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13. Gary Bowers Holds Hitched Horses, Grantsville, W. Va.

Front row, left to right:  John Davis (standing), Kay "Boots" Stevens, Jake Hayhurst, Ellie Propst, Harry "Hike" Smith, Fred Ball, and Frank Deem.  Second row, standing, left to right:  Mont Smith, Walter Eli Smith, Bill Durst (photo taken before he lost his arm in an accident at the factory), John Harris, Wes Propst, Wait Ball, and Frankie Smith.

14. Workers at G.L. Cabot's Carbon Black Factory, Calhoun County, W. Va.

celebration marking the end of World War I. Postcard photograph is labeled, "Star Spangle Banner".

15. Armistice Day Parade, Gratnsvill, Calhoun County, W. Va.

Bystanders watching the parade celebrating the end of Worl War I.

16. Armistice Day Parade, Grantsville, W. Va.

17. Armistice Day Parade, Grantsville, W. Va.

Recruits load onto buses.

18. Buses For World War II Recruits, Grantsville, W. Va.

Pictured: Marked with a 1) Elias Yoak 2) Charles Arthur 3) Charles Shaffer

19. Calhoun Co. Recruits During World War I, Calhoun County., W. Va.

Group portrait of new military recruits during World War I.

20. Calhoun County's Soldier Boys, Calhoun Co., W. Va.

Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.

21. 'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.

Trucks loaded with scrap metal, driving through town. Many citizens pitched in to support the war effort by collecting materials for recycling.

22. World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.

Collecting scrap metal in the back of trucks. Calhoun County citizens aided the war effort by collecting scrap metal to be receycled into miltary needs. The John Deer Company encouraged farmers to "Sink a sub from your farm, bring in your scrap metal".

23. World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.

Scrap metal in the back of trucks roll through town. Scrap drives were prompted to involve citizens for morale purposes as well as helping the war effort.

24. World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.