Courier Tribune
24 Oct 1940
List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft
Over 1600 names are in the County Roll
A Master List Will Be Chosen in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday to Determine Order in Which Local
Numbers Will Be Called
The Courier-Tribune prints today a list of names and numbers important to almost every home in Nemaha county. It is the list of men between ages of 21 and 36 who enrolled on Wednesday, October 16th, for possible service to their country, and with each man’s name, the county serial number which has been drawn for him by the local draft board.
The arrangement is by number rather than by names because numbers will be the important thing next Tuesday, October 29th, when a master list is to be drawn at Washington, D.C. to determine the order in which local numbers will be called. President Roosevelt will draw the first number.
The local drawing and listing was completed Tuesday except perhaps for a few straggling cards. The board officially posted the list yesterday and sent a copy to state headquarters. The Sabetha Herald and Courier-Tribune joined in setting the large amount of type necessary and the list is printed in the two papers. To avoid ruining the type to still greater length, a key system is sued to abbreviate names of towns. Where two letters make the name of the town clear, only two are used. Seneca becomes Se; Sabetha Sa; Corning Co; Centralia Ce; Goff GO; Wetmore We; and Baileyville, Bern, Kelly, Havensville, Soldier, Pawnee, Axtell and other points are similarly abbreviated. Oneida and Onaga addresses required the use of Onei and Ona. The Nemaha County list follows:
Continued from Sept 23, 2023
1451 Thomas F. Slocum Co
1452 Raymond Roy Ruse Go
1453 Lawrence M. Sigmund We
1454 Paul Edward Hill Go
1455 Oliver t. Schindler Sa
1456 Leroy James Meyer Sa
1457 Byron D. Nightingale Co
1458 Tomme Sam Brammer Sa
1459 Eugene Ed. Stallbaumer Se
1460 Wilbur Lyle Wood Sa
1461 John Conger Clough Se
1462 Elmer Leo Hutfles Co
1463 Wilbur Ray Sigmund We
1464 Thomas Sherman Forgy Co
1465 Leander Jos. Kokenge Ba
1466 Arthur L. Bergman Ba
1467 Walter Emil Meyer Sa
1468 Joseph F. Heiman Ba
1469 Howard David Grose Sa
1470 Gilbert Edward Koch Se
1471 Emil John Hulsing Se
1472 William Thomas White Ce
1473 Adrian Maurice Haug Ve
1474 Howard LeRoy Harter Be
1475 Frank Chas. Alexander Co
1476 David Meyer ` Sa
1477 David Edward Taylor Se
1478 Mark James Torrey Se
1479 George W. Mergenmeier Go
1480 Franci A. Gabbert Co
1481 Lynn Thomas King Go
1482 Vincent P. Broxterman Ba
1483 Earl C. Yarger Ce
1484 Joseph Andrew Heinen Se
1485 Claude P. Davenport Sa
1486 Harry Richard C[ro]wley So
1487 Theron O. Smith Se
1488 Albert Jos. Rilinger se
1489 Alfred Joseph Hammes Se
1490 Lester Dale Weidkle Go
1491 Lawrence Holthaus Ce
1492 Lyle Henry Katz Ce
1493 Earl Samuel Bennett Se
1494 Isaac William Hidy Se
1495 Lawrence B. Rawlins Se
1496 John A. Troxell Sa
1497 Joseph A. Burdiek Se
1498 Elmer Samuel Isch Sa
1499 Harry Rogers Be
1500 Bernard H. Hermesch Go
To be continued