The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-02-13
wood needed estimated at SO cords


That the contract for 65 cords Of
hemlock be awarded to Fl P Swanby
at So so per cord for green body
wood and
That Antoine Bartness be given
contract to furnish 10 cords Of green
BODY hemlock at 81 so per cord.
Resolution unanimously carried.
J A Sheridan, Secretary.
The question OF buying the Scan
dinavian Congregational church for
school purposes was then taken up
by Mr. T. A Simonson and on motion
the secretary was instructed to write
q letter to the trustees Offering to
buy the church for the sum of $3.50 90.
The matter of sending some rep
resentative to the Wisconsin teach
ers' association at Milwaukee was
discussed and we decided that Mr..
w Ell Smith should 90 and that Mr.
Smith pay special attention to the
training school department. while
there so that we may be the better
prepared to take action on the estab-
lishment of a training shoot here on
his return. We having under
consideration the establishment Of a
training school aid ungraded depart
ment in connection with the high
school,
There being no further business
meeting adjourned.
j. A. Sheridan, Secretary.
Washburn, Wis. Jan 3, 1901
Special meeting of the executive
committee of the Board of School
Directors of the town of Wash
burn.
Present: w H Smith Pres, L A
Simonson Vice Pres, ] A Sheridan
Secretary and Prof D E Cameron.
. The following business was tran
sacted.
Report of w Fl Smith of his visit
to the teachers, association at Mil
waukee
TIE association was a social and
literary success. Question = What
do you think of manual training?
Answer-4If we want to be up to
date we must put it in that's all. l
visited the several departments OF
the manual training school and was
highly pleased with what | saw.
And the interest that the children
take in the work and the skill and
ability they attain. ! was some
what skeptical before ] went but am
now fully convinced that te put in a
training department is the proper
thing.
We then decided to have Mr. Came
ron arrange to have parents, meet
ing on Friday evening, January 10th
1902.
At said meeting Mr. Smith is to
tell the people what he saw OF the
training school of Milwaukee and
what be thinks of the benefits de-
rived from same.
The matter of the price of school
furniture was taken up and on Mr.
Cameron producing several letters
and price lists it was decided that
the several school furnishing houses
have evidently united and formed a
trust and so put up the prices.
The following bills were then aud
lited and allowed.
Werner School Book Co S13 A
CHM & Company 10
| d Heath & Co s "a
Butter sheldon & Co 10 A
Geo D Doan $50 75(
Silver Burdett & Go - 81
| Cayson company bills 22S 81
advance freight will be deducted
from bill SOD
| American Book Company on
| N O Ledin wood 10 cords IS OF
N w Fuel Co 1000 lbs Nv sed delivered 10 OK
| o Bowe walk II 90 wood 10 in 25 % p
w P Heating Co rep church 20 OK
On, Cramer "a
Arntson Il Simonson 81
! w III Smith exp to Milwaukee 50 q
| Mr. Simonson was authorized tC
let the cutting and delivering sc
cords 3 # hemlock wood to the
Lincoln and Garfield schools, but
not to let more than 10 cords to any
one person at a time SO that if there
be others who wish to put in small
amount the 30 cords can be divided
amongst them; price to be $3.50 pei
cord.
Tn reference to the buying of the
church by the school board # was