World War II Draftees

Researched by Lisa Slaski

The following are the lists of men published in the Hamilton County Record, Wells, N.Y. in 1941 for Local Board 392 in Lake Pleasant of those drafted to be inducted into the armed forces. Along with those drafted is a list of replacements in case the original inductees were found to be unfit and not taken by the armed forces. They would be given 5 days notice prior to reporting if they should be needed.

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Date of publication: 23 Jan 1941
Date to report to the local board: 22 Jan 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States Army at Albany Court House, Albany, N.Y.

V-72 Albert Henry King
9 William McCleary Dunlop
18 Andrew Simonds

Replacements:

22 Hobert Sumers Crokshanks
27 Morgan Andrew Sollie
47 John Lewis Earley

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Date of publication: 6 Feb 1941 (and again on 27 Feb 1941)
Date to report to the local board: 12 Feb 1941 (26 Feb 1941, in the 27 Feb 1941 publication)
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States Army at Albany Court House, Albany, N.Y.

22 Hobert Sumers Crokshank
27 Morgan Andrew Sollie
47 John Lewis Early

Replacements:

57 Louis Alderic Normand (replacement)
65 Beecher Mitchell Fish
66 Elwyn Charles Quillan

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Date of publication: 6 Mar 1941
Date to report to the local board: 12 Mar 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States Army at Albany Court House, Albany, N.Y.

73 Charlie Phillips
74 Richard Isiah Morrison
77 George Edward Brown (listed only in the 27 Feb 1941 publication)

Replacements:

77 George Edward Brown
88 Edwin Charles Maynard

Also in this issue:

Indian Lake
First Draftee Taken

Beecher Fish went to Albany on Wednesday of last week where he passed his physical examination with flying colors and was sent on to camp on Thursday. He is the first draftee to be taken from Indian Lake although there have been a number of volunteers since last September. The firemen gave a party for Mr. Fish at Jones Hotel on the eve of his departure.

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Date of publication: 27 Mar 1941
Date to report to the local board: 26 Mar 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States 71st Infantry Armory at 34th St. Army and Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York.

77 George Edward Brown (to replace man rejected March 13, 1941)
80 Charles Edward Williams (to be inducted from New York City)
88 Edwin Charles Maynard
89 Delbert Paul Stuart (to be inducted from Albany)

Replacements:

V493 Harry Homer Leavenworth
94 Walter S. Filkins
101 Leslie Lucien Turner
108 Stanley Gideon Savarie

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Date of publication: 3 Apr 1941
Date to report to the local board: 7 Apr 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States N.Y.S. Medical Regiment, Lark & Elk Streets, Albany, New York

94 Walter S. Filkins
101 Leslie Lucien Turner
108 Stanley Gideon Savarie
137 Robert Bernam Demming
165 Bernard Leslie Hutchins
173 Robert G. Stiefvater

Replacements (none listed)

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Date of publication: 24 Apr 1941
Date to report to the local board: 21 Apr 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States N.Y.S. Medical Regiment, Lark & Elk Streets, Albany, New York

163 Frank Parker
205 George Thomas Moore
238 Joe Edward Potter
152 Lance Laurence LaFave (transferred to Local Board in Mass. for induction)

Replacements (none listed)

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Date of publication: 15 May 1941
Date to report to the local board: 13 May 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States N.Y.S. Medical Regiment, Lark & Elk Streets, Albany, N.Y.

V356 James LeRoy Springs
264 Stanley George Lanphear
267 Arthur Martin Locke
256 James Harrison Roblee
280 Harry Amos Moulton
308 James Benjamin Hall
312 Walter Becker
313 William James Houghton
319 Duane Russell Fredette
323 Joseph C. Rowlands
336 Robert Lobdell, Jr.
342 Robert Wilbur Corey

Replacements (none listed)

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Date of publication: 29 May 1941
Date to report to the local board: 26 May 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States 71st Infantry Armory at 34th St. and Park Ave., New York, N.Y.

V248 John Robert Morris

Replacements:

210 Archie Soloman Mead (transfer)

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Date of publication: 12 Jun 1941
Date to report to the local board: 16 Jun 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States 71st Infantry Armory at 34th St. Army and Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York.

111 John Ralph Brasile
117 Laurence Erwin Davis
194 Daniel Jay Eldridge
210 Archie Soloman Mead

Replacements:

228 Harold William Page
302 Thomas Edward Wilkie
341 Adolph G. Sabattis
362 Edgar Maxwell Lanphear

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Date of publication: 21 Aug 1941
Date to report to the local board: 20 Aug 1941
To be sent: to an induction station of the United States Army at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York.

349 Gilbert Rhoades Helms
403 Clarence Fowler Knapp

Replacements:

411 Ronald David Lobdell
427 Harry Hunt Waldron

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The men and women who were inducted into the armed forces were generally given a sending off by the community. Here is one article on such an event that took place in Hamilton county in 1942:

The Morning Herald, Gloversville and Johnstown, 14 Apr 1942

Selectees Given Farewell Party

Hamilton County Men Are Guests of Red Cross

Speculator - A group of Hamilton county boys who were inducted in the United States Army Monday morning were guests of the Lake Pleasant Chapter of the American Red Cross Sunday afternoon and evening at the Firemen's hall.

Games were played and refreshments were served by Mrs. Clyde elliott, Mrs. Carl Earley and Mrs. Stella King assisted by Miss Helen Brooks and Miss Almeda Clouthier.

The boys present were Elmer House, Raquette lake; John Fish, Dan Eldridge, Harrison Hall, Francis Hunt, Indian Lake; Walter Guilbert, George Morrison, Francis Page, Speculator; Sanford Parslow, Lake Pleasant; George Lewis, Hoffmeister, and James Frasier, Morehouseville.