In March, 1944, men were wanted by Uncle Sam and the local girls

Another fund drive kicked off on March 1, 1944. This one was for the Red Cross. Laurel‘s quota was set at $900. “We will do it,“ said Chairmen A.D. Felber. “We always have. The ladies will do the soliciting. We hope the first canvas will get the job done as Former Laurel resident Eldo Weseloh, a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber, was reported missing in action somewhere in France. No further information was given in the Advocate, but an article in the Wayne Herald a year later told how Sgt. Weseloh’s plane was shot down.