Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1913 — ROSEBUD MEETINC HELD MONDAY NIGHT [ARTICLE]

ROSEBUD MEETINC HELD MONDAY NIGHT

Effort Made by South Union Township to Prevent Location of High School at Fair Oaks. W. L Wood, S. A Brusnahan, 8. T. Comer and Amos Davisson, Of South Union township, were in Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon to consult with School Superintendent Ernest Lamson about the location of the new high school building for Union township. They told of the meeting held the evening before at the Rosebud school house and stated that the decision ’of that meeting was that the school building should be located of Rosebud. The decision was arrived at isl the following manner, as reported by these gentlemen to The Republican; There were about sixty people at the meeting. Amos Davisson was chosen chairman and H. J. Dexter secretary. Motions were then made that the location be at five different places, viz. Center, Rosebud, Aix, Fair Oaks and Parr. A vote of patrons was taken with the following result: Fair Oaks 0, Center 9, Rosebud 10, Aix 13, and,Parr 14. After this several other locations were suggested and several ballots taken with the result that the Schultz or old Guss corner’was decided upon. When this selection was made there were 59 school patrons in the building, according to the men above mentioned. These representatives came to Superintendent Lamson to inform him that they intended to take every Step authorized by law to prevent the erection of the school building at Fair Oaks. The pjan is to secure the names of ten patrons, being father, mother, guardian or legal representative of graduates who were enumerated for purposes the past year to the protest and to file this with the superintendent. This will place the matter entirely in the hands of Mr? Lamson, from whose decision the statute says there shall be no appeal. A remonstrance will also be filed against the location of the building at Fair Oaks. The contest is getting warmer every day and The Republican is today in receipt of two communications presenting the Fair Oaks side of the question. These will be presented, so that all readers may keep up with the argument and act accordingly.