The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
Board Of Education Elects Many
New Teachers at the Regular
Meeting tuesday Night
COAL CONTRACTS LAID OVER
Members of the Board Unwilling to Let
Large Contracts With Only One
Sealed Proposal Other
School Business

The Board of Education met in reg
ular session at the City Hall on Tues
day evening, and the most important
feature of the meeting was the en-
ployment of nearly a score of new
teachers for the coming year. Many
new teachers will be needed for the
rooms at the new Edward Balm school
and at least half dozen will be re-
quired to fill the vacancies caused by
the designations of the teachers. The
teachers committee had met on Mon.
day night and made out list of new
teachers, and this was adopted by the
Board without debate.
The list of new teachers, with the.
monthly salary for each, is given as
follows: Miss Anna McHugh 500; Miss
Jennie Fellows $50; Miss Minnie To-
bin $45; Miss Stella Karcher $50; Miss
Irene Lilley $48; Miss Louise Kelley
$50; Miss Leila Kelley 500; Miss Jen-
ME O'Hare $40; Miss May Rechcygl
SIS; Miss Teresa Hanson $52; Miss
Mabel Corson S45; Miss Eda NJ. Buff
ton $50; Miss Ellen Waldo $40. All Of
these teachers are employed as grade
teachers. Miss Maude Yule, who is
now teaching in one of the High
schools of Milwaukee, was elected as
principal of the new Edward Balm
school at salary of $3.50 year. Miss
Anna Krcncke, who has been teach
ing the seventh grade at the Weiskopf
school, has been transferred to the
Edward Balm school with salary of
500 month. The vacancy caused by
the resignation of Miss S. Edith
Brown, teacher of science in the High
school, was filled by the election of
E. @. Heuse of Urbana, I'll. The new
High school instructor is man of
several years experience IL High
school work. He is a graduate of
and later was graduated from the
i University of Illinois with high
honors. For the past two years he
has been teaching at Urbana, and he
comes to Kenosha with the highest
references.
There are still few teachers to be
selected, and they will probably be
named at the next regular meeting Of
the Board.
The ianitors of all the schools were
reelected for another year, but the
matter of the election of janitor for
the new school was laid over until the
July meeting.
The members of the Board gave a
good deal of time to the discussion Of
the contract for coal for the coming
winter The local dealers had been
asked to bid for the contract, but only
one sealed proposal was presented.
One open bid was sent by the r. c.
Whitsett Company, of Chicago, and
the other bidder was the Peter Fisher
Jr Company. Neither of the bids
was accepted as some of the mem
bers of the Board seemed to be of the
opinion that money could be saved by
waiting for few days and special
meeting was called for next Tuesday
night at which time an effort will be
made to close the deal for the coal. In
the eantime several other outside
concerns will be asked to bid, but no
other bids will be received from local
dealers.
The matter of installing filters in
the city schools was brought up and
one estimate presented. 1t appears
from this estimate that the cost of the
filters will be in the reighborhood Of
fifteen hundred dollar
The matter of purchasing new
desks for the Edward Balm school was
. left with the. committee on supplies
with power to act and it is understood
that the contract for the desks will
be closed up at once so that they may
be installed before the opening of The
new year.
After the allowance of the usual
number Of bills the board adiourned
until next Tuesday evening when the
question of the coal contract will be
taken up again.