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Other teachers silent DeWitt teachers ratify contracts DeWITT—The DeWitt Board of Education 78-0 vote Aug. 30. said, however, that the negotiating teams will meet Monday night to discuss ratifi­ "This is basically the same contract as were still not close to a settlement. cation of the teacher contracts for the last year," Ritchie said. The only sig­ The two groups were to meet again 1971-72 school year. nificant change was a salary increase of Tuesday night and could possibly discuss According to DeWitt School Supt. James $400 at the first level, making the base salary increases, a topic that has not been Ritchie, there will be « no problem" in having salary $7,800. brought up since the President's economic the board ratify the contract. The new contract calls for a 10th level freeze went into effect. top salary of $11,130 for a teacher with The DeWitt Education Association (DEA) Representatives from the Fowler, Ovid- has already ratified the new contract by a a bachelor of arts degree. The Master of arts degree will receive a base of $8,540 Elsie and Bath school districts were un­ with a top rate of $11,870. A master of available for comment on the negotiations arts-plus 30 category will receive a base Tuesday morning, however all teachers in of $8,910 with a ceiling of $12,240. those districts are working without a new School districts contract. Ritchie said all of the teachers were affected by the Presidential price-wage helped by Nixon freeze since the DEA did not ratify the contract before Aug. 15. "It was the same O-E bloodmobile contract we submitted to them on July 26," price-\y:oge freeze Ritchie said. "They could have acted on it then but they chose to wait until Aug. 30. drive goal to ST. JOHNS—Tlie Presidential price- It was the same one they accepted." wage, freeze hasn't really penetrated much Ritchie led the negotiating team for of the banking interests in the area, ac­ the board of education while the DEA was cording to a St. Johns bank executive. represented by Lucille Missimer and 'beat St. Johns' Brandon C, White, vice-president of Clin­ Charlene Schaar. \ ton National Bank and Trust Company, in­ OVID-ELSIE-''Beat St. Johns" is their RESCUE WORK dicated last week that the only area the IN ST, JOHNS, teachers have returned battle cry. No, its not football this time, freeze has affected so far has been the to their teaching assignments despite the but the annual Bloodmobile drive. yield of bonds. "That's the only thing-it fact that they do not have a contract. According- to Carol Bashore, chairman has affected at this point," he said. "They will continue to work under last of the Ovid-Elsie Jaycee Auxiliary, the - Rescue workers toil to free 17-year-old Fowler basketball star was-killed in Tues­ "There has not been an Increase or year's contract,* Earl Lancaster, St. Johns O-E area blood drive will try to top the Donald Evitts from the wreckage of the day afternoon. decrease in automobile loans." White com­ superintendent said Tuesday, "We cannot 165 pints donated bySt. Johns area residents mented. "There have been almost the same negotiate a new contract until weknowwhat Aug. 26. car in which Gary R. Pung, 19, former " Photo by Ed Cheeney amount of auto loans In August as there the state aid formula will be. So for the The Bloodmobile will be open from 12 were in July." moment, we are not negotiating with the noon to 6 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial White said the rate cut in the bond in­ teachers." Building in Ovid. terest will benefit several area school He said the negotiating teams met Aug. 23, "It's going to be a real challenge,* the *%district s for the 1971-72 school year. but could not finalize any contract because chairman said. "To accomplish this feat, Former •#W£ h-aye^bid and won two school district or the hold-up iiTthe. state "legislature's tiie Auxiliary will need ,the response tof at eaaer bonds, the St. Johns and Fowler districts,' approval of the new aid package. least 166 people in the Ovid-Elsie area." and it will give them a bre