Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-07-01
PUBLIC SCHOOL
Teachers ELECTED

! The teachers of the public schools Of
the borough were elected for the ensu.
/ ing year al the regular meeting of the
school board Monday eve. There were
few changes in the personnel of the
corps. In several instances there was
a change OF salary, the advance on the
/ whole being greater than for some
years past.
The full board of directors was pres
ent as follows: ". a. Seohler, DR..
Barber, J. ". Swarts. H. H. Red
ding. W. J. Burns, J. N. Pursel, j.
H. Cole, Jacob Fischer, DR.. Cameron
Shultz. W H. Orth, Augustus Heiss
and Joseph NJ. Gibson.
| The committee on teachers and Ger.
titicates consisting of ]. N Pursel, DR..
Barber, ". H. Orth and DR.. Shultz
made nominations OF teachers, janit-
ors aud attendance officer for the en-
suing school year.
The schedule presented showed sew
eral changes AS teacher of Biology.
History and Mathematics in the high
school J. II. Gaskins was nominated
10 take the place % Miss Adda Hay
man. who filed that position last year.
Miss Loyett, teacher OF the second
grade u the first ward last year, was
nos an applicant this year The vac
aucy caused was filled by promoting
Miss Martha Keim from the first grade
OF the first ward. The vacancy there
by caused in the first grade was filled
by Miss Jeanette Pickard. who returns
to the corps after year absence
caused by i'll health.
After some discussion on ;he subject
of salaries teachers were elected for
the borough schools as follows
HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal and teacher of Languages,
H. o. Biokel; Science and Matthew
atics, John Kase; English and History,
Mrs. +. A. Coulter; Biology, History
and Mathematics, J. II. Gaskins Com
mercIal Branches, T. W. Magill
FIRST WARD.
5th and 9Th Grades, Rose Gallagher;
4th Grade. Winifred Evans; 3rd Grade,
Helen Tooey 2nd Grade, Martha
Keim; 1st Grade, Jeanette P!ckard.
SECOND WARD.
7th and Sth Grades Rachel GooaalI;
9TH and 6sh Grades, Mary Welsh 4th
Grade, Alice Guest 3rd Grade, Verna
Reed 2nd Grade, Helen Shannon: Isl
Grade, Viola Young; lst Grade As
sistgnt, Alice Smull
THIRD WARD.
7th and sth Grades, sara Nassel-
man; 9TH and 6sl Grades, Kathryn
Bennetts; 4,h Grade, PRUDENCE Biz
zard 3Td Grade. Laura Mann 2nd
Grade, Harriet E5u Imam; l=t Grade.
Jennie Lawrence
FOURTH WARD.
,th and sth Grades. NJ. L. Bloom
jth and 9th Grades. Tillie james; 4th
Grade, Alice Bird 3gd Grade, Kath.
ryn Rogers; 2nd Grade, Harriet Fly /;
lst Grade. Sara Wilson.
WEIGH HILL.
lst aud 2nd Grades, Ruth Frick.
JANITORS.
/ Firs. Ward, a. !. GeRrhsTt; Second
Ward, D. X. Pensyl; Third Ward,
Seth Lormer; Foarth Ward, Calvin
Eggert; Welch Hill. Mrs. Anderson.
Attendance Officer, W. E. Young.
In a few instances there was slight
advance of salary. The principalship
OF the high school was advanced from
:lO35 to SlI00 per term. In English
and history the salary was raised from
$40 TO S15: in the commercial depart
ment from 500 TO s9j In science and
mathematics and in biology. history
and mathematics the salary remained
unchanged-$1O per month
Miss, Tooey, Miss Reed, and Mss
Mann having procured 2 professional
certificate their salary was advanced
to $50 per month to comply with the
minimum salary act Other advances
were made as follows Miss Gallagher
raised from $50 10 SIS; Miss Welsh
raised from $50 to $50; Miss Shannon
raised from $40 to s4j; Miss Bennests
raised from $50 to 500; Miss James, $50
to $50; Miss Frick, $40 to s45.
Mr.. Pursel presented an application
Of Miss Tooey for permanent certlf.
cate. On motion it was ordered that
the officers Of the board lie requested
TO atfix their signatures to the applica.
tion.
The following bills were approved
for payment
The Gem. .......... .........$ .. 0l
Peter A, Winters ............ &C
William Miller ................ 2.5C
Robert g. Miller ............... 9.CC
X p. LeDuc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. j.. 5C
q. A. ROssmau. ..........-...... 3. OC
d. n. Dieffenbacher ............ 1 q
Montour Democrat ........ so
.. Danville Sto. & Mfg. Co ...... l2.3t
Penn n. School Journal a. s;
Seth Lormor ..,...-. IL. OF
George +, Keefer ........... so,