Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
TEACHERS ARE
GRANTED RAISE
The School Board Meets De-
mands of Public School
q Teachers for Wage
- Increase.
COMMITTEES NAMED
Teachers for Coming School
Year Elected at
Meeting.

The demands of the public schOo
teachers of Webster City for an in
crease in wages were granted by TIT
school board at its meeting Saturda.
evening and most of the teachers wer,
reelected for the next school year.
At the last regular meeting of tn.
board a communication from the teach
ers was presented asking for a mini
mum yearly salary of $1,000 for grade
teachers and $500 for teachers in the
high schools: The board voted to make
these increases, generally, and tho
salary of Prof. ID. NJ. Kelly was fixed
at $1,000, that of Il. X. Sifert ut $500
and that of II. l.. Carr. manual train
ing instructor. at $2,40O.
Committees Named.
The various school board commit
tees also were named at the meeting
Saturday evening and are as follows
Finance-W. \. Neel. L. J. Rood.
Supplies-Warrcn Il. Dodge L. J.
Rood.
Tcachers-Warren +. Dodge, For
rest +. Hall.
Building-Forrest +. Hall and W. \.
Neel.
The board reelected practically. all
Of the present teachers for the next
school ear Albert Nelson, however.
who has been commercial Teacher i'll
the high school. was not IL candidate
for reelection as he has accepted Il
position with the Lane-Moore Lumber
company. Mr.. Nelson has proven him
self unusually efficient as an instructor.
and while the board regretted being
unable to secure him for another year.
they were. glad to know that he has
chosen Webster City as his place OF
business. No one has as yet been elect
ed in his place.
A list of the teachers who have thus
far been elected for next year. together
with their salaries. follows:
-. M. NSlIs SuISs F'S''N
T.. X. Sifert, principnl-S2,700
H. j.. Carr, manual training $S2,4OO.
Mark Herbst. Science-S1,0SO.
Bess Lyon, history-S1.5W.
Bertha Teal, English-$1.jW
Ethel Swanson. English-$1.JOO.
Anna Tellgren. French-$1.jOO
Bernadine Shanor, mathematics ana
scicnce-S1,35O.
Margaret Mclsniry. civics and his
tory-$1.50O.
Lola Hughes, normal training
$500.
Lillian Mattison. Latin-S1.4Uo.
ROsalind Cook. music-X1,JOO
Agnes O'Neill. mathematics-Sl.oOO.
Clara Ruppel, domestic science
1880.
Hilda Madsen, penmanship-Sl.2oo.
Emma Glasgow. first grade-S1,l2J.
Josephine Conrad. second and third
grades-$9O0.
Irene Ely. fourth, fifth and sixth
grades-$9OO.
Grace Bidlack, eighth grade boys
1880.
Gertrude Latchaw, eighth grade girls
ST., 200.
Pearl Mcintosh, seventh grade girls
$1,000.
Name Peming, sixth grade-Sl.2oo.
Hazel Sparks. fifth g~rade-S1.2O0.
Fac Miller. fifth grade-S1,2OO.
Mrs. Staley, fourth grade-$1.2GO.
Bertha Stark, first grade-$1,3JO.
Georgia Lane, first srade-$1,2OO.
Mary Dundon, second grade-$1.2OO.
Mrs. w. Il. Ryan, second grade
$1,000.
Marian Crosley. third gradc-Sl,oSo.
Genie Smith. third grade-S1,2Oo.
Meta Robinson, fourth grade
$1,000.
Belle Wyckoff. kindergartcn--Sl,2oo.
Irene Berg, first G~rade-$1,2OO.
Ellen Millington, second and third
grades-$1.2 200.
Margaret Bell, third and fourth
grades-$1,21O
June Taylor, fifth and sixth grades
$1,000.
Anna NJ. Smethurst, seventh grade
boys-$1,20O.
Lottie Burgess. seventh and eighth
grades-$1,2OO.
Pearl Richards. sixth grade-S1.2 200.
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