Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-11-07
SCHOOL BOARD
FILLS VACANCY
Miss Mary McGee Succeeds
Myron Zimmerman.
Substitute Teacher Elected
to Regular Position and
Jerry MCKINLEY Appointed
to the New Vacancy.

The November meeting OF Freeland
school board was held last evening with
all members present except Directors
| Brennan, Kline and Slattery. A re-
quest from the Freeand silk Mill Com
| pany to be exonerated from school
taxes for the current year was granted.
| The report of attendance of teachers at
the county institute, as compiled by
County Superintendent Hopper, was
read. 1t showed that four teachers
were absent one-half day each. The
their next months salary proportion
ate amount of the money advanced
| them for institute purposes.
communication from Andrew N
Shore ASKING permission, on behalf of
| West South Heberton young men, for
the use OF the school building there
during the evenings for studying pur-
poses, was accepted and filed.
L. U. 1927, U. M. w. of A., asked
permission to use East South Heberton
building for meeting purposes. The
union agrees to clean the building after
each meeting and to prohibit the use of
tobacco in the room. The request was
granted for Friday evenings and the
use of Room No given.
The resignation of Myron Zimmerman
as teacher was accepted.
Repairs needed at East South Heber-
ton school were referred to the building
committee, with power to act. The
secretary was instructed to procure coal
at Upper Lehigh.
A bill from Thomas w. Smith for
coal hauled in 1901 was laid over for
inves tigaton, also bills from Freeland
Water Company for SAL So
Supervising Principal Hanon's re-
port showed an enrolment for the first
month of 1903 and an average attend
ance OF 05 per cent.
The treasurers report showed bal
ance of S3,2i3.55 in the treasury on
November /.
Applications for the vacancy in the
corps OF teachers were read from Charles
Kennedy, Haaleton, and Jerry mckinley
and Mary McGee, Freeland The vote
was as follows:
Miss McGee-Brogan, Buckley, Fet-
terman, Isaac, Kelly, McGeehan, 6.
Mr.. McGinley-Purcell, Shelhamer,
Tmony, 8.
There being no choice voting con-
tinued without change until the seventh
ballot, when Director Shelhamer chang
ed from Mckinley to McGee, giving the
latter seven votes, which elected her as
teacher
Mr.. Mckinley was unanimously
chosen substitute teacher.
The salary OF Miss McGee was fixed
at $35 per month and that of Mr.. Nc
Ginley at So per day when employed.
An agent for Tiffany's Nature Cabinet
explained the merits OF the same and
offered it to the board for SIS, to be
paid at the convenience of the board
| The directors decided not to purchase
at this time, owing to the financial con-
dition of the district.
The supervising principal called at
tention to the overcrowded condition of
certain schools and asked that the d.
rectors do something to relieve them,
otherwise no real progress can be made.
Various suggestions were offered, in.
cludng the one presented at the Oc-
tober meeting, viz, to consolidate East
South Heberton schools and transfer
one Of the teachers to South Washing
ton street. Another was TO add one or
two grades to the Heberton building.
None, however, were satisfactory to a
majority of the members present.
motion to reopen Sonth Washington
street school and. appoint teacher for
the balance OF the term also failed, re-
ceiying the votes OF Messrs. Purcell and
Timony, with Messrs. Brogan, Buckley,
Kelly, McGeehan and Shelhamer oppos-
ing the employment of another teacher.
The matter was finally referred to the
teachers and pupils committee and the
supervising principal, with instructions
TO thoroughly investigate the conditions
and If they can suggest a remedy to call
special meeting
The following bills were ordered pad:
Electric Light Company, SIC; Silver,
Burdette x Co., books, S54; J. b. Lippin-
colt CO. books, $3l 6S; CHM 4 Co.,
books, $44; Kinds e Noble, books, SlS SO;
M. 5. Kemmerer & Co. coal $43ll; U.
5. Express Company, soc; E. b. Shell
hamer, hauling, 81; NJ. M. O'Boyle, re-