The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-12-13
MRS. JACK CAMP PRESIDES AT
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING

Saturday afternoon at three o'clock.
! Mrs. Jack Camp, the clubs new
1 president, presided at this meeting
for the first time. She is going to
make the club an ideal officer and
every club member is charmed with
her for their president She pre-
sides we'll and as she is very enthu-
siastic over the club work she is
bound to make a splendid president
After calling the meeting to order
the regular order of business was
taken up-various chairmen of stand
ing committees making reports.
Miss Nellie Stevens addressed the
club on the subject of the approach
the State Teachers Association, and
hoped that the club members would
do what they could in helping enter
tain this organization, and gave them
cordial invitation to attend all the
meetings of the association.
Mrs. Camp told the club of an ex-
cellent plan that had occurred to her
that the club should have open"
afternoon each day during the SEES
sion, so that the teachers could come
and go just as they pleased, and
should feel thoroughly at home; that
! the club rooms should be made head
quarters for the teachers; that the
! club have tables arranged with ink.
pens, stationery, etc, so that all that
wished to could use the club rooms
| for committee meetings, for writing
their letters, or for any purpose they
! desired Each afternoon various
members of the club to act as host
esses and serve tea, sandwiches, etc,
and in every way to make the teach
| ers feel comfortable and at ease.
| This plan was enthusiastically en-
dorsed by the club and will be car
ried out. The first open afternoon
will be on Tuesday December the
thiirty-frst
Mrs. ]. r. Moorhead reported that
the county commissioners had donat-
ed $50 for the maintenance of Com
fort Lodge.
Mrs Van Hood of the health COM
mittee reported thta the sale of Red
Cross stamps has already made over
S46 and the campaign will be waged
from now on until Christmas. The
proceeds from the sale will in all
probability be used in a very sweep
ing and vigorous war against the fly,
which is one of our most harmful
pests and disease spreaders. 1t is
hoped that the campaign next spring
can be made really effective.
Mrs William Hooker then address
ed the club on the subject of the
girls tomato clubs of Florida, which
are now taking such a hold on the
entire country Florida is to be al
! lowed nine clubs, eight of which
have already been secured, and Miss
Harris of the Womans College of
-, Tallahassee, who is at the head of
this work, is very anxious for Ma
rion county to have the other club.
Mrs Hooker appeared before the
board of county commissioners to
secure the necessary one hundred
dollars to get this work started. The
government furnishes one hundred
| dollars for the work, provided that
the other one hundred dollars is rails
ed locally. Mrs. Hooker had no diff
ficulty in getting the commissioners
10 appropriate the amount, so a
girls tomato club for Marion county
is now almost an assured fact. 1t is
impossible for us to detail here the
wonderful good that has resulted
from these girls clubs all over the
country. This work does not prop
erly belong to the Woman's Club, but
as they are so vitality interested in
everything that makes for the wei
fare of our girls and our boys they
are delighted to start and work up
| interest in this scheme for the bet
terment of our country girls. and
through their interest reach the
mothers and the fathers.
After the business session there
was a half hours study Of parlia-
mentary law, Mrs. c. L. Bittlnger
leading. This was not only interest
ing but very instructive, and the
study of parliamentary law will be
continued in the future.
Mrs. Jake Brown and Mrs. William
Wolff acted as hostesses during the
social half hour. and served iced tea
favored with oranges and lemons,
and with the tea delicious little cakes
and stuffed dates. Mrs. Leon Ffshel
assisted the hostesses in serving.
At the executive board meeting
4 preceding the club meeting Mrs.
/ Charles H. Lloyd was elected hrst
vice president to succeed Mrs. Camp
now president.