The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-11-12

visit there she will accompany her
mother, Mrs. S. A. Standley, home for
a stay of several weeks before return,
ing to her home in Miami.
Meeting of Woman's Club
The first business meeting of the
Woman's Club for the year 1920-21 was
held in the club house on Saturday,
Nov 9Th.
Although the numbers were not as
large as usual very profitable meet
ing was held. The different officers
! and chairman made their monthly re-
ports, which all showed that they
have started to work in earnest, and
a good club year is expected.
The club has about perfected their
plans for having the club opened one
afternoon a week for the pleasure of
the tourists and club members. The
open afternoon will be Tuesday of
each week, and on this afternoon, any
club member can come and bring with
them three guests, and all tourists in
the town will be given a hearty well
come. There will be tables ready for
cards, rock, or any other game any
one might choose to play. On one
Tuesday out of each month they are
planning to have regular program,
and also one Tuesday in each month
to have the club open for an evening
OF pleasure. The complete arrange
ments have not been made and the
opening date will be announced later.
At this meeting Mrs. Harrison Black
and Mrs. Leverette Futch favored the
club with vocal solos and Webster Gil
len, who possesses much musical tai
ent gave two piano solos. 1t was also
announced that since the last meet
ing that four ladies had become mem
bers of the club, three of them were
former members and one new one.
They are Mrs. L. M. Murray, Miss Mar
garet Taylor, Miss Mabel Beck and
Mrs. Mack Taylor.
The hostess of the afternoon serv-
ed an ice course during the social
hour. The next meeting will be the
annual reception to our new members.
and will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20,
Mrs. Henry Raysor of Dunnellon
was a shopping visitor to Ocala on
Wednesday,
Mrs. Hugh Futch is expected to ar
rive on Tuesday from her home in ST.
Petersburg. to be the guets of her Sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Leverett Futch, at
her home on Fort King avenue.
Rev. William Ashley Sunday (pop-
ularly and familiarly known as "Bil-
ly'') is filling an immense tabernacle
in Jacksonville twice daily The
building seats eight thousand, and
hundreds are nightly turned away.
There were quite a number of Ocal-
ans and ex-Ocalans in the audience
Sunday night, the opening night OF
this religious revival The Rev. Billy
tells some very plain truths, but in
language that makes the fastidious
CnJIirY1n n -
shoulder and hurls his statements at
his hearers exactly like he was pitch
ing baseball. He gives no curves,
walks none on ball, but pitches his
spheres of plain, unvarnished truth
directly at those at the bat, and is no
doubt doing wonderful amount of
good.
Miss Lucretia Hooker will entertain
a number of her little playmates on
Saturday afternoon at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs William
Hooker. Skating on the tennis court
will be the chief mode of amusement. ]
The friends of Miss Essie Harris
will be glad to learn that she has
about recovered from her recent ill
ness Miss Harris now makes her
home at Mrs. Perdue's on Fort King
avenue.
Mrs j. E. Allemand returned home |
on Tuesday from pleasant two
months visit with her sister in New
York.