Fruit stones save lives At the request of the government for fruit stones a flood of pits from all over the country has been pouring into the various gas mask plants The stones are reduced to charcoal which is used in the gas mask for absorbing the poisonous gas inhaled by the soldiers Pits arriving at a Government Carbon Plant September 1918
For Momma who always held down the fort In memory of my grandfather who served in WWI Shana Margeaux
THE Peach Pit Parade A World War I Story Written by Shana Keller Illustrated by Margeaux Lucas PUBLISHED BY SLEEPING BEAR PRESS