The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Sergeant Edwa ID Miss FrOoSs Will
Address Chicka la Audience TOmOr-
row at2O't 'Ck, Baptist Church
HAVE BEEN HOLDING
OVERFLOW MEETINGS
5000 Hear Pair at Enid; Turned Hun.
dreds Away al Clinton; ''Best Ever
Says WestiaII

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4 That the meeting tomorrow after
noon at the First Baptist church. at
2 o'clock, at which time Sergeant
Edward Edwards and Miss Dorothy
Frooks will speak, will be the biggest
thing Chickasha has seen, is the pre-
die Jon made this morning by Ches-
ter Westfall Of Oklahoma City.
Nu. Westfall has charge of the
speakers bureau for the third Liber-
ty loan drive. In a telephone conver-
sation, ne stated that at Enid Tues
day night where Miss Frooks and
Sergeant Edwards opened their
speaking tour of Oklahoma, 5000 peo-
pie heard the addresses. Last night
they spoke at Clinton. Despite the
fact that the Clinton commlttee Sc
cured the biggest church in town,
there were hundreds who absolutely
could not crowd into the church and
were turned away. The team will
speak this afternoon at Clinton and
at Cordell tonight, coming to Chicka-
sha tomorrow for their date tomor-
row afternoon.
''Be sure and tell the people that
if they miss the meeting in Chicka.
sha Friday aft%noon, they will miss
hearing the biggest thing that has
ever been in Chickasha," said Mr.
Westfall. "The manner in which
these people have started their tour,
makes it certain that they are des-
tined to appear at overflow meetings
everywhere. | talked to Sergeant
Edwards this morning by phone from
Clinton. He said literally hundreds
were turned away from the meeting
at Clinton last night"
Sergeant Edwards is the sole sur
vivor among the officers of the IA
nous Princess Pats the Canadian
regiment that made their names inn
mortal by their charge up Vimy
Ridge. During the fighting in that
sector over 90 per cent of the Prin-
cess Pats were killed Sergeant Ed
wards brings a message directly from
yimy Ridge and that memorable
charge He knows war probably bet
ter than anyone who has spoken in
Chickasha to date. He has been
through it. He has seen practically
all of his comrades fall victims to
the German machine gun, cannon and
the deadly poisonous gas. 1t is likely
that his message will drive home
harder. the real truth of Americas
part in this war ans of the horrible
battle scenes, than any one who has
vet addressed a Chickasha audience.
Miss Frooks is a New York society
girl and famous aviatriX. Her mes
sage is aimed at the rrivolities OF
America. contrasting pink teas and
social events with the crying need
for war work in this country. She
denounces all social events and states
that she is absolutely unable to real
ize how society women can give them
selves over to idle enjoyment with
mothers and babies in France and
suffering, and with Ameri-
can troops dying in France.
In the last Liberty loan campaign,
she took an active part, flying over
New York city, distributing Liberty
loan literature while the parade was
in progress. She is the first bird
to visit Chickasha and she
will devote her entire time during
the third Liberty loan drive to speak
ing in Oklahoma.
F. L. Slusher, Grady county chair
man of the third Liberty loan cam
paign, stated this morning that he
expected the First Baptist church to
be overflowing tomorrow afternoon.
Everything is in readiness for the
meeting and from the enthusiasm
that is being shown, a repetition Of