The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-10-01

celery and grape salad nodded !;
banana salad; Woodford pudding,
with whipped cream; sandwiches of
all kinds; tea; coffee; milk.
very much above the average, and
very interesting.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Laughlin have
received card from their son, Pri-
waite w. B. LaughHn, announcing his
safe arrival overseas.
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Mr.. James Doty, of this city, has
received card from his son, Mr.. Ell
mer DOty, who is a member of the
United States Marines, to the effect
that he had landed safely overseas.
Blair Warden, who is stationed at
Camp Zachary Taylor, was at home
from Saturday to yesterday, on a
furlough to visit his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Geo. Warden, and other rela-
tives.
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Among the list of children who
contributed money toward purchas-
ing regimental flag for the Lincoln
Division, Gen. Hale's command of the
United States army, appears those Of
Windel, James and Carolyn Reading,
of Paris.
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Mrs. Jesse .Turney received a let
ter from her son, Private Jack Tur-
ney, now in England, in which he
stated that he was well and feeling
'nne.- Private Turney enclosed let
ter from King George, copies Of
which are distributed to all the Amer
lean soldiers on their arrival in
England.
Major Henry Rhodes, Chief of the
Selective Service in Kentucky, has
cancelled the call for 7,483 drafted
men who had been instructed to re-
port for duty between October z and
~. The cause for the cancellation
of the call is the prevalence of Span
ish influenza in the army camps.
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Mr.. Dennis V. Snapp, of the Ken
tuckian-Citizen Office, received a let.
ter from his brother, Mr.. Sher-
maa Snapp, formerly of Paris,
stating that he had just received
promotion to the rank of Corporal.
no Tnforxyi0xxy H1ork in
the Depot Brigade at Camp Lewis,
Washington, before his promotion to
the new rank. He is now in the
Personnel Office at the camp head
quarters at Camp Lewis.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Drake Thompson, of
Paris, received a short letter Satur
day from their son, Mr.. Ira D.
Thompson, who is at the Annapolis
Naval Academy. Young Thompson
stated that he had qualified as an ex-
pert army rifleman, on the rife range
near Annapolis, and that in a COM
petitive shoot he had scored 256 out
of a possible 800. Mr.. Thompson
added as postscript, Mother, I am
surely getting to be some shooting
fool"
The Chief of Staff, Gen. March,
has announced that practically all Of
the Saith Division (Kentucky, Indi-
ana and Southern Illinois) has now
arrived abroad The Saith Division,
commanded by Gen. Harry Hale, was
the first occupant of Camp Taylor
and was organized there, leaving for
Camp Sherman, at Chillicothe, only
a short time before it's departure for
France In the division are large
number of Paris and Central Ken
lucky officers and soldiers, who grad
uated from the Fort Benjamin Har-
rison officers training schools being
in the organization.
The first Bourbon county boy to
be cited for bravery on the field Of
battle with the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France, is Henry
F. Dale, twenty-year-old soldier
from this section of the Bluegrass.
Young Dale 81 brother Of Mr.. Robt.
Dale, of near Paris. Previous to, his
induction into army life, he was en-
ployed on the farm Of Mr.. e. B..
Myers, near Jacksonville. He volun-
teered for army service about three
years ago. He has seen active SER
vice in Mexico, and went to France
with the troops of General Pershing.
He was cited for bravery in proceed
ing to a battery position over roads
which were being heavily shelled in
order to evacuate the wounded.
When his ambulance was wrecked
he took charge of another, the driver
of which had been killed, and con-
tinued in action. On another occa-
sion his ambulance was blown to
pieces by a shell, but he escaped un-