The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
Last Meeting of the Woman's Club
for the Year

Last MeSting OF rne WomanS CtuD
for the Year
The Womans Club of Ocala held
their annual meeting at the club
house Saturday afternoon with a
splendid attendance. This was the
last meeting of the club year of 1916
II, and the chairman of each COM
mittee and the president and all Off
GERS made their annual reports. The
club has had a splendid year and
each report told in detail the many
fine things that the club has accom-
plished during the year. Every OBJ
legation has been met and paid
promptly, the club house debt has
been considerably lessened and each
committee has succeeded in doing
great deal of excellent work.
The flag presented last week to the
club by Mrs. Jake Brown was used
at this meeting.
A donation of $100 to the Red
Cross through the Woman's Club, the
gift of Mrs Ford Rogers, was an
nounced.
Mrs. Bittinger made a very fine re-
port of the girls industrial home and
took occasion to pay splendid COM
pliment to the matron, Mrs. Range.
who has this work in charge, and who
is doing so much for these truly incor-
rigible girls.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Ander-
sons report she was presented very
beautiful bouquet by Mrs. Fannie An
thony, and on motion of Mrs. Hooker,
Mrs. Anderson was given rising
vote of thanks from the club for her
work as their president. She had
very difficult year, having had to car
ry out the program planned by Mrs.
Zewadski, illness on the part of her
husband for several months and other
difficulties, which she met and over
came most bravely, never missing a
meeting of the club.
A deed to the lot presented by Mrs.
Seymour was presented at this meet
ing, and on motion of Mrs Hunter
the club decided to offer the use of
this lot to anyone wishing to use it
for gardening purposes. 1t is located
in North Ocala.
The newly elected officers were
then formally installed. In introduc-
ing them Mrs. Anderson stated that
she thought that she could say moth
ing better than that the first initial
of each typified the character of each
as follows:
President. Mrs. Gary-Gracious-
ness.
Vice President, Mrs. McIver-
Mirth.
Second Vice President. Mrs. Hook
er-Happiness.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Tay-
lor-Temperance.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Perdue-
Patience.
Auditor, Mrs. Anthony-Ambition
Press Manager, Mrs. Sistrunk-
System.
Treasurer, Mrs. DeCamp-Devo-
ton.
All of these qualities go to the max
ing up of efficient officers and Mrs.
Anderson felt sure that in these Off
GERS the Ocala Woman's Club will be
in very faithful and capable hands.
Each of the officers as presented
made brief speech of thanks
Mrs. Gary made number of an
nouncements. The complete list of
chairmen of the standing committees
will be announced as soon as she has
them completed. She announced that
the graduates of the class of 1917 of
the o. II. S. have been invited to be-
come honorary members of the club
next year under the name of the club
of 1917, with the following officers:
Nina Camp. president: Sue Moore,
vice president; Elizabeth Davis, Sec
rotary. III
Mrs. Anderson announced that Mr.
Gary had asked her to represent the
club at the big demonstration to be
made on registration day." in which
of course. the whole club will partici-
pate.
Mrs. NJ. E. Ranrall of Lawtey, vice
president of this division of the Flor
ida Federation, was present at this
meeting and made the club a very in
formal and delightful talk on timely
topics. She began by saying that all
club women will now take up the
emergency" work, and all will be
found faithful in whatsoever work
they are called on to do. She wanted
the women to do all they could in Gre