The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-28
MARSHFIELD
Boys from This Locality Are Together In
France and Working Hard.

France and Working Hard.
The following letters were received b.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Short from their neph
ew and foster son, Private Carroll Good
ridge, with the A. H. r.. somewhere Il
Franeei France. Nav 20, 1918,
Dear Folks; Your letter OF April 2
Just received and will try and answer Il
: l also had one from Mrs. Robinson.
guess II has been u couple OF weeks sine
! wrote, but have been so busy haven
had the chance Have worked the las
two nights, and il is sure hard work :,
ride In the saddle for IL solid hours, But
tonight guess we will have chance e
sleep. We have been seven months IN
France and are all wearing our sA
months service stripes, That Is a little
gold coiored stripe on the left arm.
was with Elery after the horses
We have been together all of the time
since we enlisted. At one time he wrote
about going on ahead with the baggage
the rest OF us followed on the next train
and got there almost as quick as he did
We boys are all feeling fine. Our com
pany has been very lucky, no casualtie
We learn more about the war from the
papers we get from home than we do
/ hcits vi NOultt We hHON UuOlt
some things than we get from the pa
pers, but guess they get it pretty near
ly correct.
| received letter from Mary Spencer;
haven't had time TO answer ii, and don't
know when | will. There are a lot Of
letters ought TO, and wish might, get
time to write. / haven't seen Eddie yet.
His company is stationed near us at
present, and saw lad from there last
night. Harold Wilson from Cabot is all
o. X. haven't seen him, but hear he is
In machine gun company. / also saw
Enrol Rolfe last night; only had a chance
TO say Hello"
Frederick Shepard has been back with
us for a month now. He had all kinds OF
mail waiting for him here. Lieut.. Hook
er was with us only few days. Have
no idea where he is now.
/ have got one bundle of papers from
you that | haven't had a, chance to read
yet; have had them quite few days,
but ! read them all when | do get the !
time. Guess | have answered al! of
your questions. That was the best let
ter have received from you yet. Give
my best regards to all who may inquire.
Hope this will find you folks as well as !
am. Carroll.
June 3, 1918.
Received another letter from you to-
day, so will write few lines in answer.
Was going to write yesterday afternoon
but went for bath and when we got
bsyk had to hitch up and work all night.
Had a long hard trip, have slept most all
day to-day. Elery and Toad" are work
ing tonight. Eddie Ward was here to
see the boys one night last week and we
sure had a nice long visit. 1t did seem
good to see him and he is looking, and
says he is feeling, fine He was here
again last night, but we boys were gone
before he came. All we boys from
Marshfield are in the best of health, and
We are together all the time now. Just /
,hlnkl tomorrow morning and 1t is a
year since | enlisted. 1t does not seem
possible it could be anywhere near as
ong | never saw the days slip by the
way they do this spring It seems as If Q
sunday came nearly every other day. !
I'm glad to hear how well you did on {
he Liberty loan drive. The people over
here are sure doing their share. and we
'oys are trying to do ours. / have sub Q
cribed for the "Stars and Stripes" a
weekly paper, that | am going to send {
ONE after ! read them, and wish you :
gould save them for me. With the best =
egards to all, will close. Carroll.
Mnstrelsl Minstrels! Have you heard z
bout it? Of course There's nothing y
Ise doing these days The air is full of
. Keep the date in mind-We dnesday. h
uly 3, and the place, X. of p. hall Re- e
lember that it il for the benefit of the
ed Cross and Pythian Sisters. Don't NJ
liss it. !,
DR.. and Mrs. L. A. Evans and SON of :,
ssex Junction are spending few days r
A. E. Lamberton's. +,
Mrs. Frank Taylor and grandson, Rich ~,
ID, of Worcester, Mass, were the guests =
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wiley last week
Rev and Mrs. G. A. Furness and
,ughter, Evelyn, left Thursday for
narlotte to spend few days with his
ster. ,r
Mr.. and Mrs, Scott Darling of Peacham W
ere visitors at l.. D. Nute's Tuesday. sv
Horace Brown is at home from New ~,
Try for few days. w.
An eight pound daughter arrived Tues ..
" night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs "
errill johnson.
Owing to the absence of the pastor, iei
ere Will be no morning service or sun 'F
y school at the Congregational church
xt Sunday, but the c. Z. service will be gr
Id as usual at 1880 p. m, using the top Gle
for July 7, instead of the one for June sh
It'd
the patriotic rally this Fri wa
VI evening, closing the war saving w
imp drive. Band concert on the COM an
IN and speeches at the hail. Be ready
tn your pledges sch
Miss Marion Taylor is home from foe
,ntpelier for few days visit.
Miss Forrestine Duke left last week g,
Greensboro after spending few days bo,
tn her mother, Mrs. Susan Duke IS
Miss Amy Cameron, who has been W.
ching in ST. Johnsbury the past year, ara
home for the summer vacation.
Miss Florence Wooster arrived home ~,