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By subscribing its portion to the Victory Loan in 1919, McLean
County did two things worthy of its name and its august history. It
oversubscribed the last of the great war drives, the campaign that
brought the boys home. And it also raised a sufficient sum to make
the total pledges of five loans greater than the combined quotas of
those loans. Thus McLean county was more than one hundred percent
in its financial aid to the war. It defies reproach. It has maintained
its historical prestige of sound sense, integrity and patriotism.
Here
are the figures that show the financial war history of McLean county:
First Loan Quota - $ 1,300,000 Subscription - $ 800,000
Second Loan Quota - $ 1,700,000 Subscription - $ 1,200,000
Third Loan Quota - $ 1,762,000 Subscription - $ 3,000,000
Fourth Loan Quota - $ 3,676,000 Subscription - $ 3,805,000
"Victory" Loan Quota - $ 2,866,900 Subscription - $ 2,885,900
Grand total Quota - $11,305,900 Subscription - $11,690,900
The following were the total subscriptions by townships and precincts for the third, fourth and fifth loan campaigns:
Townships
Allin Third - $ 69,950; Fourth - $ 71,000; Fifth - $ 62,500
Anchor Third - $ 56,450; Fourth - $ 54,250; Fifth - $ 60,000
Arrowsmith Third - $ 53,150; Fourth - $ 56,150; Fifth - $ 43,750
Bellflower Third - $ 47,600; Fourth - $ 66,150; Fifth - $ 50,000
Blue Mound Third - $ 56,600; Fourth - $ 72,250; Fifth - $ 56,350
Chenoa Third - $ 99,450; Fourth - $ 126,950; Fifth - $ 123,050
Cheney 's Grove Third - $ 81,000; Fourth - $ 97,700; Fifth - $ 92,750
Cropsey Third - $ 21,100; Fourth - $ 31,650; Fifth - $ 32,450
Danvers Third - $ 82,450; Fourth - $ 87,750; Fifth - $ 67,700
Dale Third - $ 40,150; Fourth - $ 60,800; Fifth - $ 50,050
Dawson Third - $ 39,800; Fourth - $ 71,310; Fifth - $ 66,000
Downs Third - $ 41,000; Fourth - $ 56,300; Fifth - $ 53,000
Dry Grove Third - $ 38,350; Fourth - $ 52,100; Fifth - $ 39,850
Empire Third - $ 93,400; Fourth - $ 148,180; Fifth - $ 111,000
Funks Grove Third - $ 29,500; Fourth - $ 44,700; Fifth - $ 43,900
Gridley Third - $ 104,250; Fourth - $ 103,800; Fifth - $ 95,350
Hudson Third - $ 47,800; Fourth - $ 60,700; Fifth - $ 65,300
Lawndale Third - $ 28,000; Fourth - $ 41,900; Fifth - $ 32,000
Lexington Third - $ 65,150; Fourth - $ 122,500; Fifth - $ 93,500
Martin Third - $ 54,050; Fourth - $ 93,850; Fifth - $ 67,550
Money Creek Third - $ 29,150; Fourth - $ 43,200; Fifth - $ 32,800
Mt Hope Third - $ 89 200; Fourth - $ 96 000; Fifth - $ 81,600
Old Town Third - $ 41 000; Fourth - $ 53 350; Fifth - $ 30,000
Normal Third - $ 208,700; Fourth - $ 278,200; Fifth - $ 232,000
Randolph Third - $ 73,650; Fourth - $ 89,850; Fifth - $ 93,300
Towanda Third - $ 47,350; Fourth - $ 67,050; Fifth - $ 51,000
White Oak Third - $ 33,350; Fourth - $ 38, 950; Fifth - $ 24,400
West Third - $ 38,350; Fourth - $ 55,400; Fifth - $ 43,000
Yates Third - $ 29,450; Fourth - $ 49 200; Fifth - $ 30,150
Bloomington Tp Third - $ 60,950; Fourth - $ 51,750; Fifth - $ 44,600
TOTALS - Third - $ 1,800,340; Fourth - $ 2,341,940; Fifth - $ 1,968,900
The personnel of the leadership for the different drives in the county
changed to some extent, but many of the same people were active in
all the last three liberty loan campaigns. The following is the list of
names for the several townships for the third, fourth and fifth loans,
the first name in each instance being the township chairman for the
third, the second name for the fourth and third name for the fifth. In
cases where the same chairman acted in two campaigns, it being given
only once:
Allin - C. F. Kauffmann.
