Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, August 29, 1929, Page 8, Image 8

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    VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
PACE EICHT
OFFICIAL BALLOT
for
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ELECTION
of
School District No. 47, Columbia County, Oregon
September 3, 1029
Shall School District No. 47, Columbia County,
Oregon, contract a bonded debt in the sum of
$75,000 for the purpose of providing funds with
which to erect and furnish a school building in and
for said school district?
Bonds
Bonds
Men of This Community
Women of This Community
t
A New
1
School attendance in Vernonia is increasing
each year.
2
Washington and Lincoln schools have already
Vernonia should build its schools now—BECAUSE
Grange hall, now being used
for
overflow
classes, is unsafe and has been condemned.
4
The present Washington school
addition
1
The assessed valuation of the district now is
$3,000,000 and will diminish rapidly in the near
future as large timber holdings are gradually cut
off.
lacking in safety and sanitation.
5
Good schools will boost" Vernonia and bring
more business into the community.
been overcrowded for two years.
3
6
To rebuild and enlarge Washington school in­
to a modern school building would cost as much as
to construct an entirely new building.
Is the School Child
Worth Considering?
Can he do his work well in an overcrowded
^lass room?
Are you satisfied to send him to school in
buildings which are not as safe as your own home?
VOTE
Tuesday, Sept. 3, Washington School
Polls open from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m
Paid advertisement by Citizens Advisory Committee of School District 47