The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-12
OCALA WILL HAVE
MAY DAY CELEBRATION

The civic committee of the Wom-
ans Club at a meeting held Saturday
afternoon made preliminary arrange
ments for a May party which will be
held May 1st. The meeting was an
enthusiastic one and the committee
hopes to make the May party as
great a success as the municipal
Christmas tree was.
May parties, primarily are child
ren's festivals but it is hoped that the
people of Ocala generally will co
operate with the civic committee and
assist in making Ocala's first May
party a festival of good will and en-
joyment for the entire community.
There will be a parade of decorat-
ed express and goat wagons, bicycles,
doll carriages and other children's s
vehicles. Prizes will be given for the
best entry. A king and queen will be
chosen and crowned and there will be
singing and dancing around the May
poles after the pretty old English
customs.
{ There will be no charges in connec-
tion with the party except for refresh
ments which will be served in booths
at nominal charges. This feature will
be in charge of members of the civic
committee assisted by the Junior
Civic League. Flowers, ice cream,
cake, cold drinks and home made
candy will be on sale.
Definite plans have not yet been
perfected but will be announced later
on. The following committees have
been named and will have the ar
rangements in charge:
Publicity Committee Miss Jeffer-
son Bell
Voting committee-Mrs. C. w.
Hunter, MrsaO. T. Green, Mrs. E. C.
Bennett.
Throne and Decorations-Mrs. w.
D. Richey, Mrs. w. A. Knight, Mrs. j.
r Dewey.
Refreshments Mrs. A. T. Thomas,
Mrs. j. P. Galloway, Mrs. w. H.
Marsh, Mrs. ]. M. Meffert, Mrs. G. j.
Bitch.
Floats and Parade-Mrs. Z. F. Bla-
lock, Mrs. H. w. Tucker, Mrs. C. P.
Howell.
Program-Mrs. G. ]. Bitch, Miss
jefferson Bell, Mrs. C. w. Hunter.
May parties have become attractive
features of the civic life in many
Florida cities. Tampa holds an elab-
crate celebration of May day each
year and for many years the May day
celebrations at Tallahassee have been
a distinctive feature of the social life
of the capital. In Lewis Park, Talla-
hassee, which is maintained as a play
ground for children, year after year,
as far back as "the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary" there
have been May parties. On May day
there all places of business close for
the afternoon and if the legislature
happens to be in session, both houses
adjourn and the entire population
turns out en- masse for the May party.
A great friendly old oak, bravely
garlanded about its trunk, forms a
delightful background for the throne,
where each season some pretty girl is
crowned queen, and maid and courtier,
fairy and clown flash and fit through
the changing scene. Bright ribbons
are woven, in and out and gay childish
figures dance about the May poles
while the interested spectators chat
in friendly groups in every available
spot. The music, the color, the gay
and pleasing pageant make welcome
break in the life there, and often
when the life is tensest. Ocala needs
more common interest in her civic
life We are too individual in our
interests, in our pleasures. The May
party viii afford an opportunity for US
all to enjoy holiday together.