Fulton County Military Board slows action on exemptions and those to be drafted
The Fulton County local draft board reports slow progress as it certifies exemptions and processes calls for National Army service. About 108 exemption claims were allowed, 55 not allowed, and 63 no claims filed with 55 exemptions rejected. the list includes numerous named individuals and clarifies the board’s careful, fair process amid wartime demands.
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Fulton County
Board of Necessity
National Army
District Board
Washington
Wille Certs
War Bread Recipes and Wartime Food Savers
A wartime page features corn meal bread and crackers recipes, and a long Nutritious Food Conservation plea urging households to cut waste. It highlights cornmeal based breads, a call for household budgets, and tips to save food for Red Cross and government bonds.
Wauseon Elects Nominations In Quiet Primary
Wauseon held a light voter turnout on primary day with both parties nominating municipal officers for November 6 1917 General Election. Republicans named a slate with Mayor Chas Bull Clerk Jas C King Treasurer L H Deyo and W B Harris. Marshall contest Sweeny over Overmyer. Councilmen G B Gorsuch H H Williams Jr W A Hill George Oakley A S Blake and A F Shaffer. Public Affairs Trustees Guilford Lyon Harper. Democrats blank on names but Oscar Hanson evens as Mayor and other posts with minor vote totals and write-ins. Reverend C F Evans to speak at union meeting Sunday evening.
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Wauseon
Chas. M. Bull
Jas C. King
L. H. Deyo
W. B. Harris
Deyo
Robert Sweeny
S. B. Overmyer
Marshall
Sweeny
Overmyer
George B. Gorsuch
H. H. Williams Jr
W. A. Hill
George Oakley
A. S. Blake
A. F. Shaffer
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
F. R Guilford
W. D. Lyon
F. R. Harper
P. H. Bayes
E. F. Hanson
G. W. Evilsizer
George Geer
W. H. Robb
H. J. Bachman
E. M
Jas. M. Clark
F. D. Becker
E. F. Heist
P.M. Schnur
Robert Drennan
C. F. Stotzer
Fulton County Boards Fails To Fill Quota Examinations Next Week
The Fulton County Military Board has been unable to secure the full 142 men required from the first 300 summoned. As a result, 200 more men from the 1744 registered are ordered to report in two groups on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22, with names listed for the Tuesday group and the Wednesday group continuing on page.
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Fulton County Military Board
Joyal Military Board
Fulton County
Rulton
Officers in Training Camps at Fort Wayne and Wauseon
The Fort Wayne camp hosted about six to seven thousand trainees in three barrack layouts with drills, bayonet practice, trench building, and rifle ranges. Medical corps trained for commissions but faced the same hard drills. A separate report recalls a child’s accident, local sympathy, and a Chesterfield Red Cross meeting as the community responds.
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Fort
Benjamin Harrison
Col
Glennsions
Reg
West Virginia
Hindenburg
Europe
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Evallk
Fulton's Military Board
Punkhouser, Otto Emiel
Rex
Alfred Mazinna Wallace
Wayne W. Griffin
Roscoe Waldvogel
Clarence Walter Schang
Fred E. Poa
Edgar Allen Miller
Uriah Mann
Aesee Pelton
Soli
Frankiamne
Grimes
Howard J. Pawhtne
Herbert A A Vanwyner
Ie Howard Hustile
Leist
Meaty Jones
Ralfi ‘Tedrow
Jesse Frank Sullins
Ermonee Schaechterle
Fi Hartman
Rescurtis
Gorsuch
Banniater
Kenyon
Holland i
Tennyson Leininger
Ernest Larence
Niger
William la
Wyee
Arnold
Leo Lester
Sipman
Harry Irvin
Damon
Winfield
Dickerson
Lewis
Manley
Claude H
Uncle Sam
Ida C. Bailey Allen
Can
Ida Bailey Allen Redpath Caautauqua
Michigan
Arthur Sweeny
Harbor Spin Michi
Tribune
The
Elbert H. Gary
Army
Navy
White
Teltov
Houston
Red Cross
Alda Fouty
Mildred Bonk
Emily
L. Everson
C. W. Mohler
H. Radin
America
Wauseon Primary
C. F. Evans
M. E
McQueen
Hugh Bra
Lowe
Vern Tyler
Miller
Edwin
Jesse Allen
Hayward
John Delb
Schuller
Jacob
Kindy
Ward B
Pillied
Harry G
Myers
Ray Edward
Huber
Frank Leopol
Phillips
Arthur H
Nofziger
Lloyd Pates
Charles Ivan Ries
Oscar Searls Schrag
Solomon Kaney
Sterling Will Onweiler
Harvey Bender
Edwin Theodo Buttermore
Eugene F Swisher
Clark Oliver Sprague
Peter Hanber Short
Adam Seraube
Erin Norris
Clarence Eve Plory
Harrison A. Culberson
James le Stewart
Chester al Yoder
Roy E. Wagner
Homer 0. Rupp
Sam C. Barricklow
Dwight Britsch
Alfred Foley
Harry Henry Poths
Otto Carl Plehn
Herbert Erne
Fort Benjamin Harrison
BY Davis B. Johnson
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Eugene
Clark Robinson
Clark
Robinson
Chesterfield Red Cross
Chesterfield Township
Miona
Read & Wager
Harrison & Funkhouser Bros
Fulton Street
Ohio
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