The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-16
HAULING IN CATHOLICS
Pupils Of Public Schools are Buying
Thrift Stamps at Great Rate
This Year, Report to
Board Shows.

Frank M. Ballinger for paying claim
of a former teacher, besides transact
ling routine business.
! All the members were present, in.
Guiding w. j. Roberts, who is detained
from the meetings sometimes by i'll
health.
Miss Carrie F. Hanson rendered her
resignation after many years service
as teacher, and 1t was accepted. She
| is going to California later In the year.
The board ordered that $4,000 Of the
sinking fund be invested In fourth
Liberty loan bonds.
The election of O. s. Stanbro, as
treasurer of the district. vice Frank
w. Davis, deceased was on nomi-
nation Of John A. Dunlap, and no 9TH
Ell names were presented before the
unanimous ballot for him. The board
will meet this evening to approve his
bond.
The final payment on the play
grounds was ordered made.
Hauling Others Than Public School
Children.
Rev. George Giglinger appeared be.
fore the board to ask that Azinger and
iOHarra children of the former Prices
Creek school, who are now attending
list. Mary's school be hauled into town
with the other children.
The public school children are
hauled into the Keokuk schools, and
lit is said jeer. at the other children
walking, when they pass them on the
road.
Father Giglinger said religious in
struction is given only for an hour
each day. He asked that Azinger and
O'Harra children be hauled into
town with the others and deposited
lat public school house, and let them
go where they will after that.
The board had declined to pay pub.
lie money for transportation OF the
children attending sectarian school.
holding it has no legal power to trans
port children except to and from
school. 1t declined last night to re-
verse itself, but instructed the secre-
|tary to ask the opinion of the attorney
general on the matter.
Attorney BalIinser Appears for Client.
Frank M. Ballinger appeared as at
torney for Mrs. n. Nj. Conlee, who
quit teaching to work as a stenogEa-
pher in Washington. He claimed that
she should be paid her salary for the
time not taught less the cost of her
substitute teacher, for the five or six
weeks of last year after she quit, and
her salary for the summer vacation
after the end of the school year.
The board some years ago made
teachers employment and salaries for
twelve months, at the request Of teach
|ers. who wanted the payments spread
lover the year instead of no salaries in
the three summer months.
Board members said Mrs. Conlee
had jumped her contract and abandon
ed her school to it's sreat damage.
The board unanimously voted not
to pay Mrs. Conlee more than 1t did
when she left Keokuk. Several mem
bers said she told them she went
away because the Washington sal
airy was larger than the one she re-
|ceived here.
Pupils Buying Thrift Stamps.
The report of the superintendent
showed the attendance to be II high.
er than last year at the same time,
while the bank deposits were 500 less
this year-but the children bought
sess worth of thrift stamps during the
month. The thrift stamp purchases ~
schools during September were as fol-
lows:
High school ................ $1O4.O5
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