September 14, 1917 – Jacob Johnson, I. J. Erickson , and Dr. J. L. Buckley received notice last week that, upon recommendation of Governor Strong, President Wilson has appointed them members of the exemption board for the town of Petersburg. The appointments to the board, the governor’s letter states, are in the nature of a draft, and they are advised that the board will in all probability continue in existence during the period of the present war. “The duties of the local or city, exemption boards,” the instructions read, “are broadly, to pass upon claims of exemption that may be made from th...
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