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Duluth News Tribune - Tuesday - February 26, 1918
PLAN PARADE AS DRAFT MEN LEAVE FOR CAMP DODGE
West End Residents Will Honor Second District Men With Parade And Escort.
West End citizens are planning a parade for tomorrow noon in honor of 27 men who will leave for Camp Dodge to fill the quota of local exemption board No. 2. The men will leave on the Great Northern train at 12 o'clock. The parade is expected to start at about 11:30 o'clock in the morning for the board building, Twentieth avenue West and Superior street. This will fill the West End board's quota to date.
Those who leave are:
Adolph Ahlenstorf flat 16, Sixteenth avenue West Olaf John Harron 2020 West Second street Charles I. Hakes Y. W. C. A. Ovila A. Chabot general delivery Lysle B. Hackett
These five men volunteered to go. The others are as follows:
Allen Carlson Agnew Bros. Camp No. 22, Tourney, Minn. Frank James Bickner 321 West First street Nels O. Nelson 2114 Piedmont avenue Robert R. Korsch 1907 West Michigan street Saron Larson box 182, Cloquet, Minn. Louis Hanson 510 West Superior street Albert O. Brandvick 1907 West First street John Jacobson 1729 West First street George Louis Gustafson 708½ Garfield avenue Cyrel W. Beresford 702 West Second street Ole Nesby 224 Mesaba avenue Carl Albert Johnson 715 West First street George F. Fredrickson 4030 Gilliat avenue Walter Burnstrom Arthyde, Minn. James Arthur Butler 320 West First street John Anderson 826 Garfield avenue Seavert Backe Saratoga hotel, Superior, Wis. Fred A. Lundquist 2302 West Second street William Patton Roosville, Ga. Theodore Engvald Thompson 2129 West Tenth street A. D. Baker Spalding hotel Edward Pelky 2323½ West Fifth street
The third and fourth districts of Duluth already have furnished the number of men called for in the first quota and do not have to send any additional men. The fourth district sent eight men to Camp Dodge last week. This fills Duluth's first quota for the national army.
Proctor Boys Honored.
Proctor's draft boys who will leave for Camp Dodge, Wednesday, were guests of honor last night at a banquet and program given by the Proctor Railroad club. The banquet at which 24 were present, was held at the Duquesne hotel. The program was given at the Y. M. C. A. building and was attended by about 250 Proctor residents.
F. J. Dixon, president of the Railroad club, was chairman. Those on the program of speeches were Prof. C. C. Grubs, superintendent of the Proctor school, Fred Ward, superintendent of the county work farm and chairman of the first district county draft board, and Rev. John W. Skans, pastor of the First M. E. church of Proctor and county attorney Warren Greene. Moving picture of army life featured the program.
Rev. Father Walsh, who was unable to attend, sent a message that, although he could not address the boys in person, his "heart was with them." A letter was read from J. W. Kreitter, superintendent of the D. M. & N. railroad, in which he wished the boys God-speed. Each of the eight drafted men were given a housewife, presented by the ladies of the Proctor Red Cross chapter.
The program, followed by a smoker, was closed with the singing of "America" by the audience.