CALLED TO DUTY

NOW WE CAN’T TELL THEIR NAMES TIL THEY LEAVE

Now regulations just received from National Selective Service Headquarters in Washington now prohibit local selective service boards from furnishing news services, newspapers and radio stations with the names of registrants about to be inducted. The specific regulation states:

“Information concerning the names or the total number of men forwarded to the induction station on any call or during any period of time shall not be examined by or disclosed or furnished to anyone except when required in the administration of the Selective Service System and then only in compliance with these regulations.”

National Headquarters informs us that this change in regulations was necessary because of the large number of complaints about extreme embarrassment to men rejected at the induction station after their names had been announced to the public as going into service.

The new regulations, however, provide that the local board may furnish to news services, newspapers and radio stations lists of registrants who have been accepted and inducted as well as the home address and the branch of service of each registrant inducted. Such lists, the regulations state, should be prepared at a time and in a manner which will not unduly interfere with the normal operations of the local board. A list of registrants rejected cannot be furnished under any circumstances.

Publication of registrants’ names, addresses, photographs or service organizations—after publication of lists referred to above—is not a matter for Selective Service determination. Policies on such subsequent publication should be procured from the branch or service concerned.

Names of Men In February Call Given

The following men will be inducted into the United States Army during the week of February 15, 1942:

Orval Orr, Albion, rfd.

Vernon Alva Summers, Albion, rfd.

Frederick Furlen Naylor, Albion;

Kenneth Clyde Ahlfield, West Salem.

Edgar Sidney Rice, Albion.

William Robert Abbey, Ellery.

Clyde Clayton Smith, Albion.

Charles Clyde Chalcraft, Albion.

Donald Dean Reid, Albion, rfd.

Lester Donald Fawkes, Bone Gap.

Nine From Edwards Called For Service

The following men have been called for induction into the Armed Forces, the Edwards County Selective Service Board announces:

Allen Ellis Bennett

Lyman Edward Frankland

Willie Mabrey

Eugene Shaw

Wilbur Clayton Vallette

Sherman Campbell Jr.

Robert G. Barber

Rudolph Richard Beadles

Myron Lee Graham

Due to new regulations Selective Service will not permit publication of addresses of registrants.

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Fifteen More to Leave for Army June 23 (in pencil 1942 written on article)

The following men will be inducted into the Army at East. St. Louis, Illinois on June 23, 1942:

Herman Jefferson Wick, Albion.

Frank Addison Feiber, Albion.

Everitt Braddley King, Ellery.

Gilbert Logan Chalcraft, Albion.

Edwin Clear Butler, Grayville.

Ivan Roscoe Briggs, Bone Gap.

Howard McManaman, Albion.

Rawleigh R. Chappell, Albion.

Julius James Johnson, Grayville.

Paul Herbert Snidle, Albion.

John W. Landingham, Grayville.

Clarence Amos Yonaka, West Salem.

Donald William Myers, Albion.

Darrel Ruben Doty, Albion.

Robert Wesley Shupe, Albion.

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Twenty-Four to Report for Army Examination Soon

The following listed registrants have been ordered by the Edwards County Selective Service Board to report for final type physical examination and will be sent during the month of November to an armed force induction station where if they are successful in passing such examination will be inducted into various branches of the armed forces.

Ben Everett Reagan, Albion

Hayward E. Marks, West Salem

Lonnie Allen McDaniel, Grayville

Alva Reynolds, Grayville

William Milton Lewis, Grayville

Charles Vere Short, Grayville

Jess Covington Goodin, Grayville

Milton David Comstock, Grayville

J. W. Martin, Grayville

James Jonathan Briggs, Albion

Jesse Owen Spruell, Albion

Malcolm Vernon Gillespie, Parkersburg

Eugene Walter Luthe, West Salem

Bernard Walker Marks, West Salem

Robert Willis Yokel, Albion

William Howard Cox, Albion

George Victor Weightman, Albion

Wilbur Gene Keener, Albion

William Dean Collins, West Salem

Ellis Ray Martin, west Salem

Jack Clifford Poynter, West Salem

Edgar Calvin Balding, Albion (Volunteer)

Also Thomas Cedric Finch, Grayville, trans. From L. B. Columbus, Ohio

Also Peter Papantonopoulos trans. From L. B. Chicago, Ill.

