The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-27
NEXT FRIDAY IS The tine
Every Self Supporting Resident of Ke-
nosha and Kenosha County Is Ex-
pected to Pledge Himself for
Stamps on That Day.

War Savings Stamp registration day
will be Friday, June 28th, and every
self supporting resident of Kenosha is
urged by the board, having the matter
in charge, to go to the place of regis
tration that day and register.
Meetings will be held in every
school, both public and parochial in
Kenosha and every school district in
Kenosha county. Every citizen of the
town and county is expected to regis
ter for a certain number of FIVE dol,
lar stamps on that day, the stamps
to be paid for monthly up to and
including December.
The War Savings Stamp plan is a
plan whereby one can lend small saw
ings to the government at rate of
interest averaging four per cent corn
pounded quarterly. This War Savings
Stamp is a government obligation and
the purchaser will be paid in full
in 1928.
Stamps purchased and paid for in
the month of June will cost $417 each,
those purchased in July will cost $41S
and so on, increasing one cent month
in price until December when they will
cost $4.23. They are redeemable III
1923 at their full face value of $500.
In the event one wishes to get the
money for his War Savings Stamp be-
fore maturity all he has to do is to
take it to any money order post office
and it will redeemed after ten days
written demand.
The school houses will be open from
eight O'Clock Friday morning until ten
o'clock at night. The names of those
who refuse to subscribe or who fail to
attend school house meetings, together
with their reasons therefore, will be
sent to Milwaukee Immediately after
June 28th and from there transmitted
to the War Department
Wisconsin has been the first state
in the nation to report on other war
matters and those in charge Of this
campaign wish also to be the first in
reporting the result of the pledges
next Friday.
If any one is in doubt as to where he
should register, just go to the school
house where your child attends school,
except those persons who register at
the factory at which they work. At
the meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce on Tuesday night it was decided
that the men and women who work at
the factories could register there and
need not go to the school house, but
they should be able to designate on
their cards just what ward or school
district they reside in so that credit
can be given them whes the list of
non-registrants is made up.
Residents of Kenosha will go to the
following named school houses for
registration: First ward. high school;
second ward, Durkee school, those liv-
ing north of Strong street and Park
Row; second ward, Lincoln school,
those living south of Strong street and
Park Row; third ward, Columbus school;
fourth ward, Frank school, those liv-
ing on Charles street and eastward;
fourth ward, Orchard Knoll school,
those living on Balm avenue and west
ward; fifth ward, Balm school; sixth
ward, Weiskopf school; seventh ward,
Weiskopf school; eighth ward, Gillett
school; ninth ward, Columbus school,
south of railroad; ninth ward, Orchard
Knoll school, north of railroad.
Those whose children attend naro-
chial schools or members of the
churches of which they are affiliated,
will register at one of these schools:
st. George, st. Casimir, St. Peter, ST.
James, St. Thomas, Frieden s Evangeli-
cal Lutheran and st. Lukes.