The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-13
LIONS PLEASED
WITH PROSPECTS
OF CITY PUBLICITY
EASLEYS RETURN TO THE ARD.
MOREITE GREETED WITH
CHEERS.

The Lions club luncheon at the First
Methodist church today was somewhat
in the nature OF get.together meeting
for the placing of Ardmore of the pub
liclty map, particularly with regard
10 the new developments in the Ardmore
oil fields.
q. C. Lasher announced the fact that
John l.. Easlcy has returned to The
Ardmoreite, which elected general ap'
plause. Mr.. Easley, responding to
call for n speech, said briefly that he
hopes TO co operate with the business
interests OF the city in giving Ardmore
date.line prominence in the newspapers
Of others cities. He stated that he had
begun his work by sending out stories
of up.to.date oil developments 10 the
leading newspapers in Texas and Okla
homa and as far north as Wichita,
Kan. His remarks were received with
expressions of qualification.
Mr.. Easley was followed by Bert
Love. editor of The Ardmoreite. who
made few remarks regarding out
side publicity for the local oil field.
He stated that the press of Tulsa, OK
lahoma City and Fort Worth is glad
to publish the oil news from this reld
and viii take more Of II If It is put
in the mails or on the wires. and ne
EXPRESSED the belief that Mr.. Easley
will he able to keep the general out
side public well informed as TO de-
velopmcnts in the Ardmore oil fields
He also took accession to mention the
fact that The Ardmoreite had carried
n firstpa story with n seven column
headline on the new developments west
of Ardmore the day following the strik-
ing of oil on Sunday afternoon, June
|. and had followed with reports or
further developments from day to day
Citizens who complained that The Ard
'moreite had not covered the recent OIL
news. he remarked evidently had not
looked on the first page of the paper.
Among the guests was DR.. Frank
Ioveland. who leCturcd at the chautau-
qua this afternoon ON THE Perls or
Democracy" Dr. Loveland said that we
live today in the greatest age of the
world-a greater day than that of Lin
coin. of Washington, of Napoleon, or
even of Jesus of Nazareth. He men |
toned certain pcrils to civilization set
forth by Frank A. Vanderlip, the great |
New York banker, and urged every |
good citizen to be on the watch against
them. If England should be under
minded by these evil froces' he SAID
American would be left to fight sin
gle handed the battle for civilization
against harabarism.
Don Cochran made an appeal FOR
Ardmorc citizens-at least 200 of them
to give up their regular work LOT
two days. June ~ and %, and go out
with pick and shovel to improve several
miles of the road north of this CITY,
through the Arbucklc mountains so
that traffic now going past Ardinore
may be diverted through this city. lie
stated that the ladies of Ardmore VIII
supply the eats" for the men who DO
the work. Many Lions signed up as
willing workers.
A resolution guaranteeing one-half
of the sum necessary to bring the
chautauqua next year was pasSeu
unanimously by the club.
The music was under able direction
of Mrs \. c. Wood Mrs. Wood and
Mr.. Cook sang two numbers, with Miss
Anne Thompson as accUmpanist. Miss
Thompson gave whistng and piano
numbers very acceptably.
Guests of the Lions club were l..
$. Dolman. Don Cochran, James Bar
ron. NJ n. Craig. j. w Ilarred of Ok
lahoma City, Dr. Frank Loveland,
Superintendent Teagarden Of the chau-
tauqua, Joseph Taylor, chairman of
the county commissioners, and Bert
b.. Love.