The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-05-13


|. Protesting against the PARTON Of
Mendenhall.
2. For the preservation of Yellow
stone Park
3. A resolution asking for a city
manager for the city of Ocala.
A. Resolution passed endorsing the
capital removal club A committee
was appointed to cooperate.
5. Resolutions endorsing removal
of capital to more central locataion.
A. copy of the last named resolutions
was sent to about $50 clubs in the
state, and asking that they pass sim
liar resolutions.
Also motion was passed for the
following bill for thc legislature
Bill proposing a levy of special
tax not to exceed II mill on all prop
erty for the maintenance of commu-
nifty welfare work in Marion county
A committee from the club appear
cd before the council and asked the
city to set aside the two strips of land
on either side of Main street, north
OF May, for park, with which request
the city complied
A petition to the council asking
that all water and gas connections be
made before paving was commenced,
which the council passed.
The club also sent kilograms to Tai.
lahessee protesting against an a3Ero-
priation of $25O,OOO for remodeling
capitol building.
The club made the following dona-
tions to the Federation Department:
Sc to scholarship fund; So to social
and industrial chairmen to be spent
as follows: 81 for Boys Industrial
School Christmas present; ST. for
Girls Industrial School. Christmas
present; 81 for Victrola for aged at
state hospital at Chattahoochee. Also
donataion of S. to Mrs. Cooley to
be applied to Americas gift to
France.
During the year the club house has
been put in good repair, painted out
side, floors gone over, table put up,
repairs to steps, screen door and wins
dow screens; also, in the past term
an additional $1,000 insurance on the
building was taken out, and policy
of $4,000 renewed
A special committee from the club
ce-operated with the Rotary Club and
served picnic lunch to the Y. M. G.
A. boys at Silver Springs. Mrs T.
M. Moore was. chairman of this com
mittee and deserves much credit for
the business-like way in which it was
carried out
The hospitality committee, assisted
BY large committee from the club,
gave a bepeft card party for the
childrens Home in Jacksonville,
which was great success. about
s131 being sent to Mr. Fagg, for
which the club received most
hearty letter of thanks.
You will note by the report of the
Victory Way committee that the pill
lars to the park have been erected.
The club has had the pleasure of as
sisting with that work. as they guar
anteed $50 for the pillars, and the
Victory Way committee was to pay
the other expenses.
This spring the club had get to-
gether picnic at Silver Springs. In
years past it was regular custom of
the club to have one each year, hut
! for some time had been discontinued.
AS this was so successful, and seem
ed to be so much enjoyed, your pres
ident would suggest that we continue
to have one each year.
It has been the pleasure of your
president to attend a state board
meeting held in Gainesville last June
and also a state federation meeting
.held in Tallahassee, from which she
derived much good inspiration.
While in Tallahassee your president
served on the resolution committee.
1t has also been her good fortune to
have been able to conduct all club
meetings and board meetings and at
tend several of the meetings of the
standing committeesaduring her term.
The club has made satisfactory
growth during the past year. There
have been thirty-one new members,
as follows: Twenty-Five coming in
regularly by IS initiation fee; two
Daughters. two teachers, two compli-
mentary. one associate and two rein
stated This, | think: beats any past
record
In my report to the club, not wish
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