The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-06
FOR BURBANK
Address of Secretary Rooney at the
Meeting Of the Fruit and Truck
Growers. Association.
New Florida for June)

burbank IS n0teT Tor lis most de-
lightful social gatherings. for its
banquets so tastefuIly prepared and
SO Systematically arranged, and for
the true hospitality of her citizenry,
but never n the four years of that
Immediately clean, attractive and
prosperous little town, has she done
herself SO proud as at the meeting
AMI banquet OF the Burbank Fruit
and, Truck Growers Association,
held in the spacious hall in the Over
end building, just across the rail
road track from the Burbank station,
Saturday evening, May 8. There
We're fully 225 people in attendance,
all. except eight or ten invited guests
from Ocala and Palatka, being from
the Burbank section.
The banquet was prepared and
conducted by the Burbank Ladies'
Aid Society in most pleasing way.
, and concluded with coffee, ice cream
and cake. The music was furnished
by the Moline orchestra, and was
finely rendered.
After speeches from Editor Hig-
gins of the New Florida and F. NJ.
Chaffee, president of the association,
Mr.. j. D. Rooney, secretary of the
Marion Sounty Board of Trade, was
| introduced and spoke as follows:
I5ad and Cont l.
! deed a pleasure to me tonight to
stand before you people, represen-
tative body of men and women, a
makeup of cosmopolitan people, a
and refinement. l wish that the city
of Ocala, that the people of Marion
county could be here tonight to see
you people gathered as you have at
this celebration. / think they would
form an altogether different opinion
of Burbank, its surroundings and it's
conditions
| Il want to say to you frankly, and
l want to admit conclusively, that /
am absolutely overwhelmend. / did
not believe it. / did not realize it
until | came into this building and
looked over this delightful audience.
Il want to say that / am proud of
you. proud of you as the people who
go to make UP what / consider the
best county of the best state in the
Naturalization County, Florida.
1,a ho1; i,
sum it all up, what God Almighty
! has done for the great state OF Flori-
/ da. You will not know what He has
done for you until you study it's con-
topography, and see the many points
of advantage here in this county.
| In leaving my work, made up
my mind that / wanted to visit every
ling, and / finally came to this county
to stay. / am glad / came, but sorry
however, that / have not met you
lpeople sooner, and know what you
cooperate in the upbuilding of this
section. l appreciate very much be-
ing here tonight as a guest of this
organization
What are the objects of this
movement? Banded together solely
for the purpose of caring for the bus
] mess development, the proper mar
keting and the proper consideration
/ nf S1o fv,+n of
cast their lot in this particular sec
/ ton OF our great county. Much has
! been said, much has. been written in
past history, and much has gone to
the outside world that has had a ten
idency to cast slur on this section
! OF the county. Things have been
said that should not have been said,
and things have been done that
should not have been done.
Then it is to us as an organized
body. and as residents OF Marion
county, and of the state of Florida,
to forget the mistakes OF the past,
and let US not forget that this is the
great county Of Marion.
4 am working for better freight
Irates, better schedules and better
conditions in Marion county
ITO you people here tonight,
want to repeat what the gentleman
said awhile ago. In unity there is
strength II you are not united.
then l am 'darned' sorry for you. If
you do not belong to the Burbank
Truck & Fruit Growers Associa ton,
am ashamed of you. Join them
and cooperate with them. for it
means the upbuilding and uplift of
your community. It is for your own
good as we'll as for Marion county