The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-02-21
PROPOSED TO EXTEND
SCHOOL DIST. BOUNDARIES.
Mass Meeting Held Monday to Con-
slider Extension of Boundries of
Welsh School District.

A fairly well attended mass meeting
of the citizens of Ward 6, and the ada.
cent territory of Wards Z and 8.
assembled in the High School Auditor.
ium Monday afternoon to consider the
matter of extending the boundries of
the Welsh School District. City School
Director, Mr.. W. B. Gabbert called the
meeting to order and stated the pur.
pose of it. Mr.. Gabbert stated in part
as follows: that under the present
conditions brought about by the divi.
sion of the parish into new wards it
would not be possible to continue the
high standard CT efficiency heretofore
maintained in the Welsh High School,
which is also Center Ward School, ex.
cept that ways be provided for the
increasing the prospective revenues.
That the Welsh schools were now &C.
commodating large number of pupils
from outside districts, in which no
schools were being maintaines, and that
by an extension of the Welsh school
district boundrieS SO as to include all OF
Ward Six, not now included in the
Roanoke District and sucn portion Of
Ward Eight laying along its eastern
border. as the people of that section OF
the Ward might desire to be included
in the Welsh District, it would be posi-.
BILE to maintain the Center Ward School
here in its present efficiency.
After stating the purpose of the meet
ing, Mr.. Gabbert suggested that
permanent chairman be chosen, The
temporary chairman was unanimously
chosen as permanent chairman, and
D. r. Read was chosen as Secretary.
Mr.. j. M. Booze, President of the
Parish School Board, being present by
request was called upon for statement
OF conditions. Mr.. Boozes opinions
co.incided with Mr.. Gabberts in regard
to the necessity of increasing the pros.
pective school fund, and also as to the
best method of so doing, Mr.. Booze
stated that the expence of maintaining
the Welsh schools is at present about
100000 annually. Prof. W. P. Annette
Parish Superintendent elect, stated
that the present teachers salary for the
Welsh corpse of teachers is S745Oo per
month and that the total cost of main.
tanning the schools last month, includ.
ing wagonettes and other incidental
expences was $4,000.
Moved by MIR. L. E. Robinson, and
seconded and amended, that we favor
the extension of the Welsh School Dis.
trict so as to include all Of Ward Six
not included in the Roanoke District,
and such portions of the eastern side of
Ward Eight as may sdesire Ito be
included, in this district, and such
portions of Ward Seven. as may desire
to be so included: this territory to con.
sist, in the main, of the land:east of the
road running south on the west side of
Harry Pattersen's place, and laying
north of the Bayou, and a small portion
of Ward Seven laying directly south OF
Welsh, provided the school tax can be
euualize. Motion carried.
,, Moved and carried that the Chair
appoint a committee. of Three, latter
ward amended to five) to circulate
petitions in the territory to be effected
by the proposed changes, and find out
| in this manner the desire of the people
living in these sections. The Chair ap
pointed on this committee Mr.. Eloi
Hebert, of Ward Eight, Mr.. S. E. Carroll
and Mr.. A. T. Jones of Ward Six, and
afterwards added Mr.. E. 7. Louyiert