The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-31
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Cab. F.a.. o. 6. 1914.

Bl.eol, member, and Superintendent
j. II. Crimson, secretary. present
Mr. Bitch re3ortei on his visit
to The Homeland school, on an in
speos.on Of their hoe,se as moved TO
the new site and stated Chat il was
successfully novel and set up and
was n first class condition.
Mr. ]. r. Parker caHed AMI pre-
sente1 a1 Insurance poiiey on the
Hone1ani SHOOT hoIse AMI Il was
aeeeEsef w.7h tie underz-an ling that
the Frem.rm shoul1 lie paid from
district funds. He proposed TO put
a good fence aroInl the school house
100 feet sqcare fer tGle Old building
but this was net accepted.
Mr. O'NeaI. O. Marcel. called and
offered TO purchase the old Fellow
ship building at $40 Messrs Atkin-
son. Bitch and T:pp. called AM made
request fer the old building for $50
in order TO use it for an ". o. w.
lodge, provided it could be located
on the school lot. it was agreed to
accept the lodge proposition to be
paid fer at the next meeting of the
board.
iMessrs. Scott and Mathews, trus-
tees of Fairfield school, called and
male request that the third teacher
he a.1owei to continue although the
average fer last month was slightly
less than 60, the number required
20 main an third teaaher. 1t was
agreed to continue the teacher for
the present. The question of paint
ing the selhocl house was taken Up
ana Mr. scott proposed TO oil it on
the inside if the county would paint
the outside 1T was agreed 10 adYer-
tise for bids to paint the outside
with two coats of first class materi-
al and to hard oil the inside, the lat
ter to be paid for by bhe patrons.
1t was also agreed to try beaver
board fer blackboard for Fairfield.
Mr.. Jno M. Graham called and
made request for the board to furn-
ish a sdib-distrfet ledger and blanks
fer the use of the treasurer office.
Mr. Potts called and turne1 IN a
of bills for maternal and Ia
Dor for the Fellowship new building
AMI discussed the. progress of the
work, including the painting of the
same.
Mr.. Walter Nichols called and dis
cussed with the board the securing
of lot for the Pedro Baptist church,
the same to be one acre in the north
east corner of the school lot and to
be decided to Deacons Walter Mich
OILS, R. ]. Perry and their successors
in office.
Mr. M. i. Payne called AMI agreed
to loan the board $500 at 7 per cent
interest payable quarterly which was
accepted.
Mr.. Leroy Williams called and
made request for transportation for
his children to the Homeland school
Mr.. Parker made a 81 atement of the
situation and the request was re-
fused
The board adjourned for noon
Tuesday Afternoon Session
The board met with all members
present and acting
Mr. Neville, of DunneIlon, called
and reported the purchase of ten
dots for the colored building site for
Hard Rock school He presented
contracts for moving the
old white building to the site pur7
chased for the co1ored building. 1t
was agreed that he should be author
lied to contract for the moving of
the building.
Mr. George Johns of Derby neigh
borhood, called and protested against
the appointment of the teacher who
had been listed for the place and
it was agreed to change the listing.
Mr.. Chas. Shaw ana Mr.. S. B.
Brooks, OF Zuber, called and request
ed permission TO send their children
to the Ocala school. Mr.. Shaw had
two, Mr.. Brooks three and MIR. Perry,
who also made the request, Two.
The permission was granted.
MIR. Potts called and reported that
Mr.. Winer would paint the Fellow
ship house both outside and inside
in first class manner for S212.
The matter of considering plans
for the proposed school building at
Citra was then taken up. tMessrs.
George MacKay, ". E. Mark, E. c..
Hosford and Shields Warren. called
at different times and presented plans
and drawings suggestive Of their
ideas of the kind of building to erect
under the existing circumstances.
The board went into executive ses-
sion with -Messrs. Crosby and Driver,
trustees and Mr. E. l.. Wartmann I,