The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-15
ONE YEARS WORK
Report of Secretary Rooney OF the
Things Accomplished by the Mar
ing the Year 1913.

at Jacksonville, Florida, $50 year.
Special resolutions to our senators
and representative calling on them
to support legislation, looking to
Florida being duly represented at
opening of Panama canal, at San
Francisco.
The following officers were elected
at January 1913 meeting: ]. E.
vice-president; R. c. Muncaster, sec
retary; Jake Brown, treasurer.
Board of Governors: J. VI. Mef-
fert, c. Ed. Carmichael, ]. c. Booz-
er, w A knight and A. c. Cobb
Entertaining the Florida Educa-
tional Association; special dinner TO
Mr.. r. S. Hall by board of trade, ac-
count Of splendid hotel given our
city in the Harrington Hall.
Special appropriation $50 toward
expense OF delegates to attend special
trip to Europe to study rural credit
system in other countries as arrang
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cial Congress.
Special donation of $40 for agri-
cultural booth of Woman's Club
demonstration fair.
Special authority delegated Mr. j.
NJ. Meffert, chairman of board of
governors, to send representative to
Tampa and ST. Petersburg to dis
tribute literature.
secretary at salary of $4,000 a year,
beginning April 10th, 1913.
Endorsement of Judge Williams
bill asking state aid for county fairs.
Special booster campaign, under
direction of Mr.. Joseph Babb of Bir-
mingham, and assisted by Mr.. Will
lis B. Powell of Tampa, resulted in
s4,405 being pledged as membership
fees and special subscriptions; some
failing to respond to these pledges.
Special committee appointed to
get up statistical data to go before
board of army engineers.
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headed by Mr.. L. E. Dozier, for con-
ference and cooperation for inn
provement of the Oklawaha river for
a sixty-foot channel, six feet deep.
Mayor Robertson requested that sec
retary attend meeting of board of u.
6. army engineers at Tampa to con-
fer on the Withlacoochee and Okla
waha river projects. Special COM
mittee: Judge Bullock, T. S. Kyle
and secretary appointed to go to
Leesburg on Sunday, April IA to at
tend melting of board of engineers
there
Arranged for present location OF
board of trade headquarters: fitted
and equipped same.
Special meeting to cooperate
with Alaehua county thru our repre-
sentatives and senators to obviate
division of their county.
Corporations. with other counties
in an endeavor to have good road
laws enacted.
for chautauqua TO be held originally
from March 4th to 3 inclusive, later
date changed to March 1st to 11th
This covers the board guaranteeing
$100 for the theater and $25 for al,
vertising, and cooperation in the
sale of tickets and endeavor to make
this great entertainment a success
It is to be held under the auspices ot
the board OF trade.
Meeting Jointly of board of COVER
nors. members, citizens and mem
bers OF city council to advise with
reference to the two bills before the
legislative committee for final hear
ing these bills covering extension o
city limits After thorough discus
sion il was the final action to send {
committee to Tallahassee to coope
rate with our senator and represen
tatives and urge the passage of thest
bills. Committee named: c. Ed
Carmichael, A. c. Cobb and the sec
retary. They were also INSTRUCTED
to look after the bill on sewerage
and secure time for Ocala to install
its system.
Committee reported later worl
well executed, securing the passag
of extension bills and special amend
ment thru representative Spencer
giving Ocala two years time after it
passage to put in sewerage. Al
changed and bill finally passed leav
ing entire matter in hands Of stat
board of health.
Special petition signed by ever
property owner on Oklawaha avenu
presented thru the Oklawaha Ave
nue. Improvement Association, ask
ing endorsement and aid for bond