The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-06-05

Chairman Harris Reports ON the
Hearty Response Given to the AD.
peal for that Noble Organization in
Marion County.


peal for that Noble Organization in
Marion County.
AS chairman Of the Salvation Army
drive for the Home Service Fund. /
am more than pleased TO announce
that our county has again sustained
her wellearned reputation for gener-
GUS giving and has more than sub
scribed her full quota.
This would not have been possible
mad the chairman not had the cor
dial cooperation OF such willing work
ers as Mr.. w. w. STRIPPING, Mr.. VIII
liam T. Gary, Mr.. J. II. BENJAMIN, Mr..
Dewitt Griffin and the untiring ef
forts Of Mrs. L. A. Osborne and her
co-laborers, Mrs o. T. Green, Mrs. ID.
w. Tompkins, Mrs. Il. G.. Peek, Mrs.
+. G. B. Wehe, Mss Mabel Meffert and
others in Ocala; Mrs. K. w. Rush and
Mrs. w. III. BOulware at Mcintosh:
Mrs. Weihe OF Belleview, Mrs. w.
O. Brewer OF Romeo, and other pa
trIotic women in different parts or
the county whose hearts always beat
in sympathy with every worthy cause.
Always forgetful OF selr our wom-
en- and many OF our men can never
be praised too highly. To know them
well one must be associated with
them.
Summerfield, Pedro and Levon
were put down for one hundred dol
lars, and with the exception OF two
dollars the committee forwarded a
check for the full amount from Sum-
meCfeld alone the first day. Mr..
Charley Davs sad the good people OF
Summerfield responded to hs appeal
not only cheerfully but gladly.
Anthony and Oaks quota was plac-
ed at one hundred dollars. The COM
mittee received phone message
from the Mcdowell Crate and Lum-
ber Company asking that Oaks al
lotment alone be placed at that fg-
ure, and that if some speakers were
sent out they would stop the mill for
an hour and collection would be
taken up. That was done and the
proprietors Of the mill and the en-
ployes oversubscribed the full quota.
At the eleventh hour Mr.. L. T..
Hickson took the place OF Mr.. z. L.
Price as committeeman for Mcintosh
and with the assistance OF Mesdames
Rush and Boulware, quickly raised
McIntosh's quota.
Ruth" OF Ocala, a colored benevolent
association, sent in donation OF i've
dollars, with a card signed by the
worthy president and secretary, say
ing: please accept this small gift
from those who desire to help so wor.
thy q cause"
Following this gift, unsolicited also.
the Mt Moriah Baptist church and
the Mt. Zon A. M. Z. church came
forward with similar contributions.
with regrets that the amounts were
not larger.
The Sunday school at Lowell sub
scribed $10.8o.
Sergt- John W. Stevens, Jr., OF Fort
Mccoy, who had but recently return
ed from overseas, happened to be in
town when we were vsted by the
zone manager. and told him that for
the Salvation Army he would borrow
his fathers automobile and canvass
the entire county, but before receiv-
ing his appointment as committeeman
had left home on q vacation, and did
not return until some time Saturday,
so was unable to put his good inten-
tions into practice, and the time was
so short that he was unable to even
canvass his own precinct.
Those appointed as committeeman
for Fairfield, Irvine, DunneIlon and
Belleview were unable to serve, aud
at nearly the close OF the drive 9th
ers had to be appointed. which &C
counts for the smallness OF the dona
tons from those places.
The Methodist centenary drive was
ON at the same time, which initiated
somewhat In the collections for the
/ Salvation Army.
II we had had more time and 9
clear cid, from the almost unanimous
expressions made In behalf OF the
blue bonnet lassies." we have rea
con to believe that Mairon's quot1
would have been doubled
Il viii be seen from the list ap
pended hereto that the citizens q
| Ocala met the committee with ont
stretched hands and shouldered neaf
ly two-thirds Of the entire quota lev
led against our county.
Almost without exception evoryon'
approached has responded cheerfuHly
saying that never before hAd the.
made q donation more wholeheaxted
lly.
All subscribed gladly, and ft th,
Lord "Ioyes q cheerful giver." thl
people Of Marion county and ocalI
must be His special favorites-
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