The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-07-15
OUTLINE OF THE
CHAPTER HISTORY
Of the Marion County, Florida, Chap
ter American Red Cross
INTRODUCTION

center OF the peninsula of Florida. In
1915 it had a population of 1000
whites and 10000 blacks. Since that
time part of the colored population
has moved to the north, leaving the
number of whites and blacks in the
county about equal.
On May 14th, 1917, through the eff
forts of Miss Adele Bittinger, fifteen
men and women of Ocala, Fla, met to
discuss the organization of Red Cross
activities in this community Tenn
porary officers were elected to CORES
pond with the chapter already organ
lied in North Florida. On May 22nd,
1917, under Miss Ruth Rich, director
OF branches, we became a branch of
the North Florida Chapter with an
enrolment of 300 members, confining
our activities to the city of Ocala
proper, at the same time aiding two
smaller towns in the county to organ
ize under the same parent chapter.
This plan of organization continued
until September, 1917, when in ac.
cordance with rulings from Washing
ton we were reorganized on a county
basis, with Ocala as the chapter head
quarters. The permanent chapter
charter was granted on October 10th,
1917. under which plan the organiza-
tion has continued to the present time.
There has been very little change
in the personnel of the various offic-
ers and committees since organizing.
The temporary officers, elected at the
beginning of the organization, May,
1917, were made permanent and have
continued in office until the present
date, namely:
Chairman, Louis r. Chazal.
Vice chairman, Miss Adele Bit
finger.
Second vice chairman, Mrs. R. A.
Burford.
Secretary, Mrs. John n. Taylor.
Treasurer, H. D. Stokes.
The executive committee is as fol-
lows: Louis r. Chazal, F. E. Harris,
George MacKay, L. w. Duval. Mrs.
r. L. Anderson, Mrs. r. A. Burford,
Mrs. John III. Taylor.
These members appointed May,
1917, continued to serve after the
change from branch to a chapter.
With them served one representative
from each branch as organized. The
membership to date of this committee
is twenty y-eight.
The following is a list of the differ
ent branches and their respective Of
ficers:
Lake Weir Branch
Chairman, C. Rheinauer.
Treasurer, Mrs. ]. M. Douglass.
Anthony Branch
Chairman, Mrs. j. c. Howell.
Secretary, Mrs. G. M. Brown.
Treasurer, Mrs. Mason Tyson.
Citra Branch
Chairman, M. j. Timmons.
Secretary, Mrs. M. J. Timmons.
Treasure, Mrs. w. T. Dupree.
Dunnellon Branch
Chairman, B. J. Benson.
Secretary, Mrs. G. w. Neville.
Treasurer, Mrs. J. G. Baskin.
Summerfield Branch
Chairman, P. w. Collens.
Secretary, Miss Nellie Clyburn.
Treasurer, Miss Hazel Seymour.
Pennington Branch
Chairman, E. F. Scott.
Secretary, Mrs. ID. FAINT.
Treasurer, Mrs. r. E. Chitty.
Belleview Branch
Chairman, A. E. Ashworth.
Secretary. Mrs. j. N. Shedd.
Treasurer, E. A. Davenport.
These officers served until October,
1918, when new ones were elected.
The following have served from that
time to date:
Chairman, Edward French.
Secretary, Mrs. w. N. Fielding.
Treasurer, Mrs. j. j. Nelson.
Mcintosh Branch
Chairman, E. F. Montgomery until
October, 1918; F. B. Hester from Oc-
tober, 1913, to date.
Secretary, Mrs. J. C. Turnipseed.
Treasurer, Mrs W. R. Brown.
Martel- Cotton Plant Branch
Chairman, B. G. Lake.
Secretary, Miss Rubie Ray.
Treasurer, Miss Carrie Barco.
BlitchtOn Branch
Chairman, M. r. Goodwin.
Secretary, Miss Rowena Hammons.
treasurer, MRS. y. n. Bitten.
Sparr Branch
Chairman, DIR. L. M. Philpots.
Secretary, Miss Isabel Burton.
Treasurer, Mrs. Rose Grantham.
Fellowship Branch
Chairman, Fl. L. Shearer.
Secretary, Mrs. S. B. Brooks.
Treasurer. Mrs z. A. Crumpton.
MOrristOn Branch
Chairman, F. T. Herring.
Secretary, Miss Maidie Sasser.
Treasurer, B. C. Withers served to
October 1918; Ell. H. King from that
time to date.
This branch is in Levy county, butt