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IN VICTORYLOAN
The Victory- Loa i CoMmittee
for the County of Bruce is busy
setting np the county organiza-
tion for the forthcoming Victory
. Loan Campaign, Mr, H. A. Me-
- 9illivray of 'Walkerton has again
- generously offered •his services
• as county chairman, and. Mr.
Ra1phPequegnat.of Port. Elgin
iz• has 'contented to take on the
• chairmanship of the. employees'
canvass in factories', .Mr. Clayton
Soh:axis Chesley is again Chair-
., inan. for publicity in•' the county
•Organization. • •
.There have: been some changes
. madein the headquarters' staff
in Walkerton. Mr. Dave Cassels,
• who has been •the organizer hr
the four previous loans in Bruce
County, 'is again the, .orpoizer,
• ' 7 Fifthla
for, the Victory oan. r,
Rest Winchester of TotOnto; Who
• is new 'to the county, it assisting
- • him. .Mr. P. Stuart MacKenzie of
Walkerton found it necessary,
due to 'the pressure of business,
•to resign from his, position as
• secretary, aid Mr,: FliCk of
Toronto is taking 'over, the job of
secretary. '• •
The objective in the County as;
a whole will probably be: about
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10 per .cent higher 'than last time,
•and it will take the CoMbined
efforts of everybody t niake the
lOan a success. For :purposes of.
• Victory Loan campaigns,,the Pro-
vince of Ontario is. divided into4' •
62 different units; and in 'Can-
, • ada's•Pourth Victory Loan, Bruce
. County stood in tenth place out
of the 62 niiits. With Our fight
•ing men winning battles. on the
together with ;Or Allies, 'it
• '• is up to us to do all in' our power
to back them up with the vast'
'quantities Of equipment which
they. need. This costs money
huge amounts of money! Let us
in Bruce County see that we
•", donl let, them down, and if
everybody puts everything they
• 4'h-a-rre-; behilid—t1W-•ftAthcorp..ifig
• campaign; t e Committee believe
that Bruce County will stand in
first position in the Pr6vince . of
•,Ontario 'instead: of tenth: ,
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, IXORNOW;, ONTARIO
THURSDAY, SEPT. 30th, 143
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TWO MATURITIES
'IN BOND ISSUE.
•• Rev, W. A. BeecrOft, general
• chairrnan, of the Fifth Victory
Loan has 'been: very busywith
• th; organizers appojnting chair-
- • Inen -..and—committee.„,_.mern•bers.
throughout the county. Mr.
lBee-
croft 'reports that he is:Very grat-
• ified to date as' practically every
one,of the old chairine,n and com-
mittee members have agreed to
act in this campaign. In accept-
, ing these retpOnsibilities the vol-
untary committee members .are
• • making a very great .contribution
to the success of the Victory Loan
and' to ICanada's war effort as
•this work entailt a great deal of
• time and sacrifice on the part of
these .men with absolutely no '
.remuneration„
,Mr. Charles' Saunders'of ,GOd-
erich is again heading the Pub-
• licity committee for the. county,
and Mr. NV: C. Attridge, Goderich
is chairman of the committee edoV;-.
, ering the employee canvass. Mr.
G. L. Parsons of Goderiph '
• chairman of the special names
• committee. This committee is re-
sponsible for the coverage of
• large industries who should be
• in a position to purchase $25,000
Or over.
The following gentlemen are
• acting as vice4ehairrnen of the
conty committee: Robt, Bow-
ma'ri of Brussels, Dr. A. IV Gm -mi..
bell of Hensall, Frank Fingland,
K.C., of Clinton, James Kinkead
Of Goderich H, C. MacLean of
• Wingham and 'Ross 'Scott of
• Brucefield.
• Mr. Ilsley, the minister of Fin-
ance, has just announced that the
Issue will be made up of, two
maturities,. 3 per cent bond due
in 15 .years and 2 Months matur-
ing 1st January 1959, and the
other Maturing 1st of May 1947
13/4 per cent bond: -Both are
priced, :at $100. This will make
the 'interest on the. 3 per cent
bond payable 1st January & July.
Holders of Dominion of..Can-
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Everybody is thinking a great deal
about the future these days . .'planning
. . . getting readylor the period tolollow
the war. All realize that the war may
bring surprises -but the tide is turning
n oar favour. •
• Chemists and engineers; producing things
needed for war, are maliing -distoveries
which will mean comforts and con-
, . veniences for all'of US when peace comes.
• New methods of making things, ne
p• rocesses, new materials, now bing
filed away in blue prints and formulae,
• will bring us many: new and useful
• articles. Many things not available -now
•will be replaced by better models
• and designs. •'
`You may have plans for. a. new hOme,
remodelling yourhpresenthome, new
• hone furnishings. If youare a farmer
• you will need. new and improved equip-
ment and machinery. -•
Now, while you are thinking and. 'plan-
ning, you can do something to insure
that your plan"can be carried out
Victory Bonds—which can be bought
on convenient instalments, with 'money
as you get it—provide a means of keep-
ing your savings intact, earmarked for
▪ thing,i you want.
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Most Canadians are saving money.
Most of us are buying Victory
..,Bonds and when we buy Victory
Bonds we are helping to win the war.
We care helping to peed" the day of
victory and we are doing something
that will benefit Ourselves.
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WHAT. IS A VICTORY BOND?
A 'VICTORY, BOND is the promise of the
Dii�il-of-Calia'di-to repay in cash the face
value of the bond on the date of Maturity with
half -yearly interest until that time. 'A Victory
Bond is the safest investment in Canada backed
• by the entire resources of the Dominion. Canada
• has been issuing bond' for '7t "years, and has
• never failed to pay every dollar of principal and
,interest When due.- A VictoryBond is an asset
• readily 'marketable at any time. ' •
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ada bonds due and payable Oct.
• 15th, 1943, and 4 per cent bonds
• due October 15, 1945 Which have
• been, called for payment at par
next October 15th, *ill be per-
' ntted to convert their holdings'
into' Fifth Victory Loan issues at.
a price of 100%,' and Mr. Ilsley
expressed hope all holders of the
earlier issues would take advan-
tage of the conversion offer.
Describing the new. Loan as "a
great blow sto be struck at a pow-,
erful enemy by: Canadians at
home'', Mr. flsley urged. all on the
• himne front to buy the'bonds to
"the utmost of theif ability so:
that we may truly achieve the
slogan of the Loan "Speed the
.Victory". .
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National War,Finance Committee
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OPPOSE OPEN DEER '•
SEASON IN HURON •
In View of the sentiment ex-
pressed at the June meeting of
Huron County Council, the War-
den's Committee last week passed.
a resolution •opposing an open
deer season in the County thisPall,
This action was taken after a
letter had been received from
the Department of Game & Fish..
dies, asking for. an expression
on the matter of an open.season
for antlered bucks in }Mon Co.
in November,'
Tcy a' Want Advt.—They bring •
results.
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