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Show First Thrift Day. The first "thrift day" in America was August 11, 1915. That was the first time one special day was ever , officially set aside for the purpose of encouraging attention to thrift. The day was celebrated in California ns '"thrift day" in response to a proclamation procla-mation of Governor Johnson. The occasion oc-casion marked the opening of the thrift congress, held at the Panama-Pacific Panama-Pacific exposition by the American Society So-ciety for Thrift. Thrift Magazine. |