Valders Lions Club purchases $500 U.S. Defense bond
Date
ca. 1940-ca. 1945
Publisher
Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Manitowoc Herald-Times
Summary
This undated clipping from the Manitowoc Herald Times is typical of articles that appeared throughout the World War II years reporting or promoting the sale of defense bonds. Often called "war bonds" after Pearl Harbor, defense savings bonds were introduced by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1940 as a vehicle for individuals and organizations to personally invest in their country and help finance the war effort. The picture in this clipping shows twenty-three men, dressed in suits and ties, seated or standing behind a long table covered with a white tablecloth on which there are several glasses, salt shakers, and other small tableware items. The men were members of the Valders, Wisconsin Lions Club, which had purchased a $500 defense bond, which is shown being handed to the club’s president, C.E. Brey, by Floyd Evenson, cashier of the Valders State Bank from which it had been purchased.