The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-21


10 invite those who have not joine,
TO procure memberships at the close o.
tho servke. Volunteers will be calleS
for from each congregation 10 max,
canvass Of the city, making d. sccOn,
check Of the Red Cross canvass II
order that none shall be missed
Pontotoc county continues thaA nan
ner county of the southern Oh ma
district In the drive for Red ,s
Christmas memberships Late
day evening Senator Fred r. Tu V
district managers received n telegi ,
from Ralph X. Cain, county manae
OF Pontotoc. saying: I'VE have 6.5l
n and still coming" The quota for
Pontotoc county was 6,0S2 and on the
fourth Gay of the drive Pontotoc had
secured 42s more than its allotment.
Akers township. Carter county, of
which DR.. Dow Taylor is township cap.
tain. reported yesterday evening that
SIS memberships had been secured
there. Considering the population of
that township this is a most excellent
showing.
Good progress was made in the entire
district yesterday. Senator Tucker was
unable to get reports from Coal and
Stephens counties. Only one report has
been had from these counties. that was
for the work done up to "Wednesday
afternoon. One of the features of the
work Thursday was that of Love
county II Is the smallest county in
the district, yet 1t secured the largest
number of memberships yesterday, re.
porting III for that day. The total
for the district now reported is 2S,522,
or more than sixty-four per cent OF
the quota.
City Total Is 1888.
Ia the city the work goes steadily
on. and the first report of the four
wards was made last night, as. follows
First ward 1867; Second ward. 432
Third ward. 500; Fourth ward. 260; total.
2.259.
A meeting was held last night at
Convention Hall. which was well at.
tended. chiefly by the workers. Talks
were made by Russell Brown, county
manager: Tom Cooper, city captain. and
Walter s. Gilbert. Further work was
outlined and "A system suggested which |
is expected to result in the closest pos =
sible canvass being made of all sections !,
of the city. Territory already gone over !
is to be carefully checked again and |
again The best of spirit was mani |
tested at the meeting and every worker !
expressed willingness to lend every ef
fort possible and the number reported
is expected to be largely increased.
r. J. Pollock and c. II. Adams went
to Pleasant Hill schoolhouse last night,
where they had q splendid meeting and
a pleasant surprise. The people of that
had prepared a box supper
and cake sale. from which they realized
s5964 This amount was at once turned
over for the purpose of buying Red
Cross memberships for those who were
unable to pay for them.
Yesterday DR.. ]. +. Young and Mr..
Pollock went to the Confederate houe,
where DIR. Young made talk to the
,etePans The soldiers became en-
husiastic and went to digging up dol /;
ars They brought money from unex- I
,ected places and gave freely, taking
fifty memberships. These veterans
ealize more fully than can others what
Red Cross work means.
Senator Tucker is i'm receipt of tele-
ram from w. b. Hassett of the Ard
more refinery, with office at Tulsa, say
ng to draw on that company for $50
o pay for memberships for those who
re unable to pay membership fee. l
+. L. Disney went to the Bloomfield
eminary this forenoon to address the
upils
George w. Coffman. county superin- !
endent of schools, went to Newport to- !
ay wheer he will conduct a Red Cross :,
Meeting tonight Emmitt T. Reid and /,
.ndrew g. Riddle will go to Smyrna )
south of Provence, and T.
Pollock and c. II. Adams will go to
.ocky Point school, south of the city, !
D conduct Red Cross meetings to- .
light