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Show The number of schools operating the program increased by over 50 per cent. Treasury statistics indicate that savings stamp purchases pur-chases in Utah during September-March September-March increased 118 per cent over last year the second highest high-est in the nation. This is an enviable en-viable record and we wish to give credit to the school officials and supporting organizations, post offices and volunteers who have given so many Utah youngsters young-sters an opportunity to lern habits of thrift." Savings bonds purchases for January-May in Salt Lake county coun-ty totaled $3,070,815, or 36.6 percent per-cent of the county's 1957 quota. E and H bonds in Salt Lake county were reported at $591,018. Statewide purchases of the two series amounted to $1,537,056 it was announced toy Frederick P. Champ, state bonds chairman. "E bond purchases during iMay were 9 per cent ahead of the same month last year, and H bond purchases were the highest for any month so far this year. This indicates that Utah citizens are becoming cognizant of the new interest return of 3Vi per cent compounded semi-annually, as well as the continuing advantages advant-ages of safety, security and guaranteed guar-anteed earnings when one's savings sav-ings are put into our government's govern-ment's savings bonds," he said. "Participation in the Treasury-sponsored Treasury-sponsored School Savings Stamp program became definitely more widespread during the past school year," Mr. Champ continued. NEW SAVINGS BONDS ATTRACT MORE SAVERS Utah purchasers of United States savings bonds took a decided de-cided upturn in May, according to W. Russell Anderson, county savings bonds vice chairman, who stated that sales of Series |