First peacetime draft drawing remembered in history
The nation witnessed the first peacetime selective service drawing. President and Cabinet members watched as capsules with registrant numbers were drawn, amid cheers and a note of personal irony about the Roosevelt boys and family ties. early lists include names such as George S. Girbach and Alfred E. Graf among others.
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United States
Selective Service
Hamburg
Roosevelt Boys
Salisbury
George
Girbach
Alfred EB. Graf
Bliss A. Curtiss
Local Socials Report From Wapakoneta And Ann Arbor Visits
The Observer notes visiting family groups from Ohio and Michigan. Christ Zick and Edna with John Bodmer Maurice Robbins spent Sunday with Aaron Heppner and John Zick in Wapakoneta Ohio. Desbroughs and Matthews Desbrough Meads Desbrough groups from Milan and Ypsilanti attended a family dinner party on the occasion of a thirtieth wedding anniversary.
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Christ Zick
Edna
John Bodmer
Maurice Robbins
Aaron Heppner
John Zick
Wapakoneta
Ohio
George Desbrough
Jacob Stecher
Marjorie Pilbeam
Ypsilanti
Clyde Matthews
Ann Arbor
James Desbrough
Clyde Desbrough
Ora Meads
Milan
Duane Desbrough and Sons
Founders Day at Saline Woman’s Club in Old Fashioned Style
Saline Woman’s Club members enjoyed Founders Day with Mrs Unterkircher hosting at the Methodist church parlors. Guests wore antique costumes, a New England boiled dinner was served, and a china glassware display accompanied a talk by Frederick Cleveringa from Michigan State Normal College. The event included a gift for Mrs Waterkircher and a photo session, with donations of canned fruit for Starr Commonwealth and notices about legal printing needs.
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Saline
Tutner Briggs
Woman’s Club
Mesdames Curtiss
Briggs
Jordan
Hall
Frederick Cleveringa
Michigan State Normal College
Mix
Unterkircher
George Barr
Mae Wheeler
Mable Dean
Saline Woman’s Club
Starr Commonwealth
Albion
Esther Landwehr
Mickie Says The Week We Wait For In Your Wallets
A quirky notice urges readers to pay subscriptions this week with cash and folding money. It suggests exchanging receipts for payments and highlights a fundraising or dues collection moment.
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Detroit Edison
Mooreville News Roundup Covers Illnesses News and Visitors
Mooreville notes Miss Lauretta Hoffman was ill with chickenpox last week. Mrs Harry Bunce of Dundee visited Mrs Loyal Kanitz on Thursday. Loyal Kanitz and family spent Sunday with his parents in Milan. A kitchen shower was held for Mr and Mrs Robert Greasher at Mooreville York hall. Mary Ann Rymanowicz born October 25 weighing seven pounds. Mrs George Walther hosted the Ladies Aid Sewing circle with a potluck at noon. Funeral for Mrs Frank Augustus attended by Loyal Kanitz and others at Ypsilanti. Octagon Eyed Spiders and early American submarine history described. World Jaunt souvenirs listed with Curacao as a port of call. Colonial Massachusetts laws banned dogs in Nantucket and Duke counties two centuries ago.
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Lauretta Hoffman
Harry Bunce
Dundee
Loyal Kanitz
C. @. Kanitz
Milan
Robert Greashaber
Mooreville York Hall
Theodore Rymanowicz
Mary Ann
George Walther
Ladies’ Aid Sewing Circle
Wendell L Willkie for President and Republicans Ticket
A political campaign urging voters to choose Wendell L Willkie and a straight Republican ticket in the November 5 election. It argues the ballot will decide democracy, liberty, and national security, urging support for national state and county offices led by Republicans.
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America
Wendell L. Willkie
Sears
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Observer
England
Mickie
Mooreville
Fred Lewis
Paul Lewis
Frank Augustus
U. S
New York Harbor
David Bushnell
West Indies
Curacao
Shanghai
Alexandria
Tokyo
Madrid
Syria
India
France
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Duke
Europe
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Felix H. H. Flynn
Luella M. Smith
Earl C. Michener
Vernon J. Brown
Clyde D. Fleming
den D. Dickinson
Geo. P. McCallum
Katherine Shau
Charles J. McNary
EB Eugene
Keyes
Secretary of State
Clyde D, Fleming
Washtenaw
Harry F. Kelly
Attorney General
Herbert J. Rushton
Joseph Be, Warner
Tuomy
George Meader
John L. Osborn
E. C. Ganzhorn
Bradley M. Harris
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