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Show Fisher, Hall and Barton Are Elected School Board Members Election Is Hotly Contested In the First and Fifth Representative Precincts Parley B. Fisher of Milford, vice-' president of the Beaver district hoard of education, was reelected to the board Wednesday by a majority of 1 1 votes over his North Creek opponent, op-ponent, J. M. Crosby, who, for some reason or other, ran much stronger in Greenville than early predictions had indicated. Mr. Fisher will continue con-tinue to serve as hoard member for the 5th representative precinct, which includes South Milford, Greenville, Manderfield, North Creek and Sulphurdale. Sul-phurdale. All candidates are elected for four year terms. Herbert L. Hall was elected from the 3rd precinct over Floyd Woods, and will represent Minersville, Adamsville and Nada on the board. From the election returns in the Beaver East district, the contest must have' been a warm one indeed with all of the candidates running strong, S. Fletcher Barton winning by 8 votes over his closest rival, Homer D. Thompson but with the two other candidates following in close order. The vote in detail follows: Representative Precinct No. 1 Comprising Beaver East district S. Fletcher Barton, 76; Homer D. Thompson, 68; Arnold J. Low, 63; Reed Smith, 47. Representative Precinct No. 3 For Herbart L. Hall of Minersville Minersville, 156; Adamsville, 9; Nada, 0. Total 165; majority 90. For Floyd Woods of Minersville Minersville, 62; Adamsville, 9; Nada, 4. Total 75. Representative Precinct No. 5 For Parley B. Fisher of Milford South Milford, 72; Greenville, 18; Sulphurdale, 1; North Creek and Manderfield, 1. Total, 92; majority, 11. For J. M. Crosby of North Creek-South Creek-South Milford, 3; Greenville, 39; Sulphurdale, 10; North Creek and Manderfield, 29. Total 81. |