Draft news from the Feb 6, 1941 issue of the Courier Tribune of Seneca, KS.
DRAFT CALL FOR THE 24TH
QUOTA OF FOURTEEN
The Present Listing Is Tentative-Will Have Alternates
Fourteen draftees, Nemaha county’s quota for the month of February, are to go on February 24th, two weeks from next Monday. The fourteen will be inducted early into the business of getting up early. Their train will leave Seneca. at 2:00 o’clock in the morning.
The draft office has a tentative list of 14 men. It should be understood the list is not exact. Thirteen of the men have passed medical exams. There is something of a conditional report on one man’s eyes. Tenth man on the list, Floyd Emerson Downing, Sabetha, is now at Omaha, and report of his medical exam has not yet been received.
The 14 on the tentative list are:
Vernet Harry Randel, Corning
Herman Jacob Engel, Wetmore
Gerald John Wempe, Seneca
Lloyd W. Frederickson, Corning
Edward John Vogel, Bern
Cyril F. Olberding, Baileyville
Wm. Joseph Flaherty, Havensville
Elmer Walter Allen, Corning
Wm. Kenneth Rucker, Wetmore
Francis John Block, Seneca
Floyd E. Downing, Sabetha
Robert Goodrich Wilson, now Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Clarence Richard Hazlett, Onaga
Homer LeRoy Turner, Oneida
Though medical exams are given before the men go to the induction center, some additional men are refused there. The county plans to have seven men additional ready for call as alternates.
The county American Legion is making plans to honor those who will join the service, in a county meeting to be held at Bern.
Army Calls Centralia Trainer to Duty
Harold “Steve” Armstrong, Centralia, who trains fine horses for Burton Lohmuller, comes by his skill honestly. He has spent six years in the cavalry, U. S. Army, is a member of the United States army reserve. Now the army is calling him back. He has been ordered to report to the induction center at Fort Leavenworth, expects to go near the middle of the month.