The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-08-16
OPENING DAY FOR
CITY SCHOOLS IS
/
TUESDAY, SEPT. A
Names Of Five New Mem
bers Carried by Roster
Of Teachers.

repair work to be done during thu
summer vacation, carpenters ant
painters have completed their work o.
putting the physical equipment of The
city school plant in shape for the
opening day of school, Tuesday, Sept
A. Roofs of the Roosevelt and Manua
Arts buildings have been repaired
two rooms in the Manual Arts calci
mined, the exterior woodwork and the
cement floors of the Roosevelt paint.
ed and the playground equipment al
all schools inspected and repaired
janitorial service during the next two
weeks will insure clean buildings for
the initial efforts of teachers and
pupils.
By the employment recently of two
new teachers to fill vacancies caused
by summer designations, H. B. Field,
superintendent of the city elementary
schools, announces that full corps of
principals and teachers is in readiness
to assume classroom work without
delay the opening day of school.
The roster of teachers for the en-
suing year carries the names of five
new members. They are Miss Mabel
G. Pestien of Sheboygan, Wis, grad
uate of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin
normal school, who has been employed
during the past four years as teach
er in the Junior high school of Gilbert,
MINI. She has to her credit four
years of additional teaching expert
ence in other Wisconsin city school
systems. Miss Pestien will be as
signed departmental work in the sew
enth and eighth grades at the Roose-
welt school.
Another new teacher is Miss Irene
Mae Baker of Marietta, Mimi, a
graduate of the Teachers college at
st. Cloud, Mimi, with one year Of
additional training at Beioit college.
During the past three years she has
taught seventh and eighth grade
English and history in the junior high
school Of Tyler, Mimi. Miss Baker
will take over the seventh and eighth
grade departmental work carried dur
ing the past four years by, Miss Har-
riet Schimming, who has accepted
similar position in the schools of Park
City, Utah.
Miss Edith M. Cotton a graduate
from the University of Minnesota
with graduate credits from Columbia
university and McPhail School of
Music, will supervise the music dur
ing the ensuing year. She comes we'll
recommended as teacher and super
visor of music and principal. During
the past two years she served in the
capacity of music supervisor in the
Willmar, Mimi, public schools. For
mer superintendent and patrons also
commend Miss Cotton for her success
full work as organizer and leader Of
school bands, orchestras and choruses.
Miss Gladys Bowman, who was
graduated from the South Dakota
Normal school at Spearfish, S. D., last
spring, and Miss Ann Murdo, a grad
uate of the Montana State Normal
school at Dillon, have been employed
to fill lower grade vacancies caused
by the resignation of Miss Rose M.
Breher, who has accepted a position
in Rock Springs, Wyo., and Miss
Evangeline Anderson, who was mar
ried in June. Miss Bowman and Miss
Murdo are we'll known residents of
Red Lodge.
A complete list of the teaching staff
to date is as follows: Wayne Ander-
son, Matte B. Browne, Virginia
Browne, Lottie D. Cosby, Josephine
Flanagan, J. Ora Horsfall, Harry B.
Field, Lillian Jarussi, Loretta Jarussi,
A. I. Jenkins, Florence Mcintosh,
Fidelia Page Morrow, Elvera e. Mel
son, Goldie Peterson, Estelle Provinse,
Pearl F. Reeve, Grace Ruiter,
Clarice Sawby, Barbara Sanderson,
Emma Schimming, Grace Shaw, Sofia
Hayha, Mary Matteson, Gladys Bow
man, Ann Murdo, Edith NJ. Cotton,
Irene Mae Baker and Mabel G.
Pestien.
Present indications are that the
over enrolment which has prevailed in
the three fifth grades during the past
two years will occur again this year
and the board and superintendent are
the ACCESSIBILITY of employ
ing an additional teacher to relieve the
situation.
Children under years of age at
the opening of school, but who will
attain their sixth birthday on or be-
fore Feb. /, will be admitted to first
grades with children who meet the
usual age requirements. This is in
accordance with a measure passed by
the board last year and conditioned
on the right to revoke at any time.
All teachers will reach Red Lodge
N time to attend a general teachers
meeting scheduled to be held Monday
afternoon at 1880 in the Field school,
at which time final assignment of
teachers and classes will be made, and
announcements pertaining to admin