The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 14

I I illy -juamtr I Bankers and. Editors of Three States Join Hands With the Courier-Journal I 5 Pem broke Jou rnal. Princeton Leader. Providence Enterprise. Russeliville News-Democrat.

Sebree Banner. Seottsville Citizen. Shelbyville Record. Smithland Enterprise. Smiths Grove-Times.

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Paintsville Post. Pineville Sun. Pineville News. Burkesville Bank of Burlington People's Deposit Bank. Burlington Boone County Deposit Bank.

Clinton Clinton Bank. E'ton People's Bank of Earlington. Elktowu Farmers Merchants' Bank. Flemingsburg The People's Bank. Fountain Bank of Fountain Run.

Greensburg People's Greenville First National Bank. Golden Pond Bank of Golden Pond. Henderson Henderson National Bank. Hopkinsville Bank of Hopkinsville. Hopkinsville First National Bank.

Hopkinsville City Bank Trust Company. Irvine W. J. B. Williams Son.

Lewisport Bank of Lewisport. Marion Marion Bank. Monterey First State Bank. Morgantown Morgantown Deposit Bank. Pineville First State Bank.

Pembroke Bank of Pembroke. Perryville People's Bank. Paintsville Paintsville National Bank. Pikeville First National Bank. Hussell- First National Bank.

Salt Lick Salt Lick Deposit Bank. Shepherdsville Bullitt County Bank. Versailles Bank of J. Amsden. Vanceburg Deposit Bank of "Vance-burg.

Waddy Citizens Bank. Editors of the following newspapers enlisted their publications on the roster of the Christmas Cheer Club: KEirrucKr editors. Adairville Enterprise. Bardwell News. Neosra Cumberland County National Bank: Percy First National Bank.

Shelbyville Shelby County State Bank. Sims Bank of Sims. Sailer Springs Sailer Springs Banking Co. Staunton 'Wall Co. Taylorsville John Colgrove Co.

Taylorsville Farmers National Bank. Ullrn First National Bank. W.averly First National Bank. Windsor Commercial State Bank, IXDIAXA BANKS. Ambia First National Bank Arabia.

Aniboy State Bank. Bieknell Citizens Bank. Carlisle Peoples State Bank. Corydon First National Bank. Evansville Farmers Citizens Bank.

Evansville The Lamasco Bank. Garrett Garrett Savings Loan Trust Co. Huntingburg Huntingburg Bank. Kempton State Bank of Kempton. Kokomo Kokomo Trust Co.

Kokomo The Howard National Bank. Lawrenceburg Dearborn National Bank. Linton Linton Trust Co. New Market Farmers State Bank. New Albany Second National Bank.

New Point First State Bank. New "Washington New "Washington State Bank. OwensviUe First National Bank. Palmyra First State Bank. Princeton Citizens Trust Savings Bank.

Pershing Jackson Township Bank. Rusliville Peoples National Bank. San Pierre Bank of San Pierre. Sullivan Peoples State Bank. KENTUCKY BANKS.

Adairville First National Bank. UNDEEDS of editors and scores of bankers in the three States from which most of the men at Camp Zachary Taylor came joined early and enthusiastically in plans for the big celebration -which would convince the lads in khaki that "the folks back home" were mindful their Christmas cheer. The editors opened the columns of their papers to let their readers learn the various steps in the unfolding plans of the Christmas Cheer Club. Many of them acted as depositories of gifts and contributions in money, sending these later to Santa Claus' headquarters here. The bankers made remittances of contributions left with them by the people of their respective communities, in nearly all instances adding substantial contributions of their own.

A list of bank members of the Christmas Cheer Club follows: ILLINOIS BANKS. BridgeportFirst National Bank. Charleston Charleston. Trust Savings Bank. Columbia First National Bank.

Crossville The First National Bank. Edwardsville National Barik. Greemwell State Bank of Hoches Sons. Giff Farmers Merchants Bank. Franklin Dem ocrat.

Fow 1 er Trib une. Greenfield Democrat. andv i ew onitor. Gree nsb rg" im Hope Star Journal. Hazel ton News.

