Banta Goes to War

December 22, 1943, The News-Times

Businesses in World War II, especially at Christmas-time, addressed to the public their not having their full-time staffs often and thoroughly.  An example shown above is the Christmas acknowledgement by the George Banta Company, of which my father was an employee.  In a virtual roll call, the firm gave the public an update on the doings (as best it could) of its employees, their whereabouts, etc.  It kept people informed as well as it being a nice shout-out to those workers who had answered the call of Uncle Sam to serve their country.  And at this time of year, they were sorely missed.