Licking Valley courier., 1918-04-18
HONORFLAG WILL
REWARD BUYE RS
Every Community in the United
States Is Requested to Fly
Banner in Third Drive
WOMEN MAKE SILK ONES
AS GIFTS TO THE CITIES
Honor Rolls Will Be Displayed
at State Capitals and Grand
Roll at Washington

The Liberty Loan Honor Flag is to
be one of the big features of the Third
Liberty Loan drive. 1t is the creation
OF James H. Burton of New York City
and has the hearty endorsement OF
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
who has expressed the hope that
every town in the United States will
be flying one Of the flags before the
campaign for the third drive is very
far along.
The flag which will be awarded by
the Treasury department to each com.
munity as its quota is attained is a
flag 36X54 inches. a white field sur
rounded by red border and with
three blue stripes running perpen'
dicularly through the middle.
In many of the cities patriotic WON.
en- are going step further than the
Treasury Department and are work.
ing on the manufacture of a silk
Honor Flag to be ready for flying
when they have earned the right to
display it. In Cleveland the girls of
the Junior League are sewing on a
huge flag. following the comparative
dimensions of the official flag which
the Treasury Department awards, and
they mean to donate it to the central
committee before Cleveland will have
reached its quota.
Women's Clubs Make Them.
In some of the other cities and
towns Of the Fourth Federal Reserve
district church societies and women's
clubs are planning to make a flag
larger than the official one. But great
care is being taken by these volun
teer flag makers not to get away from
the proportionate measurements OF
the official flag.
The raising Of the flag in each COM
munity should be a gala event and
preparations are being generally made
for patriotic addresses, entertain.
ments, parades and other forms OF
festivities at the time when the ban
ners shall be officially flown.
The raising of sample Honor Flag
over the Treasury building in Wash.
ington recently was picturesque
sight For the first time in the his
tory Of the Treasury Department
every one of its employees stopped
work for fifteen minutes to attend a
public event.
Five thousand persons broke into
wild cheering in the thronged streets
in front OF the building as Lewis B.
Franklin, director Of the War Loan
organization, pulled the flag to the
top OF the pole from which it flies.
Mrs. MeAdoo Made First.
The making Of the first flag in
Washington was superintended by
Mrs. William G. McAdoo. wife Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
When the campaign gets under way
there will be an honor flag in each
state, at the capital, and national
honor flag in Washington. With the
state flag there will be displayed a state
honor roll on which win be inscribed
the name of every community in the
state as fast as the communities sub.
scribe their quota and win the right to
fly their flag.
In Washington the names OF the
states will go on the National Honor
Roll as fast as the states attain their
quotas.
The idea of the Honor Flag and
Honor Roll system Is to inspire that
friendly rivalry between communities
and units of population which will re
suit in a maximum number Of sub
scriptions to the loan and add the
keen edge OF competition to the sell.
ing bee.
Window Cards Are Important.
Window cards bearing q replica OF
the honor flag and blank for the
name OF the purchaser will be given
to each subscriber for display in the
window OF his home. The window
cards measure 7x9 inches. They
serve not only as a testimonial to the
loyalty OF the householder who has
one in his window but they are OF
great value from an advertising stand
point. II John Jones has one in his
window to geet the gaze of Bill
Smith, who hasn't bought bond
every time Bill Smith goes by Jones
home, II will not be long before II
penetrates to Smiths slower compre
hension that he has duty to perform
And eventually Bill Smiths window
is going to have TO have flag. too.