The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-14
School Board Orders Dis
continuance of Work Until
City Sewer Is Laid On
Norman Avenue.
GLERUM PURCHASING AGENT
School Commissioners Have Personal
Tilt and Then Approve Action Of Joint
Committee - Jacobsen Named AS
Truancy officer For Year.

The Board of Education has issued
an order to discontinue work on the
erection of the Mckinley school on
Norman avenue pending the building
of the city sewer in that street and the
city officials have been asked to rush
the work on the sewer as much as pos
siblc in order that the work on the
school may be resumed. 1t was found
that without sewer in the street the
contractor would be forced to drive
piles on the site Of the school and that
the expense of this work would be in
the neighborhood of ten thousand dol
lars. 1t was held that to drive the
piles would hold up the building for
just about as long a period as to
wait for the sewer.
President Jay B. Glerum Of the
School Board announced this morning
that he did not believe that the work
would be held UP for period Of more
than sixty days and that the work
would be resumed just as soon as the
city had completed the work on the
city ofiicials,'' said President Glerum,
that the work on the sewer will be
rushed to completion as rapidly as pos
sible and while we regret to lose two
months in the construction Of the
school, we feel that it is necessary
in order to build the building in the
most economical manner.
Glerum Purchasing Agent.
Edward G. Glerum was elected to the
new Office of purchasing agent and
book-keeper for the Board of Education
at a salary of two thousand dollars a
year. B. M. jacobsen, a member Of the
Board from the fourth ward, was elect
Jed to the position of truancy officer
for the coming year at salary Of
eighteen hundred dollars. Both will
work for the full twelve months
The elections came after bitter ex-
change of personalities between mem
bers Of the Board and it was said that
these exchanges had tendency to clear
the atmosphere That Mr.. Glerum was
the choice of large majority of the
members of the Board was shown by
the fact that he received eleven votes
on the first ballot and the members of
the Board were almost as top heavy in
the vote for the new truancy officer.
1T is interesting to note that the
Board appointed a committee to confer
with newspaper men to find an alleged
leak in some Of the members of the
committees. 1t was reported that the
facts in regard to the action of the
committee were given to the public be-
fore they were given to the Board. 1t
seems to be something of misdemeanor
for the people to know what the School
Board committees are doing 1t was
the Evening News which gave out the
news in regard to the meeting and
others who had circulated it declared
that they received their information
from that paper. 1t can be added
that the News has no apologies to
make for giving the people the news
when it is news.
Fairness for Mrs. Bradford.
The Teachers Committee of the Board
submitted report showing a willing
ness to deal fairly with Mrs. D. Brad
ford, superintendent of the schools, and
she will join with the other teachers
in the advance in salary She will re-
ceive with them the added months
salary for her work during the school
year just closed. Her contract III the
future will be understood as a twelve
months contract.
Several new teachers were named for
the schools for the year. Howard V.
McCurdy, a graduate of the University
of Colorado, was named as teacher
of commercial branches in the High
school to succeed Miss WEIGH, recently
resigned. Miss Bertha r. Farnam and
Miss Harriet A. Kupfer were named as
teachers in the Frank Junior High
school, and Miss Margaret Sanborn
was named as teacher in the
grades. All of these vars arc
experienced teachers.
School Gardens Make Good Showing.
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