The Press., 1918-10-03

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 MRS. CHARLES WALKER AND DAUGHTER.
 The town meeting will be held nex Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. w. E. Whitaker spen last week in Providence, R. I.
 Regular meeting of Baker Chapter Eastern Star, next Wednesday al 8 D. m.
 Regular meeting of Mineral Springs Lodge, K of P, at Society hall to. morrow night.
 Francis McQuaid, who is in train. ing with the merchant marine, is home on a furlough.
 There will be a dance at the Red Mems hall on Saturday evening with music by Woods orchestra.
 Mrs. R. J. Noble and daughter, Miss May Noble, of Brooklyn, N. Y, have been guests of Mrs T. F. Jordan the past week.
 The republican caucus for electing delegates to the senatorial and pro- bate conventions will be held al orough hall on Friday evening at o'clock The caucus for nominating representative and justices of the peace will Le held at the same place on Oct. II.
 StaffOrd's NOLicense committee has made arrangements for mo- license rally to be held at Haymarket Square on Friday evening at 7O'cclOk. 1 The address will be given by c. T. 1 BOckman of Hartford who is an inter esting speaker as all know who heard him year ago.
 1 Rally day will Le observed at the | Congregational church next Sunday It is hoped that all who are in any way connected with the church or ! parish will make a special effort to be present. There will be a union service in the evening when Rev. o. J. Aldrich will preach.
 The pupils of the local high school held their second social of this year in the kindergarten room of the Springs school. The purpose of the social was to raise money to pay off the school debts, but this did not mar the good time in any way and every one went home shortly after II o'clock well satisfied with the even- ing. The amount collected at this social, together with that given by the pupils toward a collection recently taken up and the fifteen dollars given by the class of 1918, lacked but a very few dollars of the necessary amount
 Somewhere in France, near BOr: deaux, Aug. 25, 1918
 The Press:
 Just few lines to let you know want to say that I can't write you a very interesting letter, so I trust you won't be disappointed with my effort. Of course you know I'll have to have some kind of an excuse, so 1 guess I'll have to blame it onto strict cens- 1 orship. We'll, you know there's some truth in that. We sure did do some | travelling since we left Camp Upton, but stay at Camp Devens was very short, previous to our big trip over seas and we still kept on the go for about a couple of weeks after we ar rived on this side. Have been in England and France and in three camps and at present are in rest camp near Bordeaux, an American camp and the best of the bunch. We get plenty to eat and it is good chow too. That means a whole lot to a fellow with an appetite like mine. | Oh, boy! Eat! Eat! Eat! and then some. The fellows say I'm getting fat. We'll, why shouldn't I be. l am writing this letter in a Y. M. c. A. hut at camp. Services of both faith are held here every Sunday and our chaplain is a Father O'Shea from the Cathedral parish in Hartford. l was up to see him the other night and he near Hartford or Connecticut because most of the fellows there were from | other states. He knew several people \ who 1 knew in Bristol and we had quite chat. The K. of c. have nice ! rooms for the soldiers and sailors at | Bordeaux and so does the Y. M. c. A. have nice building also. I was very much interested in a register book at the K. of c. rooms the first Sunday was there and found among the sold iers list the name of Edward Huden of Stafford Springs. The Y. M. c. A. have large building there in which canteen> ice cream parlor and li- brary forms part. They also serve very good dinner there for about four francs and you sure do get plenty to eat. So need more for eats. Ha! ha! A notice was posted tonight that dance is to be given at the Y. M. c. A. hut at our camp at which the telephone girls and Y. M. c. A. work CTS will attend. That sounds good alright. Our 3O2 regiment has a dandy band, too. I hope they will furnish the music because they sure can. play those dance pieces great By the way we were down to Bor- deaux on Sunday and what do you N lxr yI,sI sIo AI~ schoolmate of mine, William La brasch, and maybe I wasn't glad to see him and he appeared to feel the same way. I think he said he had been over here about six months. He is feeling fine and looks just as good
 Priv. Francis D. Mullins, c. Co 3O2 Infantry, American Fix Forces, A. F o. 3O5.