Dallas City High School - Reflector Yearbook (Dallas City, IL)

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ii' t Qs - - s H .- f - zo- 2,61-' . , . .eff 'A - wi ,gays . 191192 M935 We ' SCHGOL HISTORY wzwsewfawswzwsswzwsszzwsawfawsa HE earliest official record now in possession of the Board of Education is dated April 1, 1886. A few items taken from each year's proceedings may be of interest to students as well as the older citizens. They show briefly the progress and development of the school from that date. 1886 District Board: E. Koll, President, H. F. Black, Clerk, and George Wibbell. Five dollars was allowed for a record book. tGood ideaj L. Fairfax, Principal, salary S50 00 per month, I. F. Fisher, Intermediate, 545.005 and Miss Ava L. Layton, Primary, S30.00. Term, six months. Thomas Rice was employed as Janitor at S20.00. It was agreed that he should keep the school supplied with water, 6 pails a day if necessary. 1887 Directors? E. Koll, President, Lawson S. Bliss, Clerk, H. F. Black. L. Fairfax, Principal, H. S. Huckins, Intermediate, Mrs. W. F. Biggs, Primary. Frank Daily was paid 521.50 for repairing the lightning rod. Curtains were bought for the windows. lThey are worn out now and we need some more.l Term, seven months. I 888 Charles S. Shipman elected Director. Huckins raised to S55.00. Miss Baird employed for Primary. S1500 levied for running expenses of school ensuing year. The Butters Series Geographies, Readers and Arithmetics adopted. l 889 Charles F. Leinbaugh elected Director. Shipman, President, Bliss, Clerk. Miss Ella Forbes employed for Grammar department. Principal and Primary teacher retained. Charles Buhl elected Truant Officer. Reward of 55.00 otlered for conviction of parties who broke out the window lights in the school house. 1890 Wm. H. Walters the new Director. Lewis Loomis elected Principal. Township Treasurer, Wm, A. Feldhausen reported a balance of 51004.11 on hand July first. 1891 Petition presented to join District No. 5 in Hancock County and District No. 5 in Henderson County. No remonstrance. New election called. Directiors: Lute R. Tull, Wm. Dines, and Charles Leinbaugh. Geo. W. Bliss, Principal, S60.00, Mrs. Geo. W. Bliss, Assistant Principal, Mrs. D. E. Chamberlain, Intermediate, Miss Retty Logan, Primary. lThey certainly picked a winner in the last name.J School house on the hill condemned. Black's Hall and the old stone building used. 1892 Teachers: C. W. Bliss, Principal 670.001, Miss Hunt, Miss Dines, and Miss Logan. Term, eight months. Tax levy: S1500 in Hancock 1 County, S600 in Henderson County, Total, 52100. J. Dukes was hired as 712-LQ.:-Y 5.1 rt9. ?' - ,- 4 - L4 w :I -. IQ o '1 w FO' ua N 9 o T i. o o Q. U an 5. :s we 11 .... It n I-I cz Q. co P- X DQ A t F L 1 1 3 . li W :Di E, Z.. 5 51. 02

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t 11 wit' G A 1911,,?W 0 E L 0 A R I B U T E EYIQWJEQIQZZ-Ht9,?W5 ??AJvf??Z2?Jv'?ZW5 To Mr. A. H. Hiatt, Principal of the Dallas City schools during the year 1893-4, now Principal of the' Harrison School in Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Hiatt held. the first 'regular Commence- ment Exercises of the High School. The progressive de- velopment of the school system originated to a considerable extent with his administration. QSCHOGL HISTORYQCONTINUED., 1893 Directors Landaker, Walter and Leinbaugh met to elect teachers. Motion that the Clerk be instructed to offer Mr. A. H. Hiatt, Jr. of Wheaton, Ill. 3560.00 per month and if he did not except to make it S70.00. A note in parenthesis following states that S60.00 was not ex- cepted so we allowed him 370.00. tWe have a suspicion that somebody had been trading horses recently., Other teachers: John Fisher, Miss Layton and Miss Logan. ' 1894 F. E. Angevine, Principalg salary 575.00 per month. Other teachers: Miss Mershon, Miss R. Shain and Miss Logan. Tax levy 32200. 1895 Angevine re-elected. Assistants: Miss May Freeland, Miss Shain, Miss Logan, and Miss N. Taylor as music instructor. Election called to vote bonds to build a new school house. Amount 510,000 Vote: 102 for and 68 against. First bonds sold to German-American Bank, Fort Madison, Iowa. 1896 Tax levy: 'Alu Hancock County for school purposes S1700, for Building purposes 51800. In Henderson County for school S700, for building 51100. Total 355300. tVeri1y the world does move., Directors: L. S. Bliss, C. F. Leinbaugh and A. A. Reynolds. Miss Kate Rick, a new teacher. Q 1 i f 2 -9' Jpkigbrfihg ,ggihl Qiiuya ' uJLG J '51,