The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-28
TWELVE MONTHS WORK
Report of Mrs. W. 7. Gary, President
of the WOman's Club of Ocala,
for the Year Ending May
18th, 1918
Members of the Woman's Club:


and pride in submitting the following
report of the work done by the Won
ans Club during the year 1917-1918.
/ In conducting the affairs OF any or
ganization it's various obligations
must be kept in mind. 1t has its obi
| cations to itself and to the commu
nifty to which it belongs and if an az
fliated club it owes a duty to the
larger organization of which it is a
part. In guiding the activities of the
club during the past year, your presi.
/ dent has endeavored to give due con.
/ sideration to each of these duties
and in addition she has had to face
a new responsibility, the obligation
| to a nation at war.
! The details of the committee WORK
were reported by the chairmen at the
last meeting. The presidents report
will therefore consider the work of
the club as whole which will be
arranged under the four divisions:
Our duty to our club.
Our duty to our federation
Our duty to our community
Our duty to our country
Each and all of the committees
have had a part greater or less in
this work. Here your president takes
the opportunity of thanking one and
all for the splendid work accomplish
ed and the kind consideration accord
ed her during the entire year of her
administration. Some have done
much to make the year the success
that it has been and all have done
what they could. Your president ap-
preciates deeply the hearty coopera-
ton which she has met. She also
acknowledges the courtesies extend
ed by many persons not members of
the club, especially those of the daily
papers, the Banner and the Star, with
out which no organization of this
size could exist
That part of our report which deals
with our duty to our club is largely
a question of club finances and as
long as club is in debt this question
cannot be disregarded be the times
of peace or times of war. The club
house debt was therefore the first
question that confronted us as we
took up the years work.
Fortunately this question was set
tied early in the year by the splendid
work of the home economics commit
tee assisted by others, in conducting
the restaurant at the county fair
The result of this undertaking en-
abled us to pay off our years allot-
uary leaving our minds and treasury
free to more unselfish purposes. Thus
the club was enabled to purchase a
one hundred dollar liberty loan bond
by drawing partly on the general
funds and partly by individual contri-
buttons, and another one hundred dol
lar bond and twenty-four dollars to-
ward third, from the proceeds of
the Peter Pan minstrel, which money
as in former years would have been
paid directly upon the club house
debt. We have therefore reduced the
Indebtedness on the club house from
5000 to 5000, with money in bonds
which will reduce it further to three
hundred seventy-one dollars and fifty
cents.
1t also fell to this administration
to pay the premiums on two insur-
tended for three years and the other
for one. Some repairs have been
made on the building and piano and
the usual maintenance expenses met.
Rentals on the club house have
been much lower than usual due to
existing. war conditions and the fact
that we have given the use of our
house free on several occasions for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
Initiation fees and dues have also
been less for reason that Red Cross
anu OLnCI Wal WOIh noS LdhCA Tic db-
tention Of women who otherwise
would have become membess of the
club However, twelve new names
have been added to the membership.
For the benefit of our club members
the literature and art committees
have given most interesting and in
structive courses and under the aus
pices of the education committee the
French class has been conducted
during the entire year by Miss Mays
to- whom we wish to express our
deep appreciation. Several lessons
in political science were given by the
chairman of the education committee.
itee.
Among the out of town guests who
have addressed the club are President
Murphree of the University of Flor
ida, DR.. Hiram Byrd, of the state
! hoard of health Miss Sara Ro1nrs