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Show THE NEWS FROM FILLMORE PdEc Affairs and Local Happenings it tin County Seal The county commissioners have Just held an Important. cHslonvThe chief subjects under discussion are the consolidation con-solidation of schools and the county road through Fillmore. The commissioners commis-sioners had appointed a meeting to apportion the mileage of railroads between be-tween the school districts. A rumor In some way was started that they were meeting to consider consolidation of the schools. Petitions began to pour In from various parts of the county, coun-ty, chiefly from lloldeii, Hinckley and Delta In favor of consolidation. De-erc! De-erc! and Oaxls sent delegations to ask for the jMistponenient of the matter on the ground that they wanted time to consider the questloij more ful'y. Kanosh got wind of what was brewing and State Representative Kimball and Anthony I'axton, both of the Kanosh school board, came prepared to fight ( consolidation, first last and all the time, on the ground "c hlelly that it would deprive the people of the towns from managing their own schools, In short, they were opposed to centralization cen-tralization of power. Meadow sent word that she felt wry much the same way. LeamlriKloti telephoned tbe message that she felt perfectly satisfied satis-fied with the old way. The railroad situation demands that something be done. H would hardly be advisable to force consolidation on unwilling towns unless justice and good public policy demands It. To form all of the west side towns Into one school district dis-trict would solve the present perplexing perplex-ing railroad problem, would meet with no objection Irom the towns most opposed op-posed to consolidation, unless It be Ieamlngton, and would result In better bet-ter schools, we think, for the weH side, and In a fairer distribution of school funds and privileges. The other matter that Is causing a great deal of discussion, natm-ly, the count) ro:id through Fillmore, U advancing toward solution, it. II. Lyman of the road commission met with the board! The state will grade one block of our street to show what the state wants. Then If the work continues the county coun-ty must levy a tai. We are told that the state will furnish two dollars to the county's one. The Home EVhool League after two meetings Is on the eve of going to piece, Judging from appearances, I.ast Friday a program In part waa rendered to an audience of five. Only , one teacher, your correspondent, was present eirept Mr. Uassett and Miss Coaling, who led the second grade in several songs. No officers were pres- ent except the secretary, she being one ( of the five In the audience. Moral. We have too much talk about ro-operatlon between the home . and the school and have too Utile real ' -o-operatlon. K. K. Itassett and his music students ast Saturday and Monday nights pre-lented pre-lented "The Chlmnes of Normandy" o a fairly large audience on the first lights. Trices were 75 cents, 60 cents ind 35 cents. Tbe performance had Men advertlsud as something wonder-u wonder-u I. It waa really a good performance, tut certainly did not come up to the xpecl!ttlons of those present. Mrs. Iwxseit, of course, was excellent. Iierl rrimble was good. All the rest did veil. Hut the opera an a whole suf-ered suf-ered from ton laudatory advertising, t Is a mistake to build tbe expecta-lons expecta-lons of your prospective audience so Ugh that their anticipations are only lartly realised. In one respect espec-ally espec-ally Is complaint Justified. Elaborate -ostunies had been advertised. In act the costumes, though good, were leither elaborate on the whole nor In ieveral Important Instances approbate. appro-bate. Commendation, In all fairness, tugbt to We expressed for the India-wnslble India-wnslble services of Miss Ava Stevens, iho played the entire accompaniment. Request: Don't take offense at tbe ruth, told with great respect and appreciation ap-preciation for Mr. Uaasetta efforts and siih the utmost good nature. |
