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- Those who read last week's installment
of these records will remember that
- the plan was adopted of having each
tax-payer furnish one-half cord of two-foot wood for the school-house
for each pupil sent to the school, and the order and time of
furnishing each man's allotment was determined by drawing lots.
If any man failed to furnish his wood, Horace HAMILTON agreed
to furnish it at 31 cents per cord. Wood was evidently more plentiful
than money then; but it is fair to presume that the school got
green wood instead of dry. This method of getting wood was in
vogue for ten years or more.
- By 1854, the price had risen to
90 cents a cord, and the method had changed,
- as will be seen by the following
minutes:
Sept. 24, 1855.
- At an annual meeting of School District
No. 9, Manville BABCOCK was
- chosen Chairman and M. A. CHILD
was chosen Director; Henry ANDERSON, Treasurer, and L. M. COON,
Clerk.
- Treasurer reported $8.50 cash on
hand, which report was accepted by the
- meeting.
- Resolved, That the District get
15 cords stove wood.
- Resolved, That the lowest bidder
should get the wood, which was struck off to
- Mr. FRITTS at 90 cts. per cord.
- Resolved, That the district raise
a tax of $40 for teacher's wages and
- incidental expenses.
- Resolved, That the district have
four months summer and four months winter
- school.
- Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to ascertain whether the
- site where the old school house
stands in said District can be purchased or not. Also to see
if there can be a site got in some other place in the District
and to ascertain about what a new schoolhouse will cost that
the District may know which will be the cheapest for them - to
build a new house or repair the old one.
- Jacob SPANGER, Henry ANDERSON, and
Gardner HALL were chosen for
- said committee to report in two
weeks at the adjourned meeting.
- Resolved, That this meeting adjourn
for two weeks at 6 p.m.
M. BABCOCK, Chairman.
M. A. CHILD, Clerk.
- John CHILD presented an account
against the District of $1.25, and Henry
- ANDERSON an account of $.85, which
was accepted by the meeting.
M. BABCOCK, Chairman.
M. A. CHILD, Clerk.
Oct. 5, 1855.
- At an annual meeting of School District
No. 9, of the town of Lima, held
- pursuant to adjournment at the school
house on the 8th of October, 1855, John CHILD was chosen Chairman,
and L. M. COON was present as District Clerk.
- Resolved, That $35 be added to the
sum already voted to be raised to repair
- the school house, and for incidental
expenses.
- Resolved, That the school house
be repaired according to report of
- committee.
- Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to superintend the
- repairing of the school house.
- G. HALL, Asaph PRATT, and R. CHILD
were appointed for said committee.
- The committee reported repairs as
follows, which report was received by the
- meeting: That they had examined
the old school house for the purpose of finding out what it would
cost to repair it and came to the conclusion that the lath and
plastering overhead would all want to be taken off and new put
on. That the lath on the sides would answer with a little repairing;
also that the sides want new plastering. That it wanted a few
pieces of clapboards on the outside and some nails driven where
the boards were started. That there wanted to be a new inside
door with some repairs on the outside door. That there ought
to be new seats made of good common lumber; also that it wanted
to be well banked up on the outside. That it wanted one good
coat of plastering on the lath. Also that they estimated the
cost to be from $30.00 to $35.00, depending on upon how the seats
were made.
- The meeting then adjourned, sine
die.
L. M. COON, Clerk.
- A year or two later, the price of
stove wood had risen to $1.00 per cord. It was
- furnished at this rate for a few
years by Rufus ROCKEFELLER.
- In 1858, the district entered upon
a prolonged struggle with reference to the
- building of a new school house,
the great bone of contention being the selection of a new site.
Special and adjourned meetings were held in great number, each
meeting undoing the work of the preceding one. The undersigned
[Albert SALISBURY] and Norman GLEASON, then boys of fourteen
or fifteen, though not residents of that district, found great
entertainment in attending some of these meetings, just to see
the scrapping. This struggle lasted for over two years, but the
beginning of the end is to be found in the following:
A. S.
Sept. 26, 1859.
- At an annual meeting of School District
No. 9, in the town of Lima, held Sept.
- 26, 1859, Asaph PRATT was elected
Chairman. The report of the Treasurer was then read and accepted.
Motioned and seconded that the Treasurer's report be adopted.
Motion carried.
- Motioned and seconded that this
meeting vote for officers by ballot. Motion
- carried.
- Motioned and seconded that M. A.
CHILD be unanimously declared elected
- Clerk of this District for three
years. Motion carried. Yeas - 15; Nays - 14.
- Motioned and seconded that J. M.
FRITTS be declared unanimously elected
- Treasurer of this District for three
years. Motion carried. Yeas - 30; Nays - 2.
- Motioned and seconded that there
be no school this winter. Motion carried.
- Motioned and seconded that the motion
for no school be rescinded. Motion
- carried.
- Motioned and seconded that there
be three months school the ensuing winter
- and five months school next summer.
Motion carried.
- Motioned and seconded that this
District get 15 cords of wood to be delivered
- by the 1st of January, 1860, said
wood to be got by the lowest bidder. Motion amended by allowing
District Board to determine where said wood shall be delivered.
Farther amended so as to extend term of delivery to the 1st of
February, 1860. Wood to be got by Tyler STILSON at 82 1/2 cts.
per cord.
- Motioned and seconded that the District
raise $27.00 to applied toward
- paying the indebtedness of the District.
Motion carried.
- Motioned and seconded that this
meeting adjourn. Motion lost.
- Motioned and seconded that this
District raise $55.00. Motion carried.
- Motioned and seconded that the school
this winter be taught be a male
- teacher. Motion carried.
- Motion to adjourn lost.
- Motioned and seconded that a tax
of $250.00 be raised to be applied in
- building a school house. Motion
carried.
- Motioned and seconded that this
meeting now adjourn one week. Motion
- carried.
F. GOULD, Clerk,
pro tem.
- Courtesy of Lori
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