Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-03-14
THRIFT CAMPAIGN STARTS SUNDAY;
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST FOR PUPILS
Meeting Held at Y. N. C. A.
Last Night to Start Work.
Schools, Churches, Banks,
Industries are Represented
A Big Campaign.

A thrift campaign will be conduct
ed in this city next week and exten-
sive arrangements are being made by
a committee in charge of this which
held meeting in the local Y. M. G..
A. last night. Representatives OF the
city schools, industries, banks,
churches, etc, were present at last
nights meeting, at which definite
steps were decided upon.
Thrift campaign literature has al
ready arrived in this city and will be
placed nj circulation during the lat
ter part of the week.
Large posters, attractively colored,
emphasizing the necessity of saving
and cleverly drawn, will be placed
In the windows of stores in prominent
places Other posters are beieng print
ed urging that workmen save some
of their wages and not break even, "
spending all they make. Some post
ers have startling figures telling what
a small amount saved weekly or
monthly will amount to when a man
begins to get old.
1t was decided to promote interest
in thrift in the city schools by plac-
ing posters in all of them and by con-
Quoting essay contests on thrift in the
high school and grammar school. The
prizes in these contests will be in ac-
cordance with the campaign. The
prizes in these contests will be in ac-
cordance with the campaign, being
amounts of money which will be de-
posted in banks to the credits of the
winners who, instead of receiving cash
will be given a bank book, having the
amount OF the prize to their credit
Edgar -R.~ Kfeinhans and Joseph F.
Walker. principles of the high school
and school No. 1. respectively, were
present and enthusiastic over the ef-
forts which will be made next week
to have all save something from their
salaries and -use~what they spend tc
the best advantage.
Last nights meeting was called b,
Rolf Bauhahn, the general chairman
cam Eaes1 Las llr-.- -Pk{lip- SchpeebSrge
WAS -preaent 70 ,ha1p eg1lll the' indns
trial work connected with this cam
ptign. Posters will be placed at tn,
MANY industries in this city explain
ing the thrift movement and litera
ture will be distributed. The banks Of
the city were represented by Harry
Comings and William H. Pullen, ant
the churches by Rev. William H
Bawden, of the First Baptist church
Industrial Secretary A. C. Lee ant
oneral'IS6erotary- VIII. War;, both o
the Y. M. G. A.. were present at tn
meeting and both are doing mucl
towards making this campaign a sue
cess. This morning a large lobby dis
play on Thrift campaign posters to
gether with frames arrived at the Y
M. c. A. which will be placed in tn
lobby of the mems department all o
next week.
In order to give this campaign al
of the prominence possible effort will
be made to have all of the ministers il
| the city announce something abou
| the Thrift campaign from the pul
pit on Sunday
These campaigns have been held /
many other cities and have prove
successes, workingmen for the frs
time realizing the value of their mon
! ey, how fast it will accumulate an
multiply If little is saved regularly
and that they must look into the flu
| ture although they might, for the tim
being, have sufficient to live comfort
ably upon. Personal account book
have been purchased by the campaig
committee which will be given FIRE
next week to those keeping a record G
| their earnings and spendings froI
week to week.