Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-08
get IN SCRAP"
URGED
Second Week of Campaign
Results in Only 5 Tons at
Smyrna Scrap Depot
NEED MORE WORKERS

Only five tons of scrap have been
collected in the Smyrna area to
date as part of the statewide Sal
wage Campaign, reported Ellery
Ward, chairman of the local Sal
wage Committee. 1--WE need more
cooperation, more help, and more
scrap" he stated. "Over ~ tons
of scrap metal, offered to the cam
paign, are still on the farm of Mr..
John Numbers, near Kenton, be-
cause there are no men who will
volunteer to take this machinery
apart so that it can be hauled by
the town truck to the Salvage De-
pot" Mr.. Ward pointed out. Each
child at the John Bassett Moore
School has been asked to bring in
15 or more pounds of scrap. al
though everyone is busy these days
doing all they can to help win the
war against the axis powers, the
chief thought which should be in
the mind of every individual is the
salvaging of all waste materials
which the government can use in
the manufacturing of war NUM-
tions, and right now it is scrap iron
which is needed by our armed fore
es," Ward said
Tons Idle ON Farms
There are tons of old iron and
metal lying around on farms and
in vacant lots throughout Kent
county, and it is the purpose of
this scrap iron salvage campaign
to see that this material is collect
ed and hauled to salvage depots
which have been established in diff
ferent sections of the county, ac-
cording to County Agent Russell E.
Wilson, county chairman of the
scrap iron harvest. Local commit
tees have been organized in each
community to direct the collection
of thi old iron, and it is expected
that this campaign will result in
the salvaging of many tons of iron.
Farmers Donate Scrap
This scrap iron may be either do
mated or sold to the government,
and receipts will be issued by those
individuals or organizations which
collect this material so that the
proper credit can be given for the
number of pounds collected. In
many sections of the county the
farmers and other citizens are do
mating their scrap iron to some or
ganization in their community such
as the Grange, Boy Scouts, All
Clubs, Volunteer Firemen, or Red
Cross.
Community Plans
One week of this campaign mas
passed, and each community is re-
quested to report to the county
chairman the approximate number
of pounds of iron which has been
collected at the end of each week
during this campaign. The salvage
committee in the Hartly area has
designated six salvage collection
centers, and other communities
have made similar arrangements in
connection with their plans to
comb the rural areas during the
net two weeks for all available iron
and old metal. Definite plans have
been made also by the Dover and
Houston communities for organic
ing the scrap iron drive in these
areas indicating the keen interest
which people everywhere are talk
ing in this important project. In
Smyrna, the Boy Scouts collect
scrap every Saturday, beginning at
9 a. m. Farmers are asked, when
ever possible, to haul their dona-
tions to the Salvage Depot in back
of the Smyrna Post Office. If tho
scrap is in bulk, farmers may con-
tact the Grange Committee, Elmer
P. Corrie, chairman.