OTHER LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST:
FUNERAL
PHOTOS - TWO LOCAL CASUALTIES
POEM
- A MESSAGE TO TRAITORS, Lead Belt News, March 16, 1917.
ROLL OF HONOR
ENLISTEES, Lead Belt News, May 4, 1917.
THREE ELVINS
BOYS JOIN FIFTH MISSOURI INFANTRY, Lead Belt News, June 15,
1917.
879 MEN REGISTER IN FLAT RIVER. COUNTY REGISTRATION TOTALS 3,260, Lead Belt News, June 8, 1917.
22 FlAT RIVER BOYS IN FIFTH REGIMENT, Lead Belt News, July 27,
1917.
SEVENTY PER CENT OF MEN EXAMINED FIRST TWO DAYS CLAIM EXEMPTION, Lead Belt News, Aug. 10, 1917
(article includes long list
of names of men who had passed their physicals and been accepted.)
FIRST CONTINGENT OF DRAFTEES DEPARTS FROM DELASSUS , Lead Belt News, Sept. 21, 1917.
MILTON
TUCKER WINS OFFICER'S COMMISSION, Lead Belt News, Nov. 30, 1917.
ALL MEN MARRIED SINCE MAY 18, PLACED IN CLASS 1, BY LOCAL BOARD, Lead Belt News, January 25, 1918.
(article includes names of 51 men
examined).
CHANGE IN DRAFT RULING PLACES ALL NEWLY WEDS IN CLASS NO. 4, Lead Belt News,
Feb. 15, 1918
(includes list of names of men in various
classes)
BOYS WILL ENTRAIN AT DELASSUS FOR CAMP FUNSTON NEXT MONDAY, Lead Belt News, Feb. 22, 1918
(article includes long list of names of
men called to report for duty).
LAST QUOTA OF FIRST DRAFT IS NOW IN CAMP, Lead Belt News, March 8, 1918.
ZENO
MOSIER & DEWITT WEIBLE WOUNDED IN FRANCE, Lead Belt News, May 17, 1918.
ITALIANS CONTRIBUTE TO RED CROSS WAR FUND, Lead Belt News, May 24,
1918.
146 MEN DEPARTED FOR CAMP DODGE TUESDAY, Lead Belt News, May 31, 1918.
SEVERAL BOYS ENLIST IN NAVY,
Lead Belt News, May 31, 1918.
COMPLETE LIST OF NEW REGISTRANTS, Lead Belt
News, June 14, 1918.
(article contains list of 228 men who has registered for
"draft")
PERRY COUNTY PRIEST HELD AS DISLOYALIST, Lead Belt News, June 14,
1918.
ELVINS CITIZEN FORCED TO SALUTE OLD GLORY, Lead Belt News, July
12, 1918.
JESSE LOVVORN AND WILLIAM ROSENSTENGEL SEVERELY INJURED, Lead Belt
News, July 2, 1918.
ED.
LaMONT - A LETTER FROM FRANCE, Lead Belt News, July 26, 1918.
TWO MORE ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY BOYS HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF THE HUNS ,
Lead Belt News, Oct. 25, 1918.
LETTERS HOME FROM MILTON AND ELLIS SIMMS, Farmington News, Dec. 27,
1918.
LETTER
HOME FROM GENTRY W. KEITH, Farmington News, Dec. 27, 1918.
DR. WATKINS HOME AFTER TWO YEARS AT THE FRONT, Lead Belt News,
Jan. 10, 1919
MAJOR HENRY DAVIS WRITES ABOUT GERMAN OUTRAGES, Lead Belt News,
Feb. 14, 1919.
LIEUT. WILLIAM ELLIOTT RETURNS TO FLAT RIVER, Lead Belt News,
March 7, 1919.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HOLDS MEMORIAL SERVICES [FOR BOYS OF FLAT
RIVER
KILLED IN WORLD WAR], Lead Belt News, July 4,
1919.
ELVINS HONOR ROLL, Lead Belt News, Oct. 17, 1919.
WORLD WAR I VETERAN KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP, Star News-Register,
Feb. 13, 1924.
Last
Wounded World War I Veteran Dies at Age 108 (January 7, 2004)
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