Newspaper item mentioning Papa Charles 8/23/1877
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An item in The Stark County (Ohio) Democrat listing the salaries of the teachers in the Canton Public Schools
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Papa Charles has a job in his home town of Canton. Will was born in Mount Union, Ohio in November of 1875. Alma was born in Canton on June 17, 1877.
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THE CANTON SCHOOLS.
The Fall Term of the Canton Public Schools Will Open on Monday, September 3d --- Appointment of Teachers and Their Salaries.
WEST BUILDING.
NORTH BUILDING.
EAST BUILDING.
SOUTHEAST BUILDING.
SOUTH BUILDING.
SOUTHWEST BUILDING.
The German school will occupy the second floor of the southeast building.
The B C and D Grammar grades in the west building have been discontinued. Pupils belonging to those grades and living in the 3rd ward, north of North street, will go to the North school; those living south of North street in that district, will go to the Southwest School.
J. H. Lehman, Sup't.
The Fall Term of the Canton Public Schools Will Open on Monday, September 3d --- Appointment of Teachers and Their Salaries.
WEST BUILDING.
- High School --- Miss Mary A. Lynch, prin...$1,000
- Miss Emma A Seiss, 1st ass't...750
- Miss Mary B. Althouse, 2nd ass't...500
- A Gram. School --- Miss Anna McKinley, prin...750
- Miss Lillie G. Davis, ass't...350
- A Primary --- Miss Josie A. Crevoise...350
- B Primary --- Miss Mary B. Sell...300
- C Primary --- Miss Mary J. Shorb...300
- D Primary --- Miss Alice V. Newton...300
- Ungraded Department --- Mr. Chas. F. Stokey 500
NORTH BUILDING.
- B C and D Gram. School --- Mr. M. Disler, pr'l...$800
- Miss Sallie J. Bowen, ass't...350
- A and B Primary --- Miss Wilma G. Stanley...350
- C Primary --- Miss Laura E. Koontz...300
- D Primary --- Miss Maria L. Kaufman...300
EAST BUILDING.
- B and C Gram. School --- Mr. D. D. Wilson, pr'l...$800
- C and D Gram. School --- Miss Julia M Lynch...350
- A Primary --- Miss Carrie Krause...350
- B Primary --- Miss M. E. Wherry...300
- C Primary --- Miss M. Ella McCurdy...300
- D Primary --- Miss Luella Cross...300
SOUTHEAST BUILDING.
- German School --- Mr. F. Griese...$650
- D Primary --- Miss Mary J. Prince...300
SOUTH BUILDING.
- B C & D Gr. School --- Mr. C. W. Chapman, pr'l....$800
- Miss Amma R. Middaugh, ass't...350
- A Primary --- Miss E. J. Imrie...350
- B Primary --- Miss Letta W. Dyser...300
- C Primary --- Miss Edith C. Blum...300
- 2nd D Primary --- Miss Mary S. Reed...300
- 1st D Primary --- Miss Mary E. Willis...300
SOUTHWEST BUILDING.
- B & C Gr. School --- Mr.Sam'l H. Rockhill, pr'l...$800
- C & D Gr. School --- Miss Fannie C. Rowan...350
- A Primary --- Miss Cora P. Davis...350
- B Primary --- Miss Frankie M. Bates...300
- C Primary --- Miss Lelia S. Roper...300
- D Primary --- Miss Kate R. Lawrence...300
- Music Teacher, Miss Martha A. Webster...600
- Superintendent's salary...1,500
The German school will occupy the second floor of the southeast building.
The B C and D Grammar grades in the west building have been discontinued. Pupils belonging to those grades and living in the 3rd ward, north of North street, will go to the North school; those living south of North street in that district, will go to the Southwest School.
J. H. Lehman, Sup't.
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1.
This is one of a series of documents that I have uploaded featuring Papa Charles in his role as a teacher and school administrator.
You can find the whole list in:
2.
This is the first of two announcements that I've found of lists of teachers in the Canton Public Schools that include Papa Charles. The other one is:
3.
Ungraded Department --- Mr. Chas. F. Stokey 500
I don't know what the ungraded department was, and couldn't figure out a good search for it.
