The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-04
Go Over With War Work Quota
November IL is Slogan; Help
State be Among First Ten
Says Austin
QUOTA FOR GRADY
TOWNS ANNOUNCED
Units Organized; Enthusiasm
Runs High; Boys, Girls and
Women Anxious to Start
In Big Drive

1--WE arc loading our guns to put
this district over the top in the Unit
ed War Work campaign ON Novern.
Der L., the day after the drive opens,
and We want to be the first district
in the state to report the quota sub
scribed In this, we will be aiding
Oklahoma to be one of the first ten
states in the union to go over, there.
by getting war work hut in the
war zone named Oklahoma and
have the Yanks carry an oklahoma
banner into Berlin and plant it in
front of the kaiser's palace
These were the words Of G w
Austin, chairman of the district com
posed Of Kingfisher, Canadian, Ora.
dy, Stephens and Jefferson counties,
in explaining that national headquar-
ters announces that ten war work
huts will be named for the first ten
states that go over their quota in
the drive and that ten banners will
be supplied for the American soldiers
to carry into Germany Every effort
is being made by state headquarters
% have an Oklahoma hut and an
Oklahoma banner, Mr.. Austin states
Go over November 70.
81 am in touch with the county
chairmen in this district, and we are
making a concerted effort to put this
district over on November 12," con.
tinued Mr. Austin. we are going
to put it over some time. The peo.
pie realize that and would have it
no other way Then, why can't we
Just wind the thing up on November
l2? There is no need of fooling
around about it for week The
greatest danger is tho peace talk.
Folks may think that with the war
over, the soldiers need no further
care. That's wrong They nee1
more care then than when fighting
Let's all get together and oyerau5.
scribe this Gvota
Namc cWn Quotas.
c. l.. Macarthur, Grady county
chairman, announced today the quo.
tas for the towaa in the couaty, IS
fellows: Chickasha $1,000; Mmco
5000; Tutio ;G2O. Pocasset $4lJ: Al
Der $500; Alex $500; Bradley 2CO;
Rush Springs $3.50; Verdoa SD,
Ninnekah $500.
Chaiimen are being selected by
Mr Macarthur for all towns in the
county as we'll as the school district
organizations. The town and school
district organizations viii be com
plete and will have charge of the
actual soliciting for funds. City
Chairman Burton announced today
that he is now framing a list of the
committeeman to have charge of the
various districts in the city
Boost County Units.
NJ H. Shepard. in charge Of the
rural work in the county. is complet-
ing the work of organizing his branch
while Mrs. VIM Inman and Hal
Thompson, in charge Of the Victory
Girls and Victory Boys in Grady
county are all finishing their work
of organization and state that they
will have hundreds of workers in the
field when the bell taps next Mon
day.
Mrs. A. b. Cochran, who is in
charge Of the women's work in the
city Of Chickasha, is completing the
work of appointing committees to
cover the residence districts and
Mrs. R. NJ Cayett, county chairman
of the women's work. reports that
progress is being made in organizing
the unit for an intensive campaign in