1946: Hamilton Teachers' Salaries Go Through the Roof!

The Hamilton Board of Education blazed the trail back in 1946 upping the salaries of some teachers to as high as $1,750! (That's a per year figure, folks!) Educators were severely underpaid back in my grammar school years. I can remember Mom Glover saying that teachers should get every bit as much of a salary as a doctor. She would say doctors attend to the physical body and teachers attend and nurture young minds.

THIS ARTICLE WAS SCANNED FROM THE TRENTON EVENING TIMES OF MARCH 14, 1946, AS THE TIMES WAS IN A MASSIVE LABOR DISPUTE, AND MANY OF THE STAFF WENT ON STRIKE. THE STRANGE FONT OF TYPE WAS PROBABLY GENERATED BY A TYPEWRITER. THE STRIKE RESULTED IN THE STRIKERS STARTING THE "TRENTONIAN" NEWSPAPER.