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Show County Goes Over Bond Quotas As Drive Ends Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., Helps County Quota With $25,000 Purchase Despite fears to the contrary expressed ex-pressed during the month, the citizens citi-zens and business houses of Washington Wash-ington county rallied with new enthusiasm during last week to push the Fifth War Loan drive sales up to a plump 127 per cent, reports Albert ; E. Miller, acting county chairman. The allotment for the county was $225,000. By office closing time Saturday the sales totaled $285,362.00 which, according to the 1940 census is $30.70 per capita. With the quota thus over-reached the chairmen throughout the county are breathing breath-ing deeply again, says Mr. Miller. Rockville was the first town to go over the top, reaching its quota of $8,700 at daylight the morning of June 12. Other towns also went over the first week. It remained, however, for La-Verkin La-Verkin to chalk up the top score for the. drive, reports Chairman Miller. This town's quota was an even $10,000, but they bought $22,649, or 220 per cent. With a population of 349 in 1940, this gives them a $65.00 per capita rating. U-I Sugar Buys $25,000 The Utah-Idaho Sugar company bought $25,000 worth of bonds and divided it throughout the county as follows: St. George, $15,500; Washington, $2,250; Hurricane, Hur-ricane, $5,000; LaVerkin, $250; and Leeds, $2,000. L. A. Nazer reported $44,750 bought by 38 business houses. This includes the $15,500 credited to St. George from the Utah-Idaho Sugar company com-pany purchase. There were four bond sale centers cen-ters in the county. Reports from these show sales at the State Bank of Hurrricane were $95,-237.00; $95,-237.00; Bank of St. George, $160-000.00; $160-000.00; St. George Post Office, $18,500.00; and St. George Building Build-ing Society, $11,275.00. Both the banks and the post office forces were kept right on the job over Friday and Saturday. Postal clerks reported that people came with milk bottles and other containers con-tainers filled with pennies and other small coins and converted these savings into bonds , and stamps to help Washington county reach the required quota. The central committee thanks all the local committees and workers who have made this report re-port possible, says Chairman Miller. Mil-ler. The employees of the Bank of St. George, the State Bank of Hurrricane, St. George Post Office, and St. George Building Society are also thanked by the central committee for their loyal cooperation. The following tabulation of allotments al-lotments per town on the Fifth War Loan drive and the results obtained according to reports of Saturday, July 8, were submitted by Albert E. Miller, acting county chairman. With some towns still unreported and some other sales not in when this tabulation was made, it is believed the per cent attained will be materially raised. The results are given by towns in the county, with the first figure fig-ure being the amount allocated, and the second the amount reported re-ported as purchased: St. George, 105,750, report in-complete, in-complete, Utah-Idaho Sugar bought $15,000; Hurricane $39,500, $56,-630; $56,-630; Enterprise $13,000, no report; Washington $11,750, $12,920, U-I Sugar $2,250; Santa Clara $12,000, over the top in first report; To-querville To-querville $5,000, $6,206.25; LaVerkin La-Verkin $10,000, $22,649.75; Spring-dale Spring-dale $3,000. $5,325; Rockville $8,-700, $8,-700, $8,431.25; Virgin $1,100, $1,-612.25; $1,-612.25; New Harmony $2,300, $2,-218.75. $2,-218.75. Ivins $2,900. no report; Gun-lock Gun-lock $2,000, $2,025; Leeds $4,000, over the top in first report; Central Cen-tral $1,600, $1,750; Pine Valley $2,500, no report; Veyo $2,500, over the top first report. |