Saturday Tidbits

Courier Tribune
List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft
24 Oct 1940

List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft

Over 1600 names are in the County Roll

A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to Determine Order in Which Local
Numbers Will Be Called

The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to almost every home in Nemaha county. It is the list of men between ages of 21 and 36 who enrolled on Wednesday, October 16th, for possible service to their country, and with each man’s name, the county serial number which has been drawn for him by the local draft board.
The arrangement is by number rather than by names because numbers will be the important thing next Tuesday, October 29th, when a master list is to be drawn at Washington, D.C. to determine the order in which local numbers will be called. President Roosevelt will draw the first number.

The local drawing and listing was completed Tuesday except perhaps for a few straggling cards. The board officially posted the list yesterday and sent a copy to state headquarters. The Sabetha Herald and Courier-Tribune joined in setting the large amoung of type necessary and the list is printed in the two papers. TO avoid runing the type to still greater length, a key system is sued to abbreviate names of towns. Where two letters make the name of the town clear, only two are used. Seneca becomes Se; Sabetha Sa; Corning Co; Centralia Ce; Goff GO; Wetmore We; and Baileyville, Bern, Kelly, Havensville, Soldier, Pawnee, Axtell and other points are similarly abbreviated. Oneida and ONaga addresses required the use of Onei and Ona. The Nemaha County list follows:

151 Marvin Gerald Bryant We
152 Joseph Arthur Emert Sa
153 Alphia Henry Aberle Sa
154 Virgil Vernon Bumgarner On
155 Chester W Havley Ce
156 Kenneth Sherman Taylor Ba
157 Clarence Jesse Hamilton Ha
158 Ivan Harold Bryant We
159 Anthony Francis Spielman Ce
160 Ruben Stauffer On
161 Vernet Harry Randel Co
162 Bernard J. Dalinghaus Ba
163 Herbert Kreitzer Lichty Sa
164 Frank J. Broxterman Ba
165 Herman Arthur Beyreis Se
166 Oral Merland Bryant We
167 Wilbur James Grimm On
168 Leo Joseph Heiman Ba
169 Vincent Frank Wessel Ba
170 Joseph John Burdick Go
171 Charles Wilbur Nichols Se
172 Leslie Gordon Tate Se
173 Donal John VanDonge Ci
174 Cletus John Engelken Se
175 Francis James Levret Go
176 Edward Ferdinand Deters Ba
177 John Thomas Keating so
178 Joseph Julius Berger Ce
179 Cyril Joseph Lauer Se
180 Robert Goodrich Wilson Se
181 Edward John Hasenkamp Ax
182 William Chester Porter Sa
183 James Catlet Kelley Sa
184 Roland August Surdez Ce
185 Emil Kenneth Haug Se
186 Donald Cecil Davis Sa
187 James Oliver McCoy On
188 William Zery Murphy Ce
189 Paul LeRoy Kirkman Ce
190 Asia LeRoy Turpin Go
191 Boyd Russell Tomlinson Co
192 Leo John Spielman Ba
193 Lawrence Jacob Schurman Se
194 Vernon Van Cleve Houts Go
195 John Richard Moore Se
196 Austin Wilard Vogel Sa
197 Gottlieb Jacob H. Hinton Be
198 Louis William Wiegers Se
199 Verne William Watson Sa
200 Herbert Raymond Atkeson On

Saturday Tidbits

continued from last week

List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft

Over 1600 names are in the County Roll

A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to Determine Order in Which Local
Numbers Will Be Called

The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to almost every home in Nemaha county. It is the list of men between ages of 21 and 36 who enrolled on Wednesday, October 16th, for possible service to their country, and with each man’s name, the county serial number which has been drawn for him by the local draft board.
The arrangement is by number rather than by names because numbers will be the important thing next Tuesday, October 29th, when a master list is to be drawn at Washington, D.C. to determine the order in which local numbers will be called. President Roosevelt will draw the first number.

