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Mail Addresses
'Business:
814 East 152nd Street
Phone: Glenville 1*4383
News:
14600 Euclid Avenue
Apt. 302
School Board Sets
$2,234,064 Budget
It will require $2,234,064 to
operate the public schools of East
Cleveland in 1956. This is $424,560
more than was actually spent in
1955.
The appropriation was approved
by the board of education in ses
sion Monday, March 12th. Dr.
O. J. Korb points out that major
repairs, such as roofs, the Prospect
School playground, completion of
the stadium East Stand, will make
for a big $57,884 estimate expendi
ture this year from the Building
and Improvement Fund.
In the following quoted figures
for 1956 the 1955 comparing
figure is given in parenthesis.
Main divisions of the 1956 esti
mated expenditures are: Salaries—
$1,538,700 ($1,384,097). Supplies—
($84,748). Material for Mainten
ance—$175,000 ($99,519). Equip
ment Replacement $107,500
($62,609). Open Order (Utilities,
etc.) $222,364 ($113,120.43).
In a breakdown of salary ex
penditures, the resolution shows
the following: Clerk-Treasurer
$7,500 Superintendent of Schools
$16,000 Assistant to Superinten
dent and clerks $22,000 Business
office clerks, $15,000 Principals
$78,000 Principal’s clerks $42,000
Teachers $1,115,000 Substitutes
$20,000 Physicians, $6,500
Nurses $15,700 Janiors $127,000
Labor $57,000 Stadium $5,000
Transportation of Pupils $5,000
Personal Service $6,000.
Under supplies Fuel is top item
with $38,000 Educational supplies
calls* for $25,000 Text books $20,
000 and Janitorial supplies $14,000.
The school’s water bill is $7,000
a year while electricity costs $49,
000 telephones $6,000. It costs
$15,000, outside of the service of
its own crews, to keep the building
clean.
“Open Order” includes such
items as the board’s share of re-
Register Now
For Primaries
LWV Reminds
Election Day is a long way off,
but the Primaries are just around
the corner, reminds the East Cleve
land League of Women Voters.
Registration for the Primaries is
closer than that. If you haven’t
voted for two years, if you have
moved since the last election or
if you have changed your name,
the Board of Elections, 1000 Su
perior ave. (PR. 1-4250) wants to
see you. You may register from
March 19-March 28th. The office
is open from 8 to 4:30 each day
except Saturday, when it closes
at noon closed on Sunday.
Primaries are important. Watch
“Ticket to Freedom” over TV sta
tion WXEL on Saturday, March
17th, at 2:30 p. m. or station KYW
on Sunday, March 18th, at 11:15.
a. m. How can you be happy with
your elected officials in Novem
ber, if you have allowed someone
else to choose the candidates for
office in May?
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Retracting its intention to
the cost of electricty for the city’s
Cleveland
traffic signals, the
Electric Illuminating
signed a new contract
city. It’s back to the
Savings are $100 a year!
Co., has
with the
old rate.
Happy Birthday, Rapid Transit.
Today Rapid Transit is one year
old. The first run on this long
hoped for and planned for exten
sion of Cleveland Transit System
service was made March 15th, 1955
It’s first section extended from
Windermere Station to Terminal
Tower in downtown Public Square,
a distance of 17 miles. Within this
first year the service has been ex
tended to West 117th st., another
five miles.
Ever since the Rapid became
effective, there has been talk of
expansion. Pros and cons on such
possibilities as eastward extension
to the county line westward ex
tension to the growing southwest
developments and for bus riders,
eliminating of much seemingly
unnecessary transferring at Win
dermere Station and better park
ing lots are favorite topic with
the passengers.
Well, another birthday.may have
some of the answers since with
age comes experience and with ex
perience comes wisdom.
Happy Birthday To Rapid Tran
sit. You’re fine for those who can
ride you to their convenience.
To meet these obligations the
school district has these estimated
resources: Real Property Taxes,
$1,428,858 Tangible, personal
$121,000 aid for Special classes
(Deaf, blind) $26,000 State Pub
lic School Fund $330,300 Rentals
$10,000 (Pool, Gymnasium, Shaw
Field, Class rooms, Cafeteria).
