The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-03-24
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

The board of public instruction in
and for Marion county met this the
7th day of March 1922, in regular
session with w. T. Gary, chairman, C.
r. Veal and A. ]. Stephens present
and acting.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
Mr.. C. R. Veal brought the matter
of the chemical bill for the Dunnellon
high school to the attention of the
board. AS a part of the bill had
been authorized, Mr., Veal moved that
the board appropriate the amount of
$50 toward payment of same. Sec
onded by Mr.. Stephens and carried.
Miss Margaret Taylor, who has
been very active in behalf of the
physical director of the Ocala schools,
came before the board and asked that
an appropriation be made for the sup
port of the work for another term.
She stated the benefits derived from
the work and gave brief history of
the same in the state of New Jersey.
In order to have more time in which
to consider the matter it was agreed
by the board to postpone action until
further in the session.
DR.. R. D. Ferguson, trustee of the
Reddick special tax school district,
came before the board and discussed
school matters in that district in a
general way.
Mr.. F. E. Smoak, conveyor of
school pupils from Pennington to
Fairfield, reported that he had not re-
ceived the amount of refund due him
from the comptroller, as he had pur-
chased bus license before the authoIi-
ties had exempted school trucks from
license and had returned said license
as per instructions of the comptroller.
Board ordered telegram sent to the
comptroller asking the reason. An
swer soon came that check had been
mailed.
Mr.. G. w. Neville, trustee of the
Dunnellon special tax district, came
before the board and stated that w.
j. Cooper, the contractor of the re-
pairs to be done on the Hard Rock
colored school of Dunnellon, could
not give surety company bond for the
amount required, but that he would
agree to complete the work at his
own expense and have same accepted
by the board before turning in his
bill for the material and labor. AS
this was recommended by the trustees
of the district and it appeared to be
as good as a bond, it was moved by
Mr.. C. R. Veal and seconded by Mr.
A. J. Stephens that Mr.. Cooper be al
lowed the contract and to begin the
work Immediately on those terms
Motion carried. 1t was further order.
ed that the trustees of the district be
asked to look carefully after the work
during the construction thereof.
Mr.. Veal also called the attention
of the board to the house bargaineC
for by the board and the amount Of
$25 paid thereon at Martel, stating
that he thought further action wa:
needed at this time. 1t was agreed BY
the board that the balance of $3.50 bt
paid. AS the house was bought Il
be rebuilt into two negro schools anC
as the negroes were very busy at thi!
time in the crops and could not spar,
the labor necessary to move it to tn,
proper places and build, it was agreet
to let the house stand as it is until i
was possible to have it built int,
school houses.
A communication was receive,
from Wylma McDuffy, the Jeans Funt
teacher for the Marion county negr,
schools, asking that an additions
two months be added to her term. o.
account of financial reasons it wa
thought best to discontinue the worl
at the end of the present term fo
this year.
Mr.. w. E. Smith called in behal
of Mrs. Layne, asking that the boar
reduce the price of $1,000 for th
Layne house as agreed upon in tn
option, stating that it was very doubt
full that she could afford to pay {