South Yorkshire Times November 22, 1947

£89,400 Savings Target
Denaby – Conisbrough’s 4 ½ Months Task

in the 4 ½ months remaining before March 31, Conisbrough and Denaby have to save £89,000 in small savings if Conisbrough Urban District is to achieve its target of £150,000 for the silver lining savings year. This was revealed by  acting secretary of Conisbrough savings committee on Wednesday.

Enlisting support

speaking at a meeting called by Conisbrough Urban Council and Conisbrough Savings Committee to enlist the support of club managements, licensees and religious and social organisation, Mr Campbell said that in the six months ended September 30, Conisbrough raised £49,300. For the past six weeks then average from £4500-£2000 a week, which gave them an approximate total of £61,000.

“It means that we have £89,000 to raise between now and the end of March. That is the problem confronting us,” he added “and that is the problem we are attempting to solve**

Councillor G Oldfield said that Mrs Oldfield had undertaken to secure street group secretaries and would be one herself. The National Services Club, with which he was connected had promised £200 as an investment towards the savings campaign and he thought that it other dubs would do the save they might get a satisfactory response.

Coun. D. Hollins said they should never let up’ until the final day.

Invitation Accepted

Mr, J. Wade. treasurer of Conisbrough Ivanhoe Club, reported that £3000 was to be paid out at his club and he invited a savings representative to attend the club to offer savings certificates for sale in the event of members wishing to re-invest their money. Coun. J A. Booth accepted the invitation.Mr G. N. Shires (Station Hotel) also invited a savings representative to attend at  his hotel on a Sunday evening.

The chairman, Nun. G. Cheshire J.P. said that a substantial number of circulars had been sent out to organisations inviting them to attend the meeting.  The response was very, very poor indeed, but he did not want to strike a despondent note except to say that so far as the joint savings campaign committee was concerned, there had to be a tremendous amount of work put in if they were going to achieve their target. This

Mr I. K. Hetherington (Savings Committee chairman), welcoming representatives who had attended, said they felt that the people they had invited were friendly with a tremendous number of people, and, therefore, they were ideal people to be secretaries of savings groups.

Mr. Campbell said that the ideal for which they should aim was one street group secretary for every 20 houses.

It was decided that an immediate approach should be made to clubs, hotels and social organisations with a view to securing their assistance in the establishment of savings groups, and volunteers were appointed to accompany Mr. J. F. Reid, area savings officer, in the Initial approach.