The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06

Thinks Winter There Is Close Second
70 One in Vermont Praises Work of
Red Cross Women.
Principal +. b. Smith of the Brattle.
horo high school read to the school yes
tcrday a letter from Flying Cadet
Laurence g.. sherman, formerly q star
on the high school track team, son of
Manager and Mrs. George Z. sherman
of The Brooks House, written in France
Jan. >. 40 the request of The Re.
former Mr.. Smith permits its publica-
ton. Cadet Sherman writes:
Ny dear Mr.. Smith
On the last day of 1917 the package
sent me by the high school arrived.
When / saw the picture of that old
school building il surely did set me
thinking Of all the people and the
things they were doing. want TO
thank you for remembering me and
for sending such appropriate things.
The raisius are still going strong but
the chocolate lasted Just about one
minute. II you could eat the choco-
late we get here you would appreciate
just how much q cake of Peter 5 means
over here. Since / loft of here ! re-
eeived q clipping with all the names
Of the high school alumni and others
who arc i'm the service. Il will be in
tcrcsting To see how many will como
back. Probably whole lot Of poo-
pie would think that was n blood
thirsty and pcsSimistic way To look at
things. However when you get mixed
up in il its q whole lot different.
Another clipping came a short while
ago telling about the wonderful game
al Bellows Falls. You can bet | would
have iourncyed q long way TO see it.
You will have 10 give the boys an
awful lot OF credit, for they had a
whole lot Of things to contend with
All the same when you come 90 think
things over and see good, clean teams
come out the front door of that old
school every year, YOU Just have tC
know that it1R jsdiir bsfu RgaYSH R9g
viii have 10 lay Sone Of the SuccGsS
60 "Died himself. without doubt
he 3 the best school coach in the coun
Try. ! might say that right on the
back of this clipping was another ac
count of q game in which some boy,
from Providence seemed to be mixct
up. That didn't interest me quite ~
much, especially the score. C'est |;
pucrre' You hear that all around here
so why not lay that fateful event NJ
against IL, toe. The mess call lust blew
and You know what that means in tn
army.
W" didn Z have much to eat today
"bully' beef and rice. No doubt yo
have read about the winter we hav
over here. Well. all they say about i
is fine and then some. The one we ar
having here would run the one in oil
Vermont m awfullv close second W
have about four inches of snow an
The wind bowls most all the time
There are very few woods and prat
ticallv no hills so that wind has ful
sway, aud IL sure does sweep. II seem
pretty cold here but mostly becaus
II is very damp. This is funny plac,
Every day il is gray and murky, bu
tho nights are most always clear an
bright. They may talk about thi
"Sunuv France but thew II have I
talk TO somebody besides me.
About the first day | was here
found Jack Adams Lincoln s an
Leon s brother lie enlisted directl
from the ambulance and started fyir
az (eensoredl, he already has his col
mission. That Is about all | can Il
YOU about the flying for the censorsh
is SO strict. All the planes here are
the fighting type and the stunts y,
see every day would make the eXhil
tion flying at home look like awf
pikers. ! suppose that isn't a prop
expression to use to professor, but
answers the purpose SO why 90 furth,
The Christmas we had here was
wonder The Red Cross gave eve
man a little bag filed with cvcrythi
ono eould ask for. However there "
one thing | couldn I understand. Il
stun they had in il was all French {
ccpt the cigaretts and tobacco. Cane
tooth paste, tooth brush and soap WE
oll Frpuch | thought il was the Am
lean idea to conserve all French ST.
Still, funny things happen in the arm
Christmas morning our bunch of cad
were called out with our little bf
and some movie" company took {
pictures. They aid the Red Cross v
To use them in the states for advert
ing purposes.
There is a Miss Wheeler from b
lingtun who is in the Red Cross WI
IN this camp. l believe her father
professor az Vermont. The VIZ