The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-20
Thanksgiving Holiday
In County Schools
Will Be November 23rd In
Accordance With Change
Made BY President

In6 IOdTu VI EuuN0tkOA ALOt IA
regular session on Tuesday, Octo-
Der 10th. Those present were Mr.. J..
E. Crothers, President; Mrs Wal
lace williams, vice-President, and
DR.. T. B. Moore.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of September 18th were read
and approved, and sundry bills or
dered paid.
An estimate of $4,000 for caulk-
ing the North East High School was
received from the Chamberlin Metal
Weather Strip Company, Mr.. p. T.
Forman, Agent. After some discus
sion, the Board accepted this esti-
mate and instructed the Superin-
tendent to, notify Mr.. Forman to
proceed with the work.
The name of Mrs. Christine E.
Buck was added to the elementary
substitute list for the school year
1939-1940.
Mr.. Julian M Brown appeared be-
fore the Board in support of let
ter which he had recently written
asking that transportation facilities
be provided for the children of the
Bacon Hill section of North East.
The Board decided not to make this
extension at the present time.
In response to request receiv-
ed from Mr.. Joseph G. Parks,
Executive Secretary of the Colored
Teachers Association of the State,
the Board granted permission for
the colored teachers of this county
to attend the annual meeting in
Baltimore on October 9th and
28th.
The superintendent informed the
Board that he had received from
the p. w. A., authorities with the
information that the amendatory
application recently fled had been
approved. This means that an adj
ditional sum of approximately So
900 will be received from the
Government.
In accordance with a recent
change made by the President Of
the United States and endorsed by
the Governor of Maryland, 1t was
decided 10 change the Thanksgiv-
ing date in the school calendar to
November 23rd.
The following bids were received
on the old Elkton High School-Mr.
Harold ]. Moss, Wilmington, ST.
$1,000: Mr. Redmond S. Mahaffy,
wilmington, $1,576.00 and MI. Jos.
Maykut, Wilmington, 10000. Mr..
Mahaffy and Mr.. Moss both came
before the Board to discuss the bids
which they had submitted and ex-
planned the use they hoped to make
of the. old Elkton High School. The
Board decided to reject all of the
above bids.
The following bids were receiv-
ed ON the Fingerboard School-Mr.
Jerry C. Price, Cecilton-$75.00;
Mr.. Louie Yedinak, Chesapeake
City-$9.OO; Mr.. John Wallace
Scott, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Mr..
Walter D. Timms, Earleville-$150.-
90 for the property and $500 for
the building If the ground 10 not in
cluded. The Board accepted the bid
of Mr.. Scott conditional upon the
fact that q clear title could be, OBJ
tanned for the entire property. This
condition was also accepted by the
Board.
Bids were received on the john
SON school as follows: Mr.. Luther
p. Jefferson, Elkton-$207.50 and
Mr.. d. M. Natvig, Elkton-$65.00.
The Board accepted the bid of Mr..
Jefferson.
The Superintendent reported that
one contractor had agreed to dis
mantle the Chesapeake City school
for the material which he could OBJ
tain from the same. While another
had agreed to demolish the Chesa-
peake City building for the sum of
$4,000. After some discussion,
the Board decided not to demolish
the building until school closed for
the summer. thereby eliminating
danger to the children.
Mrs. Charles II. Gatchell and Mr..
william H. Gardner appeared be-
fore the Board as a Committee from
the Elkton p. T. A., In the interest
OF the installation Of telephone In
the Elkton High School. The Board
decided that a pay station might be
installed in the Elkton High School
provided the p. T. A., carries all
the expense of installation and
makes up any deficit occurring any
month in toll charges. II and when
these deficits are not taken care Of.
the Board reserves the right to have
the telephone disconnected.
The Superintendent explained that
due to the delay in finishing the
new Cecilton School, the boiler
could not be taken from the old
school at this time and In view Of
the fact that the Kenmore school
construction has reached the point
where it is necessary to install the
boiler, 1t seems as though 1t would
be more practical to purchase a new
boiler rather than wait until the