The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-02-23
PROGRESS MADE IN
IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Second Meeting Wednesday of The
Committee of Presidents
And Secretaries

Committee held its second meeting
Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock
in the Board of Trade room with thir-
teen organizations represented. Per-
manent officers were elected, bylaws
were adopted and the representatives
of the organizations not present at
the first meeting of the committee
work for the year. Mr.. w. 7. Gary,
chairman of the county school board,
announced that the board had pur-
chased the Lane property between the
primary school and the high school,
thus making available for school pur-
poses all of the property between
these two school buildings with the
exception of the northeast quarter of
the block on which the high school is
located. Mr. Bruce Meffert, chairman
of the board of county commission
ers, announced that bids were being
asked for construction of state road
No. ) through the county. The work
on this road will be done by the
county and not under state supervis-
ion. A discussion of developments in
the county brought forth the state
ment that between forty and fifty
! thousand orange trees have been set
out in Marion county this winter and
the planting is still going on and will
continue thru the spring.
Mr.. w. I. Gary was elected perma-
nent chairman, Mr.. Bruce Meffert,
vice chairman, and Mr.. Louis H. Cha
Zal, secretary.
The bylaws adopted provide that
the member organizations shall file
with the secretary a copy of the pro-
grams of work and budgets for their
respective organizations at the begin
ming of the fiscal year of each organ
ization and shall from time to time
as changes are made in programs and
budgets file written notices of such
changes with the secretary. Copies
of these programs of work and bud
gets and changes of the same shall be
furnished to each organization repre-
sented on the committee. This will
result in obtaining what was known
in the army as "liason."
Those present at the meeting yes
terday afternoon were Bruce Meffert
chairman of the board of county COM
missioners; K. C. Moore, county agri-
cultural agent; Mrs. James E. Chace
secretary Greenwood Cemetery Asso-
citation; Mrs. J. W. Hood, president
and Mrs. Philip G. Murphy, secretary
of the Ocala Woman's Club; W. T
Gary, chairman of the county school
board; B. Goldman, member of the
city council; Jake Gerig, member of
the city school trustees; J: R. Brumby
Jr., city manager; Miss Mabel Mef-
fert, secretary of the Business and
Professional Woman's Club; L. T. L.
lar, secretary of Ocala Baseball Asso-
citation; R. L. Van Osten Jr., adjutant
of the American Legion; Miss Mar.
garet Taylor, president Business anC
Professional Woman's Club; L. M
Murray, president Marion County
Real Estate Exchange.
Mrs. Chace stated that the cemetery
association had been disorganized dur.
ing the past year and had not beer
active. However, the organization
wishes to become active again anc
she said that the association had il
mind the purcahse of Greenwood Gem.
etery either by the city or by the as
sociation.
Mr.. Gary, in addition to making al
announcement of the purchase of the
Lane property, said the school board
was giving particular attention to the
- economical handling of availabl,
funds. He said that the board wa:
faced with a deficit and that no relic.
would be in sight in the immediate
future unless taxes can be raised. The
school board, Mr.. Gary said, has beer
working with view to improving tn,
school buildings, including the erec
tion of a high school building at An
thony and a consolidated high schoo
on the east side of the Oklawaha rive
for all of the children in that section
of the county. The erection of nev
high school building and auditorium
in Ocala also is in mind
Mr.. Meffert stated that the worl
on the Dixie Highway was being push
ed as rapidly as possible. He said tha
six miles of the road had been grade,
and was ready for surfacing. A della
in asking for bids for the base an
surface, Mr.. Meffert said, has bee
caused by the change of the enginee
of the state road department. He sal
that the new engineer was now in of
fee and that the commission is ex