Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-17
THREE VOLUNTEER
DAYS IN COUNTY
GratiOt is Asked To Subscribe
for Quota that Is Over
10000.
ALMAS SHARE Sll6,OO0.00
Numerous Booths viii BE Located at
Advantageous Points in
the City.

The Victory Liberty Loan drive all
over the anton starts on Monday, and
n Gratiot county II will start off with
three days of volunteering in every
city, town and township in the entire
county, and the committee is in high
hopes that the end of the first three
days will see Gratiot rapidly nearing
the quota, which it must raise. The
quota for the county is S702, 10000
There are three highly important
reasons why the volunteering system
of bond subscribing has been adopted
in every section of the county on the
Victory Loan. The first is the fact
that the county committee feels that
no good patriot needs TO be solicited
10 buy bonds, and expects that every
man and woman will step up and do
his or her duty, to their fullest extent.
The second reason is because on the
Victory Loan the government has Of
fered fine security, a four-year gold
note, with four and three-fourths per
cent interest. 1t is an investment
that is absolutely safe, yet draws
a high rate for a short term. The
third reason is perhaps the most i'm
portant, certainly along sentimental
lines, and even in commercialized
America there is still great
amount of sentiment which cannot be
downed Ii is because 1t is the Vic
tory Loan, the loan which we are
making this time. 1t is the use OF
this money already spent which
brought the war TO close year
sooner than expected, and saved the
lives of possibly more than 100000
Young Americans. Truly saving
worth more than SA5OO,OOO,OOO, a
saving which cannot be measured IN
dollars.
Every township chairman has made
arrangements TO take care OF the
volunteer loans. Some are arranging
so that the volunteers may subscribe
at school houses in their townships,
where there are no banks. Others IN
tend to have them made at the near
est bank. In all townships where
there are banks the subscriptions will
be made there This is true also IN
the towns and cities.
Subscriptions will be received for
the volunteer days in the various
places in the county as follows;
New Haven township-Maxted q
Pentoney store.
Bethany township-Gratiot State
bank. St. Louis, and Farmers bank
Of Breckenridge.
Ithaca-Potts & Crawford building,
Center street, or any bank
Hamilton township - Lauderbach
store at Sickels.
North Star township-Bank Of
North Star.
Elba township First State Bank
at Ashley and Bank of Bannister.
Alma Booths in First State bank,
Alma State Savings bank, Republic
Motor Truck Company Inc. Swift &
Company, Libby. Mcneil q Libby,
Giles Eastern Market, Alma college
at A. p. Cooks office, and at Hauck's
grocery on Ely street.
st. Louis-Any bank.
Emerson township-Banks in Alma,
Ithaca, St Louis or Breckenridge
Wheeler township - Banks in
Breckenridge or Wheeler.
Seville township-Banks in River
dale or Elwell.
Pine River-Banks in Alma or St.
Louis.
Fulton township-Banks in Middle
ton, Pompeii or Perrinton.
Sumner township-Any members Of
committee at their homes. Commit
tee. A. r. Woods, 5. A. Evey, Harry
Fisher, A. Tomin, Well Gee, Harry
Schaffer, Ed Follick, Dell Robey,
Albert Johnson. +. A. Potter, Bert
Gee, Felix Fea, Bruce Lang or Ed.
Miller
Lafayette township - Banks in
Wheeler, Breckenridge and Ithaca.
Washington township - Pompeii
bank and Ola store.
Newark township-Nearest banks.
North Shade Nearest banks.
Arcadia Alma. Ithaca or St Louis
banks.