The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-05-26
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF BOARD OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, May IL, 1911.

and acting as follows: w. D. earn
chairman; B. r. Bitch and ]. s. Gran
than. members, and ]. H. Brinson
: secretary.
Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved.
Messrs. S. w. Petteway and J. T
Strickland, trustees of Heidtville
school, called and reported that S.
would be sufficient for incidentals for
their school. They wanted the same
teacher as last year, and wanted to
pay $50 per month.
Mr.. w. H. Massey, supervisor of the
Orange Springs school, called and rec.
commended the same teacher as last
year if she applied for the place. He
asked for an appropriation of SO or
SIS for repairs to the house, and a
raise of S. per month on the salary of
the teacher.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Mock, one of the trustees
of the Electra school, called and re-
quested heater be provided for their
school,
Messrs. NJ. NJ Proctor and R. L.
Clyburn, trustees of the Pedro dis
trict, called and reported that they
would not be able to have the same
principal as last year. They asked
that the same teacher be assigned for
the first assistants place as last year,
and that the salaries be fixed at SIS,
$40 and $40, as it was last term.
They reported that the corners of
their school house were being under
mined by the wind blowing the sand
away, and that they had bell that
had been donated to the school, but
there was no belfry, and it had never
been hung.
Messrs. d. A. Walker and J. l..
Smith, trustees of the Martel school,
called and requested the return of the
teacher of last term at a salary of
$50 per month for seven months.
Messrs. w. A. Redding and G. E.
Lucius, trustees of the Charter Oak
school, called and asked for a we'll 10
be put down, to cost about $50, and
mentioned that they would like to
have the school house painted. They
requested the return of the same
teacher that they had last year, and
wanted the county to pay S. per
month above the salary of last year,
and requested the county to pay one
third of the expense of putting down
the pump.
Mr.. J. c. Dupree, one of the trus-
tees, and Mr. C. NJ. earn, one of the
patrons of the Reddick school, called
and asked that their school be run
seven months, with salaries of $50 and
$50 per month for the principal and
assistant, respectively, with the pur-
pose of employing the same teachers
that they had last term. Mr.. E. c.
Gladney, one of the Reddick trustees
who lives at Lowell and looks after
the interests of the Lowell school
particularly, was also present and re-
ported that they needed a heater, and
would also like a have seven
months term. He told of the incon-
venience of the school getting water
from the neighbors.
Mr.. w. M. Mills, one of the trustees
of the Pleasant Hill district, called
and asked for a seven months term,
and presented a petition asking for
the appointment of Miss Josephine
Airline as teacher for the next term at
a salary of $50 per month, and want
ing to start the school on the first
Monday in July. Petition was grant
ed if teacher was found to be proper
ly qualified.
Messrs. ]. L. Beck, V. NJ. Seckinger
and r. w. Ferguson, trustees of the
Fellowship district, called and dis
cussed the condition of the district
and decided to run a six months term
with one teacher, and they preferred
man teacher.
Messrs. S. w. Petteway and j. T..
Strickland called and inquired as to
whether if a district had more funds
than they needed, could it loan them
to another district or to the county.
The matter was discussed at some
length and the board was of the opin-
ion that it was doubtful if it could be
legally done.
Mr.. R. w. Ferguson made inquiry
as to the S. A. L. Ry., in the southeast
corner of the Fellowship district.
Wanted Fellowship teacher contract
ed with six months, and the matter
left open as to running one extra
month.
Mr.. ]. N Stevens, supervisor of the
Indian Mound school, called and ask
ed for pitcher for the school pump,
and for the same teacher that they
had last year to be assigned again