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the georgetown herald smntyssvantli year of ptukmam wedneiky april 26th 1944 200 par ammm 5c par copy sixth victory loan campaign got underway on monday can we meet the challenge of thu loan more than ft defenslro war th sbctn victory loan constitutes the greatest continued on back page second section what ba victory bond a victory bond is proof that you have loaned dollars to your country to help win this war this bond is your countrys prom ise to return your money to you and in addition to pay interest on i your money each halt year until it is repaid this promise is backed by the wealth and resources of can ada and toy your countrys record lor 1 paying all its obligations always in full victory bonds are obtainable in de nominations as low as 95000 they can also be secured in 100 500 and 41000 denominations victory bonds can be purchased on the time-pay- window displays posters flags attractive for victory loan drive ment plan fc put victory first and bay victory bonds today ringing of bells and blowing of whistles usher in sixth victory loan drive tctti the slogan put victory first the sixth vie- fcory loan got underway on monday morning and it is without a doubt the most fcnportant of all appeals yet miv to can gere in georgetown we are asked to raise 23000q and with esqueslngs quota of s140000 makes a total of 370000 for this district hie success of the loan may speed the day of victory nearer ana it is p to each one of us to do our part in the coming days we have pot past the stage of asking ourselves should i give my support doing all t hat we out individually is a foregone conclusion more important hi the question how much more can i subscribe than i had considered doing at first thought the people of canada have made a magnificent contribu tion towards winning this war no one group has made a greater contribution either by way of quota or total ef fort than the people of geor getown and esqueslng by tout response in the previous campaigns you have set for yourselves a high standard of responsibility the needs of ft put victory first loan are greater than ever before and we are sure you still have the will to win and that you will not only maintain but surpass your quota again get the habit we all eat three meals a day and it has become a habit we have acquired other habits m the past few years which are part of uv- have had our lives turned in side out we work harder at different jobs at different hours we have fitted our selves into wartime existence jo sn ftwrjng degree we know we mast in order to let us speak about one of tbese new habits one vblch is as necessary to us as three meals a day the victory bond habit there is nothing new about victory loans we are now accustomed to them we sre an familiar with victory bonds we know t hat backed by an the wealth of this country they are the greatest security we can have we know that we will all continue to buy bonds as long as they are necessary to help win this war no there is nothing new about victory bonds there is nothing new about war either but its price must be paid as free individuals we have always had a habit tf we reauy wanted some thing and we had the money we got it somehow and price was no object right now we really want victory we have the money today to do our share in winning this war we are earning more money now than w aver earned in our whole his we have accomplished mors as canadians than we any other nation of our sh ever accomplished in an rns- can we meet the chaoeiife dant forget that fills it not an offenlsve war we are no longer taking it we are dlsh it out the slogan of tus loan is put victory that takes mossy t money than ttw before wul you help pass the ammunition attack attack attack th is the keynote of canadas armies this year and every attack uses up fabulous quantities of war equipment machine guns mortars and tanks bullets bombs and shells vehicles rad ios and medical supplies that means a steady flow from canada to over seas divisions so that our fighting men may have an abundance of what they need to achieve victory our role at home is to produce and to pay for what we make and ship with our dollars we can help pass the ammunition to our boys on every forward line it is not enough to convert our savings into victory bonds we can do more we must do more by confining our purchases to strict necessities we can buy an extra bond and pay for it by instalments every pay day right now let us save more lend more let us really put victory firsti put victory first georgetowns objective 230000 esquesing district 140000 dk buy vic tory bonds the blowing of whistles and the ringing of bells ushered in the sixth victory loan st oclock on monday morn ing knoeorgetown their message to the people of this town and vicinity was how the time to do your part in winning the war buy aft the bonds you can to fulfill the quota of 370ooo set for georgetown and district the victory flag is waving proudly in the breeze from atop the post office tower and shields and banners bat ing your support in the vic tory loan have been placed throughout the town a tt for victory thermometer is being placed in moglbbonw store window and each day the sales of bonds in geor getown and the county wffi be recorded by the mercury headquarters for the loan is at the waterworks buildmv and any phone calls regard ing bonds will be handled there mrs angus duncan si loan secretary theres a special victory loan display in c j bucks window now put in by the publicity committee and to wards the end of the week youll doubtless be seems many fine examples of win- dowdresslng art in connec tion with the victory loan lor nearly all the merchants are entering into the win dow dressing contest spon sored by the local war fin ance committee with en thusiasm and with hoi winning one of the three cash prizes 1200 800 and s3jb0 grand victory loan theatre night will be held in the gregory theatre on may 4th when two hours of motfcxc picture entertainment win b sponsored in thebitorosts of the vktery loan by fitorjttown ww romeo conmitteo bill of fare is that epic pas ture the battle of russia the two other pictures bring shown war department re port axia canadian army singgang are also wsav worth seeing in fact in oaar of the pictures the hl of a lancaster bomber frons the factory at malton to n bombing of berlin wfq d wlthln the next few west ttt of the following boest salesmen will call at ysst home mr g c brown lax w a wilson mr wm deans mr f kersey mf l k degg and mr t b hewsan mr e v maooormack tj chairman of the sales i mlttee and is assisted by he leroy dale ko mr fj1 mcnauy mr howard may the setupof the town national war committee for thestxth vic tory loan is as follow honorary chairman me ralph ross active cochairmen mr l e fleck and mr w f bradley chairman sales mr k t maooormack chairman publicity mr walter carpenter g l mcourray s thos bason jr rev c o cochrane h o mocflnra bl c wrlgglesworth k m langdori payroll savings obalrmsn mr r b founs commttttsw w h ksntner art bssn- mont w b ford the committee for lbs stk district are sa follows c ltntw watter -law- son d r moussjtutn a w man bes ossbroek bjp undnar becttos