The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-16
Local Chairmen Beginning
to Line Up Their
Forces.
EAST SIDE TOMORROW
Shaw and Meredith Will
Be Speakers at Com
munity House.


this afternoon state chairman w. A.
MacCorkle told county chairman Smith
Hood that he would try and have Ma
rion county's quota determined by Fri
day With this information at hand
the local organization can proceed at
once toward arriving at individual and
district quotas.
Real work on the Victory drive was
started today with the announcement
of meetings at Belleview and Fairview
for local organization. AT Bellview to
night at the call of ward chairman
Clarence Hall, the workers of that
community will gather to form local
organization which will provide for a
local organization which will provide
for a house to house canvass that will
leave no person unsolicited. City
chairman Ed Robinson and Mrs. Sam
uel Leeper, of this city committee, will
be present at the Bellview meeting.
At Fairview this evening all those
named to work for the loan together
with all ether persons interested, will
meet with chairman ]. Y. Hamilton.
Fairview's organization is expected to
be completed at this meeting and rea-
dy for high speed work next Monday.
DIR. Jess Jamison, chairman of the
Second ward has sent the following let
ter to 64 persons whom he has select.
ed as his workers in the drive:
April 16, 1919.
You are drafted to assist the
Second Ward go over the top in
the Fifth Liberty Loan drive
Seven hundred Marion county
boys are still in the service Of their
country. We cannot slacken our
work until the last one has been
returned home.
Kindly meet with other work
ers at East Pars Community
House, Friday. April 18th at s D.
m. for organization.
Mrs. Carl Yost & ]. A. Jamison
Chairmen.
Harry Shaw and j. A. Meredith Will
address the meeting in the East Park
Community House tomorrow evening,
at which time drive will be official
ly started for the East Side. Together
with Messrs. Shaw and Meredith sew
eral returned service men will speak.
The Second ward working organ.za-
ton of GA persons is made up of SO
men and SO women. Each person will
have a certain numbers OF persons to
sec in their ward, and no one will be
oyer-looked.
County chairman Smith Hood today
received from the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, the official Ger.
tlflcate OF his appointment as county
chairman. The certificate is quite a
splendid looking document.
A large consignment of automobile
posters was received at Headquarters
this morning and will be distributed at
once. The posters are to be stuck on
windshields.
The following letter was mailed yes
terday by County Chairman Hood to
all his workers in the county.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Fifth Federal Reserve District
Victory Liberty Loan Committee.
FAIRMONT, w. VA,
April Is. 1919.
Dear Strive are again about
to enter the fifth and last cam
paign for the sale of Liberty
bonds. The Craftsmanship of Ma.
rion county has been assigned to
one without experience in this
work, therefore, l must depend
upon the active business men and
women for the necessary aid to
complete the work and maintain
the honor and standing Of the
county and its citizens.
Almost 1000 Of Marion county
boys were enlisted in the service.
From best information obtainable
more than 700 vet remain in the
service. A large proportion of
these are in France and Germany.
We can not think OF slackening
our work until the last one. Is re-
turned to his home
You have been selected to as.
sist in this work in your commu.
nifty. You have been selected be.
cause YOU have been active and
assisted in all former campaigns.
Not because 1t Is your duty to
greater extent than it Is the duty
of your neighbor, but with your
past experience, your acquaint-
ance with your people, and your
active busy life, we have again
drafted you for this last drive.
We would appreciate any sug-
geetion, and desire that you CO.
operate with us not only to the
end of securing results in your
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