The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-26
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Florida, July IS. 1911.

The board Of public instruction in
| and for Marion county met at their
office in the court house at Ocala on
| the above date in special session pur-
suant to adjournment on July g. All
| members We're present and acting as
| fo--ows: w. D. earn, chairman, B.
r. Bitch and ]. S. Grantham, mem
| bers, and J. H. Brinson secretary.
Minutes of the last meeting read
and approved.
Mr.. Bitten reported coming to Ocala
on July Fourth for the purpose of at
| tending the last board meeting which
was held on the 3inst, but notice of
| change from the regular time having
failed to reach him. 1t was ordered
that he pc paid the regular per diem
and mileage for one day on this ac-
count.
| Mr.. Geo. Ellis. supervisor, and Mr..
VIM. Boyd, patron of the Andalusia
school, called and asked that the
board have the school house ceilied
| and provide some means of water
being secured. 1t was reported that
the pump which had been put down
was failure in getting water. They
suggested that the pump be taken
| up and returned to the county and
that well be dug. 1t was figured
that it would require 1000 feet of lum-
Der to cell the house. Action on re-
quest past over for the present.
f! Mr.. Frank Lytle called and present
ed two $1,000 warrants for the inter-
est to be paid which was done by
drawing county warrants for the
amount. Action on paying the face
of one was passed over.
Mr.. Ellis requested that Miss Dol
lye Rowell be assigned to the An
dalusia school as teacher.
Mr.. J. F. Parker, one of the trus-
tees of the Cotton Plant school, call
ed and presented letter to the board
from his daughter Miss Leila Parker,
who had been elected teacher of the
Cotton Plant school, in which she de-
clined to accept. The trustees recon-
mended Miss Altahula Beck for the
place.
Mr. j. B. Trotter called and request
not far from the site of the old Home
land school. The matter was discuss
ed and action passed.
A delegation of the patrons of the
Fairfield school and the citizens of
the community called with Hon. M. l..
Payne representing the building COM
mittee appointed to attend to the de-
tails of erecting the Fairfield school
house. He presented two plans for
the consideration of the board and
J after examining them in detail and
discussing the merits of each, the
board adopted the plans submitted or
recommended by the committee and
the committee was authorized to pro
ceed along these lines and to contract
for the lumber and supplies and
send bills to the board to be paid
when endorsed by not less than two
members of the building committee
and two of the trustees. The plans
were accompanied by a bill for the
lumber of the proposed building and
prices The trustees were authorized
s to advertise for sale and sell the Fair
! field school house and two lots be
longing with it, after due notice, they
| to reserve right to reject any Offer
not satisfactory. The proceeds of the
sale of the old house and lots are tC
be applied toward the erection OF the
new school house The selection OF
suitable teachers was left to the
| board.
The board adjourned for dinner.
Tuesday Afternoon Session.
The board met at 1:3O with al
members preesnt and acting.
!. Mr.. E. F. Smith, chairman of the
= board of trustees of the Dunnellol
school called in company with Mr.. B
r Sanders and presented petition
signed by a large number of patron:
of the Dunnellon school. asking tha
III. B. r. Sanders be appointed to fiji
the unexpired term as trustee of Mr.
L. J. Clyatt, removed from district
The position was declared to be vac
II ant by the board and the petition TO
the appointment of Mr.. Sanders wa:
granted and he was ordered to b.
commissioned accordingly.
The matter of the territory EN-
! claimed to have belonged original.
I. to the Dunnellon district but whicl
for some time had been included il
the Buck Pond district was taken III
n and discussed freely. The followin!
J. resolution was adopted.
r WHEREAS, 1t has come to tn
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