Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-01-24
| Training Department

years, the average beng 1871 years
The average age of the graduating
class of Is was 10 1-3 years.
| The enrolment last year was, in the
training department, 36, and in the
| Model school. % There were last
| year , correspondence students, and l.
| boys in the short course A report is
sued by the state superintendent last
| October showed that all the training
| schools except five showed decrease
| in attendance. ranging from about $50
| to about 20%o. The enrolment this
year in this school is therefore crafty
| ing, showing as it does, an increase in
every department.
3. M. DRESDEN,
Principal.
Committee on Common Schools
This committee, appointed by the
County Board of Supervisors, consists
of three members. They now are l..
ID. st. Clair, of Hawkins, Lee Van Pat
ter, of Glen Flora, and Theodore
Kurth, Of Weyerhaeuser. The term Of
each is three years, and the members
are paid per diem and mileage the
same as are members of the County
Board of Supervisors.
The committee holds two regular,
and one or more special meetings dur
ing the year. Their principal duty is
to act upon appeals from actions taken
by town boards of supervisors in ere
ating new school districts, and changes
in district boundaries. The meetings
Of the committee are usually held i'll
the office of the county superintendent,
where a complete record of all official
acts and proceedings is preserved. A
large map of the county, showing
boundaries Of all school districts, lOca-
ton of schoolhOuses, and highways,
has been made for the use of the com
mittee, the superintendent and all in
terested parties.
During the year ending November 1.
1918, the committee held it's annual
meeting on December 4th, 1917. July
16, 1913, a regular meeting, and Sep
TENDER is, 1913, a special meeting.
At the July meeting, the committee
was informed of certain boundary
changes in districts l and ., town of
True, made by the supervisors of True
and the village board of Glen Flora.
The said changes were accordingly en-
tered upon the records of the secretary
Of the committee.
town of Thornapple and village board
of Bruce a new district, Number 5,
ThOrnapple, was created from terri
tory taken from the Bruce district, ~
ing on the east side of the Chippewa
river. the same likewise being recorded
in the records Of the committee. AT
the July meeting, Miss Louise Wegner
was reelected supervising teacher for
one year. T.
On September 16, 1918, a special
meeting was held to consider an appeal
taken by citizens in the town of Cedar
Rapids from the action of the super
visors of True, Glen Flora and Cedar
Rapids in creating Joint District No.
s. True and Cedar Rapids.
The committee effected cOmpro-
mise, and a change in the description
of territory was made. Thus, Joint
District No ) True and Cedar Rapids
was legally established and made
matter of record.
Financial Report of the Committee
During the year ending November 1,
1913. bills as authorized by statute
were audited. allowed and paid as fol-
lows:
Per Diem Mileage Total
l.. d. st. Clair $500 500 $16.20
Lee Van Patter 900 4.32 1882
Theo. Kurth 300 1872 4.92
Total S34 A
Signed for the Committee on Common
Schools by
L. d. ST. CLAIR,
Chairman.
LEE VAN PATTER
Conclusion
In conclusion, desire again to ex-
press to you, gentlemen, my hearty
appreciate Of the many c0urtesies,
and the support extended to me by the
Rusk County Board Of Supervisors in
the past years of my serving in the in
terests of the schools, which to me have
been seven happy and busy years. For
the still further welfare and progress
of the schools, / desire the continued
support and good wishes of the cOun-
ty board, the patrons, and our large
corps of earnest teachers.
| have the honor to remain
Very respectfully yours,
OLIVER Il. RICE,
County Superin-
tendent of Schools
Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
November 4th, 1918.
Supervisor Summerville moved the
adoption of the report of the superin
tendent as corrected. Motion carried.
Supervisor Cocroft moved that the
matter of caskets for paupers be left
with Mr. Manley, with power to act as
he deems best in buying baskets. Mo-
ton carried.
Resolution No. %, offered by Super
visor Calkins.
Resolved that the Chairman of the
County Board County Clerk and
County Treasurer be authorized to
negotiate the sale of and sell land held
by the county on tax deeds, and the
County Chairman and Clerk be and
they are authorized to execute deeds
in consummation of such sale.
f. w. CALKINS.
Supervisor Streater moved that the
resolution be adopted. Motion car
ried
Resolution No. %, of the County
Board of Rusk County:
Resolved That all public buildings
and property belonging to the County
of Rusk be insured in the State Insur-
ance Fund, under Section 1881 Chap
ter TIA Of the Session Laws of 1913
provided that the insurance now in