The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09
BOND ISSUE RECORD


ty ranks among the highest in the
state for the total subscribed during
the war. /
Edgar F. Hiatt was chairman Of the
First Liberty Loan drive in Wayne
county which was put on in 1917 be-
tween May 80 and June 16. The town
ship chairmen were: Boston, M.
Whitmeir; Center, Mark A. Stevens;
Washington, Daniel Clevenger; Wash
ington. Oscar Kirlin; Jackson and
Harrison, r. A. Hicks; Jefferson, A.
and Perry, John NJ. Manning; Greene,
William Griffiths; New Garden,
Thomas Brennan; Franklin, Ollie
Hunt; and Webster, Alphus Brown.
Far Exceeds Quota.
Wayne county's quota in this drive
was sS74,000 the subscriptions secured
came up to S1,340,200. In the Second
Liberty Loan drive. carried on in
tensively between Oct. and q,
George L. Gates acted as chairman.
e. H. Harris and the late w. c. Seek
-er had charge of the city work and
Demas Coe was publicity chairman.
The city of Richmond purchased $780,
900 worth of bonds in this drive and
100000 worth of bonds were subscrib-
ed before the drive proper began. The
loan quota for Wayne county was ST.
100000. The sum total Of bonds
bought was S1,900,400.
April 1918 was the time OF the Third
Liberty Loan. w. C. Seeker was coun-
ty chairman, but died soon after the
loan started and was succeeded by
Demas Coe, assistant county chair
man. The drive was set off by mass
meeting addressed by Governor Bam-
berger, of Utah. John Phillip Sousa's
Navy band was another feature of
this loan. They appeared in the Coli
scum on April 10.
Officers for Drive.
Other officers of this loan were E.
II. 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 wom-
ems committee of Wayne township.
The other township officers includ-
ed: Washington, w. E. Casket; Bos-
ton, o. NJ. Whitmeir; Center, H. H.
Peelle: Dalton, Harry Thornburgh:
Franklin. Will Curtis; Greene, Will
Lewis Harrison, Frank Worl;. Jack
son, Robert Hicks; Jefferson, Albert
r. Jones; New Garden, Thomas Bren-
nan; Perry, John Manning; Webster,
Howard Harris; Washington, Oscar
Kirlin.
The quota was again s1,10O,000 in
this drive and was exceeded by $452,-
$50.
1884 Subscribers.
The $4,000, 100000 issue of Liberty
Bonds in September of 1918 opened in
Wayne county for drive of $2,400,-
600. The Wayne county quota for the
drive was pledged on Oct 5. The net
subscriptions were $2,592,200 which
meant that $59.24 per capita of the
1910 county population of 43,757 was
subscribed. This was above the quota
per capita of $54.85. The subscribers
numbered 1854 or % percent of the
1910 population. The percent quota
subscribed was 10S, the average size
of subscriptions being 1852.
Demas Coe was chairman of the
county committee in this, the largest
drive. The city chairman was E. NJ
Campfield Fred Lemon was Wayne
township chairman. Mrs. Edgar Hiatt
was again chairman of the women's
city committee and Mrs. Druitt OF
Wayne county
The other township chairmen in
cluded: Arlington, w, E. Casket; Bos
ton. o. NJ. Whitmeir; Center, Ora
Dunbar; Clay, Raymond Better: Dali
ton, Harry Macy; Franklin, Will Cur
tbs; Greene, Will Lewis; Harrison,
Frank Worl; Jackson, Robert Hicks;
Jefferson, Albert r. Jones; New Gar
den, Thomas Brennan; Perry, John
Manning; Webster, Howard Harris;
Washington, Oscar Kirlin.
List of Charmen.
The city was divided into canvass
ing wards with chairmen as follows:
First Ward, Mrs. George A. Reid
and Ed Weidner; second ward, Mrs.
Arnold Klein and ]. C. Price; third
ward, Mrs. John Johnson and Harry
C. Doan; fourth ward, Mrs. Annette
admunds and J. Henry f. Bode; fifth
ward, Miss Carolyn Hutton and c. E.
rThomason; sixth ward, Mrs. Henry
Goldfinger and Leslie Harte; seventh
ward, north half, Mrs. George Chris
man and l.. S. Bowman; south half,
Mrs F. E McMinn and A. l.. Jenkins:
eighth ward. Mrs. Harry Williams and
John Burdsall.
war trophy train arrived here on
Oct 5 to add pep" to the drive, which
was formally launched by Mayor Jew
-ett of indianapolis. Numerous special
meetings at which addresses were
made by an organized unit of speak
ers and special music was furnished,
were held in ever township. AS in all
the other drives, posters and other
advertising material were used ex-
tensively.
Victory Loan.
The Victory Loan or fifth loan
which was completed the end of April
1919, was for a total of S1,S00,0O0 in
Wayne county. The subscription re-
ported to the state office in Indianap-
oils was 1851, 800. Lewis Reynolds |
was county chairman Of this loan. |
Carl X Meyer, was city chairman and
Jesse Bailey township chairman.
The ward convassing chairmen In.
cluded the following:
First ward, Bernard Knollenberg, |
Joseph Waterman and Mrs. Emma
Fggemeyer; second ward, Joshua AL
len, Howard Brooks and Mrs. George
Cunningham; third ward, Linus Mere
dith and Mrs John Johnson; fourth