The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-25
Milwaukee Co. Gets Contract
for Heating Plant in Addi-
ton to Frank School
MANY TEACHERS RESIGN NOW
Miss Frances Yeoman Gives UP Her
Work at the High School After Five
Years service--Grade Teachers Seek
Other Cities

The board of education held special
meeting at the city hall on Thursday
evening at which time the contract for
the heating plant to be placed in tLa
addition to the Frank school was let
to Peter B. Bogart Of the American
Foundry and Furnace company of Mil
wankee. The plant will cost the board
$3,iS9. The committee tn building ano
grounds was instructed to provide at
,uce for the letting of the CONTRACT for
the big addition to the building and it
is expected that the work will be
started early in June. The only in
terest in the meeting was the big kick
made by the representatives of the L.
j. Mueller Furnace company of Mil
waukee against the award of the con-
tract for the heating to Bogart. The
Mueller company had put in bid for
So, 142 for the installation of a heating
system and they had sought to give a
guarantee that the system would be
just as satisfactory as the one offered
by the company represented by Mr..
Bogart They urged that the board
should recognize the difference in
price. The board voted on the matter
and there were eight for the Bogart
system, two for the Mueller system and
two of the commissioners voted blank.
It is probable that the matter
will be heard from later on in the year.
Many Teachers Resign.
There is a general exodus of teach
ers from Kenosha this year and many
Of the grade and high school teachers
have sent their designations to tho
board and will accept places in other
cities. The officials, however, Go not
fear any Gripping of the local force
Of teachers as there are scores Of APP
pications from experienced teachers
now on file and it will be an easy mat
ter for the committee to fill all vacan-
cies.
The board has with great regret re
ceived the resignation of Miss Frances
Yeomans who has been in charge of
the English department of the high
school for the past five years. Her
work has been of such high order
that it has attracted the highest posi-
BILE praise from the state inspectors
and from the inspectors sent to Keno
sha by the various colleges. Miss Yeo-
mans gives up her position on account
of the fact that the other members of
her family have removed to the far
west and she plans to join them there.
Four Of the grade teachers at the
Durkee school, the Misses Eleanor
Northrup, Maude E. Searles, Lolita G.
Riley and Nellie E. Mitchell have re-
signed their positions. Misses Searles
and Riley have accepted positions in
the schools of Anderson, Indiana, while
Miss Northrup will go to Escanaba,
Mich. Miss Dagmar Jorgensen has re-.
signed as teacher at the Frank school
after term of very efficient service.
Miss Isabel Bailey has resigned her
post at the Balm school after a service
of six years. Miss Bailey was one of
the best teachers on the Kenosha force
and her retirement is greatly regretted.
Miss Agnes Mitchell and Miss Mar
guerite Wilson, both teachers at the
Weiskopf school have resigned. All of
these teachers have received offers
from other cities and all are going to
places where they will receive more
money than has been paid to them in
Kenosha.
The teachers committee will take
up the work Of filing the positions
at an early date ard all of them will
be filled before the time for the sign
ing Of contracts for the new year.