Tuition $40,000 Departmental fees
$300.
Last Call For
School Health
Registrations
Parents of pre-school children
entering kindergarten this coming
September are reminded once again
of the free medical and dental
examinations available this month.
There will be one Health and Sum
mer Round-up examination in each
school district. Parents are re
quested to contact the PTA Health
Chairman of their district for ar
rangement for registering their
child.
Dates for the health program
in the various districts, and the
names of the Health Chairmen of
the respective PT As are as fol
lows:
Caledonia March 19th, Mrs.
Richard Jones, UL. 1-0684.
Chambers—March 19th and 20th,
Mrs. S. A. Cappon, PO. 1-2792.
Mayfair March 22nd, Mrs.
Eugene Reeser, UL. 1-2492.
Prospect—March 20th, Mrs. C.
R. Green, MU. 1-1061.
Rozelle—March 15th, Mrs. Stan
ley Rose, LI. 1-2398.
Superior March 16th, Mrs.
Harold Bergman, YE. 2-3856.
Newcomers uncertain of their
district may call GL. 1-1750
Board of Education office.
The guest speaker will be Mr.
Stanley G. Webster, who has chosen
for his topic: “The Prosecutor’s
Point of View.” During his dis
course Attorney Webster will bring
forth the initial problems of de-
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Stanley Webster
termining whether or not to place
a charge or indictment against an
offender including the matter of
preparation for the trial itself, and
the picking of the jury. He will
conclude his speech by citing ex
amples of unusual cases in East
Cleveland.
Mr. Webster has been a resident
of East Cleveland for the past
forty years and has been an active
leader in numerous civic activities
having had a noticable effect on
the growth and development of this
community.
Mr. Webster went through the
East Cleveland Public Schools and
did his pre-law and law studies at
Western Reserve University receiv
ing his degree in law in' 1933. In
conjunction with his private prac
tice, he holds the office of Assistant
Director of Law and Acting Assist
ant Prosecutor of East Cleveland.
Pre-Easfer
Deadline
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ment of Palm Sunday, Holy Week,
and Easter services in the East
Cleveland Leader are reminded of
the following deadlines: (Copy
may be sent in earlier). For Palm
Sunday—Monday, March 19th. For
Holy Week—Monday, March 19th.
For Easter—Monday, March 26th.
Your co-operation. v[iU be ap
preciated.
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Volume No. 15—Issue No. 11
tirement costs $137,064 rental of
Severance Hall for graduation ex
cercises and of Shaw Range $1,000.
The state takes out $6,000 for tui
tion fees.
East Cleveland Ohio
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FOPA To Hear
Prosecutor's
Point Of View
The Fraternal Order of Police
Association and Fraternal Order of
Police of East Cleveland will meet
jointly on Wednesday, March 15th,
at 8:30 p. m., at the American
Legion Hall, Hawley Park.
Pose in circle: Navy Ciassies keep
in trim for the Shaw G.A.A. con
test next Thursday.
Preparing to jump, left, Mar
garet Dunlap right, Judy Jaye,
throwing ball Captain June Rauf
man.
Ready for the tipoff, left to right
—Janice Bennington, Rosalie Ger
maine, Betsy Baldau, Sue Werther,
Sandy Andrews, Nancy Foster.
Captain Gay Settevendemie of
the Shaw Army Varsity shown in
a foul shot pose as fellow members
look on. Left to right are: Jackie
Cipiti, Janet Stillinger, Sally Gib
son, Linda Randall, Judy Mears,
Joan
anne
Snavely, udy Dunn, Mari
DeMent.
Thursday, March 22nd, the
annual Army-Navy basket-
On
third
ball game between picked teams of
Shaw High girls will be held in
Shaw Gymnasium. The Junior Var
sity contest is being set for 7:00
p. m. and the Varsity game for
8:00 p. m.
Sixty girls were chosen from the
three grade leagues tryouts for
this big event of the Winter season.
These girls were selected by the
captains and other officials of the
Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
Leagues. Tryouts were then held
to determine the four teams of par
ticipants for the two games. Se
lected were:
Army Varsity: Gay Settevende
mie, captain Joan Snavely, Judy
Mears, Sally Gibson, Janet Still
inger, Marianne DeMent, Judy
Dunn, Jackie Cipiti, and Linda
Randall, Karen Fellows, manager.
