St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-10-11

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ly, j. Evans, H. Heiney, w. M. Hol-
den, James Heuey, w. M. Abney.
To the Honorable School Board Par
ish of st. Tammany, La.
Gentlemen:-Our company will
gladly erect a suitable building for
the children If the above request is
granted by your honorable body.
GLOBE PACKING BOX CO..
by L. M. Levinson, Mgr.
Maud, La, Sept. Is, 1913.
The Honorable School Board of St.
Tammany Parish, Covington, La.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
citizens of st. Tammany parish, La.
living in the vicinity of Maud, La.
petition you to furnish us teacher
to teach a school at Maud, La, the
school to begin October the 15th,
1918, we, as patrons of said school.
to erect suitable building for school
house at our expense.
Signed,
G. C. Nicholas, 2 children; J. e.
Pierce, / child; v. E. Moran, child
rem; s. B. Kennedy, 3 children; H. ].
child; Bill Rice, children.
Moved by Mr.. Parker and second
ed by MIR. Fauntleroy, that whereas
the budget for the year 1914 has
been made out without arranging for
conducting schools at these places,
there are no funds for this purpose
and therefore this matter be laid up
on the table.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Parker and seconded
by Mr.. Fauntleroy, that whereas the
Oak Grove and Audubon school
houses have been completed and the
supervising architect having given his
certificate for the last payments of
each, the school board should accept
both of these buildings.
Carried.
To the Honorable President and
Members Parish Board of School
Directors, St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersign-
ed patrons Of the Alton and Cause
schools respectfully petition your
honorable body to consolidate the
above mentioned schools and to
build a two-room school house at
some convenient location between
the two houses now used for school
purposes. We ask that should this
petition be granted that the site for
the school be selected by the parish
school board or some committee Sc
lected by them, provided that the
ward dierctor of the eighth ward be
one of the committee.
In asking for this consolidation we
are actuated only by strong desire
to give our children the best possible
schools and we kEow that this can
only be done by giving them as many
teachers and as good buildings as
possible.
]. E. Brown, J. :. K:laball, John
Williams, Calvin Williams, ]. :. Ken
nedy, Leon Geryais, w. Alsobrooks,
Mrs. O. E. Parker, ). n. Alsobrooks.
E. D. Rolient, W. NJ. Farve, ]. J..
Farve, c. j. Luther, ]. B. Porter,
W. A. Luther, W. Il. Powe. y. H.
Kahl, c. W. Crawford, E. w. Foy,
Chas. Hartman, A. s. Powe, j. Y.
Robert.
Moved by Mr.. Kahl and seconded
by Mr.. Parker, that the Alton and
Cause schools be consolidated, and
the following committee be appointed
to select site for q consolidated
school house, and to act as q buflc-
ing committee with all powers nee
essary for the successful carrying out
OF the above mentioned duties.
COMMITTEES: T. p. Crawford, J. II.
Crawford, C. w. Crawford. John
Williams, and the Superintendent.
Carried unanimously.
The superintendent reported that
he had carried out tie verbal H.
structions of the board given at the
special meeting of the board, regard
ing the collection of the incidental
fee. These Instructions were that all
patrons be given one week III which
to pay the incidental Zee. and if the
tax is not paid within that time. the
child is to be kept at home by the
parent.
Moved by Mr.. kahl and seconded
by Mr. Parker, that the board ap-
prove of the method of collecting the
incidental fee used by the Superin-
tendent, it being the instructions
gwen him by this board.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and second
ed by Mr.. Kahl that the members of
the board as individuals proceed &c
borrow money for salaries of the
teachers until the first part OF Janu-
airy. W
Yeas-Dutsch. Fauntleroy, Fitx-
Simons, Hansbrough, Kshl, Farmer,
Crawford, Liddle.
No-Parker.
Carried.
The following petition was receiv-
ed:
To the Honorable President and
Members Of the Parish School
Board
We. the undersigned patrons of
the public school at Pilgrim Rest, in
the second ward of this parish. do
hereby petition your honorable body
to build a foot bridge over and
across the Bogue Talaya Creek
near the residence Of Willis jenkins.
The bridge not to be less than one
thousand feet in length.
Respectfully,
Willis jenkins, Jim Jenkins, A. w.
Williams, Jack Lloyd, F. NJ. Mendow.
G. L. Sloan, U. r. Heating, Calvill
Jenkins, Boy Lloyd, Henry Taylor.
Pinkney Galloway, Chas. Kothe, J.