Eighteen Are Called For Examination

The following listed registrants have been ordered by the Edwards County Selective Service Board to report for final physical examination to an induction station where if they are successful in passing such examination will be inducted into various branches of the armed forces.

Richard Chelsey Kerster, West Salem

Otis Wilson Church, Albion

Lester Oliver Wirth, Browns

William Gayle Mauldin, Albion

Kenneth Orison Hall, Grayville

Thurman Donald Pierce, Albion

Charles Lambert Barnes, Albion

Charles Ross Dukes (V), Browns

Hayward E. Marks, West Salem

Virgil V. Hall (V), Albion

Palmer Chester Ridens (V), Albion

Lewis David Aulvin, Albion

John Epple Roosevelt, Albion

Jesse Robert Mobley, Grayville

Charles William Lamkin, Albion

Letter (V) after the name denotes a volunteer.

Jesse Edward Briggs transferred from Oklahoma City, Okla.

Gilbert Alvia Mann transferred from Wabash County.

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October Draft Call Is for Fourteen

The following listed registrants have been called by the Edwards County Selective Service Board to report for final physical examination and will be sent during the month of October. If they are successful in passing their final army type examination they will be inducted into various branches of the armed services:

Charles Bunnage, Albion

Robert Aaron Headley, West Salem

Eugene Walter Luthe, West Salem

Francis V. Gubbins, Albion

Charles Wilford Brant, West Salem

Howard Gedion Feldman, West Salem

Frank Edward Smith, West Salem

Charles Vere Short, Grayville

Charles Lambert Barnes, Albion

Clarence Rose Breed, Grayville

George E. Powell, Albion

Also the following registrants who were transferred to this board for induction:

Harold Cicel Killingsworth, Healdton, Okla

Leslie Patrick, Shelbyville, III

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Thirty discharges have been filed by Edwards county veterans since the last list was published November 21. The latest list brings the grand total to 798 and it is as follows:

Gerald Gill (Army), Albion Robert Bunting (Army), Albion

Robert A. Mayne (Navy), Albion Forrest D. Scott (Army), Albion

Jack Green (Army), Albion Phillip Longbons (Army), Albion

Charles Garrett (Army), Grayville Robert Hering (Army), Grayville

Rudolph Beadles (Army), Ellery Paul Yeager (Army), Allbion

Donald Mills (Army), Albion Glenn J. Hedge (Army), Albion

Thomas Metcalf (Army), Albion Clarence Ely Griffin (Army), Albion

Melvin Crackel (Army), Browns

Glenn Kelsey (Army), Bone Gap

Henry Etchason (Army), Bone Gap

Melvin Etchason (Army), Bone Gap

James Simms (Army), Albion

Arnold Hudson (Army), Albion

George Reid (Army), Albion

Victor Woods (Army), Albion

William Mann (Army), Albion

Clayton McDowell (Army), West Salem

Eldon Harms (Army), Bone Gap

Paul D. Rodgers (Army), Albion

Lowell Henby (Army), Bone Gap

Earnest Kollak (Army), Bone Gap

Francis Duncan (Army), Grayville

Herschel Bunting (Navy), Albion

Lumber Company Employees Honor Selectee Elmer Abby

(note date of Jan, 1944 written in pencil on article)

The employees of the Southern Illinois Lumber company entertained in the offices of the yard Monday night in honor of Elmer Abby, who left Tuesday night for induction in the Navy. Those present were Clifton Sams, Murwin Naylor, Fletcher Wiles, Jack Stewart, Harry Jacques, Newton Buchanan, H. E. Weaver, Hamp Green, Glen Ile, Fuhrer Dickey, Harry Wiles, John Mitchell, Lyman Hallam, Louis Davis, John Abby, Darwin Abby, Elmore R. Elliott, John Duckworth and Reginald Elliott.

