The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-10-15
BELLEVIEW BARBECUE
ASSOCIATION
Miss Minnie Tremere in the Florida
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Our town of Belleview, in Marion
county, ten miles southeast of Ocala,
is one of the most beautiful for its
size in Florida. Paved streets, lined
with magnificent oak trees, profusely
festooned with Spanish moss, make a
distinct impression upon the way
f&rer as he journeys through its shad-
ed highways. This town is located on
what is commonly called the Dixie
Highway and officially known as road
No. 2, which will, in the near future
be part of the government, state and
county built road from the north limit
of Marion county to the southern
boundary, connecting with the mag
nificent system of Lake county roads
and making a through highway from
the northern limits of the state to
Fort Myers, Fla. Belleview is also
the diverging point of the new air
line road leading due south following
the Seaboard right of way through
Summerfield, Wildwood, Bushnell,
Dade City to Tampa, making the most
direct road from any point of the
northern part of the state to the
southern tier of counties surrounding
Hillsboro. Belleview, like all pro-
grcssive towns, is an automobile town.
Loasting one of the most up-to-date
auto repair shops in the state. and
has it's quota of A. A. A. boosters
| With this explanation, the reader can
easily see that Belleview is some
pumpkin on the map; and this but
leads to the following:
: Some six or seven years ago, Bap-
tist preacher from Cleveland, Ohio
the Rev. Brighton N Tanner, realiz.
ing the possibilities of this beautiful
little city. located and began to stil
] things up. One of his ventures was
the organization of a barbecue to be
held each year on the fourth of July
The citizens stood Loyalty behind hin
in this proposition, and an active as
sociation of workers was soon formed
with Rev. Tanner as president, anC
Miss Eleanor Tremere as financia
secretary, her duty being to raise the
cash, and the duty of spending saiC
cash lying with the rest of the bunch
which duty they performed to the ex
tent of bringing together on the fate
) full day of July 4th. fifteen hundred
people from far and near, to do jus
tice to the elaborate feast spread be
! fore them. Succeeding years have
served to increase the attendance, ant
at the last barbecue held the fourth
. of July preceding the entrance of tn,
} United States in the great war. ove
:. 5000 persons came from all parts o.
!, the state.
! About this time, Miss Tremere see
, ing a growing shortage of men in tn
country, and realizing the need fo
women workers, went up to Jackson
, vile and joined the forces of the bus
. mess world, to do her bit. After tn
I close of the war she continued he
work, which eliminated her from fur
! ther service with the local barbecu
association. She, however. prevaile,
5 OH her sister, Minnie, to fill her plac
: as financial secretary and money
: getter, and said sister Minnie, althc
unaccustomed to public affairs of thi
: sort, started in with a beginner
gusto and on the fourth of July, 1915
| HedTly ZOUU people gathered on Tn
grounds to do justice to some of tn
h. finest barbecued meat that was eve
placed before a hungry mortal. Note
speakers were present from differen
parts of the state to talk on variou
live topics, and while talking was il
progress the rich odors from the fir
pit waited gently over the ground:
whetted the appetites of the multitud
t to an expetcant pitch. The disciplin
and service were as nearly perfect a
: could be expected at public affair o
r this kind. The free meats, beef, porl
mutton and goat were devoured i
short order, and the 1000 persons tina
participated in the eating of the ban