Papa Charles's salary for the school year is $500. I checked online and learned that this $500 in 1877 was worth about $15,000 today. This seems glaringly inadequate to me, but he's being paid more than most of the other teachers, so I must be missing something about how life was lived in Canton in 1877. Three years later Papa Charles bought a house, or a pair of houses, for $800, which seems reasonably in line with a $500 income. See: Henry H Myers to Charles F. Stokey, lot 2462, Canton, $800
Some comparison: in 1899, Will was earning $540 at West Point, which is worth $19,000 today - see:
4.
German School --- Mr. F. Griese...$650
Interesting. Long ago, my mother that my great-grandfather Stokey, i.e. Papa Charles, went to a German-speaking school. Or anyway, I think it was my great-grandfather. It couldn't have been his father, Pierre Stokey, because Pierre immigrated to the US after he was grown. And I think it would have stuck in my mind if it had been my grandfather, so it must have been Papa Charles. How did my mother know? I surmise that the subject came up in evening conversation during one of the summers during World War II when my mother was staying at Fernbank. And if that was the case, and if it was Papa Charles who went to the German-speaking school, then why were they talking about him? The Five Stokey Siblings just didn't talk about their father. Ever. Anyway, that's what my mother said, and at the time I imagined whichever ancestor it was going to a special school for German-speaking kids, but the line here in this item makes me think it was regular part of the Canton public schools.
Hmm...maybe they were talking about the Germans - it being World War II - and/or maybe Aunt Alma said "Gott sei dank" as she did once or twice in a letter - and so it got mentioned - whatever it was.
Another weirdness: I think that Papa Charles's father's native language was French, not German. Somewhere or other we have a bunch of lettersr that Papa Charles wrote home when he was in the Union Army in 1865. And on one of the letters, to his father, was written "reçu", which is French for "received", and then the date. So maybe Papa Charles, who taught French and German, saw the opportunity offered by the German school, and had Will and Alma learn German? It doesn't seem likely.
Another possibility: My mother simply got the story wrong.
This is one of a series of documents that I have uploaded featuring Papa Charles in his role as a teacher and school administrator.
- The previous document in the series is: 1876-09-07 NEWSPAPER ITEM MENTIONING PAPA CHARLES
- The next document in the series is: 1877-11-01 NEWSPAPER ITEM FEATURING PAPA CHARLES
You can find the whole list in:
2.
This is the first of two announcements that I've found of lists of teachers in the Canton Public Schools that include Papa Charles. The other one is:
3.
Ungraded Department --- Mr. Chas. F. Stokey 500
I don't know what the ungraded department was, and couldn't figure out a good search for it.
Papa Charles's salary for the school year is $500. I checked online and learned that this $500 in 1877 was worth about $15,000 today. This seems glaringly inadequate to me, but he's being paid more than most of the other teachers, so I must be missing something about how life was lived in Canton in 1877. Three years later Papa Charles bought a house, or a pair of houses, for $800, which seems reasonably in line with a $500 income. See: Henry H Myers to Charles F. Stokey, lot 2462, Canton, $800
Some comparison: in 1899, Will was earning $540 at West Point, which is worth $19,000 today - see:
4.
German School --- Mr. F. Griese...$650
Interesting. Long ago, my mother that my great-grandfather Stokey, i.e. Papa Charles, went to a German-speaking school. Or anyway, I think it was my great-grandfather. It couldn't have been his father, Pierre Stokey, because Pierre immigrated to the US after he was grown. And I think it would have stuck in my mind if it had been my grandfather, so it must have been Papa Charles. How did my mother know? I surmise that the subject came up in evening conversation during one of the summers during World War II when my mother was staying at Fernbank. And if that was the case, and if it was Papa Charles who went to the German-speaking school, then why were they talking about him? The Five Stokey Siblings just didn't talk about their father. Ever. Anyway, that's what my mother said, and at the time I imagined whichever ancestor it was going to a special school for German-speaking kids, but the line here in this item makes me think it was regular part of the Canton public schools.
Hmm...maybe they were talking about the Germans - it being World War II - and/or maybe Aunt Alma said "Gott sei dank" as she did once or twice in a letter - and so it got mentioned - whatever it was.
Another weirdness: I think that Papa Charles's father's native language was French, not German. Somewhere or other we have a bunch of lettersr that Papa Charles wrote home when he was in the Union Army in 1865. And on one of the letters, to his father, was written "reçu", which is French for "received", and then the date. So maybe Papa Charles, who taught French and German, saw the opportunity offered by the German school, and had Will and Alma learn German? It doesn't seem likely.
Another possibility: My mother simply got the story wrong.
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