The local drawing and listing was completed Tuesday except perhaps for a few straggling cards. The board officially posted the list yesterday and sent a copy to state headquarters. The Sabetha Herald and Courier-Tribune joined in setting the large amoung of type necessary and the list is printed in the two papers. TO avoid running the type to still greater length, a key system is sued to abbreviate names of towns. Where two letters make the name of the town clear, only two are used. Seneca becomes Se; Sabetha Sa; Corning Co; Centralia Ce; Goff GO; Wetmore We; and Baileyville, Bern, Kelly, Havensville, Soldier, Pawnee, Axtell and other points are similarly abbreviated. Oneida and ONaga addresses required the use of Onei and Ona. The Nemaha County list follows:

101 George Randell, Jr On
102 Earl Walter Parli Sa
103 Edward Ralph Flaherty Ha
104 Raymond Eldrid Noland Ce
105 Harvey Elmer Hittle Sa
106 William Jennings Knapp Se
107 Melvin Lester Deaver Sa
108 Lloyd W. Frederickson Co
109 Albert Francis Olberding Se
110 Alfred H. Stallbaumer Se
111 Albert John Ronnebaum Se
112 Aloysius August Steinlage Co
113 Reuben Jacob Bauman Be
114 Raymond Hudson Weaver We
115 Lawrence John Haug Ba
116 Alphonse Joseph Holthaus Se
117 Glenn Emmett Miller Ce
118 Lester Eugene Gutknecht Sa
119 William Herbert Dandliker Sa
120 Lawrence Joseph Schmidt Sa
121 Ferdinand Henry Niehues Go
122 Robert John Haug Ve
123 Joseph Andrew Baker Sa
124 Glenn Wilbur Labbe Ona
125 James Patric O’Toole Ax
126 Lee William Henry Sa
127 Charles Herbert Smith We
128 Emmett Thackeray Dodson Se
129 Henry August Runnebaum Go
130 Vincent August Buessing Ax
131 Raymond Lenord Sweet Co
132 Leon John Korber Be
133 Ross Edgar George We
134 Ralph Benjamin Ward Ce
135 Max Elvin Gutknecht Sa
136 Raymond A Ronnebaum Se
137 Albertle Thorne Miller Sa
138 Arthur R Hartter Sa
139 Thomas Morse Reed Ci
140 Lawrence Elvin Watkins So
141 Charles Edward Cummins On
142 Edward John Vogel Se
143 Edward Martin Boeding Se
144 Delbert Anthony Stowell Ve
145 Raymond Clarence Shaffer So
146 Moses Edelman Sa
147 Donald Charles Wood Sa
148 Anthony Aloyoius Deters Ba
149 Frank Gehard Tappehorn Ke
150 Mirl Herman Bontrager Sa

Saturday Tidbits

Serial Numbers

Courier Tribune
List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft
24 Oct 1940

List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft

Over 1600 names are in the County Roll

A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to Determine Order in Which Local
Numbers Will Be Called

The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to almost every home in Nemaha county. It is the list of men between ages of 21 and 36 who enrolled on Wednesday, October 16th, for possible service to their country, and with each man’s name, the county serial number which has been drawn for him by the local draft board.

The arrangement is by number rather than by names because numbers will be the important thing next Tuesday, October 29th, when a master list is to be drawn at Washington, D.C. to determine the order in which local numbers will be called. President Roosevelt will draw the first number.

…

The local drawing and listing was completed Tuesday except perhaps for a few straggling cards. The board officially posted the list yesterday and sent a copy to state headquarters. The Sabetha Herald and Courier-Tribune joined in setting the large amoung of type necessary and the list is printed in the two papers. TO avoid runing the type to still greater length, a key system is sued to abbreviate names of towns. Where two letters make the name of the town clear, only two are used. Seneca becomes Se; Sabetha Sa; Corning Co; Centralia Ce; Goff GO; Wetmore We; and Baileyville, Bern, Kelly, Havensville, Soldier, Pawnee, Axtell and other points are similarly abbreviated. Oneida and ONaga addresses required the use of Onei and Ona. The Nemaha County list follows:

