The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 16 CHEROKEE ALFALFA COUNTY OKLAHOMA NOVEMBER 22 1918 NUMBER 19
CHAPTERS ARE MERGED
Division in Red Cross Chapters
of this County Left up to
Headquarters for Settle-
vv ment New Charter Is-
sued by St Louis
CHEROKEE MADE LOCATION
Selena Has Held Charter For
Over a Year Was Granted
First Charter Division Caused
Much Extra Work at Head-
quarters' Orders Issued to
"Get Together"
After a year and a half of" Red
roee work the Helena chapter and
the Alfalfa county chapter has fin-
ally been merged Into one by or-
ders from the Southwestern Head-
quarters at St Louis As County
Chairman Smith and other Red
Cross leaders wished not to assert
authority In the matter the case was
left up to the headquarters for
settlement - Claims of both the
chapters and their charters were
left at Oklahoma City at the state
meeting held a fortnight ago On
November 12 both chapters were
written a letter which settled the
matter for all time and a new char-
ter is to be issued at Washington
at National Headquarters which
will include all the county branches
- The matter of the two chapters in
the one county has been very em-
barrassing for some time as the
headquarters has repeatedly signi-
fied their desire that the two chap-
ters get together and simplify the
work At one time last fall the
-people of Helena were ready to
merge with the general chapter
but from some unknown cause at
the meeting where the matter was
-expected to be brought up no-
thing was said about it and as
the Helena chapter was expected to
take the initiative members of the
-other branches were loath to bring
up the subject Since that time the
two chapters have been working
apart and instead of getting closer
together several members of the
Helena chapter seemed more averse
than ever to the merger Just why
this attitude was taken is not
known The Helena branch was
Issued a charter first and it is said
that for that reason they did not
wish to give it up In all matters
Helena has done her part of the
work but the record of her achieve-
ments have not been kept with the
-other records on acocunt of her
having a separate chapter County
Chairman X R Smith and Chair-
man Clark of Helena were both
present at the recent meeting at
Oklahoma City when the matter
was brought up The latter stated
to Mr Simmons of St Louis that
hard feelings existed between
Cherokee and Helena on account of
the Agricultural school which was
-once located there Mr Smith en-
deavored to explain that this idea
did not exist In Cherokee and that
only the warmest feelings were felt
by our citizens to the city of Hel-
ena The little difficulty is great-
ly regretted although at no time
"has it assumed the proportions of
a difficulty except in the minds of
a very few Red Cross members
The following letter which was sent
both to Helena and Cherokee will
explain the mater in full as to the
decision to all Red Cross men and
women of this county:
Nov 12th
American Red Cross
Alfalfa County Cherokee Okla
I am very glad to have the in-
formation that the people of Alfal-
fa county both in the Helena chap-
ter and the Alfalfa county chapter
are quite ready to consolidate into
va single chapter in acocrdance wltfc
the specific request to that effect
from the National Organization
While as I explained to your rep-
resentatives It is distinctly my
preference that the county itself
should decide the chapter head-
quarters inasmuch as you have
specifically requested that this of-
fice decide It I have given the
matter careful thought and study
and after looking at it from all
angles have come to the conclusion
that the best interests of the Red
Cross nationally as well as in Al-
falfa county will be conserved by
having the headquarters branch lo-
cated at Cherokee
I feel sure that under this ar-
rangement the people from Helena
LESTER R SMITH
County Chairman Red CROSS
JAMES EARL VANOSDOL
FALLS IN BATTLE
- ON WESTERN FRONT
Another Alfalfa County Boy
Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Before Armistice is
Signed
HAD BEEN IN A YEAR
Word of His Death Camfi to Par-
ent this Veek After Armistice
Removed Dread of Casualty
List No Details as to His
Death or Burial
James Van Osdol of Nash a sol-
dier in the National army was an-
other Alfalfa county boy to fall
in the late battles of the great war
according to the sad information
conveyed to his parents by the War
Department The message was re-
ceived Sunday of this week and
as usual conveyed only the fact of
his death It stated that he was
killed In action on October- 8
Mr VanOsdol was Inducted in the
service on October 3rd 1917 and
went with the large contingent to
Camp Travis He was twenty-three
years of age at the time of his in-
duction ' He received his prelimi-
