Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1910 — Wheatfield Still in Throes Of School Board Troubles. [ARTICLE]

Wheatfield Still in Throes Of School Board Troubles.

The Wheatfield school board troubles continue unabated and as a result George Stembel, one of the leading citizens of that town, and whose services on the school board are greatly needed and who has the confidence and respect of the people there, tendered his resignation as a member of the board. The town board refused to consider the resignation at the time and laid it on the table. Mr. Stembel and Ray Anderson are not congenial on the board and it is said will not remain there together. Mr. Anderson refuses to resign and the situation is unpleasant to teachers, patrons and all concerned. The session of the Wheatfield council was a busy one and a lively time ensued from the moment President Grover Smith called it to order. He announced that no swearing would be tolerated in the council room during the time it was in session, under threat of prosecution. The town marshal, who receives the magnanimous salary of $5 per month, refused to have the job of street commissioner saddled on him without additional recompense and the job was divided into three parts, and each trustee made the com: missioner for his respective district At one stage Trustee Danford made a motion and Attorney Greve instructed President Smith that he was out of order and the president so ruled. Danford did not propos.e to be so easily defeated, however, and he took exception to the ruling and appealed for a decision of the board, making a motion to overrule the decision of the president. Mr. Gilbransen, the other member, seconded the Danford motion and both supported it and ruled that the president was out of order in ruling Mr. Danford out of order and that Mr. Greve was out of order in telling President Smith that Mr. Danford was out of order. The following tax levy was made: Corporation fund, 30 cents on each SIOO assessed valuation, and 50 cents cn each poll. Tuition fund, 50 cents on the SIOO, and 25 cents poll. Special school fund, 50 cents on the SIOO, and 25 cents poll. School house bonds, 25 cents on the SIOO, and 25 cents poll. Moved, supported and carried that an assessment of 20 cents be levied on each SIOO assessed valuation for support of town school as provided in section 18, Powers of Town Trustees.