Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-25
THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN.
Insurance Men Of Delaware Aiding
the Movement.

Insurance men of Delaware have joined
forces with State Director Henry i. Scott
in what promises to be most vigorous
and successful campaign for the establish
ment of War-Savings Societies. These
societies are groups Of individuals who
will be banded together for systematic
saving and for the purchase OF Thrift
and War-Savings Stamps.
At recent meeting and dinner OF the
Delaware Association Of Life Under
writer's Charles Il. Palmer Of the Nationa
Life Insurance Company, Thomas IL
Fullerton of the Prudential Life Insurance
Company, and Albert Cheney of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany were appointed a committee TO
assist the state director In organizing
this campaign This committee had a
meeting this morning In MIR. Scotts
Office and organized for active work. Mr..
Palmer was selected rs chairman and will
conduct the campaign from bis office,
304 Equitable Building Mr.. Chesney was
made secretary.
The Prudential and Metropolitan COM
panies both have already very thriving
societies and their workers are thoroughly
i'm touch with the spirit of the thrift move
ment. 1t is proposed to call upon every
insurance man in the State to help organ
ize the societies and plans arc already
under way for the establishment OF
organization in stores, factories, office
buildings, schools, fraternal and secret
societies, as we'll as in nelghborhoods.
The plan of campaign calls for each or
ganlzation to have a minimum of ten
, members who shall agree to save fixed
amount each week. This agreement IS
set forth in the following pledge which
will be submittea to each member for
his or her signature:
THRIFT SERVICE
/ hereby app for membership IN tho
~ War-Savings Society ol
............a and pledge myself ID tc
systematic saving; u to refrain from
unnecessary expenditures and the purchase
of nonessentials, in order tn It labor ano
material now employed in the production
of articles not necessary TO my health anc
efficiency may be released for the produc
ton Of those articles and supplies VIII ict
the United States needs for the support o'
its Army and Navy; ~ TO lend my earnest
efforts to encourage thrift and economy II
nv community and TO secure other mem
hers for this society; and ~ 10 invest II
United States War-Savings Stamps ant
| Thrift Stamps, and To encourage other
| so to- do.
(Signature) ............
address, ..........
Date ........ 10
The committee is enthusiastic ove
the prospect Of helping the War-Saving
campaign and expects 10 have the worl
Of the insurance men take first rank q
| once
The New Castle Leather Co. has a ver
thriving War-Saving Society, the firs
| organized in the State 1t has about 80
members among the employees Of n
company and they have saved alread
| about $4,000.
The authorities at Washington are par
| ticiIiarly interested in this form Of cam
| paign and have sent ont great deal o
literature urging upon the people IN
necessity for such organization. IN
leaders Of the movement regard this pla
as the strongest possible prop for tn
thrift campaign and it has been found tha
the insurance men are the best organizer
in the country.
MIR. Scott is looking forward with
great deal Of enthusiasm to the earl
| organization of hundreds of these societies