Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
OFFICIAL PROCEED.
|NGS Of BOARD
Organization Meeting OF Board
of Education City of Grand
RAPIDS. Wisconsin

Lincoln Building, Saturday Evening.
April IL, 1914.
Pursuant to law the board met and
organized by electing Mr.. Guy o. Bah
cock temporary chairman and J.. ?.
Horton secretary of meeting.
Roll called and the following mem
bers present: ]. R. Ragans w. F.. Kal
logg, Guy o. Babcock, Mrs. S. Church,
Otto Bein, George T.. Sherman, Rev.
H. B. Johnson, J. P. Horton, Mrs.
B. l.. Brown, C. "A. Hatch, and ]. W.
Natwick; I'D; absent: Mrs. E. P. Ar
pin, w. H. Reeves, Jacob Searles,
Lssac P. Witter, and Rev. c. A. Neil
icke, 90.
The next order of business being
the election of President of Boaud of
Education and Issue P. Witter being
the only nominee upon motion duly
made and carried the chairman Was
| instructed to cast the BALLOT of the
meeting for Issac P. Witter to be
President of Board of Education. of
the City of Grand Rapids Tor the en-
suing year. Ballot was cast and Is
aac P. Witter declared elected.
Nominations for treasurer being in
order and w. H. Reeves being the on
| ly nominee it was: moved and carried
that the secretary be instructed to
cast the ballot of meeting for w. H.
Reeves as treasurer of Board of Ed
ucation for ensuing year. Ballot SO
cast and w. H. Reeves declared elec-
| ted
1t was moved, amdearried that the
bond of the Treasurer be fixed at $40
90 (ten thousand dollars) and the
cost of securing said bond be as
sIIned by this board.
| Nominations for superintendent and
principal being in order and C. w.
SchWede the only nominee upon mo-
ton duly made and carried the secne-
tary was instructed to cast the ballot
of meeting for O. w Schwede as SUI
perintendent and principal Of Board
of Education for ensuing year Ballot
so cast and C. w. Schwede ideclaned
| elected.
Moved and carried that the sal
airy of Superintendent and principal
Schwede be fixed at So, 30O00 Tor en-
suing year.
Moved and carried hat tthis meet
ing adjourn.
(Signed) J. P. HORTON, Sec'y.
Lincoln Building,
Grand Rapids, Wis, April IS, 1914.
Regular meeting OF Board of Edu-
cation called to order by President I.
P. WitteT at 1850 P M.
The following Commissioners were
present: Reeves, Raglan, Mrs. E. p.
ATpm, Searles, Kellogg, Witter, Mrs
Sam Church, BeiH, Sherman, Johnson
Horton, Hatch, Mrs. B L. Brown and
Natwick, (15) absent, Commiss. oner,
Meiliche, ID.
The President appointed the follow
| ing Committees: Teachers: Guy o.
Babcock, Chairman; Rev. C. A. Mel
licke, Otto Bein, J. w. Natwick, Rev.
H. B. Johnson, J. R. Raglan, Mrs. B.
L. Brown and Mrs. E. P. Arpin-
| Buildings and Grounds: Jacob
Searls, Chairman; W. F. Kellogg, c.
A. Hatch, w. H. Reeves, J. P. Horton
| C. T. Sherman and Mrs Sam Church
New Buildings: w. H. Reeves,
Chairman; J. r. Raglan and GIT Sher-
man.
Moved and EARNED that the FL
nance and Purchasing Committees be
combined. The following were appoin-
ted as such committee to be known
as the Finance and Purchasing Com
mittee: J. P. Horton, Chairman; w.
H. Reeves, and Mrs. Sam Church
Moved and carried that a Visiting
committee be appointed. The following
were appointed as such committee:
Mrs. B. L. Brown, Chairman; Rev.
| H. B. Johnson, Mrs. E P ATpin, Mrs
Sam Church and J. W. Natwick.
The minutes of the regular meeting
held ON March 9, 1914, and of the
Organization Meeting held ON April
| IL, 1914, were then read, corrected,
and approved.
Communications from Edward N
Pomainville and Taylor & Scott, nela-
tive to insurance were read.
Motion made and carried that in
surance already written be accepted
and paid for, and that the committee
ON Buildings and Grounds apportion
all future insurance as deemed equit-
able by the committee.
Communications from Committee On
Accredited Schools of the University
of Wisconsin was read:
The University of Wisconsin
Committee on Accredited Schools.
Madison, March 80, 1914.
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