EDWARDS COUNTY BOYS IN THE SERVICE: WE SALUTE YOU!

Sgt. T. Wm. R. Rotramel Pfc. Russel R. Lankford Pvt. W. A. Duncan

Co. C Hq. Bn. O.R.T.C. Co. B 23^rd Armd. Engrs. Bn. Enlisted Men’s Student Camp

Aberdeen, Maryland c/o Postmaster Rice, California Horse Shoers Class B. 863-T-B.P.O.

Fort Riley, Kansas

Pvt. Glenn J. Hedge 36059296 Capt. K. H. Smith Pvt. Laurence E. Kelsey

921^st TechSch. Sqdn. Claridge Hotel C.A.C. Officer Student A. A. School U.S. Army Co. C 56^th Bn. M R.F.C.

Atlantic City, New Jersey Camp Davis, North Carolina Camp Berkley, Texas

Pvt. Lester D. Fawkes Pfc. J. S. McLain Jr. Pvt. Willis Daubs

760^th Signal Platoon 11^th Air Depot Group M. P. Co. Sec. 1607, Fort Sheridan, Ill. Co. H 326^th Inf. 82^nd Div.

Hill Field, Ogden, Utah Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Glenn J. Fawkes A M M 3/c Pvt. Floren E. Fawkes Cpl. Marshall E. Fawkes

6^th Division 7 Naval Air Station Btry. C 28^th C. A. B. C. 561^st Tech School Squadron Bks. 156

San Diego, California Camp Wallace, Texas Scott Field, Illinois

Cpl. Clifton B. Maxwell Pfc. Ralph Cunningham Sgt. Ellis J. Shepherd

H. Q. Co. 82^nd Div. 325^th Inf. 37^th Brigade Record Section 445^th School Squadron A. C. A. F. S.

Camp Claiborne, Louisiana Redondo, California Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia

Pvt. Roger C. Williams Pvt. Hardy A. Lee Pfc. Harold F. Duncan 36076609

850^th Ordnance Det. Avn. 309^th S. S. P.P., Keesler Field, Miss. Hq. & Hq. Co. 5^th Q. M. Bn. APO 5

Atlantic City, New Jersey c/o Postmaster New York, N.Y.

Cpl. Edward D. Coad 36120173 Cpl. Marion W. Stennett Pfc. Donald Reid

Company D 728^th M. P. Bn. (2/1) 330^th A. B., Gulfport, Mississippi Co. B 22^nd Armd. Engr. Bn.

Fort Custer, Michigan Camp Cooke, California

Sgt. Glenn Coles Pvt. Gilbert L. Chalcraft Av. Cadet Ira J. Bunting

Service Co. 325^th Inf. 82^nd Div. Service Btry.—358^th F. A. APO 95 Army Basic Training

Camp Claiborne, Louisiana Camp Swift, Texas Gardner Field, California

Major J. R. Funkhouser Walter R. Balding Pvt. Raymond Dillon 36059279

C.A.A. A. A., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hq. & Hq. 92^nd A.B.G. APO 869 Co. I 321^st Inf. APO 81

c/o Postmaster New York, N.Y. Camp Rucker, Alabama

Pvt. Harry C. hedge Pvt. Lynden Smith Staff Sgt. Ross Coles

Hq. Co. 3^rd Bn. 7^th Div. 31^st A. R. Det. Med. Dept. Station Hospital 11^th Tech. Shc. Sqdn., Scott Field, Illinois

Camp Polk, Louisiana Camp Barkeley, Texas

Cpl. Melvin Chalcraft Tech. Sgt. John Duane Balding Jr. Chief Petty Officer John Tinckham

