The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-14

meeting of the Florida committee and
the local committee of the Woman's
Council of National Defense
Books for Soldiers and Sailors
Jacksonville, March u, 1918.
Miss Louise Gamsby, Ocala:
My dear Miss Gamsby: Ny records
from headquarters of the library war
service of the American Library AS
ISOLATION are that you have been call
ed upon to handle the book campaign
for your community, and that you
have been supplied with publicity
material-posters, signs and book
lets. If there is need for additional in
material, suggestive ideas as to man
agement of campaign or other infor-
nation, please wire me and shall be
glad to forward it at once.
Ny work at Camp Johnston has
made it impossible for me to CORES
pond with you as / would have liked.
We are counting on you however to
help put this campaign across and /
feel confident that you will have no
trouble as it is almost the first cam
paign in which there is no call for
money.
The need for books is urgent. Here
in our own state we must supply
books to the military units at Key
West, Tampa and Pensacola harbor,
besides large collections at Camp
Johnston, Jacksonville and at the avi-
alton camps in Arcadia and Pensa-
cola. Already the American Library
Association has placed 5000 books in
Pensacola and 10000 at Camp John
ston.
Do not collect magazines of any
sort. The need is for good books. l
will advise you relative to shipping
| upon hearing from you.
Very truly yours,
L. W. Josselyn, Librarian. 2
1t is hoped that Ocala will respond
| to this call for books, when the desire
begins, for, as we regret to say, 0cala
| did not respond in her usual manner
when the American Library Associa-
| ton asked us for $500 to buy books
| for our soldiers. Jacksonville, Tam
pa, St. Petersburg and other places
were each asked for $1,000, and they
raised the amount. Gov. Cats ap-
pointed an Ocala board to raise $500,
but the members felt they had already
as many calls as they could meet at
that time. Now as Mr.. Josselyn states
in the above letter, this is not for mon
ey, it's for books.
All those lovely books you have
read, all kinds of study and of fiction,
are wanted by boys in our own state,
What good are they to you?
After the manager of this drive be-
gins her work, if you have turned
down this plea, and have in your home
| lovely stories and study books, you'll
/ be Stacker.
Mrs. E. T. Helvenston, who is chair.
man of the education committee OF
the Woman's Club, has invited DIR
Murphree of the University of Flor.
ida, to speak at the meeting of the
Woman's Club Saturday afternoon
This will be an open meeting, and
every one is cordially invited to hear
this interesting speaker. DIR. Murphree
will be accompanied to Ocala by Mrs
4 Murphree and they will be the guest:
of Mrs. Helvenston, who is planning
to take them in the glass-bottom boat
for trip on Silver Springs, and viii
also entertain them at luncheon at the
Good Fairy tea shop Saturday,
| . .
Miss Adrienne Phillips, Miss Esther
Edmonson and Miss Alice aBulloci
will be the charming 'honorees at 9
delightful afternoon tea, to be fgiver
Saturday by Mrs. w. F. Hines, atthel
handsome home in Suburbs Beautiful
These young ladies' are all attractive
visitors in the city and the invited
guests are looking forward to it with
greatest pleasure Tampa Times 5a7
Miss Bullock left for Tampa sthis
afternoon for a fortnight's visit to
her sisters, Mrs. G. v. Miller and Mrs
George Mexican.
|
Mr.. Nathan Mayo of Summerfield
and his sister, Miss Jennie Mayo no1
this city, left at inoon today for Jack.
sonville, to be with their sister, Mrs
Eugene Dozier, who is critically i'll
at st. Vincent's- hospital with pneu-
monia. Many Ocala friends deeply
regret to hear of Mrs. Dozier's con.
dition, and are anxiously. awaiting
news and hoping it will be more fav.
orable than that received this fore.
noon.
Mrs. George MacKay's friends arr
delighted to hear she was able to re-
turn home yesterday afternoon. Mrs
MacKay enjoyed brief visit to Mr.
and Mrs. D. S. Woodrow and Miss
Blair Woodrow, who are now residing
next door to DIR. Rogers, after she
left the hospital in Riverside, Jack
sonville. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fl. Taylor
who went to Jacksonville Sunday, &C
companied Mrs. MacKay home. -os
Jack Galloway of the auxiliary re
mount division at Camp Wheeler, ar
rived home last night, surprising hi;
relatives, and will spend several day.