by Laurel | June 12th, 2009
June 12, 1902
A young woman was peacefully ironing with one of those self-heating flatirons in the building opposite A. Steiger & Co.’s yesterday noon, when an excited individual notified the fire department that there was a lively fire in progress. The “still alarm” apparatus accordingly went out in double quick time to the front of the block and gazes at the young woman ironing, who gazed benignly back at them in return. The apparatus then returned, and the young woman continued to iron peacefully.
June 12, 1906
The New Holyoke Principal.
Howard Conant of Elmira, N. Y., who will become principal of the Holyoke high school in September, has had a number of years’ experience in the schools of New York state. He is a graduate of Union college in the class of 1892, and has held position as assistant principal of the Waverly (N. Y.) high school, principal of the Penn Yan (N. Y.) high school and principal of the Elmira free academy, a school of high school rank, where he now is. He has been at the head of the latter school since 1900, and has been very successful in his administration. Mr. Conant is a prominent member of many teacher’s organizations.
Howard Conant, about 1926
