The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-01
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LIBERTY BOND MEETING
Local Campaign VIII Be Closed SAT-
urday, June 9.

a ldrBeiy dlteHueu meeting OF Ine
Bennington Liberty Bond committee
was neid at the Bennington club on
Tuesday evening, Homer Webster in
the chair Reports were received
from the different committees OF the
progress of the campaign.
Guy b. Johnson reported for the
publicity committee and gave an ac-
count of the publicity work already
done and the plans of the committee
for the future. At the close of his re
port there was an interesting discus
sion in which several of those present
took part after which a motion was
adopted leaving the arrangements for
mass meeting to the publicity COM
mittee. The plans of the committee
include addresses before various or
ganizations, mass meetings, factory
meetings, newspaper advertising and
other forms of publicity.
A. ]. Cooper reported for the manu-
facturers committee that arrange
ments were being made to distribute
literature on the bond issue TO all en-
ployees in the mills, and for some
form of canvass. A number of sug-
gestions were made with regard to
this work
Rev G. S. Mills reported for the
speakers committee that the subject
OF Liberty Bonds subscription had
been dealt with in all the local pulpits
ON Sunday, and that arrangements
were under way for speakers to ap-
pear before various local organiza-
tions, both in town and in the sur
rounding villages.
Collins NJ. Graves, chairman of the
canvassing committee reported that
il had been decided to canvass the
town by wards, and that arrangements
for making the canvass were under
way. In each ward one man and one
woman would be appointed as ward
chairnen, the men 10 canvass among
men and the women to canvass among
women. Old bennington and North
Bennington would be treated as units,
and work was already under way in
each place. He reported that COM
mittees we're being formed IN Pownal
Shaftsbury and Arlington and that
speakArs would be wanted in these
places The speakers committee
would be called on to meet this de-
mand
Chairman Webster gave an ac-
count of the plans devised by the To-
cal banks to promote the sale OF the
bonds. Particulars of the easy
methods of purchasing the bonds viii
be advertised, he said. 1t was decid
ed after some discussion TO close the
campaign on Saturday June Q, and to
REQUEST the banks TO keep open that
afternoon from to o'clock for the
sole purpose of handling the bond ap-
plications. An appeal will be made
to the public not to attempt to tran
sact any other business with the
banks in these extra hours.
There was a general informal dis
cussion upon various phases OF the
movement in which Reys. r. r. Carly.
T. j. Burke of North Bennington and
G. S. Mills and Messrs H. H. Shields,
A. j. Cooper, f. Martin, H. Wilson.
John Spargo. A. W. Braisted and
others, took part j. NJ. Carroll, OF
Burlington, a representative in Yer
illO4A lOi Allin VI llt palh-
ers Investment association, was pres
ent and gave a very interesting ac-
count of the manner in which the
Liberty Bond campaign is being
pushed in Rutland, Burlington, St
and other places in the
State. His suggestions were most
helpful and we're thoroughly appreciat
ed.
The following new members were
added to the committee: D. T. Bates.
J. w. Gardner and DR.. Z. L. Potter of |
Pownal and II, j. Bugbee of Wood |
ford
The full committee will meet again |
on Wednesday evening next at the
Bennington club rooms to arrange for |
the final days of the campaign. The |
opinion was generally expressed at |
evenings meeting that Ben
nington ought to do good deal better |
than raise the estimated quota of |
S250,0O0.