More Soldiers Depart for Military Service.
Clarksville—The following men were inducted into the army Tuesday:
Martin Mike Ruth, Clarksville;
Robert Frank Rieken, Dumont;
Robert Frank Stickley, Parkersburg;
Folkert F. Alberts, Kesley;
Francis Lewis Jones, Janesville, (formerly Shell Rock).
Leonard George Abkes of Denver, Colo., (formerly of Aplington), was transferred to a local board at Denver for delivery to the induction station.
Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA – Friday, March 31, 1944
Martin Mike Ruth was born Nov. 2, 1906 to John M. and Augusta Ruth. He died Nov. 3, 1973 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, IA.
Sgt. Ruth served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
