The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-12
CLOSING WORK OF THE
woODMEN HEAD CAMP

Lakeland, March 11.-Immediately
upon the reconvening of the Head
Camp W. o. W., this morning the
election OF officers was taken up and
completed, with the following result:
Head Clerk: ]. A Quincess of Lake
City.
| Head Escort: DIR. W. S. Erwin of
Lakeland.
Head Waterman: C. W. Johns of
Jennings. /
{ Head Sentry: A. D. Castillo of
Tampa.
Head Managers: C. N. Horne of
Grand Ridge, chairman; w. J. Roe
buck of Lake City; ]. H. Beers of st.
Petersburg; ]. w. Prince of Jackson
vile, and ]. B. Brooks of Gainesville.
Representative to Sovereign Head
Camp: Hal w. Adams of Mayo; P. L.
Rollo, of Pensacola, and j. F. Dorman /
of Tallahassee.
The Florida jurisdiction is entitled
to five delegates to the Sovereign |
Head Camp, two Of whom will be DR.. |
Pennington, the outgoing head con-
sui and the present incumbent, ]. S.
Bitch. These five, with Sovereign C.
| D Mills, who is sentry, viii give
r Florida a fairly good representation
: at the Sovereign Head Camp session
: which convenes during the coming
: July in ST. Paul, MINI.
e The alternates elected to serve in
e case the delegates do not attend are
Geo. F. Cook of Miami; L. B. Spark
n man of Tampa, and B. G. Hamrick
e of Monticello.
e The report of Head Consul Pen
It nington, showing the advancement of
) the fraternity in Florida since the
e last session was then read and spread
t. on the minutes. This report showed
d handsome gain in membership and
it an all round healthy condition of the
= order all over the state.
e. The announcement that the next in
ct order was the selection of place for
holding the 1917 session brought
it forth the hottest contest of the meet
lie ing. Pensacola, Key West, Apa-
t. lachicola and Live Oak were placed in
Id nomination. Flowery speeches were
e. made in favor of each of the contend
to ing cities by their eager representa-
tives, and the choppers were led to
es believe that no matter which city
is was selected as the next meeting
of place, paradise was just around the
to corner and of easy access by free
If transportation lines run on a two
es minute schedule. After long discus
ny sions on the beauties of the contend
Oh ers vote was taken resulting II
ne Live Oak carrying off the honors b,
a handsome lead.
an The session then adjourned until
We o'clock Wednesday morning.
he During the afternoon the Woman
Circle, which is also holding its bi
annual session here, called to extent
lie greetings to the Head Camp.
Oh A public meeting was held in tn,
on Auditorium this evening at which
to there were present nearly THOUSAND
M people to witness the splendid exhi
bition drills given by the Women
Circles of Jacksonville, Tampa AM
Lakeland. These were all carried on
with such mechanical like precision
va that it would be difficult proposition
to tell which did the best. The ladie
received many pretty compliment
upon their work and also their ap
pearance in their neat costumes o
white, green and purple.
: A drill team from one of the Tam
- pa camps came in on a late Afternoon
train and volunteered to give.an ex
hibition drill after the circles ha,
:; completed their portion of the pro
:. gram. This performance was ais
very much appreciated by the an
!, dience, evidenced by the liberal ap
plause that followed their maneuvers
The team was made up of Spanis
members of the camp and all tn
commands were given in that Ian
guage. They returned to Tampa o
tonight's A. C. L. train after receiv
ing the congratulations of those pres
ent on their splendid work.
Lakeland camp initiated a larg
class of choppers tonight after tn
the public exercises and many of the Wis
for itors attended the ceremonies.
cry The citizens of hustling Lakelan
in propose to give the visiting delegs
ere tions an auto ride over the city an
for around the suburbs as soon as tn
tc., business of the convention is dispoi
ard ed of tomorrow afternoon. The no.
in pitality being extended to the visit
ess ing Woodmen and Circle delegate
is simply could not be improved upo
J and everyone is enthusiastic over I'll
de- pleasant greetings handed out on a
'rt. sides.
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