The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
DRIVE FOR RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
MEMBERSHIPS BRINGS 81 PERCENT
OF SOUTHERN DISTRICTS QUOTA

L. +. Phillips. Of Bartlesville. state
manager. in long distance telephone
conversation this forenoon, stated that
the southern district, including Carter.
Pontotoc, Marshall, Murray, Coal, Love,
stephens, Johnston and Jefferson coun.
ties, stood fourth in the state. The
standing was based on reports for Mon.
day, Tuesday and yesterday.
The work for Red Cross Christmas
memberships goes on with increasing
enthusiasm. Encouraging figures are
peing received from all parts Of the
southern district. and considering the
difnculty In gathering reports from
many rural communities, and even in
some towns and cities, IL Is evident that
many more memberships have been
taken than have been reported As it
Is, the reports of the canvass up to last
night show a total OF 2O,746, which is
more than fifty-four per cent Of the
quota allotted for the nine counties
composing the district. Senator Fred E,
Tucker district manager, said today
that he is well pleased with the result
so far and is confident that more than
the allotted number will be received be-
fore the campaign closes
In Carter County the work is going
forward satisfactorily More than two
thirds of the quota has been secured
during the first three days of the cam.
paign, and there are many localities
where II Is known good work has been
done, but from which reports have not
been received
In Ardmore the workers apparently
are devoting all their time to the can.
vass. as reports from city workers are
coming slowly. The total number OF
memberships secured Is expected to be
known at a late hour this afternoon.
Manager Tom Cooper said today
worker will be placed in each ward to
check all that has been done, and if
any territory is found that has not been
worked. canvassers will at once be
placed there to cover 1t.
Mass Meeting Tonight.
There will be mass meeting at
Convention Hall at 1880 this evening,
to which everybody in the city is urged
to be present. Tom Cooper has issued
the following address:
Il want to have heart-to-heart talk
with every Red Cross Christmas cam
paign worker in the city of Ardmore.
have workers today in every block in
this city to see il these blocks have
been worked. The ward captains have
been requested to make complete reports
tonight. so that we can ascertain how
much work has been done. This is the
most sacred work that the American
people can do at this time, and l am
determined to leave no stone unturned
to see that Ardmore does its full part.
Are you with me or not?
Every Red Cross worker is earnestly
requested to be at the Convention Hall
at 1880 o'clock tonight to meet the other
workers. We want a report from every
one of these people We want to know
who has entered into this campaign
and who has not. And in addition to
these workers we want to see at this
meeting every man and woman who has {.
Red Cross work at heart and who has
patriotism enough to induce them to
give up an hour of their time to help
in this cause.
II would like to see every man and
woman who has the means and who
does not have time to spare from their
business and who does not have a dollar
to give the Red Cross work spend
Christmas day i'm the trenches. II they
could. when they came out they would
have a different idea of time and diff
ferent idea of the uses of money. and
they would be the most earnest work.
ers in the country.
This is no time for holiday. when
men are dying and women and children
are starving. This is no time for weak
ness to assert itself. We need men and
women of courage and grit, who will
stand up and take what comes.
II want to know il you are with me,
heart and soul. Be at this meeting.
tom COOPER.
"Ardmore manager Red Cross Christ
mas membership campaign"