St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-07-19
terest of said school district as they

In school district No. 2 of the sixth
Police Jury ward a tax of two and one
half e 1-2) mills on the dollar is
is hereby levied for the purpose of
paying the bonds and interest of said
district as they mature; and a tax Of
two (2) mills on the dollar to give
additional aid and to maintain the
schools of said district.
In Bayou Boeuf school district No.
81 of st. Landry parish, a tax of three
90 mills on the dollar is hereby levied
for the purpose of giving additional aid
and to maintain the schools of the said
school district.
Unanimously carried.
Report of the Executive Committee on
Schools
To the President and Members of the
School Board of the Parish of st.
Landry:
We your executive committee, make
the following recommendations relat-
i've to the schools of the parish:
First Ward-That the Coteau white
school be closed on account Of not
having sufficient enrolment in this
school to successfully operate the
school.
That the Poplar Grove school be
closed and a transfer purchased and
operated to the Opelousas high school
That the petition of the West Belle
view people be granted and the West
Belleview school closed and the trans
fer wagon from the Waxia school
which has been discontinued, changed
to the West Belleview route and oper-
ated to the O~pelousas high school.
That a transfer be purchased and
operated from South BeIleview to the
Opelousas high school.
That a transfer be purchased and
operated from the Gradney Island
section tt the Opelousas high school.
That the Thompson colored school
be closed and the Hollier and Coteau
colored schools be r%eopened.
Second Ward-That an additional
transfer wagon be operated from
Prairie Basse to the Sunset school
and the wagon used on the WhiteVille
route be changed and operated on this
route.
That the transfer wagon on the
upper route at Palmetto, which was op-
Grated from LeBeau to Palmetto be
discontinued and this wagon changed
and operated on the route from john
son to the Bristol school.
That a colored school be opened at
Sunset.
rbSr5 Uyord Tho4 a francfar WIG 0op
be purchased and operated from He
bert Cove to Arnaudville school.
That a colored school be opened at
Notleyville.
Fourth Ward-That a white school
be opened at Lower Bayou Jack.
That a transfer wagon be purchased
and operated on the C~ourtableau below
Port Barre to the Port Barre school.
That the following colored schools
be opened: Upper Waxia, Bayou Cur
rent and Richard.
That a transfer be operated from
Faulkner's Ferry to Palmetto school.
Fifth Ward-That a colored school
be opened between Garland and Begg,
and that one be opened at or neal
Whiteville.
Sixth Ward-That the following col
ored schools be opened: Guidry
school, on property Of Simon Guidry
near Pitreville, Fontenot school, on
property of Gilbert Fontenot, in Nal
let, Balque school, near Savoie Sta
ton on the property of Alfred Balque.
That the Teche or Mack eolored school
be reopened. These schools are rec
commended to be opened on condition
that these communities will provide a
suitable site, to be decided and agreed
with a representative of the
board, a suitable building and the nee
essary Accommodations for the opera
ton of the school.
Respectfully submitted
O. P. DAILY
J. A. DURIO
G. HORIAST
Executive Committee.
Mr.. Perrault, duly seconded, moved
that the report be adopted, the recon-
mendaticns approved and the execu-
ton referred to the superintendent
with full power to act. Unanimously
carried.
Opelousas, La, July 7th, 1919.
To the President and Members of the
School Board of the Parish of st.
Landry:
Gentlemen
/ am herewith submitting a brief
summary of my work covering the pc
Rod from January 1st to July 1st, 1919.
Miles traveled-Rail 3,206, team 4,
auto 2,392.5, walked 16.
Number visits to club members So,
demonstration agent 2, farmers 314,
schools so, sales !, club plats 1877.
Number of meetings held, boys and
Cooperative shipments made 8.
Amount gained by these shipments
to farmers $~2,624.86.
Consultation at office (farmers) 1872.
Letters written 326, circulars sent
out 1,035, bulletins and circulars mail
ed Z.
Hogs inoculated 1854.
Cattle, horses and mules v~accinated
1922.
Meetings addressed 5, estimated at
tendance SGT.
Enrolment in clubs, corn 80, pig
ITO, cotton IL.
Rally day held for boys and girls /.
Besides assisting the farmers and
the boys and girls in the various pro-
jects already mentioned, l have plan
ned to organize for the coming year
cooperative buying and selling organi-
cations in order to secure 4 better mar
kaf for tho farunnrs' produca
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED A. MENDOZA
Assistant County Agent.
Opelousas, La. July 7th, 1919.
To the Honorable President and Mem