Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-17
BIDS OPENED At SCHOOL
SESSION At WOODBRIDGE

WOODBRIDGE. June 17-At the
meeting of the Board OF Education
held last night bids were opened on
janitor's supplies, two portable
school houses and coal for the town
ship schools.
Humphrey & Ryan's bid on jan
itors supplies was $1,553.30, and
Kelly & McAlinden bid $1,515.44.
These bids were referred to the re-
pair and supply committee to be tab
ulated and reported upon tonight.
Two bids were also received upon
portable school houses. The Wood
bridge Lumber Company offered
Togan-Stiles two room school accom-
modating eighty pupils for 1859
complete for each building. This in
cluded two coats of paint on both
interior and exterior surfaces, in
cluding blackboards, heaters and
breeze windsws.
The Asbestos Building Company
|tota1led their bid on the two schools
making 1t $1,000 for materials deltv-
cred at Barron avenue and lselin
:of $1,000 erected and with heaters,
$3.50 extra for breeze windows. This
only included one coat Of paint and
no blackboard surfacing.
These bids were referred to repair
committee composed of B. B. Wall
ing, Mrs. A. l.. Gardner and A. G.
Walker, to be reported upon tonight.
Bids for coal were received from
the War; Coal Co., O. S. Dunigan,
| j, Klein, Theodore Leber. Thomas
f. Dunigan and Co. and South Sec
ond Street Coal Co., of Perth Amboy.
The bids were referred to supply
committee to be tabulated for to-
nights meeting.
designations were received from
Seymour Willetts of the High School
and previously Miss Marguerite
Miller rendered her resignation also
from the high school faculty: Miss
Marie Wallace from Hopelawn
school and Miss Lillian Seligman al
so from Hopelawn.
The recommendations of the
teachers committee were accepted
as follows: Miss Ida Brodkin to 1st
grade, Miss Bertha Jaffe 1st grade,
No. 10 school; Miss Rachel T. In
sley, End grade, No. 6 school: Pat
rick Boylan, 5th grade, No. 4 school:
Miss Margaret r. Rue, 3rd grade,
No. 10 school: Miss Mary Mum, 5th
grade, No. school.
A petition signed by thirty-one
members of the senior class was pre-
sented asking that their graduating
exercises be held in the new memoir
ial hall instead of the Presbyterian
church. The board ruled that it was
too late to change and that as there
was no musical instrument as yet in
the new building and the fact that
the seating capacity was only about
480 while the Presbyterian church
accommodated at least 700 the
change would not be wise one. The
request was therefore denied.
The reports of the supervising
principal; medical examiners and
school nurses were received and
placed on file.
The teachers absent on account of
illness will be allowed substitutes
pay at the discretion of the board.
Permission to hang a curtain in
No. IL school auditorium was grant
ed the No. 1 and No. IL Parent
Teacer Association. The board will
assist by furnishing equipment for
hanging.
Plans for advertising for bids on
the coming bond issue to be opened,
on July were made. The bonds
to be for $165,000 on the new school
at Fords and for $225.00O on the
high school addition and $4,000 on
Port Reading addition. Bids to be
advertised in local paper and one
paper carrying financial sheet in