Consolidation of Old Bethel Common School Dist. 57

AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , HELD ON THIS 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY 1928, THERE BEING PRESENT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORS . JOE FLETCHER , W.H. HODGES , AND A.D. FIELDS, DR. WALTER BLACKWOOD OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION :

BE AND IT IS RESOLVED THAT THERE BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTION OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH , 1928 , THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS SHALL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH COMMON SCHOOL NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8843 TO 8857 INCLUSIVE OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DISGEST OF THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. SAID RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AND IT WAS ORDERED THAT NOTICES OF SAID ELECTION BE AT ONCE POSTED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 8845 OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DISGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS HELD ON THIS 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY 1928 , THERE BEING PRESENT THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORS : W.J. BLACKWOOD , O.E. EDWARDS , AND C.W. HUNT . DR. WALTER BLACKWOOD OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ;

BE , AND IT IS RESOLVED THAT IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH , 1928 , THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS SHALL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. (WALCOTT) , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 8843 TO 8857 INCLUSIVE OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS , SAID RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AND IT WAS ORDERED THAT NOTICES OF SAID ELECTION BE AT ONCE POSTED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 8845 OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

IN THE MATTER OF CONSOLIDATION OF MT. ZION DISTRICT WTH CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT NO. 2

WE THE UNDERSIGNED CITIZENS AND LEGAL VOTERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20 (MT. ZION), GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , HEREBY PETITION OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , TO DISSOLVE SAID DISTRICT AND ANNEX SAME IN WHOLE TO THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (WALCOTT) GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS.

R.P. BLACKWOOD	J.G. SHORT	M.A. RYAN	W.L. HOLMES
WES GREENWAY	W.E. WILLCOCKSON	W.P. SHORT	JOHN CHEEK
A.W. WILLCOCKSON	J.W. LANDS	G.T. CHEEK	B.R. CHEEK
C.E. MILES	G.S. BILLINGSBE	CAROLL TILLMAN	A.L. CASEY
E.D. TERPINE	J.M. DRAFTON	L.M. WALL	BOB DRAFTON

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH , 1928 , A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , SHALL CONSOLIDATE WITH COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8843 TO 8857 , INCLUSIVE , OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH , 1928 , A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL ) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 ( OLD BETHEL) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , SHALL CONSOLIDATE WITH COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8843 TO 8857 INCLUSIVE , OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DISEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 ( OLD BETHEL ) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS.

WE , THE UNDERSIGNED , ACTED AS JUDGES AT THE SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION HELD AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) , IN GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH , 1928, WE FURTHER STATE THATE THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE RETURN OF THE ELECTION:

WE, THE UNDER SIGNED ACTED AS CLERKS AT THE SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION HELD AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , ON FRIDAY , MARCH 9TH ,1928 . WE FURTHER STATE THAT THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE RETURN OF THE SAID ELECTION :

AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , HELD ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT :

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING PETITIONS , CERTIFICATES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION WERE GIVEN CONSIDERATION , ORDERED AND ADJUDGED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT THE DISTRICTS OF WALCOTT (NO. 40) , MT. ZION (NO.20) , AND OLD BETHEL (NO. 57) BE , AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY DISSOLVED , AND A NEW DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS CONSOLIDATED NO. 2 ( WALCOTT) , BE CREATED WITH THE VOTING PLACE FOR THE NEW DISTRICT ESTABLISHED AT WALCOTT.

ORDER ESTABLISHING CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 OF GREENE COUNTY ARKANSAS

ON THIS TENTH DAY OF MARCH 1928 , THE SAME BEING A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION , THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS , BEING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF SAID BOARD , WERE PRESENT , TO-WIT:

ISSAC WILLCOCKSON , PRESIDENT	DR. JEFF BLACKWOOD	A.M. REEDY
J.L. ROGERS	ELBERT WILLIAMS

THERE WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON 9TH , DAY OF MARCH 1928 IN COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) AND SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) , ALL IN GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , WITH REFERENCE TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF SAID DISTRICTS INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS BOARD FINDS THAT RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED BY EACH OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL ) AND SAID SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 , AUTHORIZING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 9TH DAY OF MARCH 1928 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE VOTERS IN SAID RESPECTIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF CONSOLIDATING THE SAME INTO A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ; THAT DUE AND PROPER NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY LAW WAS GIVEN BY POSTING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF NOTICES IN EACH SAID DISTRICTS ; THAT SAID ELECTION WAS HELD AT THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8843 TO 8857 INCLUSIVE OF CRAWFORD AND MOSES DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS , THAT IN COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) , OF THOSE VOTING TEN (10) VOTED FOR CONSOLIDATION OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL ) WITH SAID SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 ( WALCOTT) VOTED FOR CONSOLIDATION AND THAT THE TERRITORY COMPRISING THE SAID DISTRICTS SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AND FORME INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

IT IS , THEREFORE , CONSIDERED , ORDERED AND ADJUDGED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , THAT COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL ) , AND SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 ( WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY DISSOLVED : THAT THE TERRITORY HERETOFORE EMBRACED WITHIN SAID COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL ) AND SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 ( WALCOTT) BEING THE FOLLOWING TRACTS OF LAND IN GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS , TO WIT:

DISTRICT 40 (WALCOTT) WAS ORGANIZED IN 1882 , AND COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING TERRITORY TO-WIT:

SECTIONS 4,5,6, AND N 1/2 OF SECTIONS 8 AND 9 TOWNSHIPS 16 NORTH , RANGE 4 EAST .

DISTRICTS 57 (OLD BETHEL ) WAS FORMED IN 1888 AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING TERRITORY TO WIT:

BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CREATED INTO A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

THAT THE ANNUAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS OF SAID CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.2 SHALL BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN WALCOTT, ARKANSAS , IN FORMER SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A NEW BUILDING MAY BE ERECTED IN SAID CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 AFTER WHICH DATE THE ANNUAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS OF SAID CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.2 SHALL BE HELD IN THE NEW BUILDING OF SAID DISTRICT . IT IS

FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT ALL FUNDS BELONGING TO THE ABOVE NAMED COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 57 (OLD BETHEL) AND SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 SHALL BE TRANSFERED TO AND BECOME THE PROPERTY OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 AND ALL LIABILITIES OF SAID DISTRICTS SHALL BECOME LIABILITIES OF SAID CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS NO.2

DIRECTORS OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (WALCOTT) OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS

ON THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1928 , THE SAME BEING REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION , THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS , BEING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF SAID BOARD WE PRESENT , TO WIT:

ISSAC WILLCOCKSON , PRESIDENT	DR. JEFF BLACKWOOD	A.M. REEDY
J.L. ROGERS	ELBERT WILLIAMS

THAT DUE AND PROPER NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY LAW WAS GIVEN BY POSTING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF NOTICES IN EACH SAID DISTRICTS;