Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1950 — Page 7

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The People's Voice This column tor the aoo ot ew readers who wish to make ea«geetioaa tor the ooniral food or dtamw daeottow ot tetor> esL Please alm your naaae to show authoatieity. It wtU not bo need S yoa prater that it not be. Favor bcheol Transeortatlon Editor Dally Democrat: — To all city toapayers. If you should open your dictionary to find the word forstaht, you would find the following definition. “The power of seeing la advance. A heedful thought for the future ” When any person or persons, is elected to a public office. It la with the thought that this person is not only qualified. but that he is toresighted, therefor he Is given the right to spend public funds Several years ago- ■ *■• BO ’ only foreeighted, but through his generosity built several new additions to this elty of Decatur, enabling many families ot obtaining their lifetime dream, a home to be proud of, s place to rear their children. in a good community Just as these families have grown, so has the city, and above all, so has the enrollment ot our public and parochial “schools. However, in the past, someone forgot to be foresighted Three grade schools were abandoned, and a new high school was erected. The old high school, now the Lincoln schrmi. was consolidated, whereby all children were admitted to one school, formerly a school for high school age, 14 to 18 years old. I’m sure every reader of this pa|>er has been following the issue in this paper, which is transportation for the children living in the outlines of the city corporation, or living one and onedialf miles from school. As » resident of the Master addition. I would like to show you. the—city.--taapayers, a condition which exists, and of which we have asked the local school board for help. ' Wb«u this addition was built, it was populated by the younger married couples, some then had childr<n. others didn't The number of school ci»!!dren was, small enough, that some of the mothers took their children In their own private owned cars The number of course increased, as more new homes were built, and more famines moved tnto this area, some from out trf the state. Taxi service then began to ran school routes, at a fare of 12 per week, per child. Two years ago several individual* .sbwj for transportation, Md a city b'fls tine set up. TTiis service cut the rate for all srhool children, to fl.sti a week, if you bought a ticket for the entire week, otherwise a charge of 10c per ride was made. The local taxi service raW along with this agreement and the children were transported to and from school by this means Tile official school year constitutes 3d weeks, which m»d<FTb« cosfjor transportation $54 per child tor a. school year. We didn't' then ask tor outside help, we paid it. however, when there was mom than one child, or If the child was old enough, he i>r_she tode bikes, when we ather permitted, so as to-cut the cost as much as necessary to the parent The busses and taxles how ever, were not used for scheeol transput tKtlon only, and due to the fact that the public did not use the busses as one sfoultl In a large city, the- operators round it necessary to discontinue thi< Service. This service was discontinued before the mhiol term ended, aitq parents newding tean»i>eertatlon tor their children, turned te> the only means available, the taxi seervlce The taxles were loaded, and in btd weather they were overloaded The residents of this arcs have pondered the subject all summer, how are we going to get our chll dren Io school al the hceinnlng of the fait term? ..Thtough tiie initia tlve of several people, and the he)| f < f a lo<wi attorney, it was found tliat transportation must b« pro vMed by the school officials in charge, or in this rase, by the local school board With this In mind, a petition was signed by all rreldrnt of .this addition. Homeataad. Homewood, and Stratton .Ptoee. I needn't go Into.the detail about tli» number preeiht at Vhf first meeting, as the meeting was <ovcred by tbi» paper's reporter. The petition eras presented to the school board one week before this meeting yet ticcordThg to tne board president, they had not contacted their local attorney on the proper procedure. The meeting wax adjourned, after the situation was presented to Uie board, and a aacuud westing was Friday ..niglit. giving the. hoard ample time to contaci proper counsel. The petitioners also had an attorney at this meeting This meeting was attended not only by parents, hut by taxpayers who have no children. Both attorneys presented their case, and through all the pros and cons of taw.-the peUtioner'x attorney found that the law provides that, the school board shall provide transportation tor all jt-hiMreU living a rrttle and one-half tr<Htr4*couaolMated schqjd. when a school has been abandoned within the last twenty years We all know that any subject has two sides, qnd that laws were made whereby anyone can present a different inter-

