The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-31

Messrs. ]. L. B. Hudgens and r. w.
Erwin, trustees of the Fellowship
school, called and discussed the mat
ter of there being no deed in exist
ence for the Fellowship school lot. II
was agreed that the old church deed
should be recorded, and the church
trustees would make the deed to the
county school board for the school lot
| With reference to the disposition OF
the old school house it was agreed
that it should be sold to the best ad.
vantage.
Mr.. Bitch, who as a member of the
board had been requested to look aft.
er the settling of the question of the
moving of the Pleasant Hill school
house, reported that he had attended
meeting of the patrons at which
the matter had been discussed, and
1t had been decided to move the
house to another locataion.
Correspondence with Miss Ella
Mendenhall, with reference to her TAX.
ing the principalship of the North
Ocala primary school, was examined,
! and it was agreed to appoint her to
the position at a salary of $50 per
month.
Messrs. Crosby, Shortridge and Ell
lis of Citra called and discussed teach
ers with the board. 1t was suggested
that the board buy the half block on
the north side of the lot recently pur-
chased, at the price of 800.
Mr.. c. E. Foglestrom, one of the
trustees of the Capulet school, called
and recommended Mr.. J. L. Jones for
] teacher for the coming term. The
! appointment was ordered made.
Some of the colored citizens called
and asked the board to meet with the
city council that night in the inter
est of petition that they had filed
asking for the removal of a place of
i'll repute from the neighborhood of
the colored school. The board agreed
to meet with them in company with
the trustees of the Ocala school.
Messrs. Lightsey and Coin called
and made request that the Coin
school be operated, although it was
questionable as to whether they
would have the number of pupils ne
cessary to make the required average
or not. They were instructed to
make every effort to secure the neces-
sary number.
Night Session
The county board, in company with
the board of trustees of the Ocala
school, called upon the council of the
city of Ocala, in session at its council
chamber and the petition referred to
from the colored people of Ocala was
called up and read. Superintendent
Brinson presented the position of the
two boards upon the matter, and
they were informed that there was
ample authority in the executive
branch of the city government for the
suppression of the alleged place of
i'll repute, and the petition and the
entire question was referred to the
| mayor of the city for such action as
he may deem proper in the matter.
The county school board then re-
sumed it's sitting at it's office, with all
members present, and the minutes of
the meetings held on May 9Th and
10th, and June 4, Sc, and the special
meeting on June 18th were read and
adopted.
Mr.. Bitch made a statement with
reference to the condition of the
Blaze Pond colored school house.
The superintendent reported to the
board that he had visited the sites
proposed for the colored building at
Symmetrical and had selected the
one closest to Summerfeld, and had
authorized them to have deed prepar-
ed for same, to be presented to the
| board.
The board adjourned for the day.
Wednesdays Session
The board met, with all present and
acting.
The plans as prepared by George
MacKay, architect, for the new school
building at Citra, were presented and
examined by the county board and
the trustees of the Citra district, and
accepted as prepared.
Mr.. w. T. Gary appeared and pre-
scented detailed statement of expendi-
lures handled by himself as secretary
of the Ocala board of trustees for the
past school year. The statement was
accompanied with vouchers for all
payments. !
The salaries of the teachers for