Show I I I I I Nearly Is Aug August st Bond Figure Edd E t. Grand Orand county county county coun coun- ty savings bonds chairman announced an announced that purchases of series E and an anH U H savings bonds boM In tn the county during August amounted to lo wide State purchases were 1 L an increase of per percent percent er cent compared with August 1956 1950 and the highest month of the year to date according to Frederick Frederick Fred Fred- erick P. P Cham Champ state bond chair chair- man Early reports Indicate that Utah's school savings stamp program program pro pro- gram is off to a flying start with practically all alt schools using Ising the program last year already under underway underway underway way and new programs being started in many districts according accord accord- according accordIng ing to Clem S Schramm state director A survey conducted by Albert C C. Brunisholz Salt Lake City principal for his masters master's theses indicated that 91 per cent of the parents favored the teaching teach teach- ing ng of thrift in the schools and 82 per cent of the teachers expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed the opinion that the savi sav-I say sayI ings stamp program should be a apart apart apart part of the curriculum Many units of the Teacher Parent-Teacher organization organization organization or or- American Legion Auxiliary Auxiliary Aux Aux- illary and Federation of Women's clubs are actively helping school officials carry on t the program i either by making a revolving fund available for stamp purchases servicing the program through getting the to I stamps the schools or both he said Utah schools rate among the nations nation's highest Jn in this patriotic thrift educational program Many ManyI more schools would adopt it if they were assured of help from civic school and patriotic organ organ- both men mens and women's We wish more groups would I make this part of their civic actIvIty activity activity act act- Mr Schramm stated January-August January bond sales reported reported re re- ported for Grand county were or per cent of the 1957 quota ac according to chaIrman chairman chair chaIr- man Kane county Claud M. M Glasier Glasser chairman has exceeded its goal by attaining 1228 per cent as the result of post office sales sates now augmented by the newly established Knab branch of First State Bank of Salina Wasatch county Gordon Mendenhall chairman has also reached beyond its goal with 1076 per cent of Its assigned quota I Other counties exceeding the month 8 average average are Sanpete 83 per cent Sevier 78 9 San Juan Iron Utah and Juab with per cent |