The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-21
LOCAL men SENT
TO CAMP CROFT

A contingent of go draftees left
from City Draft Board No.
Thursday morning to 60 to the
induction center at Camp Croft,
S. C. for final physical examina-
tions incident to induction into the
various branches of the armed
forces.
It was the last group to go from
Wilmington to the South Carolina
induction station for final physical
tests. as the examinations will be
taken at Fort Bragg in February,
and also the last overall total of
men to 20 to the induction center
for final physicals under the Sc
lective Service systems old pro-
gram of pre-induction examina-
tons by local boards.
The white men who were sent
to Camp Croft Thursday will en-
ter various branches of military
service. The men who go to Fort
Bragg in February and thereafter
will enter a select service branch.
as they will be called specifically
for Army general service, Army
limited service, and Navy service,
following their assignment at a
pre-induction examination at Fort
Bragg.
The group leaving Thursday in
cluded 66 registrants OF the city
board and 26 men transferred here
from other local boards.
Local registrants sent to Camp
Croft are Hill E. King, Arthur
Shannon McEntee, Lewis Elmer
son Denmark, John Patrick King,
Alva Ebert Penny, Roscoe V.
Eakins, Jr., Henry w. Lewis, Her
vie Lee Horne, Francis E. STAN
ley, William Floyd Parker, Joseph
Montgomery Hines, Harry Lee
Walker, Rufus James Powell, Ar
thur Pierce Bell, Hilbert Vernon
Hayes. Steadmon Raynor, Zeb Led
ford, Perrin Kilby Rouse, Graham
Robert Eason, Benjamin Newton
Horne, Homer Thadeus Sanderson,
David George Clemens, George
Franklin Branch, Elton Edward
Long.
And John Lee Strain, David M.
Gaylor, VERNE Lloyd Holtsclaw,
Walker Bryan Watson, Ernest
Reuben Mayhan, Jr., Archibald
Charles Craft, Jr., Charles Ed
ward Batson, Linsey Clarence Will
liams, Jr., Arts Weldon Joye,
Andrew Jackson Hurst, David
Murchison Blake, Maurice Aticus
James, Bonaire Benton, Marshall
Edward Bland, Elisha Thomas
Edwards, Quincy Fletcher Wood
cock, Archie Warren Landen, Will
liam Calvin Carter, Walter Sher-
wood Floyd, Jessie Manson Camp
bell, Jr., Carson Lee Mashburn,
Fred Hampton Merritt, David Har-
old Reid.
Carl McCray Freeman, Willie
James Barefoot, Paul Cornick
Caps, James Irwin Stinson, Earl
Eugene Waters, Frank Flynn, Jr.,
Rozell LeMay Coats, Robert Wells
Marshall, Marion Rockwell Peter
son, William Elvan Harris, Louis
Robert Smith, Jr., John Wilson
Roderick, Jr., Thomas Franklin
Caps, Richard Byers Mccartney.
Edward Dennen Fox, Henry Hec-
tor Peterson. Henry Blackledge
Meier, Franklin Mabry Taylor,
Perry Carson Jones.
Transferred men from other
boards included James William
Barber, Oval Johnson, Willis Pope
Prevatte, Henry T. Everett, Ellis
Eltnore Baker, Eugene Joseph
Markwalter, Cline Warner, William
Joseph Pittman, Rayford Wingo
Marett, James Powell Warlick,
James Herbert Leary, Jr., Hurley
ElWood Durham, Joe D. Wallin,
Bailey T. Hartsell, Kenneth Edwin
Strlnger, Fred Warren Shue. Hor-
ace Livingston Halves, James
Franklin Marshburn, Butler Rob-
ert Stephens, Eddie Jackson Ray
nor, Meyer Ike Berlin, George P.
Polls, Marion E. Dow, James.
Thomas Abel, Rudolph Lee, Roy
Hinton Keith