Milford chronicle., 1944-09-01


, nies after which a bond rally wa
held and the members of the Re
Cross Canteen served refreshment
= to most of the gathering. Thes
q affairs are cited for the purpose o
' showing the spirit of this drive an,
z from all accounts this same spiri
r seemed to permeate every commu
2 nifty in the county.
At Georgetown a record in thu
q sale of E Bonds was made. Th'
' sale of E Bonds. during this driv'
was stressed in every community
, Georgetown being the first town Il
. go over the quota in this series
Very few of the towns made theil
quota in the sale of E Bonds but
most of the towns such as, Reno
both, Lewes, Delmar, Seaford
Laurel went over their quota in the
total sale bonds.
Our news papers in Sussex
County did a very wonderful job
the Leader, the Register, the
Sussex Countian, the Delaware
Coast News and the Milford Chro-
nicle showed their patriotism re-
gardless of political affiliatiOn.
Each publication devoted a whole
issue to Bond Buying" and for the
duration of the drive each gave
valuable space for articles giving
publicity to all the activities in
connection with each community.
At Selbyville where a rural publi-
cation, The Peninsula Broiler Jour-
nal, is printed, a certificate of
merit was awarded by the U. S.
Treasury Department for the CO.
operation rendered in behalf of the
War Finance Program during the
drive.
Work done at the banks and by
the employees at the Post offices
deserves special mention. Without
their trained men and women who
so willingly gave of their time and
knowledge, could this work have
been carried on so successfully.
Besides of the banks and Post
Offices being the main issuing
agents in each community, it was
necessary that they keep en-
ployees working night and day,
selling the most of the bonds and
keeping the accounts balanced.
This was a real job. too much
credit can not be given them.
The rural sections under the
supervision of Mr.. William II.
Henderson did their part in max
ing the sales reach every farm
home. Rallies were held in rural
schools and churches. At a meeting
on arrangements. held in Dover
previous to the opening of the
drive, it should be mentioned to
the credit of Mr.. Wilson of Kent I,
County, who was present. that no |
soliciting be done on Sundays |
among the farm sections. This |
suggestion was well carried out !
and all soliciting done on week
days. to which most of the farmers
willingly responded.
One of the most outstanding
features of this War Loan Drive :
was the result accomplished by
the Milford Ordance Employees. a
plant employing about one thou
sand persons, making shell castings
for navy 40 nm guns decided to
sell enough bonds to pay for one
of these guns In order to encOur- /
age this idea special speakers sent .
from Washington and Wilmington
were on hand to give talks to the
employees at different times and to
point out to them the spirit of CO.
operation in their endeavor Navy
veterans and entertainers were on
hand to give short programs for
result of such efforts a total
the benefit of bond buying. These
sales added to the credit of Milford.
during the period of the drive over
$3.50 10000 in bonds was sold in
Milford, this was a record for the
county. The sale at the OOance
Plant was also record and was
only topped by the dupont Plant at
Seaford. Much credit for the sale
of these bonds at the Milford Or
dance Plant is due to Mr.. j. w.
Boston, Chief of Personnel.
Thus through the efforts of Mr..
Harry {. Gray of Wilmington,
manager of the War Finance Com
mittee for the state of Delaware
and Mr.. Edward c. Evans, Chair
man for Sussex County was one of
the most successful War Loan
Drives carried on in Sussex
County. From the period of June IL
TO July 8th, the scheduled period
Of the drive, was raised the great
est amount of money in the short
est length of time, in the history of
the state and of the county. All
sales made from the first of June
to the last day of July were
counted in the final total of $685.
900 100000 for the state and $2,6l9,-
J54.50 for the county.
This record is given, not to extol
he efforts of any one person, but
70 give due credit to all the patri-
}tic men and women who gave so
'reely and willingly of their time
md ability for this wonderful
,ause of freedom. |
Respectfully submitted by
Emma S. Burn, Secretary
to Edward C. Evans, 4
Del. County Chairman
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