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Show Chairmen Named To Conduct Local BondDrive J. W. Grant, Heads Legion Group And Mrs. Lela Packard Will Supervise Legion Auxiliary To head up a state drive to sell at least $4,000,000 in war bonds during August, local chairmen in seventy-five communities in the state have been appointed by George Larsen of Spanish Fork, department commander com-mander for the American Legion, and Mrs. Frank Ajiderson of Salt Lake City, state president of the American Legion Auxiliary. They will serve under John M. Wallace, state chairman of the drive. Heading th drive in this section are J. W. Grant of the Legion and Mrs. Lela Packard of the Legion Auxiliary. To attain the goal of $4,000,000, Utah's August quota to carry on the war, each Legion and Auxiliary Auxil-iary member must sell or buy at least $350 worth of bonds in this locality, exclusive of bonds being purchased regularly on the payroll plan. That means that every idle dollar, every cent spent wastefui-ly wastefui-ly must be lent to the government, according to State Chairman Wallace. Wal-lace. It will be returned to the lender with interest added after the war. Plans for the local bond drive will be announced by the local chairmen. They will include a house-to-house or person-to-person canvass of all in the locality. Those intending to purchase bonds are urged to do so early -before Aug. 5 so the local chairman may report re-port the highest sum possible on Aug. 7 at the Legion department convention in Vernal. Aji attempt will be made locally to reach the local quota by that time, bringing distinction to the local legion and its auxiliary. All bonds purchased locally will count for the legion quota whether purchased from a legionnaire or auxiliary or not. The cooperation of the public with the veterans cf the First World War is solicited. |