Iowa
Old Press
THE MALVERN LEADER
Malvern, Mills County, Iowa
May 13, 1920
TABOR CARRIES CONSOLIDATION. Both Town and Country Districts Give
Large Majority To Measure.
The schools of Tabor independent district and of practically all
of Green township will be united into one modern system with its
center at Tabor, following the election held yesterday. The
election passed without any exciting events, though quite a few
were determined to register their notes for the proposition and
if possible make the result sure. It was expected that probably
some definite and perhaps organized opposition would develop on
election day, but such was not the case and only twelve votes
were cast against the propostion, of which four were in town and
eight in the country. Sixty nine favorable votes were cast in
town and forty seven in the country. The total number of ballots
cast was 121. The result was more or less furthered by the
address on Monday evening by Prof. Macy Campbell of the state
teachers college. Mr. Campbell has a wonderful fund of
information regarding consolidated schools, and a very successful
way of presenting his facts. His stories of the marvelous
progress of the consolidated schools in Iowa, and of the great
satisfaction felt by the patrons were interesting and inspiring.
He told in detail of the successful solutions which have been
found for the transportation problem and other problems that have
been the cause of doubt among some voters as to the
practicability of the system. The question of whether the
district might be made too large, he answered with the statement
that some of the most successful districts are very much larger
than the Tabor district, some of them containing fifty to one
hundred twenty sections, while the proposed district here
contains less than thirty six. Auto buses are the most successful
method of transportation, as they keep the children on the road a
much shorter length of time, and they are now serving
continuously throughout the year in many such districts. There
are now nearly four hundred consolidated schools in Iowa, and the
number is growing rapidly every day. The district here will
include all of Green township except sections 35 and 36 and the
south half of sections 25, in the southeast corner of the
township; and also excepting sections 20, 30, 31 and 32 and the
west half of section 18 and 19 in the southwest corner of the
township. It also includes all the independent district of Tabor,
which includes some Mills county and, and the east half of
sections 1 and 12 in Scott township. In the southeast corner of
Green township it will take a part of a section which now belongs
to Anderson consolidated district, and where the people prefer
connection with Tabor.--Tabor Beacon.
[transcribed by W.F., February 2008]