New Junior High School Opens With Modern Lighting
Borsy’s new junior high school on Wright Street opens Monday, boasting improved lighting and ventilation, oak interiors, and a modern design by Rosecraft Wyrick. Erie contract by Austin and Son. total project under 130000 dollars with site purchase and equipment bringing cost below bond figures. extensive corridors, classrooms, gym, science and manual training areas, and multiple exits planned for safety.
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Borsy
Wright Street
Rosecraft Wyrick
Curry Brith and Tile Company
City
Eecles
New Castle
Fylve Veen
Austin and Son
Erie
Sciene
Coorn
de Cape
Ite
Wecibion
New Gymnasium Barracks for City School to House Events
A new gymnasium auditorium will provide a 70 by 46 foot playing area with a stage and seating for large audiences. It features a basketball court, a cheerful stage, a projecting booth, shower baths, side entrances for crowd control, and a modern heating and lighting setup. The plan aims to support school entertainments, athletic practices, and public gatherings, with completion targeted by mid month.
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Dory
Enduntor High
Jldsen
Grice Sheri
Reptiie
Ity
Wien
Andomises
An Auditorum
Gem Court
Onsco
Vow
Howard Sheen
Avimnasium
Soboe
Twenty Teaching Units Planned for Second Ward School
The Junior High project in Second Ward totals twenty teaching units across three buildings. Six grades in the lower floor were Hatch school pupils, twelve units on the upper floor serve junior high classes, with shop and home economics sections housed in Hatch and Livermore properties. A trades school may open next fall, completing a modern Wright Street school plant.
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Second Ward
Hatch School
Janiorigh
Hatch
Livermore
Board of Education
Wright Street
Modern clock system standardizes school timing in office
A central control clock in the Principal’s office provides uniform timings for all classes, described as a modern and interesting feature.
Dedicatory Ceremonies Planned For New School
Taxpayers who funded the new Corty Junior High will witness dedicatory ceremonies in February. Mrs Barnes and Supt Hemstreet head a committee planning an elaborate program with a prominent speaker. A definite date and visitor access will be set at the Board of Education meeting.
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Board of Education
Barnes
A. E. Remistreet
Corty
Hemstreet
Principal's Office Near Building Entrance
The principal's office is described as located just off the right of the main entrance with its own lobby, spurious office quarters and a large storage room.
Trades School Planned for Summer Construction
Plans for a new trades school shift shop to the old Hatch building to reduce congestion in the main site. The board debates a vocational annex behind the new structure while Kiwanis and Rotary back the project to train workers for local industries. Salvage from the Hatch building may fund much of the effort.
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Manua
Hatch
Board of Education
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Tmpufacturer
Tihold Hatch
Cost of New School Plant In Corry Details
The new Corry school plant costs approx 143000 with E Atatin and Sons of Erie as general contractor and a bid near 116000. Barnes and Clark of New Castle installed heating and ventilation for about 1700. Rusterholte Co of Erie wired the building with a 3500 bid. Plumbing was done by Corry firm Art and Co at an 8500 estimate. Construction began January 1924. Rapid progress and high quality materials mark the modern Northwestern Pennsylvania school.
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E. Atatin
Eric Hed
Corry
Corey
Manley
Attin Dad Son
Erie
Barnes and Clark
New Castle
Rusterholte Company
Plumbing Art and Co
The
Pew
Pensylvania
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Match
Cony
Sue
H. Manley
Ale
Hem Streets
Cory
E. C. Barnes
Trades School
Ivaic
Gtn HA Siur
Sant
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