The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-16
CITY MINISTERS {.
PROTEST AGAINST
PARK DANCE HALL
Ministerial Alliance Passes Resoiu.
tlons Entering Protest Against
Any Public Dance Hall at
shannon Springs.
APPLICATION FOR SUCH
CONCESSION WITHDRAWN
No Action Be Taken Unless New
Applications Received; Officials
Express Views; Would Have
String Attached.

Entering protest against any
proposed granting by the city coun.
ell and park board OF privileges Of
erecting and maintaining public
dance hall at Shannon Springs park.
the ministerial alliance OF Chlckasha
this morning passed resolutions IN
which their reasons for tho protest
were outlined.
The resolutions were signed by the
following ministers: Rev. Clifford II.
James, First Christian church; Rev.
X. Il. l.. Morgan, Methodist church.
Rev. Samuel Pearson, Congregational
church; Rev. w. A. Roach. Presby-
terlan church; Rev. Sam ID. Taylor,
First Baptist church; Rev. G. p. Al
corn, Second Baptist church.
The resolutions we're as follows:
whereas: IL has come 10 our
knowledge. that the city council and
park board OF the city OF Chickasha
contemplate granting certain parties
the privilege OF erecting and main
tanning a public dance hall at Shan
non Springs Park;
"And Whereas: Said park was es.
tablished and is being maintained by
the city for the benefit of all the
people OF the city;
And Whereas; We regard said
dance hall detrimental to the moral
and spiritual life of the city, and
menace to good government.
Therefore: Be IL resolved, by the
Ministerial Alliance OF the city OF
Chickasha, representing the churches
named, that we hereby protest the
granting the privilege to any one to
build or maintain a dance hall In or
near the said park"
Apply for Concession.
| The city park board recently re.
ceived an application for the dance
pavilion concession at the Shannon
Springs park. While this applica-
ton was being considered by the
board, the applicant, learning Of
some opposition to the project, with
drew his bid for tho concession.
p. c. Stacy, chairman of the park
board, in statement made this
morning declared that he was not
opposed to the granting of dane
ing pavilion concession, providing
the contract could be annulled IL
| the concession was not properly
managed.
81 would not favor the building
Of dancing pavilion at the expense
of the park board, but am not OPP
posed to the granting of the conces-
sion with that provision In the con
tract" Mr.. Stacy said. He declared
that the granting of the concession
had been under advisement since
the application was received but
that the withdrawal of the applca-
ton would end the deliberations at
present.
1--WE will give no further consid-
Grafton to the building of dance
pavilion unless another application
is received" said Harry Hammerly,
member of the park board.
Views of Mayor Coffman.
81 never danced a step in my life
and I'm opposed to dancing" said
Mayor 0. Coffman when asked for
his opinion concerning the advisa-
bility of granting a dance pavilion
concession at the city park. But
Shannon Springs park is municipal
park and IL a sufficient number of
people want a dance pavilion to in
duce a man to undertake the prof.
ect of building one, / would not at
tempt to interfere with the granting
of such concession. However,
would expect the park board to see
that the pavilion was properly man
aged and have a provision in the
contract whereby they could termi
nate the concession at any time the
place was improperly managed
shannon Springs park must be
properly managed and regulated il
1t is to be an asset to the city, the
mayor declared. "This means that
the concessions as we'll as the other
features of the park must be strictly
supervised"