New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
LITTLE OPPOSITION
 ID SALARY RAISES Prominent Men Think Teachers
 Are Entitled to Increase ARGUMENTS SUPPORT MOVE
Manufacturers Will Give Item Their Support-ChurCh NOtiCeS-Engage ment of Miss Stewart and Edward Hoffman Announced.

The special town meeting to con
 sider making a special appropriation
 for an increase of $2OO for each teach
 CT in the schools will be held on Man
 day evening at s o'clock in the town hall. Several prominent manufacture
 CTS gave their opinions of the increase
 this morning and the consensus of
 opinion among them is that the teach
 CTS are entitled to what the ydemand, ; John H. TrumbulL president of the
 Trumbull Electric Manufa curing Co.,.
 said: II am in favor of the proposed
 increase simply because living condi-
 tions make it imperative that instruc-
 tors be paid better than they are at
 the present.
 Edwin Hills said; ''I am heartily in favor of the s2oo raise and believe that
 the teachers are entitled to more pay
 than they are getting.''
 Stanley $. Gwillim, general mana
 ger of the Trumbull Electric Co.,, gave
 his opinion as follows: "If we are to
 have an efficient teaching force we
 must pay the price by offering better
 salaries, and every citizen knows that
 we must keep up the standard of the
 SCHOOlS. MI. JWllllI1, however, uOeS
 not approve of the alleged breach of
 the terms of the contracts signed by the teachers.
 John Lamb of the Empire Electric
 Co.,, said: T am heartily in favor of
 an increase for our teachers because
 know from my own observations that
 they find it hard to meet living ex- penses out of the salaries received in the local schools"
 prominent citizen, who has had an opportunity of seeing the conditions under which the teachers live told some facts about conditions which con- front the Plainville instructors He has made inquiries about the price of room and board in this town and has compared the cost of living with the salaries of the teachers.
 An official estimate of the average salary paid to local teachers is S9OO. This is not for 52 weeks in a year, but excludes the summer months when the schools are closed. The teachers, how ever, have to stretch their salaries to cover living expenses during these months when they are not employed at their occupation of teaching. It. is said that some of the teachers in Plainville have rooms which are rented with the understanding that heat shall not be furnished. No average of the price of room and board could be secured this morning. It is said that several of the teach CTS have received offers of positions on teaching staffs in other towns and cltleS at much higher remuneration than they are receiving here The contracts provide that the teachers
 may leave at 30 days notice and it is possible that some of them may take advantage of this provision if their demands are not granted
 It is said that the manufacturers of Plalnville will attend the meeting Monday night and back up the teach CTS in their attem pt to secure a sal ary sufficient to cover their living ex- penses There will also be a repre- sentation, said to be in the minority. which will fight the proposed appro- priation. Those who are interested in aiding the teachers state that it is | plainly up to the citizens who have children in the schools to attend the meeting and to back up the instruc- l tors if an efficient teaching staff is to ! be maintained.
 HOffman-StcWart
 The engagement of Miss Josephine l Lauretta Stewart daughter of MT. 1 and Mrs. A. w. Stewart of 227 West 1 Main street and Edward Hoffman of l New Britain, was announced at a