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Show BOARD SHUNS 'CENTRAL PARK-1 APPOINTMENT Starts Move Toward - Creating Another New Town Threatened Internal strife on the board of triutM of tho newly formed town of Central Park waa eldest epped Monday by county eom-mlssionsrs eom-mlssionsrs a they docllnod to act further upon tho appointment March 11 of John A. Fairclough, 1804 South 8tate street, a a truatoo. Simultaneously, the board started in motion lefal machinery expected expect-ed to areata another town, to be known a South Park, adjoining Central Park on the south, extending extend-ing west to Second Weet treat, south to Thirty-third South street and east to Ninth East street. The eaetarn boundary of South Park jogs to rifth East and Third East streets In places. Mr. Falrcloufh's appointment, mads by tho commission at the behest be-hest of tho Central Park .Business Men's league, waa for the purpose of filling a vacancy created by failure fail-ure of Stats Senator D. W. Parratt member of the original group of trustees, to qualify because of being a stats officer. Refused to Accept Subsequently, county commissioner! commission-er! said they were informed that trustees who had qualified under Miles E. Millsr, chairman of the board of trustees, refused to accept the Fairclough appointment, questioned ques-tioned Isgal authority of county commissioners to msks It and suggested sug-gested that George Soderberg, 340 Truman avsnus, bs appointed Instead In-stead of Mr. Fairclough. "Two of ths trustees went so far as to say they would resign of Mr. Fsirclough became a member of the board and the board as a whole refused re-fused formally to qualify Mr. Fairclough Fair-clough as a member of their group," said ons county commissioner. Nsmss of the trustsoo who threatened threat-ened to resign were not mentioned. Wallace's View Meantime, Mr. Fairclough formally formal-ly qualified himself to sit on the board of trustees by going before Justice of Peace Herman Gygl and there filing his official bond, it was said by County Attorney. Harold E. Wallace. The attorney, in advising county commissioners to bs neutral in the trustees' fight, said: "I believe the commission's position posi-tion Is legally sound; that It had full legal authority to make the appointment ap-pointment It did and that no showing show-ing hss been msds warranting further fur-ther action df the commission at true Urns." Centrsl Park wss organised according ac-cording to stats law for ths purpose of sponsoring a federal loan to Install In-stall a sanitary sewer system. Application Ap-plication for ths loan has been made, but not finally approved at Washington. D. C. Ths project will cost about $365,000. Ths petition to form South Park is signed by I. A. Erlkson, 3076 South Stats street, and TM other eitisens of ths srea to be embraced by the proposed now town. Purpose Pur-pose of creating it is ths same as used for forming Central Park. Commissioners referred the petition peti-tion to County Clerk W. J. Korth for checking names of signatories and determining If ail are legally qualified to act as such. |