The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-05-09
-Four Regular Teachers And
Music Teacher Resign
twenty-five Teachers Are
Given Increase In Salary
Agricultural Class viii Farm
The Scheel Lots


will ask for total of $4,000 with
which to maintain the public schools
of the city during the ensuing year.
II was so decided at the regular
monthly meeting of the board Monday
evening when their annual tax levy
was made, They will ask for $35, 900
) in the tuition fund, 5000 In the con-
tingent fund and $4,000 in the sinking
fund. This amount Of money is very
little more than was asked for last
year when the total was cut by the
budget commission to between $4,000
and 1900.
Superintendent J. s. Alan submitted
TO the board list OF ~ teachers rec.
commended by himself for reelection
TOR the next school year. This list ex.
cludes Ave OF the regular instructors
who have been serving durng the past
year, not because they are undesirable
or incompetent, but because they will
not be applicants for reelection. The
teachers who were not applicants were
Mr.. Fred Huntsbcrgcr. Mr.. J. J. Kirk
: snd Miss Mary Clark OF the high
school, Miss Myrtle Overly Of the First
wart building and Mrs. Iva s. Baker.
music director.
superintendent Alan recommended
that twenty-five of the teachers In
= cluied In his list be given an advance
In salary. The amount OF the ad-
vances recommended will total $775
per year. The teachers whom he
asked to have advanced and the
amount Of their advance. per year, are
as follows:
G. q. Busby $50. Jean Mcintosh $50,
G. r. King. $50, liza Williams $50,
Minna Doerschuk $50, Laura Koons
$50, Karl Christman $50. Vera Had
ley $50. Nellie Heffner $50, Catherine
Boulton $25. Ethclynde Studor s25.
Cora Baird $25, Constance Merrin $25,
Mildred Aler $25. Bessie Keith s25,
Ethel Pitkin $25, Winnifred Jones $.5.
WtnnIfred Parker $25. Marguerite be.
dell s25, Mary Stackhouse $25, Wilda
Clark SIS, Iva Paul $50
Alter examining the list and consld
ering the recommendations made by
the superintendent, the board voted to
re-elect the teachers included In the
&. list and to make every advance In
salary asked for them.
A communication was received by
the board from Mr.. A.. r. King Of the
hlgh school faculty asking that his
salary be raised to $1,000 per year In
consideration of the fact that he has
been teaching. Tor several years with
out salary advance. He is now
drawing $500 per year or $3.50 with the
advance allowed by the board Monday
evening. Mr.. King intimated that he
would hereafter consider his services
worth 1000 per year.
One month ago when Superintend.
'ent J, b. Alan was reelected for q per.
iOd Of one year at an executive SEES
sion OF the scho0, board, the amount
0f salary to be paid him was discussed
10 some extent, but was not entered
upon the minute book. IL was voted
MOlday evening TO correct the min.
nies and to include In them provisions
to The effect that he shall receive the
: same salary, .sisoo per year as has
been paid him heretofore.
The matter OF repairing the stage
ut tho high school auditorium has
been given special attention by the
board during the past month, but
complications with the law have been
feared. The law requires chat the
wall between the stage and the audi.
: eDce be tlre-proof and that many other
parts Of equipment must also be
proof against fire. II does not require,
however, that the curtain be asbestos
or even Are.prooi on condition that II
v not built TO exceed certain specl
ned size. With every member Of the
board present favoring II. except Mr.
II Coyner, II was decided % expend moi
70 exceed 375 to secure /. curtain and
.ose stage setting With witch to equiv