The Durant news., 1942-08-13
LocoI SoIovoee Group
Asks Citizens To
Bring Needed Items


to do his part in the war effort by
cleaning his premises of items no
longer in use which are metals of
all kinds old rubber, rags, Manila
rope, burlap bags, waste cooking
fats. Not needed at this time are
razor blades and glass.
The Durant Salvage Committee u
heading the drive to gather the larg-
est amount of materials since the
war effort started. The committee
is composed of Carl F. Drake, chair
man, phone ITO; Clyde Thompson,
Leon Englemann, DR.. w. R. Weaver,
w. l.. Alternately, w. C. Castleberry,
Mrs. w. E. McCune, Mrs. Eugene
Comfort, Mrs. Pugh Winborn, Mrs.
James Whitehouse, Mrs. J. B. Sham
burger, Mrs. w. E. Howell, Mrs. ].
| M. Howard, Msr. M. D. Baine, Mrs.
| Robert Ham, Mrs. C. G. VanKeuren.
Every Holmes county man, wo.
man, boy and girl is called to action
today in the very important National
Salvage Program to collect all vital
materials needed in war production
for Uncle Sam. lin Holmes county
and in most every Holmes communi
ty good start in the salvage jro-
gram has been made, now the frame
work of an overall Holmes county
salvage organization is being estab-
lished.
"A fine job has already been done
on the salvage of waste paper, rub
ber and on scrap iron. Now the
great challenge is to do an equally
| good job on iron and steel scrap,
nonferrous metals and rags.
In addition we have a new re-
sponsibllity in the salvage of sur
plus cooking gats and tin cans. The
;mmensity of the task we still face
requir essa stepping up of the tenn
po of the salvage program 1--WE are
to keep our steel units going full
blastblast this winter, we must in
crease the flow of scrap iron and
steel by at least 6 million tons
other vital scray material is scrap
rubber. With the enemy controlling
over 80 per cent of the worlds
crude rubber supply and with sym
thetic rubber in volume at least
year away, scrap rubber has become
an essential war material We need
all we can get.
i Every evidence we have received
indicates that the only way we can
meet the requirements of war pro-
duction is to obtain every bit of
scrap from every home in Holmes
: county, every commercial establish
ment, every industrial enterprise in
!, Holmes county.
This means that under the direc-
tion of every Holmes county citi-
zen every possible source of scrap
must be periodically canvassed This
overall county salvage program is
: not a one month campaign any more
than this is a one week war. Sal
wage is an all-out confronting eff
fort and must be organized as such.
| This is the job of every citizen
in Holmes county. 1t is tangible
task that everyone can perform to
help win this war without interfer-
ing with their other war work or
) with personal responsibilities
A Holmes County War Salvage
Committee has already pe,n estab-
lished and has been functioning
splendidly and will continue TIE fine
work. H. L. Nichols, Lexington,
chairman; Mrs. J. D. Parish, Jr.,
Acona; Mrs. Hugh Mcclellan, Bowl
ing Green; C. T. Charles, Cruger;
o. J. Beatty, Durant; B. W. Humph-
) rey, Ebenezer; Andrew Srith, EN-
ory; ]. D. Neaves, Goodman; H. n.
) Brock, Howard; o. J. Beatty, Lex
ington; L. A. Funchess, Mileston;
J. H. Thomas, Pickens; o. ]. Beat
ty, Tchula; Mrs. Foster Dickhard.
Thornton and Harvey Campbell,
West.
4 This Holmes County Committee
is asking that everyone make the
following pledge: 'I promise to can
vass our premises thoroughly for
such waste materials ar metals. rub
Der, burlap bags, and rags, except
Ing materials we cannot do with
out / further promise to cooperate
in getting this material into war
production by giving it to charity.
selling it to junk dealer, or see
ing it is taken to salvage depot
\ The committee has designated Sat-
urday, August %, as JUNK RALLY
Cole, Mrs. Zouella Bacon, Mrs. Dan
DAY for Holmes county and is
urging everyone to bring in the
junk the country needs. every
thing made of metal or rubber.
get paid for it on he spot