The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-23
ChiCkasha Falling Behind in Stamp Pledge
Drive; Indications Show 1000 Signers
Short Of Quota
NINNEKAH STILL
LEADS IN COUNTY
700 Cards Signed; Precinct Finished;
School Children Help; Local High
Signs In Body

Chickasha is going to fall down in
the Baby Bond pledge signing cam.
paign, unless the people wake up and
rally round" today, according to
the statement given out this morn
ing by ]. w. Kayser, city chairman
Of the campaign
"Our returns are very incomplete
at this time, but they indicate that
unless something is done and
done right now, Chickasha is going
to fall couple of thousand signers
below expectations, said Mr.. Kay
ser. "As near as | can estimate
now, the pledges will not run more
than 5000 signed cards, if things
do not pick up nightly this after
noon. We had counted on a mini.
mum of 5000 cards. Folks must
wake up and if they have not been
solicited, they must hunt up q cam
paign workers. and ask for card, if
they want to the town to come up to
it, quota"
Squads Of workers are covering the
town this morning in an effort to
complete the work by tonight. Some
splendid records have been made.
AT the Chiekasha high school every
student signed a pledge card. Other
schools turned in practically a unan
imous report The drive is going to
continue in full plast through tonight
ard Mr. Kayser stated that in the |
event that the town was not com
pletely covered, the campaign would !
be continued through Monday, III or
der that everyone might be given an
opportunity to sign.
Bert Jackson and H. o. Hays,
working in the downtown section
secured $50 pledge sign
ers who pledged to purchase $685.
u orth of War Savings Stamps. They
stated this morning that they were
going to make it $4,000 before the
closed.
Ninnekah is still leading in the
both in number of cards re-
ported and the per cent of signers
secured. Elliott Anderson. chairman
of the Ninnekah district, was in
today, making an addi-
tional report of SO cards signed since,
This brings the total
up to 700 in the district.
When asked how this was done, Mr..
Anderson said:
1--WE have consolidated school
with nine teachers, There are seven
school routes out of town each hav
ngs a wagon or automobile to trans
port the children. Tuesday, we put
A bunch of school children and a
teacher in each of the seven wagons
and sent them out on the routes.
Two more cars were working in Min
lekah while down ar Agawam Alex
Thomas had three teams in the field.
N all, we had a total of II teams in
he field Tuesday and covered the
entire district in one day.
CAS- the wagons went around some
If the people were away from home.
they got all that they found. Since
Tuesday, we have been catching
hose that were missed on the firs-
rive. There were 80 of these, max {
ng our total 700. The teachers AMI
,upils did some mighty good work. I
They should get the credit for it. {
We have the signers now and all
hat is needed is to send some good
peakers to Ninnekah and there viii
'e some heavy stamp sales"
R. H. May, township chairman and
cam captain of Star township, re-
'orted 76 pledges today. He had [
'reviously reported so signers. The ,
cam workers were May, Louis Cour- .
Ter and Henry Squirting. I
Bradley, with John NJ. Dewese as 6