Aberdeen Votes Big for Education
Voters overwhelming support a bond measure to build a new schoolhouse, signaling the rapid growth of the harbor community.
At the election on Saturday of last week, this school district expressed itself almost unanimously in favor of bonding the district in the sum of $25,000 for educational purposes. Plenty of ground favorably located on the hill and a splendid school house thereon, is one of the things of the near future.
“Plenty of ground favorably located on the hill and a splendid school house thereon, is one of the things of the near future.”
The massive support for this 1891 school bond mirrors the ongoing civic investment in Aberdeen's public infrastructure. It highlights a recurring theme in the town's history: the desperate, rapid attempt to build permanent institutions to keep pace with the chaotic growth of the lumber industry.
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