<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Ran across this list of draftees for WWI from Lane county.. not sure why so many of the men are from elsewhere, perhaps someone on the list can explain it? But so many of the surnames were names I recognize from this list over the years that I thought I would transcribe it and send it on.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lane County to Send 78</span><br><br>Latest Contingent of Drafted Men Will Entrain August 27<br><br>Eugene,
Or., Aug. 24 (Special) - The Lane County draft board has announced a
list of 78 men, to whom induction orders have been issued. The
registrants have been notified to report on August 27. The board gave no
information regarding the training camp to which the men will be sent,
asserting that its action was in keeping with the recent order of the
Provost Marshal.<br><br>The list follows:<br>Henry George Fox, Eugene<br>Earl Ray Burns, Olympia, Wash.<br>Fritz Carl Petzold, Eugene<br>David Clayborn Mesby, Portland<br>Grant Lee Colter, Glenada<br>Herman Wilgot Eck, Oakland, Cal.<br>Alvin Morris Long, Marshfield<br>Auldern Low, Vida<br>Frank Rice, Eugene<br>Ivan K. Goldsmith, Oregon City<br>Leo J. Barger, Eugene<br>James Elmer Shark, Buhl, Idaho<br>Arthur Earl Gillam, Eugene<br>Albert Bjerke, Eugene<br>Fillmore Dale Wyatt, Cottage Grove<br>Jesse Minney, Leaburg<br>Robert Guy Conner, Cottage Grove<br>Clair B. Pennington, Eugene<br>A. Warren Wilkins, Eugene<br>Roy James Harvey, Springfield<br>Ray Albert Powelson, Mill City<br>Lee Everett Bonney, Eugene<br>William Christian Jensen, Junction City<br>Bert Theodore Eaton, Walla Walla<br>Frank M. Willis, Cottage Grove<br>Henry V. Howe, Eugene<br>Lloyd Henry Brown, Myrtle Point<br>Willie L. Gibson, Point Terrace<br>Jonathan William Rutledge, Coburg<br>Merle
Ernest Barber, Portland<br>Stanley Bliss Thompson, Eugene<br>William Tracer, Junction City<br>William Jennings Bryan Moore, Elmira<br>James Linklater Gorrie, Springfield<br>Hobart Shuck, Eugene<br>Frank Burton McBee, Springfield<br>Lybert Joy Frank, Eugene<br>Lawrence William Manerud, Wending<br>Frank Lednicky, Junction City<br>George Ivor Whitsell, Goshen<br>Delbert Brewer, Noti<br>Ray Baumgardner, Clatskanie<br>Fred Oral Golden, Junction City<br>Harold Earl Wells, Marcola<br>John Frederick William, Swiss Home<br><span>Harry Harvey Cole, Springfield</span><br>Holbert Rose, Point Terrace<br>Harvey Isaac Ross, Lorane<br>Guy Rex Pate, St. Johns<br>Granville Earl Wetzell, Eugene<br>John C.A. Williams, Mapleton<br>Bert H. Snook, Moro<br>Fred Walter Knox, Springfield<br>Luther E. Rogers, Saginaw<br>Emil Bauer, Monkland<br>Walter Paul Renfro, Walla Walla<br>William Frank Lasley, Albany<br>Elmer Riggs Scott, Ada<br>Clarence Greely Cabe, Springfield<br>Victor
Storli, North Bend<br>Walter Burton Renfro, Winberry<br>Edward Theodore Miller, Pleasant Hill<br>William W. Van Leuven, Oakland, Cal.<br>Howard Clair Cox, London<br>William Campbell Davis, Linslaw<br>Guy Matteson Smith, Marcola<br>Harold Louis Porter, Walton<br>David Henry Bowers, Wending<br>Frank Joseph Brauner, Eugene<br>Adolph Petersdorf, Blachly<br>Albert Brewer, Noti<br>Lowis N.Maybell, Springfield<br>Peter Momb, Walterville<br>Wa? ??? Jackson Conrad, Springfield<br>???? Vancouver, Wa.<br>???? Junction City<br>Alby Holbert Ritchey, Drain<br>Walter Nelson Gossler, Oakridge<br><br>The Oregonian (Portland, OR) Sunday, Aug. 25, 1918 Section 3 pg 7<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:black;"><div>Robyn<br><a saprocessedanchor="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rgreenlund61@yahoo.com/">rgreenlund61@yahoo.com</a><br><br><font color="#bf005f" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"
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