Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-08-18
ENLISTMENTS OPEN
FOR Limited PERIOD
PhySicals Due Next Week For
Guards; Expect Active
Duty Soon


Scores of local men have been
under alert orders for active SER
vice with the U. S. Army since
Saturday, when Port Clinton's
l428th Engineer Treadway Bridge
Company and the 469th Chemical
Mortar Company (Army Reserves)
with headquarters in Oak Harbor
received notices the same day.
Members of the companies were
notified of the alert at special
meetings Monday evening when
commanding officers Captain
James Pressler, Port Clinton, and
Captain Merrill Rudes, Clay Gen.
ter. read latest instructions.
History repeated itself with the
Port Clinton unit, which is the
first national guard unit in North
western Ohio to be alerted for fed
eral duty. Back in November,
1910, Port Clinton's Tank Com
pany was among the first guard
units mobilized.
Transportation orders to Camp
Atterbury were cancelled Friday
as Captain Pressler and his men
were to board train the next
day to begin the annual summer
training period.
Sgt. Rupert Spurlin, Cpl. John
Broom, Cpl. Edward Beaver and
Pvt. Donald Rider, members of
the advance detail, were already
at Camp Atterbury when the cam
collation. notice was received here.
They were ordered to return home
at orce.
Captain Pressler and End 1t.
August Metz, Sandusky, conferred
with Major General Leo Kreber,
Ohio's Adjutant General, in CO.
lumbus Monday
Sixty per cent of the members
of the local national guard COM
pany are veterans of World War
ii, and many are married and
fathers.
Captain Pressler has notified his
men that three drills will be held
weekly until the unit leaves for
camp, probably next month.
Drills will be held at the armory
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from Z until $50. The
unit will continue to accept en-
listments until September 10. Men
interested may inquire at the ar
mory daily, or on drill nights.
Also sought is a caretaker for
the local armory, as one of the
unit members is the present care
taker. A disabled veteran is de-
sired, and he must live in the ar
mory. Applicants should contact
! Captain Pressler at his Erie Gar
dens office.
Physicals Due
Physical examinations for tie
members of the 1428th Engineer
Treadway Bridge Company will
be given in the armory next
week, Captain Pressler stated. A.
medical unit from Toledo prob
ably will be brought here to check
the men.
Reserves Alerted
Many local men, both officers
and enlisted, are members of the
469th Chemical Mortar Company
(Reserve Corps) which was also
alerted Saturday. 1t is expected
that this unit will also leave for
camp next month.
Organized two years ago in Oak
Harbor, the units headquarters
is in the Royal Theatre Building.
Merrill Rudes, Clay Center, is
commanding officer. Last year
the unit trained at Edgewood Ar
senal, Maryland, but it has not
had its training this year.
The Mortar Company will also
train three nights weekly, on
Monday, Wednesday and Thurs
day at 8 o'clock, until it leaves
for camp. Enlistments will bI
taken at the Royal Theatre Build
ing in Oak Harbor until Septem-
Der 10.
Among officers in this reserve
unit are Paul Lockwood, assistant
superintendent of Camp Perry;
Carl Alamo, Joseph Cleary and
Ronald Qualman, Port Clinton;
Gaylord c. Braithwaite and Will
liam Richey, Lakeside High School
teachers.