Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-09

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s,mpaiqu i'm Wilmington. that will y
he foIlowed all over the country. Il
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:. ton and Delaware. We will he sue
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Il rcprcScni the United States govern
mont tb. Treasury Department. and
,.,,,e tn ,ou iu the interest oi the thrItt
.a,,,, ,,npaIpp With some such
-alutatinn a~ this. woman Is coming ="
,our house cithcr Thursday or FRIDAY
al next week VIII every house please he
~, "a Luv thrift stamps aud war
eertiicatcs. and to report now many
.tan,ps and certificates have boon hought
bcrotnGore' II vou Will bc ready with
ms - viii greatly facltatC the women
,ul,,ptcorS who are selling the stamps and
,.crtifest,s for nclc sam Arc vou giving
,,,,,c, +, I-nclr Sam Dhi no, You are
tor,,t,, m treasure for yourself, ~ an
Investment that Yields ! per cont COM
rn,Ipd interest with the greatest security
thls world affords. the government ~ 'ie
United states Ouc war certificate W'F'"
Stri s,,,,n,,rt- one, nf nrlc sam h"N~
bo i hpbtinr the trenches for 2 week.
,pd for nnr of these bought now. YOU
v,1 be na,d - N los MI Who buy
-tamns ncvt week and nll who have p'lr-
0hascd them heforc that nmc. VIII ~
yiV,r, the insignia nt tho : tcaS,HN
the white torch ot llhcrtH ~ = h''' w
ground - PIT ~ tho window - ~ -
house. rs = sign that th~ + lnr'' ''''i
aud that patr'ni' lain'N
within.
There va splendid response - Mnm-
on from 3ll over thc ,it1 It =" Way
botiso yr-t,ulal aftornuou and there Was
intense interest n the Thrift 'ampa'gn'
Il outlined b1 llcurN L SCOTT. N'at'
.hrlf, director. and Mrs thatles
Miller State cha,rnau ~ the women
committee. Council 1T National defence.
d, tlo star, with Nlr scott and Mrs
Miller wrrr Postmaster English, VIII"
vii piay an important part ~ thus work.
haric- Il Weston publicity agent and
tlarenccC kllcn. secretary ui tile ham
bor of Commerce tittv-iour captains
were secured from the women n the
audience and each captain Is 20 ash nin'
assistants to aid her N tho house - mouse
canvass There are 10000 homes ~
Wilmington aud each woman VIII have
,bnut in houses tn visit. these to he
nrntod On . card and gwen to her with
other documents which she VIII nave
with her during tho canvass
NJr. Miller IN her hrici opening ad-
.jrc~s said ladies this meeting has
seen called to interest You ~ thrlit
stamps You are > representative a.
-emhly anal | know bv Your presence,
,au arc Interested We hope to MAKE
Wilmington model for other cities
IA ever, house thuft STAMP We Uom
"a .an 10 q great deal to save We can
-.y. something every week from orr
on,lne and teach tho children 70 save
the, love to do something that means
.aerihc,,. and in this wat. evcTN house
will have IT, stamps Whom We ask the
hovs 10 fight. Il surely Is not asking too
much of us To- give up two afternoons Tor
The thrift stamp campaign MrS
Miller then presented Mr- SCOTT
Ladies, your government Appeals 70
voI for help. said Mr. Scott L ap-
pealS 10 the men. women and children
IA home As much as to tho hoNs IN France
If Tho government has, the right to their
services. II has also the right to ours ~
homo But we want a volunteer service
with all the fine spirit that goes with II.
II the German guns werC driving INTO
WILMINGTON. VIC would realize something
,s haDponInr but IT = going on Just a.
much as though We were starving and
iohting here at home Nr Scott then
rNplalned that this plan : bong tried IN
W,l,tngton and # successful will go
anc IN cVcrN CITY ~ the country Also fhe
mall towns and country districts viii bo
,Skcd 10 try this plan Postmaster Ing
llsh will srnd ont circulars f. cverH house
in the city. explaining the campaign, these
vail arrive during the 'Irst part OF the
week. then on THURSDAY and FRIDAY the
house to- house visiting vii take place.
md 1t IS hoped to have TIA, campaign
como 10 grand close Al the cnd oi The
week
Each captain will have stamps and
,ortiticates for sale also leaflets contain
ing interesting information about the
thrlff stamps. and the treasury insignia
ior the houses where stamps are owned,
CaptainS arc to meet IN the rosoroon OF the
Hotel du Pont, Tuesday afternoon al $50
clock
Following are the captains Miss
Helen kennedy. 1910 Wawaset avenue,
Mrs Homer Barry. 1900 Riverview ave
mn Mrs 4. Z. Eastman 401 South Clay
ION street. Mrs II X. Pennock. 5Os
Wcst Ninth street; Mrs. Edward Mac
Earlm 1902 Lancaster avenue Mrs.
Ilerir,rt II Ward Jr, 1927 Clayton
street Miss Martha Shorthdge, 1918
BroomC street Miss Janet DoremuS, 100
liroomc street Mrs Alex. Lard, l4I@
Rivcruew avenue Miss Meta barr, l4o7
Van Burpn street Mrs, Charles lopkls.
TWcnbtth and Boulevard; Mrs Abe
Rorl,rach iI6 KIng street. Mrs David
>ncllcnburc 1920 Rodney street; Mrs.
,corgc BIrd, 520 Lombard street; Miss
rance kcnnard. li05 Brcomc street.
Miss Marjorie Speakman. franklin street
.nd Delaware avenue Miss Margaret 4.
Bambcrgcr. 23O3 Pine street: Mrs Fannie
sterling. Pos last Eleventh street, Mrs.
". B smith Jr 1882 jackson street
Mr. George Il Cornell. 403 West Twen-