St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-07-16

Mr.. E. r. HALEY, of Slidell, was
present and presented a petition
signed by several hundred names
asking for the re-appointment OF Mr..
T. H. McAfee as principal Of the Sill
dell High School for next year. MIR.
HALEY was accompanied by Mrs. G.
A. Everitt and Mr.. T. J. Hand. Mr..
HALEY stated when he submitted the
petition, that large majority Of the
taxpayers and patrons of the Slidell
school desi1 ed this re-appOintment.
Mr.. Sebastian, the Ward Director,
stated that he objected to this re-
appointment, and there was present
number Of citizens and patrons
from sslidell who expressed them
selves as also objecting to this re-
appointment Among them were Mr..
H. C. Cleveland, Mrs. c. V. Guzman,
Mrs. H. C. Cleveland, Mrs. c. A.
Pierl and Mrs. B. H. Gardner. These
people expressed themselves as
strongly opposed to the re-appolnt-
ment for reasons similar to those ex-
pressed at a mass meeting in Slidell,
mentioned above. After lengthy
discussion, the Superintendent stat
ed that he felt that Mr.. McAfee could
not be successful If re-appOinted Tor
another year without the strong CO.
operation Of the patrons in general,
and while he regretted that 1t APP
peared that Mr.. McAfee could not
have this strong cooperation and
assistance, under the conditions de-
Iveloped at that meeting, he felt that
/ it would be unwise to ask for his re-
appointment. Upon request of the
Ninth Ward members, the Superin-
Itendent nominated Mr.. J. c. Orr for
lowing members voted in the affirm
alive: Dutsch, O'keefe, Levy, Tai
tive: Dutsch, O'Keefe, Levp, Tai
LEY, Evans, Bancks, Sebastian and
! Oswald.
! Bids for operating the following
transfers were received:
To run from Lewisburg to the
Vaudeville school in the Fourth
Ward: Gordon Smith, $69.50 per
month for term of two years; Sid
ney Smith, $50 per month for one
lyear; Eugene Esquinance, SIS per
month for a term of one year. On
motion by Mr.. Levy, seconded by MIR.
Oswald, the contract was awarded to
Mr.. Gordon Smith for term Of two
years at $3.50 per school month.
To run to the Madisonville school
from the Baton Rouge, Hammmnni
and Eastern crossing, near Goodbee,
the following bids were received:
| e. F. Fuhrmann, 800 per month for
| 1 term Of two years; Walter Myers,
| sS8 per month for one year; Henry
| Menant, for a term Of three years,
was $95 per month for the first year
500 the second year, and $S5 the
third year On motion by Mr..
Dutsch, seconded by Mr.. Oswald, the
contract was awarded to Mr.. Myers
for term of one year.
! For the operation of a transfer
from the residence of Mr.. John
Peters to the jacksonville school. in
the First Ward, the following bids
were received: Mr.. J. L. Cannon,
$62 per month for a term of one
year; Rudolph Klotz, $110 per
month for a period of three years
On motion duly seconded it was vot-
ed to award the contract to Mr.. J. L.
| Cannon for a term Of one year, at
$50 per MONTH
For operating a transfer to the
Middle Roads school from the old
home of Mr.. Arch Russell, in +he
Second Ward, the following bids
were received: Arch Russell, $7l
per month for term of three years;
Dave Ezell, $50 for a term of two
years; Nathan Fitzgerald, $72 pei
months for a term of two years. On
motion by Mr. Levy, seconded by Mr.
| Bancks, the contract was awarded t.
Mr.. Fitzgerald. @
For operating the transfer to the
Covington school from the site III
Koepp's mill, on the Coyington and
Franklinton road, the following bios
were received: G. L. Becker, $50
per month for a term of three years.
Tom Davis, $85 per month for the
first year. $50 for the second. and
1875 for the third year. On motion