The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-26
TRAINING SPEAKERS
FOR LOAN CAMPAIGN
Thrift Drive Has Had Encouraging
Rs=srl.s--Probably Half Million
Dollars Worth of stamps sold.

Carter b. Keene, of Washington.
director OF postal savings in the post
Office department and chairman of
he speakers bureau of the liberty
loan committee for the Fifth Federal
Reserve district, was IN Richmond
Yesterday addressing a convention OF
the leading bankers of the state at
the Jefferson hotel, who met 10 for
mulate plans for the next drives. of
the liberty loan campaign.
Mr.. Keene told how to push the
loan, and was vigorously applauded.
Immediately after the address Mr..
Keene returned to Washington.
Henry f. Litchford, director OF
the Richmond war savings campaign,
estimated yesterday that between
$780, and 100000 worth of war
stamps have been sold In Richmond
since the drive was begun here about
two weeks ago School children have
contributed to this amount more than
100000. Mr. Litchford believed
that the total would probably be
about 100000. It has been esti-
mated. although full returns have not
yet been made. that $4,000 of war
savings and thrift stamps were sold
last Saturday which was thrift day.
Mrs. John Hayes. who has been in
charge OF the work and mas not yet
made full returns Down to March
& there had been sold $4,000 of
he $500 stamps and s142, 900 worth
Of the twenty flVe-cent variety. of
which kind it is estimated school
hlldren sold about $4,000.
4 booth for the sale of war savings
and thrift stamps has been esta blished
in tho postoffice building, by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company,
under the management OF Mr.. A. w.
Duke and Mrs. G. r. Cook The
Metropolitan has apportioned each
OF its managers and superior officials
$4,000 worth of stamps TO be sold
within a year Mr. Duke. who is dep
uty superintendent devised. the plan
OF selling stamps in the local postofflce
and accordingly established a booth
which will sell stamps for the period
OF week from o'clock in the morn
ing to s in the afternoon. Yester-
days sales amounted to $500
The Tiny Tots Thrift club. Of Bar
ton Heights. consists Of enthusiastic
boys and girls anxious to do their bit.
and the average age Ia less than seven
years. Each member OF the club
owns war savings stamp or thrift
card. Not satisfied with buying
stamps themselves they are proving
excellent statesmen and since January
at which time the club organized. they
have sold S496 worth. OF stamps OF
the allotted S2,S00 for Barton Heights
in the recent war savings campaign
March 1873, these children sold
sara so, which was s37550 above the
quota allotted this particular grade
or the particularly enthusiastic work
ers are Mcclure Briel. who raised n
total OF 1888, Helen Scott. who raised
SI8.25 and Pierce Graham, Si7 The
members Of the club are: Geneva
Bennett, Virginia Blake. Edwin Bow
den, Mcclure Briel. Rudolph Burton,
Arthur Clark, Carter Grow der, Lillian
Dudley. Melvin Ford. zilmer Frank
lin. Leolyne Friend. Bruce Gayle, Lil-
liam Gay. Billie Gordon, Pierce era
ham. Mary Anne Hall. Mary Hen
shaw, Clifton HudgIns, Dorothea
Krouse, Frank Lloyd. Hiram Lux
hardt, Mary Miller. Virginia Norvell,
Sars1eld Mott, Elsie Owen. Randolph
Perrow. Billie Powell, Atwell Row
land, Elizabeth Schroeder. Helen
Scott. Harvey Smith, Myrtle Stengle
Archie Straus and Angus Wittel