Word: bond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Governor Dwight P. Griswold of Nebraska, who had bravely wagered a hog with each of 27 other governors that Nebraska would outdo their states in the war-bond drive, was finally snatched off his hotspot by thoughtful friends. They bought 26 hogs at a livestock show, gave them to him. He may be ahead of the game. After shipping twelve hogs, he decided to postpone the rest of his pay-offs until the Treasury issued its final figures...
Geraldine Farrar, now 61 and long the buxom mistress of a rural estate in Connecticut, appeared in her Red Cross uniform at a war bond rally in Ridgefield, auctioned off a little...
Topping their U. S. Treasury quota of 12,000 by nearly 50 per cent, the civilian Houses completed the University's war bond campaign last night with a total of $2951 sold in bonds and stamps, according to Bertram A. Knight '46 of Adams House, acting as civilian Houses Director in the Third War Loan Drive...
Knight declared that the inter-House competition was responsible for much of the success of the bond drive at the University. He declared the campaign had witnessed the greatest show of House spirit shown since the war began. "I would like to thank each and every contributor," Knight stated, "who helped to make possible this most successful bond drive in the University's history...
Julio Ortega-Samper '45 and William W. Dunn '46 acted as the Dunster House bond salesmen. Robert S. Kleinschmidt '47 canvassed all the entries in Lowell House. The Adams House Bond Committee was headed by Knight. In conclusion, Knight stated that the House Committees would not sell any more bonds and stamps until the beginning of the new term in November...The drive was sponsored by the War Service Committee of Phillips Brooks House...