The Ocala evening star., 1922-02-09
WOULD Do AWAY
WITH LOST MOTION
Best Idea Yet Evolved for Concerted
Improvement of Our City
And County

Inc presidents ana secretaries
committee, proposed by the Board of
Trade for the purpose of eliminating
so far as possible a duplication of ef-
fort and expenditures on the part of
the organizations in the city doing
civic work, was formed at meeting
held yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in the Board of Trade rooms. All of
the organizations to which invitations
had been extended were represented
with the exception of the Marion
County Real Estate Exchange, and
each of the representatives expressed
the desire of their organizations. to
cooperate.
The organizations represented at
the meeting were the Woman's Club,
American Legion, Rotary Club, city
council, American Legion Auxiliary,
Parent Teachers Association, Business
and Professional Woman's Club and
the Board of Trade. 1t was decided
that the following organizations
should be invited to have representa-
tion on the committee: The Red Cross,
county commissioners, city manager,
Kings Daughters, Ocala Baseball As
sociation, city school trustees, county
school board, Marion County Hospi-
tai Association Auxiliary, Greenwood
Cemetery Association, Evergreen
Cemetery Association, Marion County
Fair Association, United Daughters
of the Confederacy and the county
agricultural agent. Invitations will
be extended to representatives of
these civic bodies to join in the work
of co-ordinating the civic activities
of the city, While the committee has
been formed with a view to limiting
it's activities to Ocala, it became evil
dent during the meeting yesterday
afternoon that the membership would
eventually be extended to include
civic organizations throughout the
county.
Mrs. J. Walter Hood was elected
temporary chairman of the committee
and Louis H. Chazal, secretary of the
Board of Trade, temporary secretary.
Permanent officers will be elected
after the other organizations have
joined the committee. A committee
consisting of DR.. Hugh Henry, Miss
Margaret Taylor and Mr.. Chazal was
appointed to draft and submit a set
of bylaws.
The following were present at the
meeting: Mrs. J. Walter Hood, pres
ident, and Mrs. William Hooker, rep
resenting the secretary of the Ocala
Woman's Club; Mrs. J. Wade Dumas,
vice president American Legion Aux
iliary; Miss Margaret Taylor, presi-
dent, and Miss Mabel Meffert, secre-
tary of the Business and Professional
Woman's Club; Mrs. E. T. Helven-
ston, president, and Miss Mabel Mef-
fert, acting secretary of the Parent
Teachers Association; DR.. Hugh Hen
ry and Mr.. B. Goldman, representing
the city council; R. L. Van Osten Jr.,
adjutant of the American Legion,
with Mr.. Chazal representing the
Rotary Club and the American Le-
gion.
A discussion of the program of
work of the several organizations
represented at the meeting brought
out the fact that the following items
are included in the several programs
Woman's Club, municipal Christmas
tree, development of Victory Way and
Tuscawilla Park, municipal rest room
planting of flowers in the city and the
care of the two plots on North Main
street between May street and the
union station, and an annual card
party for the Children's Home in
Jacksonville.
American Legion Auxiliary: Worl
of caring for the sick and wounded
ex-service men.
Business and Professional Woman!
Club: The finding of employment fol
girls, Thursday afternoon holiday.
during the summer months for the
business employees of the city, ant
lectures on civic and business topic:
to which the public is to be invited.
Parent-Teachers Association: Pro
vide equipment for school and schoo
grounds, including Identification o
campus, installation of play groun,
equipment and soup kitchens for higl
school and primary school. While no
items of its program, this association
is interested in the extension and de
velopment of the school groudns be
tween the high school and the pri
mary school, the including of gym
nasium and a dental room in the nev
high school building with an ora
hygienist in charge of the denta