The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-01-11
MA7TEL'S w. o. W.
installation Of Ot.cers Followed BY
Speeches and SountifuI Spread.

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One of the biggest events in the re-
cent history OF our sister town, Mar
tel. was the occasion OF the inStalla-
ton of the new officers of the Wood
men of the World camp at that place
. Tuesday evening.
The choppers" had invited their
friends from afar and near TO be with
them on this occasion. and the man
ner in which the invitation was r.
spondod 10 shows the popularity OF
the order in that thriving town
The commolious headquarters OF
the camp was full TO OyerhOwine
many having To be satisfied to stand
ing in the ante rooms to witness the
from Wee tots in their mothers arms
to the grandparents were represented.
and all seemed deeply interested in
the ceremonies OF the evening.
Retiring Counsel Commander y. \.
Goodwin acted as installing officer.
while Deputy Organizer Carter II.
Dame filled the place of grand escort.
The following newly elected officers
answered to roll call:
! p. a. .tusley, consul commander
J. NJ. Bryan, advisor lieutenant.
/ c. P. Pillans. banker.
NJ J. Black, clerk.
J. II. Seckinger. escort.
Lloyd Tucker. Waterman.
Arthur Gallipeau. sentry.
Or ". r. O. Veal, camp physician.
Mr.. Goodwin administered the rit-
ualas1ic work in an impressive man
ncr, and after presenting each OGicer
with his badge Of authority and his
working implements. declared them
duly Installed in their respective Of
fees for tie ensuing year.
After the ceremony Mr.. Goodwin
asked for a few words from the new
officers, which We're responded 10 in q
graceful manner by Messrs. Ausley
and Bryan, beth declaring, however.
that they were moi orators, but Chop
pers" and would try to do their du-
ties as such during their term of of
flee.
Mr.. n. l. GOttIeb. of the Ocala
camp. was called on and delivered an
excellent fmprOmptu speech, devoted
principally to the newly elected of
ficers, who had now entered upon an
important duty for the coming year.
He said his speech might have lasted
longer, but the aroma from the boil
ing coffee and pilleau on the outside
made it almost impossible for any one
to keep his mind from them long
enough to properly deliver a speech.
Mr.. c. L. Bittinger of OcaIa, was
then called upon and made an excel
ent address on the good of the order
as an educator. He made many inter.
esting comparisons. and gave facts
and figures showing the immense
amount Of benefits derived from fra
ternal orders. and especially the
WOodmen of the World. which now
number nearly half a million mem
bers. He paid the ladies present I'M
usually high compliments on The man
ner in which they had responded to
the invitation of the choppers" 10
grace this occasion with their pres
ence.
After the close of Mr. Bittinger's
speech Master of Ceremonies Goodwin
invited all 10 the tables outside whore
the appetites which had been growing
for the past few hours might be ap-
peaSed
On long tables which had been
erected between large pines the feast
of the occasion was spread. and
feast it was too. The committee on
edibles" had gone in advance. and
when the crowd arrived they had
spread wooden dishes from end TO end
of the tables, and each contained a
steaming hOt chicken pilIeau while in
commodiOus platters al intervals
along the tables were the finest baked
'pCssum thai ever climbed a persim-
mon tree. The wives and sweet. e7rrs
Of the WoodmeH did not FORGET 20
have great quantities Of delicious
cakes on hand for their hungry guests.
Coffee was also served with sIDner.
ana all in all it was the most connie. e.
feast 10 he imagined as IL wac justly
pronounced ty all who were so for
tunate as TO lee present.
After supper the Ocala contingent
gave three cheers for their hosts.
which was returned by the Nartel
choppers, after which they all went
their way with pleasant memories of
"a most happily spent evening.
Ocala was well represented and
the way some of the Fort King chop
pers" ate 'pOssum would indicate that