Navy Varsity: June Rauf man,
Captain Sue Werther, Margaret
Dunlap, Sandy Andrews, Janice
Bennington, Betsy Baldau, Rosalie
Germaine, Judy Jaye, and Nancy
Foster, Manager, Janice Trow
bridge.
Army Junior Varsity: Zalie
Testa, Captain Nancy Bruning,
Linda Schweizer, Nonny Wellman,
Mary Lou Romanowski, Marlene
Reinard, Marty Riggert, Brenda
Neff, and Bea Bongiorno. Pat
Pat Amico, Manager.
Navy Junior Varsity: Barbara
Milligan, Captain Mary Duncan,
Lynne Taylor, Sandy Parks, Gail
Howell, Ruth Cunningham, Bar
bara Widlitz, Judy Simon, and
Mary Ellen Maher, Manager, Rose
mary Ott.
Miss Norma Smith, Shaw Girls*
Physical Education Instructor, is
the coach for all of the teams.
“Outside” officials have been
chosen for the games, Miss Lillian
Aitken of East High School and
Miss Virginia Ekully of Andrews
School for Girls, Painesville* Ohio.
Scorekeepers are Shaw students
Mei Mei Hull aqd Gerry Beyvl. The
only boy to take part in the pro
gram in an official capacity is
Gary Loftus, who will act as time
ltS€p€l*e
“Army” and “Navy** will each
have their own cheering sections.
Sue Reynolds, Judy Simons, and I games.
Published in Conjunction with The SCOOP in Northeast Cleveland and The News-Journal in Euclid
Score? Army..? Navy..? Champions
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Black-Red Revue Out Of This World
Satellites And Space Ships Hie
Satellites and space ships zoom
ing between Earth and the stars
are the central theme of this year’s
twelfth annual Shaw Black and
Red Revue, to be held at Shaw
Auditorium Friday, March 23rd.
With travellers rocketing from
planet to planet to “catch” the
various acts of Shaw High School’s
talented performers, this year’s
home-grown variety show promises
to be truly “out of this world.”
As in previous years, the prod
uction will be presented twice. On
the afternoon of the 23rd, Shaw
students will form the bulk of the
audience, though adults will be
admitted for a half-price, fifty
cent ticket. Then in the evening
the performance will be repeated,
Speeding Didn't
Help Matters Any
The very thought of an East
Cleveland police cruiser brings un
pleasant memories to Frank Catania,
21, of 16006 Saranac ave., N.E. The
sight of one sends him speeding at
95 mph to get away from it.
At least this is the tale he told
Sgt. Herbert Fortune and William
Baker after they gave chase from
Euclid and Superior to East 163rd
and St. Clair ave. about midnight
Monday. He said he had been picked
up here, a year ago, and fined $250.
He didn’t want to repeat the ex
perience.
Catania, east-bound, had stopped
for the Euclid-Superior red light.
The police cruiser, also eastbound,
slowed down for the same reason.
One glance by Frank and he was
off, through every red light that
came along. The officers gave cu“~e.
They also booked him for rec ss
driving. Frank’s wondering
the sentence will be this time.
To Hear Weaver
what
Chief of Police H. S. Weaver
will speak to the Superior-Rozelle
Property Owners Civic Associa
tion at their March meeting. It will
be held on Tuesday, the 20th, at
8 p. m. in Rozelle Elementary
School. President J. Durant Mix
will preside.
Chief Weaver will speak on
functions of the Police Department
and answer questions.
All resident owners in the area
invited.
Nancy Goldstein will direct the
Navy cheers, and the Army cheer
leaders will be Linda Carey, Elsie
Borthwick, and Cindy Scott.
The public is welcome to both
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eveland Leader
13,750 Circulation Guaranteed
with adult tickets selling for $1
and children under twelve being
admitted for 50 cents.
Under the direction of Miss
Lois Dean, Shaw dramatic teach
er, the various musical and spoken
scenes of the variety show are
being whipped into shape.
