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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
6
Eleven members of the high school faculty announce resignations over proposed pay. The Board of Education decides on increasing salaries for the entering year, denies most requests, and lists ten anticipated resignations. Multiple teachers at Merrill and Frontz schools are named among those resigning or being reassigned.
Local skating venue announces open sessions for Decoration Day with afternoon and evening times. The report notes wage disputes among teachers, detailing proposed raises and potential resignations, alongside school staff lists and assignments from PARK SCHOOL WA and PANDOQUA SCHOOL.
A committee on finance reported no general pay increase for the upcoming year. Salaries for many instructors remain near the current levels while expected increases are only modest. Several teachers across grades are listed with their positions and schools amid a broader search for better posts.
Board of education adjusts pay for new high school staff, setting a minimum 50 cent monthly increase for first year teachers while those earning 46 dollars receive proportional raises. The only faculty change is appointing Miss Jennie Baldwin to science, replacing Miss Cara Maxfield who resigned.
A compiled report lists teachers and salaries across grades in Oshkosh schools, naming staff and positions validated by committee. The article notes a gift of more than 200 books to the Oshkosh Public Library from the Bench estate, with surplus volumes redistributed to smaller libraries and institutions nationwide.
William A. Gilmore of Racine Wisconsin and Bessie Peart Smart of this city married in the parlors of the First Congregational parsonage Friday afternoon. Rev. Edward H. Smith presided with Fress Smart and Gladys R. Miler as witnesses. They plan to reside in Racine Wisconsin. Ray Evanson and Grace Cole, both of this city, wed in the parlor of the same parsonage Thursday evening. Rev. Edward H. Smith officiated with Metella A. Bakr and Lucius Evanson as witnesses. The Evansons will live in this city.
A high class boxing event is scheduled for Tuesday evening June 9 in the city. Eddie Megourty meets Jack Morgan from Indianapolis in the headline welterweight bout with several strong preliminaries. Badger Club hall is the venue with a ring set in the auditorium and ample seating for spectators from the region.
George Everhart spoke at R. T. Crana Manual Training High School in Chicago on shingle mill machinery before 600 juniors and 60 seniors. He described each production step with detailed slides, showing 31 machines and the mill plan, and was later invited by Yale to address forestry students in Holling.
Memorial Day program at Dale School featured Captain J N Ruby address and silk flag gifts to multiple rooms. Edith Young accepted for students while Mrs Walker presented flags and Robert Brand spoke on patriotism. Three flags added to the eleven total as patriotic exercises were held in all rooms.
Nineteen Oshkosh pupils were apprehended by Truant Officer J J Bowen in May according to his report to the board of education at its Friday meeting. Of the group fourteen were boys and five were girls.
Among the cases, pupils from public schools and Catholic and Protestant parochial schools are listed. Only one truancy was shown as willful, while eighteen cases resulted from parental negligence.
Leander Choate captains a new pennant ship completing its second trip carrying coal from Green Bay to Fremont for wire hay, signaling growing river freight. The Rhistle handles Thursday and Friday cargo as Paul L and other vessels arrive, with government river traffic increasing in the Fox River valley.
Residents report a unusual swarm of lake flies at Stony Beach as warm weather and bright sun boost their numbers. They fear the insects may spread or persist, while officials and locals discuss possible extermination methods and the potential for dragonflies to curb the pests. Oshkosh is also cited among affected areas.
At 7 30 this morning the fire department responded to 9 Tenth Street to a masoline stove explosion that started a kitchen fire damaging the room slightly.
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