Three Isabella youths left Mt. Pleasant Tuesday to report to Saginaw induction station for Selective Service. All three men are volunteers and make up Isabella’s first draft quota.
Paul William Esch,
21, Broomfield township, was named leader of the group, which also included
Merle Francis Deming, 21, of near Winn and Floyd Louis Prout, 26, northeast of
Rosebush. Esch, as leader, is
responsible for transportation and other details concerned with the volunteers
registering with the commanding officer at the induction station.
In the event that
any of the selectees are rejected upon examination at the induction station,
several registrants from here are ready to report at the station according to
Lendy Davis, board clerk. First in line
to volunteer, Melvin Roy Atkins, 27, of Weidman.
To date some 250
questionnaires have been sent from the county headquarters here. Return of the blanks properly filled out is
being accomplished with some difficulty according to draft board and advisory
board members. The advisory board which
was set up to aid draftees in filling out questionnaires has been overtaxed
with requests for assistance.
It is pointed out
that the board is intended to function when draftees have some question about
filling out the forms. Many young men,
it was said, made no attempt to fill the blanks unaided.
However, when
there is doubt as to information required on the blanks, assistance can be
obtained from any of the following board members: Virgil McClintic, 500 South Main; Thomas R. McNamara, Taylor
building; James E. Ryan, Commercial block; Lester Orcutt, 508 South Kinney and
George B. Keiser, 506 North Main.
McClintic, McNamara and Ryan have requested that all inquiries be made
during office hours at the addresses given above, and Orcutt and Keiser prefer
that applicants call at their homes after 6 p.m.
This week additional registrants in class 1A,
eligible for immediate service, are being called for physical
examinations. Others are receiving
notice of classification. It is
required that the county board here shall have 650 men classified by January 1. These classifications made up to that time
hold until May 1941 when all registrants will be reclassified. Reclassification will take place every six
months, according to Mr. Davis.