Squire Sawyer Whateley
otherSquire Sawyer Whateley, chairman of the local draft board in 1917, struggled to find enough physically sound young Dunwich men to fill even a development-camp quota, an early hint of the region's degeneracy.
When war came in 1917, Squire Sawyer Whateley, as chairman of the local draft board, had hard work finding a quota of young Dunwich men fit even to be sent to a development camp — a telling sign of the region's inbred decline.
Locations
- Dunwich
PersonsChauncey·Curtis Whateley·Dr. Francis Morgan·Dr. Houghton·Earl Sawyer·Henry Armitage·Lavinia Whateley·Luther Brown·Mrs. Corey·Mrs. Whateley·Old Whateley·Old Zebulon Whateley·Professor Warren Rice·Reverend Abijah Hoadley·Sally Sawyer·Selina Frye·Seth Bishop·Wilbur Whateley·Zechariah Whateley
CreaturesThe Dunwich Horror·whippoorwills·Yog-Sothoth
Sources
Every fact above traces back to the text.
“In 1917 the war came, and Squire Sawyer Whateley, as chairman of the local draft board, had hard work finding a quota of young Dunwich men fit even to be sent to a development camp.”
The Dunwich Horror (1929) — Chapter 3