The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-10
SAVINGS STAMP
CAMP AIGN TO Be
, PLANNED TONIGHT
Meeting VIII be Held in the
Chamber of Commerce
Rooms.
.STA7E DIRECTOR HERE
Chairman Barns Has Wide
spread Organization
Complete.

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ings campaign will be the topic OF
discussion at a meeting to be held il
the Office rooms of the FairmoEt
Chamber of Commerce this evening -
7:3o O'Clock. The meeting will be at
tended by State Director R L. Archer,
Educational Director John 4. Norman,
Publicity Director Smith. and repre-
sentatives OF all active local orga1i-
cations.
While the national campaign start
ed before Christmas, the campaign in
Marion county will not begin unit! az
ter the meeting this evening. Tire
meeting this evening will be primarily
to organize the campaisn. Early TO
morrow morning the campaign itself
will begin
MesSrs. Archer. Norman and Smith.
all enthusiastic workers in the inter
est of the War Savings campaign Will
address the meeting this eve-irg.
Glenn F. Barns. chairman OF the Ma
rion county committee will preside.
The best plans for merging the cam
paign will be presented by the three
state workers, followed Dy a general
discussion by all members present 1t
is the plan to decide every detail il
connection with the campaign at the
meeting this evening. in order that
woFkers~over the county may begin
Immediately to take subscriptions for
the selling OF stamps.
a novel plan for getting the stamps
into the hands Of the purchaser other
than through the banks has been
adapted. Each War Savings stamp
worker will be provided with postal
cards on which is pr;H.Pd brief ex-
PLANTATION of the War savings stamps
and the Thrift stamps. The postal
card is address I'd to ti.S Postmaster
and reads rs follows: Kindly have
a letter carrier deliver 70 rae on -
for which I agree to cay hin on de-
livery ...... So War ::Svi1Fs Stamps
at S..-... each 25c T. ).
Thrift Stamps al 25c. each No mo-
ney is paid un'1 she stamps are de-
Iivered- The name of the solicitor
AMI the name OF go organization
which he rep-e<>u:s a. put or the
card and without postage the postal
card is put n the mai: and sen. to
the postmaster The stamps are then
delivered by the carriers and paid fo-
as delivered. The postal cards Will
serve as a record oE stamps SOLD AID
VIII be a great convenience to the So
Iicftor ard to the banks handling
them.
An effort las beer n'aGe to get every
organization to work in selli.g stamps.
In appointing tie committee to organ
izc II wo~k. Chairman Glenm F.
Barnes has tried to Iiiciude a repre-.
county. TIE committee which has
been appointed and which Will at
tend tie meeting this evening con-
Sists OF the following:
Clean F. Barnes. chairman. Cashier
The Nationa! Bank OF Fairmont-
c. Richard Esl;. Cashier Peoples
National Bank.
n. A. Fletcher. Treas. Fairmont
Trust Company.
J. c. Hall. Cashier Home Savings
Bank. Fairmort. ". Va.
Hugh F. Smith. Cashier Monongahe-
la Bank OF Fairmont.
p. II. Pitzer. Cashier Exchange
Bank, Warrington " Vi
Guy s. Furbee. Cashier First Nation
al Bank. Warrington. w. Va
]. R. Timns, Jr, Cashier Bank of
Warrington.
A. ]. Mcdaniel. Cashier First Ma
tional Bank Of Worthingtou.
Lee n. SatterfeId. Cashier First Ma
tionaI Bank. Monongah. W. Va.
". E. Mapel, Cashier Bank OF Far
o. E. Norris. Cashier Farmers &
Merchants Bank, Fairvtew. ". va.
". H. Coontz. Cashier First Nation
al Bank, FaiTview. ". Va.
c. W. Evans. Secretary Chamber OF
Commerce.
Levi 5. Harr. representing BOY
Scouts.
Dr.. J. E. Eddy. representing Minis
terial Association
Trevy Nutter. representing Business
Mems Association
Sam R. Nuzum. representing Lodges.
Fred c. HeImick, representing Man
ufactureTs.
". D. stockley. representing Manu-
facturers.
Brooks Fleming. Jr-, representing
Otis C. Wilson. Superintendent: Of
schools.
PauI W. LANCE. representing Rotary
Club.
Bailey Mum. representing Labor
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