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V' r-i What do you want Tell it in THE ENTERPRISE **Want Column\ ',<*? Hdp mafct tikis A BETTER ENTERPRISE Phone your news to No. 30 VOLUME FORTY-THREE-—No. 18 THE MARION ENTERPRISE, NEWARK, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1923 $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE CONTRACTS LIT BY BOARD OF EDUCATION TOR NEW SCHOOL Leo J. Held, of Rochester, Has Contract for General Construction —The Arc Electric Construction Company, of New York City Has the Electric Wiring and the Plumbing Was Awarded to the Marion Hardware, Inc. The members of the Marion Board of Education met Friday, April 27, at the office of Judge Clyde W. Knapp, in Lyons, attorney for the Board, to de- cide upon the matter of letting con- tracts for the erection of the new High School building in Marion, and the transaction of other important business. The following contracts were closed: To U'O J. Held, of Rochester, the con- tract for general construction; to the A iv Electric Construction Company, of New York City, all of the electric wiring; to the Marion Hardware Com- pany, Inc., the plumbing. Work will begin as soon as possible, on the foundation of the new building. OIK- of the first necessities Will be to move the a LeRoy house, next the old High School building, to clear the site.\ h i» not yet decided just where the house will be placed. At first it was intended to move it in, to the lot adjoining on the north, 'from which the Lewis Smith house has been removed. But, after further consideration, it is the opinion of the management that all of this space may yet be needed for tfie school building. Should other dis- tricts be added later to District No 1 another unit might be required to ac- commodate more pupils than at the presnt time. In that case it would be •wiser to remove the LeRoy house to a location apart from the school campus. I t is not the intention of the Board to disturb the old building before the end of this school year. It is proposed to remove the third story, and change the interior of the old brick building, using the surplus materials in the construction of the new building, wherever it is possible. The new building will be connected with the old one, and will be con- structed of red brick to match. The ground acquired for the campus will be laid out in playground and parks. SILVER FOX PATROL IcoiMiSSMER OF EDUCATION WBS CONTESTi Will Be Celebrated By An Overnight Hike Soon HIGH SCHOOL PARTY Held By Students of High School Thursday Evening A most successful party was held by the students of Marion High School, at High School Hall, last Thursday owning, i The students and members of the famlty were present. Very delightful entertainment, con- s,>ting of games and stunts, was fur- 11.-lied by a committee from the senior and freshmen classes. Refreshments were served by the junior and sophomores. The latter part of the evening was sp-nt in dancing to the music Famous Faker's Orchestra. W. C. T. V. MEETING Program in Charge of Mrs. Lucy Mason—The Hostesses The W. C. T. U. meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Emma LeRoy, Tuesday afternoon, May 8, at half- past two o'clock, Mrs. Mary Ray will lead devotions, and Mrs. Ethel Seybold, the music. The program, in charge of Mrs. Lucy Mason, will include a report of the county institute, April 24, at Wol- cott. The hostesses are Mrs. LeRoy, Mrs. Josina Alaart and Mrs. Jennis Mc- Kenna. , Monday night, April 30, was a memorable occasion in the history of Marion Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of America, when the Silver Fox Patrol was declared the winner of the contest which has extended over the past ten weeks. The Patrol was determined to win and its members spent many hours in preparing for and taking the second class tests, each of which counted four points. The interest on both sides can be judged from the fact that sixteen out of the total troop enrollment of seventeen Scouts have been present at the past three meetings. That the Beaver Patrol was also in the race to win is shown by the closeness of the final score: 848 to 804. i n the making up of this score from week to week attendance, good turn report, and each test passed counted four points, dues paid two points, and a new member secured and trained six points. The end of the contest will be more fully celebrated in the near future when the Troop goes on a n overnight • hike, on which the losing Patrol will 'furnish and cook the supper for all. Plans are already being prepared to make this the biggest thing which the Troop has done thus far. The Scouts are making good pro- gress toward their uniforms, and be- fore many weeks the Troop will be completely uniformed. A Scout uni- form is the cheapest and best suit which a boy can wear during the sum- mer, as they are guaranteed to be equal or superior to United States Army clothing in material and work- manship, while no one can point to another clothing producer who last Feruary 15 was willing to guarantee his prices until July 1, 1924. Friends of the Troop can look for another public meeting before long, as five members have now cpialined for second class rank and will be invested at a public service. UPHOLDS SUPERINTENDENT CROOP j District Superintendent Consolidated District Nine of Palmyra With Palmyra Union School District—District Nine Carried Case to State Commissioner Who Dismissed-the Appeal—A Test Case and Watched By Vicinity Districts f _ Can a rural school district success- fully appeal from an order of a dis- trict superintendent who has abolished a district and consolidated it with a larger district? Has a district superintendent au- thority to consolidate districts and, if his position is well taken and for the benefit of the school children, will the State Commissioner of Education set aside the district superintendent's or- der for financial or other reasons ? All of_ these questions are answered in the test case which has just been decided (by Stats Commissioner pf Education, Frank P. Graves. It seems that District. Superinten-j most the welfare pf the children; for his action in the case of District nine at Palmyra has been unhesitatingly endorsed by the State Commissioner of Education. Mr. Croop did not abol- ish District nine at East Palmyra un- til he and Mr. Hall, of the State de- partment, had visited the school and had 'become famijiar with the condi- tions. When the- district was consoli- dated with District one of Palmyra, an appeal was made hs- District nine and that appeal has just been dis- missed by Frank P. Graves, State Commissioner of Education.' Inasmuch as the case was considered a test case, and' has a bearing on If you desire all the news, read this paper. School Bonds People desiring to invest in Marion 5 per cent school bonds may do so at the First National Bank of Marion. dent A. M. (Jrpop, of Newark, some several other districts, we print below time ago, abolished school district nine- the decision of the State Commissioner near the pump station at East Pai-j myra and consolidated it with the Un-' ion Free School District No. 1, in the village of Palmyra. The consolidation j was evidently distasteful to some of ' the people of the district who engaged .Leon A. Plumb, a Macedon attorney, 'who carried ,the case to the highest school authority in the state. Inasmuch as Superintendent Croop has persistently followed the policy of defending the school children, even, against the wishes of some of the tax- payers, and has used his wide knowl- edge of educational needs for what he thought -was best, and has abolished (more districts 4uring Ms (tetan of office than perhaps any other school, superintendent in Western New York, the case is one of unusual interest and has been watched by school authorities and trustees with marked attention. Superintendent Has Authority A district superintendent has abso- lute authority if, in is judgment, the facts warrant such action, to abolish a district and to unite it with some other district. Superintendent Croop evidently is considering first and fore- I COMMUNITY PAINT AND VARNISH DAY Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5 Be sure and attend Our Opening on SHERWIN- WILLIAMS PAINTS AND VARNISHES as there will be a demonstration held on FLATONE,, FLOOBJLAC ETC. FREE SOUVENIRS FOR THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN Yea, bring the Children, as every child accompanied by their parents will receive a Balloon FREF-. Every Woman attending will receive FREE a useful Shopping Bag. Clip the following Coupon and Fill Out and Receive FREE a 30c Can of SHER- WIN-WILLIAMS FLOORLAC and a 15c Paint Brush for 10c. COUPON Name • ; Address Town This offer is limited—bring in coupon at once REMEMBER, NO OBLIGATIONS TO BUY For FLOORS FURNITURE and WOODWORK We are holding this Opening to acquaint the people of this Community with the SHERWIN-WILLIAMS LINE. Therefore bring your paint problems, if you have Floors, Furniture or WoodworK to Refinish. Get suggestions on Interior Decorating, also youroutside House Paint, etc. Don't Fail to Attend Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5 BARKER BROS. NEWARK, N. 14 SOUTH MAIN ST. \ ; Y. of Education in full, as follows: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK The State Department of Education Before the Commissioner In the Matter of the Appeal from the dissolution of Common .School District No. 9, of the Town of Palmyra, Wayne County, and the annexation of its. territory to Union Free School District No. 1, of said town and county. LEON A. PLUMB, Attorney for Appellants. On April 15, 1922, an order was made 'by district superintendent of the third supervisory district of Wayne county and filed in the office of the clerk of the Town of Palmyra, dis- solving Common School District No. 9 of