Saturday, April
6, 1918, The Third Liberty Loan bond sale began at 9 o’clock all over the
United States. The allotment to the town of Covert was $27,200. Before 9:30
o’clock 97 subscribers had applied for a total of $33,300, or more than 20%
over our allotment. And applications are still coming in, every day.”
So reads the
first paragraph of the April 12, 1918 Interlaken
Review
article under the headline Covert ‘Over the Top’ Went over at 9.30—Now has Honor
Flag.
“Up to 4 p.m.
yesterday 125 citizens of the town of Covert had made application through the
banking house of O.G.& D.C. Wheeler for a total of $37,100 of Third Liberty
Loan bonds, or 36% over our allotment.”
Two other
newspapers noted this accomplishment in the days following the 6th.
Ithaca News, “Interlaken is the first town in this
vicinity to go over the top. The New York
Sun records that Interlaken oversubscribed its quota the first day of the
campaign. Congratulation to a patriotic neighbor.”
The Ithaca News noted, “The Third Liberty
Loan Committee of Interlaken has put its town ‘over the top’ in the first half
hour of the campaign…The chairman, J. K. Wheeler, is to be congratulated on his
efficient organization.”
“The New York Sun mentions the names of 17
places in New York State that are ‘tied’ in the race for first honors in going
‘over the top’ in the New York State flag contest. Among the places were
Interlaken, Lodi and McGraw.”
“The honor flag
was received here by first mail on Monday and promptly flung to the breeze in
front of the Banking House of O.G. & D.C. Wheeler.”
Also included in
the article was a list of the gentlemen and ladies on the Liberty Loan
Committee. Many people will quickly recognize long-standing family names, and
also a few not so familiar ones.
Dewitt’s Diary Thursday, April 6, 1933
Sheared
the sheep today 34 head sheared 325 pounds including lambs. Grass in the
orchard shows green, also the lawn.
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