 The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, May 31, 1896 ...The board then proceeded to the election of superintendent and teachers for the ensuing scholastic year: Superintendent, William Gay Principals, Misses Minnie Marsh, Dulah Harris, Jennie Jackson, Lillian Dain, Ida Shreeves, A.S. Arnold Teachers - Misses Walker, McKnight, Dickerson, Bacon, Cartwright, Ryan, Hanna, McConnell, Swarts, Kimbrough, Rice, Johnson, Mimnaugh, Close, Gilmore, Young, Williams, Schott, Wingrove, Bird and Wilson. Misses Berniece Wood and Maud Bickel were not candidates for re-election. Three vacancies at the disposal of the board were filled by the election of Misses Olive Clifford and Nona Goodwin of Denison, and Miss Lizzie McCarty of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. Miss Clifford taught here 2 years ago and resigned to take a normal course at the Peabody Institute of Nashville, Tennessee, where she now is. Miss Goodwin is a graduate of the high school, class of 1895. Miss Lizzie McCarty is a non-resident and a daughter of Pete McCarty, a Katy engineer. As previously stated she resides in Pennsylvania and is qualified for teaching by a thorough normal course in one of the institutions of that state. The folowing substitutes were also elected: Misses Rachel Goldenberg, Elsie Whitley, Henrietta Johnson and Mrs. D.D. Johnson. COLORED SCHOOLS E.H. Garland, Principal Teachers, D.W. Walton, Mrs. E. Thompson, Misses Reed, Shaw and Warnell; substitute, Miss Mary Walker. The following janitors were elected: T.H. Cregier, J.R. Berry, J.B. Shaw, Mrs. Hocking, Ed Weaver and H.M. Moore; for colored schools, Ben McKnight and R.C. Mott, both colored. Salaries of teachers are fixed at the same amounts paid last year except in the following cases: Teachers now receiving $40 per month were advanced to $42, except Miss Mimnaugh who will receive $50; teachers now receiving $42 were advanced to $45. The salaries of the new teachers, Misses Clifford, Goodwin and McCarty were fixed as follows: Miss Goodwin, $40 Miss McCarty, $45 Miss Clifford, $48 The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, May 31, 1896 TEACHERS ASSIGNED Those Who Will Preside in the Different School Buildings Teachers appointed by the board of trustees have been assigned for the school year of 1896-1897 as follows: Burleson School Minnie Marsh, Principal Iriline Walker, 9th grade T.T. McKnight, 6th and 5th grades Kittie Mimnaugh, 4th grade Minnie Swarts, 3rd and 2nd grades Alice Wilson 1st grade Washington School Dulah Harris, Principal Inez Cartwright, 8th grade B.M. McConnell, 6th grade Ella Ryan, 5th and 4th grades Sadie Bacon, 3rd grade Jennie Hanna, 2nd grade Etta Dickerson, 1st grade Stevens School Ida Shreeves, Principal Ida Wingrove, 4th grade Emma Schott, 3rd and 4th grades Hattie Williams, 1st grade Peabody School Lillian Dain, Principal Ollie Clifford, 5th grade Annie Young, 4th grade Nona Goodwin, 3rd grade Nannie Gilmore, 2nd grade Ethylin Close, 1st grade Lamar School A.S. Arnold, Principal Ollie Bird, 3rd and 2nd grades Lizzie McCarty, 1st grade Houston School Jennie Jackson, Principal Carrie Johnson, 6th and 5th grades E.M. Kimbrough, 4th and 3rd grades Mayme Rice, 2nd grade COLORED SCHOOLS Anderson School E.H. Garland, Principal Ella Warnell, 4th and 5th grades Maud Shaw, 2nd and 3rd grades E.S. Thompson, 1st grade Langston School D.H. Walton, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades Lizzie Reed, 1st grade All teachers will be expeted to meet in the Washington building at 2 p.m. on the Saturday before the school opens. Wm. Gay, Sup't.  Burleson School History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |