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Show Wl progress ON CimOLS Foundations of Central Junior Completed; Buildings to Be Renovated Slow but sure progress Is being made on the construction work of the two new junior High schools In Og-t Og-t den, according to Supt. W. Karl Hop- kins. The foundations of tho Central Junior High school have been completed com-pleted but delay is bolng experienced owing to the non arrival of tho brick. It is expected that tho building will bo ready for tho beginning, of tho next school year in September. Excavation work at the South Washington Wash-ington junior high school is nearly completed, and the pouring of concrete con-crete for the basement and foundation will bo started shortly. This building will not be ready for uao when school opens next September, but an effort will be made to have it ready for occupancy oc-cupancy at the commencement of the second semester In January, 1021. During tho summer months all of the grade school buildings in the city will bo thoroughly cleaned, painted and tinted. Special attention will bo given tho Grant school building that ...... .1 i : . vwuo uuuiy uunutBiju in a recent lire. All necessary repairs will bo carried out at this building during tho vacation vaca-tion period. Next Tuesday, Juno 1, the board of education will vacate the offices in tho Col. Hudson building, and will take up quarters in tho William Douglas Doug-las residenco that was recently purchased pur-chased for an office building. Supt. Hopkins says the house is tin Ideal building in an ideal location, and will givo hotter accomodation than tho offices of-fices about to bo vacated. Tho basement base-ment of the now office building win bo used for tho purpose of storing . supplies, and tho" first floor will bo used as a general office building. The Taoard of education has purchased pur-chased a multigraph for ulse in tho commercial department of the high school. All tho various formB used at the school will be printed on the now machine. Bids havo been received by tho ljoard for all goneral school supplies, and the clork has been authorized to tabqlnto thorn so that comparisons may be niado and contracts awarded later. 9 |