East Cleveland’s merchants are
providing more financial support
as atrons of the undertaking than
they did last year, according to
ticket Manager, Robert P. Louis.
Teams of student “space” sales
men (the advertising kind of
“space), under the direction of
Patil Hammer, have been meeting
with favorable response in ad
vertising sales for the attractive
program. The futuristic Satellite
design-on the program cover was
executed by Art Director Bruce
Holderbaum.
Assisting Miss Dean, particu
larly with the musical portions of
the show, are Director of Music
S. Robert Fraser and Vocal Music
Director Miss Margery Shields.
Mr. Fraser will also act as moastro
of the pit orchestra. In other
capacities, Sandy Sane and Miss
Harriet Carpenter are supervising
choreography and costume design
ing, repsectively. Over-all coor
dinator is Dean of Girls K. Lucille
Provo.
Proceeds from this 1956 Black
and Red Revue will help to finance
several of Shaw’s activities, with
the choir and the intramural ath
letic program being chief bene
ficiaries. It will be of interest to
East Clevelanders to know that
many of the undertakings spon
sored by Shaw could not be so suc
cessfully carried out, if it were not
for the community’s support of
this annual Spring carnival of
talent.
Every Shaw student received two
tickets this week to be sold to
interested adults. The home room
selling the largest number of adult
tickets will receive a substantial
cash prize, to become a part of
that room’s “Prom Fund.”
The program for tthis wear’s
Black and Red Revue will appear
in full in next week’s “Leader.”
YMCA Receives Flag
From VFW Auxiliary
An American Flag was presented
to the East Cleveland YMCA Wed
ne-Jty evening, the gift of the
Ci hoga County Council auxil
iary, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mrs. Rosetta Saam, the council’s
community service chairman, made
the presentation and the flag was
accepted in behalf of the associa
tion by Gordon Esch, executive
secretary.
Thun
Red Cross
One-Third
Of Goal
only
East Cleveland has reached
$3,800 of its $11,650 goal, reports
Mrs. Charles Richards, Red Cross
Fund Chairman.
Mrs. Richards urges all workers
who have not covered their terri
tory to do so as soon as possible.
The drive closes Monday, the 19th.
Persons who have delayed their
contributions to this opportunity to
lend a hand to the first-to-be-called
organization in time of emergency,
are requested to send or bring it
to their neighborhood worker, or
East Cleveland YMCA.
The need is urgent.
TV fans will recall that during
the local tornado alert a week ago,
the first call to standy-by went to
Red Cross. Red Cross was ready
to come to your house if necessary.
School Board
To Improve
Playground
too
A much needed and already
long delayed improvement in school
property is on the agenda for at
tention this summer, It is the north
playground at Prospect School.
N. F. Leist, assistant to the
superintendent, presented to the
March meeting of the board of
education three proposals for the
improvement. Following lengthy
discussion, the matter was turned
over to Mr. Leist and Robert Hen
derson, chairman of the building
and grounds committee, to work
out final plans according to sug
gestions brought out in the dis
cussion. A report is to be made
at the April meeting.
Upon the recommendation of Dr.
O. J. Korb, superintendent, three
teachers new to the system were
hired for the 1956-57 school year.
They are:
Mrs. Dorothy Geb1—it M-Cabe,
3276 Breamer rd., Sh_ er 11 ights,
who has been doing her practice
teaching at Caledonia Elementary
School. Mrs. McCabe is a graduate
of Shaker Heights High School
and will receive her degree from
Western Reserve
summer.
University this
A. Fullmer of
Fullmer is a
Mrs. Margaret
Columbus. Mrs.
graduate of Mamaroneck High
School, Long Island, N. Y. at
tended Denison University three
years, and was graduated from
Ohio State University in Decem
ber, 1955. She is also an Ele
mentary School teacher.
Donald Drebus, 27, who comes
to teach American History and
Science and to serve as assistant
to Leo Strang, head football coach.
Drebus was Strang’s right hand
man at Upper Sandusky. He is a
graduate of Ashland College and
has been doing graduate work at
Bowling Green State University.
Drebus has been termed one of
the ten best athletes in the history
of Ashland High School, and the
best football end in both Ashland
High and College.
