The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-07-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
designations Received-A p IN T.
ments Confirmed-COntrac
Awarded For Coal.

Awarded For Coal.
The Board Of Education met in
regular session on Tuesday, July IL.
Those present were Wilmer J. Falls,
President; Fred Lewis, Vice Presi-
dent, and Mrs. Eleanor J. Moore.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of June 13 were read and ap-
proved and sundry bills were ex-
amined and ordered paid.
The following designations were
received and accepted: Miss Brita s.
Buckingham, Domestic Science &
Arts teacher, Elkton and Chesapeake
City; Miss Mary E. Walsh, Assistant,
Elkton High School; Miss Annabel
Benedict, Principal, Colora Schooi,
No. 12-6; Miss Estella P. Gregg,
Assistant, Colora School. No. 12-6;
Miss Elva D. Blackson, Principal,
Blythedale School, No. 81; Miss
Bessie E. Martin, Principal, New
Valley School, No. 2-S; Mrs. Portia
Miller Hines, Primary Supervisor,
Cecil County Colored Schools; Miss
Nellie A. Buchanan, Assistant, Elk
ton Colored School, No. 1-3; Miss
Portia E. Martin, Assistant, Port
Deposit Colored School, No. II.
The following appointments were
confirmed: Miss Clara M. Pawling,
Graduate of Banks Business College,
Assistant, Chesapeake City High
School; Miss Ellen Robins Whaley,
Graduate of Drexel Institute, Assist
ant, Elkton and Chesapeake City
High Schools; Miss Hazel D. Wal
beck, Graduate of Western Maryland
College, Assistant, Rising Sun High
School; Miss Gertrude Smith, AS
sistant, Chesapeake City Public
school; Mrs. Rose M. Kshir, Princi-
pal, Pleasant Hill School, No. 7-5;
Miss Ada Barr, Assistant, Pleasant
Hill School, No. 49,. Miss Char
lotte McAllister, Principal. Andora
School, No. "a; Miss Ethel M.
league, Principal, Marion School.
No. 9-5; Miss Helen M. Thomp-
son, Principal, Jefferson School, No.
3-6; Miss Margaret E. Craig, Pri1l-
cipal, Hickory Grove School, No.9-
6; Miss Carmen Price, Principal,
Love Run School, No. Ii; Miss
Helen C. England, Assistant, Fair
Hill School, No. 5-4; Miss Blanche
Ford, Principal, Principle Furnace
School,, No. II: Miss Louise G.
White, Principal, Blythedale School.
No. 81: Miss Blanche Graybeal,
Principal, New Valley School, No.
2-S; Miss M. Emma Edwards,
Principal, Oakwood School, No. A.
8; Miss Reba M. Gallon, Principal,
Conowingo School, No. SIS; Miss
Ethel I. Luthringer, Assistant, Leeds
School, No. 4E3; Miss Flora r.
Leach, Principal, Chesapeake City
Colored School, No. 2-2; Miss
Esther L. Shields, Principal, North
East Colored School, No. 2-5.
Coal bids were received as follows:
Short & Walls
1st. District-Furnace Stove Nut
F. P. Conrey $16.25 $16.25 $16.25
Lumber Co. 1875 1915 1915
End District
F. P. Conrey 1925 1925 1926
3rd District
.Standley Evans 1870 1870 14.30
9th District
]. M. Clayton 1874 1874
The contract was awarded to the
first named, the lowest bidder in
each district.
Mr.. J. E. Keim appeared before
che Board in reference to establish
ing a new school near Elder Station.
He agreed to give the Board one
acre of ground and furnish the
frame for a one-room school. Action
was deferred.
Notice was received of a scholar
ship, for a male student, in the
Charlotte Hall Preparatory School.
The scholarship is good for three
years and covers board and tuition.
Candidates should have completed
the work of the elementary school.
Applications should be filed with
the Board on or before August 1.
Trustees whose terms expired and
who are still living in the school dis
trict, were re-appointed. Mr.. Gray
son Holmes was appointed trustee
of the Johnson School vice Mr.. ]. F.
Lang, resigned. Mr.. Robert Boyd
was appointed trustee of Colora
School vice Mr.. J. e. Tyson, who
has removed from the district. Mr..
John A. Craig and Mr.. Howard Mat
thews were appointed trustees or
Ponds Neck School vice Mrs. Susie
Tins and Mr.. Clarence Webb, who
have removed from the district.
The Board decided not to reopen
Wood Valley school during the pres
ent school year on account of lack
of attendance. Children from this
school may attend the nearest
school-Calvert, Blake or Victoria.
The Board decided to reopen the
schools, for the school year 1922