The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-15
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
ocala. Fla, Sept. q 1920.


0cala. Fla, Sept. Z. 1920.
The board Of public instruction I'M
and for Marion county met this the
18th day of September, 1920. in regu-
lar session.
G. r. Veal and A. J. Stevens were
present. Mr.. w. L. Colbert having
resigned as member of the board, Mr..
w r.. Gary was present and having
been appointed to FIJI the nnexpired
term Of Mr.. Colbert. presented his
commission from the governor. Upon
motion Of G. r.. Veal and seconded by
A. J. Stephens, w. T. Gary was elect
led chairman Of the board
Mr.. M. L. Payne appeared and ask
ed for permits FOR Miss Jennie Payne
to teach his two grandchildren, VII
son r Green and Ellis T. Green at
his home. The permits were granted.
Mr.. r. Smoak came before the
board and outlined the route he had
to make and the condition of the
roads, stating that to make the route
lrequired to get all the children would
require him to travel much further
/ than the route he had accepted the
Icontract under. After considering
the matter and laying out Mr..
Smoak's route the board agreed to
lpay 500 per month.
Mr.. Al. s. Pickett was allowed $50
lper month to convey the children
from the Cottage Hill school to the
Fellowship school.
Two petitions from the Shady
school were before the board, one ask
ling that the children be conveyed into
I0cala and the other asking that the
lschool be maintained at Shady. After
considering both petitions it was de-
lcided TO maintain the school at Shady.
A colored school was granted in
lSt. Phillips neighborhood, four miles
southwest of Kendrick.
Transportation was granted the
Boardman school to Mcintosh school.
The board took up the petition ask
ling for an election to create special
tax school district at Ebenezer, and
latter hearing Mr. Simmons and Mr..
Harrison against calling the election
and Mr.. Anderson. Mr.. Minis and
others in favor of calling the cleo
ton. it was ordered that an election
Ibe called to be held at Ebenezer
lschool house on Saturday, October the
18th, for the purpose Of creating .
special tax school district to be
known as Ebenezer special tax school
district No. AZ, and to elect three
trustees and to fix the milIage to be
levied and collected annually accord
ling to law.
Said district described as follows
land to include the following territory:
sections is, IA, Is. %, % and ID,
township II, range 10. in Arredonda
grant, and sections 20. %, "a, 25s rs,
I27, 35 and Sc. township IL, range 19
lin u. s. G. survey. all in Marion
Icounty, Fla. The following persons
lwere appointed inspectors and clerk
Iof said election: C. S. Minis, j. G. Hug
lgins and wv. Fl. Anderson. inspectors
land w j. Fielding, clerk.
Mr.. Spencer and others appeared
J before the board and asked for trans
Iportation to the Belleview school
Showing that they had IL pupils and
lived three miles from Belleview The
matter was referred to the BellevieW
trustees for their recommendation.
| The supervisor OF the Lakeside col
lored school was authorized to sell the
IOld school house and apply the pro
Iceeds in paying carpenter, building
the new school building.
i A petition to abolish the Mayville
Especial tax school district was pre-
Isented to the board. Said petition
Twas ordered published according ID
llaw, for four weeks, before the board
Icould take action in calling the cleo
Ition.
1 The trustees of the Mayville spec
lial district were authorized to grant
50 per month for each child living in
said district and conveyed to the
Weirsdale school. this pay to come
lentirely from the district money.
il ]. d. Mccall, principal of Howard
Il academy, asked that il the board
Ieould see its way clear to grant them
Ia domestic science teacher. After
considering the question, the board
decided that for the lack of funds
Fit could not grant said teacher.
1 wv. I'll Folks was given the contract
TO convey the children from the Blue
i Springs neighborhood school to the
Z Dunnellon school at so per month.
Il The board had q communication
from the Hanchett Bond Co. OF Chi
Icago. offering TO sell the board $10,-
GOO Of the Ocala special district bonds
III nf On MGR rent ard accrued interest.