Leo Strang’s contract, signed
previously, was also approved
the Board.
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Alerts Clean-Up
Committeemen
In preparation for Annual Clean
up Week which will mark the start
of another Spring-Summer-Fall
program of the East Cleveland
Clean-up Committee, Thomas E.
Murry, the organizationn’s presi
dent, has issued the call for the
initial 1956 meeting. It will be
held Monday, March 19th in East
Cleveland City Hall at 8 o’clock.
The Clean-up Committee has
been functioning for the past two
years and has accomplished quite
a little towards a cleaner, neater
city. Plans will be started for the
official Clean-Up Week schedule,
as well as for the months ahead
fvhich are especially conducive to
his type of community activity,
states President Murry.
What 4 briny
bazaar,
to 7:30
Baptist
Spaghetti supper and
Friday, March 16th, 6:00
p. m. East Cleveland
Church, Euclid at Rosemont ave.
Public invited.
Co-ed Shamrock Hop and games
tonight. East Cleveland YWCA,
14635 Euclid ave. Young adults
welcome.
Parents of Shaw High School
pupils tonight will hear the same
talk on “Opportunities for Edu
cation in Industry” as was given
this morning to the student tx«!y
by Harry T. Sealy of the Cleve
land Electric Illuminating Co. At
8 in the auditorium.
City Budget Boosts
All Salary Levels
Increase in salaries for all city
employees is provided for in the
1956 appropriation ordinance
enacted by the City Commission
Tuesday evening, March 13th. The
measure was presented by Finance
Director G. T. Apthorp.
The budget calls for a General
Operating Fund expenditure of
$1,131,460, which is about $100,000
over and above the 1955 actual
expenditure of
actual expenses
appropriation.
$1,031,030. Only
are met from the
increases total
The salary
$72,115 of which $45,000 goes to
present personnel and $27,000 to
additional manpower. This addi
tional manpower includes a $24,000
in the police department where
three new patrolmen have been
added so far this year, and an
equal increase is anticipated fol
lowing the current examining
period.
The budget calls for the 100
percent payment of uniforms for
regular police and firemen. Up to
now the city has paid 50 percent
of this cost plus the cost of all
heavy duty wearing apparel for
both departments, and 100 percent
for uniforms for motor cycle
officers.
Balance of the increased budget
is due to the usual “up” in costs
of supplies, equipment, etc. which
comes along regularly each year
for taxing units as well as in busi
ness and personal living in all
fields.
Amend Zoning
Rule For D-5
Permit Holders
To further restrict the location
of places of business in East
Cleveland where intoxicating
liquor is sold, the City Commis
sion, upon the recommendation of
the Zoning Board of Appeals has
approved two amendments to the
Zoning Ordinance.
In addition o restrictions
already carried in the ordinance
for sales under other types of
permits, the one amendment will
extend from 500 to 800 feet, the
distance between a place of busi
ness having a D-5 permit and the
boundries of a parcel of real estate
having situated upon it a school,
church, library, public park or
playground, or any place for public
assembly.
Furthermore, in a second a
mendment, the restriction on this
type of business is further fenced
in with a clarification of off-street
parking requirements. This amend
ment provides for one off-street
parking space for each 100 square
feet of gross floor area of the
business, or for each six seats
provided for patron use, whichever
calls for the greater number
parking spaces.
CALL NEWS
to
PO. J-3378
In a breakdown of the budgets
of the various divisions making up
the General Operating Fund bud
get will be listed the salaries, sup
plies, equipment, etc. necessary to
its operation. Salary figures and
total only will be identified, the
difference in each instance being
for supplies, equipment, etc.
General Administration
City Commission—Four commis
sioners receive $100 a year. The
presiding Commissioner receives
$150 a year. Clerk hire $5,950
total $6,875.
Director of Finance Salary
$11,715 Clerk hire $5,825 total
$20,790.
Director of Law—Salary $5,720
total $6,070.
City Manager—Salary $15,§35,
Clerk $4,765 total $21,500.
Civil Service Commission (three
members) salary $150 clerk
$750 total $1,350.
Municipal Police Court Jur’ro
$1,000 assistant prosecutor $4,2__
clerk $9,200 total $15,870.