said town and annexing its. terri- tory to Union Free School District No. 1 of said town. At the time of its dis- solution Distract No. 9 had an assessed valuation of $338,278, and Union Free School District No. 1, which comprises the whole of th° incorporated village of Palmyra and certain surrounding territory, had an assessed valuation of $2,761,179. School Had 27 Pupils District No. 9 maintained a school with one teacher giving instruction in elementary subjects. During the year preceding the dissolution twenty- seven pupils were registered as being in attendance at this school. The record shows that eight pupils of ele- mentary grade residing in District No. 9 attended the school in Union Free School District No. 1 and also that four academic pupils residing In Dis- trict No. 9 attended the high school maintained in salid District No. 1. Therefore, it appears that nearly one- third of the total number of pupils re- siding in District No. 9 attended school in District No. 1 prior to the consoli- dation. Palmyra the Natural School Center District No. 9 adjoins District No. 1 and extends northeast for three miles or more from the schoolhouso in Dis- trict No. 1. The Village of Palmyra is the natural community center for the entire territory comprising such ad- joining districts. All of the business, social and religious interests are cen- tered there. Superintendent Had the Power The order of dissolution and an- nexation was made by the district su- perintendent under te provisions of te Education Law and it is conceded by the appellants that he had power under the law to make the order. \ At- tached to the order is the written con- sent of Harold Wright, the Trustee of District No. 9, although such con- sent apparently was not relied upon by the district superintendent as a condition for making his order. Children Had Few Advantages There is also a note attached to the original order filed by the district su- perintendent, in which he recites that it' had come to his attention during the year that the working conditions in this district were such as to give the children few advantages compared to those obtained by children-attending the school in Palmyra. He states in substance that it was difficult to find any suitable person to act as trustee or even to serve as janitor of the school building. Complaints were con- stantly being made in regard to the conditions of the building, particu- larly that it was uncleanly, not suffi- ciently heated and the toilets not prop erly attended to. Poor Sanitary Conditions Upon the day of the visit of the dis- trict superintendent to this building immediately prior to the making of the order of consolidation school had been closed the chemical toilets were out of order, due to the fact that they had not been properly oared for.' The district superintendent is justified in his statement that the reason for these conditions seems to be a lack of real interest in the school on the part of the residents of said District No. 9. Difficult to Follow Argument The appellants oppose this consoli- dation upon various grounds, alleging, among other things, that the educa- tional interests of the children will not be'promoted by the consolidation. It is difficult to follow the argument thus advanced' by the appellants in view of the facts that are conceded. On the one hand we find a school that W0 KILLED IN AUTO- MOBILE ACCIDENT Automobile Drives in Front of 6i M.,Local Trolley •Mrs. Hilmer Sage, of . Shortsvffle, aged 35, and Stuart Sage, aged 5, were almost instantly killed, and Mr. Sage and two other children, more or less seriously cut up, but not fatally Wounded in an accident at the Roches- ter & Syracuse crossing of Route- 20 just east of Macedon last week Thurs- day night between five and six o'clock. The car was in charge of Adrian DcHond, of Newark, and left Roches- ter at 5:05. It js doe in Newark at 6:35. Although the car is a local, it was not intending to stop at Stop 28, as no one was at that crossing to take the car and there was no one to get off. The automobile, which was a Ford sedan, occupied by Mr. Sage 'and 'his family, was coming eastward towards Palmyra along with the trolley. At the crossing instead of stopping, Mr. Sage drove imemdiately in front of the trolley. There was a crash, a wreck- ing of the automobile and the car was brought to a standstill as soon as possible. It was found that Mrs. Sage was killed outright and Stuart was so badly injured that he died of the injuries soon after the accident. . Doris Sage, aged 10, and baby Gor- don Sage, aged one, were brought to the Newark Hospital. It is reported that they were not seriously injured and will recover. Mr. Sage was taken to the Canan- daigua Hospital where it was found that he suffered several fractured ribs and had one of his ears- torn off. Mr. Sage said after the accident that he was talking with members of his family and did not see the