Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-13
NEXT DRIVE IS FOR .
WAR SAVING STAMPS
Chittenden County's Quota Is
Something in Excess of ST..
= 100000, of Which Burlington
Will Be Asked to Take $409,-
68O-Committeemen Selected

From Sunday. June %, to Friday, June
~ an active campaign will be conducted
all over Chittenden county, and the en-
tire country as we'll, to boost the sale of
war Savings Stamps, through which the
FEDERAL government hopes to raise $780,
100000 before December 81, 1sls./
Chittenden county's quota is over ST.
Ooo,Oco or approximately $50 for every man,
woman and child, and to raise such an
amount will mean that everybody must
Invest their savings at once or through
the pledge method.
The War Savings Stamp campaign for
Chittender county was mapped out Tues
day afternoon following a luncheon
the New Sherwood Hotel, at which sew
eral notable speakers were present.
George f. Whitney, agent Of the Amer
lean Woolen mills Of Winoosli, who Is tho
county chairman, assisted by Thomas W.
Quincy, was in charge.
More than 100 chairmen and committee
men from the various cities and towns in
the country were present with their ladies
the latter having been invited to take part
IN the great six-day drive for the 81, 0O0,-
900.
Corporal Raymond c. Guyette, ono Of
Pershing's veterans who happened to be
In Burlington and who created so much
enthusiasm when he spoke here about
week ago. gave an address which en-
Unused the campaign charmen and their
prospective workers. He told of the need
or backing up the soldiers who are in
France, for If the soldiers there feel that
| everything possible is being done for them
by the folks at home they can fight like
tigers. He told of how 300 so-called green
American troops went into n fight with 500
picked German troops which he saw per-
| sonally and when the battle was over $50
Germans were dead, many more injured
and the rest captured. The Americans
had three dead, a score wounded and the
rest ready for more scrap. He pleaded
for the support of the Liberty Loans,
the War Savings Stamps. the Red Cross,
Salvation Army. Y. NJ. C. A.. knights Of
| Columbus and other bodies who serve the
troops right in the firing line with tea,
| cofree and other things to relieve fatigue.
| Then came Fred A. Rowland of Mont
pelier, State director of the War Savings
Stamp movement. He explained the ia
nous Nebraska" plan. which has been
adopted by every other State in the Union
| for the pushing of the sale of War Saw
ings Stamps. In detail he told the chair
man and committeeman how to organize,
what to do and how to get the best re-
suits in the shortest time
| The War Savings Stamps are invest
ments that are worth while. They are
| backed by the United States government
| with the same backing that is given the
Liberty Loans. They can be bought at
any postoffice, hundreds of stores, Offices
| and from solicitors, authorized to solicit
| such purchases, In any town or city. The
War Savings Stamps bear four per cent.
interest and mature on January 1, 1928
A summary showing the cost of the
stamps singly and up to 200 during the
present two months to come, with the
amount Of maturity value follows: