The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-30
To Stage "DOin's" April 6; Every Town
and Precinct Represented is Plan
Of Committee
PARADE TO FEATURE
BIG CELEBRATION
Military Band, Prominent Speakers; Sur
prise Promised; Prizes Be Given to
Various Classes

Chickasha and Grady county will
on Saturday, April 9th, hold one OF
the largest celebrations and parades
ever staged by a single county in
commemoration of the entrance OF
the United States into the world war
and will ON that day commence their
drive for subscriptions for the Third
Liberty loan.
1t is expected that every town and
precinct in Grady county will be rep
resented in the parade which will
start from the city hall at 80 a. m.
II is the desire of the Council of De-
Tense that each town and precinct
be represented by as many patriotic
ally decorated floats, automobiles and
ccnVeyances of all other kinds as is
possible for them to be and 1t is hop
ed that each town and precinct hold
tlseir Individual l0ee4iRgs 4RG form
organizations whose duty it will be
to see that they are represented at
this celebration in a manner that will
reflect credit from a patriotic stand
point on their city.
General Wright of Fl Sill has Civ
eli assurance that wo will be furnish.
ed military band which will lead
the parade.
AS an added feature of the celebra-
tion, the committee in charge has
secured some of the best speakers of
the country among them being Major
Whitsett Of Camp Doniphan, Judge
c B. Stuart of Oklahoma City, B. s.
Young of Kansas City and others
One of the features of the celebra
ton will be a surprise, the nature
of which is being withheld for that
occasion and the committee in
charge of arrangements mas given
assurance that this alone is worth
your enthusiastic cooperation and
presence on this occasion.
Prizes consisting of Baby Bonds
have heen subscribed by each auto
mobile agency in Chickasha for the
best patriotically decorated car in |
this parade; $40 will be given to the
Red Cross society of the precinct or
town having the largest representa- |
tion in the parade Chickasha not in
cluded; and four Baby Bonds will be !
given as the grand prize to the in
diyIdral having the best patriotically |
decorated float, car or conveyance |
Of any nature in the parade. 1t is |
hoped that individuals and organiza |
tions will give this matter serious |
thought and will produce a large num-
ber of patriotically decorated "camou-
flages" in competition for the grand |
prize
NJ H. Shepard, county superintend |
ent, states that he will donate $40 |
library to the school, excluding the
Chickasha school, having the largest
percentage of their enrolment repre-
sented in the parade.
"This will be the biggest celebra-
ton ever staged in Grady county; if |
you miss it, do not blame US; the
fault is yours" said Mr. Burton.
Committees in Chickasha have |
been appointed as follows:
Committee on funds for premiums |
II. ]. King, Harry Ludlow
Ft Sill band committee-Ed F. |
Johns, F. M. Frey Roy c. Smith.
Committee on seating and speak
ers stand-will Hopkins, L. c. Hut
son, F. D. Shaffer, Homer Naudain.
Automobile committee-W. B. Co
mer, Mrs. Ed Johns, Mrs. Fred Frey,
Mrs. Harry Hammerly.
Parade committee-O. c. Cooper !
NJ. H. Shepard, A. E. Ersland.
Organization committee-T J. Orig |
gers, chairman.
Flag and decoration committee for
homes, stores and office buildings
T. J. Boyd, chairman; John Gribi W.