South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04
START CAMP AIGN
FOR THRIFT HERE
Plans Completed for MiSha-
Waka'S Thrift Stamp
Drive.

Mishawaka's thrift stamp cam
! paisn was formally opened Thurs
day evening with a meeting at the
| public library at which state rep
resentatives of the war saving COM
mittee explained 10 the local COM
mittee heads the causes behind the
/ project and urged them to push the
safe TO the utmost in the county
! +. l. Sims of South Bend, chairman
| OF the state bureau, and one of the
principal speakers of the entire
state. gave the chief discussion of
the evening. d. w. Horton pre-
sided as chairman. Rome c.
Stephenson, district chairman of
the state committee; w. K. Lam
port, publicity manager. and Victor
+. Jones, chairman of the factory
| committee, also addressed the gath
ering.
/ Mr.. Sims explained fully and
( clearly the meaning of the thrift
stamp. but stated that il is not
| merely 10 raise funds for the gov
eminent that the idea has been set
abroad. 1t is first to unite the coun-
/ try IN a consistent and systematized
/ effort toward economy and to free
us once and for all. of the curse of
extravaganza. He stated that Amer
{ lea is not yet awake to the serious
ness of the situation, that we are
waiting for some great calamity to
rouse us TO our danger and our re-
I spOnsibility
/ Must Give to Utmost.
That we must give more than we
| have given yet, is the opinion of
! the speaker He asserted that be-
fore the war has ended we Will
have learned thoroughly the need
/ for conserving in every possible
way and intimated that before many
more days have passed. the actual
( significance of what the war i'm
/ plies will have been brought home
to us. War conservation, he said,
means more than the simple self
/ denial embodied in an occasional
/ wheatless or meatless day.
/ To every man. woman and child
\ in the country. no matter how low
\ in station or how reduced in for
| tunes, an opportunity to do his pa
/ triOtic duty, the government has ar
ranged for the sale of thrift stamps,
or certificates, showing that a stip-
i ulated sum has been paid into the
national treasury. These thrift
/ stamps are bought at the cost of %
cents and when the original book
( filled it may be exchanged with
I cash payment Of from II TO %
cents for a war savings stamp, or
baby" bond. These are matured
in five years and four percent inter
est is paid on them. There is no
better or safer investment. nor one
/ which incurs less trouble TO the
holder. 1t will soon be possible to
procure thrift stamps from every
merchant as they are TO be placed
on sale in all business houses.
Thrift Clubs Popular.
As an aid in the enterprise and
! to keep the interest of people from
waning. thrift clubs have been or
gained all over the country. where
the idea is populs rized and kept
alive. In all probabilities many
will come into being here. the in
terest already shown indicating that
in this, as in all other enterprises
of a similar character. Mishawaka
will not lag behind or fail 10 come
mp to expectations.
Representatives from the church
es. the schools. the lodges. and
clubs and from all Industrial insti-
tutions were present at Thursday
meeting. Inceptive plans were
laid and a general idea of the cam
paign here acquired. so that when
the actual work begins there will
be no difficulty or delay. Literature
will be sent 10 the local headquar-
ters at once and the local commit
tee, headed by +. y. Smith as
chairman is prepared 10 answer all
questions and give all aid neces-
sary. Postmaster Herzog has al
ready reported many sales of thrift
stamps. which points TO tremendous
success when the campaign is fully
launched.
Among those present were the
following: +. y. Smith. D. w. Hor-
ton. John A. HerZos. F. L. Sims. V.
f. Jones. w. X. Lamport, ]. Fred
Bingham. Stanley Mcintosh. Rev. Z.
L. Rogers. Ray Whey, II. w. John
son. Mrs. Rose Grimes, Miss Beth
Bingham, Mrs. c. L. McCOllum.
Miss Mary Phillips, Miss Harriet
. I william