The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-19
YOU MUST BUY
W. S. S. TO HELP !.
OUR FIGHTERS WIN
TOWNSHIP QUOTAS SEEM VERY
LARGE BUT SUMS WILL HAVE
TO BE RAISED.

The National War Savings com
mittee has set aside Friday, June 2S
as National War Savings Day and on
that day it is planned and the plans
must not fail, to have every man,
woman or child in this great big ma
tion, pledge themselves to purchase
$40 or more of the War Savings
Stamps or Thrift stamps, the nature
of which is fully and well known by
this time to practically everyone in
the country.
The organization of Ionia county
for selling War Savings Stamps has
been completed and the following
township chairmen have been APP
pointed:
Thomas A. -Carten, county chair
man.
Easton township. 22.996 quota,
Claud Heald, Mrs. Will Conner, man.
ayers.
Keene township, 21.656 quota;
Frank Daniels, Mrs. Mary Russ,
managers.
Otisco township, 20,s97 quota;
Frank Moon, Mrs. l. L. Hubbell, man.
ayers.
Orleans township, 20,661 quota, A.
Robertson, Mrs. c. B. Esterbrook,
Beiding, 55,157, quota, B. F. Hall,
Mrs. |. L. Hubbell, managers.
To aid in the work of selling the
War Savings Stamps and to further
acquaint the people living in the ter
ritory covered by it, which includes
besides the city of Belding the town.
ships of Grattan and Oakfield in
Kent county, Eureka and Fairplains
in Montcalm county and Otisco, Or
leans, Keene and Easton townships in
Ionia county, the Banner-News has
sold to various farmers. business men
and other citizens, various advertise
ments which thoroughly explain ev-
cry phase of the war savings stamp
drive proposition and it must be said
by the publishers of the Banner
News that not one of the persons
whom we approached on the matter
of paying for one of these advertise
ments, registered a kick or refused
to help the good and great cause
along by paying for the advertise
ments.
That is why # you will turn to
page four of this issue you will see a
striking advertisement paid for and
run at the request of the business
men of Orleans, as follows: Frank
Hill, Al Sherwood, Warren Crane, A.
Rasmussen. Jay Olmsted, Easton In
dependent Telephone Co., M. Y.
Gates, the p. M. operator, Rev. r.
v. Birdsal, Alex. Robertson and
Wardrop e. Robertson, every one of
whom is so much of patriot that if
they were given the chance would be
ready to give their all for their coun-
try's cause, but who in their partic-
ular case. being unable to do that,
gladly and willingly offered to give
the war savings drive all the public
ity possible to give it.
Scattered through the Banner-News
this week are eight more advertise
ments on the drives in various town
ships which start on Thursday, June
20 and which are being run at the
instance of eight farmers living in
territory covered by the Banner
News. The people whose names an
pear on the bottom cf these adyer-
tisements are putting forth every eff
fort to further the success of this
drive for the sale Of War Savings
Stamps and are not selfish in their
motives as is clearly evident through
the fact that they are putting money
iilD lAlio duNSi bASAllS VI
der that the right and favorable inn
press on may be made upon the peo-
pie living around throughout the
country and that the sale of war saw
ings stamps wilh like all other sub
scriptions floated by the government
go "over the top" and far past the
quota set by the officials of the Ma
tional War Savings committee.
The names of these farmers who
are running and paying for these ad-
vertisements are as follows: Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Aubill, Palmer Bros, Jer-
ry Spaulding, Clark Howard, Joseph
and Theodore Alberts, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Dibble. Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Beardslee and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Ravell. Lincoln's store also runs
one Of these advertisements.
More advertising will appear newt
week to help in the War Savings
Stamp drive. Read them and buy
stamps to the limit.