Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — CHARGES AGAINST CO. SUPT. [ARTICLE]

CHARGES AGAINST CO. SUPT.

Editors of Republican Asked to Submit Evidence of Wrongdoing. At the county board of education meeting Tuesday, all members were present except the ones from Barkley, Remington and Wheatfield. County Supt. Lamson brought up the matter of the charges against him that had been published in the Rensselaer Republican and read a number of the more serious charges made, going over the articles carefully and showed clearly (says the minutes of the meeting kept by the secretary, Trustee Hammerton of Cnion tp.) wherein same were wrong, and also showed clearly and plainly that he had worked hard for the good of the schools and pupils of Jasper county. Mr. Healey “dropped in” and made remarks regarding the matter the way the schools had been conducted and thought that some one more capable than Mr. Lamson should be appointed county superintendent. After an adjournment for intermission, Dr. Kressler was placed in the chair and motion was made and carried that all visitors be excluded from the meeting and that the matters to be discussed be kept secret, therefore The Democrat is unable to give a full and accurate report of just what was done during this secret session, but it is understood that the charges made by the Republican were discussed and the board was a unit in concluding that it was purely a personal matter that actuated the Republican in making the charges it had. However, on motion of Trustee Rush of Newton tP., a committee consisting of. Trustees Wood of Marion, Keen of Wheatfield, and Porter of Carpenter, was appointed by the board to interview Mr. Healey regarding the accusations he had made against the county superintendent, and this committee waited on him and requested him to produce all evidence he had of any wrong-doing on the part of the superintendent. The board will meet again next Monday at which time the mattei will be threshed out, and if Mr. Lamson has been guilty of any serious wrongdoing, it is understood that he will be asked to resign; if not, a resolution will probably be passed fully exonerating him from the charges made by the Republican,