The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-05
Occasion is Anniversary Of Organization;
Now Eight Years Old; 295, 900
Members; 10000 Masters
EVERY STATE IN
UNION REPRESENTED
Exercises Will Be Held Here Friday Night
al Junior High School Auditorium;
Public Invited
(By the Scoutmaster. J

On Friday evening, 10 o'clock, tht
Boy Scouts Of America throughout
the United States win celebrate their
eighth anniversary. On Feb. 8, 1910
there was effected the organization
Of the Boy Scouts of America, which
has attained since that date mem.
bership of 295,000 scouts and $4,000
scoutmasters and assistants, distrib-
uted throughout thirteen districts em.
bracfng every state in the union
Thoughtful men and women must
feel deeply impressed with the sig
nificance OF mo oment that has
taken hold of the boy life and has
6rown to such pambers in SO few
years But there is another phase
that Is as impressive iD that the
n'e,r en}9nt hes sa,g4N 4s flsns lloft. or
u egreat men of the nation, OF the
commonwealth and community Ma.
tional, state and city executives
have endorsed in words of highest
commendation the object and work
of the scout organization. Prominent
men of every community are lending
their endorsement and giving both
time and means to assist in the de-
velopment of the work. Campaigns
for fund raising are put on in many
places and the liberal contributions
are further revelation of the depth
Of interest that is felt in this won
derful boys enterprise The move
ment has outgrown the purely local
phase ofits past existence and now
has become of nationwide Importance
and has been called to active war
service as part of the great citi- |
zen soldiery of the country. Four
times has President Wilson issued |
special appeals to the Boy Scouts of |
America to do their bit" and the |
success attendant upon their efforts |
has demonstrated the magnificent
service for which they are capacitat-
ed. And now the president. makes
further appeal, not to the scouts
but to the men Of the troop commu-
nifty. He emphasizes a need that is
not only nationwide but also of the
Chickasha Boy Scout troop-a need
OF men and means, and the writer is
pleased to publish, as follows, the
appeal as it was received:
The fine efficiency of the Boy
Scouts of America in serving the
country must, of course, be maintain
ed. The army and navy have drawn
heavily upon its ranks for men who
have gone forth very gladly to make,
if need be, the supreme sacrifice.
Men are needed as a consequence as
scoutmaster and leaders to take
their places Money is needed, more
over, to build this efficient unit of
the nationsl service up to full
strength.
Il hope that all who can make
gifts to the organization or serve as
scoutmasters will feel it their duty
tc help to organize the hundreds of
thousands of boys who need the lead
ership and the impulse of the Boy
Scouts in order that the nation may
have their intelligent service.
Anything that is done or given to
the war efficiency Of the
Fey Scouts of America will be a real
contribution to the nation and will
help win the war.
Sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson"
The scoutmaster, on behalf of the
boys, invites and urges the boy-lov.
ing people of chickasha and commu-
niiy to attend the exercises that take
place at the auditorium of the Junior
High school on Friday at 1880 p. m,
There is to be no charge for admis,