Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-06-27
PUBLIC School
Teachers ELECTED

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The annual election of teachers for
the Danville school district took place
Monday night. Rather more than the us
ual degree of interest attached to the
meeting by reason of the two vac
ancies in the corps of teachers which
were known to exist along with sever
al Others which, it was rumored, were
pretty sure to occur.
DR.. Harpel of the committee on
teachers and certificates presented a
report. nominating teachers and janit
ors for the various grades, setting forth
the advances in salary as they occur
red. The report recommended that the
fourth ward grammar school and the
! Welsh hill school be closed. 1t was eX-
planned that the number of pupils at
tending the Welsh hill school has
dwindled to less than twenty-five and
that this number could be easily ac-
commodated at the fourth ward schools
The proposition to close the Welsh
hill school met with opposition, Messrs
Fischer, Orth and Heiss going on rec
ord against it.
On motion of Mr.. Orth it was order.
ed that the recommendation of the
committee as related to the closing of
the Welsh hill school be not accepted
The proposition to close the fourth
ward grammar school also met with
! opposition. 1t was discussed at length.
DR.. Harpel moved that the recon-
mendation of the committee that the
fourth ward grammar school be closed
be endorsed. The motion carried.
The board then proceeded to elect
teachers. The schools were filled as
! follows
HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal and teacher of languages,
j. W. Taylor teacher of mathematics
and science, d. N. Dieffenbacher ::
teacher of English history, Mrs. f. A.
Coulter: teacher of commercial
branches, F. w. MagiIl.
FIRST WARD.
Principal and seventh and eighth
grades, Sallie @. Musselman fifth and
sixth grades, Rose A. Gallagher;
fourth grade, Winifred Evans; third
grade, Martha Keim; second grade.
Jennie Lovett, first grade. Janet
Pickard
SECOND WARD.
Principal and seventh and eighth
grades, Rachel Goodall fifth and sixth
grades, Sara Pritchard; fourth grade,
Mary O. Welsh; third grade, Alice
Guest; second grade, verna Reed; first
grade, Viola Young.
THIRD WARD.
Principal and seventh and eighth
grades, Miss NJ. L. Bloom fifth and
sixth grades, Katherine Bennetts;
fourth grade, Prudence Blizzard; third
grade, Laura Mann second grade, Har-
riet Boudeman; first grade. Jennie
Lawrence; first and second grades,
Alice Smull
FOURTH WARD.
Principal and fifth and sixth grades.
Tillie James; fourth grade, NJ. Alice
Bird; third grade, Kathryn Rogers
second grade, Harriet Fry: first grade,
Sallie Wilson.
WELSH HILL.
First and second grades, left open.
JANITORS.
First ward, r. @. Miller: second
ward, Daniel Pensyl: third ward, Seth
Lormer; fourth ward, Calvin Eggert;
Welsh Hill, Annie Anderson.
Attendance officer, W E Young.
The committee made no recon-
mendation for advance of salary in the
high school. The other advances were
those which were made obligatory by
the minimum salary act.
On motion of Mr.. Fischer it was
ordered that the school board advertise
Tor the coal necessary to stock up the
school buildings for the ensuing year.
On motion it was ordered that all
contracts for teaching must be signed
before the next meeting.
The following members were pres
ant: Pursel, orth, Harpel, Swarts,
Burns. Redding, Fish. Fischer, Sech-
er, Foulk. Heiss and Cole.
hirteen Months In Reformatory.
Michael Leafey, formerly of Dan.
yllle, who was arrested here about a