Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1917 — POOH-BAH JOINS THE ARMY [ARTICLE]

POOH-BAH JOINS THE ARMY

Sandberg Held Nearly Every Office In His Town, But War Wooed Him. Bangor, Me. —When Carl J. Sandberg of The Folks enlisted the other day with Company E of Skowhegan, which is now doing guard duty, he upset the entire officialdom of the town. He was principal of the high school, assistant postmaster, chairman of the board of selectmen, superintendent of schools, notary public, tax collector and game warden. But patriotism overcame all these honors, and he walked out of all these official robes to help Uncle Sam in his scrap with the kaiser. The Folks is not a large place, having about 200 residents and a valuation of about $300,000. It is largely a lumbering community and is fifty miles southeast of Skowhegan, in Somerset county. Sandberg was not the whole town, but as shown by the honors conferred upon him, he was a real somebody in the community.