Show I n I Bonds Now I Celebrating I Year The year r of the US U.S. Savings Bonds Bonds' success story is being observed during 1951 1961 Grand county savings bonds chairman James W W. Hartshorn said here today During the first month of the year-long year observance sales sates salesi i of Series E and H ti savings bonds t I tin in this county amounted to to the chairman said Overall state sales sates totaled during January Up more than a quarte quarter million over December It was announce announced ell ed by Frederick P. P Champ state bonds chairman During the past 20 years this program ha has not only played an important role In federal financing but It has hIlS become one of Americas America's greatest savings Institutions Today hold I Imore I more than 43 billion In I savings bonds s an en Impressive backlog of future purchasing power OWer for tor th the tM American citizen he said Mr Champ pointed out that nationally the trend of ot Increased ed sales and low lower r r redemptions continued that according to Treasury figures the January Increase of ot million In the c cash sh value of E and It 11 bonds outstanding was the Ule largest recorded re corded since March 1956 It has also been announced by the Treasury Department that William N. N Neal Neat at the re request request re quest of Se Secretary tary Douglas DU Dil Dillon lon Ion has agreed to continue as national director of the US U.S. savings bonds division Secretary Secretary Secre Serre tary Dillon emphasized that the savings bonds program plays a basle basic role in the administration of the public debt and affords an opportunity for every AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican Iran citizen to participate directly dl- dl In the sound management of the nations nation's finances Mr Neal Is on leave to the treasury from the Wachovia Bank nank Trust Co Sa WinstOn em NC |