Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-11

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"over there" will be having the ben
fit of their support of the govern
ment.
This is the finest thing that has
! come along in the way of an invest
ment and its so fine that the gov
ernment won't let anyone buy more
than a thousand dollars worth. That
ought to tell the story" said VIII
liam NJ. Donaldson, who was named
by the national committee in charse
as the man to have charge or the
campaign in this county and who
launched the work at dinner given
to the committee in charge in the
Harrisburg Club last night.
Buy Anywhcke
"You can step up to the counter
at the post office, at any OF the
banks and at many of the stores and
buy quarter stamp any time you
want and when you have your caro-
full of quarter stamps you can turn
them in and get one OF the big
stamps that represent five dollars by
paying the twelve or thirteen cents
/ additional. And then at the end of
i five years for $4.12 saved you have
Il five dollars. Remember the old Dime
Savings Fund, how we used to put
by the dimes and quarters. Well,
this is something bigger. and you'll
not only be saving. but you'll be
backing up the boys from home"
was the way Postmaster Frank c.
Sites, the man in charge of the
stamps, put it.
Everyone to Line Up
The dinner was attended by a
committee representing many lines
of activity and it was decided to
bring these salient facts to the at
tention of all the folks:
With each quarter saved buy
Thrift Stamp.
Sixteen Thrift Stamps (costing
$4,000, plus 12 cents, now buy a
War Savings Stamp.
The United States government will
pay you $500 for each War Savings
Stamp, January l, 1928.
Twenty War Savings Stamps make
one full War Savings Certificate, for
which the government will pay you
500 January l, 1928.
You can get back your money,
with little less than three per cent.
interest, at any time by giving ten
days notice at any post office.
Because War Savings Stamps ac-
cumulate interest the cost and their
redemption value increase one cent
each month after January 81, 1918.
These stamps are now purchas-
able at the Central Post Office and
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at all the post offices of the county
and from every city and rural mail
carrier while plans are in formula
ton to establish selling agencies in
factories and schools.
Pupils to Help
DR.. r. e. Downes, city school SUI
perintendent; Prof. f. B. Sham
baugh. county school superintend-
ent; Principals II. c.. Dibble and C.
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and Headmaster Arthur E. Brown,
of the Harrisburg Academy, offered
their help and DR.. Downes surprised
everyone by saying that there are
5000 pupils in the Harrisburg
schools savings fund.
And they have $4,000 in bank, -
spoke up John C. Motter, who looks
after the cash.
"These pupils can be taught to
save to buy the stamps and encour-
aged to buy when they have
enough" said DIR. Downes. "It is a
fine idea and l think the army of
pupils will enlist for Uncle Sam.
David j. Tracy, John A. AffieclI
and George S. Reinoehl gave sup
port of the idea and outlined some
plans for reaching people in indus
trial establishments, while W. II.
Bennethum, j. William Bowman,
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and other merchants said that they
would not only put up the money
to buy stamps to sell TO customers,
but devote advertising space to eX-
planning tn idea.
William Jennings and Donald Nc
CormiclS favored bringing to atten-
ton of people how a definite plan
to buy so many stamps week would
rally the whole county to support OF
the plan and make every one bond
holder without feeling it.
The result of the meeting was that
the letter carriers, who are now the
chief statesmen, will have the support
of newspapers, churches, business
establishments, posters, meetings
and organized committees in getting
every one to buy so many stamps a
day. week, a month.
At the dinner were John A. Af-
feck, Arthur Bacon, w. S. Baldwin,
w. II. Bennethum, j. William Bow
man. Arthur Il. Brown, John T.
Dapp, i. e. Downes. Prof. II. c.
Dibble, Charles Il. Eager, Jr., Her
man G. Goetz, A. 3. Hamilton, Dean
Neck Hoffman, William Jennings,
David Kaufman. G. L. Roster, G. H.
Lands, c. w. Lynch, E. l.. McCoL
gin, Donald Mccormick. John c.
Motter, A. S. Patterson, G.. S. Rein
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sites, William Strouse, David f.
Tracy, A. A. Vert.
The War Saving Committee of
Dauphin county on thee part of the
government is: William NJ. Donald
son, chairman; Frank G. Sites, Har-
risburg; S. S. Bachman, Bachmans-
vile; John r. Slower. Berrysburg;
r. A. Shultz, Bressler; Clyde S. Me-
Nicely, Dauphin; G. M. Foltz, Deo-
date; s. p. Bacastow, Derry Church;
Milton A. Miller Elizabethville Car
son A. Enders, Enders; Annie II
Waidley. Enhaut; 6. M. Bowerman
F'isherville; Harry w. Weaver, Fort
Hunter; w. B. Shertzer, Granville;
j. W. Phillips, Gratz; John c. Miller
Halifax; John II. Cope, Hershey;
+. d. Ruth, Highspire; j. Lands
Strickler, Hummelstown; John II
Schaner. Lnglestown; II. H. Snyder
Loyalton; John G.. Meminger, Luck.
now; Charles A. Hoff, Lykens; Johr
A. Kramer, Middletown; Charles w
Rubendali, Millersburg; Lawrence
A. Hackman, Oberlin; AIDA Haines
Paxton; r. M. Hoover, Penbrook;
George w. Fox, Piketown; Emma
L. Willard. Pillow; Charles d. Glace
Powls Valley; II. A. Loser, Progress
Kathryn b. Holland, RoyaltonI
Reilly S. Kramer, Rutherford
Heights; William E. Colver, Speece.
Vile; NJ. M. Cusack, Steelton; e
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