The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-29
Plan Is 10 Make It Biggest EVenI Ever;
No Details Announced Now;
Make Preparations
TRACK MEET FOR
AFTERNOON SESSION
They Will All Be Here; To Be Holiday;
Everybody to Take WaIIOp
at Kaiser

April g. the anniversary of the dav
enc year ago, when Uncle Sam, hav.
ing been peeved beyond endurance,
decided to go over and take a series
OF good healthy punches at the bean
OF one Kaiser Bill, is going to be a
gala, as we'll as busy day in Chick.
asha.
Various and sundry things are go.
ing to happen in way that folks
won't forget them in a hurry, In
fact, from advance indications, the
day will live in the memory of Chick
asha and Grady county folks as viv.
idly as the famous "Grasshopper
Year" in Kansas. There will, how.
ever, be this difference: One was a
calamity the other is going to be a
success.
Taking a casual slant at things
from the angle of today, the big fea-
ture on the card viii doubtless be
the opening of the Liberty loan drive.
This event will be nation wide.
Speaking locally. the brightest spot
in the day viii be the ceremonies
and series of celebrations that will
max the opening of this campaign
In Grady county.
These celebrations cover such a
nk J1t
have not been completed. In the be-
ginning, the day will be a holiday.
Everybody is supposed to knock off
work on the night of April 5 and re-
main in that blissful condition until
April z. According to Hoyle, they
will giv6 themselves over entirely to
whooping 1t up for Uncle Sam, Liber-
ty bonds, Thrift Stamps ct al, and to
putting the boots to the kaiser or
any of his agents that are found lurk-
ing around. Indeed, 1t is going to be
a hard day for Imperialism.
Ordinarily, people of this good old
U. S. A. have been in the habit of
handing the laurel wreath to the
Glee-orious Fourth as the king pin
of all holidays, but the old timers,
it seems, are going to be compelled
to make his way to the extreme rear
where a seat will be found, when the
new and latest model Liberty day is
ushered in. This new baby is some
man right now and he is being fed
OF nourishing food
The Chickasha celebrations will be
held under the direction of the Coun.
ty Council of Defense. Details have
not been announced. E. c. Burton
and a corps of lieutenants have been
working overtime on the job and
will pursue the same course contin-
uously until the big show is staged.
M. II. Shepard, Arthur Ersland and
o. c. Cooper are among the lieuten-
ants who will assist with the gigan-
tic parade.
1t so happens that the county in
tellectuaI and athletic tournament
will be staged here on that day.
This, in itself, will bring literally
hundreds of people to Chickasha, for
there are some zoo entries to COM
pete for the various honors in this
meet. OF necessity, the track meet
will be staged in the afternoon and
the intellectual contest at night. The
former will take place on the Eighth
street field and the latter at the
Chickasha high school.
No. Agatha, what you have read
here is not one-tenth Of what will
happen in Chickasha on April s. It
IL not here for the reason that de-
tails have not been worked out. They
will probably be complete by tomor-
row. You can safely put aside your
best bib and tucker and tell Pa and
the boys to lay in supply OF shoe