10^th Service Sqdn., Scott Field, Illinois Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois Mo. M. M. 2/c Motor Torpedo Boat Sqdn

c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California

Pvt. Dennis Snidle ASN 36076620 Ens. Charles O. Williams J. E. (Jack) Van Etten Ph. M. 3/c

Co. D 5^th Med. Bn. APO 5 Box N D 10 15^th Naval District U. S. Naval Hospital Station

c/o Postmaster New York, N.Y. Balboa, Canal Zone Great Lakes, Illinois

Pvt. Leo Bowers 36059284 Cpl. Arnold D. Cooper Pvt. R. O. Smith ASN 36056857

H. Q. Batry. 906 F. A. Bn. APO 81 1600 C.A.S.U. 158 W. Harrison St. Service Co. 81^st Armd. Regt. 5^th Div.

Camp Rucker, Alabama Chicago, Illinois APO 225 Camp Cooke, Lampoc, Calif.

Sgt. Raymond Johnston 36076607 Pfc. Elmer E. Smith 36075154 a/c Nile E. Lambert 15601607

Co. A 13^th Armd. Regt. APO 251 H. Q. & M. P. Co. A.D.C. APO 942 Cadet Detachment APO 831

c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. c/o Postmaster Seattle, Washington c/o Postmaster New Orleans, Louisiana

Charles L. Johnson Sgt. Everett Hulfachor Pvt. Charles Stanley ASN 36076625

U.S. Coast Guard Ship Modoc Btry. C 86^th C. A. A. A. Co. C. 5^th Medical Bn. APO No. 5

c/o Postmaster New York City, N.Y. Camp Haan, California New York, N. Y.

Pvt. William R. Jenkins Pfc. Herman Banks Pvt. David C. Mills

237^th M. P. Co. Z of I 397^th Sch. Sqdn., Keesler Field, Miss. Co. A 3^rd Bn. A.F.R.T.C.

Fort Moultrieville, South Carolina Fort Knox, Kentucky

Pfc. Arthur A. Thrall 36077866 Cpl. George Thrall Tech. Sgt. Neil B. Rice 16040359

Co. A 47^th Engrs. Regt. APO 957 Co. L 32^nd Inf. APO 7 APO 886, New York, N.Y.

c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. San Luis Obispo, California

Cpl. Harold G. Tait 36045686 Pvt. Harvey A. Knust 36019411 Pvt. Hershel A. Knust

Hq. & Hq. Co. 2^nd Armd. Sig. Bn. Co. A 135^th Inf. 1^st Platoon APO 34 Co. K 164^th Inf. Force 6914 APO 502

APO 352 c/o Dilworth, N.C. c/o Postmaster New York, N.Y. c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.

Pvt. George E. Tait Pvt. Vernon Summers 36055166 Cpl. Leroy Longbons

Troop B 252^nd Q.M., Fort Bliss, Texas Rear Det. 36^th Inf. Div. 368^th Tech. Sch. Sqdn., Scott Field, Ill.

Camp Blanding, Florida

Pfc. Raymond John Reisinger 36078786 A. M. Sgt. Bryce H. Lamkin Pvt. Charles C. Chalcraft ASN 36055172

Co. A. 138^th Inf. APO 144 332^nd Sch. Sqdn. Luke Field, Ariz. Co. B 821^st B.N. Engr. (AVN) APO 1171

c/o Postmaster Seattle, Washington c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.

Pvt. Rollie H. Vincent Cpl. Alvin Barnhart Pvt. Donald L. Johnson ASN 3607611

Co. A 605^th Tank Destroyer B H 82^nd Sch. Sqdn. Maxwell Field, 832^nd Signal Service Co. APO 501

Fort Custer, Michigan Montgomery, Alabama c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.

Tech Sgt. Earl J. Jeffers Chas. H. Jeffers

Recon. Co. 33^rd Armd. Regt. (L) U.S.S. San Francisco, 3^rd Division

Camp Polk, Louisiana San Francisco, Calif., Fleet Postmaster

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