The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-19
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION


Ocala. Fla, Nov. 3. 1910.
The board Of public instruction in
and for Marion county met In regular
session with all members present and
acting. as follows:
Isaac Stevens, chairman, B. r Bitch
and J. s. Grantham. members, and ]. h
Crimson. secretary.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
Mr.. E. F. Smith, one Of the trustees
of the Dunnellon school. and Messrs.
r. III. Sanders. Pedrick and Strange. all
Of Dunnellon, called and presented a
very strong petition from the members
of theLadies' School Improvement As
ISOLATION of Dunnellon. asking that q
fourth teacher be allowed the Dunnel-
lon school: also a very largely signed
petition from the patrons and citizens
of Dunnellon. asking for the same
There was also a request made that
the county assume the outstanding
Indebtedness Of the district and re-
lieve the district Of the same. upon
the ground that the county did not
assist in the building OF the Dunnellon
school house. Action was temporarily
postponed.
T. N. McCants, supervisor OF Mon
tague colored school, called and re-
Quested that a heater and fifteen joints
of piping and three elbows be allowed
their school. Request was granted.
Wednesday Morning sessien
| Board met with all members present
and acting.
| Request Of l. w. Sellers Of the
Gambler district that he be allowed to
school, on the ground that she was
small and no company with whom to
attend the Gambler school. and did
have company toward the Ok;awaha
school, was granted.
/ Request from the Summerfield school
for six desks and four joints OF stove
pipe was granted. and it was ordered
that five desks be forwarded from Ci-
ira to Summerfield.
i Request from the patrons Of the Ok
lawaha school through the two re-
naming trustees that Mr.. Arthur Scott
be appointed to serve as trustee for
/ the unexpired term Of Mr.. I. +. Nixon,
removed from the district, was grant
ed and the appointment ordered to be
made
Il A recommendation from the trustees
Of the Buck Pond school district that
there be paid to Mr.. G. C. Mills as as
sistant teacher $25 per month. and SO
per month be paid from the county
funds. The average for the preceding
month being over the required limit Of
thirty-five. the request was granted.
Request from the Belleview school
for five small-sized single desks and
three rears was granted. but request
for recitation seats was refused.
Pine Level school, accompanied by q
| letter from Mr.. E. w. w. Jordan. one
of the trustees. that the teacher be
paid $50 per month instead Of $50 as
at present. the extra $40 to be paid
from the district funds. was granted.
provided the request to pay the addi-
tiOnal $40 be agreed to by one other
trustee. as all requests for paying dis
tricts funds are required to be.
A request that Miss Bertha Love. re-
siding nearest to Lake Bryant school.
be granted permit to attend the Key
Pond school. was granted.
Request from the supervisor, Of the
Ebenezer school for a raise Of salary
Of teacher. was declined.
A proposition from the trustees Of
the Mcintosh school to sell a small
house on the Mcintosh school lot. was
|! presented to the board as having been
granted by the superintendent. and the
action was ratified by the board. with
the understanding that the proceeds Of
the sale be applied toward paying on
the district Indebtedness.
/ A petition from the patrons Of the
Gambler school was presented. asking
that Mr.. E. F. DDeiver be appointed a
member of the board Of trustees, to
succeed Mr.. c. D.. Schultz. who has
moved away. Petition granted and ap-
| pointment ordered made.
request from the supervisor Of
Bethlehem colored school. asking that
the county assist in building an addi-
ton to the present school house, was
refused for the present term.
A request from the colored school
at Romeo for a heater was granted.
The superintendent made a detailed
statement to the board Of his observa-
tions at the several schools visited
during the month.
Sundry accounts were presented. ex-
amined and ordered paid as per tho A.
nancial statement on file in the super
intendent's office. and the office Of the
clerk of the circuit court. and posted
on the bulletin board at the court
house.
Mr.. A. J. Albritton, representing the
New South Farm and Home Company
called to urge that the board have the
Burbank school house painted and also
to present bills for the freight on the
desks and for the stove Action tenn
porarily deferred
Mr.. D. r. Zetrouer. supervisor OF
Shiloh school. called to ask that GER
tain repairs be made or allowed on
the school house. 1t was ordered that
he go ahead and have the necessary
repairs made at as small expense as
possible and present the bill to the
board.
The board then took up the matter
Of the election within the following
boundaries, viz: beginning at the ne
cor of sec l running thence W.T. to the
NV cor Of sec thence to the sw
cor Of sec 20 thence e to the Sc cor OF
sec rs thence n to point Of beginning
Upon canvassing the returns 1t was
found that all the votes cast were In
favor of creating the district, there
fore it was declared by the board te
be in existence from this time. 1t was
found that Henry McQuaig, A. B
Moore and Wells Matchett were elect.
ed trustees and they were declared tt