The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-02
FRIDAY AT FELLOWSHIP


pleasure and a .rivilege to be pres
ent at the dedication of the beautiful
new school building. which reflected
so much credit on the people OF Eel
lcwsh.p.
The location was wisely chosen.
Nature has been generous and form
Ell a BACKGROUND OF wondraus beauty
for this commo Iious ana wel.-plan-
rel building, which viii in years TO
come inspire many 10 better pre-
FSration fer l:fe's work.
Thru the courtesy of efr. Erwin,
Secretary Rooney, OF the board OF
trade at Ocala, had been asked to
arrange the program, and chosen
master OF ceremonies. Mr. Rooney
took the platform in his usual right
az home" way, saying that it was an
ideal spot. ideal day, and an ideal
occasion. AID with a few other we'll
chosen remarks announced that the
program would be opened by scrip
ture reading AMI prayer by Rev.
Prisoc.
After the reading from Proverbs
XII. followed by prayer, the school
sang very nicely, Happy Welcome. :
which was most appropriate.
Mr.. Rooney then introduced Mr.
w D. earn. and Mr. earn said in
part that he was proud of our gov
ernor and state superintendent and
wished to congratulate them and the
people. and more especially the pa
trons and citizens for making such a
Building. That in the cities they
were proud of their magnificent
buildings at great cost, but that he
felt that the people of Fellowship
had cause to be proud of their school
building. because they had a $4,000
building for $4,000. Mr.. earn said
they had expected to have the build
ing seated for this occasion. but ow-
ing TO delay in the shipment of the
seats they were disappointed. Also
that they were aiming high, and
hoped sometime to have a high
school in this best country neighbour
hood
Mr. earn paid a high compliment
to superintendent Sheats, by saying
that he had done more than any five
men for education.
The quartet then sang. Worthy is
the Lamb. and the applause indicat-
ed the appreciation of the crowd.
AT this juncture Mr.. Rooney intro
ducedI Governor Park Trammell. say
ing, he is a F'loriIa product, son
of this great state, and I hope to see
him ascend higher and higher, until
he reaches the White House.
The governor prefaced his re-
marks by saying that he felt that Mr..
Rooney was little extravaganza in
his hopes for him, and he feared he
was like the man who was Dragging
that he, could whip anyone in the
town. county or state, and while in
the act of Dragging. was hit biIf
and went down, and on picking him
self up, remarked that he believed he
had covered too much territory. The
governor said he appreciated Mr..
,Rooney's good wishes. but feared he
had covered too much territory.
Governor Trammell said it was
the first time that he had had the OPP
portunity to gratefully acknowledge
the token of esteem extended to him
by the people of Fellowship in aiding
him in gratifying his ambition to be
governor of Florida He said that he
hoped conditions were what the
name Fellowship implied, as it was
something to be most highly esteem
ed. He was pleased with the enlarge
ment and expansion of educational
advantages and felt that the people
were to be congratulated on the
commendable sentiment that prompt
ed them to build their handsome
school house.
superintendent Sheats gave a most
excellent address, in which he set
forth the wonderful growth Flor
ida has made in the last twenty
years in education.
AT the close of Mr.. Sheat's adj
dress, a tbountiful dinner was spread
by the good ladies of the neighbor-
hood, and everyone present did am
pie justice to it.
The afternoon was devoted to the
interests of the Florida Vegetable
Marketing Bureau. Mr.. Rooney
stated the object of the bureau was
to secure the proper distribution and
marketing of the products of Florida
farms
After reading a clipping from a
Jacksonville paper in regard to the
bureau, Mr.. Rooney introduced Mr.