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The first 18- and 19-year-old youths from this area who registered for military service last June will probably be called shortly after the holidays, as orders were received from Washington to immediately mail questionnaires to teenagers already registered.

All questionnaires to young selectees in this district are already in the mail, as the rush to draw on young manpower got underway.

It was estimated that, due to the many recent enlistments by underage lads, the total number of 18- and 19-year-olds eligible for the new draft in this area will be between 150 and 200.

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Lost Army hat

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“Lost: U.S. Army officer’s hat on Main Street or Saranac Ave.”

This classified ad, appearing in this issue, is probably the strangest ever to pass this copy desk — and that is saying something.

The one thing you would least expect an Army officer to lose is this handsome headgear. Uncle Sam’s fighting men would just as soon lose this piece of apparel as they would a right arm. In all the years here, winter or summer, Mike was never seen to wear a hat, preferring to let the winds comb his blond, wavy locks.

So while here on furlough, Mike casually kept his Army hat on the seat of his car in his journeys around town. Tuesday evening, he attended a K. of C. meeting at the St. Eustace church and made a stop in front of the theater on Main Street. It is fair guess that the hat rolled out of the car unnoticed during one of those stops.

But all this is no laughing matter to Sgt. Mike. He must leave Lake Placid tomorrow to return to Fort Sill. And he must have that hat! Mike’s superior officers would be very angry if this occurred and would take some very harsh measures against him.

So if any of you gees have found this hat, or have seen small children playing with it, will you kindly do some quick detective work and return it to Sgt. Mike so he can rejoin the Army.

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Whiteface update

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At a meeting of the Lake Placid Ski Council held last week, Luke Perkins, mayor of the village of Lake Placid, was elected to membership. Harry Wade Hicks and William Hovey were reelected as chairman and secretary, respectively.

The council members discussed the present status of the Whiteface Ski Center, authorized by vote of the citizens of New York state at the last general election in November 1941. New legislation will be undertaken at an appropriate time after the war has ended looking toward proper financing of this development as a post-war project.

The council considered the wisest course to follow in maintaining the Whiteface Class A downhill trail. Pending development of the Whiteface Ski Center and the intended incorporation of that trail in the broad scheme of development of other facilities on the northerly and northeasterly exposures of the mountain, the council decided that maintenance would need to be assumed by some voluntary agency. It was therefore decided to incorporate this project in the program of the council as an integral part of its opportunity to serve Lake Placid; it is chiefly this area that makes use of the trail.