The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-12
JERMYN. = MAYFIELD.

The school directors held their month
ly meeting last evening, all the men,
bers being present. The greater part
Of the evening was taken up with the
nOn-attendance of a large number OF
pupils. About thirty parents We're pre- s.
ent and offered excuses for their chill
dren's absence. In cases where they
were enabled to do so the board granted
the excuses. In other cases they We're
not satisfied as 10 the children's edu-
cational qualifications and two of the
children are TO be given an examination
by Principal Barrett. In a few cases in
which the parents failed to appear be,
fore the board, legal action will be
taken against the parents, unless the
children are at once sent to school.
+. D. McGinty has resigned his posi-
ton with Nelson Morris & Co. to ac-
cept Il position as accountant for the
Citizens bank, of Olyphant, which
opens for business this week.
The Twentieth Century club will be
entertained by Mrs. 4. b. Crawford, of
Second street, tomorrow afternoon.
Benjamin Morgan. of Mayfield, has
secured position With the Olyphunt
Electric Light company
Edith, the 15-year-old daughter OF
Mr., and Mrs. John Martin, of West
Mayfield, dice at O'Clock yesterday
morning from injuries received Monday
by being burned. At the time of the
accident the girl was the only occu-
pant of the house, the mother having
gone on an errand TO the home OF q
nearby neighbor. She had only left the
house about two minutes when the girl
rushed to the door, her dress in mass
of flames Charles Forkl was passing
and he went to her assistance, and with
the help of a rug extnguished the
flames. Medical assistance was at once
obtained and everything possible to al
leviate the child's agonizng suffering
was done. 1t was, however. seen that
her injuries We're so severe that it was
impossible for her 10 survive them and
she fingered until O'Clock, her suffer-
ing being intense Much sympathy is
being expressed for her parents on ac-
count of the sudden and severe afflic-
ton. The funeral will take place at =
o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Forkil in assisting the child had
his hands painfully burned and had to
be attended by IA physician.
The school report for month ending
cent, and no uneNcused marks, are as
follows: Senior, Bula Sprague; juni-
ors Stanley Hills, Harold Davis.
George Gebhardt, Mary Evans, Ruth
Cure; ssub-juniors, William Allen,
Preston Badger, Seth sprague, Bessie
Jones; tenth grade, Margaret Mean
drew, Daniel Thomas. Minnie Parks.
Loretta Irving; ninth grade, Mamie
Turey, Frank Loughney, Eloise Shields.
Margaret Jenkins; eighth grade Edith
Eastlake, George Pizer, Glen Steele;
seventh grade, Anna Clark. May Ho-
sic Charles Winter, Naboth Williams.
Belle Prynn; sixth grade, Anna Col
Inns, Fern Pritchard, Bernard Wiven
Glenn Wall, Roswell Salisbury; fifth
grade, Blanche AlcHale, Harold Mel
low, Frank Cunningham. Mary Biglin,
Harvey Potter, Alexander Muldoon:
fourth grade, John Edmunds, Robert
Thompson, Willie Cunningham, Eliza
beth Davis, Clara Harvey. Lille Dave,
Ethel Yates; third grade. Kate Gala
gher; second grade. Frank Rowland.
Charles Clark, Annie Harvey, Roy
Thompson. Boyd AIyord. Harold