The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-18


Tuesday morning.
AT the meeting Tuesday the finance
committee in its report recommended
that the county funds be deposited in
the Francis Creek bank, it being the
highest bidder The report was adopt
ed
Nineteenth annual report of the
county training school board was read
1t showed that attendance at the school
during 1919 was the lowest in history
of the institution, only twenty-eight
students being enrolled. In the fall this
year, however, the attendance had been
raised to 3S of whom six were men.
Last year there were no men students
The school asks for $4,000 appro-
praton from the county board. The
report further showed that $1,000 of
the $4,000 building fund voted last
year had been used for the purchase of
site for the new. training school
building The report urged the adop-
tion of an appropriation of money for
the erection of the new building and
haste in securing plans and specifica-
tiOnS so that the work of erection may
be started in the spring. In the budget
the salary of the principal was given
at $4,000; first assistant $1,000; sec
ond assistant Sl,4l0. The balance on
hand Nov. | was S4,330,2I. II. c..
Wilkc, j. l.. Bertsche and Miss Lillian
Chloupek comprise the board. The re-
port was referred to the committee on
education.
The Soldiers Relief committee ask
ed an appropriation of $1,000 this year
to carry on the work of providing for
INDECENT soldiers and widows of sol
dierS j. S. Anderson was chairman
of the committee with L. W. Ledyina
and n. A. Knudson associate members.
Report was referred.
A resolution offered by Supervisor
Schneider for the county to fight the
withdrawal of Kiel from this county to
become a part of Calumet county was
passed with a whoOp.
On motion of Supervisor Wilsman,
DR.. Currens was elected to succeed
himself on The sanitorium board of
trustees.
The salary of the county superinten-
dent of schools was fixed at $4,000.
The committee on salaries recon-
mended $4,000 per annum but John
Even offered an amendment to make
the salary $4,000 ana it carried with
but two dissenting votes, Lorfeldt and
Racquet
The board adjourned until 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The report of the trustees of the
sanitarium took up most of the time at
the session Wednesday morning. At
the end of the fiscal year twenty pa
tients were receiving treatment at the
Whitelaw institution. During the year
sixty-nine patients had received treat
ment at various times.
There were twenty deaths at the
sanitarium during the past year, fif
teen of which were deaths of patients
who had been brought there after all
other means of assistance had been eX-
hausted and when they were practical
ly in dying condition.
Twenty-nine patients were discharg-
ed during the year: five to other insti-
tutions, one to Tomahawk Lake, four
to other places nearer home. Nine of
the discharged cases were arrested
cases, seven improved and thirteen un-
improved
OF the sixty-nine patients treated,
twenty-one paid for their own main
tenance, nine were paid for by the
L. S. Public Health service and thirty
nine county charges. OF the twenty
one pay cases, eleven were from Mani
towoc county Eighteen of the cases
were county charges of the county.
After the reading of the report, DR..
J. r. Currens, trustee, explained the
same in detail He recommended that
the board make an appropriation for
some sort of roOming quarters for the
help at the institution, since the place
was greatly handicapped by reason of
poor facilities in this connection. The
doctor also told of the difficulties en-
countered to retain maids and other
employees because Of the isolation of
the sanitorium. He said it was almost
impossible to obtain cooks and that
we're it not for the aid given by dis
charged patients and the wives of pa
tients, it would be impossible to run
the place.
In closing, DR. Currens asked the
board to appropriate $4,000 for assist
ance in maintenance until state and
government aid was received Assets
of the institution we're placed at $780,
10000, the inventory showing a valua-
tion Of S36,7426l The report was
referred
Report Of Income Tax Assessor JOS
Connell was read and referred to the
committee on assessment
Another highway was added to the