| Show THRIFT STAMPS ARE DISCUSSED BY THE PARENT TEACHERS RS NN hat every one says must be true nd every one sava that the parents I 1 lea eachers chers meeting held sunday I 1 3 was the best yet this year it was aas by far the best attended and the building was well lighted aless jennice jennyce dennion rendered a vo cal solo and miss beatrice string lam bam a piano solo PrIa principal cipal colton who Is deeply interested in the thrift campaign and that being the subject could not resist making a few remarks ilon hon L W curry county chair man of the thrift stamp campaign who Is heart and soul with our country in this great struggle and who in iii spending much of his valuable time in various organizations ad dressed the assembly ly and intelligently in matters mattera ot of vital interest ile he had just returned from salt lake city and california cities where here special plans were als cussed and formulated for the inter est of the western states ile he tells us that it is recognized that utah lias has the best organization for the promotion of these various war relief measures and utah men are benir used as heads of important and responsible positions mr air mole of salt lake city doubtless la is one of the busiest men in the nation having at present clerks working under him heber J grant Is state If rf ef the central fed aeration reserve certificates while mr wilson formerly a salt lake business man now residing in call fornia Is director of the treasury certificate campaign utah has thus far done more than she has been asked to do she no now has her pride and patriotism at stake she must continue to do her share whatever it may be thus far we ae have made no sacrifice america is at war warl can we expect to go on and on and not feel it certainly not we niu must t be prepared to sacrifice much ifft it it needs be we can subscribe to the various war measures and at the end get all our money back with liberal interest but if we do not subscribe the war must be financed just the same and the government will be compelled to take 60 per cent of our belongings and we will get nothing in return the thrift stamp means much to the government yet it in no way interferes with the regular business and involves no sacrifice but it must not be left to the children alone as aa it has been estimated they alone can raise only and since we are asked for the I 1 grownups grown ups must buy thrift stamps superintendent earl thompson said he could inform the meeting as to how he felt about the thrift stamp campaign in ten minutes so BO at hla his rapid rate of speech he put forth facts that were alarming ile he soon convinced all that we were not a thrifty people our pilgrim fathers were thrifty they worked and laid the foundation for this great republic but the later generations have not had to use thrift ve ae arft are abounding in wealth and because of tile the ease with which we get money we are extravagant ten cents to in an american child means two opera bars a bag of peanuts or two packages of gum instead of ten cents for his bank thrift stamps opens a now new gate for pennies and dollars dollare they are lading up something for the future when 60 people who are now engaged in war will be thrown back for occupation making wages low we must equip our soldiers to meet the german machinery the wealth of the united states Is IB must adust we sacrifice some of this money or shall we sacrifice our men mena machinery and equipment means a saying saving of man power the more we do now the sooner we will get through with this war and the more lives saved paved we must also go short for clothing ourselves so BO that the manufacturing establishments may devote their energies to the making of clothing to supply our armies the time passed quickly and the aud audenne au dence lencer would never had known that more than the aforesaid ten minutes had been used had not lion ilon L W curry objected to the alma tim 1 used by supt bupt thompson accusing accusia P him of speaking one half hour which the superintendent denied until mr air curry showed him his watch natch which had off 27 minutes mr alf curry then insisted upon having the floor long enough to tell us that dieb 11 eb er J grant senator W W armstrong and geo T odell would visit vernal at a time designated b the people and would meet us in IL a monstrous patriotic mass meeting and discuss with us things pertaining to present conditions |
