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fie bellowing letter was received
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mm from their son, Corporal Ju
‘Walter Thompson, formerly of the
“on 6th (70., who was transferred
‘1. the 55th Regiment Field Artillery,
all! who recently landed in France. 3
Somewhere in France:
. April 12th. 1918.‘
near Mother and Dad:——- ,
inst a few lines to let you know on '
anything is going along fine, am in the
that of health and enioying the sights
"In manor very much.
‘ flow do you and dad feel nowadays?
I hope both of nan are enjoying good
health. 1 would like to be back in the
»m old United States once more.
This country is alright but I am long-
,“ for the U. S. A already, and I am
[Wins the stay over here won't be
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, 780mm Wood is over here so Ernest
,firennan toldwme. He Saw him in the
hit camp where he left a. little while.
130. We have traveled a good many
alles since I last wrote to you. I wish
‘3 could write and tell you all abota it,
that that is impossible but 1 sure saw
“dome of the country and it is :1 won».
Gei‘ful place. Al. (Corporal Alvin
Sayre) is feeling fine the only trouble
with bin: is he is quarantined on ac-'
count of one of the bum having 1110
mumps,.
. I was lucky, I happened to be on
mm at the time so I am " ontnide
with the rest of the follow that. were
3‘? I!!! guard with me. We have been
down to the city and taken in the
lights and we sure do llii\‘(’ some fun.
The only trouble is when yotr’want to
find out anything you have to make
nil kinds of signs and numtblc of some
thing that sounds like French. After
, an hour or so of tllat you may be attic
to make them understand and maybe
you don't. The accommodtttlns for
traveling on railroads for soldicrs
here/are fine. We travclt-d for tin-co
alleys and nights in side door pollutant}.
in other wordsfreight carts, and be-
lieve me the mica in America are Dar-
lm' cars alongside of them bore and
meenginesmako almost a mile in an
hour or two. i tltoucht wc wcrc never
going to reatlmlur destination. The
last stop We made (before we landed
here) was about 4 a: m.. and a good
may of the boys got out to get. some
things to eat in the station restaurant,
and I Went in also.
Well. I was eating away like a good
allow and ncl’cr heard the whistle of
Ville train when it started. ‘Wbcn l
name out I looked for thc train and it
limos gone. For a minute I was lost
and din't. know what to do. ‘
While I was standing there three or
four more of our fellows came up.
.fiey were left behind also. We went
into the restaurant again and asked
game of the Red Cross American nurs-
ntol how we were going to get back with
"DIII' troop train and she told us to take
attain in half an hour and showed us
iwhere to get. it. We did and finally
fietroop train arrived only ten
tooahead of us and we had the
‘ pant .of our journey in a day
lunch and soft cushions.
dew mtmteaat a time.
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Your loving son,
WALTER.
Corporal Walter Thompson,
no. Regiment. Battery D, C. A. C,
A. E. F.. It: New York. ‘
Choir rfiearsal will be held at the
Avmne M. E. Church tomorrow
f'rhe EastAvenne M. E. Church la-
m are doing Red Cross work at the
d f h thiaoftemoon.
centu- mid-week services were
. fheldvent ‘Chrisclan Church
vetting. _ 4' ‘
to district commissioners are to
at marathons of the plant on
evening. '
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. '.. Stephen 6. Jarvis, of Senview
(2,18 Entertaining the Hospital
it Clabat her home today.
M :ch'S-‘ Scott W. Bean of
Mill yesterday entertained
We! and {Miss Irene
‘ gdlp meeting of the
‘ mail: improvement M50611!"
how at Community Hall
7 tuba-loose was disposed
:Wlsl‘mnthly meeting of
IMflm Inst. Avenue
fuelled the place where we are now. 1
no weather up here is very funny.‘
'~ It nintnearly every day and only 3‘
Easy to: at 2:30. I
M. E. Church following the regular
mid-week meeting last evening.
