The Times--Democrat. (Pawnee, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Monster Membership Drive Will
Classify Every Man, Wo*
man And Child.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 12—(Special)
—In the Christmas Red Cross mem-
bership drive In which Oklahoma’s
quota will be 500.000 new members, a
permanent card record will be made
of every man, woman and child in the
state. Every home will be visited
Workers will get first the name ol
every person solicitd and these wll
be set down in three classifications:
First, Those who subscribe to mem.
bership.
Second, Those who cannot afford to
subscribe.
Third. Those who manifest lack of
sympathy with America in the S(ar.
In the first two classes will be em-
braced the children for whom sub-
scriptions are taken.
Governor R. L Williams, in an offi-
cial proclamation has designated Dec-
ember 17 to 24 as “Red Cross Christ-
mas Membership Week** and Deeeas-
ber 17 will be Red Cross Flag Day.
Active campaigning began last week
In all the ten districts and during the
present week this will be extended to
embrmc 102 countls in Oklahoma and
the Texas Panhandle. Speakers are
furnished through the councils of de-
fense and a strong battery of Four-
Minute men have been placed upon
the ground by Instructions from Wash-
ington.
“The Christmas Red Cro .s member-
ship campaign Is the most intensive
of all war activities Instituted to dale.
It will have the greatest scope in Its
personal touch, since no home in f.h-
lahoma will be overlooked,” is the of-
ficial statement from the Red Cross
state headquarters
To the People of Pawnee County. Ok-
lahoma:
You are soon to be given the piiv
ilige of becoming a member o' the
National Red Cross Organisation. The
membership dues are 41 oO in this
campaign. It is not a campaign for
money, but for membership There
is no reason why you should not be
membership dues are 91.00 in this
The head of each family should sign
up for himself, wife and each child.
After this campaign, we will know
where you are. That is, whether you
are fpr or against the Ooteraimy'
If yon are for the goven men; and
able financially, you will become a
member. If you are agth* gov
eminent, the chances are that you uflt
not become a member. At least 10,-
000 people in Pawnee C.*U"ty should
become members of the R«**| Cross
orgsnlsstion. The organ* tat ion that
Is doing so much Mr our boys at the
front. •
Pawnee County Council of Deft ns*.
By J. A. McCollum. Chau man.
NOTES FROM THE RED
CROSS HEADQUARTERS
Tuesday, December 4th, About fif-
teen ladles were in during the after-
noon. Several garments were finished
Several took out yam. A large num-
ber of sheets and pillow cases were
sent to the Pawnee High School
where Miss Archer has volunteered
to have her Domestic 8cienoe Classes
make them for the Red Cross.
Thursday—About fifteen ladies were
here, some took work home and oth
ers worked here, several were learn-
ing to knit.
Friday—Skedee and Blackburn took
out sewing, and Skedee reported one
hundred members all enthusiastic
workers. f
Saturday—It was so cold there were
few in for work except that the Olive
Hill people called for sewing and knit-
ting, and a number In town came in
to work a short time in the afternoon.
Monday—There were a number of
ladies brought back work and took out
more. Mrs. Robbins brought In twenty
four bed shirts and eighteen napkins,
there Is no Auxiliary In her neighbor-
CHRISTMAS BOXES FOR
OUR BOYS IN CAMP
Red Crow Will Send Individual
Boxes To Every Pawnee
County Boy.
BOXES WILL BE PACKED
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
Everyone Will Donate Appropri-
ate Gifts For The Soldier
Boys la Camp.
The Christmas boxes which are to
be sent to tbe boys from Pawnee
County who are in the military train-
ing camps will be peeked at the Red
Cross Rooms Saturday. December 16
Each boy will receive an individual
box. There will be ever two hundred
boxes to dll. This means that every
one must contribute something for the
REGISTRATION FOR
OKLAHOMA WOMEN
The Patriotic Registration for wo-
men in the state of Oklahoma for
service, which took place on Monday
last, had for its objects the following
ends:
To give every woman an opportun-
ity to offer to her country,such ser-
vices as she is best fitted to render.
To Interpret to the government the
possibilities ot the woman power ok
the country.
To furnish accurste information to
the government of the capacity of
which women are now serving, wheth-
er In their own homes or in paid pur
suits trades or professions.
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
I Stamps Bought Like
Postal Cards.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 12—(Special)
—Reports reaching the state council
of defense Indicate that Oklahoma has
taken only a few hundred dollars
worth of stamps in the Thrift cam-
paign which the government put on
December 2 and which will continue
until December 21, 1212. Thrift
sumps and war saving gtampa may
be bought at all post offices, from most
rural carriers, from many drag stores
and at other places designated by
county managers.
In this campaign two classes of "lit-
tle baby bands” are issued. The Thrift
stamp costs twenty five cenu and with
the first goes d Thrift card contain-
ing sixteen spaces. That costs $4
when filled out. One adds 12 cents In
December or next January and for
94.12 one gets a • war saving stamp
With the first of those stamps you get
a war saving certificate which holds
twenty stamps and In five years from
January 1. 1M9 one can cash this ta
for 910D. It costa only $22.4« and If
one bought the war saving stampa-at
94.12. This brings interest at the rate
of 4 per cent a year, compounded
quarterly. In February these stamp*
will cost 94.12, and they will Increase
In cost one cent a month through 1919.
One should keep war saving stamps
for five years to do Uncle Sam the
most good. But if one must cash
them sooner, one will be paid inter-
est st the rate of about S per cent a
year on what he bought. If one doe*
not buy twenty 96 stamps by January
1, 1919, he will receive the same In-
terest on those which be does buy.
