The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-15
THRIFT DRIVE
TO OPEN HERE
Campaign to Educate People to
Save and Have Will Be
Put on January I7-24
CANT GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Leaders for Each of Eight DAYS
Have Been Named-SchooIs
to Take Part.

Eight ways TO be thrifty viii be
taught the people OF the United States
in a national thrift campaign extend
ing from Jan. II to Jan. 81.
National Thrift Week. will witness
the Y. N. c. A. with government back
ing carrying a thrift message TO every
man. woman and child in the country.
The campaign is being conducted with
the Cooperation of the banking. insnr-
.ance, real estate and commercial inter
ests of the country.
Among the influential men who are
supporting the movement, both firan-
cially and actively. are Homer L. Fer
guson, president of the U. s. Chamber
Of Commerce Herbert S. Houston.
former president Of the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs Of the World; Prof
Irving Fisher of Yale. Governor Allen
of Kansas. Adolph Lewisohn and e. K.
.Satterlee. New York banker.
The campaign viii be conducted
solely along educational lines. How to
spend wisely will be stressed upon
even more than how to save.
Each of the eight days set aside for
the campaign win be devoted to one
special subject and line Of ACTIVITY.
The first day, Saturday, is intended to
be thrift or bank day. and will en-
phasize the service bank renders a
community. Tt will be conducted by
the banking interests in each locality.
he Of n he,
purpose will be:
Saturday. Jan. II. National Bank
Day. =. b. Perkins chairman
Sunday, Jan. 1s-Share With Others
Day. Rev. ]. a. sAns1ay. chairman
Monday. Jans 1s-@E-ife INSURANCE
Day. p. r. aFzlicne, chairman.
Tuesday. Jan. Gown Your own
Home Day, Hunter Brown chairman.
Wednesday. Jan. 21-Make a Will
Day, VIII Fisher, chairman.
Thursday Jan. 22-Thrift in Indus !
try Day, ]. NJ. BIuldon. chairman.
Friday, Jan. 23-FamiIy Budget Day, |
J. S. Reese. chairman.
Saturday, Jan. 24-Pay Bills Prompt /,
ly Day DR.. Blocker, chairman.
r. l.. Cant, is general chairman Of
the National Thrift Week; members /
of the speakers committee are ". X. /
Hyer, w. B. Ferriss, ]. c. Watson; !
publicity committee. Don Mcclellan and
Lucky Baldwin.
In speaking of the Thrift Campaign
yesterday, Mr. Cant said: THE cam
paign will set forth many advantages
of thrift ana deserves the support of /
every good citizen. It is not a cam
paign for new members or to raise I
money. but it is strictly an education 4
al r1ey cement to teach people 70 be /
thrifty.
1T is the purpose of the commit /
tee to emphasize some special phase f
of the program on every day OF the +
campaign The work win be taken into /
the schools, industrial plants, churches, f
moving picture theaters and news 4
papers.
Everything worth while Is the re-
suit of education. Newspapers are the +
worlds greatest factors in lromQing
work. They Will bet de- /
pended upon in this campaign. as usual.
to play the most important part
savings clubs are 10 be organized,
ESSAY contests and talks viii be held
IN the schools, posters will be dis
played i'm business houses and store +
windows. sermons on the ten com
mantnents o. the financial creed will
be preached Is the churches, and va I
rious other ways of getting the idea I
across will be employed"