The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-26
High School Girls Entertain the Mem
bers Of the Board of Education
at sumptuous
Spread.
BOARD MEETS LATER
Fcrty-thres Teachers Present Petition
to the Board Asking for In.
crease Of $1,000 per
Month.

10 AilS IN tu0 uUuG6dC SGlSuCS
class OF the high school entertained
the board Of education, Superintend-
Ont Aldrich and newspaper men last
night at the old Mckinley school wits
a delicious banquet.
Under the supervision Of Miss Pau
sons. the class had prepared delic-
ious menu and demonstrated to the
complete satisfaction of all the guests
that the domestic science class has
made more than ordinary progress the
past year.
Dainty, hand painted place cards
were distributed around the taole and
the floral decorations were violets
placed In large bowls down the center
of the table. Places were made for
nineteen guests.
The Menu,
The menu served by the girls was as
follows:
Fruit cocktails
Meat loaf Stuffed potatoes
Hot rolls Jelly
Apple salad Cheese waters
.Orange Zee Cake
Coffee
| The banquet was served at six
thirty and the following girls were in
charge:
Charlotte Buck. Eldora Burton,
Elizabeth Bland. Ruth Bland, Maude
Devero. Mildred Erhart, Lillian Fuerst,
Florence Green, Lenell Garvin, Nina
Hodge, Helen Immegart, Beulah Lar
son, Marguerite Lowenstein, Emily
Leaf, Ruth Lilley, Helen Mckee,
Elsie Mattern, Jane Mills, Louise
Oldham, Kate Porter. Helen Pond,
Olive Roberts. Madge Roberts, Mild.
red Rayburn, Inez Royane, Marguerite
Radasch, Mildred Strimback, Mildred
Schmidt, Inez Setter, Georgia Schroed-
CT, Florence Seeman, Bertha Schlottar.
Olive Sterritt. Irene Stricken, Gladys
Woodsmall. Myrtle Whitehead, Dor
othy Williams, Edna Westman.
The head cook for the evening was
Miss Madge Roberts and the wait.
resses were In charge Of Miss Mildred
Rayburn.
After the banquet was over tha
board of education met in regular
session in their room at the high
school building All members were
present
Il Board Meeting.
4 Superintendent Aldrich submitted
his report and announced that he had
4 secured the Grand opera house for the
commencement exercises. DR.. Will
liam H. Black, president of Missouri
Valley College at Marshall, Mo, will
deliver the commencement address.
The public library report on the
number of books read by the scholars
Of the different schools was read
showing the following totals: George
Washington, 1856; Garfield, 81; Tor
renee, 121; Wells. 141; Carey, BIS;
Lincoln. SO, grand total of $40.
Upon suggestion of Mr. Hamill, Ahe
board gave permission to all schoo
children to assist in the services or
Fl Memorial day. Mr.. Lutz explained te
the board that the boys Of the Athletic
/ Association had told him that Joy
field, where the tri-state field meet
was to be held, would cost them TWEEN
! ty-fve dollars this year and that the,
could not very well stand that ex
pense. Mr.. Lutz offered motion
that the board help them out by pay
ing for the field. Mr.. Roberts second
ed the motion. saying that as the
high school had 10 field of their owr
and as the tristate event was ar
excellent advertisement for the city
he thought that the board would BIZ
amply repaid for the expense IT.,
motion was carried unanimously.
Want Increased Pay.
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