Anchor - Jacob Martens.
Arrowsmith - J. H. Henton, Earl W. Bane, E. S. Krum.
Bellflower - W. S. Bingham.
Bloomington - Fred J. Blum.
Blue Mound - Charles E. Wonderlin, Thomas Arnold.
Chenoa - L. L. Binnion.
Cheney's Grove - H. D. Stine.
Cropsey - F. E. Meeker, G. M. Meeker.
Danvers - E. P. Krum, L. A. Berg.
Dale - W. C. Rogers.
Dawson - Matthew Richardson.
Downs - Ed. L. Weaver.
Dry Grove - F. L. Bramwell.
Empire - George Dooley, A. J. Keenan.
Funks Grove - C. L. Disher.
Gridley - G. A. Manshardt, Thomas Moate.
Hudson - R. A. Ensign.
Lawndale - Charles Atkinson.
Lexington - H. S. Shade.
Martin - E. O. Wills, A. L. Hutson.
Money Creek - Elmer Ogden.
Mt. Hope - S. B. Van Ness, Isaac G. Funk.
Normal - C. O. Hamilton, Lester H. Martin.
Old Town - Fred W. Boston.
Randolph - J. P. Shelton.
Towanda - P. N. Jones, G. H. Geiger.
West - Thomas D. Irish.
White - Oak J. K. Esh.
Yates - C. E. Graves.
Bloomington City -
First Precinct - Hal M. Stone, Herman S. Ochs
Second precinct - J. J. Cowden, J. P. Lowry
Third precinct - P. W. Coleman
Fourth precinct - D. J. Salmon
Fifth precinct - J. M. McDonald, Edward
J. Madden
Sixth precinct - William E. Smith, Frank Ryan, J. F. Maloney
Seventh precinct - E. C. Haasc, John F. Morrissey
Eighth precinct - Richard M. O'Connell,
Frank Phillips
Ninth precinct - Sumner Goodfellow, W. F. Costigan
Tenth precinct - Leroy
Whitmer
Eleventh precinct - S. C. Deaver
Twelfth precinct - W. D. Snow
Thirteenth precinct -
A. G. Letson, Rev. A. D. Freden, M. B. Walsh
Fourteenth precinct - A. G. Erickson
Fifteenth precinct - Charles L. Miller
Sixteenth precinct - Dr. A. W. Meyer, W. A.
Wells, W. L. Tatman
Seventeenth precinct - Charles W. Silvers, Mrs. Ernest
Baldwin
Eighteenth precinct - Huber J. Light, William Merna, E. M. Heafer
Nineteenth precinct - J. J. Thomassen, D. W. Snyder, John Schlosser
Twentieth precinct -
C. C. Bowman, James Gray
Twenty-first precinct - Thomas Kane, W. H. Homuth
Twenty-second precinct - Clyde A. Johnston, William Freese
Twenty-third precinct - John
W. Harber, Harry L. Fleming
Twenty-fourth precinct - George Freese
Twenty-fifth precinct - Ira Whitmer, W. B. Leach
Twenty-sixth precinct - Robert E. Williams, E.
W. Sutherland, Arthur Heafer
Twenty-seventh precinct - E. S. Davidson, W. C.
Seran
Twenty-eighth precinct - Harry E. Albee, I. A. Lederer
Twenty-ninth precinct -
A. L. Pillsbury, Ernest H. Black
Thirtieth precinct - I. E. Good, E. F. Brechbeller.
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