The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-22
OCALA DOES NOT
ADVERTISE
It is Recommended by Its Well
Pleased Friends to All
America

The hospitality committee of the
Woman's Club met with the chairman,
Mrs. E. G. Bennett, Tuesday after
noon at the Temple theater. Each
member had been asked to bring a
stranger or newcomer, and this invi-
tation met with most encouraging
response.
Mrs. Bennett asked the visitors for
suggestions In connection with the
work of the committee, and with one
accord they agreed that the opportu-
nifty of getting acquainted with the
women of the town and being showL
pleasant attentions by them is the
thing that strangers most appreciate.
They say the people make the town
and if you like the people you like the
town, but in most places they do not
meet the people-they are experience
ing the first organized hospitality in
Ocala.
An informal discussion was held
along the lines of the work of the
committee. Mrs. Hall extended an in
vitation to all visitors of Baptist
faith to attend church. and Mrs. Gal
loway gave the same invitation for
| the Methodist, Mrs. Osborne for the
Presbyterian and Mrs. Pasteur for
the Episcopal. Mrs. Osborne offered
t. take all that are interested to the
girls industrial school today, and a
number of cars were placed at their
service. Mrs. Hooker extended cor
dial invitation for the meeting of the
Woman's Club Saturday.
Mrs. Bennett asked the members of
the committee to contribute nominal
sum for the printing of the following
very well worded little leaflets:
When Touring Florida Remember
OCALA
Is located on the Dixie Highway
midway between Jacksonville and
Tampa;
Is six miles by boulevard from the
famous Silver Springs, the most beaa-
aiful springs in the world;
Has a rest room and camping
ground maintained by the city for the
convenience of strangers-in charge
| OF the Woman's Club, from which or
to your comfort during your stay;
/ Is the county seat of Marion, the
acknowledged leading agricultural
county of the state;
Has abundant hotel and boarding
house accommodations at reasonable
rates;
Has unexcelled hunting and fishing
grounds, for deer. bear, turkeys, quail,
doves, woodcocks and snipe;
Has excellent schools;
Has the best year-around climate in
the world;
Is thriving business town and has
hospitable citizenship;
Is two hours drive from the Gulf
| of Mexico.
Be sure to see Silver Springs.
Hospitality Committee,
Ocala Woman's Club.
These were distributed among the
visitors who were asked to send them
to their friends. We feel that some
of these leaflets sent with the per-
sonal touch, and maybe line saying
81 know this is true because / have
been there. will do more good than a
lot of indiscriminate publicity.
It was found that Connecticut,
West Virginia, North Carolina, Ken
Ituclxy, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin,
California, Alabama, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. South Carolina
and New York were represented at
the meeting, so that should ensure a
rather wide distribution of the leaf
let's. They viii be distributed again
at the meeting of the Woman's. Club.
Mrs. Bennett had invited the COM
mittee and the guests TO the matinee,
but the picture failed to arrive, SO
after seeing the Pathe News, which is
always interesting, the visitors were
taken for short drive about the city,
to the Country Club, etc., and intro
iduced To the rest room.