The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-08-18
new SUPERVISORS
BEGIN THEIR WORK
WHITE HAS The NORTH PORTION
AND TONKIN, SOUTHERN.
In Addition to General Super
vision, Welles Will Look
After the Town Schools.

On Wednesday of this week the
two school supervisors who have been
appointed in conformity with the new
law, entered upon their duties. AL
bert e. White of Milton. has teen as
signed to the northern supervisory
district of the county which extends
from the mountains on the east line
of the county to few miles west of
Holdman near the Government reser,
voir on the Hermiston project, and
from the state line to within few
miles of Pendleton. This territory
contains about forty country schools
and Mr.. White will have to drive
practically 400 miles each time be
covers his district.
Mr.. George Ionkin of Pilot Rock
has been assigned to the southern sup.
verisory district which includes all of
the one-room schools not embraced in
the northern district. On account of
the mountainous character of the
country and the consequent difficulty
of travelling, this district is net quite
so large as the northern supervisory
district.
Although County Superintendent
Welles still has general supervision
over all Of the schools in the county,
his Supervisory district will include all
of the towns snd several of the large
graded country schools, employing in
all between 80 and 100 teachers. It
will necessitate between five and six
hundred miles of travel for him to
visit each of the schools in his dis
trict once. nearly all OF which can te
made by rail. If necessary. he will
always be atle to return to his office
within few hours.
In speaking of the work which has
been planned for the supervisors,
Supt. Welles said:
Although most Of the schools will
not open for several weeks vet, all OF
the members of the County Eduoa.
tional board are in favor of having
the supervisors begin their work now
and to visit each district once before
the schools begin. After standinl
idle during the summer months. tn,
school houses are not in fit condition
to use without first being thorough,
cleaned and renovated. Just at thi
season OF tho year most of the schoo
directors are unusually busy with thei
own work, and many of them feel tina
they cannot give these matters thei
personal attention. believe however
after the supervisor has inspected tn
sohoolhouse, in company with one @
more of the district officers if the
are aEle to go with MIN, and the
know just what is needed. that the di
rector will te glad TO authorize th
district clerk, or if necessary, the 81
perviaor himself, to employ some re
liable person to thoroughly clean th
sohoolhouse and out buildings, and
make any repairs that may be needed
In many of the sohovls the black
boards will need to be re slated, brok
en window panes replaced, the stove
pipe taken down and cleaned. an
many other things will need lookin
after.
I'm few districts it has beeu th
custom for the teacher and sewers
of her pupils to attempt to sofuE ou
the schoolhouse on some Satur day
Sometimes a few of the good womel
OF the neighhrohood have undertake el
this work themselves, rather tha
have their children attend school j
dirty school house. However. muo