Minooka News - October 15, 1895

Scranton Tribune - October 15, 1985
The night school conducted by the members of the Young Men's Institute was re-opened last evening for the winter session. The class will assemble at their hall three nights each week. Martin H. McDonough and Joseph Mulderig will serve in the capacity of instructors.

Richard J. Cusick, P.J. Quinn, W.J. Burke, John B. O'Malley and John Kearney represented the St. Joseph Total Abstinence and Benevolent society at the quarterly convention of the second district of the Scranton Diocesan union yesterday.

Henry Shorten and Miss Annie Sullivan, of Miner's Hill, will be married on October 22.

Much interest is manifested in the coming shooting match between Martin Mangan and John Higgins, which takes place Oct. 21.

A valuable team of gray horses owned by Supervisor Gibbons was killed at the National breaker on Saturday by a trip of runaway gondolas.

Teachers Hired - 1898

Lackawanna Township School Board 
Selects Those for Ensuing Term - 1898

The Lackawanna township school board met in monthly session at No. 1 school, Minooka, last evening and hired teachers for the ensuing term. No change was made in the salaries. Professor Joseph Mulderig of the Continental school has taken up his residence in New York. He did not apply, and the vacancy thus caused was filled by appointment of Miss Annie M. Brown of Minooka. Miss Annie King of Minooka was appointed general substitute. The directors present were John McCrindle, Thomas R. Lovering, Thomas King, Thomas F. Coyne and William Thomas. Dennie O'Lenahan was absent.

The teachers hired were:

No. 1 - Thomas P. Joyce, principal; Celia Nallin, intermediate; Mamie Gibbons, Mamie Langan, Mamie Egan, Mamie Coyne and Katherine Jeffers.

No. 2 - Thomas J. Coyne, principal, Jennie Loughney, intermediate; Annie Fitzhenry, primary.