The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-29
B4RRE'S DEFERRED
DRIVE NEXT TUESDAY
Plans Outlined for Vigorous Campaign to
Raise City's Quota of War Saw
ings Stamp Pledges.

| Deferred a week because of activitie,
incident to the completion of the wal
chest campaign, Barre's drive for wal
savings stamps is to be inauguratee
Tuesday, and thorough preparations fol
| the big offensive are already under way
| Fred A. Rowland of Montpelier, state di
rector of the campaign, permitted the
Barre campaigners to postpone theil
drive until a week after the state drive
which ends tonight. The postponement
as stated already, was due wholly to To-
cal conditions. Now that they have been
removed, a strenuous effort will be made
to send Barre over the top, and in the
drive Mr.. Rowland has promised to CO.
operate in every way possible.
Already many of the large towns and
most of the smaller towns in Vermont
have met and oversubscribed their quo
tas. Montpelier, Burlington, Bellows
Falls, st. Johnsbury, Winooski and st.
Adams are over the top unmistakably,
and reports from Rutland and Brattle-
boro indicate that they will swing into
tho honor class before tonight. Barre,
even though her offensive was delayed
week by unavoidable conditions, must
not lag behind, and with this city's quota
of S2l4,000 as their goal, many canvass
ers will sally forth Tuesday morning to
receive pledges.
There was meeting of the war stamp
committee in the Church street head
quarters last evening. A large number
of men and women who canvassed so eff
GENTLY in the war chest campaign was
and much enthusiasm prevailed.
Captains and team members were ap-
pointed for the Tuesday drive. All who
are to participate in the canvass are to
meet at the war chest headquarters Mon
lay evening to receive pledge cards and
final instructions.
Any of the school children will tell you |
hat money spent for war thrift stamps |
IS an investment, not gift. The pub |
ic school children of Barre have done |
in this investment, and it is |
low up to their elders to show the same
patriotic spirit 1t is the sort of an in
that enables the investor to
ret SIS for an investment of $4lS. 1t is
gaming money to the government in or
Ter that America may win the war; and
t is saving money that will net an at
ractive rate of interest. As the presi
ent has well said, the great results
which we seek can be obtained only by
he participation of every member of the
ation, young and old, in national con-
erted thrift movement. Through the
Medium of thrift stamps the government
J offering the strongest security in the
forld Governor Graham, in urging the
eople of Vermont to invest during war
tamp week that the state may reach its
uota voices much the same thought. (
'houghtless expenditures of money for
on essentials should be converted into
hrift stamps. Vermonters should sub
cribe literally. If the government of
he United States does not furnish ample
scurity then nothing is secure.
In all probability Vermont will go over
he top by oversubscribing her quota. /
Then the record is written, it is hoped
lat the city of Barre, having met four
luare all of the war obligations thus
Ir imposed upon it, will have done its
,rt. Be prepared to pledge your invest
ents in. thrift stamps when the can
,sser calls Tuesday, and be prepared to >.
vest by curtailing the little, unneces !;
ry expenditures that are wholly non +
sential while the nation is at war. c