The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-22
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Letter from Albert Bailey. Aviator

John Muzzy recently received a letter
from Albert Bailey of the British ROYAL
Air force, who is in a camp in Wales. Mr..
Balley's parents own summer home
In this town and the young man has
many friends here. Mr.. Bailey IS father.
Charles Bailey, is shipbuilder at
Hampton, Virginia. A part of the
young aviator s letter is as follows.
l hope that this letter will reach Won
as | want to tell you little about what
we are doing.
Our detachment landed in ENGLAND
IN the early part of November and we
were at once sent to a training station
Perhaps you don t know it, so I will
tell you that I have been so unfortu-
nate as to be detailed for duty on air
ships and not aeroplanes as I hopcd
Tor when | went into aviation. We first
went to preliminary training school
where we learned more theory and were
gwen practical work In balloons. The
balloon trips were fun. You never knew
where You would land. We each had
about six trips. The last one was a
'solo' and we went up alone in a
small balloon. In my t'solo'' / landed
near farm where some German prison
ers were working, and their guard
brought two over to help me pack nm
my balloon. When you land in balloon
you have to Grip it and let the pas
out and then pack it up and cart it to
the railroad and ship it back. The
Germans seemed well fed and content
ed and / guess that they were glad to
be out of the war
Next we went to a finishing school
and learned more theory and also
learned how to manage an airship. Then
our detachment was split up and we
were sent to various English airship
stations in groups of two or three.
Norris and myself came to this place
about the first of March. For time
we did very little flying, but now we
go out on patrols quite often. This
week have taken ship out four
times. One trip lasted IA hours. The
life is very monotonons after the nov
city wears off. You are very lucky TO
see submarine and most of the time
you sit and look at the sea. Occasional
~ you see boats and you usually come
IN sight of land about once or twice
every hour. That is about all.
expect to go to France soon. / have
heard from Rob. Stephenson once. He
IS IN France with the army, you know.
hope that you are having an early
spring after the severe winter.
Mrs. Minerva Livermore visited in
Bondville last week
f. A. Fitch of Wilmington is visit
ing his niece, Mrs. Maude. Clark.
+. l.. Cobb is trucking logs with his
new auto truck to Henry Mclean 3
mill.
Several from here attended the Con
gregational convention in Wilmington
Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Rich is spending a few
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Stark.
Mrs. Harry Hill, who had been visit.
ing at the Jamaica House, returned to
Portland last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V.,D. Piper and
daughter. Dorothy, and Miss Mann OF
Brattleboro We're in town Saturday.
The Christian Endeavor will have
charge of the Sunday evening service
during the summer and there will be
no preaching service
The Grand Army, Woman IS Relief
| corps and Red Cross are invited to at
tend the memorial service next Sun
day morning in the Baptist church.
The teacher and pupils of the May
nard Hollow school will give an enter
talnment, Japanese play,,in the Opera
house Saturday evening, the proceeds
to go toward buying thrift stamps. 1t
IS hoped there will be good audience.