The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-02-17
Lincoln County
Exceeds Bond Quota
By Large Amount
Sales Are More Than $107 900 Lorger
Than Amount Asked-AII Ports Of County
Respond NobIy to Governments Appeal.

over the top in handsome WY.
The quota was the largest Of NJ
| four drives but It has been far ex-
ceeded. The quota was $116,70o.o0
in individual purchases and $1l7.-
10000 in sales to corporations mot
including banks), grand total Of
| $234, 100000. Here are the actual
figures as reported last evening:
Individual purchases ......$1l9, 1o66 80
Purchases by corporations "a, O00e0
Total ........--............-....$ 341, 286. 80
Thus the grand total exceeded the
quota bv $l07, 086.50.
Mrs. Gildea, local chairman, md
other members Of the Libby Wom-
ans club, who sponsored the drive
IN the county, are highly gratifie1
over the splendid result. Il feel
especially indebted to the laree
corps Of solicitors who did such En-
cellent work" said Mrs. GildAn-
Some OF them made several call4
IN order to cover their districts and
they did great deal Of hard work
We also feel most grateful for the
high percentage OF pledges that
were redeemed. The people respond
ed most wonderfully in redeeminc
their pledges. Only few were left
unredeemed."
I am very much pleased with
the final result remarked M1x-
Jessie Fagerberg, county chairman
! OF the War Finance committee. 1T
was very gratifying to see the peo-
pie respond so we'll to the increased
quota for e bond sales"
Another person who worked most
faithfully during the drive was II.
". Smithberger Of the First State
Bank. 4 noted this" said Mr..
Smithbereer. There were more in
dividual purchasers this time than
lin any other drive. The govern
tnnant WANTED to plaee the bonds IN
the hands Of individuals and there
by withdraw large sums Of money
from active channels. thus helping
to prevent initiation"
The last hour or two OF the drive
were tense and exciting, report Lib
by women who were managing the
drive. The quota for individual pur-
chaSes had not been reached but a
number Of Libby people were COM
ing in and buying bonds to help
out. Finally just before the time
closed, a Libby man made a pur-
chase large enough to put the coun-
ty more than over the top in in
dividual purchases.
Some rather interesting matters
developed from the drive. The First
State Bank OF Libby sent in l,178
separate bonds bought by individ-
uals. amounting to $78,925.75. The
Libby postoffice sold 173 SIS bonds.
~ $50 bonds and IA 500 bonds
or total Of 214 bonds amounting
to $5,l37.5O. The Libby schools re-
ported sales Of bonds and stamps
Of $2,O85.O5.
Various large corporations bought
bonds and allocated certain amounts
to the credit of Lincoln county.
They were: Standard Oil Co. OF
Indiana, $1,000; Burgan's, $500:
State Of Montana, $35, 900; Great
Northern Railway, $4,000; Mon
tana Power Co, $4,000; Federal
Land Bank, $1,000; Shell Oil Co,
Inc, $4,000; J. G. Penney Co, $4,000;
Texas Co, $500; Army and Navy,
500; Mountain States Power Co,
$4,000. Other corporations gave
large amounts but did not wish to
be mentioned.
Mrs. Maurice Nelson, Troy chair
man, reports sales through the Troy
postoffice of $4.818.75 in E bonds
and Troy schools in bonds and
stamps sales of Sl,176OO; and q
total of about $4,000 through the
Troy bank.
VIM. L. FeWkes reports sales from
Rexford as follows: Through Rex
ford postoffice, $l,l25.0O; through
banks credited to Rexford, $4,000,
total Of $l,725.0O.
E. L. Benson, Eureka chairman,
turns in sales through postoffice of
$l9, 1880, and through banks, 81
$50, or total of $24,749.5O.
During the first war bond cam
'paign no concerted drive was staged
here but the quota was more than
reached
In the second drive the quota for
Lincoln county was $4,000 while
total sales were $208,83O.75.
In the third drive quota was $2O6,-
200; sales were $208, 83O.75.
In the present drive quota was
1924. 200; sales were as reported to
date, $341 ,286.5o The largest quota
-of the four and exceeded by the
largest amount.
FEEL MOST THANKFUL ~
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to everyone who supported
the Fourth War Loan DIVE. Had
we not received such excellent and
heart-warming cooperation we
doubt if the quotas would have
been reached.
LIBBY WOMAN'S CLUB,
Sponsors.
MRS. G. w. GII1DEA,
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