Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-09
1oARo LET'S CONTRACT FOR RE.
BUILDING FRANKLIN SCHOOL
HEATING PLANT.
.aANy IMPROVEMENTS TO
PROPERTIES BEING MADE
Additional Room to BE Provided For
Glasses in High SehooI-Piaysrounds
Being Graded-Fivs High School,
One Graded School and One Kinder
sarten Teacher Employed.

Preparatory 10 the opening Of schoo!
Monday. Sept, s, extensive repairs, al
| terations and improvements are being
made and will he made at practically
all of the buildings. At its meeting Fri
day afternoon, the board let the con-
tract of the Franklin school discussed
| plant fthe Franklin school, discussed
other improvements under way, or
| finished and approved the contracts of
seven new teachers. During the last
school year the board reduced the
| length OF next years school term to
nine months in order to offset in part
| the greatly increased payroll of teach
ers. That Is the reason school will
not open until two weeks later than
usual.
The contract for the overhauling of
| the Franklin heating plant was let 10
| the American Foundry and Furnace
Company. Bloomington, ILL.,. for 1880.
| Such parts of the old plant as can be
used will be worked into the new and
the Job IL to be begun at once and
| finished In time for the opening of
school.
More Room at High School.
Before the opening of school two ad-
ditional recitation rooms at the high
school are TO be provided by dividing
two Of the larger rooms and in addition
the janitor's room in the basement is
10 be taken over and used for classes.
This work is to be begun next week.
The manual training building is TO
bc overhauled and made sanitary and
it IS possible that janitor will be
placed in exclusive charge OF this
building
Other Building improvements.
New maple floors have been laid in
four of the kindergarten hooms, and
the floors in the other rooms have
been refinished.
At the Arnold and Abbott buildings,
lots purchased for additional play
ground room are being graded and
cement drives and walks are being laid
at the Arnold. The main walk at the
high school has been partly relaid. The
| interiors of all the grade schools have
been reprinted.
Five High School Teachers.
Included among the new teachers
| VINO were ING wang
five for the high school:
Miss Hazel Biggs, latin teacher. Of
Oberlin. Ohio. She is a graduate OF
Oheriin and has taught at Samonak,
! H.. and Twin Falls. Idaho. for six
years.
Miss Helen A. Burling. teacher OF
! home economies. of Eldora. She was
! graduated at Iowa State College and
has taught at Onawa and has been
employed by Iowa State college and
! the extension department Of the college
| for the last six years.
| Miss Mary Edna Bright, teacher Of
history. of Findlay, Ohio. She was
! graduated from Otterbein University.
Westerville Ohio, and has taught at
| Findlay and Cody, Wyo.. for three
years.
Two Veterans Employed.
Lew W. Bates, physics teacher. OF
! Rockford. H. He was era duated from
Hiram College Hiram. Ohio, and has
had special work at the Universities Of
Illinois and Wisconsin. The last five
Years he has been teaching at Charles
ton and Rockford. Ill. and Mitchell.
&. D. Mr.. Bates was commissioned IN
the field artillery and served at Camp
Taylor and in France. Since the arm
istice was signed he has been chief
clerk for the federal board Tor voCa-
tional training at Camp Grant, I'll.
Edwin s. Stauffer. teacher Of chem
istry. of Baby. Pa. He was graduated
from Button College. Bluffton. Ohio.
and was teaching in the academy and
college until he entered the service. He
served with the First gas and flame
regiment in France and was honorcd
for his services with a croix de guerre
an. D. s. c. He was prominent as a
baseball. basketba and football play
er while in college.
Few Teachers Now Lacking.
The kindergarten teacher employed
is Miss Bess NJ. Caldwell, OF Chicago.
She was given a directors diploma BY
the National Kindergarten College. OF
Chicago. and has taught in Paducah,
XIV. Manchester and Iowa City for SIX
years.
Miss Frances NJ. McIntire, of Mime
apolis. has bee engaged as a grammar
grade teacher , G was graduated from
two years advanced course of Win
ora State Normal in 1915. She has
taught at Syota and Elk River, Mimi.
for three years.
All the vacancies in the teaching
force are now filled excepting three in
the high school and two in the upper