2001

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Deadline nearing to submit items for World War II exhibit at ECCC A September 21 deadline

from our local veterans and others to be a part of the Smithsonian display. We would also like to invite veterans and others to be a part of the Smithsonian display. We would also like to invite veter– ans to come to campus and share their wartime experi– ences with our students," Thrash said. Thrash said the main focus of the traveling exhibit, which consists of classic posters that were typical for the period, is "to help us know how people had to help each other during the War." In addition, Thrash said posters in the exhibit will address subjects such as the production of war materials to defeat the enemy, shortages of various items in the market– place, the collection of scrap

metal, and the selling of war bonds. An invitation-only reception to officially showcase Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941- 45, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 28 in the ADN/Childcare Building on the ECCC campus. The display will be open to the public from noon until 7 p.m., beginning Monday, October 1 and continuing through Saturday, November 3. School tours are reserved for 9 • a.m. to noon each weekday. For more information con– tact Midge Davis, Office of Adult and Continuing Education, East Central Community College, P.O. Box 129, Decatur, Miss. 39327, Phone 635-2111 or call toll free , 1-877-462-3222, ext. 278.

has been set to receive items for the Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941-45 exhibit soon to be on display at East Central Community College in Decatur. The exhibit is provided through the Smithsonian Institutions Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES) and is sponsored in part by the Mississippi Humanities Council. 'lbmmy Thrash, chairman of the College's Division of Social Sciences, Education and Business and site coordinator for the exhibit, encourages community participation for the much-anticipated event. "The traveling exhibit begins its seven-city tour in Decatur, and we would like to have as many items as possible

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