Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-04-03
EXEMPTION BOARD NO. 10
CLOSED ON MONDAY
Resume of the Work of Local
Exemption Board
No. 10

On March 81, 1919, Local EXemp-
ton Boards ceased to exist. The
records of Local Exemption Board
No. 10, consisting of nineteen cases
and weighing seventeen hundred and
eighty pounds were shipped on Fri
day, March %, addressed to the
Adjutant General of the Army, Sc
lective Service Records Division,
Washington, D. C.. The crates con-
tanning these records were made &C
cording to specifications issued by
the War Department, and the in
side dimensions twelve and one-half
inches wide by ten inches deep, by
| twenty~four inches long, constructed
of planed boards of a thickness of
not less than seven-eighths of an
inch or more than one inch. Each
box or crate was labeled with four
different labels, one tackled inside
the top cover of the box, one on
|, on each end of the outside of the
box and one in the center of the
outside of the top cover. The rec
ords were shipped to Danbury and
there a carload of records from
Local Boards at Rhinebeck, N. Y,
Pittsfeld and Lee, Mass, Canaan
and New Milford, Conn. were as
sembled in one car, and from Dan
bury these records were shipped to
Washington, D. c.
Local Exemption Board No. 10
was organized on July /, 1917 and
was made up as follows: Richard T..
Higgins, Winsted, Conn.,, chairman,
Malcolm d. Rudd, Lakeville, Conn.
secretary, and DIR. John G. Adam,
Canaan, Conn. William FL. Blodgett
of Winsted, Conn.,, was appointed
Government Appeal Agent.
The physical examinations were
conducted at Winsted during the
summer of 1917 under the supervi-
sion of DIR. John G. Adam, who was
assisted by DIR. D. D. Reidy of Win
sted, DR.. Maurice Reidy of Winsted,
DR.. E.. r. Kelsey of Winsted, and DIR.
Almon w. Pinney of Norfolk, Conn.
Mr.. Higgins resigned on Septem-
Der L., 1917 and j.. Clinton Roraback
of Canaan was appointed chairman
of Local Board No. 10. At this
time the records of the Board were
removed to Canaan. Conn. and the
rooms formerly occupied by the Con-
hecticut Power Company were rent
ed as an office for. Local Exemption
Board No. 10 and continued to be
occupied as the office of this Board
until the first Of April, 1919. On
June /, 1918, DR.. John G. Adam re-
signed as d member of the Board
and DR.. Almon w. Pinney of Nor
folk, Conn. was appointed to fill the
kacancy.
Since September /, 1918 physical
Examinations have been held at
Winsted and Canaan, and have been
conducted under the authority of
Dr. Pinney, by the following physi-
clans: At Winsted, Conn.,, Drs. Jo-
eph Hartnett and I'll. w. Ward; at
Canaan, Conn. by Drs. F. H. Lee,
bf Canaan, and Henry S. Turrill of
Kent
On December /, 1917 the fol-
owing Legal Advisory Board was
appointed: Hon. Leonard j. Nicker-
ION, West Cornwall, Wheaton F.
powd, Winsted, Conn. and Donald
Warner, Salisbury, Conn. At the
anne time the following were ap-
pointed to act as a Medical Advis-
Try Board: Drs. d. d. Reidy, Maur-
BE Reidy and E. R. Kelsey of Win
ted, Conn, and Drs. T. M. Ryan,
J. Barker, Floyd A. Weed and
Harry B. Hanchett of Torrington,
conn. DR.. t. III. Glynn of Winsted
md DIR. j. E. Hassett of Canaan,
entists, assisted in the physical ex-
limitations regarding the rec ire
pents Of teeth. DR.. George C.
(ase of Winsted, DE-. Wiley r.
NTH Of Winssed, and DIR. H. L.
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