School Board Weighs Next Year Teacher Salaries
School board meeting focused on arranging the salary schedule for the ensuing year. Discussion covered teacher wages and related school improvements.
30 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
1
School board meeting focused on arranging the salary schedule for the ensuing year. Discussion covered teacher wages and related school improvements.
Greencastle Consolidated School Board debated a possible raise for teachers next year during a largely budget orientated meeting. Funds are limited so a definite decision was deferred with plans to seek additional money and possibly address improvements to two city school buildings.
Students perform a Tuesday evening recital at 7 o clock in music hall featuring a program with solo pieces and couples, including works by Chopin Lieurance and Allitsen, and performers such as Helen Hester, Reggie Daniels, Cooper, Harriett DeBruler, Katherine Guffin, Zetta Byers.
An initial list of Wednesday morning prayer meetings is provided with locations and leaders. Names include Mrs Harry Wells, Rev B E Kirkpatrick, Mrs Susie Bittles, Mrs Voliva, Mr Otis Browning, Mr John Friend, and the Gardners, among others, with addresses in West Walnut East Washington South Triana and College avenues.
The death toll from Sunday’s tornadoes rose to 189 as officials feared unseen casualties in remote areas. New reports from eight states indicate ongoing danger as search efforts continue and injured individuals are accounted for.
An important meeting of the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce is set for this evening in the chamber rooms. Every local businessperson is urged to attend as significant business will be discussed.
The student body is asked to raise 30000 more to reach a 100000 teachers pension fund at chapel exercises Tuesday and report back on Wednesday with progress updates.
At a special DePauw student meeting in the chapel President George Grose said $70 000 of 100 000 needed for teachers pensions has been raised and the remaining 80 000 must be raised by March first. The drive aims to boost funds for salaries as the Rockefeller gift supports higher education nationwide. Class canvassing and noon reports to Grose are set, and seven last words by Dubois will be sung by the choir at 10 oclock Wednesday morning with no classes that morning.
Transfers show multiple parcels sold or deeded in Greencastle and nearby townships. Notable entries include cemetery lots in Chapel Cemetery Association to Robert J. Snider and city cemetery plots to Rachael A. Lawton. Several US transfers list large acreages in Warren and Madison townships, with prices and grantee names.
A violent storm routs through northern Indiana killing 350 and injuring many as tornadoes sweep a wide path. Horses, barns, and livestock are leveled. traffic is disrupted and property damage is extensive across farms and rural areas.
The Greencastle band will reconvene tonight at 7 20 o clock in the Fouts and Newgent Real Estate Company office due to a chamber meeting elsewhere. A new music supply will be used for the first time and new players are urged to attend. Ben Morgan leads as instructor.
Tabernacle hosts a high school night and picnic supper at 6:00 p m The building will feature as the main event of The Third Week's Revival Campaign highlighting community activities and religious outreach
The Department of Justice backs a national campaign to boost consumption of forequarter cuts like chuck and plate. Farmers, stockmen, and housewives would benefit from more even demand, lowering prices for consumers while preserving producer income. The drive cites the Save-Money-on-Meat effort across several states and promises continued discussion on page three.
Reports from Indiana and eight states convert to a total death toll of 159 from Sundays tornado outbreak. Indiana records 35 fatalities, Ohio 26, Georgia 38, Illinois 16, Michigan 11, Wisconsin 1, Missouri 1, Alabama 11, with widespread property losses and numerous injuries. Communications restored in many stricken areas as tolls and damages mount.
Union Evangelistic services open with a high school picnic at six followed by a tabernacle program led by Daisy Barr. Lectures include Why Some Husbands Learn to Dislike Their Wives and Earn a Dollar Night for fundraiser. Community meetings and sermons fill Tuesday to Wednesday at Pitchford's store and the tabernacle. Mrs Barr speaks to women. Mrs Huffman notes the Wednesday lecture for women and girls.
Mrs Therese Harriott Smith and Miss Targinia Voss sue in probate court to declare the will of Jay G Voss invalid. They claim they are the sole heirs at law and challenge four named beneficiaries to share the estate. The sisters allege the estate is valued around 100000 dollars and seek half for each sister, asserting unsound mind and undue influence at signing.
Indiana hog sale shows six thousand head with light hogs under 225 pounds steady to 15 cents higher at 16.50 to 16.75 and heavier hogs up 24 cents to 15.00 to 16.25. Pigs sold at 15.50. Local buyers purchased 3,400 hogs while others went out. Cattle prospects steady calves and sheep steady. Arthur V. Fountain returns to Anderson after several days in the city as a former DePauw student.
Directory of commission will recommend that road from Bloomington to La Payette be included in the state system.
Indiana state highway plans submitted to Governor Goodrich outline a tentative 5200 mile road system with 100 miles added to balance county mileage. L. H. Wright announced recommendations to include Bloomington through Spencer Greencastle Crawfordsville and Lafayette. The designation must take effect by April 1 1920.
Local marriage licenses listed for Cloverdale and Indianapolis residents. News notes include Claude Airhart visiting Greencastle, army service at Fort Omaha, a bridge incident near the Big Four, a mistaken sighting labeled Meryl Bee, business and relocation updates, new births in Madison and Brick Chapel, family visits, and Greencastle Odd Fellows Lodge scheduling a meeting with important business and degree work.
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