimate
facts and figures instead of just
1--WE believe so and So" I can
accept God and his teachings on
faith, but, with all due apologies
to the Caldwell Board of Educa-
ton, l simply cannot place them
in the same category.
have been hearing this past
week that our school board will
not attend the meeting on March
II. If they are so sure they are
right, why will they not a put
member on this panel and
defend their viewpoints? The
citizens committee definitely rec
commended a return to the county
school system. l believe the
members of this committee were
lust as intelligent as our school
board, and all aspects of this
question were gone into very
Thoroughly. And l might add
that at the beginning of this sur
vey was just as opposed to con-
solidation as it was possible 10
be. 1t therefore does not look
reasonable for 900 of this COM
mittee to vote for return to the
county and work to get a con-
solidated high school and be
completely ignored as tho we
were a bunch Of nitwits, and !
have yet to hear any reasons !
think can be proven or backed
up by facts to show we were
| wrong.
We should all try to look at
this two ways. Take sheet OF
paner-on one side write Cald.
we'll Exempted Village, and or
the other Consolidated District
Then be sure you know your
facts and figures, put them down
and start balancing. We shoulc
all realize one thing, something
needs to be done, and whatever
it is, it is going to cost more
money. If we had built a new
grade school, money would have
had to be raised, probably by
school levy, to operate it, a
the Board said last fall at th'
meeting they had absolutely M
money to fix place to get th'
Youngsters in school all day.
Every business and profes
sional man and woman in Cald
well should do some checking
and thinking. How about ou
hardware stores, filling stations
drug stores, dry cleaners, doc
tors. dentists, etc, do they thlnl
all their business comes iron
the people in Caldwell? Per
haps Caldwell does have a llttl
more money, but where does
come from? Certainly part c
it comes from the people out
side of Caldwell.
I maintain that the only fal
way to settle anything as con
troversial as this school issue ha
become is to put it on the ballo
TO consolidate or not to cor
eolidated, and let the voter
decide. If this was done, which
; ever way the vote went. the
we should all work together t
!. carry out the will of the major
itv. After all, we do still liv
in q democracy.
, !, So let's everyone make a
1 extra effort to come to TIL
meeting on March II. Even tn
YOU may feel you are "lrreVot
ablv" for or against, anvthln
| as far-reaching and 'importar
, 20 the future welfare of OF
children. our entire commun't'
even including Noble count
! deserves a complete. profonn
study of basic and interre'at
facts, and we should all kee
= open minds, and certainly see
L Divine Guidance that we ma