The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-23
Churches and Other Organizations
Make Dates for ST. Nick at
Christmas Treei Worthy Poor
to Have Help.
SEASON REPRESENTS BIG
SPENDING ORGY IN CITY
Shoppers Swamp Business Houses;
Loads Of Money Released for
Presents; Postoffioe Taxed to
Limit by Mail.

kriss Kringle is slated for a busy
evening here on Christmas eve, 10
cal people having arranged several
engagements for him, outside Of his
regular round OF the homes whore
he is slated to fill many stockings
Churches and other organizations
have him slated to appear at Christ
mas trees and programs.
Everything is rapidly being arrang
ed at the Elks club rooms for tho
Christmas tree to be given the needy
children Of Chickasha This event Ia
to be staged tomorrow evening and
the children are to be admitted by
invitation. About 200 youngsters arp
expected to be present.
A Christmas tree win feature. q
program to be given Wednesday
night at the Methodist church
Songs, recitations, otc., win 60 to
make mp an elaborate program. Gifts
of candy, nuts, fruit, etc, will be dis.
tributed umongthe members Of Tue
Sunday school.
Similar affairs have been planned
by the First Baptist, Congregational
and First Christian churches. Every.
thing 10 in readiness for the Christ
mas trees at these churches, II wss
stated today.
While the members Of the Sunday
school are enjoying Christmas gifts
at the churches Wednesday evening,
the worthy poor of the city win mol
be forgotten At the First Christian
church Sunday night $4,000 for
Christmas charity was the amount
donated. This money will be spent
through the church
The First Baptist church Is also
raising Christmas charity fund
Those moving tho nantes Of worthy
poor have been requested to com
municate with Rev, Sam . Taylor
pastor ofthe First Baptist church
Eiks Close List.
Officers of the Elhs lodge stated
this morning that no more names Of
needy children would be received af
Ter tonight for the reason that the
names could not be gotten into the
hands Of the purchasing COMMITTEES
in time to make the necessary pur-
chases after today.
The Christmas tree is in place and
the gifts are being arranged. The
affair will start tomorrow evening al
1880 at the club rooms corner Of
Chickasha aycnu eand Third street,
Slnla will be on hand To pass out
the gifts and treats TO r!o assembled
Shoppers Swamp Stores.
This Cristmas season represents
Chickasha's champion spending orgy.
'NNOAhliib w iRthA .uunHlth5 AlNus
Bankers are getting gout in their
fingers from counting gho deposits
and hsndling the stacks Of checks
that pass through their institutions.
Local business houses have long
since stopped waiting on The trade,
The trade now waits on them and
tho hordes of clerks who battle game
ly all day to get to tho cusromers
who throng the stores Ono local
stated thai his force sim
ply worked as hard and fatt as possi
bic until closing time, then locked u,
aud went home, it being impossib's
to take care Of all the trade
This condition prevails throughout
the entire list Of stores In Chickasha.
The mails are swampcd and the force
ait the local postoffice Is working
overtime to get the loads OF parcels
hat are being mailed rlerc dispatched
and the ether loads tblt are received
here, distributed to the homes aud
offices of tho city