Article clipped from Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Save Clipping View Newspaper
SELECTEES GO TO HUNTINGTONMercer Group Will Return to Bluefield Tonight for Automatic 14-Day Furlough After Taking Tests TodayMembers of the contingent of selectees sent to Huntington yesterday bv local board No. 1. Mercer county selective service, yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, will submit to the final physical examination for induction in the armed services today, and will return to Bluefield tonight for the automatic 14-day furlough which went into effect yesterday.Following the 14-day furlough, the members of the contingent will be sent to Fort Thomas, Ky , for assignment to active duty.A greater majority of the group were teen-agers, and many of them were those who had completed their high school work thisyear.Richard Frazier Stowers was named leader with the following assistants; Luther Yokley Millsap,Leon Garland Yates. Lewis Drayton Mitchell, Millard Winton Robbins. Jr. . ,Two of the group scheduled forthis call failed to report. They 'were Possey Adrian Altizer and Charles Moricle. The board has been unable to contact these two for sometime, it was stated.Three men called in this group had previously Tteen transferred to other boards. They are; Harry i Flin Macon to Board No. 27. Philadelphia; Delphin Delmos Litteral to Board No. 1. Roanoke, and Joseph Ray Anderson to Board No 1 Johnson City. Tenn.The local board is sending a group of colored selectees to Hunt.I ington on Thursday.Those leaving in yesterday s call other than the leader and assist-a n *Clifford Dills Bailey. James Adrian Eubank. Ellis Hoge Thomas. Ballard Phillips. Burchell Heyl-I ton Ratcliffe, John SherwoodHamsberger. Wiiliam Arthur Bragg Charles Walter Vermillion, Warren Lee Frye. Donald Hoge Davidson. Victor Ernest Mottrgo-merv. Shelby David Roach. Keister Burton Looney. James Edward i Farley. James Richard Rash, Arthur S’.dnev Lester, Jr.. William Earl Bradley. Amos ReginaldLambert, Basil Leonard Baliard.Maior Arthur Nash. WilliamCleveland Snyder. Jr.. Trey Thomas Mav. Harold Gordoni Peery. Fletcher Gray Shtley, Robert Eugene Crowder. Carl Othar Bradley William Robert Akeis. J,min Cecil Magruder, H M Heldreth. Jr.. William Oscar Chandler. William Thomas Gilley. Cecil Cla\ ton McCoy. James I Richard Cele, Granville Cassel ilouchins. II. Orval Douglas Hill. Billy Mitchell Rudder. Arnold F.l-wood AlifT. McKinley Roger Poe Charles Walker Anders Willie James Ford, Leonard Lonzo Kilgore. Jr., George Edward Fores-f man. James Dillard Thomas, Russell Edmond Sumpter. Law'rence Bowens, Donald Stew»art Adkins. Ralph Ramey, Hunter Coleman Harris. Lyman Preston BowesWilliam L- Ridinger, Harvey Shaman. William Lowe, Charles Ran-) dolph Reed. Herbert Leon Ratcliffe. Walter Snider. Robert Franklin Cox. trans. from L. B No. 1 Mishawaka. Ind. Fianz Xlauber trans. from L. B 62 New York. N. Y., Cyril Blake Basham, trans. from L. B. No. 1 Elkins. W. | Va Samuel Garfield Wright, trans. from L. B. No. 2 L,ewisburg. W.Va.. Henry' Joseph Goodman,trans. from L. B. No. 2, Bradford, Pa.. George Washington Hamiter, traits from L. B. 76 Sumter, S, C.. Morris Conway Owen, trans. i from L. B. 1 Portsmouth. Va.,Kenneth James Davidson, trans. from L. B. 1 Portsmouth, Va.,Robert E. Lee Woods, trans. from L. B. 3. Welch. W Va., JimrnvBVirtrr Hunlpr \fnrris trans. from
Newspaper Details

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Bluefield, West Virginia, US

Wed, Jun 16, 1943

Page 1

Full Page
Clipped by
Profile Icon
Anonymous

USA 17 Apr 2019

Other Publications Near Bluefield, West Virginia

Bluefield Evening Leader

Bluefield Daily Leader

Bluefield Sunset News

Bluefield Sunday Telegraph

The New Daily Telegraph