El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-07
OUT ON DRIVE
FOR WARSTANP5
City Captains Selected for
SO Districts; Headquar-
ters Opened.

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ters Opened.
The active campaign for the sale of
FL Faso-s county share Of war saw
Ing stamps started Monday morning.
following AN enthusiastic meeting Of
team captains at the sheldon Hotel
grill room ar 10 o'clock. The city was
divided into 80 districts and the cap
tains assigned 10 each district. Each
captain viii select a team OF from
four TO six or more worker.
The meeting was presided over by
r. Burt Orndorff. chairman OF The
publicity committee: A. p. Coles,
chairman OF the FL Paso county cam
paign, and sam Drebeu. assistant TO
AIr. Orndorff. who will have charge
Of the headquarters at the SheI1on
Hotel were also present At the
headquarters. Airs. A. &. Peatross viii
be found daily by workers for any
aid or assistance. Stamps will also be
sold here as at q number of other
special authorized places in addition
10 the banks and the postoffice.
District Captains Named.
The captains selected were W. J.
Quigiy. Fred Stevenson, j.. g. Hines.
G.. ~ Harvey, James a. Dick. Craw-
ford Harvie, Walter kOhlberg- A.
StOlarOfL Ed Moye. vs.. X. Mari. W
= Cromhie, George LeBaron. Floyd
Payne. Henry r. Bowie, Fr-nk Jones.
II. II. Pousf0rd, i. kaufman, W l..
TooIev. Robert Holiday. a.. H. New
man. ". II. shelton, IS. w. Evans. ".
". Carroll, George g. Franklin, q. T.
Putnam V r. stiles H. +. ChfStie.
". II. Long, kuno DOerr. o. j. Bin
ford. c. +. Hawks. 81. Cobleutz, A.
SchWartz
Winso Explains set
The plan of placing q set" con
sistiuE OF one war savings certificate
with one s. stamp pasted or. and one
thrift card with one - cent thrift
stamp pasted ON, in every home IN
ID HasO. as the best way 10 guarantee
the success OF the Campaign TO sell
the quota Of EI paso county. SL6I6,-
600, was explained by T. NJ WingO
AT a meeting Of captains held in the
grill room OF the Hotel Sheldon sat
urday afternoon
IL was pointed out by Mr. winso
that with such a start. people would
continue TO purchase war stamps 20
fin out their cards and their certiff-
Gates until the whole amount would
a1 raised within a year. That bank
savings deposits iu England had in
creased 90 per cent during the sale
stamps was another statement made
by Mr. WiuEo-
save by Doing without.
That war savings stamps should be
purchased with money saved by doing
without various things was the main
point made by James q. McNary. who
-nOke especially OF the interest dis
played by children. and the two con-
tests going on among the various
schools TO see which could sell the
most stamps
THE interest shown by school chill :
dren in the war is surprising said (
1,r- Nc&ary- Not long ago I went
to school where the children are
mostly MeXIcaus 10 speak on the sub
i7cJ Of war saving stamps I asked
the question. Now. children. what IS
she great thing now and do YOU
know what they came back a. me N
"a chorus. To win the war I was
certainly surprised
Need for Concerted Effort.
The great need for enthusiasm and .
concerted effort was emphasized by T
AFR. McNary. and he urged that teams
and captains show the same pep and 4
spirit that they have in former cam .
paiEus
The special need OF inducing large .
sales Of stamps among business men +
able 10 take large quotas was men +
toned by A p Coles, chairman for .
I'll PGSo county.
hh l.H.- HN.H NHa.A..Aa NAAa va DO ~ aAAA .
the campaign" llr Coles said, cit VIII .
sriIl be up with the advisory board
20 see that the people keep on buying
stamps until FL Paso county's quota .
IS taken"
Outlined Work for Teams.
The meeting was presided over by +
r. Burt OrndOrff chairman OF the .
committee. He outlined the .
various important points fin the cam
paiCn. sam Dreben. assistant TO AR
orudorff. distributed literature
On motion Of r L. Holiday. 70 was
decided to start the campaign Mon
day morning after a meeting Of team I
had been held AT 10 o'clock
iu the morning at the grill room Of
che Hotel sheldon
The appointment OF a committee 20
.1l5cit subscribers for the honor
.olI.r the qualification being the pur-
chase OF $1,000 worth OF stamps. was
announced. as follows C.. y. BaTsett,
chairman r. N. WinEo, vice chair
man. r ". Dudley, j. r. Primm.
James @. AIcNary, g.. T. Kelly, ". =
2uiglr. Haymon Krupp, C. ~ New
man, Vincent Audreas.
Those appointed 20 solicit members
lf fraterual orders are Tom Lea, Blue
odEe Masons. Frank Stuart, Scottish
RITE Nasons- ". w Evans. ShrincrS,
Toe Nealon and Vincent Audreas.
-uights OF Columbus and Elks lodges
Frank T. Hunter odd Fellows, j. J.
luney. X Of =.