Evening journal., 1922-06-14
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Two Portable Buildings May
Be Erected for Increased
School Enrolment
FRANK ANTONIO
DIES IN HOSPITAL


cation last evening. the action OF Su-
perintendent snavely in employing
Miss Elsie Woolleyhan, as an extra
I teacher OF academic subjects in the
High School was approved. The
matter OF erecting additional quar-
tiers for the prospective increased en-
rollment Of the local schools was dis
! cussed Il was decided the only
/ feasible means OF taking care OF the
rapidly increasing number OF pupils
in the schools would be TO erect
other quarters for the fifth, sixth.
seventh and eighth grammar grades,
which are now housed in the No.
or High School building. Two two
roomed portable buildings or a suit
able substitute was decided upon.
Professor Snavely reported he had
communicated with the American
Portable School Building Company
with a viey OF obtaining costs.
The board instructed Mr.. Snavely
to get in touch with several local
contractors and ascertain what the
erection OF building as desired
would cost by obtaining materials in
local markets and having the work
done by local contractors. II Is es-
timated the two additional buildings
will cost approximately $1,000. ready
for the installation OF school furni-
ture and heating apparatus.
A communication from A. ]. Tay-
Tor. engineer OF the Delaware School
Auxiliary was received. Informing
the Board that 10 erect an addition
10 the present No. l building. con-
structed OF brick. was not advisable
either as to cost or future economy.
He said the approximate cost Of
such an addition would be 1000,
and should the board later decide TO
erect another high school building
and vacate its present quarters as
school the money would be practical
~ thrown away as the addition
could not be removed as q was on
property under the supervision OF
another civic body and not vested in
the board.
He cited the State law which re-
qquired the Boards OF Education 20
acquire title TO any lands before
erecting a school building thereon.
The secretary was instructed TO
purchase one OF The Visualized Edu-
cationsl outfits at a cost not exceed
ing $3.50. The teachers salaries for
June were ordered paid.
Secretary Snavely was instructed
to purchase new furniture consisting
of l 6O-inch Nat top desk, l swivel
chair and 3 large arm chairs 10 be
placed in the superintendent office.
The transfer exercises OF the
eighth grammar grade pupils Of this
years class. numbering 43. will take
place i'm the opera house, beginning
at s o'clock this evening. This is the
largest class to be transferred from
the local grammar grades to the
High School in years. There are
also several more who have pass
ed the eighth grade work in the
rural New Castle hundred schools
who will enroll in the local High
School the coming term. II Is es-
timated that the enrolment OF the
High School pupils will exceed
the century mark next year. for
the first time in the history OF the
school,
An extra teacher is to be employ
ed for grade work as well as for the
High School for next term.
An elaborate program has been
prepared for presentation this
evening. by the pupils to be trans
ferred. The preparation OF the
program and entertainment will
he under the supervision of Miss
Carrie Downie, teacher OF the eighth
grade.
The pupils to be transferred are:
Elizabeth Bennett, Mary Blackburn.
Edna Scott, Verna Bartlett, Carrie
Atkinson. Margaret Snavely. Mary
Harrison. Elsie Dilts. Lila Johnson.
Vivian Moyle. Mildred Blake, Elsie
Wipf. Ruth Wilhelme. Erma Nc
Knit. Edith Stanley. Frances Reese, /.
Margaret Moore. Alice Loveless, i
Margaret Currinder, Myrtle Huff
nell, Mary Burris. Hilda Rash, Mar
tina Rossell. Adelaide Davidson, Wal /
lace Cannon. Harry Long. William I
Gebhardt, Harold NJ. Carlin. Edwin I
Ratledge. Chester Blake, william 4
Kirk. Vernon Mcdowell. Forest .
Hamilton. Theodore Megginson, Al !
bert johnson. Edgar Megginson.
Dallas Abbott, Wilbert King. Wal /
lace McKnitt, Earl Freeberry. Will !
liam Stevenson. Henry Lester.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the farewell dance to be given
in Emmanuel parish house. tomor-
row evening, when the seniors will
be the guests Of honor.
The erection of proper school IA
cilities for the negro pupils of the
city. is again being urged by those
The proposition OF two
buildings. one at the Buttonwood
and the other in the central part of
he city is the one most favorably
received. At the present time the
negro pupils of Buttonwood are
school in the Negro church of that
section.
The annual election of a member
# the Board of Education will take
place in the school house. from to
o'clock. Saturday afternoon. DR..
..ewis Booker is the only one who
las filed his name for election.
George T. Tobin, Jr., resigned from
he Board several months ago.
Frank Antonio, Familiarity known
" his adopted American name,
crank IDENTITY, died in the Physi-
ians and Surgeons Hospital, Will
nington, yesterday afternoon. fol-
owing a lingering illness. For sew
raj years previous to the closing
own Of the Baldt plant of the Penn (
Steel Corporations. An
ohio was employed there as a track
brennan. At the closing of the
liant. he purchased the Old Toman
Hotel, at Ninth and Young streets,