New Britain herald., 1917-06-06
NEW TEACHERS SIGN
 ID FILL VACANCIES
Secretary Gets Signatures of Three Applicants to Contracts
FEW CLAIM EXEMPTION HERE
Believed That All Eligibles in Town Registered Yesterday for C0necrip- tion-Platnville Has sS7 On IAs1 No Unfriendly Aliens.


 No Unfriendly Aliens.
 The closing of contracts with three new teachers will be reported to the school board at the June meeting to
 be held this evening, Secretary F. G. Osborne having secured the sigma lures of two instructors for the ex- tra rooms which the addition now in course of construction will provide and a third to fill vacancy.
 Members of the committee expect that for the first time in years the teaching staff will be complete wha1 the school closes for the summer va cation. The board is negotiating with two other applicants for places which are expected to be vacant and as soon as the present teachers decide defin- itely as to what course they will lr- sue, action will oe taken.
 Mrs Harold l.. Newell and Miss Johnson have declined to accept re-
 election. Mrs. Newell does not intend to teach regularly next year and Miss
 Johnson will take a place in the schools of Bristol, her home city. Ire board also anticipates one other res-
 ignation. Secretary Osborne now has
 contract with Miss Carlisle who some time ago stated her intention
 to leave at the close of the time. She was persuaded to reconsider and .t Is now expected that she will return in the fall.
 Salary increases have been granted $n a1 a f0o ohn~ tao o1Y16$ 6A principal, the board deciding thar the high cost of living made raise warranted. The teachers petitioned for the increase and in most cases $50 was added to their salaries.
 Satisfactory progress is being m. !e ! in the construction of the addition to the school building and the extra rooms will be ready for occupa'' ' some time before the fall term he- gins according to present indications. At tonight's meeting the board will
 close up most of its business for ti C year as the summer vacation will be- gin in the schools in a few weeks. Few, If Any, Evasions Here. While no extensive investigation has as yet been made here to determine if all the young men in town between the ages of 21 and 31 registered for conscripton yesterday in accordance with the presidents proclamation lc- cal officials do not believe that there was any attempt made to evade the I law and they do not expect to find evidence of slackers among the elig- l ibles of the town.
 The summary of the registration list l made during the day shows that tre | number of eligibles in Plainville Is considerably in excess of early estl- l mates, 357 young men having a.. | peared before the board to have their | names listed. The state military l commission, passing it's conclusions on 1 the report of the recent census, pr,. dicted that there wolud be sos ~leh 1 in the town to register. The report
 compiled yesterday showed that tho l Flainvil1e census was incomplete and 1 incorrect in many respects. A num- Der of names found on the state re- l port are not known here while in o.h- CT cases residents listed in the 21 o S1 classification are either under or over the prescribes ages. An attempt l was made to check up the names on l the list but 1t was found to be prac- tically impossible because of inaccu-
 racies in the state report.
 That the young men of the town were not only willing but for the
 most part were anxious to registe~ was evidenced from the manner in
 which they appeared before the board. Most of them showed up dur l ing the day time and at o'clock last 1 night full hour before the time for
 Registering expired, practically every :, eligible in Plainville had been listed. l The summary as reported to the [ governors office today by First Se-
 lectman Johnson as head of the board | of registration shows that of the 557 1 men on the list, 13S have dependents, l 121 have none and 9S are friendly 1 aliens. The majority of those listed 1 as being without dependents made no l claims to exemption from the dr.'' l No unfriendly aliens appeared to reg j ister although the states report ! showed that there were two such men of the prescribed ages in the town
 when the census was taken. None of
 the Qfl1cia1s could tell the identity Of the naen from their names.
 Town Clerk R. C.ssUsher vas busy
 today making copies of the registra ton cards in accordance with the
 order given the board. The original
 blanks and the duplicates are to be I held here pending further tnstruc- tions, the war department not having
 made a definite announcement as to what means will be employed in con-
 scripting for the first army. Members of the registration board
 today expressed a wish to publicly
 thank the men who volunteered to act
 as clerks without pay and also to the
 surgical dressings committee which
 served dinner and supper to the ! workers.
 No effort will be made at this time