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World War II required a great deal of effort by civilians as well as by the military. All over the nation individuals and groups collected scrap metal, old rubber, and paper in support of the war effort. All ages and both sexes participated in the drives. In some communities free movie passes were sometimes given for contribution to these drives. In the Rosedale community in Jefferson County, Mrs. E.A. Campbell and H. L. French served as Co-Community Victory Leaders. They are shown here in front of the twenty-five tons of scrap metal and rubber they helped collect. Included are large quantities of barbed wire, automobile parts, broken small appliances, and cooking ware, farm machinery, and tires and inner tubes. Note the inscription "Mail Your Xmas Early to Adolph Hitler" on the old vehicle door in the foreground, probably implying that this scrap will become ammunition to fight the Germans.
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Women from Extension District 6 in far west Texas produced a skit to demonstrate that the first duty of rural women was to produce the food needed by the United States and the United Nations. Mrs. Hart Phillips, vice president of District 6 and commentator for the skit, noted that the farm families of the United States were the only ones capable of providing the food needed to feed the hungry of the world. Hence rural Texas women recognized an obligation to care for people other than their own families.
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