1941-1-23, Nine County Men Off for Year's Training, Wednesday morning saw Yamhill county's first group of nine volunteers leave from the stage depot for Portland, where they were mobilized for a year's military training under the Selective Service act. Shown above just before boarding the bus are the nine men (left to right) Alphonse John Decker, as assistant leader; Alfred Franklin Smiley, leader; Burley Lemaul Mitchell, Caryl Allwin Taylor, Martin Ellis Willits, Howard Everett Merritt, Roy Sparks, secretary of the local selective service board; James Turner, Fred Ross Allumbaugh, and Woodrow Milton Mitchell.