The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-18
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Ocala, Fla, Jan. A 1915.

chairman, d. II. bIlLcH, neIHDSE1 anu
Superintendent J. H. Crimson, secre-
tary.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing held on December 8, 10, II and II.
and the special meeting held on Dec /
ember % were read and approved as
read.
Mr.. Bitch reported request of Yves
Burden for pay for getting out sills
for the Blaze Pond new school build
ing of ST and this was granted and
it was agreed to furnish nails for the
building.
The board adjourned for noon.
Monday Afternoon Session
A paper was presented to the board
outlining the. features of a proposed
school meet to be held at Leesburg
on the first Friday evening and Satur
day following in which there would
be various literary, musical and ath-
letic contests. The board declined to
take any action upon it at present.
A report was presented from the
district elections held In the Green
wood and Lowell communities on Dec
ember 10, 1914. In the former it APP
peared by the returns that there had
been eleven votes cast for creating the
district and none against, for a three
mill levy ten votes and none against,
and for trustees eleven votes for G.
| ID. Turner, nine for w. FL. Titus, ana
eight for Harmon Hall and five for
| A. p. Monroe. The first three were
declared duly elected and the board
declared the district duly created, a
/ levy of three mills duly voted and or
dered G.. D. Turner, w. Fl. Titus and
Harmon Hall to be commissioned as
trustees for the term ending April
! 15, 1916.
The boundaries of the Greenwood
special tax school district No. 40 and
/ thus created were declared to be as
/ follows: Beginning at the ne corner
i of 5-13423, running thence west to
the sw corner of 25-I3-22, thence
east to the Sc corner of 29-13-23 and
thence north to the point of begin
ming. The returns were signed by G.
i ID. Turner, clerk of the election.
In the matter of the Lowell cleo
ton the returns were signed by L. M.
Raysor, Jr., w. NJ. Shockley, and B.
@. Webb, managers, and II. T. Hall,
clerk They showed that there had
been cast for creating the district
eleven votes, against creating the dis
trict none; for levy of three mill
tax eleven votes for and against
none; for trustees for the term end
ing April Is, 1916, III. T. Hall, S. F,
Rou and H. Neidenhoefer, each re-
ceived ten votes and had none against
or for any one else. The board de-
clared the Lowell special tax schoo,
district No. 80 duly created with the
following boundaries: Beginning al
the ne corner of the sell of 24-13
Il, running thence on the west or
I the half section line through sec
J, tions "a, %, % and q to the ives
tern boundary of the Reddick dis
trict, thence south to the ne cornel
of 32-13-21, thence west to the nv
corner of said section, thence soutl
to the sw corner of 5-14-21, thenc'
east on section line to the Sc corne
Of 1-14-21, thence north on rang
lime to the ne corner of seA of 24-13
ll21. the point of beginning.
Il The order of the board calling tn
elections in each of these district
had been duly advertised in the Ocal
Weekly Banner and the Ocala Week
ly Star, newspapers published in tn
county of Marion and state of Flori
4 da, in the issues of November 20, q
II December 4, IL, 18, all in 1914, cover
ing more than four full weeks froT
time of order calling the election ur
til same was held.
Resignation of E. G.. Boyd as priT
cipal of the Pedro school was pr
sented and accepted and II. E. Ade1
hold was appointed to fill out the III
expired term of three months an
Mrs. Chas. Driggers was appointe
to complete the term of Miss Eliza
beth Proctor as primary teacher {
same school, the latter having resign
ed.
Resignation of Miss Lola Procte
as teacher of the Fantville school Wa
presented and B. S. Hammonds a.
pointed to compete same. Also, re
N ignation of Mrs. Mary Creighton
teacher of the Pine Level school w;
presented and Miss Rae Folks was a
pointed to complete the term.
Report of j. H. Eames as supe
visor of construction on the Oca
buildings was presented and read al
N filed for information.
A request was presented for he
in the repairing of the school house
Lake Kerr but inasmuch as there w
no immediate school need for t
house and further that the boa
held no title to the same the ]
Quest was refused.
A letter from Mr.. e. C. Hosfo1
. architect on the Citra new buildiT
in reply to a proposition from t
board that he relinauish his claims
n the supervising of the construction
NJ same, was presented In which he c
clined to relinquish this privilege.
II Progress was reported In the ma
ter of consunating a loan with Du
M. Farson & Co. for $500 for ]
funding warrants.