Smyrna times., 1943-05-27
33 TONS IN
SCRAP DRIVE
Farmers Work Hard All Day +;
Ralph FAIRIES District High
est; 20 Trucks Donated
ACCOUNT RECORDS

Over 33 tons of scrap metal were
collected by Smyrna farmers dur
ing the concentrated all-day drive
on Sunday, and this tonnage does
not include the old automobile do
mated by Mrs. Fred Harris. John
Herholdt, manager of the Bombay
Hook Wlldlife Refuge, and chair
man of the Salvage Committee, re-
ported the farmers started shortly
after daylight, and worked hard
throughout the day, with a 'patri-
otic spirit that came straight from
the heart" Area supervisors, Ralph
FAIRIES, Herholdt, William Wroten,
Harry Johnson, Lester Goldsbor-
ough, and Harold Senger, reported
the best of cooperation by all resi-
dents in the respective territories.
Frank Hynson, instructor at the
school, and his class in Industrial
Art, made windshield stickers and
placards for the twenty private
owned trucks working for the drive.
FAIRIES District Highest
The area supervisors kept ac-
count records of the scrap collected.
The largest district, supervised by
Ralph FAIRIES, came through with
the highest score of 81, $50 pounds,
including 1850 pounds which had
been previously collected by the
Friendship All Club, under the
leadership of Ernest Eierman,
Townsend. Funds derived from the
sale of this particular lot, Herholdt
said, will be turned over to the
All Club. Trucks operating in Mr..
FAIRIES area were contributed by
Wilson David, Brady Dickerson,
Joseph Cavalier, Albert zackies,
Townsend Vaughn and William
Gardner. These men were assisted
by Fred Bell, E. T. Heinold, Fred
Heinold, John Council, Townsend
Vaughn, Richard Vaughn and Shell
by Harrington.
Other District Yields
The next Iee,4-tcst collection was
made in John T1yt Chess area, with
a total of 15,10O pcs.-----. Tracks
were contributed by Smithers
Snow, William Knots, Wilbur Raw
ley, and Herholdt. The locating
and loading of the scrap was done
by Arthur Carrow, Walter Carrow,
Ralph Dorm, William Snow, Jr.,
Robert Deakyne, Jackson Snow, Jr.,
Arthur Shorter, Sam Shahan, Ar
thur Rusby and Lewis Lafferty.
The territory covered by Harold
Senger yielded 1890 pounds.
Trucks were contributed by Frank
Ryan and Albert Pleasanton, and
assisting were c. ]. Senger, Ed
ward j. Ennis and Howard Kemp.
Wroten's district yielded 10,46O
pounds of scrap, with trucks con-
tributed by Cove Slaughter and
Wroten, aided by James Truax,
Charles Shockley, N. w. Shockley,
w. D. Elburn, ]. R. Chase, R. T.
Carey, and Robert Smith. Harry
Johnson's district yielded $3.50
pounds, with trucks contributed by
John Hurd, William NoWland, Will
liam George and Ernest Blendt, aid
ed by Lloyd Jones, Jr., Frank
Reichelt, James Beck, Alvin
Thompson, George Boehmler, Eu-
gene Mcbride, Harry Cloud and
Russell Biggs. Lester Goldsbor-
ough's district yielded 4,70O pounds,
hauled by Roy Donovan's truck,
with Edward Alexander, Robert
Leg, Frank Carrow, William Nor
ris and Russell Foxwell aiding.
Among the Donations
Goldsborough reported that over
thirty plowshares were collected
from one farm, donated by Massey
Moore. Another contributor, Ed
ward Alexander gave an old grain
mill, which weighed about 500
pounds. Many items of home furn-
lishings were also contributed, in
cluding furnaces, boilers, etc. Her.
Eholdt reports that one boiler is so
large that it must be removed by
cutting with torches. George C..
| RothweH contributed the use of his
scales for weighing each load, and
Fred Slaughter performed all the
weighing, working all day. I'm
fact" Herhodt reported" Slaughter
was almost forced to forgo his
Sunday morning shave!"
Canteen Feeds Group
| Members of the Red Cross Can
teen group prepared sandwiches,
lemonade and doughnuts for the
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