The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-20
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Stephens present and acting.
Board called to order by the chair
man and minutes of last regular and
special sessions read and approved.
Messrs. Thomas Woodland and A. F.
Perry of Spar called and entered
complaint against the chemical toilets
used at Sparr, stating they were un-
satisfactory and too expensive. The
was asked to take the
matter up with the eompany's agent.
Needham Bros. were consulted and
they agreed to take the matter up
with their company and see what could
be done and notify the superinten-
dent. AS conditions were very I'M
sanitary the board asked Mr.. Shealy
to have some one attend to the situa- |
ton at once.
Mr.. T. F. Dupuis presented the /
board school coupon loan warrant No. |
95 for $500 and asked that it be re-
newed for two years. Same ordered
done by board and loan renewed by
coupon warrant No. 122. He also
presented interest coupon for 50,
which was ordered paid.
The county and district sundry
bills were examined and those that
were properly and duly authorized
ordered paid.
Mr.. j. M. Smith, the conveyor of
school pupils from Central to Shiloh,
called and asked that board operate
truck for another month. As the truck
had not made the required average
for the month and there was no pros
pect of its doing so, it was decided to
operate it for the remainder of the
month.
Board adjourned for noon to meet
lat 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
4 Board met at two o'clock Tuesday
4 afternoon with all members present
and acting.
All teachers reports were examin-
ed and those that were correct and
properly signed were ordered paid,
: Mr.. E. c. Hosford of Lakeland, an
architect, appeared before the board
. and applied for the work as the archi-
tect of the new school building to- be
erected at Anthony. AS no members
Of the local board of trustees of the
Anthony district were present, it was
: thought best to postpone action until
I. next day when a joint session of the
|; two boards could be held.
, The bank accounts of the several
districts were then examined and
found to be apparently correct. Also
: all stubs of warrants that had been
5 cashed were cancelled.
Board adjourned to meet Wednes-
: day morning at 9 o'clock,
The board met Wednesday morning
with all members present and acting.
DIR. E. G. Peek came before the
board and handed in his resignation
as member of the local board Of trus.
tees Of the Ocala district, as he had
recently been elected mayor of Ocala.
Board accepted the resignation of
DIR. Peek and as there was a petition
presented bearing the signatures of a
goodly number of citizens of the Ocala
district asking for the appointment of
Mr.. Jake Gerig as trustee, the board
on motion of G. r. Veal, seconded by
} A. J. Stephens, and carried by unani-
NOUS vote, elected Mr.. Gerig as trus-
tee of the Ocala district to fill the
unexpired term of Dr.. Peek.
The board examined the bank state.
ment of the general school fund and
found it to be apparently correct and
cancelled the warrant stubs.
The board adjourned for noon to
meet at / o'clock.
The board met at l o'clock with all
members present and acting. -
The resignation of w. Fl. Work
entin as the supervisor of the Martin
school was accepted.
Messrs. Mathe, Coins and Bracher
came before the board and discussed
transportation of the pupils south OF
Ocala into Ocala. No action was
taken as there seemed to be nothing
definite known, but the board left the
: matter for adjustment with the super
intendent
The trustees of the Anthony dis
trict met with the county board and
after discussion recommended thai
the county board engage an architect
to prepare plans and specifications fol
I school building at Anthony and tc
proceed with advertising for bids fol
: construction of said building.
The board after careful considera
:, tion and after viewing the work thai
had already been done for the board
elected on motion of C. r. Veal, sec
Y onded by A. ]. Stephens and carried
: by unanimous vote of the board, Mr.
: E. C. Hosford of Lakeland, as tn,
: architect for the Anthony schoo
: building and instructed him to begin
drawing plans and specifications.
. The plan of school building TO
i Union district was Also discussed, bu
as there were no representatives o
that district present, it was though
II best by the board to ask the thre