Show EXCEPTION IS TAKEN TO WRITE WRITE- UP lip ON MEETING Mr Ir Win Wm H. H Peterson j i Editor ManU Mantl Messenger i iDear Dear Mr Peterson I assure you I sincerely appreciate your our kindness in allowing me u a space in your our paper to make mako a l few fey c on the article artcle ap nl appearing appearing ap- ap In jn your jour I issue Bue of September relative to a school board mooting meeting g held September Had HadOn you von attended the meting yourself I am cure tho the article would appeared quite different In discussing tho the article at a 11 board meeting held last Monday evening and comparing It to our minutes the board felt it was wn not fair to mo me and nd had not be been n correctly r repotted reported I r understand Reid was wa the one w who o gove gnu your you information about the tho me lil In In the first paragraph of your oni r article the Impression is I gained ne inert l that I objected to th the Ila f fluck the flu ck building at zim or r r tho to shop Tho The truth lIS is I that b before fore Mr Mr Fj Fjeldsted made the motion to u utha us Ug tha the tha brick building for shop he inquired InI in inquired In- In I of f me if it I was with that arrangement I answered ered In the af affirmative affirmative at- at and tho the motion passed passe unanimously as 3 our ur t minutes will wn show m Its tho the second paragraph regarding regarding regard regard- ing the one-bus one transportation arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar from Mayfield Mafield and Sterling Sterling Sterling Sterl Sterl- ing I 1 admit I opposed the rest of the tho board departing from the action action ac ac- ac tion taken at a previous meeting w whereby W wo we as ns a board a accepted c J. J S. S Bartholomew's own proposition to transport those students in one bus hUB for per mITe mane Mr Barthol ol Bartholomew informed us it would require a 48 mile run per day which would amount to cI tar f t. t Ir r J theme Lull J l ache h ti l l L r ea-r D T r has bas been hern receiving 2100 2400 2400 2 per year for tor this thiB transportation with two trucks V When en the board accepted Mr proposition proposition prop It seemed nr pr nl and workable workable work work- able ble and represented a saving of ot about and so o far as I know nothing ha baa hse happened or no argument argument argument ment advanced ad that w m mould uld not warrant trYing Irving it out nut In the third paragraph of ot your article regarding tho the payment or of teachers salaries wherein It states hot W. W E E. E Thorpe opposed the Superintendents Superintendent's r recommendation Lion ut it was s passed by the board you u cu curill rill find if you consult the minutes minutes' that thai I voted with tho the oth other r members mem mem- members bers bere of the board in approving the recommendation In the fourth and last paragraph tho the employment of or Miss Lois Sears the Superintendent might have Informed you if his was t to- to tobe be fair that I was not alone in opposing the tho employment employ employ- ment of Miss l Sears Scars Ho could truthfully truthfully truth truth- fully have havo told you that ono one other ether board member was wag Tel very out spoken in his opposition op to Miss Sears SearE I 1 thank mu u for this opportunity of making few rew explanations Sincerely W. W V. V E. E Thorpe |