pretottoa If it suits hla cauae. The school attorney presented his aide, which says, the board may furnish tranaportatiou. making it a matter of discrMlou, In other worda. It they want to. Thu foltowing twv> Issues were used as their reason for not providing transportation. First; Sinee It is public funds that will buy and pay Ar tbs opsratlon ot these busses, which means you the taxpayers money. It is only fair that every child have access and be given traaaportotloa, regardless of where be lives within the city limits, including all students la the parochial schools Second: The following figures were given. The purchase of twelve busses at tlt.oao. Insurance $1.17$ Medical Insurance SIMt per child Twelve drivers were to be hired at SSO per bua per week, plus rental of garage to house bosses. Let's take the first Issue. We didn t ask for. and don’t think there should be a -deltaite line drawn, as 'to who or where they dare pick up. however. I feel quite sure a child within walking distance. say six to eight blocks, is well able and would prefer io walk, rather than wait for a boa It was pointed out by the board's attorney that there are approximately l.M* children in xehool. including the parochial school. Os this number, let's take the percentage that would need trans* portatlon Approximate# W* «f the?-parochial school ar* now being' provided transportation from the rural area, either by township busses or by* grouping la family cant Another HMH at* pupils Who are also afforded transportation Another 3(H£ are within this < to S blocks walking distance This now leaves a Jo'S- of the l,she pupils needing transportation Do you. the readers of thia article, think H 'necessnry to buy and operate 12 busses to transport 5O« children, when for the last two years two busses and tour taxies have Served the need? The -abject was brought to the attention of the group, by the hoard president, what the reaction would be-of the taxpayer to the levy aecessaiy of raising taxes to provide rhe necessaty fund' for opetatlng this service Front page news has been the raise of salaries Os public officers, the 2c boost In taxes for water hydrant* etc., I don’t remember *hnyotie asking the taxpayer for his approval for these believed necessities. $15,00(1 is to be spent to erect more lights at Worlbman field This too is tax money. No one asked for our approval otr this appropriation. -,, : r, , The board president pointed out that he walked two miles to receive hi» education It the only haxard now was the horse and buggy. our children too could walk, but going from this area it is necessaty that the children cross an un-; protected railroad, there are no signals, and there is a <onftant I switching >'f rail ran into the Soya' company H,ls„shs>, no-essat y that'

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they v«ni «o the ra»d. thm «re no > sidewalks, from Master Drive to •cross the railroad tracks, and then > must cross one of the busiest points , in Decatur, highway 224. at the > Fifth Street and Monroe intersec- ' tion. I personally do not feel that i thia la an Issue as to whether this • h mandatory, it is more the welfare i of our children’* health and safety. > I don't believe there is a taxpayer i in this city who doesn't have either -a child, grandchild, niece or nephew i in school, or who will be going to school In the future. As a growing community it is necessary that i we do something now. There are > children on this street that will not be able to take advantage of the free education rightfully theirs. If some means of transportation lai not provided. We all try to Im- > press Into our children's mind the! need to be good citfsens not only to ;■ our country, but to this, our com-1 - mttnity Hoar—can this effort be justified, when a few people have, the jurisdiction to say what can or ran not be done, when we are willing to pay the tax imposed by. our state law We are not asking: for the impossible This b not i new dvvelopmr nT There are mem- , hers on this school board who have I grown old with these schools. This issue has not .developed overnight.! but has been growing by (traps and bound*, and now Is at the point where some definite steps must be taken 1 feel quite confident that ■ if every person could be contacted personally, hl* or her view would j be the same as our*. We haven't ■ considered this a forcing issue, but; an appeal to tour men who have 1 wftbln their jurisdiction to provide the transportation necessary, a* set up by the laws ot the state of Indiana. We, the petitioners, are asking jrou, the taxpayers, to give us your whole hearted support, in helping I Us obtain propeiFtrnnsporlation for our children, the future builders of this, our Vnited States Every child must have, and ha* the right to. a grsxd edveatom. but first the child must get to the place where I -ueh au.bdmmMeu can be obtained. This I* tail one parent's opinion T.hat is yours? A Master Addition Petitlonur. I • wmState Polio Cases " IndlanapoHss Aug 16 —(IIP) — . Today's polio totals in Indiana since Jan 1. compared with* the same date last year; Cate* Death* Na. of Counties . ISM UK 7 46 I#4S 455 47 61 New cases reported today: 2 in : Madisc.io-coiuily. and 1 tai.li ia rii . Joseph. Hendricks and Wasbilig- • ton* eounllex First cases this yr ar . were reported in St Joseph. Hendrick* arid Washington counties. lieath reported today tlrrald !>■ • ■ boskey. five. South llrnd, (St . i Joseph county), died Saturday in. - Memorial hospital al South Iknd .-" — I Democrat WiM Ads tring Reau<t«.

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represeutatire the Natianal Lmtnyr Relation* Board ordered today. Produrttou and Malnteaani-e worker* may chouae between the steelworker* or retail clerk*, both CIO union*, or veto tor no uuton reprenonunion, the NLRB order eaid 7 .