The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-26
TELEPHONE PEOPLE
HAD L GOOD TINE
After a Pleasant Session and Seiec-
ton Of Miami for Next Years
Meeting, They Adjourned

ida Telephone Association was call
ed to order in the courthouse at 3
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon About
twenty-five delegates were present.
The address OF welcome was made
by Judge William Gober, who dis
charged the duty in his usual eIo-
quent and emc1ent manner. The
| Judge is becoming an adept at deliy-
ering addresses OF welcome, and can
always be depended On TO say the
/ proper and pleasing thing.
| Mr. J. D. Rooney, for the Marion
County Board of Trade, told the Wis
itors that they were most heartily
welcomed to the future capital of
Florida. He paid the highest of
| com pliments to the home company
and its efficient officers, and TO the
state telephone service generally. He
said he knew that if the state tele
phone people stayed in our city long
enough and looked over our county
| they would all want to sell out their
| belongings in the various parts OF
the state and move here. And while
he did not expect any such outcome
of the Ocala meeting he was certain
that if those present received the
| welcome in the spirit that it is ex-
tended by Ocalans, they would go
| l. ~ h
been benefited by the session of
| 1914
| Mr.. Brorien on behalf of the state
| organization thanked the people Of
the city who had so thoroughly ex-
tended their welcome to the men,
bers of the body, and assured them
that it was most highly appreciated
by all the visiting telephone men. He
said that it was with much pleasure
that he noted the many improve
ments which greeted him each time
he visited Ocala.
The business of the session was
then taken up and enrolment of
delegates made.
| A brief session was held at the
courthouse last night, the time be-
ing mostly devoted to talks for the
good of the order At nine o'clock,
the meeting adjourned to Dewey's
cafe, where the management of the
Ocala exchange entertained the visit
| ors with a banquet
John Dewey is proficient in giving
| well-cooked and we'll served suppers,
and last nights occasion was no eX-
ception. Some thirty guests were
present: the delegates and the staff
of the local exchange and a few of
their friends, including Secretary
Rooney, Mr.. F. ". Ditto and cou-
, pie OF Star reporters. The appetite
! ing menu was as follows: 5
| Oyster Cocktail
| Celery Dill Pickles Olives
Roast Turkey
Chestnut Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Orange Fritters Dreamed Potatoes
Early June Peas
Asparagus Tips on Toast
Fruit Punch
Saltines Cheese Coffee
| Cigars
When the coffee and cigars were
reached. the feast of reason and flow
Of soul began. Secretary Rooney, as
POSTMASTER. called upon the follow
ing spirits to express sentiments
from the Vastly deep Of their exper-
fence and expectations:
| r. r. Carroll-''The Press: its
Relation to Telephone SYSTEM
Mr.. Moorer.
Mr.. FTaZele-'The Hello Girl
Mr.. Boyd, manager in Jacksonville
of the Southern Bell.
E. E. Voyle Of Gainesville. secre-
tary of the association.
/ Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. Berry
Mr.. Knight OF Lake Butler-''How
to Climb a Smutty Pole and Keep
Your Hands Clean
w. G. Brorein, of Tampa. presi-
dent of the association-''A Heart to
Heart Talk
]. D. Rooney Goodnight. with
Pleasant Recollections"
1t was to be regretted that Mr.
Dewey could not be induced to give
a chapter out OF his telephone exper-
fence. Mr.. Dewey. a mum Der of years
ago, started the Miami telephone ex-
change on a capital OF SIS. Il IS
now.
Saw Silver Springs
At 8 O'Clock this morning, all the