Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
MAYOR MAY MOVE
POLICE STATION
TO FIFTH STREET
School Board Reserves De-
cision on Request to Use
Eager Building

That the funds realized from the
sale OF the school district properties
at Fifteenth and Vernon streets, Har-
ris and Third streets, and the dwell
ling in Forster street used for
continuation school now. should be
applied to pay for bonds totalling
ss5,o00 which are due in 1922 was the
suggestion made by Secretary D. ID.
Hammelbaugh to the School Board
yesterday. ooo
These bonds were issued in 1897
Secretary Hammelbaugh explained
and no provision for paving theW,
was made in the sinking tund. A.,
issues since 1897 have been proNioeu
for in the sinking fund nut tne o1"us
of the earlier date can be cauteu ~.
at any time now wheh su"'VI. -
funds are on hand to pay the a'ho""''
due. ,rt..;nr
scbooI should he discontinued WIZ
~ docided by Miss Anne U. Vert
nrincipaI of the school; Professor w,
+ severance. principal of the central
Hirh school, and superintendent r.
u Downes, the Board Yesterda! ue-
Gliding that these three as commit
too should submit final recon-
mendation which the directors woud'
approve. Don,res
IL was explained by DR.. po"nes
that from present indications there
would be only Is students III tne
school next year, in the senior
lass and in the junior class. When
Diroctor cameron l. Baer made
roo,ior to suspend the school classes
fnr one wear it was opposed ana NJ
= II 7, Keen offered a resolution
giving the committee of the prihc'-
80 and superintendent the rlght TO
decide and make hnai sussest.on
10 the Board. The minimum hu,"o
~ pupils which will he conslaereu
~ the school is to be continued was
fixed at l5' ~ .ao n
Mavor Daniel *. Ketster mace
reouest TO tho Board to permit t"e
city to use the Eager budding lor
offices for the police depar'ins"''
nrohahIv until the completion OF
-, citv and county office building.
Action was postponed. The directors
exnlained TO the Mayor their plan TO
nee the building for a continuation
school. .,.oa Tho
,Javor whether he had considered the
possihility OF using the proPerleS
at Fifth and Walnut streets taheh
over by the district in condemnation
nroceedings Mayor ketster sara ne
had not but would inVestlsate anu
determine whether u would De pos
sible to equip them for office .pur-
poses
The Board decided not to admit
tuition pupils to the tntermediate
schools this fall when they are open
ed. Supervisor Ferguson announced
that a SIS gold piece will be given by
w. NJ, Hoerner, president of the Alli-
SON Hill Trust company, as a prize
for the largest head OF cabbage
grown on any city school garden
Drs. Richard ]. Miller and Norman
n: Shepler were elected assistant
medical inspectors to DR.. George b.
StulI, The following head teachers
were appointed: Lincoln. Anna Pat
terson: Forney. Gertrude Huber: Al
lison, Laura E. Garman; Industrial
home, Grace P. Reinert.
Regular teachers who were ap-
pointed included Helen Stroh,
Bloomsbure; Anna shearer, Mildred
Shradley, Kathryn Shearer, Dorothy
NJ. Rishel, Ruth Rickert, Ethel Fish
er. Minerv- $. Hepford, Marian r.
Brown, city; and Priscilla y. Young.
wilkes-Barre. Substitutes: Lyde w.
Lehman, Shippensburg; Nora l..
Spangler, Camp Hill; Emily +. How
ard, Steelton. Naomi L. Matz. and
Mildred Eshenour, city; teachers Of
cooking, intermediate schools. Edith
Bentley. Marie ]. Finton. city.
Walter Harrington, Lafayette, In
diana, was elected commercial teach
er for the Technical High School;
and Clarence f. Zorger was elected
supervisor of special activities to sue
ceed Professor John H. Buckley. re-
signed.
Professor william NJ. Harclerode
was elected a supervisor OF music.
He is widely known throughout the
State in school musical circles. Dur
ing the last year he was a music
supervise at Reading. and prior to
that time had charge of music in the
Steelton schools for several years.