Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-24
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Special Committee Reports on $685.
900 Indebtedness Of School
Commissioners.
specia, Correspondence Of ME Star


ROCKVILLE. Md, February "A, 1e1i
Charles II. Becker. chairman; Henry
Howard and George NJ. Boyer. con1pos-
ing the committee appointed by the ex
ecutive committee of the Montgomery
County Federation Of Home and Schoo
Associations to investigate the causes of
the fifty -eight-thousand-d dollar indebted
ness of the board of county public school
commissioners, have submitted their re-
port.
The report states that the committee
found the books and accounts of the
school board were kept in a satisfactory
manner. and that monthly and quarterly
reports were made by the superintendent,
which were open to any interested per-
sons.
According to the report, the indebted
ness began in 1906 with $1,000, and that
since then school buildings costing $t9,-
1908 have been erected. of which amount
So, 1908 was taken from the ordinary
maintenance funds; teachers salaries in
creased from sa3, 1921 in 1857 to $69-
.GS35 In 1919, or $l62SJ10; the increase
in appropriation by the county commits
sionerS for the maintenance OF the entire
school system between 1907 and 1913
amounted to only So.052.6 J more than the
necessary increase In teachers salaries
alone; that in 1911 the payment from the
state school funds was SO. 1CO.44 less than
In the preceding year and 81, SO less
than that for 1912, and has never been
made up by the county: that the high
school fund of So, 500 received from the
state for the first time in 1911 was OFF,
set to the extent of So, 500 by, the dscon-
tinuance of the manual training funds,
as well as by the increased expense due
to the establishment of courses in agri-
culture, domestic science and mainte-
nance of manual training and CONNER
cial teaching, which amounted to So 164. 70;
that the cost of free books in 1913 was
greater by s. 49,. 40 than for 1912 and eX-
ceeded the county's allowance from :he
state free book fund by s3,2Ss15: that
the s3.31S.2O spent in 1913 for incidentals
included substantial amounts for trans
portation Of pupils to consolidated schools,
janitor service in the larger schools and
minor miscel aneous expenditures of 4
necessary nature.
The report declares that the present
financial condition of the school board is
due entirely to the fact that since 1907
there has been an average annual in
crease of S7.65S-- in expenses for main
taining the schools, while the average
annual increase in receipts from the
state and county has been only 81. 407.42
Given an Absolute Divorce.
Judge edward C. Peter. in the circuit
court here, has granted an absolute d.
vorce to Mrs. Ada Pauline Myers of
Glen reno, this county. from Charles
Frederick Myers. now a resident of
Chester. Pa, on the ground OF desertion.
The bill represented that the couple
were married IN Washington in October,
1868 by Rev. F. X. Mulvaney, and lived
together until October, 1910 Mrs. Myers
was represented BY Attorney John A.
Garrett OF Rockville.
montgomery COUNTS representatives in
the legislature have agreed to supper
unanimously bill providing for a bon
issue of $4,000 for new public schot
buildings at Chevy Chase and Blairs an
additions to the buildings at Takom
Park and Kensington.
For the Chevy Chase School, sl4.J00 OF
the amount will be used. and s.. 800 vii
be for the new building at Blairs. To
enlarge the building at Takoma Park.
$500 will be applied. and 5000 will be
TOR the addition 20 the kensington
School.
Mrs. Church Allowed Alimony.
Mrs Minnie =. Church of Tako,na
Park this county, who was recently
sued for an absolute divorce in the cir
cult court here by Herbert A. Church. a
civil engineer in the employ of the Unit
ed States government, on the ground of
desertion. and who filed a cross bill
charging cruelty. infdelity and non-sup-
lort, has been allowed almony at the
rate Of $40 month during the tendency
of the suit and $7J counsel fees by Judge