Show Large Delegation Urges School Board hoard to Postpone All Plans for Consolidation The South Sanpete School Board was met with a large delegation of citizens mostly from Tom Ephraim Sterling and Mayfield as it gathered for the regular board meeting last Fri Fri- day With the large group the hoard moved to the Junior High School auditorium for part of their meeting meeting so that all all all' of those hose present might be able to hear and see the proceedings The group present overflowed the auditorium The session was presided over overby overby overby by Board President Royal Whitlock Whitlock Whit Whit- lock of GunnIson who did an outstanding job of keeping the meeting orderly and in welcoming welcoming welcom welcom- ing irig each opinion which was ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed by those present Statements Read ReadA A Perry Plummer was spokesman spokesman spokes spokes- man for the Ephraim group and read lend a prepared statement urging urging urging ing the board to reconsider the consolidation plan 1 lir Tr s o V A d In n. n d 1 I i y 6 n er son v. v r ea a a prepared statement from the people of Mayfield asking that the Mayfield school be kept in operation She said they had read the report of the Ephr Ephraim alm citizens and agreed with it wholeheartedly Rollin Anderson read a statement statement statement state state- ment from the people of Sterl Sterl- ing In it they thanked the board for the consideration shown for their small school in past years and urged that the present consolidation plan be reconsidered Each of these prepared statements statements statements state state- ments was left with the board for their consider consideration tion and then Mr Whitlock turned the time over for discussion which went wenten en un well over an hour When Mr 11 Whitlock found no nomore nomore nomore more discussion from the floor h he called on each member of the time board for a comment Board Members i Comment Mariel Hansen of Centerfield i praised raised Snow College said he had had two children attend it and said his other eight would do so also In t the h e matter of consolidation he said he vo voted voted vo- vo tc ted d his conviction and didn't like the term Cut and dried which had been used so much that evening When heckled a abit abit bit from the audience Mr 11 Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen put the heckler in his place by demanding that his opinion be heard Udell of Mayfield I said he lie would support a central High School for the district He charged that the facts and figures figures fig fIg- ures used by the majority comI com com- I Continued on last page u. u Large targe Delegation Urges Board To Postpone Plans For Consolidation Continued from irom page pace 1 making the consolidation study were the facts and fig figures figures figures fig fig- ures of Supt Barnett Ray Lund who headed this committee came forth from the I to say that was an un unfair unfair unfair un- un I fair and untrue charge Win Vm G. G Barton said the board did not adequately study a central central central cen cen- High School for the district but hut asked Could it be made madea a workable thing He said he had no solution to the many problems himself but has leaned leaned leaned lean lean- ed toward a plan for a central I school He closed by urging harmony among the various communities affected by conso conso- Lee Hall lIall said nobody has hns the solution to all of the problems He Tie pointed out that he voted a year ago ngo to give another year to the study of the consolidation consolida consolida- tion lion program Now he said he feels he is to be criticised for his stand but says he would have a right to his opinions and wants to stay on friendly terms with v his many friends and associates associates asso asso- throughout the district Motion to Postpone Defeated In the regular board session I following this open meeting the board voted down a motion to postpone the consolidation plan and agreed to go ahead with plans for the consolidation I |