From the November 30, 1993 edition of The Wayne Herald
Odd collection grows in Wayne
Seven years ago, a truck driver for Restful Knights found himself in Daytona Beach, Florida with extra time on his hands. When he called Transportation Director John Meyer and asked what to do, Meyer told him, "go stick your feet in the sand an bring me back a jar of ocean water." Sand was easier to transport than water and thus began John Meyer's "Sands Across America" collection which now includes nearly 65 jars of sand from across the United States and several foreign countries.
Meyer said the truck drivers are his main collectors of sand but he has received sand from many people, including those he does not even know. Among the more unusual places the sand has come from is a jar from the sixth hole of the Sarasota Sandtrap in Florida. Meyer also has sand from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Bar Harbor, Maine and a jar that came from north of the Article Circle in Alaska. "There is a story behind each jar of sand, Meyer said. "For example, the jar from Mt. St. Helens is smoky. You can almost see the volcano in that jar."
