This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buttery, Brittain, Miller Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/272.1 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, August 8, 1918 GIVE BOYS A FAREWELL PARTY [front page] THREE YOUNG MEN TO JOIN THE NAVY, WHILE ONE OF NUMBER GOES TO THE ARMY. >From Tuesday’s Daily. Last evening at the home of M.E. BUTTERY, in the northwest portion of the city was given a farewell reception in honor of two of his sons, Elwood BUTTERY, who goes soon to Kansas City, where he takes special training at the auto school for service in the army, and Earnest BUTTERY, who goes to San Francisco tomorrow morning where he joins the naval training station there for a member of the navy. Also, Dewey BRITTAIN and Albert MILLER, who accompany Earnest to San Francisco, where they also join the navy. The reception which was given by the parents of the boys, was held on the lawn, and was an evening very pleasantly spent the time being passed by the playing of games by the young folks. During the evening there were served a most delightful refreshments, which added to the enjoyment of the evening. In their departure, the guests expressed their wish that the young men departing would have a very successful time in the army, and that they would all return safe, from the dan! gers incident to the struggle.