The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-10-07
MARION MOTORClUB
HELD A MEETING
Good Attendance at Friday Nights
Gathering and Much Valuable
Information Impaired To
Those Present


directors of the Marion County Motor
Club was held Friday night at the
Chamber of Commerce with a good at
tendance present. The directors have
met every month since the club was
organized and the attendance has been
good at each meeting. Plans are now
being made for more frequent meet
ings of the entire membership of the
club. Present were A. C. Blowers.
president; c. G. Rose, chairman of
roads, streets and bridges depart
ment; Dewitt Griffin. treasurer; A. C.
Cobb, chairman touring and contest
department; w. 7. Gary, chairman f.
nance and membership department:
c. G. Barnett, manager, and Louis
Fl. Chazal. chairman publicity depart
ment.
Announcement was made that the
headquarters of the southeastern di-
vision of the American Automobile
Association, with which the local club
is affiliated. has been moved from
Montgomery, Ala, to Columbus, Ca,
and is now permanently organized
with the following officers: President,
Brigadier-General Paul B. Malone, u.
S. Army. Fort Benning, Ca; vice
president, Benjamin Russell, Alexan-
der City, Ala; secretary, s. B. Crosby,
Columbus, Ga; treasurer, 81. S. Has
tings, Atlanta. Ga. The directors are:
Dennis Long. Louisville, KY; William
Manner, Nashville, Tenn; Cowan Rog-
ers, Knoxville, Tenn; Judge M. M.
Allison, Chattanooga, Tenn; VIII
Mercer. Shreveport, La; P. G. Jones,
Hattiesburg, Miss; Charles Mann,
Jacksonville, Fla; F. o. Miller, Jack
sonville; William B. Goldenburg, Day
tona; J. H. Kerrick, ST. Petersburg;
F w. Marsh, Pensacola; Leland ].
Henderson, Columbus. Ca; S. N. Har-
ris, Savannah, Ga; v. L. Stanton,
Waycross, Ga; John Wood, Charles
ton, S. c.; W. A. McGirt, Wilmington,
I'M. C.
The directors have recommended to
Mack Taylor. chairman of the me-
chanical service department of the
Marion County Motor Club, that a
second service station for Ocala be
manned and that additional service sta
tions in the county be arranged for.
At present the Ocala Motor Com
pany is the only official A. A. A. serv-
ice station in the county. A service
station renders the following service
to members of the A. A. A.: Free gas
and oil delivery to any member within
a fve-mile radius of the service sta
tion. Free road service on repairs
such as ignition, carburetion and me-
chanical repairs to members within q
five-mile radius of the station. This
means no charge for service car COM
ing out. The actual work on the road
is charged for, but where the work
does not require more than one-hah
hour of the mechanics time after
getting to the car there is no charge
for same. Free road tire service to
members within five-mile radius OF
the station. If the distance is greater
than five miles, charge Of fifty
cents for each additional mile is made.
Free towing service within radius
of five miles. When the distance is
greater than five miles, charge of
one dollar for each additional mile is
made.
| Mr.. W. T. Gary recently broke the
radius rod of his car about six miles
out of Ocala. He phoned for the
service car of the Ocala Motor Com
pany and was rendered the free serv-
ice procided for. The distance was
six miles. Mr.. Gary saved more than
one-half the cost of his annual mem
bership in the motor club by this one
call.
Manager Barnett has been instruct
ed to take up with Mr.. C. E. Simmons.
chairman of the accident prevention
and highway Identification depart
ment, the matter of securing road
signs for the main roads of the county
and in particular danger signs for
railroad crossings and school houses.
Mr.. F. w. Cooks car recently broke
down outside of town at two O'Clock
IN the morning. and was hauled in
saving more than half of the cost of
his annual membership.
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