Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-30
JEWETT CITY


 The Jewe;t City Baptist church sent flowers tothe funeral of Charles Nor gan.
 Harold E. Spicer has been at home for a few days furiough.
 Earl S, Hiscox returned to Newport Saturday morning after a weeks fur lough.
 Edmund Jodoin has returned from Brooklyn. N. Y, where he spent Christmas with his wife and daughter who are visiting relatives there. He also witnessed che naval pageant.
 The Red Cross Roll Call head quarters are closed after being open week and will not reopen.
 The funeral services for Mrs. Hat tie Magrey were held at st. Thomas church, Voluntown, Friday morning. Rev. R. P. Morrissey oficiated. Burial was in the Robbins cemetery. The bearers were Louis and George Mai rey, Louis Riehotte and Walter Per- kins. Hourigan Brothers were in charge of the arrangements.
 At the annual meeting of A. A.. Young, Jr., Hose and Ladder Co.,. No. 1, Thursday evening, these officers were elected: Foreman, Dorey Jarvis; first assistant. Moses Laranger; sec ond assistant, Louie Masse: secretary, Thomas Wakeley; treasurer, Dennis Sullivan; steward. Moses Salois: fire police, Dennis Griffin, James Smith Alphonse Fontaine, William Grenier, Bert Grenier, Philip Jarvis, Henry Ballon.
 Miss Rosa Wilcox of Ledyard, a former resident in Lisbon was in town Friday, calling on friends.
 George C. Swift, a former superin- tendent of schools here married N,- cember 31. Miss Ruth Marguerite Gaylord, daughter of the late Dr. Charles W. Gaylord, of Branford, Conn.
 The following letters has been re- ceived:
 Somewhere i1 France,
 '-/ November o4, 1918.
 Dear Father: Upon this glorious Sunday, set aside by the govern ment for every soldier in France to write letter home to dnd, and it is with great pleasure that write these few lines. But I must also put in few words for mother, brothers and sisters. This letter is supposed to reach you by Christmas. We are all lowed to tell you anything we wish to.
 
 day we'll to be remembered by me and by you. for il is 23 years ago since I was born and it is. almost seven months since I left home for my country's cause. It was for liberty and justice, and now that we have conquered, it won't be long before will be back home again. Every l American over here is anxious to get hack home, place that they call God S country, where we have Sundays once in while. We don't know when Sunday comes here unless we look at the calendar I have oniy been to mass five times since have been over here; but I used to go to church every night when there was one in the town we were stopping in. I have been in "A different churches up to date l Will tell you more about these church es when I get back, for they are en- tircly different from ours
 Now l will tell you about my trip over here. When I left Camp Dew ems, July 5, about ten o'clock at night l boarded 9 train for Canada. I went | through St. John, Farnu71. St. Lue and Sultan and got to Montreal July at 8 p. m. It was one of the most beautiful cities that I have come across yet. We'll, we got on the boat and left 1t 4.30 r. m. Sailed down the St. Lawrence river, went through l Quebec. and then were stopped at 1 Halifax to wait for more transports I saw the ruins Of the explosion that you read about
 When we left Halifax we were 9 1 transports m all About half way across we sighted and sunk a subma- rine. The sea was very calm. There was only one day that it was very rough. It took IT days from Mon treal~ to London Or 12 days from Hali- fax. We stayed in England only three days. While in Winchester, went through Winchester Cathedral It is a big enc, too; it is about 50C feet long. Then from Southampton we crossed the English Channel ant l landed at Le Havre. From there went to St. Amaud, St. Aignair, Re. cey and DieTlouard. have been or the battlefro:ts, of Metz, St. Mihiel the Mouse and Argonne. have beer all over France and now am on m! way to Germany. think we will bt on our way home this v;alter 1 While I was at VaGe:aincourt | went up in an aeroplane with French aviator. We were u1 for twen ty minutes. Rhe next day we wen up again. We stayed up 20 minutes BeliAye me, it was some trip! w new over Terdun, which is nothin. but mass Of ruins. The Germans were smelling the town tho day wen over it. In fact they shelled it ever, day, but neve- could take i. The ma chine l went up in was 900 horse power, I never knew that was off tn, ground until I looked over the side We were up 2o00 feet. I suppose yo, know what day the armistice was de clared? Well, anyway. it was thu eleventh day, hour, and month. I was strange that it all happened il the elevens, but if suited mo. I seems funny today not to hear tn cannon roaring any more. The fir ing was continued until the last min ute.
 I will close. hoping to see or hea from you soon. also wish that yo haT1 a joyful Thanksgiving, a Merr Chs jtmas. and Happy New Yea,