R. L. Polk & Co.'s Des Moines City and Valley Junction Directory for the Year Commencing December 1st, 1915.
R. L. Polk & Co.'s
Des Moines City
and Valley Junction Directory
for the Year Commencing
December 1st, 1915.

R. L. POLK & CO.'S

DES MOINES

CITY AND VALLEY JUNCTION
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DIRECTORY
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FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING DECEMBER 1ST

--1915--

VOLUME XXIV
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CONTAINING A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF STATE, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERN-
MENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, SECRET AND BENEVO-
LENT SOCIETIES, ETC., A STREET GUIDE AND HOUSEHOLDERS' DI-
RECTORY, AN ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSI-
NESS HOUSES AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, GIVING
THEIR FULL NAMES, OCCUPATION
OR PURSUIT, AND ADDRESS,
ALSO A COMPLETE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
"The Buyer's Guide"


                             DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY (1915)                    39

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    The Independent School District of Des Moines under the consolidation law embraces all of the territory and school houses within the corporate limits of the city. Seventeen districts enter into this consolidation. Twelve of these were partly in and partly out and those portions of the districts inside of the city are now a part of the consolidated district. The territory of the other five districts was wholly within the city so that three districts were taken in entire.
    Board of Directors--P. B. Sheriff, Pres.; A. L. Clinite, Secretary; W. E. Barrett, Treasurer; Z. C. Thornburg, Superintendant. Directors -- P. B. Sheriff, C. N. Kinney, Chas. Hutchinson, Mrs. A. H. Hoffman, Wilbur S. Conkling, R. J. Bannister, Dr. C. F. Smith.
    Tuition for Non-Resident Pupils--Primary and Grammar Grades, $3.45 per month; High School, $7.25 per month in advance.
    Superintendant's Office, Garfield School, e s 3d between Chestnut and Center. Z. C. Thornburg, Superintendant; J. W. Studebaker, Ass't; J. C. Byram, Truant Officer.
    Office Hours of Superintendant--4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Supervisors -- Drawing: Frances Keffer, Harriet Macy, Catharine McCarthy. Kindergarten: Bessie M. Park. Manual Training: R. C. Woolman; Ass't Manual Training; Henry Anderson, Milton N. Gerhart, J. J. S. Mitchell, H. Ozanne, James Seddon, W. S. Hill, W. A. Wilson, W. Van Oel. Music: Supt. W. A. White, Elizabeth F. Burney, Hazel M. Granger. Physical Training: Margaret McKee; Ass't, Caro Sumner, Galena Stowell, John Van Liew, Lloyd W. Barnes. Domestic Science or Cooking and Sewing: Ruth Cessna; Supt. Ass'ts, Mrs. Helen Wagner, Linnie D. Savage, Edith Vinsel, Mildred Glasse, Helen Glasse, Mildred Stirlen, Mrs. Mae Roush. Business Education: Clay D. Slinker. Vocational Guidance: Mrs. Anna L. Burdick. School Nurses: Emma C. Wilson, Anna T. Dailey, Rose M. Mahoney, Esther Allen.
    EAST HIGH-- ....

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    CARY--Minnie W. Rozelle, principal; Grace Wynkoop, Virginia C. Henney, Bertha Lamoreaux, Florence Stewart.

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Source:

Anonymous, R. L. Polk & Co.'s Des Moines City and Valley Junction Directory for the Year Commencing December 1st, 1915: Containing a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Their Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit, and Address, Also a Complete Classified Business Directory, "The Buyer's Guide," Des Moines, Iowa, R. L. Polk & Co., c1915, pp. 39, 40, 1262.

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