.3”. and Mrs. Daniel llecrinu. .lr.. of
G Rowan street, are rejoicing over the
arrival of a son on \l'edncsday, May
lst. ”Mother and child are doing—4 welk
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Lester W. Hughes, on the transport
Preeident Lincoln, spent a 24 hour fur?
tough at his home, 65 Van Zandt
street. This makes his‘ fourth
trip
across.» =
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Interest as to what action is to bc‘
taken at the adjourned meeting of the
East'Norwaik School district, which
will be held at the Marvin School on
Friday evening, the 17th.
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A joint meeting of the Committee
from the East Norwalk Yacht Club.
and the Yacht Club Company will be
held at the. store of the Gorham (20,, at
First street, Tuesday evening at which
time plans for the future housing of
the club will be considered.
Monker Grotto, No. 56, u. o. v. 1).?
E. R., holds its social and entertain-Z
ment at Community Hall this evening;
and a large attendance is expected.‘
The entertainment committec appoint-
ed several weeks ago are all live wires.
and promise an enjoyable time to all
who attend; , I
Many articlcs were sold and many1
still remain to be sold at the rummage
sale being.r conducted by the Women's
Auxiliary of Christ Church for the
benefit of the church in the old ll'lionl-
lucdleu Store on East Washington
Street. The sale continues today and
tomorrow and the following ladies are
hard at work there. Mrs. Sainucl W.
Kelley, Mrs. Scllcck, Mrs Frank Clark.
Mrs. C. N, Wood, Mrs. Edwards, lire.
Frank ‘Sturdct'ant, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs.
Richard Hendricks, Mrs. Arthur MoroU
house and Mrs. t‘arl Wickc.
Work on 1110 packin: of tlic boxer:
will be done by tho East Not‘wulk To
bacco Fund committee as soon as port-l
sible. Cards \t‘cre received today by
the committee from Fred Amundson
and his brother Gustave. lv‘rcd is with
Battery D, 56111 cht., C. A. C. and
Gustave was onc of thc drafted mcn
who was later filllflt‘tl to (‘tunp t'lrcvttf‘
and from there to (‘amp Merritt and
thou to Yapbank from where ltc was
sent abroad. Both report tllcintwlvw
as being in tho bcst of health. it is
hoped that the parents; of East Nor-
walk boys who are in the service will
rcmcmbcr to write their boys and it'll
them that they should send rcqucstu
to this country to the fund for tobacco
if they want to rcccive it.
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The following letters were rcceivcd
-, today by the East Norwalk Tobacco ‘*.am:esgzarezr.=g_.—-m
DA RIEN
lt‘und committee: 1
It is with great pleasure that l Write
this lcttcr of thanks and apprccintiou
for your box of ‘Smokt‘.s.'
It is on unwrittcn law in our group
that we share our gifts rocoil‘ed from
the kind organizations or friends found
for our happiness and pleasure, and I
wish to state that I am not alone in
this letter of appreciation, but that.
NOROTON
PEP AY, MAY 3, 1918 ‘
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in South Norwalk
See the Great Parade! See‘the Alkali DuStfi Fly! Mammoth
Unduplicated Cavalcade! The Greatest and Last of its Kind!
A Breath From theHisioric Far West!
ExamineT ‘
8,0001]; Wagons‘! . . remendous
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Watch Borax Bill» Turn 3 Corner l The 2thi‘lle Borax Team in south Norwaik
Tuesday, May 7th, will stop
12 NOON-A T 83 WASHING TON STREET
On Monday, May 6th tile Team will be in Norwalk and ' '
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From the Hottest Place on Earth---Death Valley, California.
See the Only Remaining Evidence of Desert Transportation
Before the Time of Railroads. It is 176' Feet Longand Is
Driven With a Jerkline by Borax Bill. Hear Tarantula Pete
Talk. / rapt". SAMPLES! ‘ ‘ ‘
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Everett C. Trier, who has been hitting another car at the curb and
sounding .icytll‘al months in Brooklyn.
