Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1917 — Supt. Lamson la Not a Candidate For Reappointment. [ARTICLE]

Supt. Lamson la Not a Candidate For Reappointment.

It da understood that Ernest Lamson, who will have served some ten years and a few months at the expiration of hds present term, will not be a candidate for reappointment. The county superintendent is appointed by the township trtwtees the fin* Monday in jpae. The appointee will not hake his office until some time in August. Mr. Damson has been twice elected by the trustees and the legislature extended his term a few months over two years. The office pays a salary of $1,408 per year with a small allowance for office hire and traveling expenses.-To be eligible the candidate must thoMa thirty-six month, state life license. It is understood that Morgan Sterrett, superintendent of the Wheatfield schools, I. N. Warren, ex-city superintendent of the Rensselaer schools, and a Mr. Wesley, ex-sup-erintendent of the Remington schools, will be candidates. The office is a very important one and the selection should be made upon the fitness of the candidate. The trustees are divided politically as follows, ten republicans and three democrats. The republicans are: Porter of Carpenter, Stephens of Gillarp, Poole of Hanging Grove, Davis of Kankakee, Fairchild of Keener, Rush of Newton, Keene of Wheatfield, Faulk of Milray, Hammerton and Wood of Marion. The democrats are Salrin of Walker, Davisson of Barkley and Kolhoff of Jordan.