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    1. "B. B. Lewis and Army Trucks Go After Scrap" Newspaper Article
    2. kaitysmom
    3. NOTE: This article is very long and only has a handful of names listed. So instead of typing this article word for word as I have been doing for these old articles, I will list the names that are in the article. Source: "The Stewart-Houston Times" Newspaper, a bi-county newspaper for both Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee. Date of Newspaper: Thursday, January 27, 1944 Page: Front Page Title: "B. B. Lewis And Army Trucks Go After Scrap" This article was written during World War II and gives a glimpse of how scrap paper was collected from the local schools in Stewart County for salvage and to help in the war effort. Those individuals that were named are the following: B. B. Lewis, Superintendent of Schools Miss Evelyn Parker, a guide Miss Mavis Ezell, a guide Lui Heimansohn, owned a recycling business in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee. The company is still in operation today. Miss Mary Florence Betts, Chairman of the Junior Red Cross Anyone interested in a copy of the full and original article please contact me at kaitysmom@peoplestel.net for details. In Christ, Melissa Barker

    09/15/2004 03:49:33