Hammond News. Hartford City News. Indianapolis Indiana Parmer. Indiana Harbor Sentinel. Jasper He raid.

Jamestown Press. Jeffersonvi lie Republic. Jefferson vill Star. Kingrran Star. Ke tlan Democrat.

Kokomo Tribune. Da doga Lea der. Lapel News. Leba on ne er. Liberty Express.

Madison Herald. Madison Courier. Medaryvi lie Journal. Mt. Vernon Western Star.

Mt. Vernon Democrat. Morocco Courier. on ticello Herald. Muncie Press.

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New Castle Courier. Noblesville Ledger. Osgood Journal. Peru Sentinel. Peru Republican.

Princeton Democrat. Rising- Sun Recorder. Rochester Sentinel Rossville Journal. Rushville Republican. Salem Democrat.

South Bend Times. Star City News. Su Hi vanTimes. Tell City Journal. Terre Haute Post.

Executive Committee of the Camp Zachary Taylor Christmas Cheer Club (Continued from Page Three.) diana and Southern Illinois community sending their sons to Camp Zachary Taylor. Attractive colored posters were printed and mailed to banks and newspapers in these communities together with letters appealing to them to use their efforts to stimulate local contributions toward the cause. It was explained in these appeals that General Hale had estimated that half of the soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor would not be remembered by the folks back home at Christmas time unless some organized movement was started for them. Many of the soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor have no folks back home, or their families are too- far away or are too poor to care for The Courier-Journal had implicit faith that the civilian population of these communities was sufficiently patriotic and generous to will that no soldier preparing to defend the homes and lives of the civilians would pass Christmas unremembered. The Courier-Journal's faith in the public generosity has been abundantly justified.

The response has been most gratifying. The investment of money and labor that the Courier-Journal has put into this undertaking has paid abundantly in satisfaction that has come from the hearty- and enthusiastic co-operation of the great-hearted civilian populace. Several hundred newspapers and banks responded quickly to the Courier-Journal's appeal, with letters of sympathetic encouragement and promises of pfactical co-operation. So impressed were the Red Cross officials by the Courier-Journal Christmas Cheer Club's success, that James R. Garfield, head of the Lake Division of the American Red Cross, isshed an official bulletin instructing all Red Cross Chapters in the Lake Division to send their Christmas gifts to the Cheer Club, and Mr.

Garfield, when in Louisville early in December, wrote a personal letter to Mr. Watterson, warmly thanking him for the Christmas campaign of his paper and appointing liim the official Red Cross Santa Claus. The task of buying, assembling and classifying the various articles of merchandise destined for the soldiers was a colossal one. The gifts were assembled in a large room in the Courier-Journal building and sorted into individual packages by women volunteer workers. After it had become evident that the Christmas fund would be sufficient to guarantee a gift for every soldier the question arose as to how the gifts should be presented "to the men.

It was not a' question of transportation for there were plenty of Louisville business houses eager to place their at the disposal of the Christmas Cheer Club, but the spirit of the occasion demanded that there be something more than that. It was not deemed enough to place the gifts on trucks and deliver them to the soldiers. It was decided to have a committee represent the civilian population at the Christmas exercises. Accordingly the call was sent out for volunteers to serve on this committee. The idea was to have one civilian assigned to each barracks for the purpose of putting the intimate human touch into the celebration, to give the soldiers the concrete and physical proof of the solid, sincere devotion of the pub Union City Times, Valparaiso Messenger.

Vernon Times. Vevay emocrat. Walker ton Independent. Wayne town Di spa ten. Winchester Democrat.

Winchester Herald. Wins mac Democrat-Journal. Whiting: Call. Wing-ate News! Wolcott Enterprise. Zionsville Times.

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Louis Tribune. East St. Louis Journal. Edwardsville Democrat. Elizabethtown Independent.

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Lou i sville Democrat. Madison Republic. Marion Republican. Marissa Messenger. Martinsville Planet.

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Marie Tribune. Sandoval Independent. Salem Herald-Advocate. Shelbyville Democrat. Springfield Tradesman.

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