The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-15
RED CROSS DRIVE
FOR MEMBERS To
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Committee Of Women, Under Leader
ship Of Mrs. Melton, to Canvass
Business District Friday
and Saturday.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
FOR RESIDENCE SECTION
House-to-House Canvass 10 Be Made
In Effort to Thoroughly Cover
City; Speakers TO Make
Report OF Work Done.

Al n meeting Of volunteer work
ors with chapter officials and Il
Brightwell. city director. Tuesday
arrangements were completed to
launch the sixth annual Red Cross
Ioll call In Chickasha, Friday NOR.
ming.
While the nationwide campaign
began Armistice Day, November II,
no concerted efforts TO obtain new
memberships has been made here.
The drive proper will start next
Friday morning.
The downtown district will be
covered Friday and Saturday while
on Monday and Tuesday of next
week the workers will turn their at
tcntions TO the residence district
Those who do not respond TO the
pleas of the committee assigned to
work the business district will be
given the privilege OF obtaining
memberships from the various com
mittees selected to conduct house
toulouse canvas.
Mrs. Melton Heads Committee.
Mrs. VIII Melton is head of the
committee of women selected to con-
duet the Red Cross membership
drive In the downtown section.
Other members of the committee
are: Mrs. l.. d. Major, Mrs. A. b.
Leeds, Mrs. Ed Foster, Mrs. ii. Il.
Marks, Mrs. Harry Ludlow, Mrs.
Fred Frey, Mrs. James Brooks. Mrs.
]. c. Ambrister and Miss Jennie
Williams.
Chairmen of the committees as;
signed to the residential districts
and the territory allotted to each OF
these chairmon are:
Mrs. A. B. Leeds, territory north
of Chickasha avenue and west of.
Sixth street. Mrs. Emma Morgan
North Twelfth street.
Mrs. Ben Goff, territory east OF
Sixth street and north of Chicka-
sha avenue; Mrs. J. r. Nesbitt, ter
ritory north of Dakota avenue aud
east OF Sixth street; Mrs. Harry
Hammerly, territory between Sixth
and Twelfth streets north of Da-
kota avenue.
Mrs. 0. ]. Hallowell, territory be-
tween Dakota and Chickasha ave-
nues west of Twelfth street; Mrs.
G. F. Newell, territory south of Da-
kota avenue and east of Sixth street;
Mrs. T. r. Montgomery, south OF
Dakota avenue and west to Twelfth
street. Mrs. George Norton, terri
tory south of Dakota avenue west of
Twelfth street to Missouri avenue;
Mrs. G. Y. Melton, south of Missouri
avenue west to Twelfth street.
These district chairmen have been
given authority to select their own
workers and as many assistants as
they need
Speakers Are Engaged.
From the theatre stages, and be-
fore the civic clubs Of the city, the
work and accomplishments OF the
Red Cross will he proclaimed in
order that the people of the city
may become thoroughly familiar
with the organizations and the pur-
pose it serves in Grady county as
well as the entire state and nation
Seventeen speakers were billed to
deliver "Red Cross" speeches. These
are: j. F. Hatcher, T. T. Montgom-
cry, e. Brightwell, Alger Melton, G.
A. Dearmon, j. w. Kayser, B. B.
Barefoot, DR.. L. e. Emanuel, Rev.
Samuel w. Pearson, Judge Will
Linn, M. H. Shepard, Rev. G. b.
James, Rev. w. A. Roach, H. F.
Allen, Robert Lively and Mrs. w.
II. Gilkey.
Mrs. Gilkey will address the City
Federation of Women's clubs at the
meeting of the federation Monday
afternoon; Judge Will Linn has
been booked to speak in the Sugg
theatre Thursday evening while M.
H. Shepard addresses the audience
assembled in the Rialto. Rev. Mr..
James has been requested to speak
in the Sugg, Friday evening, and
Rev. Mr.. Roach in the Rialto, Fri
day evening.
H. F. Allen, county superintendent
of schools, will talk in the Sugg
Saturday evening while another
speaker fulfills the same mission in
the Rialto.
DR.. LIE. Emanuel and Rev. Sam
uel Pearson are booked for talks
this evening, the former in the Sugg
and the latter in the Rialto Robert