Continued from Feb. 18, 2023

51 Virgil Clive Followell Se
52 Ormand LeRoy Comer Sa
53 Otis Kenneth Kooser Sa
54 Russell Winfried Perry Go
55 William James H. Gilbert Sa
56 Forrest Edward Kessler We
57 Archie LeRoy Swogger Be
58 Harry Alvin Strahm Be
59 Amzi Gordon Mosteller Be
60 John Samuel Eby Ce
61 William Homer Avers Go
62 Paul John Altenhofen Se
63 Dallas Wayne Wade We
64 Clayton George Whistler We
65 William James Hopper Ce
66 Marvin Dwight Johnson We
67 Louis LeRoy Dannevik Ce
68 Anthony Philip Ketter Go
69 William Francis Proctor On
70 Fredolin Bernard Niehus Go
71 Eugene Frederick Brown Sa
72 Carl Wendell Evans Sa
73 Melvin Edward Thieman Pa-N
74 Ben Paul Kreutzman Ba
75 Lee Richard Cashman Ce
76 Carl Bernard Holthaus Se
77 Francis John Block Se
78 Floyd Iven Baumgartner On
79 William Kenneth Rucker We
80 Clarence Pratt Wohlford Ce
81 Maurice Earl Hoskins Ce
82 George Arthur Sausser Se
83 Wilbur Louis Roeder Ba
84 Aloysius Henry Dalinghaus Ba
85 Francis Petr Stallbaumer Ke
86 LeRoy Hunzeker Be
87 Paul Earl Noble Ce
88 Raymond Henry Wessel Ce
89 Aloysius John Broxterman Ba
90 Kenneth Joseph Dick Ba
91 Frederick Thomas Bauer Ona
92 Hugh Harold Mize We
93 Lawrence Henry Heiman Ba
94 Norbert Earl Hoffman Ce
95 Floyd Melvin Moore Sa
96 Ignatius F. Rottinghaus Ba
97 Leonard Sylvester Becker Ona
98 Orville Kenneth Burget Go
99 Gale William King Sa
100 Wilbur Gale Baskett Sa

To be Continued

Saturday Tidbits

Serial Numbers

Courier Tribune
24 Oct 1940

List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft

Over 1600 names are in the County Roll

A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to Determine Order in Which Local
Numbers Will Be Called

The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to almost every home in Nemaha county. It is the list of men between ages of 21 and 36 who enrolled on Wednesday, October 16th, for possible service to their country, and with each man’s name, the county serial number which has been drawn for him by the local draft board.

The arrangement is by number rather than by names because numbers will be the important thing next Tuesday, October 29th, when a master list is to be drawn at Washington, D.C. to determine the order in which local numbers will be called. President Roosevelt will draw the first number.

All over the country, local registration boards have shuffled the cards of their registrants, drawn cards from the pile, and given each a local serial number, just as has been done in Nemaha county. It is expected the highest number of cards handled by any one board is approximately 7,500, so that the highest serial number is near that figure.

Numbers reaching to the highest serial number and past will be prepared at Washington and placed in capsules through which they cannot be read. The president, who will start the drawing, will select a capsule from the same goldfish bowl that was used in the World War draft.

If the number first drawn is 999, it will mean that the 999’s in each registration area all over the United States will be the first men to be asked to report for classification. The number is used only as an example. In Nemaha County it is held by Raymond Henry Dague, Wetmore.

Registrants and their families will want to hold onto this issue of the paper. It will be easy, with the list at hand, to check with the master list as it is announced from Washington.

Draftees get the results of a double system of chance: The cards were shuffled for drawing of local numbers. The national drawing will determine the order in which the numbers will be called.

The local drawing and listing was completed Tuesday except perhaps for a few straggling cards. The board officially posted the list yesterday and sent a copy to state headquarters. The Sabetha Herald and Courier-Tribune joined in setting the large amount of type necessary and the list is printed in the two papers. TO avoid running the type to still greater length, a key system is sued to abbreviate names of towns. Where two letters make the name of the town clear, only two are used. Seneca becomes Se; Sabetha Sa; Corning Co; Centralia Ce; Goff GO; Wetmore We; and Baileyville, Bern, Kelly, Havensville, Soldier, Pawnee, Axtell and other points are similarly abbreviated. Oneida and Onaga addresses required the use of Onei and Ona. The Nemaha County list follows:

