The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-09
Exalted Ruler Eniists Aid Of Mem
bers in Campaign on This
Week-lt Helps to
Fight.
SCHOOLS DOING FINELY
More Than $4,000 Worth Of Thrift
Stiekers Purchased During
April, Reports
Show.

G. Lloyd Norman, exalted ruler q
the Elks, Is addressing letters to
members this week, calling their At
tention to the war savings campaign
and urging support for the sales.
Similar letters are to be sent out
by the heads of other fraternitnes in
the city, J. p. Ingle, county chairman
Of the war savings committee has
learned
Nj. Norman,s lettar il -snbtoi.sd:
Aids -our Boyss
The members Of our order are be
ing urged to lend their support to tho
war savings campaign It is right that
they should, for this movement is Of
tremendous importance to the govern
who are or win be fighting over
there
The buying Of Thrift and War
Savings stamps is not going to work
hardship on anyone To the individual
1t IS IN Insignificant thing. but when
you consider that miIlfones Of indfv4du-
ais are buying them you can readily
see the tremendous force that is be-
ing created
All Should Buy.
EVERY one Of our members should
start at once to buy these stamps It
is the patriotic thing to do. 1t Is
simple, but most effective means Of
doing our '*bit" back here at home
Drop in at any bank today, at the
postoffice, or any other authorized
agency and purchase a thrift or war
savings stamp. A thrift stamp costs
only a quarter and sixteen OF them
with sixteen cents for the month Of
May, provides you With a var savings
stamp, with maturity value Of s.,
therefore bearing a good rate Of in
terest Isn't it a small thing to ask?
As Good Amerjcars.
"As a good American citizen we
know you win not hesitate to make
this campaign a great s,ocee- Start
stamps at once. Get war savings
Schools Buy Many.
Pupils IN the public schools puY-
chased s2.oz4s5 worth Of thrift
stamps In April Jefferson school held
the record for the biggest sale at
S7O175 Next in the list was George
Washington school, which turned In
1888.
Not only did the older pupils buy
the stamps but the children IN the
primary grades and In the kindergar-
ten did their BIT"
The following are the figures given.
with the number Of pupils who have
purchased stamps:
Hieh school 438 students, stamps
purchased s63.65.
George Washington Second.
George Washington school, seventy
one pupils. stamps purchased 1888.
Garfield school. ninetythree stu
dents, stamps purchased S13s-
Wells school. seventy-three students,
stamps purchased. $1Os.25.
Lincoln school, fEty-rhne students,
stamps purchased $S4.05.
Carey school, 100 students, stamps
purchased, $1s1.25.
Jefferson school, eighty-three stu
dents, stamps purchased $7O175
Torrance school, thirty-four stu
dents, stamps purchased, $63. 40.
Helping Campaign.
An effort is being made to boost
the sale OF the stamps in the public
schools this week Four minute men
have made speeches at the high
school. urging the pupils to invest
Each room in the George Washing
ton school has had a speaker each
half day beginning Tuesday. These
speakers are grammar school students
who hate qualified for four minute
work
The seventh grade pupils in the
Garfield school have qualified as two
minute speakers and the latter part Of |
the week will present the thrift stamp !
nr,orrreition in the YariOua rnnms in [