The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-06
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Y. MY. v. FUND
IS FIRST IN U. S,
WOskerS Begin Campa ig n
EARLY; $65,000 Sought
OVER IN TWO DAYS-B00TH
Money Goes to Soldiers, Says
Member Of Army

y. N and Y. ". c. A. solicitors.
who left the Chamber Of Commerce this
morning were the first to start the ball
rolling Tor the whole Of the United
States Oklahoma City is the first city
to start raising its share Of the SS-
WOOOO for the war council work for
both associations.
"OveT In Two DAYS"
We expect to 20 over the top in two
days, said Alfred o. Booth, state cam.
paiRn director,
Thirty women and slNty.fiye men,
assembled in the Chamber OF Com
memrce this morning before starting
their work Each worker has a list Of
names OF people actively interested in
the work, and these people will he
asked Tor contributions first This
list was secured by the separate com
mi,teeS There will be no house to
house canvass Those who wish TO
give their contributions, and who have
not been solicited, will be welcomed by
the cocmmittccs AT the close OF the
campaign, receipts will be sent to all
those who have given donations, simi-
lar TO the Red Cross campaign
Reports From State
Prominent business men of Okla.
homa City, and in fact, all over the
country are leaving their work and de
voting all their time to the work" said
Mr. Booth, we are beginning to re.
'cive reports from counties In III,
tate, expressing their willingness to dc
heir share, and we are more than graf
| fled"
Private Edward r. Lynch has beer
called from Fort Sam Houston 10 act
as publicity chairman for the Y. NJ. c
T. He says:
Those parents who have boys gong
To war are especially asked TO give,
said Mr. Lynch "The money is not
going to the Y. N. {. A., it is going
% the soldiers Parents receive let
ters from their boys written Oh paper
with the red triangle on it, and do not
realiie that the very paper the men
write on is supplied free of charge by
the Y. NJ c. A.
Work Praised.
When the boys write about sing
ing where 5000 soldiers get together
and sing Tits a hard, hard thing to
'ick the akiSer" to the tune of Tip.
)erary; when they write about their
'ootball, baseball and all kinds OF ath.
etics; when they tell OF the French
md classes, where professors Of uni
,ersities have devoted all their time
teaching the boys French; when In
lian boys who cannot write, are taught
TO write or else some one writes for
hem to the loved ones at home. the
,arentS do not know that all this is
lone in the Red Triangle bsilding and
hat il it was not for that place, they
would have no recreation but the dance
,alls, or like places of amusement, for
leasure the boys will have.
The only place in the whole camp
hat a fellow can get a glass OF ice
old water is at the Y. N. c. A. build
rg II is the only place where a
elbow can go and read the current pa
crS and magazines. think that
when the mothers and fathers know
hat the very morals o fthe boys dc
,ends on the Red Triangle they will
rot hesitate 10 say that IL is good
I'VE want parents with boys that ar,
yoing to fight to get behind us ant
back us up said X, R, Wedding loca
Y NJ {, A. secretary
Posters Up.
Advertising posters are going up al
over the city today Quotations from
letters received by parents from their
hoys in camps and at the front are writ
Ten on them, such as The first ques
ton a fellow asks when going into :
town is Where is the w The ySenC
us hot soup up the line and | tell yot
It's good wheu YOU have been standing
in one place for two hours, chilled tC
the bone then you say Thank God fol
the Y NJ. G. A."
Another says, Who pays ! dom
know, but whoever they are God bless
them"
list Of Subscribers.
| | ne lOllOWnR Is liSt OF persona
subscribers, the first to be donated tC
the cause
Subscriptions Of $1,000 Judge c. r
Ames, Robert Watohorn. r J. I'D
wards, + Mars. Harris. Irby
Vose, Anderson & Clayton. George g
Kerr and Al Weleh
$500 subscriptions Mr. and Mrs
/. O'Hearn, Al Johnston, Scott. Halli
burton Co., ]. K, D Schaffer. Atkin
son, Warren Henley, Oklahoma
Publishing company, n. r, Jones, 10,
Huckins jr. and J. s. Warren
Amounts OF 500 to 500 George ]
Gilbert. $3.50. Richard Carhart $3.50
Mr. and Mrs /. w. Hoyt, 500 Mr.
and Mrs Alfred O. Booth 500
Shelley Tracy, 500; II. B Garrett
| 500. r A. kleinSchmidt. $lO0 Davi,
Mckinstry, 500, Mrs. James Cheno
weth. 500 Embry, Crockett & John
son. $3.50, Or Phil Baird, 500, Gu'