The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-02-22
Meeting of the Florida Federation Ex
ecufive Board

The first business session of the ex-
ecutive board of the Florida Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs was held at
the club house at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day morning and until twelve O'Clock
these prominent club women spent a
very busy morning.
The morning was entirely devoted
to the hearing of the reports Of the
state officers and those of the chair
men of the standing committees and
the discussion of the same Many
very excellent points were brought
out and the club women received
many helpful suggestions from each
other along the various phases OF the
club work in Florida.
Mrs Edgar Lewis, the president OF
the federation, presided. She is a
very fine officer and is going to make
the federation a chief executive of
whom they will have every right to be
proud. She possesses splendid exec
utive abilities and is very charming
and gifted woman in every way. She
has surrounded herself with a fine
board and this year, despite the great
unrest in the nation and the great war
work to be done, the federation bids
fair to have a splendid year. The
federation is doing a great deal of war
work, but is using every endeavor to
keep alive the club spirit, and in every
, way will do everything possible to aid
! the government in the manw activities
that are now confronting us.
! At twelve o'clock the meeting ad-
journeG and the visitors were taken
to Silver Springs by the Ocala club
women, and a delightful lunch was
served them in the pavilion. After
lunch Mrs. Ed Carmichael rendered
the visiting delegates a boat ride in
the glass bottom boats, and they were
all of one accord in declaring tho
springs the most beautiful Springs
that they had eyers seen, and everyone
was, greatly Indebted to Mrs. Carmi-
csfael for the courtesy.
On the way home from the springs
the club women stopped at the new
industrial school for girls, which is a
| state institution, and which IS one
that the Florida Federation takes u
very special interest in, having a spe-
cial committee to look after the at
fairs of this school Mrs Range, the
matrOn of the school, carried the Wis
itOrs all over the building from the
basement to the top. 1t is a magnifi-
cent building, fully equipped with ey-
erything necessary for the comfort
and happiness of these delinquent
and homeless girls. The building is
comfortably and attractively furnish
ed, and the club women were delight
ed with the way this institution is be-
of Mrs. Range.
After returning to the city another
business session was held at the club
house
Last night at the club house anoth-
er meeting was held, in lieu of the re-
ception that had at first been plan
ned
Mrs. Lewis presided at this meet
ing
Mrs. w. T. Gary, president of the
Ocala Woman's Club, made a very
charming little speech of cordial vel
come to the clubs distinguished visit
Ors, and presented Mrs. Lewis a beau
tiful bouquet of red carnations as a
gift from. the club
Mrs. Lewis, the president. and Mrs
Jennings and Mrs Hooker, past pres
idents of the federation. made short
talks on the subject of the various
phases of club work in Florida.
Mrs. Truehart Bedford of Gaines
vile sang several songs that were
very much enjoyed
Mrs. B. F. Condor and her young
oASIC4B 4hISo IidIII 0OHIOT, prayed q
| beautiful piano duet.
The evening at the club was an ex-
ceedingly pleasant one.
Today's program is as follows:
From 8:15 to 9:15 o'clock at the Ocala
, High School Miss Marguerite Porter's
pupils will give pleasing entertain
~
which the remainder of the morning
I will be devoted to the concluding bus
; mess session of the club house. AID.
journment at noon.
In the afternoon the president and
large number of the club women
will go over to Gainesville to attend
the Twentieth Century Clubs annual
reciprocity meeting