Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
School Board Elects New Principal
in Person Of ]. w. Bucher OF
Ephrata, Pa.
stan Correspondence Of Every Evening


New Castle. July Is ] " Butcher,
of tphrata. Ia will bc the new principal
If thus cltvs public schools. filling the
vacancy caused hv the resignation Of
Henry SnavcIv Mr. Butcher takes the
position ~ . salary Of 81 500 for the ten
months school term
The important post was tlled last
nlpht nj special meeting Of the Board oi
Educatlon at which President Holiday
and Ncssrz podd. Rothrook, CLAYTON,
Nanlovr Speichcr and Rothwell were
IN ATTENDANCE
Mr. Ruchcr is th,rtv-thrce wears old
and is member of the Lutheran Re
formed Church llc has had eight years
high school experience Teaching, three
wears az which were NJ Marietta, Ia, and
two veera nj East Rcrln. PA, a graduate
of Nllersvlllo, ia Other Applications
Tor tho position were received from NJ
u Van Horn, Smyrna, bel " ! Moss,
Damascua. Pa, Il Sherk. Ma'oka'
West Virginia Frederick j, Andeiron.
bloomfield, \ ] latnea Rarkiey.
Abingdon, Pa John i Dunlap. Jersey
shore. Pa II Y Slrabolts. Matamora7,
Ia
For commercial teacher the hoard
selected Miss Pearl Gner She resides
III iNpWgtl, ~ y " - NfANtF W. ahttR = =
member of q baptist church. a graduate
of the Philadelphia Bupincsa College
Tier salary was fixed as $500 for the school
wear Of 10 months Las, year she taught
AT Parkeaburg, Ia The system of abort
hand sha VIII teach will be the Gregg,
which u the same Fyrtom taught last
wear Miss C,rier is also Tilted to teach
other branches, having taken regular
teachers course
The lIigh School for the ensuing wear
il equipped with three teachers instead
Of four, as last year, the teacher not Nof
chosen being the SECOND assistant prlnci-
nal Mr. HuCher, with whom the hoaTd
had personal interview, last evening,
stated that in order to carry out the CouTsc
laid down by The State Board OF Educa-
fiun IL would be absolutely necessary
that an additional teacher I've employed,
as the number OF classes during the day
would I've ~, the number OF periods
Ttsree teachers would have To cover nine
classes. leaving two clnsaes with no inter
missions. aud four teachers would he
required TO take care Of seven ciasses
leaving one remaining class
The election Of Rn nddttlonal Teacher
for the High School viii be considered at
the next regular meeting at the hoard
which will be held Tuesday evening
July 80
John II Pedrick, a brother Of William
and Charles PedriCk Of this city, who
recently died at Lancaster Pa, was
formerly oi this CITY About - year
ago he WIS connected with the Platt y
FIknton store on Delaware street, as a
clerk lie was u member OF Friendship
Lodge, No 3. Ancient Order of United
Il ha tT.{nF var fbITt 1
yesTs ago
The fifth weighing and measuring
nart, conducted by the welfare campaign
committee of this city Will be held to
morrow afternoon nj o clock IN the
rooms Of the New Castle Century Club
All children who have not been previously
registered should be registered tins time
Frederick brown, aged years, son
OF MIR and Mrs Alfred } Brown, OF l2s
Second street, died Yesterday morning
Tho funeral services will bo held tOmor-
row afternoon at 3 clock at hls parents
home Intermcut at the mon \. Nj T.
cemetery
The attendance al tho meeting Of the
surgical dressing department ot the Red
Cross society. held last evening was
large ana great interest was bCIng taken
in making up cotton pads and rolls
The next meeting viii be held tomorrow
evening on the second floor Of the old
armory building from 80 to 10 0 o'clock.
Everybody If welcome to attend
Automobile FOR sale, looks like new, D
tires nearly new T Stoops Adv
Special bargains to close ont automobile
inner tubes. red and gray, s. 90; s. rs;
50 90; So 90. I Stoops adv.
Small Victrola Apply Mrs Kenneth
r. Cross Adv