St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-04-10

Peace Grove School, do earnestly pc
tition the honorable school board tt
have the high school which will b;
| built put near the center of the sixth
ward as possible We have severa
pupils to enter high school and b,
the building being in the center Of
the ward it will make it convenient
for all schools to send from home
saving them from boarding away
from home.
Signed by Everett Keller and Is
others.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and seconded
by Mr.. Millar that an addition be
made to both the Talisheek and Cen
trail schools and that the offer OF
Thomas & Parker, represented by
Warren Thomas, be accepted.
Yes: Dutsch, Kahl, Parker, Mil
lar and Farmer.
No: O'Keefe and Crawford.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch and seconded
by Mr.. Millar, that an average daily
attendance of As be declared t,
minimum for a school of three teach
ers. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Kahl and seconded
by DR.. Farmer, that the insurance on
the Slidell high school be renewed
through the same agents as have car
ried the insurance for the past three
years. Carried.
On the authority of the following
resolution it was decided to borrow
from the Slidell special account the
amount of the premium on the Sill
dell school insurance and to pay this
back either from the general fund OR
the funds of the District No. 8, as
the board decides best. Carried.
Slidell, La, April 2, 1915.
I, e. F. Perilloux, town clerk and
tax collector of the town of Slidell,
st. Tammany parish, Louisiana, do
hereby certify that at special meet
ing of the town council held March
81, 1915, the following motion was
made and unanimously carried:
Resolved by the mayor and town
council of Slidell, La, in special ses
sion assembled, That the School
Board Of st. .Tammany Parish be and
the same is hereby requested to re-
new the policies of insurance COW
ering $4,000 on the high school
building and $4,000 on the furniture
Of the Slidell high school in Slidell,
La, for three years, from March 30,
1915; and that if said School Board
shall find that there are no available
funds in the general school fund nor
;ol Mt
with which to pay the premium, that
vouchers be drawn on the fund aris-
ing from the special mill tax, levied
On the property in the town of Slidell,
10 cover the bond issue with which
The school building was erected and
equipped; provided the school board
will obligate itself to return the
amount to this fund out of the gener-
II fund or the special 2 1-2 mil: tax
IN the ninth ward.
E. F. PERILLOUX,
Clerk and Tax Collector
The superintendent stated that the
lrchitect had reported irregularities
n the Sun school house and that
therefore, he had not accepted the
building. The architect had recon-
nended that a reduction of s44.5O
lpon the metal single be accepted
md that ten dollars upon the matter
# the chimneys be deducted.
Upon motion of DR.. Farmer and !
econded by Mr.. Parker, it was voted
0 accept the building with these |
hanges and rebates, provided the
onsent of the bonding company |
ould be secured. Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Kahl and seconded |
y DR.. Farmer, that conductor pipes |
e put on the Sun schoolhouse. Car
led.
The following resolution was in
reduced by Mr. Millar and seconded
y Mr.. Dutsch:
Whereas, this parish has been re-
emily visited by Messrs. E. S. Ricn-
rdson and w. H. Balls of the Junior
Extension Department of the Louisi-
ma State University, who visited and
poke at fifteen of our schools to
yer two thousand school patrons
nd pupils; and
Whereas, we believe this Depart.
lent under the able direction of
hese gentlemen is doing a great
1ork for the young people OF the
tate; therefore be it
Resolved, That we as the Parish
oar dof School Directors of st. Tam
lany parish, do most heartily en-
orse this work and urge upol the
University and all others in authority
} support and aid in this work; be-
ewing as we do that the good to be
erived by the boys and girls of our
,hoOls will be shown in the balance
their lives, and in many ways.
This resolution was enthusiastical-
: and unanimously adopted.
Moved by DR.. Farmer and seconded
Y Mr.. Kahl, that the old Covington
;hool house be not re-insured. Car
ed.
The following petition was receiv-
! from the patrons of the Sun Con-
,lidated School:
Sun, La, Feb. Is, 1915. |.
We, the undersigned patrons of
IN graded school, respectfully ask
lat you give Miss Edna Mizell &
3sition as teacher in the school for
lie next term, as we think she is
lalified and deserving. II
Signed by Warren Pierce and "a
hers.
Moved by Mr.. Kahl and seconded
Y DR.. Farmer, that the matter of
slecting teachers be laid over until
le July meeting. Carried. !,
Moved by Mr.. Millar and seconded
Y Mr.. Dutsch, that the superintend-
At be instructed to reimburse Mr.. II