Seventy-Two Men Enlist
December 30, 1945
Many Local Men Join Army Here
The Paintsville recruiting office enlisted seventy-two men into the regular army during the month of November and twenty-four for the 1st week of Dec.
Twenty-three of these men were from Johnson and Martin County, Kentucky. Their names are as follows:
Darnell Ferguson, Flat Gap
Elwayne Blair, West Van Lear
George H. Tackett, Riceville
Edsel Sammons, Thelma
Clay M. Wells, Inez
William F. Flutty, Inez
Paul C. Delong, Inez
Edgar Steele, Thelma
Ervin Combs, Odds
Walter F. Helton, Inez
Claude E. Hayes, Paintsville
James B. Kirk, Offutt
James M. Stricklin, Paintsville
Proctor Stafford, Jr., Paintsville
James F. Gamboe, Paintsville
James H. Stewart, Paintsville
James H. Lyons, River
James H. Gullett, Paintsville
Charles E. Plummer, Paintsville
Monis R. Price, Paintsville
Billy V. Blair, West Van Lear
Bobby Davis, Paintsville
Russell McFaddin, Paintsville
In addition the following men joined the Enlisted Reserve Corp:
Charles Melvin, Paintsville
Arlie McCallister