Lands and buildings—Salaries
$103,000 tools, etc. $4,000 tele
phone $2,500 heating and light
ing $8,500 insurance $600 repairs
$3,000 total $31,225.
Miscellaneous—Purchas: agent
14,940 clerical, etc. *130,000
executive assistant $3,500 state
retirement fund $25,000 work
men’s compensation $8,000 elec
tions $5,000 state
l4,400 group insurance
total $75,815.
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Litwiler Wins
Medill Award
Kent State University senior
Thomas C. Litwiler has been award
ed a $500 scholarship for graduate
study in the Medill School of Jour
nalism at Northwestern University,
Evanston, Ill.
Litwiler, 21-year-old public rela
tions major, is editor of the Daily
Kent Stater, campus newspaper. He
also is president of Sigma Delta Chi,
honorary professional fraternity for
men in journalism a member of
Blue Key,
campus service organi-
zation for men and a mewher of
Delta Upsilon social fraten y.
Litwiler has worked for the Cleve
land Plain Dealer and the East
Cleveland Leader. He served his
journalism internship last summer
in the public relations department
of Goodyear Tire Rubber Co.,
Akron.
He v gr J'iate in June summa
cum la !, v.-i highest honors, if
he mai iins his present academic
average. Litwiler is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Litwiler, 1257 East
137th st.
Administration Superintendent
$7,640 total $8,440.
Incinerator Employees $18,935
total $24,735.
Combustible and non-combnstible
waste collections superintendent
$6,415 employees $83,800 total
$116,450.
Parks and Playgrounds super
intendent, supervisors, watchmen,
maintenance crews $43,' new
equipment $1,650 total *tro,940.
Swimming pool—salaries $9,700
total $13,235.
Forestry division—$17,290.
Ah oa.rr departments, water,
streets, sewage, are self-sustaining
in that they are kept within their
respective incomes.
Bond redemption in 1956 will be
$55,000, carrying $6,372.50 interest.
Nephrosis Walk
Next Tuesday
Mrs. Nicholas Fiore, 1209 North
Lockwood rd., chairman of the
East Cleveland Area, announced
jointly with Mrs. Anthony J.
Celebrezze, Campaign Chairman,
that the Nephrosis Campaign offi
cially is underway, this week and
will continue to March 31st.
“Most of our efforts will be
concentrated on the Nephrositf
Walk, a home to home walk for
funds, March 21st, between 7 and
8:30 p. m., said Mrs. Fiore.
She saide that is seemed most
fitting that the bulk of the money
will be raised on the first day
of spring, a time when hope seems
renewed. It is the new hope in
the form of continued research,
free medication, financial assist
ance, and parent education that
the can ign will brf to count
less ch..~.-en with N«rarosis and
their parents.
Mrs. Fiore said that the Founda
tion needs $50,000 to continue its
1956-57 program of service. She
appealed to parents in the East
Cleveland Area to volunteer for
the Walk, by registering with her
at LI 1-0878.
Sugar Camp Special
The National Railroad Society
will sponsor a train trip to Char
don, for the Hng Maple Festival
S lay, April 8th.
lae train will leave the Ter
minal via the Erie Railroad at
9:00 a. m. arrive at Chardon at
12:30 leave there at 4:50 p. m. for
the return. Call MU. 1-4315 for
further information.
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examiner
$1,900
Safety, Welfare
and Health
$7,940
wei“u'
guar__
Police departcent chief
regular, special (’'•♦ail and
detail police $ jJ,475
watchmen $17,765 other employ
ees $11,900 uniforms $4,000
prisoner sustenance $1,600 total
$367,120.
Fire department chief $7,940
firemen $182,110 uniforms $2,000
total $199,910.
Welfare—$2,155 total $2,855.
Health—Director $4,880 sani
sary officer $3,615 inspectors
$4,300 nurses $9,075 laboratory
tests $1,450 total $29,860.
Service Department
Engineer and Building
salaries $22,710 total $26,665.
Parking Meters Employees
$6,000 total $10,025.
Electrical Department—$1,800.
Street Lighting Employees
115,17* lighting contract $56,760
total $66,435.
Police Fire communications
$8,430.
Service Department