Show 4 From m where z I sit io y l Joe oe Marsh I MISSED getting my ray hair cut this morning on account of the scrap I collection When I climbed into the barber b cl cr ay y says to mo me Sorry Joe int got time for for forI you today Were We're closing up this I morning at ten 1 And then I remembered This was the he day dar the town toun had agreed I Ito to drop r p everything and I mean everything everything and and collect scrap for Undo Uncle Sam I II I Yea Yeo rr fr r the drugstore the corner corner corner cor cor- cor- cor ner garage ge Sam Abernethy's general gen gen- oral eral store every place in town except the post office closed up tight today from 10 t to 6 5 i a I And you ou ought hl to cee ep the re result piled up in front of the fire house One hundred and fifty tons of metal that hat had been lying around in attics cellars and bade bacic yards of our town since Charlie Jenkins Jenkins' great grandfather joined up with K I i the Texas Rangers That's almost Ibs lbs of or metal for every man mm woman and amI child in our town Just shows sho you you when when American citizens go out to do a ajob ajob ajob job for Uncle Sam they do it right Judge Cunningham and I were r p r talking about it this evening sitting sit sit- tin ting Ling on the front porch and having havinga a 8 sociable beer together We e a agreed that the wa way this town own went Ment all out to collect scrap wag a pretty good illustration of how Democracy works arks No need to I crack a whip no need to pass a law law just self determined self folks l working hand in hand to get a job done for their own people r r 1 Because from wh where re I sit that's what were we're fighting for the for the right to work together of our own accord ac- ac J cord To do the job because we want to not because somebody tells us to And when the jobs job's done to relax as we wo see fit And the Judge agreed He point poInt- pointed pointed ed out that one of the things that helps help's folks get together is just what we were Mere doin now h r Its It's great after a god od days day's work ork to be able to have a 8 chat and anda a glass ilass of beer if you want to oe |