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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 25 Sep 1920, p. 12

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~~ SCHOOL CHILDREN TO HAVE SAVINGS TARGET Seventh Federal Reserve District Issues New Plans To Schools of Middle West School children of the Seventh Federal Reserve district are going to have a definite target to shoot at this school year in the matter of thrift and systematic saving. The 4,000,000 pupils in the 125000 school rooms of the five states comprising the district, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin, will indi- vidually be asked to save enough be- fore the last day of school to pur- chase two Government Savings stamps of maturity value of $5 each. The average school year in the dist- rict is about eight months, and on the basis of a "unanimous" showing, the pupils would save approximately $32,000,000. "School authorities all over the district," said W. B. BoswortH, Government Savings Director of Sales for the Seventh District, "fully appreciate the importance of incul- cating the spirit of thrift and sys- tematic saving in the school children, and they are enthusiastic in their efforts to aid the general movement. Follow Own Plan "While the individual 'quota' for the entire district will be two Gov- ernment Savings stamps for the year, the school authorities will follow their own plans of bringing about the big results. We are hoping that each pupil will average one Thrift stamp of twenty-five cent value a week, and we are hoping that the children will save largely through their own earning. Of course, many parents will provide the money with which to buy the stamps, but we believe that the children themselves will have the lesson brought home to them more impressively if they are per- mitted to earn the money through do- ing chores, running errands, raking up the fallen leaves, shoveling snow, and the like. Every 'kiddie' feels a bit prouder of his money if it rep- resents the result of work, and every boy or girl can find a way to earn the price of a stamp. "The matter of actual saving of money will be supplemented through- out the district by thrift lessons, at- tractive, impressive, easy-to-learn lessons. Last year the children of the district invested approximately $5,000,000 in Thrift stamps and Gov- ernment Savings stamps, but the pupils had no definite target to shoot at. They indulged more or less in the hit-or-miss system, saving their pennies and nickels irregularly. With the 'quota' system, we believe that the children not only will give a new value to the cent, but will be less inclined to 'get rid of their nickels and dimes. "Last year the thought that 'the A The Sure Sign of a Good Painter 'When your painter recommends and uses Hockaday's INTERIO the washable paint for all interior surfaces The +4 H : Por E pe | INTERIO : THE Wasiag1e wail FINISH... You can be sure he is giving you the most paint for your money, because | INTERIO covers 309, more surface | and requires no priming or sizing. : Two coats flowed on give a hard, saniseey, beautiful surface that looks right and stays ges, because it can be washed any number of times without injury. On some walls 10 years-- still too good to renew. Another reason the wise painter is strong for INTERIO is that it never chalks, peels or lime burns. So he is sure of a satisfactory job every time. If you don't know the name of a painter who uses Hockaday's INTERIO, here's one. Call him, and you'll get a dependable job at a reasonable cost. "Every Day is Hockaday" J. F. ECKART CO. 736 ELM ST. Phone Winn:tka 844 war._.is over' prevailed strongly in many parts of the district, and the superintendents, principals and teachers did not stress .the import- »nce of continued thrift and saving. Almost without exception the school authorities now are heart and soul '| with the savings movement, realiz- ing that saving even in small amounts is essential to community and nation- al welfare." CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS As the farmers become more pros- perous they are less satisfied with the old fashioned district school. The movement to consolidate country schools in modern central buildings is making rapid progress. It took the state of Iowa 17 years to get its first 17 consolidated schools. Then in the next six years it got 300 more of them. While a lot of money is saved by getting rid of the upkeep of a lot of little buildings, still consolidated schools are likely to cost more mon- ey. The transportation cost of a big sum. ~ Yet progressive states are helping out such schools by liberal grants of money. In Minnesota, for instance, a good consolidated school will us- ually draw from $4,000 to $5,000. 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Quality has always been the outstanding feature of U. S. Tires. There's no Iimit on the U. S. guarantee. All U.S. Tires are guaranteed for the life of the tire. Vv We have given a lot of thought to this tire proposi= tion. There is some advan- tage in being the represent- ativesof the oldestand largest rubber concern in the world. Drop in the next time you're down this way and let us tell you some interest- ing facts about tires. United States Tires WINNETKA GARAGE AND AUTO LIVERY - WINNETKA, ILL. - SHERMERVILLE, ILL. GLENCOE, ILL. GLENVIEW ILL. LLL 2 2222207207,

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