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Mildred Johnson

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  1. Orange County draft board reports 62 men sent into the Army since October The county draft board, Owen S. Robertson, Clarence Pickard, and G. O. Reitzel, reported that 62 Orange County men had entered the Army through selective service and 15 more had been rejected after reaching camp; of the 77, 61 were white and 16 Black, and 32 were volunteers, 14 of them Black. A contingent of 14, four of them from Chapel Hill, left Hillsboro that day for Fort Bragg, and the board had mailed about 900 questionnaires. People: Mildred Johnson, Clarence Pickard, Garland O. Reitzel, Owen S. Robertson Place: Draft board, HillsboroughThe Chapel Hill Weekly, April 11, 1941, p. 1
  2. State draft headquarters lets Orange County inductees assemble at Chapel Hill as well as Hillsboro After Clarence Pickard of the county draft board and its clerk, Mrs. Mildred Johnson, met Major Upton at state selective service headquarters in Raleigh, the state agreed that men called for induction could report at either Chapel Hill or Hillsboro instead of only Hillsboro, and provided transport to bring the Hillsboro group to Chapel Hill for the final round-up before the trip to Fort Bragg. The change was to begin after that week-end's induction. People: Mildred Johnson, Clarence Pickard Place: Orange County draft board, Hillsborough and Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, August 7, 1942, p. 1

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By Mildred Johnson

The smiles, the tears : one widow's story.

Johnson, Mildred, 1924- · 1969 · Revell

Mildred Johnson, born 1924, tells the story of her own widowhood in this 1969 book from Revell of Old Tappan, New Jersey. A note identifies her as the widow of Daniel C. Johnson. Topics include widows and Chapel Hill biography, which ties the account to the town. 157 pages at 21 cm.

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