,sinco tallying tlw hospital. where he
. was confined for normal wcoks, as tho.
:rcault of an accident. has returned.
with his family. to his home at Nero.
ion Heights.
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the other car. a Stutz, was standing iron post.
against the curb without any taillights was broke
and when he turncd his machine to tho but luc
std-i of the road hc could not see the
,Vim driven by i‘tvdden for sonic {efl- Stutz until it was too late and in:
. _ . son or other had no heudugmg lit and avoiding the Stutz he collider with the . undamaged.
Hardwood floors are being laid in' mm f
the t‘ongrcgational parsonage. and ~ “ " ‘ " '7 H ' _ T I M I l
painters and decorators are renovating ‘ '
the. house, in anticipation of the com’n
ing of the new pastor. Rev. David,
crasbcdinto an iron hitching post in
front of the Walter Stewart Co. store
kil ' >
Wed. (wooing about 10 o'clock. The 5 W 01“
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my friends on well as myself extend to,
the committee of the East. Norwalk
Tobacco Fund our hcnrtiest apprecia-
tion and best wishes in their new linol
of activity.
Sincerely,
DANIEL J. FARRELL.
U. S. N. Section Base. No. t‘, Bon-
sonhurst. L. l. y W
I On active service with the American}
Expeditionary Forces.
for the
Miss
The East Norwalk Tobacco. Fund
Committee.
I Dear Friends:
The box which you sent to me arriv-
ed yésterday. It was received in york!
ll. C.
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:you for your kindness in sending: it.
i, When a fellow over here runs out of “High.
American tobacco and starts smoking
'the French variety he realizes more,
than ever what a good place his home
‘town is.
'squad has a paper of Much tobacco tenant.
which he bought when his supply from: “-
the states was low. He had been saV- at‘ ":5
ing it for the past two months. He
1doesn't intend to smoke it, but it may
come in handy some day to “gas” a
few Huns. Please feel assured that
the. box has been emptying quite fast
since yesterday—even the pipe is by
‘now pretty well “broken in."
t I desire to thank the Eommittee and
‘also the good people of East Norwalk
who so kindly contributed to the to-
hacc fund. it is not merely the use
fulness or the value of the gift which
two fellows appreciate when we re-
lceive a package from the States; it is
Ithe realization of the good will and
Trrt‘é‘ndly feeling which the folks book
'home bear to those who are on this
side that we appreciate moot:
Yours sineerelq,
‘ VICTOR A. VOthM-E‘R,
Co. D, 15th U. S. Engineers, A. E. F.
The moot-t has been made’ to police
headquarters that the planking over’
. is now
is now
box: 117
dl‘zplay
several
”piecing
in every bad condition, which is a
[menace to travel.
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__ , Jack. now at Derry. .\‘, i~l.. who cxpcctsf
Warren Quackcnbush is now in town to assume the pastorate hcre abouti
season June 1' ‘
John H. Oberlnndcr is now driving o;
nchltlsmobilc, vivid brown in colm'mu". sflfim nhol‘tly, will be fitted out'
The town auditors, Ernest B. Crofoot
and James Bennett have bet-n at work
Ion the books of town oillcials.
- graduated from Stamford high school, 5 p. 111.,
All?“ 15. 1919-, is employed in" a New York oilice.
occupying William Peaston's bungalow ccived their allotments. A conlmlttee‘
on Chestnut street, Noroton Heightg.
, Mildred, the young daughter of M11.
good condition and I wish to thank , and Mrs. Herbert Howc of the Heights ;
{has been suffering from whooping
Dr. Harold E. Hoyt. formerly chief'fl‘m their bcadquartcrs since police!
lof the medical staff of Fitch's Home. vigilance drove them out Of Siam-l
One of the follows in mill leaf. Ga. with the rank of first lieu-
removed from the center to NorottTn. or place. in a. small town like this.
