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THE PASSING—AND THE COMING BACK—OF MR. CREAVY.The school hoard of Waverly said things to Clerk Creavy last Friday night, and then intimated that he might take his hat and go. ' Mr. Creavy said things back to the school board, and they do say that he said ’em with trimmings, and then he went -but in going he took the records with him. Not only the records he himself had kept while being paid for so doing, but the records of board j meetings long before he had anything ie j to do with them, It is safe to say that a_ I when he was appointed, even his sponsors on the board, had no thought of his keeping the records in just this way.Mr. Creavy has consulted Mr. Tierney, the family friend, and has been advised to hold on to his job as clerk of the board, until lie has, had a hearing in answer to regular charges preferred against him. He is perfectly willing to hold on. In the meantime he is making a house to house canvas with the records under his arm and is making hay while the sun shines for the election in August.Commissioner Rockwell was in Tuckahoe this (Thursday) morning for a preliminary look into .things.The Waverly school board now has on its retired list an incapacitated member of the board, a temporarily removed treasurer and an exiled clerk—all of the same family, and still the crippled board goes ahead cheerfully trying to do business.One of Mr. Creavy s charges against the Waverly School Board is that it awarded a plumper’s contract to William Rubly without the sign of a bid in competition, or even a hint of the price, and furthermore, that after the work Was awarded him, the board talked over what was to be done for J a half an hour and that Mr. Rublybe $2900 for the work, thanked the board prettily and departed. Mr. Creavy thinks this was not according to the regular procedure by statute provided.There is some difference of opinion as to whether the Waverly school complication is a put-up job, or a holdup job. It certainly isn’t a shut-up job.At the annual meeting of the Union Congregational Church held Wednesday evening, the most gratifying aq? count of the year’s work were handed in by the secretaries of the various committees.Mr. Holden and Dir. Fred Davis were elected trustees to hit the vacancies of the expiring terms of messrs. Beers and Place. All the other officers hold over for another year.Both democrats and republicans advertised the 1st -.strict primaries at Mrs. Disbrows store. The republicans got there first. The democrats stood around in front of the plumber’s awhile and then disappeared. They had but one delegate to elect anyway—and that was W. J. Fisher. The republicans had four conventions anda..county_ committee to take care, of.Ralph Bracallelo was elected cuaiv-man and Mertil Luikert, secretary, ’liter rest was easy.Down in the second district, H. C. Merritt was The One .Man, for the democrats. Here again the Republicans had to take care of four conventions in five minutes. The heft of the work fell on .John Borup, W.' C. D. Begg, and George Schlez. ,artearbeus4,atdatharin;of110thK;firpa
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Bronxville Review
Bronxville, New York, US
Thu, Apr 02, 1908
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