The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-22
SAVINGS STAMPS IN
LIME LIGHT AGAIN
Organized Effort TO Retain Thrift
Lessons Learned During Great
War.


Exit the Victory Loan-re-enter the
Thrift and War Savings Stamps, a
educative and selling campaign
which like Tennyson's brook will go |
on forever according TO present |
plans of the Treasury Department.
up to the first of April our work !
was largely constructive" said Mrs. |
+. L. Higginson, savings director for
New England. 1T was a case OF re-
organizing, building up a personnel
and making new plans, and to do this
on a permanent basis has been no
easy task. Meanwhile, the. sale of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps has
gone on quietly but steadily and with
no urging beyond persistent bring
ing to the attention OF the public the
fact that the War Savings Stamps are
100 per cent investment and more,
for they increase in value from month
to month. In fact, there will be no
drives this year; but we hope to do
our educational work in thrift so
thoroughly that people will see for
themselves the desirability of invest
ing in w. S, S. as government Sc
| curity.
AS many Of our workers were al
ready committed to the Victory Liber-
ty Loan. we have been giving our time
and energy during April to the fur
thering of that campaign. The hiatus
of interest in w. S. S. gave just the
opportunity we were waiting for to
open the school for the training Of
field secretaries which has been ar
ranged through the cooperation OF
Dean Lord of Boston University.
Thirty-fve of our field secretaries,
men and women, from the different
states. are taking advantage of this
\ course, and we are confident the time
thus spent win bear fruit in the mum
Der of War Savings societies that will
be organized in the next few months.
up to the first Of May We had es.
: tablished and confirmed 403 agen
cies in Maine, 800 in New Hampshire
! 4S in Vermont, LAG in Massachus
etts, $50 in Rhode Island and 416 in
] Connecticut. The number OF Wa
Savings Societies reporting through
May 8 are 211 for Maine, 294 for New
Hampshire, 512 for Massachusetts
S43 for Rhole Island. Our total sale.
reported through the Federal Re
Reserve Bank and post Offices for tn,
first three months of this year wer,
1887, 691S1, or 40 cents per capt.;
for the entire district with its sever
and a quarter millions population.
"Our success in the educational DR.
paganda has been remarkable, supel
= intendents and teachers alike cooper
ating heartily with the Savings Div
sion in its efforts to further the Thrift
campaign along the new. educations
lines. Material and devices whic
2 have proved their value in stimula
: ing the thrift campaign the past yea
/. such as the ThriftMeter Honor ce
: tifcate and Happy Jack Thrift clu
q are being used more widely through
e,le the district. "a Thrift Chest hs
been added as aidevice for home sa
: ing and is, considered OF distin,
value, An outline of course of stud
/. Tor elementary schools, Thrift in Il
es Schools prepared by the COVER
NJ rnent, has been received with favor |
= many superintendent and teache,
= throughout New England.
a A new and Important feature
,ss our Thrift campaign is the work dol
Re by the. Salvage Bureau. Old, cloth
m Fand shoes are not Included nor a
no charities disturbed. but we are II
a. ing TO make ii easy for women TO tu
Az trash into cash--or Thrift StamI
I'd Starting with the junk dealers OF II
no state. who willingly agreed to ri
an Thrift Stamps for junk, the moyeme
nm has spread to other States and ev
mo TO other districts Housewives a
Inc saving tinfoil for the Salvation Arm
cir which will use the proceeds for w
inc Savings Stamps TO add to their perm
no nent fund. Dealers in second-ha
ve. books, old coins and stamps are rea
er. to give stamps in exchange for the
taa commodities, and not few of I
ed leading jewellers are giving stamps
,ed old gold silver and platinum.
mo Our publicity bureau has been
,er tive from the start. In the fc
try months We have sent out $50 stor
itb to the daily papers. We are supp
ort ing $50 weekly papers regularly W
plate matter on thrift, besides spec
On. articles to magazines and trade p'
.,ar lications; more than half of
his monthly magazines are carrying {
taI Franklin advertisement and there
inc a steady increase in the number
ma big advertisers who are willing to
clude a small cut or thriftogram
their space in the daily papers.
have printed and distributed 3.9
600 leaflets. 100000 pay envelope
rse serts. 100000 posters, $4,000 sig
'ak i4O 900 Thrift Chests and 45.
pieces Of material for the schools,
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