The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-30
CIR 4NITETHLE
Red Cross Workers Get Letters OF Appre'
citation from Soldiers.


citation from Soldiers,
Tho following letters came TO the
i,raniteyille Red Gross ftom Malcolm
MacAskill and John Murray, who are
with the American eNpeditionary forces
Ia France; - ms
To The Ladies' of the GraniteVille ked
Cross; | wish to take this opportunity
OF thanking all for the package u
smokes received two days ago IL was
indeed pleasant surprise for me 10 hna
the package waiting for me SATURDAY
evening aud all from Granite.ilc
| was glad To hear that the 6ranlte'
willie branch OF the Red Cross was ABOUT
the best in the state and ! wFh them
all good luck with the WORK they are
doing
am separated from the rest OF the
bows from the hill, although John Muir
raw and Gordon Guy are not very far
away. France is quite country but
everything Is old fashioned I'd rather
be in the state OF Vermont just the same
Again thanking you for your package
am NJ; Maeashi'l'
NV dear Home People: II is not easy
to express my gratitude for your kind
ness and generosity. You people AT
home cannot imagine what it means to
MS when a package lands here from back
there in Gods country We are not
uncomfortable nor exactly unhappy, but
We cannot help longing for the green
hills, the pleasant streets, the whole
houses. and last but most OF all, Tor the
pleasure of hearing the English language
spoken. .,...
Strange 60 say that the hardest thing
of all is this blame hand waving and
may coprennay pas" spelled those
words the way they sound. We meet
those words whenever we try to ask a
question. They mean. don't understand
you.n and never doubt them at all 1t
would make anybody laugh to watch
some of our fellows trying to ask them
for something 1t reminds me OF the
time used to give signals on the quar-
ries, all the hand waving that goes on
But they are good bunch OF fellows
inst the same: they would do anything
for us. 1t is when we get into our Two
by.four" at night, after the work OF day
is over and we light up our old IDS
that we can be back home IN magma
ton. And, believe me, | am looking for
ward to the day that Kaiser Bill VIII
throw up hands and say Il have had
enough Of this thrashing; give me
rest" Nothing doing until he is trimmed
within an inch of his life then we will
all 90 back to the good old town again
and stav there, am thinking. Some of
the fellows who have been at the front
line were asked what they found hardest
to bear and they said, well, it was kind
of hard to get used to shells whizzing
and the guns booming but it sure was
terrible when the whole company ran
ont of smokes" And now you people
will perhaps understand how much |
mean when | say thank you all" Tor
your kindness in remembering me and
] wish each and every one OF the Red
Cross ladies the best of luck and happi-
ness. Best regards to all ! know III
Barre and Barre Town.
Corp. John Murray.
The following letter was received by
Cicely Keough, an eight year-old girl
who helped to knit a pair OF socks for
soldier:
Vancouver, March Is.
Dear Little Girl: viii drop you few
lines to thank YOU for the stockings and
also the nice letter | got in them. J am
wearing them and they fit me fine And
you are a nice little girl to help knit
stockings for the soldier boys.
am in big training camp. There
are about 10000 soldiers here. If you
lived here you would see lots OF soldiers.
] expect to go to France before long
You say you have no sisters. | have
sisters and brothers, but they are older
than | am. | have one brother in the
army over in France And one of my
sisters is a nurse--not Red Cross nurse.
She works at the Barre City hospital.
hav ba ,tb ar do nd
she told me she will be through there
soon, and that she would become Red
Cross nurse So, if she does, there will
be three of us in the army. My home is
in Barre and | have met few fellows
out here from up there. ] also met some
fellows from Graniteville-they are
Tommy Haley and Mike Miles. They
both seem to like out here.
We have big Y. NJ. c. A. out here. 1t
is place where soldiers 90 to read and
write letters Every night they have
moving pictures, and singing and dane
ing. So if soldier gets lonely and
thinks about home he can go over there
and it will cheer him up. Well | will
close for this time. Ernest Thompson.
Misses Catherine Smith and Jessica
MacIver of Danville are spending the
Easter holiday here.
Harold Carey, who attends St Mi
chael's college, is having 10 days vaca
tion.
Miss Clara Murphy, who has been
spending few weeks in Boston, re,
turned Wednesday.
Miss Agnes Murphy, student at
Mount St. Mary's in Burlington, is
spending the Easter holidays at her
home.
Miss Theresa Miles is visiting in
Montpelier.
A daughter was born Wednesday,
March %, to Mr. and Mrs. Murdo Muir
ray.
Grand Easter ball in Gilbert's hall,
Granitevlle, Monday evening, April l..
Music, Ericson's orchestra. three pieces.
Refreshments served at II o'clock at
regular price. Dancing from to .. Ad-
mission, 81 a couple. Ladies free-adv.