nary training at Camp Travis and
was later transferred to Camp Bow-
ie and assigned to Company B of
the 132nd Machine Gun Batalllon
This is the company In which a
great number of Alfalfa county boy3
were placed At last accounts there
were more than fifty Alfalfa county
soldiers in the company ' The com-
pany and batalllon were a part of
the famous “Panther Division’’
which was in the thick of the
fighting during the closing days of
the war
The dead soldier "has two broth-
ers In the service one of them be-
ing In France now Jesse Van Os-
dol went to Fort Riley with the
May contingent and was sent over-
seas late In the fall Another bro-
ther Alvin Van Osdol went to Camp
Logan Texas with the contingent
which went to camp last September
He Is still in this country Still
another brother was registered and
ready to go with the first contin-
gent of 18 year old men if the call
had been made
The unfortunate soldier was a
son of Mr and Mrs 0 M Van Os-
dol of Nash and comes from one
of the most loyal and patriotic fam-
ilies in the country Since the
early days of the war Mr Van
Osdol senior although be was giv-
ing a boy practically every call was
an enthusiastic war worker and wa3
very proud of his soldier sons
will give their hearty co-operation
and recognize that even though
they make what appears to them a
real sacrifice it is for the good of
the cause hence they are good sol-
diers and will keep up their work
as well as they always have done it
There is so much ahead of (he Red
Cross even more on account of
peace than was our obligation dur-
ing the fighting that the county
unit as an organization is all the
more strongly needed than ever
Very truly yours
GEORGE W SIMMONS
Manager Southwestern Division
Miss Muriel Lescault left on Fri-
day of last week for a visit with
Mrs Tom Jones In Wichita
Roy Belknap Dead of Wounds
Carmen Soldier Makes the Supreme Sacrifice in the Clos-
V ing Days of War
Word was received at Carmen late this week of the death
of Private Ray C Belknap of that place He died in France
from wounds received in action in the dosing days of the
war Private Belknap entered the army on March 29 1918
going to Camp Travis with a contingent of five ' He went
overseas soon after arriving in France August 4th He had
n£t been reported wounded previously The information
was recieved by John Henry of the Carmen Red Cross
chapter on Thursday of this week
Private Belknap leaves a wife who makes her residence in
Kiowa Kansas He was employed in a garage at the time
he was called A child has been born since his induction
into the army He was married in August 1917 At the
time of his induction he was thirty years of age
ALFALFA COUNTY
RED CROSS CHAPTER
BIG ORGANIZATION
Immense Amount of Money Han-
dled by Workers During Ac-
tivity Much Now in
Treasury
156019 GARMENTS MADE
Working Year Ends With Elec-
tion of Officer? and the Report
Turned Over by the County
Chairman and Treasurer is
Evidence of the Wonderful Ac-
tivity of this Immense Orga-
nization With the big county Red Cross
meeting which was held here Wed-
nesday the Interest in all the con-
cerns of the organization was more
Intense than ever Since the first
organization of the county chapter
in June of 1917 the activity of
this branch of war work has been
wonderfully sucessful An Immense
amount of money has been handled
by the workers of which the most
of it has been expended to purchase
supplies for the various branches
The men ' who have donated their
money and the women who have
given so much of their time are to
be commended for their efforts and
all the citizens of ' this county
should be proud of the fact that in
Red Cross work Alfalfa county
stands at the very head of the col-
umn in the Btate The county meet-
ings have always been well attend-
ed and a sourcq of much interest
at the one held here this week a
final report of all the work was
made by Chairman Smith and Coun-
ty Treasurer F T Wentworth of
Carmen which will give some email
idea of what a big work the work-
ers in this part of the country have
done The two reports on produc-
tion and finance have nothing to
do with the hundreds of lunches
and kits which were fixed by the
various branches of the county for
the ''boys leaving for the training
camps if that amount were taken
into consideration the fund would
be Immensely swelled In the pro-
duction report there is a grand to-
tal of one hundred and fifty-six
thousand and nineteen garments
and articles Every part of the
county has contributed to this 1733
pairs of socks have been knitted by
Alfalfa county women for Red Cross
dlstr’butlon not counting those
which were made for individuals
and family friends 667 sweaters
have hqen - knitted’ 2102 refuge
garments have been made 2097
