St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-04-14

| The following resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Levy who moved its
adoption. 1t was seconded by Mr..
Millar.
purchase the proposed issue of the
$4,000 five per cent bonds about to
be issued for and on behalf of school
district No. 4, in the opinion of this
board the bid of the Covington Bank
& Trust Co., as outlined in their let
ter to this board of date April A.,
1917, is the best and highest bidder;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the bid be accept
ed and that the president and secre-
tary be authorized to notify the Gov
| ington Bank & Trust Co. accordingly.
The matter of the purchase of a
home for the principal of the Oak
Grove school came UP and after some
discussion was laid over until next
meeting, by motion of Mr.. Millar,
seconded by Mr.. Todd.
On motion of Mr.. Levy, seconded
by Mr.. Millar, the following trus-
tees were appointed for the Lewis
burg school: w. M. Boyle, A. II.
Manint and Sidney Smith.
Moved by Mr.. Millar and seconded
by Mr.. Evans, that the superintend-
ent be instructed to pay the teachers
of Talisheek and Sun schools for the
time school was closed because of
the cases of small pox. On roll call
the following voted in the affirma-
tive: Levy, Kahl, Evans, Todd. Mil
lar. No: Dutsch, O'Keefe, Robert.
Moved by Mr.. Dutsch, seconded by
Mr.. Robert and Mr.. Evans, that the
present superintendent be reappoint-
ed for the term of fou ryears from
the first day of July, 1917, with the
same salary, travelling expenses and
allowance for office help as he now
has. On roll call all voted in the at
firmative, and Mr.. Lyon was declared
elected for the coming legal term of
four years.
Mr.. O'Keefe, that the secretary be
directed to inform the trustees that
the Folsom school must not be used
as meeting place for any lodge or
| society whatsoever, and any agree
ment that may have been made in the
past whereby such meetings have
been held is hereby cancelled. Car
ried
Moved by Mr.. O'Keefe and sec
! onded by Mr.. Millar, that the ward
director of the. third and seventh
| wards be given the permission to
| change the hour of opening the
schools in their ward, provided the
change meets the consent of the pat
rons Carried.
The following letter was received
from the contractor for operating the
school transfer from Edwards neigh
borhood to Madisonville school:
| Madisonville, L., Feb. "a, 1917.
To the Officers and Members of St.
| Tammany Parish School Board.
lGentlemen:-Wit sincere regret
have been compelled to discontinue
transporting the children from Ed
wards school to jacksonville school
until the road leading thereto be-
| comes again, passable.
| You will no doubt take into con-
| sideration that we have just passed
through the longest spell of miser-
ably rainy weather and that roads
throughout the state have been ter
ribly cut up. However, just beyond
| Madisonville township line on the
road which leands to the Turnpike is
| considered far worse than any place
in the surrounding parish and we
have been unable to pass here for
some time.
Up to Monday, Feb. 10, we had
l IT. - %v,Sv t,xyt h 10 = q
and when on this day my driver re-
ported that the axle of the van was
dragging in several places, ! decid-
ed to discontinue using the van, and.
together with my family, went in
search of a road through the woods
| which would help us by the bad
places. Our search was unsuccess-
full and wound up by having a pair
of mules get us out of the mud.
Because of the fact that I have
spared no expense (paying 81 per
day for each of two horses. and hav-
ing the driver to pay as welll, and
| because / have hired horses until
owners absolutely refused to rent
them to me further at any price;
and because / have used the auto
mobiles until a wrecking crew had
to be kept continually on the job at
the bad places; an dbecause l feel
that should not he held accountable
for the impassability of the road,
which fact may be testified to by a
score or more of witnesses whose
! names I would be pleased to submit
upon request, I hereby petition your
honorable body to release me from
my contract without suffering the
loss of money, until such time as the
roads become again open to travel.
| Thanking you for deep and favor
able consideration. l am,
Yours respectfully,
| KOEPP & VILLA MS.
Per Geo. F. Williams.
Moved by Mr.. Levy, seconded by
Mr.. Millar, that the board direct the
superintendent to refund to Geo. r.
i Id, BOD $ysnY