South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-14
CIVIC CLUBS BOOM
THRIFT STAMPS
Federation Plans to Enter
Every Home in City in War
Saving Campaign.

Eepresentatives OF e.snt ~ the
j. school centers were present at
the meeting Of the members of the
civic center committee in the war
savings campaign which was held
Den the Jefferson school building on
"Wednesday night j. r. Nuncr.
city chairman Of this campo On.
gave an extensive outline OF ine OBJ
ject OF the campaign and explained
in detail the various methods that
might bee employed by the workers
ln their respective cOmmunitics in
the matter Of swelling the amount
Of Thrift stamps.
AZ present time the exact man
Nor in which the various workers
VIII GO about their soliciting the
purchasers of Thrift stamps is rath-
or undecided This isl largely due
90 the fact that it has not been
possible TO map ont particularly
definite line Of action which could
be used universally. There has been
much publicity on the matter of
Thrift stamps throughout the city
and yet all Of the field has not yet
been covered. One man present az
the meeting stated that in his par
ticular community the only real
source OF information concerning
the Thrift stamp proposition was
the things that the school children
brought home from the school
room. while other communities
have had the proposition explained
10 them very thoroughly and COM
pletely. This is a difficulty that
will be overcome very shortly for
the committee on information in
the matter has been making every
endeavor 10 reach all people i'm all
communities and give whatever in
formation they might desire.
Plan 10 Reach Homes.
The object Of the civic center CO.
operation IS 90 work out some plan
whereby the homes can be reached
in order that every member Of a
household whether an infant or
the head Of the household. be the
owner Of AT least one Decent Thrift
stamp. The amount Of money that
is 20 be raised through the sale of
Thrift stamps in the country viii
amount 20 $50 per capita, and this
being impossible in the case of al
children larger amounts viii have
90 be purchased by individuals who
are able 10 buy larger quantities.
Every house that has at least one
stamp for every member of that
household viii be given thrift ser
vice flag on which will be marked
the credit for being a 100 per cent
efficient family. This Isl 20 be the
case i'm places of business also. If
every employee purchases at least
one stamp. In the case of a COM
munity. IL will be rather more diff
ncult. for the community centers, or
civic clubs. are supposed 10 be made
up OF every individual i'm the COM
munity. over the age Of is years.
whether they happen 70 be OF a
family that is "A patron OF the COM
munity school or not: SO. in this
case il Will be a little more COM
pick 10 figure out just when q COM
munity is 100 per cent efficient in
the matter OF Thrift stamps.
To Give Special Talks.
There will be several special
talks given by representative of the
local Thrift stamps committee at
various community gatherings this
week:one 10 be in River Park and
another in some gathering i'm the
fourth ward There viii also be "a
talk given at the patriotic meeting
that is to be held i'm the high school
auditorium on the night of Feb. %.
At this time Cong. John r. Mil
Ter. who spoke here a short time
ago under the auspices of the Eo-
tary club, viii give a talk and a pa-
tr.otic community "sins' viii be
held.