The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-07-14

rotary to accept the most favorable
offer He was instructed to write the
supervisor of the school that the pat
rons of the school would be expected
to do work on the school house with
Mr.. Atkinson to the value of $35.
Petition for establishment of negro
school at Gambler was refused.
A request for the appointment of
Miss Frances G. Hale as teacher at
Orange Lake was then presented
from the trustees but no action taken
at this time.
A recommendation form the Griner
Farm school that Mr.. Bert c. Murphy
be appointed trustee to fill the unex-
pired term of Mr.. H. L. Griggs, re-
signed, was received and approved
and it was ordered that he be duly
commissioned.
A request from the trustees of the
Spar district to have Mrs. A Mou-
zon appointed teacher for the Hope
well school, coolped, was received but
no action taken.
Resignation of Mr.. ]. C. Pillans as
trustee of the Electra school was re-
ceived also a recommendation for the
appointment of Mr.. S. E. Smith as his
successor was approved and Mr..
Smith was ordered to be commission
ed for the uneXpired term.
Several requests for certain schools
from teachers and recommendations
for appointment were received and
passed over without action for the
present.
Resignation of L. J. Jones as super
visor of Moores Pond school, colored,
with the recommendation for the ap-
pointment of J. P. Lazier as his sue
cessor was received and each action
approved by the board.
Request for help from the Jerusa-
lem colored school to rebuild their
school house was received and they
having raised $50 by private sub
scription it was ordered that the
board would furnish material to be
used in the work to an amount not to
exceed 800.
The superintendent reported to the
board the issuing to Miss Margaret
E. Taylor of the Ocala school, life
first grade certificate, she having
complied with all the legal require
ments.
A request from the trustees OF the
Ocklawaha district that their school
district be officially designated the
SoklaWaha sub tax district instead
of the Weir Park district as it was
some times called. 1t was so ordered
Letters were received from the
chairman of the Mcintosh trustees
stating that Miss Catherine Farra, Of
Mt. Sterling, KY, and Miss Mary r.
Cochrane, of Rocky Mount, N. c., had
been chosen as principals and as
sistant for their school respectively.
Report of w. A. Moorhead, county
surveyor on a survey of the milage of
the Ocala Southwestern Ry. within
the Ocala school district was received
and ordered incorporated in the es-
Inmates for taxation for the coming
year.
The superintendent presented to
the board the correspondence with
Mr.. A. G. Maddox who had been
selected for the principalship of the
Reddick school but who took the
teachers examination in Alachua
county and having received a second
grade certificate the superintendent
insisted on his taking the examina-
ton again in order to present first
grade certificate and he having de-
clined to do so, he resigned the place,
leaving a vacancy in the principal
ship. He also presented the cores
ipondence with the trustees in regard
to the matter The general matter
was freely discussed.
4 report was received from the
trustees Of the Cotton Plant school
stating that a meeting had been held
in which Miss Leila Parker had been
selected as teacher for the coming
term and the first Monday in Sep
tember was named as the time for
opening the school.
Two colored teachers reports were
audited and ordered paid,
Sundyy accounts wer audited and
ordered paid from county and district
funds as they properly belonged.
An account from the superintend-
ent of Alachua county for $103.62 as
the due Alactua county from Marion
for children from Marion attending
school at Eyinston in Alachua county,
was presented together with the final
report of the teacher for the attend
ance of the Marion county children.