The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13
sCHAEFFER GETS CONTRACT
Board Elects Miss Edna Cameron as
Director of Music in the Schools
Many New Grade Teachers Elected
at the Regular Meeting.

The school board had another hot SEES
sion on Tuesday evening when the mat
ter Of letting the contract for the adj
dition to the Frank school came up
and after the smoke of the battle clear
ed away the contract was let to Gott-
lieb Schaeffer and the contract price
exclusive Of plumbing and heating is
$30,310. 1t was decided to eliminate
the plans for the auditorium in the
building. Under the contracts that
have been let it is estimated that the
improvements to the building will cost
in the neighborhood Of $4,000. The
council has raised but $4,000 for the
addition and it viii be up to the board
to find some way TO get the remainder
Of the money.
Efforts were made to kick over all
plans for the addition when letter
was brought in bearing what was con-
sidered an offer from another architect
in which he declared that he>. could
build the proposed addition to the
school for $4,000. The members of
the board did not take the matter seri-
ously at all and by a vote of II to 2
it was decided to take no action on
it. The only two votes in favor of
the proposition came from Chairman
Threinen and Commissioner Sullivan.
The impossibility of opening the old
plan question VAS plain to most Of the
members of the board Architect
Gaastra who was the author Of the let
ter had chance to suggest plans for
the addition many months ago and his
plans failed to meet with the approval
of the board SO the incident was con
sidered closed.
. It is planned to start the work on
the addition to the school within the
next week if possible, but it will not
be ready for occupancy until long af-
ter the opening of the new school year.
The question of the shower baths
proposed for the high school was not
taken up as no figures had been Sc
cured and it leaked out that the chair
man of the board was not very favor
able to the shower bath idea. How
ever, the other members of the board
have taken up the question and it is
probable that the baths will go in be-
fore the opening of the new year at
the school.
The board decided to install a new
system of bookkeeping in the Offices
of the school department following the
completion of the annual audit and it
is expected that with the new system
the books Of the board will be handled
in much better condition. For years
the board has felt the lack of book
keeping system.
The question Of the annual budget
caused a lot of discussion in and be-
fore the meeting Tuesday night and
finally an adjournment was taken until
Friday evening in order to whip the
budget into condition to present to
the council. TIE demand for school
purposes this year will be well over
100000 and it is possible that it will
reach to $4,000 The board will
have to make some provision to take
care of an old overdraft amounting to
more than $4,000 and it is possible
that suggestion that bonds be issued
will be sent to the council.
Many additions were made to the
teaching force at the meeting on Tues
day evening and the board took steps
to secure the opening of a kindergar-
ten IN the Central school The equip
ment for the kindergarten will be pur-
chased inst as soon as a room is secur-
ed for the teaching of the little child
rem. Miss Edna Cameron of Sturgeon
Pay was elected as director Of the new
music department in the schools and
this department will be opened with
the opening Of the new year.
The board gave its sanction to the
action of the teachers committee in
employing George VI. Tremper as prin-
cipal Of the high school and the follow
ing grade teachers were employed for
the year. Ora A. Harmon Of Sturgeon
Bay; Helen + Singleton Of Prentice;
Bertha Volkman Of Eau Claire; Minnie
Bergsffom Of superior; Florence Fox
well Of Chicago and Miss Viola Smith
Of Lake Nils. Miss Jennie i. Yer
non Of Madison, who recently resigned
hels position as a grade teacher, asked
ito Be reelected and she was reelected