The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-14
in Thrift Stamps.
How | May Best Serve My Country
By War Savings

Written by lnez G. Harris, age 49,
can best oerve my country by say
ing my few pennies TO buy Thrift
Stamps. bought my first one with
quarter that had before ! was year
old. Pennies that are given to me for
going errands and for buying candy !
shall put into Thrift Stamps.
Sometimes | can save few pennies
for mother by getting her groceries
at the stores where ! can get them the
cheapest. / saved seven cents one
night on one package of oatmeal by
running to the store twice on cold
night.
| can save food by not giving the
cat more than he needs to eat, which
is great fault of mine; also by eating
the pie crusts and bread crusts instead
OF throwing them away; and when !
am cooking, have mother help me, so
that / won't spoil what ! make.
| can save paper at school, and save
pencils by not sharpening them when
they don't need it.
If | always remembered to do all OF
these things should be quite eeonom-
ical, and every person who is eeonom-
ical, is serving his country.
How | May Best Serve My Country
BY Food Production
i Written by Warren Adams, age l4)
In the summer of 1917 when all
nations were at war, President Wilson
asked the people of the U. S. to raise
all the food for winter use that they
could.
:. Where live, back yards were plow-
ed up and every space was planted
!, Most people had a slogan, Feed One
Soldier" The Scouts all over the
country were raising gardens.
In 1918 | am going to get tract
of land and plant it to potatoes anc
, beans. When l get them harvested
/; am going to try and get some work o.
. farmer to help harvest his crops
;, / think the large golf grounds ough
h to be plowed up and planted.
r | am going to encourage other boy
!; to raise gardens and to help farmers
: The money that | get from my gard
J. en- and work on the farm | am goin'
!, to invest in Thrift Stamps.
!; If every boy in the U. S could rais
i; a garden, the people would have s
/ many vegetables that the big crop
:; raised by the farmers could be shippe
). to our soldiers and allies.
l. In this way we could soon win tn
:, war with Germany and her allies.
Il How / May Best Serve My Countr
/: BY War Savings
e Written by Celia Z. Graves, age l3
; At this time when the nations Q
It the world are at war, every person !
\, the United States should do his bit
h in serving his country.
= One great way in which we ma
serve our country is by purchasln
g Thrift Stamps. In purchasing tines
:; stamps we are saving our money an
l. at the same time lending it to our go'
r, ernment.
Ii seems to us that our tWenty-iN
ii cents which we pay for a Thrift Stan
l. is lending the government yer
small sum, but if every child IN II
ID United States would buy at least on
d. it would mean a large amount
l. money for our government.
had thrift card given ne Chris
m mas. t already had four stamps
O. It. | had some money at that TN
th that had earned by doing errands 4
nv mother and our neighbors, 50
K bought four more. Since then when
tn get any money, instead Of putting
n in my bank, l lay it aside until ha'
twenty-five cents, then buy lhrl
e, Stamp. have twelve Thrift Staml
n, now, and expect soon to own a "Wi
e. Savings Certificate"