Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The local county . .board of health has released the county-wide quarantine to take effect Wednesday morning. The schools in "the County will open on that date, Nov. 13, except in those districts where the “flu” is still hanging on. Superintendent Sterrett has written urgent appeals to the teachers to keep a careful watch over their schools throughout the coming winter. Plenty of fresh air, without reducing the temperature below 60 degrees, plenty of open air play, dry feet as well as warm, clean, wholesome eats coupled with plenty of pure milk, are a few of the many suggestions urged by the boards of health. Whenever a child feels a chill, followed with a fever, headache, eyes aching, and general debility, it is pretty clear evidence that a case of “flu’’ is in school. Teachers should send the pupil home at once and parents should be instructed to isolate the child in the house and compel it to remain in bed. This malady has and is being spread by negligent older people. The “flu” is very Infectious and it requires more precautions in this than a disease as dreadful as cholera. The reason that strict quarantine is not reqiift’ed of each home is that there is a case of it—-in nearly every home whence strict quarantine might work greater evil than the way it is. Parents and teachers must co-operate in *Ahis matter so over but this “flu’’ is not continue in school. This disease is worse than the great world war to us. The war on the kaiser is cover but this “flu’ is not conquered. Patrons will now change their fighting lines and come to the health boards’ rescue. We will ®oon win this second great war if patrons will not treat this dreadful disease as a sort of joke. A few resignations have occurred during this forced vacation. Zelda Daugherty, who taught at Burnstown in Barkley township, has resigned to join the nurses’ corps. Jennie Eib will finish the term there. Grace Halleck, who taught the Gleason school in Keener township, has resigned and Frances Davis has been procured to teach there. The place in Carpenter township made vacant by the death of Edna Christenson has not been filled as yet. It is very likely that other resigations will come to the surface when schools convene Wednesday. The new board of trustees elected at the polls will take their offices on Jan. 1, 1919. The following townships will be represented by the following trustees: Barkley, Grant Davisson, re-electedk Carpenter, Burdette Porter, reelected; Gillam, B. F. Lefever; Hanging Grove, W. E. Poole, reelected; Jordan, Julius H'uff; Kankakee, Alfred Duggleby; Keener, Clifford Fairchild, re-elected; Marion, Rev. Chas. W. Postil!; Milroy, Charles Wood; Newton, John Rush, re-elected; Union, Walter Harrington; Walker, John Pettit; Wheatfield, John Bowie. It will be noted that there will be eight new faces to transact the educationa.l work for the county, beginning their work in January. ' The five re-elected trustees will be very helpful advisors to the newly elected men in these board meetings until they get acquainted with the trustees work.