The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-07-31
ocEEpINes OF THE BOARD or
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(onicial.)
ocala, Fla, July z. 1914.

The board of public instruction in
nd for Marion county met in regular
.ession at it's office on the above date
1ith all members present and acting
"A follows: w. d. earn, chairman, B.
pitch and ]. S. Grantham, men,
6ers. and ]. H. Brinson, secretary.
Messrs. d. H. BURY and c. E. Cork,
<rustees of the Orange Lake school,
<alled and made request for "a new
4esks and one recitation desk. 1t was
4ereed that they should be allowed
and ordered, half of the expense to be
horne by the county and half by the
district. 1t was also agreed for the
trustees to repair the windows and
make such other repairs as were ne
cessary at district expense.
Messrs. L. B. Marsh, ]. n. Brinson
and Ed Teuton appeared before the
hoard and made request for new
school house to be established about
two miles east of the present site
of the Marshville school. The matter
was passed for the present.
Mr.. w. v. Chapel of Kendrick call
ed and discussed the matter of hold
ling a meeting of the white people of
the district to recommend trustees to
the board for appointment to serve
in the Kendrick district for the en-
surfing term. 1t was agreed for the
meeting to be held that afternoon.
Messrs. J. F. Parker and H. r. Rod
denberry, trustees of the Homeland
district, called and made request for
a new school house to be built in a
different locataion from the present.
They asked for a house to be built
2Ox90x12 feet.
The getting of a deed to the Eel
lowship school lot was discussed.
Mr.. A. B. Moore and Mr. c. G..
Priest, -yr., of Anthony called and
discussed with the board the repairs
to the Anthony school house that
were needed, and it was agreed that
the repairs as stated should be made
by Mr.. Moore and materials furnished
for $115.
DR.. VIM. Griffith of the board of
trustees of the Dunnellon school call
ed and requested that heaters and
desks be furnished for the building,
,Jco +bo d;cpocif;0,, to ha ,,,oda Of tho
old school building, and teachers for
the negro school. The matter of the
pupils of the primary grades being
required to leave their books at the
school house was discussed.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
Geo. Ross, supervisor of Mt. Royal
colored school, called and made in
quiry about the request for a well to
be put down, his house to be ceiled
and painted.
]. ]. Calhoun, supervisor of the Sui
phur Springs colored school, called
and made inquiry as to when the
building of their new school house
would begin, and also requested that
desks be furnished. 1t was agreed to
go ahead and build their house as
soon as possible as they had contrib
uted 500 in money to apply to it.
Interest on $1400 of warrants held
by Mrs. E. ]. Cardy was due and or
dered paid.
1t was agreed to take out builders
risk on the 0cala school building to
the extent of $4,000, distributed in
equal amounts between G. S. Scott, +.
w. Ditto and E. NJ. Osborne, as
agents.
Mr.. d. A. Walker, one of the trus-
tees of the Martel school, called and
requested the appointment of Miss
Laura Kemp as teacher for the COM
ing term. He also requested that the
house be recovered and it was agreed
that this be done by the county fur
nishing the material and the district
doing the work.
Mr.. w. j. Folks of Juliette called
and made a statement with reference
to the Buck Pond school district. 1t
was recommended that there be an
election called to change the bound
airy lines of this district, and it was
agreed that there should be petit
ton prepared and sent for signatures
asking for the election.
Mr.. J. l.. Whisenant, one of the
trustees of the Belleview school, call
ed and requested 43 yards of black
board, four feet wide, and announced
that Mr.. ]. A. Freeman had taken the
contract for painting the house.
1t was announced that the Paisley
school wants Miss Lillian Colyer of
Otter Creek for teacher for the COM