Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-18
new SCHOOL TEACHERS
SIGNED BY JAMESBURG

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session of the Board of Education
for the school year developed much
business of interest Thursday night.
President of the Board DR.. j. r.
Dare, presided with the following
members answering to the roll:
Harry Groves. John Waddy, Harry
Emmons, John Kirkpatrick, Jacob
Hausser, Howard Van Dyke. j.
A. Thompson. Principal Curtis A.
Deveney was also present. The re-
port of School Physician John l..
Suydam showed 551 children in
spected and with almost a clean
bill of health for the present. The
High School showed an inspection
of SO out of IS enrolled with a good
health record. Fourteen children
were recommended for glasses and
ten complied with the request.
Economy was shown in the pur-
chase of coal. On the placing of a
contract with a Pennsylvania con-
Germ the school saved the taxpayers
$216.
The report of Mr.. Emmons also
showed the "watchful waiting" pol
icy of the members in the matter
of repairs made 10 the ROOT of the
High School building. No charges
were made as the guarantee covered
a period of ten years and this pc
riod has but two months to go and
came within the time limit of the
contract with Marcus Wright, of
South River. Repairs have been
made.
The shortage of school teachers
was reflected in the report of the
teachers committee of which Harry
Groves is chairman. Already the
committee has engaged five teachers
in the several grades, but as yet
there is one shortage in the High
School and one in the Grammar
School, but a prospect of filling
these places. Mr.. Groves announced
the signing of the following teach
ers and the board endorsed the
teachers: Miss Agnes Gibbs, Miss
Ruth McGill, Cecilia Erickson, Miss
Ella B. Mount. Miss May Richard
son.
Mr.. Groves took the initiative in
making the recommendation that
the board give some recognition to
the teachers who have stood 10y
ally by the board and it was
imously decided to endorse the rec
ommendation of Chairman Groves.
AS a new law effective in July for
bids the payment of a bonus the
board did not make any recommen-
dation along that line.
A discussion was taken up rela-
tive to the arranging for the erec-
ton of the platform for the conn.,
mencement exercises to be held in
the Jamesburg Presbyterian church
on Thursday night, June 80. Messrs.
Van Dyke and Thompson were made
a committee to see hat this part
OF the work vas made on time and
the entire board will do the labor
on same. For his share of the work
in connection with the exercises,
James B. Paxton, sexton of the
church, was voted a IS bill. The
Glass Day exercises will be held in
the Star theatre on Wednesday of
mex week, Mr.. Emmons reporting
that he had engaged that building.
Supervising Principal Deveney
made a report showing that there
were enrolled at this time 634 pupils
and the average for the year was
721, a big increase over the former
number.
The bacca1aureate sermon will be
preached on Sunday evening, June
is, in the Methodist church by the
pastor, Rev. Wolsefer Johnson, at
the request of the graduating class.
The speaker engaged for the COM
mencement exercises will be DR..
Giles, of East Orange, well known
as an orator.