ap- proaching trolley car. gives the minimum amount of required instruction, with one teacher teaching all of the elementary subjects, the schoolhouse being 1 ill-kept, poorly heated and unsanitary, while in the ndjoining district, to which this dis- trict has been annexed, we find a pro- gressive school, properly graded, main- taining a full high school course with competent teachers and with the pros- pect in the immediate future of having the children housed in a new school building with all modern appliances. It is not possible to conceive that un- der such circumstances the children of District No. 9 will not be 'benefited by the annexation of this district to Union Free School District No. 1. Low Tax Rate Attention has been called to the difference in tax burden as between these districts. The tax rate in Dis- trict 9 is less than three mills, while the tax rate in Union Fr°e School Dis trict No. 1 is over nine mills. The argument is that the taxpayers in Dis- trict No. 9 should not be required to pay the increase in taxes that will necessarily follow by reason of the consolidation and the erection of the new school building. Such increase in taxes, which would be necessary in order to provide increased educational facilitios for the children, has never been regarded as a sufficient reason for setting aside an order of consolida- tion. It has been repeatedly held that the welfare of the children is the first consideration and that if it' appear •iffirmatively 'that the centralization of school interests and facilities will be beneficial to the children of the dis- solved district without imposing an unreasonable and excessive financial burden upon the taxpayers of the dis- trict the action of the district super- intendent should not be distrubed. The iresumption is that the district super- intendent has acted fairly and with full knowledge of the local conditions. May Need Transportation The appellants further call atten- tion to the fact that certain of the children reside more than three miles from the schoolhouse in District No, 1. From the facts stated it would ap- pear that transportation should be provided for the children of this dis- trict by the consolidated district. It will be assumed, until the contrary is established, that such transportation will adequately provide for their com- fort in going to and from the school building. If proper transportation is not furnished at any time or the chil- dren are not otherwise properly cared for, the parents of the children may bring the matter to the attention of this department for such action as the circumstances may warrant. The appeal is dismissed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Frank P. Graves, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of [Seal] the State Education Depart- ment at the City of Albany, f this 25th day of April, 1923. FRANK P. GRAVES, Commissioner of Education, A Progressive Program) District Superintendent Croop is one of the best educated' and thorough- ly equipped superintendents in West- ern New York. He was superinten- dent pf^schools in California after his graduation from Leland 'Stanford University, and was former superin- tendent of schools in Newark. Leland Stanford University has a national reputation for the: work it i s doing in- vocational schools and its modern t*n- dencies toward* •ducatioa.. District Superintendent Arthur M. •Croop, of the Western Wayne School District, on Monday filed the official papers which united seven districts near Marion with the Marion Union Free School District, known as District one: The following districts are the ones which have been abolished: In Marion—Districts 2, 6, 7, 10 and 9. In Palmyra—Districts 11 and 12. About a year ago, when Marion was planning for its new union school, Marion districts 4 and 8 were abol- ished and united with district one, and also parts of districts 2, 6, 7 a\nd 9. The abolishment of these districts takes effect immediately, and under the law they are now united with the Un- ion Free School District in Marion vil- lage and are under the supervision of the Board ofc Education of Marion. District 2 is located to the west of Marion village; district 6 is northwest in the neighborhood of Supervisor Dean; district 7 is on the Marion-Wil- liamson road; district 9 is east of the village; and district 10 is a two-room school near the White muck farm; dis- trict 11, Palmyra, is southwest pf Marion, and district 12 is south of Marion village on the Palmyra road. The uniting of all of these districts makes a circle with Marion as a cen- ter, and within a radius ofx three to three and one-half miles from the pro- posed new Marion High School. This act of Superintendent Croop increases the valuation of the Marion Free School District nearly a million dollars and makes the total valuation of the district nearly two million dol- lars. Up until about a year ago, the val- uation of the .Marion