Farm Bureau in Stamford.
The honor flag awarded to Darienvvaroused‘ are likely to drive them out.
for bar ' -
scriptions for the third Liberty Loan
has arrived. and flies from, the flag- one of the motorist , . e
staff or the {Home Bank and Trust a who was arrest d
Company. ~ .
Darien's town service flag is now at thdt afternoon, as were those of five
the factory, having stars added and other tourists caught, but fixed for ves-
the numerals changed. The old num- L
, has long since been exceeded,
and nearly 150 stars will be on the flag
when it reappears.
The Dnrien Red Crone is disposing
of .a woolen afghan which is now on
Smith Company’s store.
cheted in a different kind of yarn, ex- tic. upon the same basis, paid his cash.
oept, several red ones, which have all and went on:
been so pieced together as to make a ' t
large red cross in the center. The,
true committee conecun dimes com in thedlrectionzof Stamford Max Bad
the railroad tunnel on Wall street in, stats of Miss Selina Roylg, Misc Edith den, of .. . , , ..
Cantrell, Miss Suzie Lanzo, and Miss
_iDorot.hy Morehoulie.‘ " . ~
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Local young men who are entering;
iwith comfort kits and it supply of 1 World”
socks, sweater anti other knittcd goods
, by the local Red Cross chapter. Alli
l these young: men are invited to call at i
recently the Town Hall. Friday, between 2 until
or in the evening between 7:
and 9, in uniform, or with their official?
Litchtlsld and fumilv are “OW'notices, it they have not already re,
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When you need help in time of sutierin‘g you want to be
sure that the aid you seek is reliable. The fame of Beccham's
Pills isflsccuro. it rests on merit. Fer over half a century
Beecham’s Pills have met the expectation of suflcring humanity
without failing to accomplish the good promised. If you have
hwlachcs, lasoitudc, lowt spirits. nervousness, bitter taste—if you
sleep badly and have bad dreams—it is because you are suffering
from indigestion. h’our food is not'assimilated‘and instead of
”nourishing you, as nature intended, it« is poisoning your system.
5“”?
Estelle Matthews,
at the ball will see that they are sup
plied.
lt is reported that the gamblers who,
tas stated 1 in a Bridgeport ”paper, and;
,in this. column, have been making Da-i
in the service of Camp Green- ford. have their eyes upon a place in?
town which they want to rent to carrfl
.____-M.. :on their games. They are not so liker‘
Emily “a“. formerly librarian 13' to be disturbed in a town which hasI
Darien Library. who recently -n0 salaried police force, as that larg~
employed atthe otllce of the only newspaper exposures and public.
sentiment which may thereby 5"
makes you bilious, “waiter than you should‘be and far from
happy. Beecham's Pills, are‘tbe help you need. A tentsmalldosos,/
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Outlook on life for the better... Then a judicious use will keep you
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nCI'VCS. You» should try this famous medicine without hesitation
and know how safely,
_ surely, and quickly
it will proveits'
value to you.
ing reached its quota in .sub- ‘ ,
Clarence H. Fargo of New London.
:Monday‘by State Pliceman Frank Vir-
. ,elli, but whose trial was not set for
terday.noon, was not obliged to stand
a formal trial. He appeared in town
yesterday, as expected. and asked to
-., have the ceremony over ’as' soon not ‘
possible, as he was in a hurry. Upon
' . being told that the other men had each
in the window 011; glin£eng§ beetrbbllged to pay $28.63, being $10 ‘
Squares. each knitted or CTO' fine and $13.03 (308‘s. he agreed to set"
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Bulgaria to
wax: done by Mia. Alfred Large. ‘While driving along the Post Road
Nat-walk. narrowly doomed. .:
serious injury ,hen he turned blown _. . it
who was drlv; x to one side to avoid - .
Diueclion: qfiptdalwlttfia. , .
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The front axle of the Vita
n and the occupants shaken.
was injured.
far as could be learned the Stutz was
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