The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-05
Educators Request Bigger Budget For
 Naugatuck Schools
$6,37z More Sought for Fiscal Year Ending April l, Teachers and Help Will Be Paid $7,5OO
 Additional Than Amount Received This Year
NAUGATUCK
Wm. T. Baxter CorrespOndcnt-l'h Na0gatuck S72-s

year; $2,Os5.57 spent; $1.oo0 asked: $2,095 appropriated last year for upkeep of grounds-salar- ies; $2,283.55 spent; $1,456 asked; upkeep expense had an appropria- tion last year of $200: $266.98 was spent; $200 again asked.
 Under the fifth division, auxiliary agencies are the following: School libraries, $500 appropriated last year, $264.19 spent; $2OO asked this year; librarian salary, $S47 appropriated last year; $860 spent; $89O asked; $500 appropriated last protection of health; $467.71 spent: $500 asked this year; STA appro- priated last year for salaries in playground work; STA spent; $180 asked now. For playground expense $10O was appropriated last year; $73.49 spent; $75 asked; $1,260 appropriated last year for dental hygienist; $1,239.75 spent; $1,286 asked for this year; $1,477 appro- priated for school nurse last year; $1,553.50 spent; $1,508 asked; $3,- 900 appropriated for transportation of pupils last year; $3,869.1O spent; $4,00O asked this year; for auxiliary miscellaneous items, SHOPS was appropriated last year, | $401.S3 spent; $328.7O asked. Raises in the various salaries in the budget are due to the de- cision to restore the per cent cut the teachers took some time ago
 "No Padding"
 "There is no padding of the budget anywhere, wish the board members and the press to know" the superintendent said. He had been asked by John McDonough if he thought the department could get along with the figure asked.
 He told the members that heat ing plants in some schools would need repairing during the present fiscal year. A furnace in Central avenue school needs replacement. He figures this would cost about $500. A Salem school furnace needs to be overhauled and ce- mented this summer, he said. These were installed in 1894. Al years ago. Furnaces in the high school are 30 years old the su- perintendent said. Sixteen years ago they were retubed. Emil Mann weier commented in admiration at the long use of the furnaces, saying they must have been made of wrought iron. They must have had very good care, MT McDonough Tn ailA~ vNntvSfnd nv,f that most furnaces will not go more thai dozen years without being re-tubed.
 The board decided to have Mrs Mary Penrose work exclusively in the high school, teaching drawing. mechanical and otherwise. She has been art supervisor in high and grammar schools. E. J. Duff has been teaching mechanical drawing but this work has compelled him to reduce to three days his teach ing of manual training in the high school.
 Mechanical Drawing
 Mrs Penrose will take aver the mechanical drawing work, and be- cause of the system she has install ed in the grammar schools, 1t is felt that the regular teachers can now instruct, temporarily for this later.
 MT Duff will then be able to de- vote five days a week to manual training in the grammar schools, Supt Chittenden said.
 The board authorized the su- perintendent to receive bids for the contract of suppying coal to the schools. Three local firms usually make these bids. No out-of-town bids are sought.
 Salaries Increase
 Rate of increase varies accord ing to whether or not the teach CTS were instructing in the local schools at the time of the per cent reduction, several years ago. Mir Chittendep told the board that he had increased the wages Of those who were not here when the reduction first occurred, because they started at less than minimum wage due to this cut.
 In this class were grouped the following: HenryCieslewski, Jean
 cite Weiss, Margaret Mcclure, An na Holland, Eileen Cleary, Gather inc Curtin, Mrs Mary Penrose and Miss Lorraine Benham. There is also a group receiving more this year than at the time of the re- duction because of changes to oth-
 CT schools, promotions and other
 .tinkering'. These are Stella Mc- Donough, Frances Moss, Helen Moroney, D. Nyberg, Florence o.
 Loughlin, Miss Quish, Gardner Wood, Mrs Gertrude Madigan, Ray
 mond Foley and Martha Johnson.
 Juniors Get Rings
 Naugatuck high school junior have received their class rings.
 They are gold with an onyx stone. The initials NHS are engraved on l the front of the fling with 19 and S6 on the sides. The juniors get their rings this yearr and this suffices them for next year. It was | formery the custom to get rings
 in the senior year but this has
 been abolished.
 The picture for the benefit of the
 high schood band will be presented | at the Alcazar theater next Mon- | day and Tuesday. Tho band will render several selections. Edward | Robinson will feature In "The l While Towns Talking" Proceeds | will be used for the payment oi
 recently purchased uniforms for l the band.