The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-03

All of the present teachers in the local public schools, both grammar and high school, were reengaged for the year at the regular monthly meeting of the town school commit tee held last night in the office of Supt of School H. E. Chittenden. In reengaging the teachers auto smatic increases were granted to seven members of the high school faculty, the increases totaling $10O each, three grade teachers were granted automatic increases of $50 each, one teacher of special subjects an iricrease of $1OO. These increases are provided for yearly until all of the teachers have reached the max imum.
 The high school teachers to re- sceiye increases are Mary Emerson, c. Muriel Libby, Frances Moss, Elma c. Nyberg, LeOna O'Neil, Ed win C. Miller and Henry w. Pope. The grammar school teachers re- cefying a $50 increase are Dorothy K. Fitzgerald, of the Salem school, Marguerite Bowling of Central ave- nue and Catherine Talbot of Hop Brook. Miss Lillian Deegan, teach- CT in the Pond Hill school received an increase of $100, and John Fen rose, teacher of manual training in the grammar schools received an increase of $100. The total amount of the Increases granted IS $l,O5O.
 Budget Adcvtcd
 The committee adopted. the bud get for the coming year and the sum of s219,00O will be recommended to the borough board for running the department during the year. This is the same amount as figured by the committee when it submitted a tentative budget to the borough fathers several weeks ago. The es- tfnnated expense of the school de- nartment for the coming year was nlaced at $234,0O with credits or S16.O00.- The largest item In the budget is for teachers salaries, this item being $132,000. 1.
 Tine committee instructed the su- nerintendent to ask local coal deai- CTS to submit sealed bids for TUT nishing coal to the schools of the borough. The bids must De m py Friday, April 10, at o'clock. me committee empowered Supt Chit.en- den to proceed with plans TOT estaD- fishing special room in the Hop Brook school for backward pupiis'
 Graduation Dates Set
 l5- dates for the annual graduation ex- srcises of both the grammar schools ana the high school. The grammar achool exercises will be held Tn the Gem Opera house on June 10, ana thn high schol exercises in the same ris,ee on June 16. Reports of the sct1ppl nurse, Miss Elizabeth Weary, Attendance Officer Peter J. Foley ana Dental Hygienist Miss Helen King. were accepted by the commit tao Superintendent Chittenden ln- fo,,ned the board members that r,.,sicais to be held in the hign school auditorium are being planned bv Director of Music Leon +. COT liss. .~...,
 Miss Mary Martin of North Main street died this morning at. o'ciock in St Mary's hospital in Waterpury. I, The body will be brought to tne as, funeral home of Henry r. McCar.y on Cedar street from where the fmreraI will he held Monday morn- inr hut the hour has not been set. ,rhe body will be taken to New York for burial. So far as IS known Miss Martin leaves no relatives Tn tho borough.
 Go to Jail
 Arthur Carlson of this borough. and Alfred Evon of Waterbury, charged with theft from the Old SIlon plant of the U. s. Rubber % were given jail sentences in the borough court this morning by Judge Claremont I. Tolles. Carlson will serve 60 days and pay the costs and Eyon will serve 30 days and pay the costs In addition Carlson Will have a months suspended jail sentence hanging over his head ana Evon a five months, suspended sen- tence. The pair were apprehended carly last Sunday morning by Pa troIman Martin Garrick in the act of carrying away cartons of rubber shoes and rubber bathing caps.
 Entertainment Postponed.
 The date for the dance and musi- cal revue to be given by the local branch of the A. o. H. and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the order has been changed from Tuesday night, April 2, to Saturday night, April II. The change in date has been made so that the revue and dance would not conflict with the date for the Amer ican Legion show also scheduled for Tuesday night of next week.
 Musical Tonight.
 Tonight in the Congregational church at o'clock a Good Friday musical service will be conducted with the Temple Male Quartet of New Haven furnishing the program. The members of the quartet are Horace L. Smith, Homer R. Denison. Harold l.. Mix and Frank R. Hamil- ton. A cordial invitation is extend cd to all those interested to attend.
 Birth Announced.
 "A daughter was born yesterday morning in St vincent's hospital in F.rIdgeport to Mir and Mrs William Calvin of that city. MT Calvin is a former local resident.