The Daily News, August 23, 1949 |
DUQUESNE NEWS |
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Preparations Listed For School OpeningSchool superintendent F. C. Gillespie is completing preparations for the opening of public schools on Wednesday, Sept. 7. It marks a return to the practice of beginning school the Wednesday after Labor Day. School began Tuesday, Sept. 7, last year. Students planning to enroll in the first grade this fall were registered last June 6 after the closing of schools. This registration was the first ever held at the close of the spring term and eliminated the necessity of a special registration day prior to the opening of school. Students having failed to register last June will be enrolled on the first day of school, Mr. Gillespie said. First grade students also must bring certificates of vaccination to school on the opening day and all beginning pupils will be examined by the school physician, he added. Ray Y. Henry, high school principal, has arranged schedules for irregular students and they will be distributed when high school classes commence. In the past, high school students were required to report prior to the opening of schools to arrange irregular schedules but preliminary cards were filled out before the spring term ended last June. Meanwhile work has begun on the construction of new additions to the home economics department in the junior high school. Contracts for the addition were awarded at the School Board meeting earlier this month and the department is expected to be ready for use at the beginning of the second semester. The cost of the new additions will total $36,058 with bids having been awarded to all low bidders. LeDonne Contractors are doing general construction woek on the project at a cost of $9032. Zangrille Plumbers received the contract to do all plumbing work according to school specifications at a cost of $3295. All heating devices in the new addition will be installed by J. D. Midgely Co. for $3150 and Martin and Murray Co. will do all wiring and electrical work for $4220. Furniture and similar equipment will be provided and installed by Hughes-Ogilvie at a cost of $16,361. The high school band has been staging morning and afternoon practive sessions all month at the high school auditorium under the supervision of Eugene Silagi, newly elected band director. Efforts are being made to have a 50-piece band ready for the opening of football season. Drum majorettes are also drilling daily under the supervision of Ted Lamb, a special instructor, and will be ready to help pry the lid off the grid season when Duquesne meets New Kensington, friday, Sept. 9, under the lights at Duquesne. Mr. Gillespie is completing teaching assignments for the coming school year but has not yet decided whether it will be ncessary to suspend two elementary teachers because of the reduction in enrollment. The superintendent was authorized by the School Board to make necessary adjustments to the teaching staffs. |
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Annual Outing Slated by DBAThe general committee for the 23rd annual community outing sponsored by the Duquesne Businessman's Assn. completed plans for the event at a meeting last night at the First National Bank. The annual picnic is scheduled to be held tomorrow at Kennywood Park and George H. Ramsay, DBA president, is serving as general chairman for the outing. He is being aided by George W. O'Malley, co-chairman. All local business establishments have been asked to close at noon tomorrow and the annual dinner for DBA members will be held at 1 p. m. at the main dining room. The dinner will open the day's activities at the park. Duquesne Women's Civic Club will sponsor a public card party during the afternoon at the park's dining room. Mrs. Effie Badaroff has been named chairman of the card party committee and Mrs. Pearl Aston is serving co-chairman. Plans for a track and field meet slated to be held at the athletic field have been abandoned this year because of the lack of interest, Mr. Ramsay reported. A proposed football game at the park between Duquesne CIO and another first class team also has failed to materialize. Amusement tickets are being sold at all local business establishments and are being handled by a committee composed of Matt C. Gallagher, James Butler, Ernest Woodward, F. Arthur Molinari and Joseph Palchak. Lee Barrett and his orchestra will provide music for dancing during the afternoon and evening at the open-air pavillion. The free act featuring "The Flying Carrolis" will be presented on the lagoon stage at 3:30 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. |
Candidate Seeks Controller PostSchool Director John Selznick, whose six-year term expires Dec. 7, today officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to city controller. The primary election will be held Tuesday, Sept. 13. He was educated in local schools and took extension courses and special training at Schenley High, Douglass Business College, Pittsburgh Academy and the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Selznick lives at 226 Miller Ave. with his wife and three boys. For over 20 years, he coached, managed and supported local athletic teams and his basketball teams won many championships, several attaining national honors. During his six-year term on the School Board, he served as chairman of the athletic committee. In announcing his candidacy, Mr. Selznick said: "During my tenure as a member of the School Board, there was developed the highest standard of education ever attained in our schools - a school system that is one of the most vastly copied in the state. Throughout that period, under my leadership, Duquesne school athletics have been self supporting. "This experience in handling funds, dealing with businessmen, handling men and six years membership on the School Board has given me the training I believe is necessary to do the jo required of a city controller," he concluded.
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