The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-01
COMMITTEE PUSH WORK
FOR LIBERTY BOND SALE

The work of securing subscrip-
tons to the United States Liberty
loan bond was started on thursday
and will be vigorously pushed until
the amount apportione1 to this COM
munity, 100000, is secured The city
is to be canvassed by committees in
each of the fourteen wards and each
committee will have a captain to dl-
rect their movements and to whom
they are to report These captains are
to report daily progress to the chief
manager, who will have direct charge
of the work F. A. Hoffman, has been
named as such manager.
The committees will first of all can
vass all the factories in the city and
addresses will be made to the en-
ployes in a body when convenient to
do so. After a canvass of the factories
the residential districts of the city
will be gone over and then the work
will be started on the rural routes.
A we'll attended meeting of the
committees was held in the public Ii
brary Thursday evening, which was
addressed by G. H Lehrkind, who
coached the members of the commit
tees in their work. His remarks were
added to by the manager, F. A. Hoff-
mann, as to the ways and means OF
carrying on successful campaign.
The captains of the several wards are:
First ward-F. w. Lehman.
Second ward-August Henze.
Third ward-G. H. Lehrkind.
Fourth ward-Louis H. Kusel
Fifth ward-H. w. Werner.
Sixth ward-F. w. Hinze.
Seventh ward-H. A. Downing.
Eighth ward-H. T. Eberle.
Ninth ward-O. G. Werthe1mer.
Tenth ward-Jeff Heath.
Eleventh ward-Fred Wittenwyler
Twelfth ward-G. G. Lewis.
Thirteenth ward-C. A KOhn.
Fourteenth ward-Gordon E. Bacon
Committee for Teachers.
It was the sense Of the meeting that
a special committee be appointed to
wait upon the school teachers of the
city and induce them to subscribe to
the loan A committee consisting OF
T. A. Wondreyka, H. T. Eberle and L.
w. Parks was appointed to attend to
this special work.
. The Third ward committee was one
of the first on the job and reported
fine progress. Many young men sub
scribed for a $50 bond on the dollar
a week basis In another column OF
this paper will be found valuable in
formation concerning the Liberty
loan.
Boy Scouts To Help.
A nation wide movement has been
started to have all Boy Scouts par
ticipate in the distribution of applica-
lions for the Liberty loan bonds, and
the Rev. N. Carter Daniel, pastor OF
the Congregational church, has un-
dertaken the work of assisting Water
town Scouts. The start was made by
President Wilson, honorary president
OF the Boy Scouts of America writing
to Colin Livingstone, president OF the
National Council of Boy Scouts OF
America, that he would appreciate the
help of the Boy Scouts.
President Wilson's letter:
My Dear Mr.. Livingstone:
1t will be most gratifying to me as
honorary president of the Boy Scouts
of America, to have the Boy Scouts
their scout masters and leaders
throughout the United States len6
their aid to the secretary of the treas
ury in distributing applications ant
securing popular subscriptions to the
Liberty loan This will give ever!
Scout a wonderful opportunity to de-
his share for his country under "Ev
cry Scout to Save a Soldier
I feel sure this request viii find al
unanimous and enthusiastic response
from Boy Scouts everywhere.
Sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson.
Mr. Livingstone's reply:
My Dear Mr.. President:
Your request was at once submitted
to the executive board of the BO!
Scouts of America, then in session a
headquarters in New York city, it
contents being telephOned to me from
Washington. Your letter and its re
quest received unanimous and en-
thusiastic endorsement and all the ma
chinery of the organization through
out the country was at once dedicated
to an intensive campaign for the sal
of the Liberty bond.
Be assured that the executive of
ficers, scout masters, patrol leaders
and individual members of the BO.
Scouts of America throughout tn
country will respond PROMPTLY AM
/. loyalty to your CALL
Sincerely yours,
Colin Livingstone.