The Bourbon news., 1918-10-29
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The influenza tackled two fine
Bourbon county boys some time ago,
Corp. Teddy Shannon, and his broth
er, Mike Shannon, both of this city.
and in the encounter the influenza
was finally knocked out. Both are
doing well. Both are stationed at
Camp Lee, in Virginia. Teddy is a
member of the Bolloon Replacement
Corps, in the Aviation service.
The 113th Battalion U. s. Signal
Corps, has reached France, after hav-
ing spent nearly two years in inten-
sive drilling and camp life at Camp
Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Miss. Law
renee II. Hill, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Hill, and Glenn Moran,
brother of Mrs Jas. E. Craven, of
Paris, have written back home, an
nouncing their safe arrival. Several
other Bourbon county boys are with
this battalion.
Maj. Ellis Duncan, well-knOwn in
Paris, former Coroner and prominent
physician, of Louisville, has arrived
sOfely overseas. Mrs. Duncan, who
accompanied him as far at New York,
returned Friday to Louisville Major
Duncan has at various times been a
guest of Mr.. ]. Quincy Ward and
other Bourbon county sportsmen at
the>live bird and clay pigeon tourla-
ments at the Hill Top Gun Clubs
grounds. near Paris.
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Mrs. Taylor T. Chandler, of Paris,
recently received a letter from her
brother, McVey Howard, stating that
he had been transferred from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to one of the
ships now in South American waters,
somewhere near Argentina. Young
Howard has been in the naval service
for several years, having enlisted
during the trouble with Mexico. He
has seen a great deal of the world
from the time he entered the service
up to the present time.
Sergt. Newsum Keller arrived in
Paris, Sunday, from Pigeon Point,
near Wilmington, Delaware, on a
ten-days' furlough visit to his moth
er, Mrs. A. H. Keller, and family
Sergt. Keller was transferred on
special duty from Camp Shelby, at
Hattiesburg, Miss, to Ft. Niagara,
then to Pigeon Point, near Whining
ton, Delaware. Sergt. Keller was a
member of Co. B., 113th Battalion,
U. S. Signal Corps, which was sta
toned at Camp Shelby. He says he
feels decidedly lonesome, with all the
rest of his command in France, and
hopes to be able to join them soon.
Sergt. Keller is in excellent health.
Under date of Oct "a, Mr.. Nathan
H. Bayless, recently of Paris, who
enlisted in the Veterinary Corps of
the U. S. Army some months ago,
and was sent to Camp Lee, Va,
writes THE NEWS as follows:
Camp Upton, Long Island.
II arrived here from Camp Lee. !
Virginia, yesterday, October %, and |
[ expect to leave here in a few days !
to go across the Atlantic to where |
big things are going on. l would
like very much to get THE NEWS.
[ like to hear from the old town and
would try to get THE NEWS sent
10 me while I am here. 1 am well
and feeling fine, and am anxious to
get across. 1 am in the Sixteenth
Hospital Unit"
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To be reported as being killed in
action, and yet turn up alive, and
hen reported as missing, in action,
Ind yet able to be found, is the sit
lation in which a former Bourbon
county boy, Private John w. Ser
,eant, of North Middletown, finds
himself. In the War Departments
.eport of the casualty list some time
lgo young Sergeant was reported as
having been killed in action. and
ater as missing. A few days ago his
ather, Mr.. w. r. Sergeant, received
. letter from his son, written from
. French hospital, in which he stat
d that he had been wounded in ac-
ion in one of the battles on August
20, and had been taken to the hos
,ital. He said that owing to the Ea-
ure of his wounds, he had been IN
bile to write before. He is improv-
ng.
One of the Bourbon county nurses,
Who is doing splendid work in nurs-
ng the influenza cases at Camp
buell., in Lexington, writes THE
NEWS, in part, as follows: /,
1--WE certainly appreciate THE
NEWS here. After i read it / take
t back to the Hospital, and read it
O one of my patients, a Mr.. Tate.
rom near Shawhan. Then take it
ver to the other Hospital and read it
o a Mr.. Smart, who came here from
lear Ewalt's Cross Roads, in .onr
ounty. So you can see that THE
NEWS is bringing good cheer to. the
Bourbon county boys, as well. as to
he tired nurses. We are holding
Town the influenza pretty well here