The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-01-19
South Lake Weir Rayelets,

Correspondence of the 0eala Banner.
The annual meeting of the Forest
Hill Cemetery ASSOCIATION was held
at the school house ON Saturday after
noon and it was a very harmonious
gathering. On the first ballot for pres
ident the honors were evenly divided
between DIR. n. ID. Faunce, +. FL. Ray
mond and Myron E. Gillette; on the
the second ballot DIR. Faunce was
elected, and NJ. E. Gillette was elected
vice-president and K. II. Raymond,
secretary and Treasurer, both gentle
men receiving unanimous votes.
The Society of Christian Endeavor
held a profitable and well attended
meeting as usual on Sunday morning.
At q business meeting held at its close
it was voted to omit the regular Sun
day morning meetings when there is
to be preaching, which at present is
on the first and third Sundays of each
month; and hereafter the meetings
are to commence promptly at half
past nine, standard time.
The annual election of officers of the
Union Sunday School was held ut the
close of the regular session last Sun
day morning. Z. II. Raymond was
elected superintendent G. S. Thacker,
assistant superintendent; h. w. Chase,
declining a denomination as secretary
and treasurer, MIR. Frank Johnson was
elected TO fill these positions. Miss
Lizzie Helm was chosen librarian and
Miss Ada johnson organist. A unani-
nous vote of thanks was rendered to
Miss Johnson for her services in that
position the past year.
w. w. Reed is crowded with work
at his newly located saw mill, and has
orders for some weeks ahead.
The Partridge House has recently
been sold, and is being fitted up for
the oce upancy of SCR. and Mrs. Coates,
who recently arrived from New York,
and who are at present domiciled with
DIR. Fraunce.
Miss Maggie Coates, teacher of the
school, has in preparation an Arbor
Day entertainment by her pupils.
Mr.. Jacob Brokan, an old chum of
Mr. George S. Thacker, is stopping
with him at 4. S. Uphams, and it is
enough to make ones hair stand on
ends to hear those WORTHLESS relate
their thrilling adventures and blood
curdling tragedies on the plains of the
"wild and woolly west
Mr.. VIM. FL. Potter, proprietor of
saints Rest" who intended to be
with us by this time, has been serious
ly sick with pneumonia at his home
in Boston, but at last accounts was re-
covering.
We regret to hear of the death of
the wife Of Rev. Mr.. Partridge, form
erly of this place.
The Paddock place has recently
been sold by r. Il. McMahan to Mir.
Flower. of Pittsburg, Pa, who, it is
reported, will soon renovate it.
The wharf al the foot of Lake street
has lately been rebuilt, and a commo-
dious store house erected thereon by
the contributions of neighboring or
.ange growers, an improvement due to
the enterprise Of Mr.. Frank Johnson.
The steamer Maggie, Captain Russell,
has been doing good business from
this wharf this reason carrying fruit
to the railroad at Weir Park.
Rufus E. McMahan has gone to
PanassOffkee to do job of work for
phosphate company there.
Mr.. Oscar Shogren has gone to Pal
letto, on the Gulf coast, to work for a
while with his father carpentering,
His sister, Miss Florence, who recently
came with him from Illinois, will re-
main here for the winter.
SOUTH SIDE.