The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-15
Cooper Cook, Clark and Shepard Alone
Of Male Tribe Remain al Meeting
Of Women Agents as Clouds
Threaten
HEARTY COOPERATION
OF SCHOOLS HELPS
Teachers, Pupils and Patrons Give Cheer
lul Assistance in Pushing Movement
for Better Agricultural and
Home Conditions


The woman agents Of the south.
western district held most Interest,"
ing meeting at the farm bureaus club
rooms last night. II had been intend.
cd that the members Of the CONNER
clal organization would meet with the
ladies and that distinguished speak.
ers from the A q NJ college would
be present.
Unfortunately. however, the threat
ening clouds which boiled up early in
the evening scared all but a corpo-
rails guard OF the clubs membership
away and tho guard not being quo
rum most Of their number wandered
of 70 whore the white lights glitter
cd upon the rain-swept sidewalks. The
ladies', however remained and with
them remained Jonas Cook president
Of the bureau; o. G. Cooper. agent for
Grady county; William w Clark. sec
Rotary; NJ H. Shepard, county sdper-
intendent; stranger who beat has
ty retreat 81 soon as the speech maxi
ing began; the bureaus pct cat and
a general air Of peace on earth, good
will to men
Misses Chandler aud McPheeters, Of
saltwater: Mrs Glgray of Hobart;
Mrs. southwick, Of Enid; Mrs. Mos
teller, Of Anadarko; Mrs Jackson, Of
Guymon; Mrs, Royse, Of Elk City;
Mrs Corycll and Miss Brown of
chiekasha were the ladies' present.
Miss Chandler stated that the wo-
man agents were always anxious to
welcome the cooperation Of the
schools of tho counties and asked that
superintendent Shepard make state
ment as to how the schools Of this
county joined III the work Of home
economies.
Mr. Shepard responded and told
how, In almost every district in Grady
county the school teachers, the chill
dren and patrons we're found anxious
and willing to put their shoulders to
the wheels and help push good thing
along. He stated that he could truth
fully say the work which has been
done by Mr. Cooper and BY Mrs. Cory
ell. in the organization OF clubs has
had most salutary effect upon the
educational advancement Of the coun-
~. The speaker told OF the great hep
which the boys and girls clubs had
been in making the fair Of 1915 a sue
cesa, dwelling upon the atSSaction
which centered about the educational
booth al that fair; be spoke then *
the manner in which many OF the
teachers Of Grady county, following
the organizations Of the clubs, had
gone about beautifying their school
grounds and enhancing the appear
ance Of the school buildings outside
and inside; he told Of visits to certain
schools before the home economic
work had begun and Of visits after
ward: 10 dwelt uron the hearty man
ncr with which the pupils all over the
county ca.operpted 10 the work. Of how
these pupils looked forward, with
pleasure. to visits from tho county
agents
MIR. shepard closed his remarks BY
stating that he was willing TO answer
ali questions which might be asked
him.
After few questions az TO the ben
Gifts to be derived from the eontinu-
ance Of the work Mr. Shepard YIELD
ed to Jonas Cook
afr Cook spoke in an entertaining
manner aud dwelt upon the necessity
for the elimination Of undesirable
timber in the furtherance OF any work
which would be Of material benefit 70
a srnool or community. He inter
spersed his talk with anecdotes Of the
DAYS when he taught schooi-of the
times when he was a city superin-
tendent in littie town back IN ohio
and OF the time he moulded the devel-