Smyrna times., 1918-10-02
4TH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
OPENS NOISILY IN SMYRNA
RINGING OF CHURCH BELLS AND
BLOWING WHISTLES USHER 1T
Public Speaking and Singing at -Four
COrners"-Canvassers Appointed
to Raise the AppOrtiOnment.

The Fourth Liberty Loan Drive was
opened in Smyrna with the ringing of
church bells, the blowing of whistles
and the like, which continued for
five minutes or more or until the
town was awake to the fact that the
Government was calling on everybody
to Join the Army of Dollars. This
noise was let loose at six o'clock Sat
urday evening. At seven a crowd |
had assembled at the Four Corners |
where women and children waving
flags and penants had gathered and |
were singing and marching to the |
tune of patriotic airs directed by Rev. !
Thomas Getz Hill, followed later by
stirring patriotic addresses by Hon. L.
Irving Handy and Chaplain George C.
Williams, whose coming home from
camp for the occasion was a surprise,
Eugene Davis presided at the meet
ing. Monday morning canvassers
started out on a house to house visit
of town and country in this district
to raise the Smyma-BrenfOrd quota
of $300,000. Mrs. S. ]. Reynolds the
Women's Chairman for this district
as we'll as Chairman Davis, is anxious
for Smyrna to go cover the top" 1t
can be done if everybody will buy and
those who bought last time double
their subscription. Be ready for the
canvassers. They are:
Mrs. F. E. Postles. Miss Anna D. Hough.
East Commerce Street.
Mrs. Hervey p Hall. Mrs James P. Hofrec-
ker. West Commerce Street, north side.
Miss Edith Beck. Mrs. Elva McCausland
West Commerce Street. south side
Mrs. F. M. Fowler. Mrs. A. L. Hudson, Jr.,
North Main Street. west side.
Mrs. S. j. Reynolds, Mrs L. l. Handy
| North Main Street, east side.
| Miss Cora Tschudy. Mrs. J. Harvey Speak
man. Mrs: Eugene Davis. South Main Street.
Mrs. Edward G. Walls, Mrs j. Edward De-
Ford. South street and Pearl Street.
Mrs. Benjamin c. Collins. Mrs. John W.
Roberts. Mt. Vernon Street north side and
| Union Street.
| Miss Anna B. Beckett. Miss Mary Riggs.
Delaware Street and Frazier Street.
Smyrna Women Attend Dover Meeting
Mrs. S. j. Reynolds, Mrs. Bertha
Bailey Clifton, Miss Anna Hough,
Miss Bertha Smithers, Mrs. R. D. Hoff-
ecker, Mrs Eugene Davis, Miss
Agness Cummins, Miss Cora Tschudy,
Mrs. Hervey P. Hall, Mrs. James P.
Hoffecker, Mrs. Frank E. Postles,
Mrs. Nellie Rowland and Mrs. Elva
McCausland, attended the Delaware
State meeting of the Woman's Liberty
Loan Committees of Delaware held
on Wednesday in the Century Club
room Dover, in the morning and in
the Dover Opera House in the after
noon, and which was in every way a
great success. The attendance, to-
gether with the enthusiasm and will
ingness of the workers to do their
part to make 10 to Is per cent of the
population subscribers to the Fourth
Liberty Loan, fortold a victorious
; drive. Mrs. Ridgely, State Chairman
of Delaware, presided, and did much
to make the meeting one of inspira.
| blOlls AAlClACd anu ObllCI SOuSS WGIt
sung, lead by Miss Frances Dewitt
and then Mrs. Ridgely opened the
, meeting with greetings to the volun
teer workers of the committees Of
Delaware. The rest of the program
. was as follows:
Five-M Minute Reports from Districts.
Five minute reports of the Liberty
Loan Districts-Mrs. Otha Nowland
Wilmington, Mrs. Walter Norris, Ken
county Mrs. William Tutherly, SUSSEX
county ,Mrs.W U.Reynolds, New Castl
county. Publicity, Miss Edna Taylor
I, State Chairman; Mrs. James Ginns
4 moving pictures; Mrs. John B. Hutton
public speaking; Miss Leah Burton
S publicity plans for Sussex; Miss Wini
fred Morris, publicity plans for Kent
Mrs. Clarence G. Stiles, publicit,
plans for New Castle; Miss August
Lamotte, publicity for Wilmington
Luncheon was served the 18O State
County and Township Chairmen, Mrs
Charles NJ. Lloyd, Hospitality Chair
I man.
Capt. Schwab Makes an Address.
- Afternoon session in the Dove
n Opera House at 1.30 o'clock. Ad
v dress, Captain Frank Schwab of Thir
: Federal Reserve District Chairman
t Music under direction of Mrs. Fran
/ Hall Davis, Miss Frances Dewitt an
+ Rev. Victor Lightbourne. Movin
: pictures of the war under the direC
: tion of Mrs. James Ginns. Address
d Captain Frank Schwab of the Englis
q Army. Messrs.J. Hall Anderson
/. Henry Ridgely and James H. Hughe
It although their names did not appes
k on the program, each made an az
# dress, which added much to the NEE
ing.