The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
MEMPHIS MO.
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A number Of Memphis boys have
enlisted in the naval service the past
week. According to the regulations,
after last Saturday, no registered MAJ
could volunteer for any service of he
| government. All of the men who
| enlisted are single men and would
have come in the first class of the
new classification when the draft of
men will be made. Following are
their Vern Cassingham. jay
knight, Harlie Clark, Hilles Leslie,
Joe Pierce, Harry Myers, James
Courtney, Arthur Hohstadt, john
knight. OF this number, three, Har-
ry Myers, Arthur Hohstadt and James
Courtnep, failed to pass the physical
test. Jaysknight was assigned to
ordinance department of army as
gun repairer and sent to st. Louis.
John knight passed through splendid
tests as applicant for place in signal
corps and was readily accepted and
was sent to Chicago TO the Great
Lakes naval station. The other boys
were granted two weeks furIough
then to report for duty as marines.
A cash prize of $25 was awarded
A. D. Walker of this county for the
best young tom turkey on exhibit at
the Heart of America poultry show
held in Kansas City during Thanks
giving week. The cash prize was
donated by the Spencer Produce Co..
OF Kansas City.
The harvest Red Cross sale at Cor
in on last Saturday netted S1,700 and
the boosters are at work to enlist
every adult in the township as a Red
Cross member.
On last Saturday morning l. NJ.
Horn, who is also clerk of the local
exemption board, began sending out
the missionaries to the registrants
registered from this county. Each
day about eighty Of these will be
mailed, the mailing to continue until
the entire list shall have been cover
ed. The registrants have seven days
in which to return the papers, in
Guiding the time Of passage both
ways. Notwithstanding this, there is
ample time for all to live UP to the
requirements if they will but give the
matter their attention as soon as the
QUESTIONABLE is received, Sundays
are excluded and all will have one
and some two of these days to add tc
their seven. The rule is hat where
one fails to get the QUESTIONABLE
back to the local board within the
prescribed limit of time, they are as
signed to class one, notwithstanding
what their answers might show tC
the contrary. This is to insure early
attention to the matter by all regis
trants.
Uncle John Atkins, well known to
many people in this part of the state
died at the Driscoll cafe in this city
last Friday afternoon, after a weeks
Illness, aged about eighty years
Uncle John" had been a resident Of
Memphis for twenty years and was
quite well known in racing circles
he having been a driver and trainer
of race horses for many years. About
five years ago he suffered a heavy
fall from his sulky and since thai
time had been forced to use crutches
in getting about. The accident in
ca2acitated him from driving, but he
continued to follow the circuit as ar
interested fan.
On last Friday afternoon the mem
bers of the medical advisory board
district number one, met in this city
and effected an organization by elect
ing DR.. J.. l.. Mcconnell Of Revere
Mo, president. and Dr.. E. E. Parrish