The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-17
Transferred

kindergarten head, Sprague school, and Winifred A. Wood, secretary, Driggs school.
 Transferred
 Miss Loretta M. Henebry, princi- pal of Margaret Croft school was transferred to Frederick John Kingsbury school as principal. Miss Jennie A. Freney, teacher of the eighth grade at Driggs school was appointed principals assistant at Driggs.
 The three new appointees are: William F. Gallagher, Evelyn O'Con- nor and Helen Malkin.
 Mir. Gallagher will be assigned to Leavenworth high school in the plumbing classes. He is graduate of Crosby high school, 1917; and of Catholic university, 1923. He holds a B. s. in mechanical engineering and has had fourteen years of prac- tical experience. He also holds a state certificate for teaching the subject.
 Miss O'Connor is a graduate of Crosby high school, Danbury Nor nal, New Haven Normal and Yale summer school. She substituted in the Waterbury day and evening schools for four years and for the past two years has been teaching at MiddletoWn. She is assigned to Hendricken school, in special class.
 Miss Malkin is a graduate of Crosby high school, Willimantic Normal, New Haven Normal, and Yale summer school. She substituted locally for three years and for the past year has been teaching at New Britain. She has been assigned to a special class in Barnard school.
 Several of the transfers made by the board were in anticipation of the complete closing of Margaret Croft school in June. The entire building will be turned over to Leav- enworth at that time.
 Special Teachers
 Commissioner John Kearney rais- ed the question which lead to the appointment of the board commit tee to devise an appointment list exclusive for special teachers. He said that he knew of an applicant who had more training as special teacher than either of the two ap- pointed. In answer to his question, Supt. of Schools Thomas Condon replied that the teachers had been selected from the only list available to the board. and that their names were at the top.
 The rule for special teachers will be drawn by the committees on rules and teachers. The committees in planning the rule will also take into consideration those teachers who re- signed to marry, and now seek re- instatement as widows or divorcees. Commissioner Nathan Freedman ex- pressed the opinion that no one over 60 should be appointed, although 70 is the regular retirement age.
 Retirements
 In accordance with the vote of the city retirement commission, the board retired John Claffey, janitor at Webster school and Patrick Sugrue, janitor at Mulcahy school, and placed them on the pension list It was necessary that $4,219.60 be transferred from the budget for sal aries and operation of buildings to school employees pensions item, in connection with this move.
 Other changes in the janitorial staff were: Albert A. Walsh, trans ferred from assistant at Wilby to janitor at Webster; Joseph Cough lin from assistant at Webster to as- sistant at Wilby; William O'Neill from janitor at Anderson to janitor at Mulcahy; Francis McGrath from assistant at Walsh and Slocum to janitor at Anderson.
 Mrs. Margaret Lonergan, Substi- ute matron at Crosby high school was promoted to matron. Mrs. Mary Coffey was given similar promo ton.
 | Transfers
 The state board of education is to be advised that Waterbury requires director of adult education for the year 1938- 1889. John G. Gilman tin, appointed supervisor of even- ing schools and director of adult education for the coming evening school year.
 The complete list of transfers is as follows:
 Loretta M. Henebry, principal Margaret Croft school, to principal Frederick John Kingsbury school; Elizabeth A. Walsh, Croft. Grade