1 Harold Bishop Ham We
2 Vincent Eugene Haug Ve
3 Sylvester Joseph Kongs Go
4 Wayne Max McCall We
5 Raymond Leonard Mooney Ce
6 Cyril Francis Olberding Ba
7 Maurice Anthony Gudenkauf Co
8 John Kenneth Kenworthy Ax
9 George Darrel Hawley So
10 Ray Elden Creed Be
11 Paul Albertus Johnson Se
12 Lester Eugene Noble On
13 Virgil Henry R Sires Go
14 James Edward Wilcox Ba
15 William Eberhard Rempe Co
16 Willard Bertram Alcorn Ba
17 Home Leland Cox Go
18 Walter Franklin Bryan Ce
19 Paul Raymond Mathewson Se
20 Benton Frank Luse Se
21 Emet Francis Hightower Ce
22 LeRoy Glen Myers Sa
23 John Wendell Tyler Sa
24 Albert Henry Meyer Sa
25 Roy Meyer Be
26 Fridolin August Boeding Se
27 Robert John Mitchell Ax
28 Merrill Orlin Wood Sa
29 Garrett Francis Gulhan, Jr So
30 Wilfred B. Stallbaumer Go
31 Herman Jacob Engel We
32 Wilbern Frances Oenbring Ba
33 Henry Armond Bachand Ba
34 Wilfred Michael Eisenbarth Go
35 Cyril Henry Holthaus Ce
36 Benedict William Schmidt Ba
37 John Jordan Barrett On
38 Harvard Judson Goodrich Se
39 Lawrence Anthony Huerter Ke
40 Howard Clinton Kreitzer Sa
41 Bert Henry Keim Sa
42 Clemenns Carl Sudbeck Se
43 Bernard Charles Oconner Ce
44 Delmer Arnold Fletchall Co
45 Harry Gilmore Whittle, Jr Sa
46 Daniel Frances Mitchell Ax
47 Howard Ignatius Gallagher Se
48 Robert Vincent Vardy Se
49 Peter William Schmits Ce
50 Lawrence August Weyer Ce

Saturday Tidbits

Will Call to Training
Draft Bill Passes
Expect Registration of Those 21 to 36 on or Near October 14

The Congress of the United States has passed the draft bill, and it was expected the President’s signature, only thing necessary which remained to make it the law of the land, would be affixed this morning.

This is the first time in history that America has had a peace time draft. It is the result of the new, fast type of war, raging in Europe. The country must be prepared, cannot wait until it is threatened and then have time to train men.

The American system will call for the training of several hundred thousand men each year. They will be in service for one year and when they have completed training, will become a part of the trained reserve. Each six months or year new recruits will be called in for their year of military duty. The present bill extends for five years. By the end of that time, several million men will have had their year of military school.

Those who must register for possible call are those who have reached their 21st birthday on the specific registration day, and have not reached their 36th birthday.

It is expected that the registration day will be October 14 or near the date. The President will set the date.

The machinery set up for the registration will compare to that of an election. There will be registration boards for each precinct.
The registration will be followed by selection of men by lot, then by classification, for which responsibility will fall onto local boards. It is expected one board will function for the county.

Class 1 will include those ready for immediate training. Class 2 will be those deferred from immediate service because their removal would cause real and definite damage to the national interest, or who hold some government job in which they cannot be replaced. Class 3 will include those with dependents. Class 4 is to include everyone else, such as aliens, those physically unfit, ministers and theological students and those in certain government positions deferred by law.

Daily newspapers are running series of articles on the draft. They are too long to cover fully in one story, but in brief, it appears that all who register will be given numbers. There will be a national drawing of numbers and acting on this, the local boards will then send questionnaires to men in their areas whose numbers are indicted. The classification above will then be made on the basis of these questionnaires, if this paper understands the plan correctly. In other words, rather than classifying all registrants at first, certain ones will be called by lot and then their eligibility determined.

There will be advisory boards to serve those registering and a system for appeal from classification.

There are some 16 1/2 million men in the United States who will register. It is expected that more than 10 million of this group will be deferred, initially at least, from call. The law will provide for calling of 900,000 men at any one given time. Allowing for the fact that many will be deferred, it is estimated that the chances of the unmarried, unskilled man for being called within the next year are about one out of six. Chances appear strong that he will be called sometime within the five years.

Courier Tribune (Seneca, KS) 16 Sep 1940, page 1

A search of Newspapers.com for draft in 1940 turns up quite a few articles about the national drawing. Below are clippings from some of those articles.

The Mercury (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) 22 Oct 1940, page 1

The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) 30 Oct 1940, page 1

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) 30 Oct 1940, page 4

And then there’s this interesting article about brewery workers being excused from the draft that I just happened to stumble upon while locating these other articles.

