Evening star., 1942-09-21
Curbstone Scenes
1ypify Spirit Of
First Salvage Day
Youth Bids Farewell
To Metal Oddities
As Collectors Arrive

10 N6IOI O0OfrleS
As Collectors Arrive
AS the eastern areas of the Dis
trtct combined to pile up scrap
metal yesterday, the following early
morning scenes were typical of the
occasion:
A sleepy-eyed boy, Billy Severe,
age AZ, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Severe, 1851 Tennessee avenue NE,
pulled washtub to the curb in front
OF his home and awaited the Junk
collector. Billy was attired In loose
hitting pa1amas and we do mean
loose fitting.
Philip and Paul Holden. 14-year-
old twins, sons of Mrs. virginia C.
Holden, 800 Fourteenth street NE,
were found sitting on their 300
pound scrap pile reading The Star
comic pages.
Cemetery Collection.
Joseph Mayhem, foreman of the
Congressional Cemetery, stood watch
over q large scrap pile at the main
entrance to the cemetery, 1901 E
street Sc. Mr.. Mayhem and Will
liam Heinline. superintendent OF the
cemetery, made the collection.
Carol Newell, II, daughter Of the
Rev. and Mrs. X. G. Newell, 1904
Branch avenue Sc, bid fond
farewell to an old pair of skates
as she awaited the salvage trucks. |
Carols father is pastor of Ryland
Methodist Church.
j. L. Pumphrey Of 1889 Naylor
road Sc. turned in one of the
largest "curbstone collections" OF the |
day, an accumulation of between
600 and 700 pounds of scrap metal. |
Afraid wardens of Sector K, Zone
3, helped arrange the scrap for the
salvage trucks.
Sword Used at Bull Run.
Mrs. c. w. Wells, 1927 p street
Sc, contributed scrap collection I
which included, among other items |
q typewriter and sword used In
the battle of Bull Run. The scrap
was accepted by Mrs. Myrtle Pes
sagno. AFRAID warden of 1882 Nay |
lor road Sc. Mrs. Pessagno had |
combed ner neighborhood for scrap |
possibilities previous to yesterdays |
drive.
Mrs. c. B. Carter Of 2303 Nichols
avenue Sc. offered bedspring and
several wheel rims. plus other items,
and was assisted in getting the
collection to the curb by two Boy !
Scouts, Clyde Lingelbach, 131 For
roster street S.W., and Glendale |
Smith, 3 Hammock green S.W., both
members of Troop So.
Mary Ann Wilson, S, Of 2 Cargo
green SW. offered Scrap Collector
John Miller, 463 New York avenue
NV, an assortment of items, in
cluding a coffee pot, as the trucks
moved through the Southwest area
east Of the Anacostia River.
An unidentified dog of undeter-
mined breed suddenly found him
self perched on top of the junk
wagon operated by Mr.. Miller, Clar-
ence Spriggs of 1881 Wylie street
NE, and Johnny Chapman, lat L
street S E.. .u,ss.,sSs-s.s.I.
At.@Ihessdepotg at Fairlswnr~ and.t
Pennsylvania avenues Sc. truck T
drove in with full load which in
cluded a German helmet from the
last war. The helmet was perched /
jauntily on the trucks hood.
Charles Vernon, 4, of Cottage City,
Md. and George Austin, S, OF 1851
Ames street NE. cousins, hardly
looked the part OF Prussian militar-
lists when they tried on the helmet.
Spirit Of the Day.
The spirit of the day was best
expressed by two unrelated incl
dents which pointed a similar moral.
In the first case. an irate woman
phoned the headquarters Of the
District of Columbia Salvage Com
nittee to announce that her son
had left his scooter on the lawn
during the night and when he woke
up the next morning it was missing.
If the scooter was picked up by a
scrap collector by mistake, the wom-
an can find some consolation in the
thought that the metal will be used
for bullets to shoot down Nazis who
some day might otherwise shoot |
down her son.
The second incident contributed
one Of the most symbolic pictures Of
the day.
A colored junk collector noticed
wagon on lawn.
Answer Is Eyes"
He approached the wagon, started
10 pick it up, then hesitated. He
stepped back and studied 1t from
distance.
In his eve was the unmistakable
eleam of the scrap collector and ii
was apparent that from within
soft, quiet voice was urging him to .
do his duty by Uncle Sam and the |
District salvage effort.
Obviously he was silently at |
tempting to draw the line at appro-
priating private property OF value !
and use to its owners.
He stepped to the door, rang the |
bell and asked a question, then re-
traced his steps to the lawn, picked |
up the wagon and pitched it into a
truck.
The answer to his question had |
been yes.