The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-07
ANNUAL BARBECUE
At OXFORD
A Large and Well Pleased Attend
ance on this Always Enjoyable
Occasion

Belleview, Aug. THE Oxford
annual barbecue held the stage all of
Saturday. The great affair is looked
forward to from year to year by peo-
pie scattered all over the peninsula.
Being as / had never attended one of
these affairs, / felt that it was my
duty to do SO, and through the kind
ness of Mr.. Herman Rothschild, Min
ME and / motored to Oxford behind a
pair of long-eared, hard-tailed hay
burners, familiarly known as mules.
The drive was one well worth the
while taking, especially from Sum-
merfeld to the county line. AS we
rolled along under the enormous oak
trees fronting Mr.. Nathan Mayo's
house, it was delightfully."- cool, and
just beyond that, as we dipped down
into the hollow and out again, view
of excellent farm lands spread before
US, and as we bowled along over the
new road recently built by Captain
Curry, every one was in high spirits.
We reached Oxford in good season
and found the crowds gathering from
far and near. There must have been
seven or eight hundred people there
when we arrived, and the crowd
gradually swelled from that on, some
walking, some riding horses and
mules, some driving in buggies and
wagons, and others coming in auto
mobiles from all directions, and from
far distances, until it was estimated
that there were three thousand peo-
pie on the grounds.
Belleview was well represented, as
was Ocala DR.. and Mrs. E. Van Hood
and Miss Porter We're easily the CEN
ter of attraction. Wherever this good
couple go people single them out for
attention. noticed the Honorable |
John D. Robertson. mayor of Ocala,
who was entirely at home. The Ocala
postoffice force was well represented. |
Mr.. Frank Adams was there with his
brother. and had many a handshake.
One person | was glad to see was
PROF.. A. B. Connor, formerly Of Belle
view, now of Inverness, and soon to |
be of Lake City. The professor was
brimfull and running over with pros /
perity He looks and acts it, and |
am glad of it. If any couple deserve
the good things of this life it is Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Connor, which again
goes to show the value of getting al
start in Belleview.
Rev. S.. J. Cats mingled with the
crowd and told his tale to many will
ing listeners and also spoke for about
one hour. There is one thing can
say for Mr.. Cats and that is he talks
right out in school. He says just
what he things and makes no bones
about it. Mr.. Cats was accompanied
by his son and Mr. Brantley Of Al
toona. / met number of the soldier
boys there from Black Point, also
Sergeant Blalock, acting as recruiting
officer He had pretty good luck,
gathering into the fold twelve weary
wanderers, who will now be evolved
through the process Of building them
up into men, fit and proud enough to
carry guns in defense of the nation.
Sergeant Blalock was enthusiastic
over the benefits to be derived by the
young men of this state from this
army mobilization. He also stated
that if the good women that furnished
the little pocket testaments to the
boys in khaki could see the good re-
suits obtained they would be proud Of
their work. He stated that boys who
had never seen the inside of Bible |
took their lingering delight in perus-
ing the pages. and exchanging views
with each other on what they read.
was glad to hear him give this testi-
monial.
Dinner time came with amazing
swiftness and the way the people |
gathered to the feast was simply good
to see. All had come with their
mouths fitted for great big hunk Of
juicy, dripping barbecued meat, and
most of them filled the want.
/ wished to meet the one person
that had shouIdered the bulk of the
burden in engineering this big meet,
and under the guidance of Mr.. Willie
Mckay, was introduced to Mr.. Ossie
Hooks. / then wanted to see the man
that was catering to the wants Of the /
inner man of the multitude of men
,,,.oconf and we hunted ont Mr. Jeff
Nichols, who proudly boasted of thel
title of the chief cook and bottle
washer. He had his hands full. These
are the two men who shouldered the
responsibilities.
The dinner over, the gathering re-
solved itself into talkfest, auction
house, horse trading bazaar and get
ting ready to go home. 1t was beau
tiful day. It will be long remember
ed by all present. And it did not
r.inf f.. Al. r.