The Mercury (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) 22 October 1940, page 1

Saturday Tidbits

Courier Tribune
July 1, 1940
page 1 and 2

They Serve the Flag

Many from Here

Country Not Unprepared If This Area is Representative

With th hubbub of war abroad and need for Uncle Sam to carry a good club, extremists have it that the United States now has practically no defense at all. But if this area is representative the country is not unprepared. There are perhaps more young men from this area serving their country’s flag today that at any other time of peace. When one begins to name over those of one’s acquaintance who are in the service or have had training and are in the reserve organization, it is found the list is surprising.
Following are some of the men serving from this area. It is not a government list, merely those thought of by persons in this office, and other persons with whom reporters came in contact. No doubt there will be additions.
Reuben Bieri and Harry Bieri, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Peta Bieri, Seneca, navy men, both first class petty officers. Reuben is at Lisbon, Portugal on the Dickerson, light cruiser expected to head soon for American waters; Harry is on the Hamman, new destroyer at San Diego.
Leo Wichman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Wichman, Seneca. Six years in federal service in the Hawaiian islands. He was at Baltimore, Maryland, two weeks ago, possibility he would be sent to South America. Leo does not discuss his work, leading to belief it is with the secret department of the service.
Bennie Koelzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Koelzer, north of Seneca. In the navy, Washington state machinist and petty officer, completing four years service next October 20. Sons of Paul Luckeroth and Fred Hunninghake, Baileyville, recently joined the navy.
Russell C. Buehler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Buehler, Seneca. A lieutenant in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, commonly called the R.O.T.C., coast artillery, now in actie service at Miller’s field, Staten Island, New York.
Dwight Rickman, Seneca, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rickman, Seneca. Joining the marines at San Diego. Left here last week. Bernard Stein, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stein and Arthur Sisco, other Seneca young men, have taken steps preliminary to enlistment in the navy.
Linus Karnowski, son of Mr.

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and Mrs. Joe Karnowski, is with the 18th Coast Artillery, at Ft. Stevens, Oregon.
David Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Mitchell. Joined the navy from Seneca a year or so ago when his parents lived here, his father an SCS foreman.
Leroy Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Armstrong, Seneca. Preparing to be a navy flier. Has had his first training at Fairfax airport, Kansas City. Soon to be called to the naval air base at Pensacola, Florida to report.
Wilfred Fienhage, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fienhage, Baileyville, army service, stationed at Ft. Leavenworth according to last information here.
Wilbert Schmits, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schmits, Seneca. First class private, U.S. Army, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; two years service.
Cyril Kohake, son of Tony Kohake, Goff, three months in the navy.
Cyril Fleming, son of Joe Fleming, Kelly is in the navy.
Ralph V. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Anderson, Oneida. Naval communications reserve active service a the present time, recruiting.
Harold Wiseman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiseman, Axtell, formerly of Centralia, is a navy youth who wrote home interestingly several months ago when he was in South American waters and viewed the Grai Spee, packet battleship scuttled by the Germans after a sharp encounter with English ships.
Bern Joins the Navy
Information was available on a number of Bern youths who have joined the service Bern has gone to the navy. The town claims Rueben and Harry Bieri, who formerly lived there, and these additional.
Donald Croffot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Croffoot. In the navy about four months, on the Hammann, same destroyer Harry Bieri is on.
Alvin “Bud” Gugelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gugelman, Also joined four months, on the Hammann.
George Brett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bern, on the USS Detroit at Honolulu.
Paul Wittwer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wittwer, served a four year enlistment earlier, rejoined the nay recently on the west coast or in Pacific waters, with the fleet, location of which is now secret.
Bob Baugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baugh. Three years service, submarine duty, was in San Diego two weeks ago.
Dustin and James Simon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Simon, who recently moved to Belleville. James has been in the navy approximately four years; Duane since last August. Both on same ship, name know known.
Ready to go Ira Bieri, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bieri; Galen Haffner, son of Mrs. Alice Haffner. Another Bern naval youth James [Bryant]
Reserves Civilian Training
Scattered in various places are men who are not in active duty but have had recent training and are members of the reserves. There comes to mind Major Geo Springer, Seneca, Vincent Rethman, Seneca, leaving for employment in the east, whose R.O.T.C. work has been coupled with additional summer encampments in the chemical branch of the service; Arlie Higgins, Florence school superintendent, former Seneca young man, a reserve lieutenant with R.O.T.C. service and training in command of CCC; Rex Molineux, Seneca, reserve lieutenant and CCC administration; Charles Pence, Seneca, reserve lieutenants; Marvin Funk, Dallas, advanced R.O.T.C. training.
Civilian air training, sponsored by the government is adding to pilots with at least basic training who would be available in case of need. Lester Haug, Seneca, K.U. graduate, at Ft. Sheridan, near Chicago, has such training. Another Seneca connection is the Austin family, Mrs. Judd Austin Topeka, taking the CAA training. Women pilots may in time become instructors.
As indicated at the beginning of this article, this is probably but a part of those in this newspaper’s area who are in service or reserve. It will not be surprising if correspondents add many names.

