The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-04
Welfare Department Ordinance
to Be Voted on by People at
Methodist Church Meet
Tonight. 3
WILL THEN BE PUT
UP 70 CITY FATHERS
May Become Law of City; Field
Secretary Explains; Cam
paign Comes to Close
With Big Session.

The ordinance which, if passed by
the city council, will create pub
lie welfare board as a part of Chick
ashas governmental machine, was
drafted by the committee yesterday
afternoon and last night was submit
ted to the community welfare meet.
ing at the Methodist church.
/ Final action will be taken on the
matter at the meeting tonight, at
which time proposed measures may
be remodeled, voted on and, if sane
toned by the audience, will be SUBJ
mitted to the city council for pass
age. All members of the city coun-
Gil, with the mayor, other city Off
cials and those interested in the af-
fairs of the citys government, are
urged to be present at the meeting
by the committee appointed to draft
the ordinance. The contents of the
proposed measure, as read at the
meeting yesterday evening, provides
for the creating of a welfare board,
consisting of five members 1t shall
be the duty of this board to safe
guard, uplift and improve the com.
munity's welfare; it shall also be the
duty of the committee to investigate
all things that are detrimental to the
communitys welfare and then recon-
mend or take steps in overcoming
the Objectionable features.
Yesterday was a busy day for DR..
Wilcox, field secretary of the Nation.
al Public Welfare League, who is
conducting the community welfare
campaign here. He filled his two
regular assignments at the Method
list church, lecture at o'clock
and another at 1880, and also deliv-
cred messages to the student bodies
of the north and west ward schools
and the Chickasha high school. This
morning at o'clock Mr.. Wilcox lec-
tured to the students of the junior
high school at 1915 he delivered a
lecture at the Oklahoma College for
Women and at 1880 talked to the
boys of the Chickasha high school.
The afternoon and evening lectures
at the Methodist church are the final
meetings here.
Parent and Child" was the text
of DR.. WilcoX's lecture delivered yes
terday afternoon for parentage, point.
ing out that trained and efficient
parents must know stages of the
child's development, and must also
know the goal of life Not simply
physical and mental the speaker
said, "but that quality which can be
defined in the words. Manhood and
Womanhood.' The efficient parent
must also know life, he declared.
Gripping Our Children" was the
subject of DR.. Wilcox's lecture at the
Methodist church last night There
are certain instincts in the childs
life. Because sometimes things
please US, we operate and amputats'
before We know just what we are do
ing the speaker said
If l had the appendicitis, l would
want someone to perform the opera
ton on 'em that knew where and
what the ailment was" He likened
the child's instincts to the fruit buds
which, he declared, must be properly
protected and cared for fruit is to
be secured.
There are a thousand buds of in
stincts which grow normally at diff.
ferent stages of the childs develop
ment, everyone Of which is well pro!
duced, worthy fruit for the efficient
man or woman. No living msa
knows what these instinces are" he
continued
Large audiences are attending the
meetings and those in charge predict
a record breakingg crowd at the final
meet tonight at Methodist church.