The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-04-17
CH|X ROTAR|ANS
GET CHARTER At
NOISY MEET|NG
Lawton Club All But "Takes" Ses
sion; Delegation Proves To Be
Overlooking With Pep; Romps
On State Capital.
OKLAHOMA CITY MAN
WINS IN ONE ROUND
All Others Go to Lawton Bailey Is
Dubbed Bryan of Oklahoma"
and Is Touted AS Next Inter
national President.


John G. George and his gang OF
Rotaridns from Lawton came over
last night and more or less took
the meeting of Chicklsha's baby
club, the occasion being the delivery
of the Chickasha Rotary clubs char.
ter by Leonard Fl. Bailey, president
OF the Oklahoma City club, delegated
by the international officers to per
form this job.
John is president of tAe Llwton
outfit and if the entire bunch OF Law
ton Rotarians has the same amount
cf gas per capita as the gang that
gently but firmly affixed a hold on
the proceedings last night, the Law
ton people can simply cut loose from
the Keys gas well and hook the Law
ton Rotary club to the mains with
directly the same result.
All Evans Fault.
In reality it was all the fault o
Charlie Evans, president of tie
Chickasha Rotarians Charlie, in an
effort to be sociable and show the
visitors the proper amount of re
spect. turned the meeting over T..
John George of Lawton whene the
business meetings of the Chickash
cub was concluded and from that
moment on Lawton had Chickasha
and Oklahoma City clincning and
hanging to the ropes in practically
every round.
Oklahoma City was present with
three representatives and when John
got through talking about Leonard
Bailey and the Oklahoma City out
fit. the general impression was that
the state capital was but a suburb
Of Lawton and that anything OF con
sequence originated in the village
in the shadow of Mt Scott-no not
Medicine Park-Lawton.
Bailey Gets Back.
Leonard. who is known throughout
the Rotary world as the Bryan
Oklahoma, because Of the length
fluency and elegance Of his speech
es. came back strong along about
the fifth round and more than even
ed things up temporarily 1t might
be said that the fifth was the only
round in which Lawton got the worst
of the milling. All others wert
draws or with the crew from Conan
che county getting shade the besl
of it. Bailey, however, was given
boost as the next international Ro
tary president.
Bailey lauded the Lawton clup T..
the skies Praised the pep and GIN
ger that the members possess, point
ed to the club as model OF strenu
Gus enthusiasm and activity, then
said. "That. gentlemen, is why OK
lahoma City is proud of the Lawton
club. We have the same pride III
that Lawton club that father mas
for fine. robust, healthy boy, for
that club is really our child. Inc
Oklahoma City club went to Lawton
and PLANTED that little mustard seed
the results of which you see has
grown to such proportions. Had !.
,ot been for the Oklahoma City club
the people of Lawton and especially
these noisy gentlemen here tonight
would never have known the mean
ing of the word, Rotary"
Cook Welcomes Visitors.
Tomas Cook of the Chickasha clul
warmly welcomed the visitors tC
Cbickasha, pointing out the pleas
ure one gets in laying aside the
strenuous things Of life, quitting fol
a time the everlasting dollar chasing
TO meet with men of other lines o
business for an exchange OF view
and for the fellowship that is natuH
ally the outgrowt hof such meetings
At the request of John George al
Ter he had taken charge of the meet
ing. John M. Young of Lawton' VINO
is a distributor of natural gas, whicf
lob by the way must come natura
to John. relieved himself of an inter
esting discourse, the subject assign
ed being What Becomes of tn
Cockroaches?" John explained it t
his entire satisfaction, but the expia