The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-29
EAST PROVIDENCE
Special Nesting OF Watchem0ket
Fire District Board.
Judge Bli,s Talks at Schoo' Committee
Meeting Notes About Town.

WhS Hciu III tno Dlstricb SOurV rooiu iust
evening. A committee consisting OF
Treasurer harmon ;. Babcock, Secretary
James q. Peck and Superintendent Or
land troeborD, was appointed TO prepare
the annual report ana when the reports
are READY, the board wilt meet to approve
them. IL Was voted To omit the regular
July meeting, and IL was voted that
when the board adjourns it does so sub
ject To the call Of the secretary. No fur
ther business appearing the meeting I'd
journed.
The regular monthly meeting of the
school committee was held last evening
in the Council chambe of the town hail.
Judge Bliss spoke at some length on the
manner in which the committee audited
the bills OF the school departments. lie
thought that "A record OF the bills should
be kept by the supcrintendent and n copy
of the record entered upon the hooks
TIE Judge also spoke Of the manner by
which tho diplomas of the graduates wers
signed, and produced one which had been
awarded To "A graduate in 1896 and asked
SuperinteDdent Ellis III IL was his sigma
ture written upon IT, and III he wrote it
himself. Mr.. Ellis said he did not write
it, but that no had authorized some other
person To write IL for him. This the judge
objected To, and said the signature should
either be his own handwriting or should
show that IL wns written by someone else
by tho words per" whoever wrote u.
MIR. Ellis said II the board required
Ii he would have the person who wrote
the signature put his initials Cnder the
name OF tho superintendent as IL was tco
late now to sign them himself, as diplo-
mas for both '96 ana 81 were signed in
that way.
The contracts for supplying coal to the
schoo! department were then opened
and found To be as follows: Monroe Coal
Company, Si39 per ton; 9. Frazer a.
Son, 81 IS; Joseph Oney, $495 Doe a.
Little, So 20; Providence Coal Company.
s.. 20, and the contract was awarded TO
the Monroe Coal Company.
Bids for painting tho high school build
ing were handed in as follows: Shaw
Brothers $3.50; G. A. Hanson, of River
side Sl40; Miller q Bliss, s275: HudsC n
a Rowe 5000. On suggestion of Judge
Bliss it was decided 10 reject all bids and
call for figures on work only. the town
To furnish the material. the bids to ba
In Monday next. and the superintendent
was authorized to contract with the low
est bidder, the committee To furnish the
material. Bids for furnishing wood were
then opened and were as follows: q. Il.
Lawton. Rumford, 81 per cord: Alfred j.
Kent, $6. 75; Charles Dodge. 81 25. Tbe
wood was to be sawed, split and deliv.
cred. The contract was awarded TO
Charles Dodge. Benjamin 4. Horton
was given the contract for cleaning the
vaults and cessDoos for $35. Samuel ;.
Barney received the contract for remov-
ing ashes for S32 Howard johnson. ian
itor of the A. II. HCyt school. asked that
the ashes made ut the furnaces be spread
around the building and 1t was SO de-
cided.
The resignation of Miss Holen J.. Will
bur, as assistant teacher In the A. Il.
Hoyt school was accepted. Communica-
tions wero received from quito number
of teachers, asking for an increase of
salary. the principal of the high school
leading off with "a request for an increase
of $500 per year. There was also a num-
Der Of applications for appointments as
janitors Of the schools. The snames Of
Mary Fe!ts and Emma j. Ray of this
town, Gertrude Mowry of Maplovillo and
Mary ID. Phillips of Providence. were
placed upon the list of substitute teachers
The resignation of Miss Susie X. Scott, n
teacher in tho Turner avenue grammar
school, was accepted. Miss Scott is to
enter Brown University. She entered an
application as teaol or in the Watchemoket
evening school. a large number OF bills
were then approved and ordered paid,
after which the committee then went
into secret session and elected the follow
ing teachers for the year, with salaries
as follows:
High scho.. f. W. Alexander, prin-
cinal, S31 80 per week assistants, Misses
Irenc Chipman. sl5; Alice :. johnson,
sl3; Nellie Il. Munroe. S12 Fannie p.
Stacey. Sl2; Il. j. Fuller, sl2 A. p. Hoyt
grammar school, Alvin ID. Shepard,
principal. $780, assistants, Ellen j. Tobin.
SIS; Mary A. Lawson, Sl2; Emma f..
Read, Sl2; Cornelia NJ. Goff. sl2; Eliza
teth T. Harrington, $40: Fannie ID.
Smith. SO; L. May Bishop, SO; Estelle
j. Rhodes. so; Idauran avenue primary,
Althea L. Ido, principal, Sll; Agnes l..
Mahonev. So; NJ. Elmer Case. SO; NJ. T..
primary. Abby +. Donovan, principal,
sll; assistant. Mary L. Burns, 50: Mary
Roe, $S; Julia Il. q. Plummer, so: Will
liams avenue PRIMARY. Patience W.
Goff. principal, $40; assistant. l.. Belle
Miller, 50; Elsie NJ Daggett, 50; James
street primary, Eugene c. PagDey, prin.
cipal, $40; assistants. Mabel ID Mc1wig-
gan. 50; Eliza n Carpenter So; Hattie
". Goif, IS; Union grammar Amy f..
Bowen, principal. sl5; assistants. Nellie
l.. Carroll, Sl2; M. Gertrude Mowry. SO;
Union primary. Jennie Sundbcrg $40:
Maggie A. Roe, 50; School No s, Virginia
NJ Crumb, so; School No. 9, Mary G..
Murphy $40; school No.3 Cora NJ; Dag
gett. $l5; school No. .. Nellie L. Nc.
Adams. sl0 Bessie NJ. Read, IS; Turner
avenue grammar. Louela A. Miles. prin-
cipal, SlS assistants, Anna q. Cawlev,
sl5: Hannah X. Read, 50; Fannlo KiIey,
50; Turner avenue primary, Nora 4. sui
liyan, principal, Sl0 assistants. Hnttie
H. Peck, IS: Florence Cady, 81: East
street primary, Lou isa NJ. Hill, $40: Ella
q. Cahill, s. school No. 4, Matilua Peter.
son, Sl0 School No Bertha V. Card,
SO: Ellis primary, +. Theresa Mahonev,
Sl0 assistants. Lottie l.. Cbace, SO; Katie
+. Shield. $S; music teacher. sl6; draw
ing teacher. Jennie LeGarde, Sll teachers
of evening schools. Watchemoket, Susie
Il. Scott, 81 per night; Johanna Burns
81; Rumford, Richard McCoart. So per
night: Annie Roe. 81; Riverside. Arthur
Johnson, 81; Mary Ryan, 81 janitors
appointed, Joseph Woodland, Potter street,
81 per week; Eugene III. Bowen, A. u.
Hoyt grammar, Sll; John Waroham,
Mauran avenue and Ellis $ll; William :.
Brown; Turner avenue and East stro Z,
sl2 Eddie M. Johnson, Union. So;
Wallace Holme. No. 2, 50; Fred Howe
No 3, 81. 80; Charles Dodge, No. 4, 81 80;
Calvin II. Briggs No B. sl.b0; Mrs
Clark Drown, No. 3, 81 30; Fred Lawton,
No. o. 81 80; George IA. Read, high
school. Williams avenue and James
street sl2. The meeting then adjourned.
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