The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-11-20
...u,,uTEs or BOARD OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
ncala. Fla, Nov. 4, 1914.

III
rso hoard of public instruction in
ar Marion county, Florida, met
ocular session with w. D. earn,
.,rman. and B. r. Bitch, member,
s. Grantham, member, absent.
crimson served as secretary.
=, i F. Parker called and took up
s. natter of painting the Homeland
.sboOl house. 1t was agreed to have
- house painted from district funds
: ur Parker, and he was author
"a IN 90 ahead and secure the paint
"a do the work for $73.
uessrs. Chambers and Mathews,
..astees Of the Fairfield school, called
~ discussed with the board the
..,nting Of the Fairfield school house.
PROPOSALS were submitted from w. B.
| usmmond and Mr.. Mathews, and ac-
.ion deferred for the present.
ur. Hudgens of Fellowship called
IA secured a warrant to finish pay
no the freight on the Fellowship
assks and also made request for
he house to be painted on the in
side.
4 i ]. Calhoun, supervisor of Sulphur
snrings colored school, called and
discussed with the board the matter
Il some of the patrons from the for
mer Wesley Chapel school sending to
his school without paying a fee as
most of his patrons had done. Moth
ing could be done about this. A re-
auest to have toilets erected was
granted, also some more desks for his
school.
Grant James, supervisor of Mt. Ia
Dor colored school, called and made
reouests for toilets to be granted for
bis school, which was agreed to, and
they were to be paid for from district
funds.
Mr.. Hudgens made request that bill
for lumber on Fellowship school
grounds as presented at August or
September meeting, be paid. Also
curtains for parts of buildings ex-
posed to the sun were granted, to be
paid for from district funds. The re-
quest about the lumber was postpon-
led.
Mr.. G. w. Neville OF Dunnellon call
ed and presented a number OF bills
and discussed the situation there.
Also Mr.. Nisle, editor of the Dunnel-
lon Advocate, called and requested a
portion of the school board advertis-
ing. Mr.. Neville discussed the mat
ter of removing the fence from the
white school grounds, and it was
agreed to authorize him to advertise
he fence for sale if agreeable to the
majority of the board of trustees. A
bid was presented for putting down
well for the colored school at Dun
nellon, but was agreed to wait for
another bid to be sent in.
Mr.. r. H. Scott of Fairfield called
and made statement about the paint
ing of the school house.
Mr.. ]. S. Grantham, member of the
board, came at this time.
The board adjourned to 1870 p. m.
Wednesday Afternoon Session
Prof. Mccall, principal of Howard
Academy, called and suggested max
ing some change in the name of the
school, to call attention to the indus
trial feature of the school. He was
authorized to use such name on the
letter heads and other stationery as
would indicate the nature of tn
school.
Mr.. S. G.. Lowell, one of the trustees
Of the Pedro school, called and made
request that third teacher be grant
Cd, as the average had passed the
one required by the board to furnish
third teacher upon. The request
was granted.
Capt. Geo. M. Lynch, one of the
state rural school inspectors, visited
with the board during the session and
discussed particularly the aim and
work of the rural school commission.
). w. Williams, supervisor of We
tumpka colored school, called and re-
ported that they had dug a we'll and
secured water in good quantity and
presented bill for same.
Mrs. Roberts, matron of the dormi-
Tory, called and discussed with the
board the situation and the means of