Courier Tribune (Seneca, KS) 1 July 1940, page 1 and 2

The list of those in the service was continued in the next issue.

Also Serve Their Country

Mentioned as serving Uncle Sam since the list was published in the last paper are Harlan Becker, son of the late Roy Becker, navy; Richard Heideman, son of Fred Heideman, navy; Moses Tate, son of Charles Tate, just joined the army. Paul Gerber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gerber, is in the navy at present on U.S.S. Enterprise, Airplane carrier stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He enlisted last October.

Courier Tribune (Seneca, Kansas) 4 July 1940, page 5

Saturday Tidbits

Courier Tribune
28 Nov 1940
page 2

Defense Program Takes Higgins from Teaching

Arlie Higgins is a former Seneca young man who is called from school work by the national defense program. Arlie has been high school principal at Florence, Kansas, where he has taught three years. He is a member of the Reserve Offices corps of the army as well as a teacher and the army now comes first. Arlie was here the first week to visit his mother, Mrs. W. H. Higgins, then went on to Fort Crook, Nebr., where he has been assigned as captain of the 3rd. infantry. He is called for a year’s duty. He will look for a place to live at Ft. Crook and then he and his wife will move their household goods from Florence.

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Courier Tribune
21 Oct 1940
page 3 (column 2)

Mr. and Mrs. George Ross of Seneca, and their son, Wilfrid,, who is in the army service, stationed at Fort Riley, were guests at two events at Manhattan Saturday in recognition of Mrs. Ross talent as an author. Mr. and Mrs. Ross first went to Fort Riley for Wilfrid, who had week-end leave. In the afternoon they attended a tea for members of the Fourth District Author’s club and those who had contributed to the Kansas Magazine, given at the home of Prof. and Mrs. R. I. Thackrey, Manhattan. Thackrey is editor of the Kansas magazine and head of the state college department of journalism. They attended a Kansas Magazine dinner in the evening at which Charles L. Marshall, president of the Kansas State Federation of Art and Ross Taylor of the University of Wichita were speakers. The Ross family remained at Manhattan Saturday night and took Wilfrid back to Fort Riley yesterday. He likes the service.

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Courier Tribune
26 Sep 1940
page 3 (last column)

Lieut. Russell Buehler made a short visit here this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Buehler. Russell is a Seneca boy who is on the ground floor of military training. HE attended Kansas State college, Manhattan, which requires two years of military training with another two years optional. Russell took all four years of military training in addition to his regular college engineering course. He continued with the reserve work and the past months have found him in the east, in turn giving artillery training to other young men. He was first at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, then he was sent on detached service to FOrt Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York, some of his time being spent at Miller field. Now he is being transferred to the Panama canal zone, expects to be there two years. Russel like the army. He believes that most of the conscripts and national guard units will be given their year’s training in the south. Besides doing away with much of the problem of winter heating., the south provides more months when men can be shaped into soldiers, by training in the field. Lieutenant Buehler who arrived at Seneca Monday, left for New York again last night, to sail from there October 1 for Panama.

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Serving in the U.S. Navy

Courier Tribune
Thursday, January 4, 1940
page 5

Lester Auger Called to Service

Mrs. Tom Wherry received a letter from her son, Lester Auger, who is on the USS Mississippi off the western coast. Mr. Auger has had 30 years of service in the U S Navy and was retired for a time, when he was called back into active duty this last year. The USS Mississippi carries about 1,100 men and officers. The ship is 624 feet long and 106 feet wide. The guns fire steel shells weighing 2,100 pounds and 14 inches in diameter. Mr. Auger is in the supply department of the ship and is in charge of all the supplies carried on board. The ship has a modern drug store, where the men can buy tooth paste, shaving cream, soap, in fact, anything carried in a drug store or notion store, according to Mr. Auger. A stock of clothing and shoes is carried in one of the supply stores.

Courier Tribune
15 Jan 1940
Page 6

Bern
Alvin Gugelman left Tuesday for San Diego, where he will take up his new duties in the navy.

Centralia
Grant Andrick, who joined the navy two months ago and has been in training near Chicago was given a furlough for a visit home with his mother and other relatives. Grant will return Thursday and go to Norfolk, Va. for continued training.