The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-06
FAIRFIELD

1 The school board at it's session yes
 terday afternoon for the first time 1T l it's history adopted a schedule of sal 1 aries for the teachers of the town which will work automatically, anC l also reappointed practically all of the l present teachers for another year. Be | sides these matters a number of bills ] were ordered paid and some minor routine matters were acted upon The | resolution relating to salaries provides 1 that new teachers, rs,inexperienced, shall start at a salary of $45O for the first | year, $500 for the second, and then shall receive $25 per year additional for each year of service until the max mum of $650 is reached, the resolu- ton providing that nothing in it shall be construed to reduce the present salary received by any of the teachers now employed. Experienced teachers shall receive such salary between the limits named as the committee on schools shall deem wise in it's discre- ton. The school principals shall re- ceive the same pay as the regular teachers and in addition $25 for each room under their sdupervision the to- stal not to exceed $500 per year. This nMakes an automatic raise of the sal aries of each of the teachers until the mix1mum has been reached, and will not reduce the salaries of any of those now employed. The board voted to employ an extra teacher, in the Dwight school at Greenfield Hill, in the PeQAOt school in Southport, and in the Sherman school in Fairfield.
 The following teachers were reap- pointed by unanimous vote of the board: Jennings, Miss Ho1brook; Banks, North, Miss Day; Mill Plain, Misses Shelley and Cumings; Dwight, Misses Johnson, Griffith and Wake man; Holland Heights, Misses Bern stein and KugeI; Southport, Misses CaJ1 AE- Hendricks; Sherman, Misses Gaffney. Nichols, London, -Neary, Hoy, Swartz, Smedley; Washington, Misses Pratt, Wheeler, Robinson, Deyo, Driscoll, Crotty and Walsh; Stratfie1d, Misses Botsford and Freeland.
 The resolution fixing the salaries of the teachers also provides that all teachers hereafter employed shall be graduates of a high school of recog- nized standing, have two years train ing in a normal school and must have a state certificate allowing them to teach.
 A meeting of the teachers was held this afternoon at the Nichols Terrace school at which. the subject of promo tfons was talked over, Superintendent G. c. Bowman presiding. The re- mafnder of the teachers will meet to- orrow afterioon at the Sherman school when the same subject will be dis cussed.
 Superintendent of Schools G.C.Bow- man will deliver a lecture Friday evening at the Library in Southport, taking for his subject "The Public Schools" MT. Bowman will outline what he believes a public school should be and will make his talk ap- pIicabIe to the situation in Fairfield. The public is cordially invited to at tend. #. sz
 Representative Dwight Banks, who has been living in Hartford during the sessions of the General Assembly, spent Sunday at his home in Green field Hill.
 The deeds transferring the farm of Mrs. c. B. Read of Greenfield Hill to Willis H. Botsford of Staten Island, were filed yesterday with Town Clerk J. I. Flint for record
 r Carpenters are at work in the of flee of the town clerk putting up a partition and making an inner or pri- vate office for the clerk which will not be open to visitors and will allow the clerk and his assistant to do their work with a little privacy. Those having business in the office will fndJ very convenient counter and win dow.
 Mrs William B. Glover entertained the members of the Fairfield Musical club at her home in Main street, Sun day evening, a fine program of music OG1n& bers of the club. Refreshments were served at it's conclusion.
 A meeting of the Fire company will be held this evening at the rooms in Spring street.
 The sherman school baseball team will meet the Nichols Terrace nine at the latter place Friday afternoon.
 T. F. Hayes of Bridgeport is erect ing a cottage upon a lot recently pur- chased at Fairfield beach.
 Announcement has been made of 1 the engagement of Miss Helen L., l daughter of Mrs. Henry s. Glover, to 1 John P. Holman, son of MT. and Mrs. | A. D. Holman, of Teneafly, N. J.
 The Brotherhood of the Congrega- tionai church will meet Thursday evening and the business meeting will l be followed by a talk upon Ireland | by Rev. John M. Deyo.
 The members of the Girls club will | give a social in their rooms the even ing of May A for which an excellent | program is being prepared.
 The members of the cast of ''In the Shadow of the Rockies'' recently pre- scented under the auspices of the Southport Fire department will be en- tertained tomorrow evening at the | home of MT. and Mrs. Wilber Jones.
 A meeting of the Southport Fire | department was held last evening and |