Milford chronicle., 1948-08-20
Registration Proclaimed
By GOU. w. w. Bacon
continued from nrst paae1

DR.. Gerald A. Beatty, president Of
the Wilmington Board of Health,
was appointed to replace him.
In addition to DR.. Beatty, the
appeal board members are: Leon
ard G. Hagner, deputy Judge of the
Family Court; John R. Lambson,
Charles J. Sweeney, Sr., and John
c. Webster, Jr.
Local Board Members
The local board members are:
Board No. 1, with jurisdiction over
Kent COunty-L0uis A. Drexler,
George Leslie GOOden, Clarence
Polk, DR.. Carl B. Scull, Jr., and
Kersey Walters.
Board No. 2, with jurisdiction
over Sussex COunty-C. D. HOlz-
mueller, Frank C. Baughman, John
Stanley James, William H. Rodney,
and DR.. Joseph B. NAPLES, Jr. Mr..
HOlzmueller, of Milford, was elected
chairman of the Sussex Board and
Frank Baughman of Bridgeville,
secretary.
Board No. 3, with jurisdiction Ov-
er rural New Castle County-G.
Roy Eaton, Roland J, Henry and
Dr.. J. William Uric.
Board No. 4, with Jurisdiction
over the city of WilmingtOn-Sau
L. Cohen, Francis w. Daley, Or. S.
G. Elbert, Jr., and Joseph A. l..
Errigo.
City, County Headquarters
The former Willard Hall, or No.
% School at Eighth and Adams
streets, Wilmington, which is state
headquarters for Selective Service,
will also be headquarters for the
local boards of Wilmington and ru-
raj New Castle County. The Kent
and Sussex County local boards
will have headquarters in the state
armOries at Dover and Georgetown,
respectively.
At the meetings, chairmen and
secretaries will be elected and rec
concentrations will be made on the
appointment of clerks. Plans for
the registration, including cOnsid-
Grafton of places of registration and
the recruiting of volunteer regis
trars, will be discussed.
DR.. Washburn and Col. Henry 3.
Van Solver, deputy state director
and selective service procurement
officer, will attend the Wilmington
meeting, and DR.. Washburn will al
so attend the meeting at George
town.
The Governors proclamation
! follows:
Whereas the President of the
United States has proclaimed the
Initial Registration under the Sc
lective Service Act of 1948:
Whereas the President has spe-
ciIically called upon the governors
of the several states and territories
and all officers and agents of the
states and territories, and pOliti-
cal subdivisions thereof, and all
local boards which, and agents
thereof who, may be appointed un-
der the provisions of the Selective
Service Act of 1948 or the regula-
tiOns which may be prescribed
Hereunder, to do and perform all
acts and services necessary to ac-
cOmplish effective and complete
! registration:
Now. therefore, 1, Walter w.
Bacon, Governor of the State of
Delaware, do hereby proclaim the
following:
q. The registration of male cit
liens of the United States and other
male persons residing in the United
States who shall have attained the
eighteenth anniversary of the day
of their birth and who shall have
not attained the twenty-sixth an
niversary of the day of their birth
shall take place in the State of
Delaware between the hours of s
a. m. on the days or days herein
after designated for their registra-
ton, as follows:
Dates Set
August 80, men born in 1922
after August 80, 1922; August 81
or September 1, men born in 1928 !;
/ September 2 or 3, men born in
1924; September 4 or z, men born
in 1925; September and 8, men
born in 1926; September 10 or II,
men born in 1927; September 13 or
IA, men born in 1928; September
Is or Is, men born in 1929; Sep
tember II or 18, men born in 1880
before September 19, 1880.
persons who were born on or
after September 10, 1880, shall be
registered on the day they attain
the eighteenth anniversary of the
day of their birth, or within five
days thereafter.
Group Affected
2. (a) Every male citizen of the
United States and every other male
person residing in the United
States other than persons excepted
by Section Ca) of title 1 of the
Selective Service Act of 1948 and
who shall have attained the eigh-
teenth anniversary of the day of
his birth and who shall not have
attained the twenty-sixth anniver-
sary of the day of his birth on the
day or any of the days fixed herein
for his registration is required to
and shall on that day or any of
those days present himself for and
submit to registration before a duly
designated registration official or
selective service local board hav-
ing jurisdiction in the area in which
he has his permanent home or in
which ne may happen to be on that
day or any of those days.
(b) "a person subject to regis
tratiOn may be registered after the
day or days fixed for his registra-
tiOn in case he is prevented from
registering on that day or any of
those days by circumstances beyond
his control. If he is unable to