The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-08-11
SCHOOL BOARD DOINGS
VACANT SCHOLARSHIPS FILLED SCHOOL
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 5TH-W. H.
COLLINS COMES TO MANCHESTER
SCHOOL AS PRINCIPAL-E. |. CROSS
TO HEAD HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL.

The regular meeting of the Board OF
Education was called at $50 p. m. in
the office of the Board on Wednes-
day, August End. Commissioner GLOW
er being absent.
After the reading and approval OF
the minutes, the regular order oi
business was taken up.
! The vacant scholarships were
awarded as follows: Western Mary
land County Scholarships, Marie
Blocher, Hampstead; Irma G. Law.
yer, Myers; George n. Shower, Man,
chester: Robert Mckinney, Berrett
st. Marv's Seminary, Julia Walsh
Westminster, St. Johns, vacant
Charlotte Hall, vacant; Maryland In
stitute. Ella NJ. Lee, Hampstead.
In case there is another vacancy at
the Maryland Institute, Miss Dorothy
E. Hoff is to receive the appointment
The Board authorized Supt Unger
to reinstate Mr.. William Shamer in
the teaching service of Carroll coun-
ty. Mr.. Shamers appointment had
been disapproved by the Board in the
7 June meeting.
The Board considered favorably the
suggestion of the Superintendent to
construct a garage suitable for the
storage of all cars in the county SER
vice on the Graceland school lot The
Supt. was authorized to secure bids
for the construction of the same until
the next meeting of the Board.
Pres. Wantz and Supt. Unger was
appointed'as a committee to distribute
the Insurance on the Portable build
ings and repairs at Mechanicsville.
| ISupt Unger was authorized to get
bids for floor oil.
The Supt. reported the purchase
and distribution of furniture and
blackboards to meet the increased
school population and the deteriora-
tion in property.
The Superintendent took great
pleasure in reporting 10 the Board the
results of the contract which he nego-
tiated a year ago, and which received
the approval of the Department of Ed
ucation with the counties of Balti-
more, Howard and Frederick, with re-
spect to these counties carrying their
pfoportionate share of the expense of
the border schools in Carroll county
and in their counties where children
from both counties attend. Heretofore
the total amount of tuition received
from these counties under the old syS-
tenn amounted to less than $2500,
while the cost to Carroll for teaching
several hundred children belonging
to the other counties was excessive.
hn h0 tot al
amount of tuition to Carroll County
from the other counties is as follows
Baltimore, $1OS7.O2; Howard, $2236.S5
and Frederick, $7026.44, total $1O,-
350.32, from this must be deducted
the charge of these respective Coun-
ties against Carroll for children at
tending their schools.
The application of the following
persons for pensions was approved by
the Board Jacob Farver, S. l. Hof-
facker. and ]. Albert Angel.
Requests for contributions to local
funds raised for school purposes were
presented to the Board which contrib
uted $40 to the amount already raised
in each case: Linwood, Vivian Eng
lar, $40! Pipe Creek, Bessie Mering
$40.
, 1t was decided that the date for op-
ening the schools of Carroll County
be fixed on Tuesday, September 5th.
A delegation representing the
= Priestland community appeared be-
fore the Board showing that they have
a sufficient number of children to JUS
tify opening the Priestland school in
September. After careful considera-
alton the Board decided to open the
school.
The request for opening the Good
Hope school was laid before the
Board. and it was decided that the
school would be re-opened in Septem-
ber.
The Board directed Supt. Unger to
secure the services of a competent
builder to have the Westminster high
school building inspected for safety.
Mr.. Charles Hersh and Mr.. John G.
Warner were appointed as Trustees
to the WentZ's school.
In order to guarantee an inexpen-
sive and permanent drainage system
for the Carroll School where the
grounds are now being graded by the
community, the following resolution
was passed:
Resolved, that the Board of Edu-
cation accept from Albert J. Bemil-
ler and Willie NJ. Bemiller his wife
their offer of a right-a-way forever
over the lands of the said grantors in
Myers district, Carroll County, Mary
land, as the ingress and egress from
and to the Westminster-Littlest
turnpike being an approach and road.
way entrance from said turnpike to
the Charles Carroll school lot in My
ers District, which is the land con-
veyed by the said grantors to the
Board of Education by Deed, dated
| November 16, 1918, and Recorded
, among the Land Records of Carroll
County in Liber E. o. C. Ne. 133, Folio
277. etc. The said right-a-way en-
trance heing 21 #. on the front, OF
: turnpike side and extending bach
| along the third line to the east, to the
| beginning of the fourth line in sale
:. deed, then IL it. south by east parable
with said turnpike, then to said turn