The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-12
BRAKE
! SAFE In FRANCE
Dow City Young. Man Tells OF Expe.
/. rienees In Crossing the Great Pond
First Impressions. Of France
THE ANNUAL ALUMNI BANQUET.
Does Not Apply Cor Rejection As
Superintendent Of Schools.
DOW CITY, June 11-special-

DOW CITY, June 11-Special-
- letter last week from their son,
Lloyd. who recently arrived overseas.
IT has been requested that we send
- letter in for publication, which
fsads as follows: e.
Somewhere In France. May 10, 1918.
1neayest Ones at Home: Well a few
lines to let you know, l have arrived
safely and am feeling fine. We made
the trip in ten days from New York
to France. France is a beautiful c0un.
try, SO remote and old fashioned. 1t
reminds one of the painting we have
seen OF 1t. I never saw so many old
ladies sin my life before and they all
work SO hard and the poor little chill
dren begging pennies of the American
soldiers. The children all work.
zee very few men and of course you
know the cause. Spring is here in all
Its glory with its beautiful trees, flow.
ers and grass. Hope. ! meet Jim and
the bunch over here. You can mag.
Inc my surprise one day upon meeting
Frank Honz on the boat. He was so
Il surprised to see me that he didn t
know me for minute. He is looking
1ne. don't think there is any need
OF worrying about the subs for we
were so we'll protected that l don't
Zee how one could have gotten us. We
were surrounded by convoy destroy
.ers. These destr0yers are small boats
,And all they have Is speed, guns, ex-
plOsiyes or depth bombs and they sure
sshAves those qualifications and the subs
s1fe certainly afraid of them as they
re capable of making 80 knots or Az
miles per, hour and all are manned by
the best of men, We sure had fine
y4rip, no high seas subs and not much
3ssea sickness although few OF the
ssbOys fed the fish. We came over on
Sthe fourth largest boat afloat. 1t was
Cover $50 feet long and carried cargo
M0f 10000 tons, in fact it was floating
palace. We had fine eats, too. Well,
ssI just got back from "chow." (dinner)
1--WE had good coffee with plenty of SUI
#gar, baked beans, which were fine,
NGOod meat and bread and plenty of it,
$50 you see have plenty OF every
thing. So now don't worry about me
flor am Q. X. Hope you got the, card
left telling OF my safe arrival in
France. Some of the buildings here
IRE sure ancient, in fact they tell us
nome of them were built in Napol
Nson's time, SO you see they are quite
Gold. i am getting ready to play in
si1 hand concert tonight. We sure have
ga real band. We practice twice day,
Eat $3.50 a. m. and 1870 p. m. Sunrise
I'm France is certainly beautiful. 1t
doesn't get dark until 1890 p. m.
A'When it is 6 o'clock here it is II in
~ dear old Iowa. There is just that
Il much difference in the time. l don't
Il zee how they make a living here as
3 they don't have farms like we do. The
y houses are close together and each
one has just a small patch of ground.
THE children speak some English. 1t
51eems as though they are at least
j Hundred years behind Our times. Some
KStill wear the wooden shoes. l sup.
hose it will be two months before |
pfet any mail, but do keep on writing
] 3nd write often for will get it some.
time. Mail to- soldier means SO
shuch, and send me the Dow City pa
|. Der and the Denison papers also. Well
si guess / have told enough for this
stime and will write again soon. Now,
don't worry about me for l am fine
and feeling fine and have all l need.
Don't forget to write and don't forget
sxhe papers. Love to one and all.
Lloyd, COD, 31Sth Engineers, A. E, F.,
via New York City.
q The annual alumni banquet of the
Dow City high school was held Fri,
day evening at the. high school audi
tOrium A delightful program was rem
sdered, consisting Of piano and vocal
solos. readings and duets, after which