Contributed by Emily Petroskey
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- The Grand Jury (1)
- Requests discharge after fulfilling duties at the winter term of the Circuit Court
- Addressed to the Hon. J. Emmet Wolfe, Judge of the First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in and for Walton County
- Inspected public business matters in the Court House and County Jail: officers in the court house keep records and papers well-ordered, recommends a suitable vault be provided for the county tax collector to safeguard against fires; the county jail is in order and prisoners are well-kept
- Poor farm inspected and in good condition, but $56 per month is insufficient to provide enough care for severe inmates, especially the invalids, recommends $10 per person per month, and with 7 inmates, they need $70 per month. Some invalids need medical attention, two were kept together in a small room with a foul odor, and they should be separated. Three additional comforts needed- 3 bed sheets, 3 pillow slips and 1 chamber should be provided by the Board of County Commissioners at once
- Signed Allen L. Hart, Foreman, W.F. Hall, Clerk
- Gary, Indiana Has A Unique School System (2)
- School hours from 8-5 (longer than average public school)
- Teaches plumbing, painting, tinsmithing, carpentry, wall papering, tool making, and cabinet making; and for girls classes taught in sewing, millinery, music, house decoration, washing and ironing, dishwashing, cooking, dressmaking, stenography, library work, etc.
- Desks replaced with lockers, few text books because students learn by doing, regular physical examinations given
- Reading, spelling, geometry and other typical academic subjects are taught by games
- Children don’t skip class because they are interested in their work, it’s a combination of play and study
- Girls and boys take practically the same courses and have the same advantages.
- In the manual training department, everything is done for a practical purpose, i.e. the higher grade boys make furniture for use in the school and at home
- William Wert, formerly of Blufftown, Indiana, is the Superintendent
- In Memoriam (2)
- Mrs. Melvina Banfil is recognized by the members of the Ladies Library Association for years of service and good works
- She was a charter member of the association, served as both president and librarian, a mainstay of the association.
- Her later years were clouded by loneliness and misunderstandings of failing intellect
- The Association also mourns the loss of the Hon. Wallace Bruce, an honorary member and contributor to the collection
- Mrs. N. Manning, President; Pearl E. Stanley, Secretary