The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-03
CH|CKASHA WILL
UNITE IN DRIVE
To BETTER CITY
General Campaign for Chamber of
Commerce Under Way; To Touch
Every Business and Pro-
fession Here
WORKERS TO ROUND UP
BUDGET AS OUTLINED :
DR.. Stratton D. Brooks to Address
Meeting Here December IA
SO Committees to Call on
Business Places

A campaign, which is designed to
touch every classification Of busi.
ness, profession or industry in Chick.
asha and which Is to bring more
men than ever before here into ac.
tual touch with activities for the bet.
terment of the city, Is being launch
ed in the interests OF the Chickasha
Chamber OF Commerce, which cam
paign Is to culminate with the an
nual meeting of the organization to
be held in the Elks club rooms en-
the evening Of December Is.
The direct ors Of the organization
met recently and prepared a budget
to cover the expenses Of the organi.
zation for the coming year. The d.
rectors then went over a list of the
business and professional interests
of the city and classified each and
apportioned the amount of the bud
get that each should bear, setting
Nthe amounts opposite the names OF
the firms or individuals,
So Committees Named.
Having completed this task, offl-
GERS of the Chamber appointed So
committees whose duties it will be
TO call on the various firms and in
divlduals and get their subscriptions
TO the support of the chamber Be-
cause Of the large number OF com
mittees, it will be necessary for
each committee to see only the few
firms or individuals which have
1een assigned to them.
Every firm or individual on the
Chamber of Commerce list is to re
ceive letter from the chamber, out
lining the plan and stating that a
committee will call upon them for
tleir subscription to the organiza
ton. Letters are also being sent to
tie committeeman selected and call
ing a meeting of the soliciting com
mittees at the City Hall on Monday
night, December 6, at which time the
entire plan will be explained and
he assignments OF territory given
to every committee.
Drive On Wednesday.
The soliciting committees are
scheduled to start work Wednesday,
December 8 at 10 o'clock. The com
mittees will be asked to do no work
until 10 O'clock Wednesday morning.
but at that hour, the blowing OF
whistles is to be the signal for the
start of the drive. Assignments o.
territory have been distributed in
'uch a way that tle work may be
completed by noon, thus cleaning up
the budget for the Chamber of Com
merce for an entire year in a two
hour campaign.
This drive is preparatory to the
annual meeting which is to be held
on December IA in the Elks hall. Az
that meeting, reports Of the various
committees appointed, the progress Of
the organization and the reports of
the SO soliciting committees will be
heard In addition, other business
will be taken up.
Or. Brooks to Talk
A program has been arranged for
the annual meeting, to be head-lined
by an address by DR., stratton d.
Brooks, president Of the Oklahoma
university
= Among the propositions to be
taken up at the meeting is the plan
to build and equip grounds for a
r county fair. This matter has been
hanging fire for some months and it
is understood that it is to be definite
ly settled. Minco, Tuttle and Rush
3 Springs have bids in for the Off
+ cial Grady county free fair and
Chickasha is to make a decision al
+ the annual meeting of the G. of G
Officials of the Caddo county fail
Ii association are to be here to tell D
their experiences in building the fail
= grounds at Anadarko and to Civ
T some idea of progress made since
the proposition was originated.
j Committees Appointed.
u The following have been appoint
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