bed shirts have been made and in
the surgical dressing rooms the
figures mount still higher 16275
2x2 gause wipes and 32004 4x4
wipes i is the big record on these
There are numerous other articles
and garments which bring the
amount up to its present high to-
tal The auditors report is an Inter-
esting tale in figures and shows how
Alfalfa county has opened up her
pocketbook for this wonderful hu-
manltarium work The total
amount collected into the -chapter
during the organization amounts to
$3445810 the sum expended for
materials and expenses totals $18-
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REV TRUEBLOOD IS
GIVEN A VOTE OF
CONFIDENCE BY CHURCH
Congregation Pays Splendid Tri-
bute to the Pastor as a Re-
sult of His Patriotic Ser-
vices
ALSO RAISE IN SALARY
Board of Friends Church Passes
- Resolution Commending True-
blood’s Patriotic Activities and
Give Him a Splendid Vote of
Confidence
- Rev N C Trueblood county
food administrator and for mont’is
a leader in the war activities of
Alfalfa county who In private life
is pastor of the Friends Church of
tbj place has been given a splen-
did vote of confidence by his con-
gregation Rev Trueblood has de-
voted practically all of his time
to patriotic work for a gpmber of
months and as County Food Ad-
ministrator and a leading member
of the county council of Defense has
played a big part In shaping tlie
sentiment of the county He has
been In big demand as a public
speaker In recognition of his pub-
lic spirit and Americanism the
church board passed fhe following
resolution which carries with It an
unsolicited raise in salary:
Resolutions
We the Cherokee Monthly meet-
ing of the Friends Church of
Cherokee in regular session take
this opporunity In the beginning of
the pastoral year to publicly in-
dorse the ministry and public work
of our pastor Rev Noble C True-
blood In his splendid and unselfish
devoion and loyalty to his country
and church In which this church
has in the past and will continue
in the future to stand faithfully by
him
Be It resolved therefore that as
a church Individually and collec-
tively we commend ouf pastor for
his patriotic devotion to his country
and the service l)e has rendered at
a great sacrifice to his personal In-
terests and we pledge him our un-
qualfled support in his future work
for t!-e government and the church
We further pledge him as a
church that we will without reser-
vation mental or otherwise to the
extent of our ability assist him in
the consermatlon of the progress-
ive program that he has outlined
and Instituted for the church
We view with Justifiable pride
the splendid unify that has existed
between pastor and church and the
progress that has been made and
feting that this has been made pos-
sible by the untiring efforts of our
pastor We propose as a church and
as a people to show our apprecia-
tion in a substantial way and In or-
der that he may be able to prose-
cute to the fullest extent his work
for the government In the future
without financial loss we pledge
h'm that the sum of $30000 (three
hundred dollars) will he added to
his salary for the ensuing year
Be It further resolved that a
copy of these resolutions be spread
on the permanent record of tho
church another sent to Rev True-
OVER THE QUOTA
Chairman E M Blue of the
United War Fund reports that
the total collection to date in
the way of subscriptions to
the Seven in One Drive
amounts to $3868715 Sev-
eral of the districts are not yet
reported and Blue is confident
that the sum will exceed forty
thousand dollars Alfalfa
county gained considerable fa-
vorable comment by being the
first county In the state to
reach its quota
BOYCOTT REMOVED"
WHEN GEORGE FELL
BUYS LIBERTY BONDS
Well Known Citizen iVho Has
Been Posted Under Boycott
Order Cornea Through
For Bonds
ATTRACTS WIDE ATTENTION
Drastic Action in the Fell Case
Had Effect of Selling More
Bonds and Bringing Others to
Time Boycott Had " Become
Serious and Was Being Well
Observed
ALFALFA COUXTV
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Loyalty Division "
TO THE PUBLIC: ‘
Notice is given to all con-
cemed that the boycott recent-
ly posted on '
GEORGE A FELL Cherokee
Okld ' has been"remoVetf"'dnd
that any discrimination against
him on account of the recent
order of the council should be
abandoned Mr Fell was in
contempt of the council by rea-
eon of the fact that ho neglect-
ed and refused to subscribe
for Liberty Bonds He has
since performed this duty and
is now the owner of govern-
ment securities which purges
him of the contempt
THE ALFALFA COUNTY
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
A J TITUS Chairman
The above notice withdraws the
ban which was placed on George
Fell prominent citizen who was
