Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-24
SCHOOL MATTERS
The Annual Meeting of Indepen-
dent School District No. AZ
Held Last Saturday.
PETERSON AND JOHNSON RE-
ELECTED MEMBERS OF BOARD

ELECTED MEMBERS OF BOARD
Considering the unfavorable
weather, there was a very good
turnout at the annual shool meeting
held in this city last Saturday even
ing, there being sixty voters pres
ent. The meeting was called to
order by Russell Spicer, president
Of the Board of Education. The y
secretary read the call, the minutes
of the last annual meeting and the
treasurer report. The report was
unanimously adopted. The meet
ing then proceeded to elect a sue
cessor to H. S. Peterson as men,
ber of the board. Mr.. Peterson
was the only one placed in nomina-
tion, and on the ballot he received
81 votes, there being two blank
ballots and one that contained two
names. Nominations were then
called for to elect successor to DR..
Chr. johnson, and the doctors was
the only name presented. On the
ballot he received 81 votes; six
votes were cast for T. O. Gilbert
and two were blank. There being
no further business, the meeting
adjourned.
The following is the treasurer
report for the past year:
| VCO07
98; one mill tax, $llll.57; special
tax, $l2899.SO; special state aid,
$4,000; building fund, 3.99;
tuition, $65.O0; other sources,
$687 "a; balance on hand at begin
ming of year, $25, 1888. 25; total, $47,-
124. .43.
Disbursements - Teacher and
janitors' wages, $l4, ,32l.75; fuel,
1862. 27; furniture and apparatus,
$685.. 10; interest on $1,000 bonds,
$36OO. books for library, $lO4.76;
new High School building, $24, ,223.-
"a; electric light fixtures, new
school building, $114.2S; grading
old High School grounds, part pay
ment, $500; insurance, $764.95; re-
pairing and painting old buildings,
$6O6.9O; sidewalk, Garfield school,
1912. so; Incidental expense account
and supplies, $813.27; total. $45,-
767. .O2; cash on hand at end of year,
81 ,357.41.
The fuel account is for two years,
as the coal supply for the past year
had not been bought before the an
nual meeting last year, while this
year the board had laid in and paid
for 800 tons for the coming year.
The expense account Of the past
year is undoubtedly the heaviest
one in the history Of the district,
as in addition to the building of
the new schoolhouse it was found
necessary to spend considerable
sum to save the First ward build
ing from ruin and for painting the
two wooden buildings. In addi
tion to this came the insurance on
the new building and the renewal
! of almost all the insurance on the
other buildings.
The work of grading the old high
school ground should have been
started in the spring, but the board
! did not wish to go ahead until they
were sure they could do it without
creating a deficit in the treasury.
| AS it is, there will still be a small
balance on hand after paying all ex-
pcnses Of grading, putting in new
steps, sidewalks, etc. One more
| work remains before expenses will
/ get down to the normal figure,
namely, the plumbing and sewer
system in the new builling and
draining the Lafayette grounds and
| basement. All but the last men,
toned will have to wait, however,
until the sewer system of the city
is put into such shape that the
board will know definitely in which
| direction to send the sewerage.
Under present conditions it would
be necessary to put in septic tank
on the school grounds if connec-
tions were made with the Carlson
sewer. At present the sanitary ar
| rangements at the central grounds
are very unsatisfactory, and it is
to be hoped that the matter will be
settled soon so that the board can
proceed to put things into proper
shape in this very important mat
ter.
SW. LUTH. BETHEL CHURCH.
Services next Sunday evening at
the usual hour. .Midweek services
Thursday evening". 1.-The parochia
school under the direction Of Miss
Hattie Nelson, closed yesterday af-
ternoon with appropriate exercises
The Sunday school children witt
their parents enjoyed an outing or
Foot Lake this afternoon, launch
having been chartered for tril
across the lake, where refreshment
were served. ). On Friday evening
beginning at five o'clock, the ladie: