The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
5000 Club Members Present; Show Good
WOrk Done by Farm Agent and
Home Demonstration
STAGE BIG FEED
ON COLLEGE CAMPUS
Program Delights Big Crowd; Clec Club
Sings; State Officials Deliver Ad-
dresses 10 Children

Yesterday marked the biggest da.
in the boys and girls cub work il
Grady county when nearly 5000 clut
members assembled here in a mon
ster rally. There were delegates
from pig, corn cotton, kaffir, calf,
garden, better bread canning and
a dozen other clubs, and each dele
gate was whooping it up for his par
ticular organization,
To the vast out Of town delegates,
were added the Chickasha war gar
den club members who have coaxed
their gardens along during the hot
dry weather, until they rank with
the best in the state, as was evi
denced by the statement OF d. G..
Mooring, garden specialist, of the a.
and NJ College who was the judge
in the garden contest.
"Chlckasha gardens az whole
rank as among the very best if not
the fi'eoiute tor Ct any W.T. bard1A
have seen in Oklahoma" said Mr.
Mooring yesterday evening. "One
thing is strongly in evidence. It is,
that The young gardeners have had
the proper kind Of instruction from
Mr. Cooper. They have the cnthu-
siasm and they are actually doing
the work themselves Yesterday
evening after the Judging was com
pletod, | visited several sections of
the city, and found the youngsters
right out in their gardens at work.
A parade was staged in which
1920 club members took part, ToI
these were added hundreds Of adults
il automobiles AS the parade came
TO a halt at the city hall, the club !
members were loaded into automo |
biles furnished by the citizens of
Chickasha and we're taken to the |
Oklahoma College for Women, where |
the program was scheduled to take |
place in the auditorium
Long before the arrival of the |
thousands of children, the audhori
um was packed to capacity. There |
fore when the club members arrived
it became necessary to seek larger
quarters. The entire assembly there
fore was moved to the open and the
program staged from the broad steps |
of Nellie Sparks hall, dormitory of
tho college. Addresses were made
to the club members by j. A. White
hurst, member of the board Of agri-
culture of the state, by Mr.. Meyer,
assistant director of boys clubs Of
Oklahoma, d. c. Mooring. Of the A.
and NJ college, state garden special
list, and by Mrs. Frazier, district
agent of the home demonstration
V ork. The Invocation was offered
ty Rev ]. II. Bowersox and the ad-
G,ess OF welcome was delivered by
Aleer Melton ]. w Kayser present
ed the ten prizes to the winners in
the Chickasha war garden contest.
State Supt r. H. Wilson made spe.
cial address to the children, touch
ing Upon the phases Of school life j
and action that may be directed to-
ward the help win the war" moye-
ner..
rhc CLEO club of the Oklahoma Col
lego for Women delighted tho big
crowd With several songs in each
case being forced to respond to en-
cores Special numbers on the pro-
grsm which drew storms of applause
were readings by Lena Bruner, OF
Acme. who has recently won the
tis,nction of being the champion
reader Of the county, Claudia Hostick
of Verdeu, Person woodall, Verden.
and Flossie Catterall Of Chickasha. /
While the program as whole and
the day in general was a decided
success, there was one feature that
for tue time probably stood out more