Evening star., 1941-10-15
Two School BuiIdinq
Contracts Awarded
In Montgomery
Both Structures to Be
Erected in Four Corners
By Bethesda Firm
spe cial Dispatch to The Star.

Sotcial DlSpatcn TO Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 15.-Early
construction of two public school
buildings in the Four Corners
neighborhood was assured yesterday
when the Montgomery County Board
of Education awarded contracts for
both buildings to Morrison Bros. of
Bethesda.
Each building will contain four
rooms and will be the first unit of
what will eventually be much
larger structure. One will be located
in the south Four Corners section
and will cost s27,500 The other.
will be in the northern section, the
contract price being s28, $50.
According to DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
county superintendent of schools,
children of the Four Corners area
are now being transported by buses
to nearby school.
Remodeling Contract.
The Education Board also awarded
contract for remodeling and en-
larging the school at Clarksburg, to
F. H. Karn & Son of Rockville, for
s14,853. Other contracts awarded by
the board were for a sprinkler
system in Leland Junior High
School. Bethesda. to Grinnell Co. of
Washington for s9,627, and ground
treatment at the same school to
James De Veau & Son of Chevy
Chase Md for S2 6o6
Appointments of teachers were
approved as follows:
Frances l.. Nordwall, Gaithersburg
High School: Mary Jane Scott,
Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville: Ray Zimmerman and
Jean Mcneil, Poolesville School;
Rosa Moss, Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School; Lucille D. Appleby
Montgomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring; Margaret M. Casey
Sherwood High School, Sandy
Spring; George H. Geinger. Ken
sington Junior High School: j. Ward
Harrigan and Ford Secrist, Ia
koma Junior High School; Dorothy
Schneider. Montgomery Blair High
School; Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Covert,
Fairland School; Elizabeth Jasper,
Four Corners School; Kathleen
Tilghman, Rockville Elementary
School; Jeanette Anderson, Wood
side School; Mrs. Frances H. Col
lett, Parkside School; Jean A. Lutz
Alta Vista School; Elizabeth S. Nc
Guren, Westbrook School; Mrs. w.
r. Howard, Glen Echo School; Myr-
tie w. Taylor, Bethesda Elementary
School; Charlotte E. Newman, East
Silver Spring School; Jessie Fay
Becker, Glenmont School; Mary
Federline, clark, Sherwood High
School.
New Trustees Named.
The resignation of Claude A. Cook
as trustee of the Parkside School,
who is moving from the. community,
was accepted and the board ap-
pointed school trustees as follows:
Mrs. David Vernon Rickets, Glen
Echo-Cabin John, to complete the
term of Mrs. Hill, removed from the
neighborhood; Courtland K. Town.
send, Kensington Elementary School,
to fill a vacancy; William Arthur
Hood, Spencerville Colored School,
in place of John Johnson, deceased
The board authorized Albert W.
Walker, one of its members, to take
steps to promote the safety" of
children of the Glen Echo Heights
area who have to use a narrow walk
to niece the school bus.
The first enrolment at the schools
of the county in September showed
an increase of 726 over last year, it
was reported.
Purchase of two additional school
buses was found necessary after the
schools opened last month, it was
reported, and their purchase was ap-
proved.