The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-14
Elf. Johns, Grady County Manager,
Completes Appointment Of Committees
For Drive Here
QUOTA FOR GRADY
ANNOUNCED, $l6,365
Will Use W. 5. S. Organization in COun-
Try PVecM IT'S; DOnahue Heads Divisien;
Barefoot to Handle Speakers

The Red Cross War fund drive will
open in Grady county on May 20 witt
Ed r. Johns manager of the cam
paign. To the end of rolling up the
county's quota of $16,365 in hurry
Mr.. Johns is at this time completing
an efficient organization of workers
in both the city, towns and country
precincts.
The county manager has named the
following committees to work in the
city and has divided the territory
in accordance: South side of Chick
esha avenue from Rock Island to
Fourth street, Roy G. Smith, chair
man; e. c. Burton and w H. Gil
ley
West of Fourth street and south OF
Chickasha avenue: F. M. Frey
1irm Johnson and l.. G
Hutson.
North of Chicl1asha avenue and
west Of Third street: R. F. Thweatt,
chairman; f. NJ Bailey and B. P,
Smith.
North of Chickasha avenue and
east OF Third street: John Crib
chairman; John Weaver and orin
Ashton.
These committees have the task
of rounding up the people within
their respective territories and secur
ing the contributions to the war fund
If they deem 1t necessary, 1t is with
in their power to appoint sub-com-
mittees to work the residence sec
tions. The county manager is leav'
ing that point up to them. The one
point that is made clear to all is that
Chickasha and Grady county must
roll up the quota in hurry.
In regard to the work in the coun-
try precincts and small towns of Gra'
dy county Mr.. Johns stated this
morning that the work was well or
ganized This work will he carried
on, outside of Chickasha, through the
War Savings Stamp organizations
The precinct and town chairmen OF
the w. S. S. campaign will have
charge of the drive in their respec'
tive localities and will be assisted by
the w S. S. committees they have
already appointed.
VIM. H. Donahue of this city has
been appointed division field repre-
sentative Of three counties in this
section OF the state, the counties be
ing Grady, Caddo and Comanche.
The State of Oklahoma has beer
divided into nineteen districts, each
district containing three or mor'
counties. In each district a division
field representative has been appoint
ed by the chairman of the division
committee after conference with Ok
lahoma Committeeman Phillips, Thi
field representative will be the repre-
sentative of the chairman of the di
vision.
It will be his duty, as the represen
tative of the division chairman, t
advise and consult with the chapte
war fund campaign managers in hi
district relative to the war fund OF
gsnization of their respective chaI
ters. to the conduct of the campaign
and to the difficulties and problem
which may present themselves froi
time to time. He will report on tn
progress which is being made in hi
district to the state committeema
through whom his reports will go
the division chairman.
B. B. Barefoot, local attorney,
chairman of the speakers bureau fl
Grady county and is now working OF
a schedule for the county during IL
campaign. He states that the spea
ing drive will open Saturday and Su
day with a number of speechi
throughout the county and from tn
date until the close of the campail
every meeting will be supplied wi
p speaker.
In Chickasha. the speaking will
confined to the Four Minute Men {
ganization at the local theaters, {