The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-07


Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill who de-
liyered the principal address of the
afternoon.
Last night Ex-Governor Lee Cruce
delivered an address in Convention
Hall to large crowd in the interest
OF the third Liberty loan.
commanding, 81 pupils.
Without question Ardmore'S dem
onstration yesterday afternoon was
the greatest civic event iii her his
tory. Every walk OF lie was repre-
sented in the line OF march. The
number participating reached into
the thousands and there were many
thousands lining the streets to wit
ness the procession.
Formation of Parade.
Marshal Garrett and his mounted
aide, Robert f. Scivally, al the head
of the procession, were followed by
Mrs. Tide Cox, 4 representative OF
the War Savings Bank, and Otis
Coffey of Lone Grove, each OF
whom carried large United States
flag. Next came the executive coun-
Gil OF the Carter County Council OF
Defense, headed by II. G. Spaulding,
vice-presdent.
The speakers car carried Maj
George p. Whitsett W. L. Johnson,
eighth district chairman for the
third Liberty loan, and former Gov
ernor Lee Cruce County and city
officials, on foot, followed the
Chamber OF Commerce Band
The school division, {. w. Rich
ards, marshal, was headed by mem
bers of the board OF education, fol
lowed by the boys of the high school
who are in military training. They
were under the command OF c. II.
Woodruff with A. 5. Luttick, lieu
tenant, and Bert Herman in charge
OF the colorS. Seyenty-fve boys
were in the company One hundred
and fifty high school girls were un-
der the comman dof W. Williamson.
]. T. Rechtn and w. A. Henderson.
The ward schools were represented
as follows:
First Ward-Mrs. Ella Hardy in
command, assisted by Mrs. Carrie
Morgan, Mrs. Henderson, Misses
Maud Corhn, jamie Smith, Eugenia
Nivouche, Gertrude Alexander,
Ruth Sullivan, Harriet Ellsworth.
Jennette Ellsworth and Noah Cisco,
teachers. Five hundred pupils were
in this body.
Second Ward-Mrs. T. T. Wash
ington, commanding, assisted by the
following teachers Misses Letha
Howser, Jimmie Higgins, Mildred
Reed, Efwina Nelson, Mildred Muir
ply, Geneva Nivouche, Mrs. d. A.
Gregory John Murphy and Sallie
P. Jordan. This ward was repre-
sented by 400 pupils.
Third Ward-D. T. Stiles in COM
mand with $50 pupils in line.
Fourth Ward-.John Scrugham in
command, 430 pupils in line.
The Rural Schools.
The rural schools were under the
direction Of George ". Cofiman,
county superintendent, and in
cluded;
Deese-Miss CaIlie Thomson,
commanding; p pupils.
Plainview-Miss Georgia Acott,
commanding "a pupils.
Nellda-Twenty pupils.
Newport-Forty pupils.
Dundce-C. A. Guthrie, command
ing; l25 pupils, who sang Justify:
We'll hang the kaiser on a sour
apple tree
The Deese and Nelda councils Of
defense were also in this division.
St. Agnes Academy, represented
by 81 girls, under command of Mrs.
Z. NJ. Evans, attracted wide atten-
ton.
Civic Division.
The civic division, James Glen,
marshal, was headed by the Rotari-
ans, SS strong, under command OF
!. W. Kruger. The club members
wore white hats, flags and carried
an emblematic banner.
The Lions Club, 50 strong, mar
shalled by Col. Graves Leeper, wore
white caps and carried silk flags
bound to garden hoes, an dthe mar
shall frequently announced along the
line of march THE hoe is our
emblem; we'll dig while the boys
tight Roy Shores Jr. was mascot
for the club. A large banner de-
picting a lion, rampant, and several
smaller banners with inscriptions
loyalty first" and "buy liberty
bonds" were carried by members OF
the club.
T. B. Frensley was in command
of the fraternal organizations, which
included nearly every order in the
city.
The Knights Templar, marshalled
by George f. Poulter, had So uni
formed men in line.
B. B. Dent commanded "a Masons.
Fred w. Horn commanded 2S
members of the B. P. O. Elks Lodge
No. 64S. The Elks' service flag,
bearing "a stars, to which three
more are soon to be added, was car
ried by members of the organiza-
ton.
George L. Dyer commanded 81
members of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.
J. l. Connolly was in command OF
the Woodmen of the World, 1876
strong, including the uniformed de-
gree teams