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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 307 words

The success of the Nebraska plan so attracted the attention of those in charge of the national campaign, that Mr. Burgess was called east to assume charge of its application to the nation and a second date set for the War Savings Stamps campaign, in every state in the Union except Nebraska. In this campaign, as in the others. Kimball county followed the policy of having a large percentage of her quota subscribed ahead of the date and went over easily.

The report of March showed that by that time Kimball had gone over her quota by $3,000.

Five Kimball men took the individual limit of S1.000 of all of these bunds. They were W. J. Davies, Dr. P. C. Moffit. W. S. Rodman, P. Maginnis, and Gus Linn.

H. Vogler took $800.00. W. T. Young, $600.00, and some taking $500.00 were, John Ewbank, John 1. Filer. B. K. Bnshee, and C. Oscar Olson.

0. G. Linn was appointed in April to serve as director of War Saving Societies under the direction of Chairman Rodman.

On May 2nd, the sugar company sent S7.000.00 for its third Liberty Loan quota. which had not been expected by the local committee.

1. S. Walker, president of Kimball irrigation district, received this welcome gift from the Great Western Sugar Company at Denver, and explaining that out of their S2.000,- 000 Liberty Loan quota they were crediting $7,000 as the proportion that Kimball production entitled this company to receive.

Red Cross Drive On May 9th, County Chairman C. L. Alden received the Liberty Loan honor flag for the towns of Kimball, Dix and Bushnell, each having exceeded its quota. The total subscriptions of Kimball, exceeding $135.- 000., had far more than met its assigned quota of $97,000. In May, 1918, an organization was formed for the second Red Cross drive, with P.