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Show State Meet Reports Show Response Here In Salvage Excellent Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen, general gen-eral chairman of Minute Women, Wo-men, Salvage division, War Production Pro-duction board of Bingham area, and Mrs. Clair R. Mathis, committee com-mittee woman, Bingham, and Mrs. Louis Watson, chairman for Martha No. 7, Order of Eastern Star, attended a zone meeting of the state salvage committee Wednesday Wed-nesday evening in Salt Lake City. Plans for a national salvage drive which begins today, Friday Fri-day were outlined by M.J. Greenwood, Green-wood, B. L. Wood and Mrs. John T. Wahlquist. The need for scrap iron for steel manufacture is acute. The drive, to be called the "Scrap Bank" is for the purpose of building up reserves for the winter months. The vital need of tin was stressed stress-ed in a talk made by Sergeant Eddie Belnap, rear gunner on a B-17, who was wounded in a R.A.F. sweep over France and is a patient at Bushnell hospital. The "syrette" a little tin hypodermic hypo-dermic "Angels of Mercy, as they are called can be made from the tin reclaimed from two tin cans and are the means of relieving pain of wounded fighters fight-ers until they are reached by medical aid. The salvage of deer fats and hides and even the empty cartridges cart-ridges from hunters' rifles are a vital need. Every minute woman is called on to assist in the collection col-lection of such items. 695 pounds of fats were turned turn-ed in to headquarters from the meat markets of Bingham for the month of September which is a fine record, higher than the month of August, a record month to that date. Results from the "Baubles" drive were gratifying. 2,257 pieces were collected and turned in at the meeting by the Bingham Bing-ham group and more collections are expected in the next few days. Organizations participating, in order of amounts collected, were: American Legion auxiliary, Women's Wo-men's Civic club, Women's Society So-ciety of Christian Service, Fraternal Fra-ternal Order of Eagles, Order of Eastern Star, Bingham Relief Society, Ruth Rebekah lodge No. 7. Outstanding individual collections collec-tions were made by Mrs. Charles Brimhall, 360 pieces; Mrs. Ross Hocking, 205 pieces; Mrs. Frank Finnas, 130 pieces. The Minute Women's organization of Copper-. field and Telegraph turned in 231 pieces. Minute Women are urged to contact their chairman within the next three days so that collections collec-tions will reach Fort Douglas in time for shipment and a complete report can be filed with the state office. Mrs. Mathis, the newly-appointed committee woman for Bingham, is doing a splendid job of organizing Bingham, making a complete survey of areas not covered and appointing new Minute Min-ute Women. Bingham was commended com-mended for the efficiency of its organization by Mrs. Wahlquist. Approximately two-thirds of the O.P-A. price ceiling pledges, distributed dis-tributed b" Minute Women, have been signed and turned in to the Ration board office. A final check will be made and report sent state headquarters within the next few days. The Minute Women organization organiza-tion has a general chairman, five committee members, 32 organization organi-zation chairmen, 130 Minute Women. Wo-men. Contacts have been made with 1060 families. |