The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-21
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.
Two Busy Sessions of the School
Board Last Evening-Well Known
Young Couple Quietly Married Yes
terday-Autumn Supper Tonight.

terdav-Autumn Supper Tonight
An adjourned meeting of the school
board was held last evening at whlcn
all the members were present. Inc pll
of ]. q. Avery for hauling coal from
the Delaware and Hudson breaker
was read in which he offered to maui
the coal for 90 cents per load ana re-
move the ashes from the schools for 1o
cents per load. Before the bid was
accepted a bid to furnish coal at ~
per load was read from Mr.. Sherwood,
but after discussion 1t was decided
that as 1t was agreed at the previous
meeting to purchase the coal from the
Delaware and Hudson Colliery, Mr..
Sherwood's motion could not be enter
tanned. on the motion Of Loughney,
seconded by Edmunds, Mr.. Avery's bid
was accepted. A committee of -four,
Hunter, Blake, Cannon and Edmunds
were appointed to examine the school
books and to report the condition anl
number of new books required at the
next meeting.
A number Of children throughout
the borough having been afflicted with
a disease which has been termed
Hungarian itch" it was decided by
motion of Thomas Hunter that the
principal expell any child who may be
afflicted or in whose home any men!-
Der of the family has the disease until
they are able to produce a medical
certificate showing them to be free
from it. The disease which consists
| of a breaking out on the face is said
| tC be very infectious and since school
| opened it is claimed it has been on the
| increase the action of the board there
| fore is a commendabe one. This being
| the only business left over from the
| regular meeting to transact the meet
| ing was declared closed.
The board then opened up in special
session for the purpose of appointing
| a teacher to the vacancy caused by
| Miss Birs resignatioA The following
| applications We're read: G. Arthur
| Fowler, Grace Vail, l.. b. Brodhea1,
| Old Forge. Miss Grace Vail was NOM
mated by Mr.. Hunter and Mr.. Fowler
! by Mr.. Blake. Miss Jones was nomin-
ated by Mr.. Pritchard, after which
the candidates were balloted for, tn ;
vote being as follows. For Miss Vail:
! Shields. Cannon, Hunter, Edmunds,
| Loughney, Mellow. Mr.. Fowler: Blake,
| MOrcom. Miss Jones: Pritchard. Miss
| Vail having received the majority of
votes cast was declared elected vice
| principal. Mr.. Fowler and Miss Jones
| We're then nominated to fill Miss Vail \
| room the election resulting in the pro-
| motion of Mr.. Fowler by the following
vote: Fowler-Shields, Blake, Gan
non, Edmunds, Morcom. Miss Jones'
| Hunter, Loughney, Mellow, Pritchard.
Miss Sarah Mullen and Miss Cora
Davis were then nominated to succeed
Mr. Fowler and Miss Mullen was elect
| ed by the following vote: Miss Mullen
-Loughney, Cannon, Hunter, Ed
munds, Mellow. Pritchard Miss Da-
Vis-Shields, Blake, Morcom. To III
| the vacancy caused by Miss Mullen's
promotion the following applications
We're read: Miss Annie McChrone, Miss
Myra Hills, Miss Carrie Murry. The
vote resulted as follows For Miss
Murry-Blake, Hunter, Mellow and
Pritchard. For Miss McChrone-
Loughney, Edmunds, Cannon. Fo,
Miss Hills-Shields and Morcom. Two
other ballots were taken with the same
result when motion was adopted tc
drop the lowest candidate. Miss Hill
was accordingly dropped but in the
following ballot Mr., Shields still voted
for Miss Hill. Morcom however
changed to Miss Murry who havInl
then received the majority of vote,
was declared elected and the meeting
ended.
Mr. Samuel Temby, who lately re.
turned from the Klondike. and Mis-.
Sarah Boundy, daughter of Mr.. and
| Thomas
Held, We're united in marriage yester.
day by Rev. Francis Gendall at the
Methodist parsonage, Taylor. Tn,
wedding was quiet affair. Last even
ing they returned to the home of tn,
brides parents, where a reception wa.
held and was attended by number O
relatives and intimate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spettigue an,
daughter Mary, Of Cemetery street
yesterday attended the marriage o
their niece, Miss Leona Blanche Spett.
que, at Dunmore.
Eddie, son of Mr.. Frank Giles, o
Second street has been seriously i'll 70
several days past and his attendin.
physician fears that he is threatened
with appendicitis.
George Woodwork, of Second street
who has been sick for several days, i
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs, ]. L. Crawford and j
; q, shepherd of Scranton, attended tn
loan exhibition here on Tuesday even
, ing.
VIII Rawlng, OF Rendham, spen
= Tuesday evening here with friends
p An entertainment will be given in tn
| upstairs portion of the Sacred Hear
| church this evening, for which an in
, terestinS programme has been pre-
; pared, The drawing for the $50, post