Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-24
WILL PUSH SALE OF
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Town Chairmen of County Com
mittee to Meet Friday with
State Officers and Discuss
Formation of Thrift Societies
and Happy Jack Clubs

Mrs. f. II. Read. manager of the
Chittenden county branch Of the war
savings committee, has called a meet
ing of all members of the town chair
men of the war savings committee for
Friday, July 25 at 230 o'clock at 1874
Pearl street. It is expected that rep
resentatives from all of the towns in
the county will be present at this meet
ing and that it will be full Of inter-
est. state Director Mrs. E. c. Smith
of St. Adams and state Manager Mrs.
Dan G. Jones of Waterbury al we'll as
Field Secretary Charles Parker, will be
present and will explain the work for
the year, speaking especially concern
ing the forming Of thrift societies,
Happy Jack clubs and the plans for
the work connection with county
fairs It is hoped that these clubs will
he as successful as they have been in
Lamoille county. The first Happy Jack
Thrift club was formed in that county
and the first Boy Scout War Savings So
cietv. That they were successful en-
terprises is shown by the fact that in
Stowe alone, after only two weeks
work under the leadership Of the town
chairman. six societies were formed
and through the Happy Jack clubs the
sale of War Savings Stamps at the
postoffice, which amounted in May to
$50. Jumped to 1858 in June.
Last year Vermont led the New Eng
land States in the sale of War Savings
and Thrift Stamps, and while there is
no quota to raise this year, all true
Nermonters want their State to keep
that lead, which was 81 90 per capita.
! In order TO do this each town must be
| put in a good rating, and each county
which is not up 70 the standard IL
! should be, must get out and hustle.
This year there are three people who
are going to be of great service to all
| counties that need help in arousing the
people, They are the three field work.
ers. On May % they finished a course
at Boston University which fitted them
to work with the schools. factories.
stores and shops, and to be of value in
helping along the work of the county
and town chairmen. They will visit
| the counties and towns where they are
most needed, establish sales agents in
the towns and keep in touch with the
schools.
The great idea of this thrift CAM
paign, now that the war is over, is not
so much TO raise money as to teach
the lessons OF thrift During the war.
England and France had saving plans
similar to those on which the War
try are sold. and it has been said that
without these plans those countries
could not have showed the stability
and solidity which they did. They
could not have carried over from for
lorn hope to victory and come out as
they did. Thrift all through the allied
countries was one of the first elem ents
in winning the war. and it is to be
great force in building up the strength
of the nation in these trying days of
| reconstruction.
But beside this lesson of thrift, which
is of first Importance, there is another
object in selling War Savings and
Thrift Stamps at this time. That Is
to help the government along with
loans of money at six per cent COM
pound interest for Ave years. This
money is not TO finish the job as far
as the war is concerned, for tire last
Liberty Loan drive will do that. but
It is to furnish the government with
money that il needs, at this time. The
educational object. however. will be
stressed in Vermont.
Washington is anxious to establish
thrift as a perman ent institutional this
country and in order to do this the
people must be led to see that they are
being helped to help themseNes.aby in
vesting money in this" way.
| The report of the sale OF Thrift
Stamps for the month of Junevfor the
different counties In the State was as
follows: Addison ssrs.37. Bennington
s1.47s.s5, Caledonia sl,3s7.4O. chitten-
den s4ls.7O, Essex sf43, Franklin
s1,O2454, Grand Isle s.25. Lamoilfe.
s49s96. Orleans sl,240.13. Orange
s9Ss2s. Rutland s1;559.22. Washington
s1s49.3s, Windham sl,4Os6o, Windsor
s2,5Oss6 making a total of s15227.77.
Another idea which will be carried
out in this campaign to teach thrift
will be the salvage plan. In order to
carry this through 1t was necessary
to have the cooperation of the junk
dealers to the extent that they will be
willing to pay for junk with Thrift
Stamps. Each housewife will be given
a thrift card which she will put in
her window when she has junk she
wishes to sell and each Junk dealer
who is willing to pay for junk with
thrift stamps will carry a card on his
cart which bears the words: I give
Thrift Stamps for junk" This is being
carried out through the Womens Fed
Grated clubs, which are doing all in
their power to arouse the interest Of
both the women of the different cities
and towns and the junk dealers In the
salvage plan.
A similar meeting to that which will
be held with Mrs, Read on July 20 Will
be held in Rutland to-day.