No one can buy more than $100 worth
at one time.
A. O. WOODYARD BUYS
THE COURIER-DISPATCH
Mr. McCutchan on last Monday sold
1 the Courier-Dispatch to Mr. A. O.
j I Wood yard who immediately assumed
I To have in every community list, j the toga. Mr. WoodyaM
| of women carefully classified who are - oomeil from Enld bttt W1M, fona.r,r
j 10 “* ca,,ed upon ,or tralned connected with the Courier Dispatch
or untrained service to the state or
nation.
so Ip- will not be an entire stranger
hood as they are half way between I boys Christmas. The Pawnee Chapter
In our community. Mr. McCutchan
To ascertain which women are avail hait been so long the editor that he
able for service outside home and 8Penied almost a part of It and will
which are not. To list the women be hard to realise that the Courier
j who wish to take training In order to doe* not mean Mr. McCutchan, but
Mr. Wood yard seems perfectly at
home and will undoubtedly become as
Pawnee and Ralston but there are
several ladles who walk two and three
miles to Mrs. Robbins home to sew
| for the Red Cross. The young ladles
in that neighborhood have given up
all fancy work and are knitting.
HEAVY PENALTIES
FOR ALL SEDITION
PEARSON—FIN FROCK
of the American Red Cross Associa-
tion is asking that knives, handker-
chiefs, flash lights, talcum powder,
books, trench mlrros. candy, tobacco,
nuts, dates, etc., be brought to the
Red Cross rooms by Saturday morn-
ing so that the boxes may be packed
up there. Everybody Is urged to get
into the spirit of the time and make
this a happy Christmas for our boys
In camp.
much a part of Pawnee as hla pre-
decessor.
AT HOME
The passage of sedition la^s pat-
terned after thoae of Fredrick, Okta.,
are under consideration in a number
of cities and towns of Oklahoma.
Shawnee passed the “loyalty act"
making the uttering, publishing or
circulation of seditious talk punish-
able by a fine of from 96 to 9100 and
costs.
• -
Norris French of Camp Funston
spent from Friday to Monday with his
wife who la staying with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Wright. <
On Wednesday, December 6th. Geo-
Pearson and Mrs. Edyth Finfrock mo
tored to Perry and were quietly m.r-, A NEW j^AN ,N
I ried Mrs. Finfrock has been for some SECURITY STATE BANK
| time past connected with the Tole-' --
phone Company and will rfoid her poe-1 R. W. Stratton and wife and young
Itton until the Company can release | son, Byron, arrived In Pawnee Bat-
her. She has made many good friends | urday evening rrora Hugo. Oklahoma,
since she moved here from Stlllwat- They will make this their home. Mr
er about a year ago. Mr. Pearson has Stratton la a brother of C. H. StrV
grown from a small boy to succesaful ton of the Security State Bank an I
manhood in Pawnee. The Times Detn will take the position vacated by Mr.
or rat Joins their hosts of friends In Hostler.
wishing them all the good things
life.
Mr. Strslton has rented the Max-
well Jay property In the eouth part
of town and they will move in as soon
K. Fluharty made a business trip as the house can be pumod and put
to Enid Monday. I In good repair.
give more efficient service.
To be able to furnish women for
salaried positions, whether In govern-
ment service or not.
To be able to place women who can -
volunteer their services In positions JOE GRIMSLEY
of usefulness in many fields. | -
To have a registry of the capacity Sergeant Joseph Grlmsfey is apend-
and training of women of the country lng a few days with his parents and
as the basis of the work of the Wo- friends this week, he will leave Fri-
man’s Committee of the Counted of day.
National Defense. —---
Mrs. Roberta K. Lawson of Nowata HOW TO FORWARD
Is state chairman ol the Woman’s CHRISTMAS BOXES
Committee of the Oklahoma State -
Council of Defense. The Oklahoma State Council of Pe-
---- fense Is advised that Christmas boxes
NO R. C. CHAIN LETTERS destined for soldier boys in the na
- tlonal training camps at Camp Travis
The following statement has been *||0uld be sent there In care of the
Issued The Red Cr^s has not au- con|nmna|n([ to
thorlsed uny form of chain letter. DIs- ..
regard and burn all so called Red brigadier General J. P. O’Neil, head
Cross chain letters that reach you. Quarters 179th (Oklahoma) Brigade,
Do this and you will save the Red Cainp Travis. Texas. The name of
Cross chapters and headquarters end each man for whom a box Is Intended
less explanatory costs and relieve the should be marked plainly and written
malls growing and menacing conges Infull, as John Paul Jones, not J. P.
tlon from the chain letter evil. Jones.
VOLUME XXVL NUMBER 18.
PAWNEE. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1917.
Published Every Thursday.
RED CROSS FUG DAY |
DECEMBER 17, 1917j
Governor Issues Christmas Red
Cross Week Proclamation
December 17 to 24
MAKE THIS A RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
OKLAHOMA VERY SLOW
TO TAKE THE STAMPS
Thrift Campaign Barely Begin-
ning In Thia State; All
May Help Cause.
enmerot
MOST INTENSIVE OF ALL
PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGNS
SAVINGS FROM 25 CENTS
TO $5 EASY TO DEPOSIT
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Armstrong, A. M. The Times--Democrat. (Pawnee, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1917, newspaper, December 13, 1917; Pawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc907965/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.