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Show 'City Nears Quota In War Bond Drive Queen Contest Closed Wednesday At Midnight But Purchase Of Bonds Will Continue Through Week; $27,000 More Needed Springville's queen contest, conducted in connection with the big Seventh War Bond Drive, closed at midnight Wednesday, but the bond drive will go for another week and .in the meantime, those people who can buy more bonds, or those who have not availed themselves of an opportunity to do their bit at home, are urged to make their Durchases immediatelv. Springville's quota will be reached, if every citizen does his part and purchases a few more bonds during the next few days. A total of $147,275 in bonds had been purchased at noon Wednesday, Wednes-day, which indicates that approximately approxi-mately 27 thousand more dollars are needed to place this city over the top. According to a count of the queen votes Wednesday noon, Helen Hel-en Christensen, Kiwanis club candidate, can-didate, led in the race with 1,937 votes, compared to 1,333 votes for Louise Clyde, Lions club candidate, candi-date, and 1,282 votes for Mrs. Shirley M. Child, Jaycee candidate However, there remained several hours before the final count of queen votes could be made. Chairman J. W. Grant this week received a communication from the county chairman, stating that "At the meeting held Tuesday with the various Queen chairmen who were present, it was decided to hold the County finals on Tuesday, Tues-day, June 26, at 8.15 p. m., at the Paramount theater in Provo. . "Admission will be by war bonds only, and each community will be allocated a number of seats based upon the percentage of the County Coun-ty quota that their figure represents. repre-sents. This will mean that the number of seats is definitely limited. limit-ed. No more than two tickets are given to any individual regardless of the size of his bond purchase. "In connection with the show iteslf, arrangements have been made to present the motion picture pic-ture "Nob Hill", a new technicolor attraction starring Joan Bennett, George Raft and Lynn Bari, and in addition to the Queen Contest finals to be held on the stage, a one-hour musical and vaudeville performance will be precented by the Victory Review Unit which is composed of 32 prominent Salt Lake entertainers. This should be a gala climax to our efforts in the county." The tickets have been turned over to the bank and purchasers of bonds until Tuesday will be given giv-en tickets. Commenting on the importance of purchasing bonds, city chairmen chair-men point to the fact that the E-bond E-bond is the popular issue of the war bonds, designed to permit every individual to participate in the financing of the nation's war effort. And, while it has been difflcut to persuade persons in the lower income brackets to purchase E-bonds, E-bonds, they ofer an attractive Investment. In-vestment. These bonds are redeemable for their full face value, plus some earned interest, according to the schedule printed on the bonds, at any time. No investor in E-bonds could lose any part of the principal princi-pal because these bonds do not fluctuate on the market. It is further pointed out that the failure of a solicitor to contact con-tact an individual is no excuse for failure to support the government's govern-ment's effort, which means, In essence, es-sence, to stand behind the fighting men throughout the world. |