listed by the County Council of Du-
fense The offense which brought Mr
Fell Into contempt of the county
council was his positive refusal to
buy Liberty Bonds The record dis-
closed the fact that he had pur-
chased none of the bonds of the
various issues and when sumomned
before the council of defense be
became very Indignant and told
them to “Go to Hell”
An order was issued calling on
all citizens of the county to regard
Mr Fell as boycotted Merchants
were enjoined to refuse to sell him
any goods and various means were
taken to put it Into effect Every
one responded and the boycott was
made effective not only In Chero-
kee but In surrounding towns Var-
ious other meane than trading were
adopted such as cutting oft his tele-
phone gave emphasis to the boy-
cott During the past week Mr Fell
reconsidered his action and at the
behest of his sons made a pur-
chase of two hundred and fifty dol-
lars worth of bonds His quota
was placed at two hundred and with
the purchase of the $250 the coun-
cil decided to withdraw the ban
that had been placed on him and
restore him to his former standing
blood and a copy to each of the
local newspapers for publication
Signed 'Clert't
By order of Cherokee Mobility
Meeting of the Friends Church of
Cherokee Nov 20 1918
Stand not upon the order of
your Ordering hut Order
COUNTY RED CROSS
CHAPTER ENTHUSIASTIC
FOR AFTER WAR WORK
Elect a' New Set of Officers to
Handle Work During the
Coming Year
CHOOSE R L SMITH AGAIN
County Convention Held in
Cherokee Wednesday Was Big
Success Work to be Con
turned With Enthusiasm
Smith Elected Again Over His
Protest
The feature of the county Red
Cross meeting held here Wednesday’
Nov' 20 after more than a month's
postponement on account of the in-
fluenza epidemic was the election
of officers which was done by the
session of the County Executive
Committee to which members had
previously been elected by the var-
ious branches
L R Smith the retiring county
chairman who has been the head
of the organization since its initial
work in this community and who
has been largely responsible for its
great success in all efforts was
hnanlmously chosen county chair-
man for the coming year after ear-
nest protests on his papt and plead-
ings for the members to decide on
some other man of the county Mr
Smith was paid a wonderful tri-
bute by the citizens of the county’
and no one would entertain the
idea of another man to take his
place in this important office In
making his final report on the
years work Mr Smith said in part:-
“I esteem It a great honor to
have been your chairman during
the past year and I wish to say
to you that I have given the work
my earnest attention and I havq
contributed my efforts to the very
best of my ability But I also wish
to Impress hpon your' minds that It
was only through the hearty co-
operation of the men and women of
Alfalfa county and by their good
work that we have been able to
build up such a strong organization
I say this In real sincerity I would
rather have been the chairman of
the Alfalfa County Red Cross chap-
ter than hold any elective office In
the court house I consider it the
greatest honor that you could be-
stow upon me for I think the Red
Cross organization the greatest of
Its kind now In existence' Nothing
has given me greater pleasure than
this work I have done with you
but I wish to say that I feel that I
have done my part I have glvon
of my time and my attention and
I hope that you will see fit tov elect
some other man as there are many
In this community who could do
as well as I and perhaps better I
do not wish to fill the office another
ear as I feel that I have done my
art”
In spite of his almost direct re-
fusal of the office Mr Smith was
chosen unanimously to fill the
chairmanship for another year Rev
Norcross of Goltry who acted as
temporary chairman during tho
election gave a short address thank 1
ing Mr Smith for his efforts In be-
half of the chapter and when the
latter again took the chair he was
greeted with rounds of applause
Mrs E P Green of Helena was
elected vice chairman for the coun-
ty and the following officers were
then chosen by the executive com-
mittee for the coming year:
Sec Mrs Etta Kimmell of Chero
kee
Treasurer Mrs F T Wentworth
of Carmen '
Chairman of Membership Com-
mittee J B Cooprlder of Aline
Chairman of Finance Committee
C D Fisher of Kiowa
Chairman of Publicity Committee
E E Vaughn of Chefokee
Chairman Extension Committee
Ed Wortham of Lambert
County DIreotor of Woman's
Work Mrs S B Growden of
Cherokee
Chairman Junior Red Cross Coun-
ty Superintendent Charles Wolfe
Chairman Conservation Work T
W Baldwin of Carmen
Chairman of Civilian Relief John
Henry of Carmen
Chairman Historical Society Mrs
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