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Lee Rudy, Middletown, Tries To Get Into The Navy; Accepted Conditionally.WANTED TO BE A SAILORMANFifteen-year-old Lee Rudy, high school studeM and ion oi Mr. andMn?. Vera. Rudy, near Middletown, ran aiwav lo war*’ 3'esierday. firedibl tilt. go.iLkIiL tlccUa u£ llic t .a.lu-J US ell iand the American soldiers in France, j He wag “at war less than \l hours, I ted gotten as far as Hagerstown, i iiad been conditionally accepted by i the navy recruiting office, when ills i father arrived on the scene and t brought him back to Mid-diet own, his school books, and pursuits o: a ntm-mihtary nakure.The youth left Ms home yesterday morning to attend school. In addition to his pack of •books he carried h,s “oest suit,’’ neatly tied in a bundle. His cash consisted of 42 cents. He used the Mt, Tabor .va;ring- station. as a dressing room. loaned, his best clouting, threw his books away, went to ifyersville and boarded a car for Hagerstown—and to war.He first visited the array recruiting- station, but was refused because of his apparent you-th. Xext he went [ to the navy recruiting office, and profiting by his experience with the “landlubbers told a husky gdb that he was 1? years old. He was accepted with the condition that he obtain the consent of his parents. He lied like a ‘‘major.** ‘telling [he recruiting officer that his parents wer€ dead. The gob said that ft would be necessary to obtain the written consent of bis guardian and gave him papers for his guardrail's signature.Appoint*. Own Guardian.T-nen the youthful war rum remembered rbat R. M- Rliodeflck, Middletown, -was employed on the morning Herald, «- he appointed Rhode rick “his guardian.’ His '‘■guardian” 'whs asleep when he arrived at the office of ;iie newspaper, but he was persist- f cut. he called at his ’‘guardian's” j hotel. Rhode rick *vas routed out, in- I formed gt the plan and asked to sign, j Rudy was impatient, declaring that! be was to leave for Baltimore at j t p’clock yesterday afternoon. jHurt* was sent to t,u lobby to -wait, jfa the mean time Rh-od crick called i tlt-c youth's parents at Middletown ’ and received mstruei'ons to turn the boy over to the authorities, until they could cali for him. So wcie wrecked the militant ambitions »f tars high school bo;*..Roth Mr. and Mrs. Rudy 2,ad discovered the absence of 1heir son. They first missed a suit o; clothing, u-«1 ordinarily for “dress occasions, and then learned that lie had not reported {or scnool. The father had notified the ooltcc department of Frederick and Hagerstown.Last night vaunt; Rudy was re-to Middletown Today or will probably be hack at his desk m the Middletown hich school, facing a period of six t,ears. when, if his ambition stands the tect of nine, he may jam either the army or the navy, or anj-other branch of the service, if he qualifies.
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The Frederick News Post
Frederick, Maryland, US
Tue, Mar 02, 1920
Page 4
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