Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-18

| is m European Wators-Per9onaiS | Considerable attention is being at. tracted by the service flag displayed at the home of Rev. and Mrs. c. H Ricketts at 114 Prospect street. The flag is red with white panel in the center on which are four blue stars, 1 each star representing a member of the household who Is in the service. The merchant from whom the flag was purchased said that occasionally | he had an order for a flag with two or three stars but one with four was | 0 genuine rarity. l Mir. Ricketts has four sons, all of whom are in the service. Paul, the company, 315th Regiment. He Is at | Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va. He Is a i graduate of the Academy class of TO. From the Academy he went to the plant of the General Electric Go. in l Schenectady bsnd when he. enlisted was resident agent of the company at Bluef1elds, West Virginia. Paul Is Jay is 25 years old and in the reve- nue cutter service. When last heard from he was at a European port. He went to the Academy three years and frem storrz there he enf went to to storrs From stitute in Kent. Ohio. He has degree as tree surgeon. Kirk and Bradford, aged 23 and IS. respectively, are both corporals in the 34th Co.,, L. I. s. Kirk is a graduate of the Academy class of '13 and of Syracuse University class of IT. Before enlfsting he was em- ployed as an architect in the offices of Cudworth & Thompson of this city Bradford is member of class of '1e, N. F. A. While at the Academy he was one of the stars on the football team.
 The following is the first word MT. and Mrs. Ricketts have received from Jay in nine weeks:
 A European Port,
 Sept. 2S, 1917.
 Dear Ones:-At last I get "a chance to write you and say I'm ali safe and happy and enjoying it immensely. This will have to be short and sweet be- cause the least little thing about what we are doing or about the trip over see it. but I am enjoying the work all right, although it Is some ...renu- ous and we don't get much sleep but I'd go through anything for this ex- nerience.
 I sure can imag zine how you worried by not receiving mail from me, and I can also see you calling up Fit. Trumbull. Pm sorry but it couldn't be helped, we didn't come straight across but did certain duty and came up here from the west coast of Africa, only three weeks without seeing land, not seasick once, but Oh Boy! Some waves! T. haven't the space to write all my experiences but am saving them for you. Please don't worry because I'm as safe as in the summer house at home. Love to all, Use last address I gave you: New York, care of our ship | Increase In Wages at Finishing Co.'s |
 Plant. The employees of the IT. s. Finishing company's plant have received a vol | company. The new scale took effect | Oct. 15.
 Personals and Notes.
 Fred zachai of North Main street was recent visitor in Taftvi1le
 Wilson L. Perry of Hartford was a mess.
 basketball for every four grades r the Greeneville Grammar school has been purchased.
 There are B young men from tbe Sunday school of the Greeneville Con church in the army or the navy, eight of these being from the Young Mems Bible Class
 Questions For City Bible Class.
 In the City Bible Class for Men It the Central Baptist church Sun lay, Rev. Arthur F. Purkuss, teacher. he questions to be discussed next Sunday are: What good is the church l? Ire all churches equally good? What To you think of noise in religion? | GAG,E]!:R I! .. H: - -,~ 1 Funeral Director