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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
5
Fragmentary field notes describe efforts to tighten guard systems and improve fighting capabilities at a camp setup. Mention of General Kennedy and work on a cooperative fighting arrangement appears alongside references to burned barracks being reoccupied and a new building planned.
Wartime diary snippets describe campers from Linden and Camp Dix. Ralph Dilibro twirls swagger sticks, mates trade jokes about Washington dead, packages from Plainfield ease homesickness, and soldiers debate socks, mustaches, and new army shoes.
Plainfield chapter of the Red Cross secured permission from Atlantic Division to supply knitted comfort items. Miss Nos J Bullock, longtime Franklin Public School principal, announces retirement due to ill health. Ransome Concrete hosts national representatives in mid October as Newark paving advances. North Salka well found during excavation for Volunteer Fire Department era. Rev Dr George W Osman to join YMCA work with American soldiers. Owman preached at First Church. Paving progress: steam-drawn North Avenue excavation complete, base work to start. Madison Avenue bases being prepared. Morrie High leads Park Ave gridiron hopefuls. Hog Tea fundraiser at Plainfield Hbusc Society. Theresa Major estate probate offers $20,000 in New York.
The Federal Exemption Board for the second New Jersey district reviewed 104 claims this week in Newark. Twenty-six granted, twenty-four denied, others held in abeyance. Among denials were several from Plainfield and North Plainfield residents, including Egbert Fountain, son of oe Fountain, who sought exemption as a divinity student. Fountain’s appeal, aided by his Baptist minister brother, failed, meaning he must await conscription. Other denied claims include Harry Ashton, Sandy W. Carter, J. Bik, Jenn W. Nagel, Rudolph B. Salm, Henry Breerland, and multiple individuals listed with dependent-relations factors.
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