The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-17
WAYNE COUNTY ESTABLISHED ENVIABLE
RECORD maj WAR LOAN DRIVES

The five Liberty Loan drives in
Wayne county for an assigned quota
Of $7,274,000 brought 81, 993, $50 In over
subscriptions, or a sum total In dollars
Of 1926, 050, according to recorded
statistics at the Indianapolis Liberty
Loan headquarters. This county will
rank well IN the state when all re-
ports are completed for the period of
the world war, it is said.
Edgar +. Hiatt was chairman of the
First Liberty loan drive In Wayne
county which was put on In 1917 be-
tween May 30 and June 16. The town.
ship chairmen were: Boston, A. M.
Whitmire; Center, Mark A Stevens;
Arlington, Daniel Clevenger; Washing
ton, Oscar Kerlin; Jackson and Harri-
son. R. A. Hicks; Jefferson, A. r.
Jones; Clay, r. A. Deeter; Dalton and
Perry. John M. Manning; Greene. Will
fred Griffiths; New Garden, Thomas
Brennan, Franklin. Ollie Hunt, and
Webster, Alpheus Brown.
Far Exceed Quota.
Wayne eounty's quota In this drive
was $874.000. The subscription Sc
cured came up to $1,340, 200. -
In the Second Liberty Loan drive,
carried on intensively between Oct.
and 81, George L. Gates acted as pub
hcity chairman. 2. H. Harris and the
late w. G. Seeker had charge of the
city work and Demas Coe was pub.
licity chairman. The city OF Richmond
purchased $4,000 worth of bonds In
this drive, and 100000 worth III
bonds were subscribed before the
drive proper began. The loan quota
for Wayne county was $1,100, 900
The sum total of bonds bought was
s1,900.400.
The township workers names are In,
accessible for this drive.
April, 1918, was the scene Of the
Third Liberty Loan. w. G. Seeker
was county chairman. but died soon
after the loan started and was sue
ceeded by Demfs Coe, assistant coun
ty chairman. The drive was set of
by a mass needing addressed by Gov
ernor Hamburger, Of Utah. John Phil
lip Sousa's navy band Tas another fea
ture Of this loan. They appeared In
the Coliseum on April 10.
Officers Hcr Drive.
Other officers Of this loan were e
H. Harris. city chairman. Mrs. Edgar
F. Hiatt, city chairman of the WON
ems committee, Fred r. Lemon
Wayne township chairman, and Mrs
Charles Druitt, chairman of the won
ems committee Of Wayne township
The other township officers included:
Arlington, w. E. Caskey: Boston. o
M. Whitmire; Center. H. H. Peelle;
Dalton, Harry Thornburgh: Franklin
VIII Curtis: Greene, VIII Curtis: Har
rison, Frank Worl; Jackson, Robert
Hicks; Jefferson, Albert R. Jones;
John Manning; Webster, Howard Har
ris: Washington, Oscar Kerlin.
The quota was again 81 100000 II
this drive and was exceeded by $452,
$50.
The $4,000, ooo. 900 issue Of Libert,
Bonds last September opened II
Wayne county with drive for $2,400,
900. The Wayne county quota for thu
Fourth Liberty loan was pledged OF
Oct. 5. The net subscriptions wer,
$2,592,20o, which meant that $59.2.
per capita OF the 1910 county popula
ton of 43.757 was subscribed Thi.
was above the quota per capita Of
S54s5. The subscribers numbered 9.
SS4. or % percent of the 1910 popula
= ton. The percent quota subscribed
was 1913 percent, the average size o
the subscription being 1862.
Demas Coe was chairman of tn,
county committee in this, the larges
drive. The city chairman was E. N
Campbell. Fred Lemon was Wayn
township chairman. Mrs. Edgar HAT
was again chairman OF the women
city committee. and Mrs. Druitt 10
the county OF Wayne.
The other township chajrmen II
cluded: Arlington, w. E. Caskey; Boz
ton, O. M. Whitmire; Center. Ora Dur
bar; Clay. Raymond Deeter; Dalton
Harry Macy; Franklin. VIII Curtis
Greene, VIII Lewis: Harrison, Fran
Worl; Jackson, Robert Hicks; Jeffel
son, Albert r. Jones; New GardeI
Thomas Brennan; Perry. John Mar
ming; Webster, Howard Harris; Wasl
ington, Oscar Kerlin.
List Of Chairmen.
The city was divided in canvassin
wards with chairmen as follows:
First ward, Mrs. George A. Reid an