World War II on the Texas Homefront: Shoulder to Shoulder, On to Victory! Part Two: Sacrifice and Celebration Page: 9 of 17
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programs. Sanderson did continue basketball, and we traveled to away games in
an old sedan packed with six players, coach, and equipment. To save gas and
tires, we played two games on the same weekend, spending the night with the
same boys we competed against. This plan had the added benefit of acquiring
new friends."
--Jay Tom Holley, Point
"After football games at McAllen High School, I joined a group of young kids who
went below the stadium stands and picked up discarded tin foil wrappers from
cigarette packages of the day. We formed the tin foil into balls the size of
softballs, and the school sent them away for military use."
--Dick Harris, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"I was a little girl during the war. Most of all, I remember getting a spanking
because I licked the pretty-colored ration stamps and stuck them in my coloring
book!"
--Florence P. Cotter, San Antonio
"Our East Texas town had a rubber recycling drive, and even as a child I wanted
to do my part. So I offered the tires off my new scooter. After the man at the
recycling center realized I would not be deterred, he cut the tires off my nice
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Mallory, Randy. World War II on the Texas Homefront: Shoulder to Shoulder, On to Victory! Part Two: Sacrifice and Celebration, text, 2005-11~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1924386/m1/9/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.