Union Free School District was about half a mil- lion. The addition of districts 4 and. 8 and parts of 2, 6, 7, and 9, which were consolidated a year ago, increased the valuation of the Marion Union Free School District to about $1,000,000; and the-consolidation made this week District Superintendent Arthur M. Croop Filed Notice of Disso- lution of Districts Monday—Several Districts Pad Previously Been Abolished—-New District Valuation Nearly Two Mil- lion Dollars raises the valuation to approximately $2,000,00.0. This consolidation will add approxi- mately 140 pupils to the grades of the. Marion Union School which now h«i approximately 200 pupils in r the grades. „ In talking with Superintendent. Croop, he suggested for the year 1923- 24, that possibly the schools in dis- tricts 9 and 6, Marion, and district 11, Palmyra, be closed and that the pupils of these districts be transported to the Marion Union Free School District This would necessitate the addition of one new teacher to the Marion school faculty. Superintendent Croop sug- gested that possibly the Marion Board of Education would continue to oper- ate the other four schools as usual un- til the new school building a t Marion is erected. It is' possible that the school in dis- trict No. 10 will be maintained with two teachers for the primary grades for a time, after the new building is erected, the seventh and eighth jrrades having advantage of the Mar- ian High School; and it may he thought best to operate districts 2 and j 7, Marion, for the primary grades for a time. I Under this new consolidation, the Board of Education of Marion, has control of all of these districts and will permanently receive the teachers' quota formerly given to each of the 'districts. The Board will also be obliged, under the law, to hire the teachers for each of these districts for the coming school year, beginning next September, in case the Board decides to operate any of the schools. Under the consolidation, however, the standard of the teachers will .be i - aised; for the law requires, in this case, that the teachers have at least a Normal school ^diploma. Superintendent Croop made fhe> con- solidation under Section 129 of the Education Law, which gives the Dis* trict Superintendent the right to abol- ish any school district and unite it with others. Superintendent Croop taught in the California schools, following his grad- uation from college, for a number of years, and is much more progressive than the average school superinten- dent. He is a man who considers the interests of the children foremost; for it is for them that the schools are maintained. He has not only con- solidated several districts in Pal- myra, but also in Marion, in Walworth and in Macedon, and if his program Is successfully carried out, in a short time there will be new, modern high school buildings in Marion, in Pal- myra, in Walworth and in Macedon, and a junior high school in East Palmyra. These high schools will have a tre- mendous effect upon the coming gen- erations for better educational advan- tages will put them in the lead. The better school facilities will also have a tendency to increase the valuation of real estate in the neighborhoods sur- rounding- the schools; for people are always looking, from one generation to another, to get into a community where splendid Behool facilities are offered. ^Superintendent Croop/g commend- able record in the Western Wayne dis- trict is being watched, not only by the State Department at Albany, but throughout Western New York. It pays to advertise. Parm'elce-Skinner The following account of the mar- riage of Dr. Merton R. Skinner, of LeRoy, which occurred in LeRoy, on Wednesday morning, April 25 ,will be of interest to his Marion friends. l>r Skinner is a son of Dr. Scott Skinner and the late Ellen Smith Skinner, of LeRoy, the latter a daughter of the late Samuel Smith, of Marion. Le Roy, April 25—A quiet Wedding took place at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 8:30 o'clock this morning when Dr. Merton R, Skinner and Miss Myra E. Parmelee, of the Creek road, were pnited in marriage by the rector, Rev. Pierre Cushing, assisted by Rev. Evan M. Jone^s, pastor of the Presby- terian Church of which the bride is a member. Only the immediate families witnessed the service. The bride and bridegroom were un- attended and immediately after the ceremany left by automobile for Roch- ester, from which city they topic a train for a ten days' trip to New York. Upon their return they will make their home in the bridegroom's house at i0 Church street. Dr. Skinner has Been „ engaged in the practice of medicine in this village for a number of years. The bride is well known in local musi- cal circles and in addition to teaching music is director of the Presbyterian Church choir. « inoiKi'iiHiiBHiinniaiMiiwiKiaius Are You \ Success? James J. 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