The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-14
Lawyers Oga ize TO Help Restored
M,1 Answ er Questions

A meeting of the lawyers of the
county was held at the armory
Monday afternoon for the pur-
pose of outlining the work of the
legal advisory board of the county,
whose work is to aid the registered
men in understanding the selective
service regulations and the answer
ing the questionaires. 1t was decid-
ed to divide the county into three
parts recommending the men in each
part to go to the place designated
for what help and advice they need.
The west half of the county, in
cluding the townships of Fairfield,
Rush, Middlebury, Owosso, Benning-
ton, Sciota, Perry and Woodruff, with
the city of Owosso, will have head
quarters on the fourth floor of the
Miner building here. The registered
men in the townships of Burns, An
trim, Shiawassee and Vernon can go
to Durand and consult the members
of the board located there, in the viii
lage hall. The center for the town.
ships of Hazelton, New Haven, Ven-
ice and Caledonia, with the city Of
Corunna, will be at the court house.
All the attorneys of the county
have volunteered their services for the
period of time it will be necessary to
take care of the QUESTIONABLE and
other matters concerning the same.
A few competent laymen will also be
used.
The Office which will be maintained
in the Miner building at Owosso will
be manned by five attorneys each day
who will keep open house from 9
o'clock each morning until 11:30
when it will be closed for dinner, to
reopen at 1880 p. m. and will reopen
at 1880 p. m. and will remain open un-
til all the men waiting are taken care
of. The offices maintained at Durand
and Corunna will keep the same hours.
AS the questionnaires will COM
mence to be mailed on Saturday the
offices of the Legal Advisory board
will open on Monday. If any man
feels uncertain as to the answers he is
to give to the questions in the ques-
tionnaire he should consult one of the
members of this board. Their services
are absolutely free. All the men,
bers Of the board have taken the gov
ernment oath and are qualified to ad-
minister the oaths necessary in the
making of the affidavits found in the
QUESTIONABLE.
Commencing Saturday the question
naires will be mailed from the office
Of the local board at the rate Of about
120 per day until the total number
for the registered men in the county
have been sent. BY mailing this
number per day the work of sending
them out will be finished on January
9. Each man receiving a copy of the
QUESTIONABLE has seven days from
the date of mailing in which to fill it
out and return it to the local board.
The Legal Advisory board desire
to be Immediately notified if any one
attempts to make a charge for any
service performed in connection with
the answering of the questionable.
The members of the board who will
serve at the 0wosso headquarters and
the days they will serve are as fol-
lows:
Mondays and Thursdays-G. E.
Pardee, w. A. Seegmiller, j. R. Clark,
p. v. Gadola.
Wednesdays and Saturdays-R.
Stanley Day, Hon. S. s. Miner, A. L.
Chandler, Warren Pierpont, Roy d.
Matthews.
Tuesdays and Fridays - N. r.
Walsh, G. F. Friegel, v. R. Pond, 8.
@. Pulver, Leon F. Miner.
The men who will serve at Dyrand
are: Byron P. Hicks, Seth Terry, E.
s. Atherton, Samuel Patchell.
The offices at the court house will
be served by Hon. J. H. Collins, A. e
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