The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-15
CHECKS DISTRIBUTED
TO A LARGE NUMBER
Christmas Club of Barre Savings Bank
and Thrift Club of Quarry Saw
ings Bank Put Out
Big Sums.

Checks received to-day by a large
number of people gave them visible
proof of their membership in a Christ.
mas club or a Thrift club conducted by
Barre banking institutional demon
strated to them how money can be
made to work for them and how the
habit OF saving a little each week ac.
cumuates sizeablc amount at the end
OF years time. The aggregate
amount disbursed to-day by the Barre
Savings Bank & Trust Co. to its Christ
mas club members and by the Quarry
Savings Bank & Trust Co. to its Thrift
club members was very substantial and.
u placed together, would go far toward
financing large industry.
But this distribution OF money goes
into as many component parts as there
are members, each member to make
disposal of his or her amount as seems
best. 1t is sure that a considerable
portion of the total will go into savings
accounts, for those who have once EN-
barked in the plan and have followed
it to the end of the year are quite apt
to have desire TO save more money.
and they very often return all, or a
large part, of their club checks TO start
savings accounts while at the same
time they take out memberships in the
clubs for the succeeding year
Thrift Club Has It's Best Year.
Such desire on the part Of the
members of the Thrift club of the
Quarry Savings Bank & Trust Co. has
been noted more strongly than ever
during the past year. There have been
practically none to drop out of the club
once they started their weekly saving,
and the former members of the club
have often doubled the weekly amount
OF their deposits over that of year
ago In fact, the officials of the Quarry
bank have become so firmly convinced
of the value OF their club as an incen-
tive to the development of the~saving
habit that they are looking forward to
record breaking membership in 1920.
For four years the Quarry bank has
conducted a Thrift club and il finds
that the amount disbursed this year
was the largest of any of the years.
4 i' pa y hiSHk VI bHN iUip tAciubtl ntiil Y
accounts was made a few days earlier
this year than last so that the members
might have their funds to dispose of as
they see fit prior TO the holiday rush.
The new Thrift club was organized this
morning with many members of the old
club preparing to renew their member
ships and increasing their weekly saw
ings, while many Others were consider
ing the desirability Of joining.
Christmas Club Paid Back S42,765os.
The Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co.
sent to-day its checks to numerous
Christmas club members amounting TO
S42 ,765,0S The Christmas club has
been conducted by this bank for seven
years and has been web patronized and
highly commended by the people of the
community during that period
The Christmas club will be continued
another year with two new classes add
ed, one Of which pays 10 cents week
for so weeks, making a total Of S., and
the other $3.50 a week, making q total
Of SIPS, all Of which will be returned
to the club members on Dec. Is, 1920,
with interest The individual is more
certain to save by paying a small sum
into the Christmas club each week than
by trying to save large sum for in
vestment Save, Save, Save" will
continue to be the club slogan for 1920.