The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-16
Big Y. N. G. A. DRIVE BEGUN IN
5 ocALA AT BIG MASS MEETING

06ReH ~ Din WHSO GGltNG
For the purposeof securing Ocala's
and Marion county's quota Of $4,000 for
the Y. NJ. G. A. fund OF $4,000, 900 for
the war work fund great mass meet
ing was held at the Temple theater
Sunday night.
The meeting was very largely at
tended and was most enthusiastic
one
The meeting began shortly after
seven o'clock, when Mr.. Bunyan Ste
phens of the Baptist church, presiding
at the meeting, stated its object, after
which Mr.. Frank Gates sang solo,
followed by beautiful prayer by Rev.
Stephens.
The first speaker on the program
was Rev. ]. r. Herndon Of the Pres
byterian church.
AS has already been stated, the OBJ
ject of this mass meeting was for the
purpose of enlisting the hearty COOP
GRAFTON of every person in the city
and county in securing this fund for
/ the Y. M. G. A. work, which is one OF
the greatest agencies for good in the
great struggle that now confronts us,
Mr.. Herndon had as his subject
THE Conditions of the countries
now at war. His speech was very
splendid one, and made every person
in the large audience Immediately be-
gin to feel the great necessity of the
campaign to be waged here. and this
feeling grew stronger and stronger
throughout the program, and when
| the adjournment came everyone, We
feel sure, had firmly resolved to do
his and her part in this great cam
paign, and when the committee calls
on each one this week we know that
everyone is going to respond gener-
ously to this call.
Rev. G. q. Wyatt of the Christian
church spoke on the subject OF "The
Needs" and in his speech did not
mince words as to the crying needs
Iof towns, cities and governments for
clean men to conduct the affairs of
| the nations, and from that proceeded
| to show how the X. M. G. A. works for
Ithe uplift, and for clean and right liy-
ling Of the men in the training camps
and on the battle fronts.
Rev. G. A. Ottmann, the Episcopal
rector, spoke on .aThe Agencies" and
Rev. J. M. Gross of the Methodist
church on "The Source Both of the
ministers made most eloquent and
beautiful addresses, and all who heard
them received great deal of spirit
ual and intellectual nourishment for
having heard them. We only wish
that it were possible for US to give a
complete report of every word utter
ed by them both. They were splendid
and inspirational talks and got right
down to the hearts of their hearers.
Mr.. Frank Gates, who was with
Company A during their long stay at
Black Point and on the border, was
called on and told of his personal
knowledge of what the Y NJ. c. A..
does for the. soldier boys, saying that
what it means to them can never be
fully estimated, certainly not in dol
lars and cents
Mr.. w. 7. Gary, chairman of the To-
cal Y. M. G. A. committee, made the
concluding speech of the evening and
infused still more enthusiasm into his
audience by his splendid remarks.
The music ror this meeting was fur
nished by the Baptist orchestra, and
Mr.. Frank Gates sang a very sweet
solo, and quartet by Miss Porter,
Mrs. Coin, Mr.. Gates and Mr.. Nash
also added to the musical program.
The meeting concluded with the
singing of America by the audience.