Town Trucks Ready To Pick Up Paper In All Districts of Town
All Paper In Town Wanted
It will be waste paper week in Norwood next week, There is an urgent need of waste paper for defense and offense and the Salvage Committee is asking Norwood householders to contribute all their waste paper to the drive which will begin September 20th.
The Public Works Department will remove all paper without charge if placed along the curb line and on the day designated for pick-up in the various districts. All paper must be tied In bundles about eighteen inches in height.
With waste paper going to war in the form of bomb bands, shell protectors and as containers for other ammunition, food and medical supplies on our ever-widening battlefronts, the trend of domestic paper inventories has dipped sharply downward.
Paper manufacturers and paperboard mills, after taking stock of their dangerously low reserves, have made an earnest appeal for a renewal of wastepaper collections In the Norwood area.
The current drive for used newspapers, magazines, brown paper and cardboard, according to spokesmen for the paper Industry should generate approximately 2 1/2 pounds of salvage paper per person every month, if the acute problem of shortage is to be averted.
Millions of paperboard containers made from collected waste paper are being sent overseas to our fighting forces every week. Many thousands of cartons being floated ashore with food, ammunition and medical supplies are made from the wastepaper housewives leave outside their homes for collection.
Paper manufacturers and paper board mills have been facing for many months the decreased supply of waste paper materials which are absolutely necessary for the manufacture of new paperboard.
Pulp is another chief ingredient used in the making of containers for food, ammunition and medicine. Due to the manpower shortage in the forests, together with the lack of virgin pulp formerly imported from northern countries, the shortage of pulp has become more acute every month. This lack of pulp has meant a greater reliance on the salvaging of waste paper for use as a pulp substitute.
B. G. Waters, Jr., executive secretary of the Massachusetts Salvage Committee, requested housewives to follow these simple rules in preparing their papers for easy handling by local salvage committees.
Newspapers—Fold them flat (the way the newsboy sells them) and stack them in bundles about 12 inches high
Magazines—Tie them in bundles about 18 inches high.
Corrugated and Cardboard Boxes and Cartons—Flatten them out and tie them in bundles about 12 inches high
Wastebasket Paper — Pack down in a box or bag so that it can be easily carried
Only an all-out effort by the loyal public can avert the dangerous situation which is facing the paper mills,” Waters said.
Our victories do not lessen the need for this material, said Waters. Rather, the stretching of our battle lines increase the need for saving of waste papen because the pack aging of lend-lease material and supplier for the armed forces continues on the up-trend.
The WPB is making an especial appeal tn industrial concerns and stores, which through lack of manpower and transportation facilities, have been discarding cardboard and waste paper.
About 21 tons of paperboard are expected to be saved annually through a WPB order prohibiting
the sale of individual-size cereal packages and restricting the amount of paper folding boxes that candy, hosiery and knit wear firms may have on hand.
Schedule for waste paper collection is as follows:
Monday, Sept. 20th, NORTH side of Railroad avenue to Ellis Station and from Pleasant street to Prospect street.
Tuesday, September 21st. SOUTH side of Railroad avenue to and including NORTH side off Winter street from and including West side of Washington street to Westwood line.
Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, SOUTH side of Railroad avenue to NORTH side of Dean street from and including EAST side of Washington street to and including Neponset street.
Thursday, Sept. 23rd, SOUTH side of Winter street to NORTH side of Walnut avenue from and including WEST side of Washington street to and including Bellevue avenue.
Friday, September 24th, SOUTH side of Walnut avenue and WEST of the Railroad to High School on WEST and Walpole line on SOUTH
Saturday, September 25th, SOUTH of Dean street and EAST
of Railroad to town lines.
The Salvage Committee wants to collect all available paper in town and asks all home owners to assist in the effort.
Further, the committee suggests that while the householder is rumaging for paper and getting it ready for collection, it is a good time to gather prepared tin cans together and get them to the tin collection depots.
Tin continues one of the vital salvage materials for victory. All cans should be prepared by removing labels, washing cans, removing ends, and flattening whole.
(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)