Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-01-20
TWO COUNTY SCHOOLS
! ARE CONSOLIDATED
Delegations From Several Dis
tricts Before Board
visor on School Conditions

d -t uNli iii lCOI ldIl WOlk h lOI llIS
benefit OF the county schools oi
Madison county was done at the
regular meeting of the County
Board of Education Saturday
S-The board voted unanimously to
consolidate the schools at Narrow
Gap and Pilot Knob, following
appearance before it of a commit
tee of citizens from those two
communities. In the delegations
were Messrs.. NJ. J. Carrier, Hack
Wilson, J. H, Million, Mack Maui
pin, Whit Green and Ben Boen.
They agreed to furnish a new site
for a two-room building to be
erected near the center OF the two
districts, and also to build a els
tern. They want an eight-grade
school.
Further investigation will be
done before final action is taken
on petition for consolidation of
the schools at Green Oak, Black
and Dozier districts. Committees
from these districts appearing be-
fore the board were composed OF
Messrs. H. p Dykes, Horace Do
zier, R. A. House, Sam Bigger
staff, A. E. Davis, r. A. Cosby,
Gale Ledford, John Tribble, J. r.
> Weddle and Bob Asher. They
want the new school built near
Red House.
A committee from Science Hill
: sought consolidation of the
Science Hill district and part of
the Black school district. In the
committee before the board were
Mrs. Eugene Todd, Miss Margar-
ct Douglas, Miss Brandenburg
Ed Taylor, Charles Baldwin, Al
gin .Brandenburg, Startling Nc
Kinney, Leslie Long and DR.. J. H.
Rutledge. Further investigation
will be made before any action is
taken.
Anew school building as the old
one is badly out of repair, was
asked by a committee from For
>est Hill. In this delegation were
SMessrs. E. H. Masters, E. c. Cos
by, J. H. Million They want a
two-room building. The sum of
500 has already been raised in
the district. The members OF the
committee stated that they be-
lieYe that they can raise more
and they will endeavor to do so.
The Cane Spring district also
needs new building badly, the
, board was told by a committee
composed of Messrs. Walter
Brandenburg, Carl Willoughby
and Alfred Cruise.
There was no report from the
cohimittee which had in charge
the matter of the proposed con-
solidation of the cOlored schools
at Berea, Middeltown and Far
ristOWn.
Several vacancies in district
trusteeships were filled by the
board as follows:
Bobtown-Lee Bowlin.
Blue Lick-Wade Lewis.
Panola-O. H. Hendren.
Board members present at the
meeting were Messrs. A. c Dan
iels. Balls Wilson, w. A. .Arbuck-
lie and A. J. Million. In the alb
sence of Secretary r. o. Moberly,
County Superintendent Ben F.
Edwards acted as secretary of the
meeting.
A very comprehensive and IL
Illuminating report on school con-
ditions in the county was pre-
sented by School Supervisor J. B.
Harris. and was filed with the re-
cords. Prof. Harris report is in
full as follows:
= Supervisor Harris Report
Richmond, Ky. AN. Is, 1920
To- the Madison Board of
Education
Dec. p, 1919
Gentlemen:
Having finished the supervision
of Madison County Schools, ]
submit the following summary ot
my work since July 1919:
/ have visited your schools
d throughout the county; many O
y them twice, some three times.
/ find that the schools have
been greatly handicapped by rea
SON of the publishers failing tc
furnish books Neither the new
nor even the eold adoption coulc
be- secured.
The attitude of many trustee
has been a drawback because o
failure to visit the schools, o
even to look after the needed re
pair
The question of board has bee
serious problem. In some 10
calities the patrons absolutely re
fused to board the teacher. Man,
of yOur teachers had to Spen