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CHARTER CARPET CORPORATION
NEW CONCEPTS/TEADITIONAL VALUES
NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD
CALHOUN, GEORGIA 30701
AREA CODE 404/629-4556
COMMERCIAL BROADLOOMS, INC.
CALHOUN, GEORGIA 30701 PHONE: (404) 629-4521
Executive Offices
A subsidiary of COMMERCIAL CARPET CORPORATION
10 WEST 33RD STREET, NEW YORK, NEfW YORK 10001
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WINDER
LUMBER COMPANY
General Building Materials
Concrete Blox
Phone 867-2161
WINDER, GA.
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“Looper Specialists To The Textile Industry”
1414 Murray Ave. Phone 278-1635
DALTON, GA. 30720
GEORGE N. BRUNT ASSOCIATES, INC
INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD
CALHOUN, GEORGIA 30701
AREA CODE 404
CALHOUN PHONE 629-4527 DALTON PHONE 278-1298
S. J. Morcock Ben T. Banks, Jr.
MORCOCK & BANKS AGENCY
It Pays To Know Your Insurance Man
Phone 786-2300
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conversation with the driver,
he told him the purpose of the
gathering which he was at
tending. Upon arriving at the
destination, the cab driver re
fused to accept payment for the
ride, bought an Israel Bond
from his passenger, and drove
off with a pile of subscription
forms and prospectuses, prom
ising to try to sell Bonds to all
his fares.
There were numerous indi
viduals like the elderly man
who walked into the office in
one city with $4,300 in cash to
buy a Bond. It was his life’s
savings, he said. When asked
how he would get along, he
answered in Yiddish, “God
will take care of me.” In a
similar occurrence, a working
girl brought in her life’s sav
ings and bought Bonds, ex
plaining that as long as she was
working slfr^would get by, and
she wanted Israel to have the
use of the money. A young
man of 22 invested his family’s
life savings of $2,700 in Israel
Bonds—$1,000 he had received
as a wedding gift, $1,000 his
wife had received, and $700
they had saved for their, two-
year-old child.
A bank in a small commun
ity was overrun with people
making withdrawals or taking
loans in order to buy Bonds.
The atmosphere was electric,
the enthusiasm was catching—
and the bank itself made a
$75,000 purchase. In another
community, a group of Jewish
farmers, joined by many of
their Christian neighbobrs,
wanted to buy Israel Bonds
despite the fact that they had
no ready cash due to a bad sea
son. Borrowing from local
banks, they bought over $300,-
000 in Israel Bonds, nearly
double their previous record.
Some of the stories are amus
ing, some of them are deeply
moving, all of them are en
couraging in terms of the hu
man spirit.
One woman entered an
Israel Bond office and asked
for the ladies’ room. She
emerged a short time later
carrying a money belt which
she had just removed. Result?
A purchase of $10,000.
An elderly lady came into
one Bond office with $250—
the price of the new dentures
she needed, representing all
the money she had. She ex
plained that Israel needed the
money immediately, and add
ed. “I have waited so long for
my new teeth. I can wait a
little bit longer.”
A newspaperman, who lost
his job in the recent closing of
the New York World-Journal-
Tribune, took his entire sever
ance money and invested it in
Israel Bonds.
In another community, the
Bond office received a call
from the wife of a man who
had just undergone major sur
gery. She said: “The first thing
my husband asked . hen he
came out of the anesti tic was
that I tell you that he .'ants to
increase his purchase ubstan-
tially. Please announce this in
crease at the Israel Bend din
ner next week.”
Various groups undertook
efforts of a scope and intensity
that they had never tried be
fore. In Philadelphia, plant
owners and union leaders can
vassed the city’s entire men’s
clothing industry, selling more
than $285,000 in Israel Bonds,
mainly to non-Jews. A group
of teen-age boys and girls, stu
dents at a Hebrew academy,
sold $40,000 in Israel Bonds
within a few days by ringing
doorbells.
On another occasion, a small
synagogue group got together
to plan an Israel Bond meeting
to be held two days later.
There was no intention of sell
ing Bonds at the planning
meeting. But when the session
ended, a spontaneous current
swept through the group, and
they bought $29,000 in Bonds.
One of the members, a working
man of limited means, the next
day brought in a fistful of
rumpled bills of different de
nominations — an additional
$1,000 purchase.
One of the most impressive
stories concerns a small syna
gogue which had never sched
uled any activity for Israel
Bonds. During Israel’s period
of crisis, the synagogue of
ficials called the Bond office
on their own initiative, and
asked that someone come to
a meeting to tell them about
First
National
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In Elberton
Member FDIC
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