The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-22

Ardmore has not done her part Car
ter county has raised less than half
her quota of the War Camp Com
munity Recreation Service Fund. De-
termined that this city and county
shall not be considered derelict in duty.
Mayor w. r. ROBERTS has issued a
proclamation calling for renewed effort
L complete the fund
Just at a time when our allies are
making such glorious showing, as
indicated in the news of yesterday
when the British outgeneralled the Ger
mans and penetrated a distance of fivs
miles along forty mile front in North
ern France, the need for cooperation
by those who remain at home in order
to provide comforts for those who have
or are making the real sacrifices is APP
parent.
Mayor Roberts asks every citizen of
Ardmore to give the proceeds of one
hours work as a contribution to this
$4,000 fund. A meeting is called, OF
the. executive committee. to be held
at the city han tomorrow. to devise
ways and means and to provide for
the collection of the money.
The community centers of the county
are I. responding literally. .Ardmure
hould realize the necessity to- rallytng
every resource to the end that the
full county quota be raised. The may
or's proclamation follows
From almost every sign board in
every city in the nation about six
months ago. we read: Your nation
needs you, will you go and fight her
battles?" The youth of the land re-
sponde1 to this request, for more than
a million men are now Joined to the
colors.
not easy. Constant drills, hikes, and
intensive training have given these
boys constitutions of iton and muscles
of steel, and to man these boys, who
now are about to go across the waters
to fight the battles for those who stay
at home and who VIII fight to make
this world a safe place for the future
generations to live in, have done their
duty, to themselves, their homes and
their country.
Today on almost every sign board in
every city in the nation, we read: The
War Camp Recreation Community
fund needs money to provide the sol
diers with wholesome amusement
while off duty, both in camp and out
of camp" To raise this fund is the
nations business, the nations work.
The Y. NJ c. A, the Y. w. c. A, the
Y. NJ. II. A. the Knights of Columbus,
the American History Association, the
Playground and Recreation Association
of America have undertaken to do this
work. Sixty million collars has been
called for from the people The APP
portionment of this fund to Carter
county is $4,000, and not one-half of
it has been raised. This money is not
wasted; is not given to charity; it is Civ
en- in love. Anything given in love
t..
for this money to use for the benefit
of the boys at the front. Some one
loves each boy; the nation, as a whole,
loves them all.
That this will entail self denial upon
many is true, and the amount asked for
is not small, but it represents what
nation can.
Every man. woman and child should
do his or her bit by contributing his
or her mite. 1t should never go out to
the world that Ardmore or Carter
county has failed in anything To fail
| in this undertaking is nothing short Of
lack of patriotism. Many have con-
| tributed but many have not
Now, therefore. |, w. X. Roberts.
mayor of the city of Ardmore, do here
by call upon every person in the city
| of Ardmore TO give to this fund the
proceeds of one hours work The
amount may be small i'm instances, but
the whole will raise our apportionment
and every mite contributed will make
a surprising whole. and / further call
upon the campaign committee to meet
at the session chambers of the city
of Ardmore at the City Hall tomorrow
TO devise ways and means and appoina
committees to go out and collect this
money. so that the nation may know
that Ardmore has done her part and
that every one living in the city has
contributed a part or the whole
! w. X. Roberts, mayor.