Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
DIRECTORS PLAN
FOR JOINT MEET
Officials for Districts AZ and 43
To Discuss Transfer of
Jurisdiction.
TEACHERS HAVE RESIGNED
Beard Decides to Open Schools in Fall
o, September Zone Week
Later Than Usual.

Various questions were discussed at
the meeting of the school board last
evening with reference to the plans
for providing for the instruction of
pupils residing in the various portions
OF South Rock Island recently annex
ed to the city and school district. and
President Cleaveland was authorized
to arrange for joint meeting with the
directors of districts No. ~ and AZ. TO
talk over the situation and make plans
for the transfer of Jurisdiction over
the portions of those districts that
have been annexed to the city.
The teachers committee reported
the designations OF Mrs. Jamie Muir
ply Stafford of the Kemble school.
Mrs. Helen Lafferty Stoehr of the
Longfellow school, and Mrs. Meta
Wittig Burger. teacher of the school
for the deaf. each of whom has mar
ried during the year and who wish tn
retire from school work at the close OF
the present term.
In connection with the new system
of bookkeeping. a form of inventory
was submitted to the board by the use
of which the several principals will be
enabled to make a complete and &C
curate list of all school property, in
Guiding furniture. books and supplies
OF all kinds in use in each of the school
buildings. This property list will not
only enable careful accounting of all
school property to be made. but will
also serve as a permanent appraisal of
value of all school equipment owned |
by the board and supplied in the diff !
ferent schools.
Open Sept. 8.
Attention was given to the school |
calendar for next year, with special |
reference 10 the date of opening school. !
After considering various matters re- !
lating to the question, the board de-
tided to open school on Tuesday, Sept |
s, Immediately following Labor day. !
As Labor day falls upon the eth of !
September this year. the opening of |
school will necessarily be about |
week later than usual.
Monthly Report.
superintendent Hayden fled his
statistical report for the eighth month
there were 1.S43 pupils Meth
er absent nor tardy. The total enroll
ment was Ass. average attendance
per building 3.742.O75: average daily
attendance 3,532.525; per cent Of at
tendance 94159; per cent of punctual
ty 1865.
Bills were allowed as follows: r. 7.
Hardware Co. s24.O7; Peoples Power
Co. $41.S7; Hartz & Bahnsen Co,
1898: Empire Coal & Ice Co, S4.6S;
Schocker Paper Co. S7SS; +. o.
Vale. Jr., S12.25; Channon & Dufva.
1886; r. /. Lumber & Mfg. Co, SS.63;
Fred ]. Hodges, zoe; II. =. Hayden,
1925: T. W. McClelland Co, S15.39;
Fri City Towel Supply Co. s2015:
Johnson Service Co, S2359i American
type Founders Co. S1.S6; keystone
Type Foundry. s4.56; r. /. Sash and
Door Works. s4.2O; Evans Bros. $2.75;
Strayers Model Dairy Farm, $500:
lara Redecker. S2O.46; F. w. Wool
worth Co, $40; The Macmillan Co.
;9.S1; A. Flanagan Co. $2.77; Henry
Holt & Co, $4,000; Western Union
Co, soc; y. c. Stanton,
H. 73: William Anderson $4,000; Hen
Y Darts Sons. S1O.25; Electric Con-
truction Co, SS.19; \. w. Diedrich.
1898: r. l. Sand & Gravel Co,
25O.O2: Trefz Express Co. s3I74; W.
;. Petit. $3.50; f. ID. Jackson. S1.0O;
J. Bergfeld. ~; Henderson & Renner,
400; a j. Burton. S2S9; Pittsburg
'late Glass Co, S1S.SS; Remington
typewriter Co, $500; A. c. McClurg ,
Z Co, $3.50; J. W. Butler Paper Co,
SI3: American Printers Roller Co,
2 so: Kramer Printing and Publish
ng Co. $3.50; ingalls,. the Jeweler,
. %: Florence Z. Blazier, Csc; c. II.
'toelting Co. s7.S5; Underwood Type
ritter Co. $500: CHM and Company.
1882; d. c. Heath & Co, $3.50; c. L. !
telephone Co, $1,000; Louis A
chmidt. 5000: II. H. Cleaveland,
$3.50; Oscar Johnson, $4,000.