The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

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for. And that will likely be long
before you receive this letter. Six
of US bought two chickens last Sun
day and we sure had fine chicken
dinner. We are getting pretty fair
eats now, nearly as good as we got IN
the states.
The boys have given up all hopes of
getting home before next summer
some time.
Sim and sure are lot of company
for each other over here. We are
more like brothers than anything else.
/ received two letters from Beld-
ing the same day / received yours. 1t
was the first mail l have gotten in a
long while. l have written to you
couple times before Winnie and if
nothing happens to them you should
receive them long before this one.
There isn't anything that would be
interesting that we are allowed to
write about but the boys will have a
great story to tell when we get back
to the good old u. S. A. We are get
ting a great deal Of fatigue work now
but like it much better than drilling.
Say, Winnie, you mentioned those
pictures. received those some time
ago. / think they were fine and |
sure was glad to get them. haven't
been sick a day since / have been in
France ant we have been over here
more than four months already. /
was on camp guard last night so chat
is how came to get the forenoon of,
so / am writing a few lines to you:
Tell all the Bedding folks hello for
me and also give Eva and Ina my
best regards and tell them both to
write if they have the time.
We have been having quite rainy
weather over here and it is quite cool
also. But / am sure dreading cold
weather the most of ALL
/ haven't heard from Twining in a
long time. Well as news is scarce, l
am going to close. / remain as ever,
your friend,
Pvt. Harmon Palmateer,
End. Bn.. French Art, Battery d, A..
+. F., A. p. o. 903.
Notice the change in postoffice num-
Der. Answer soon.
Mrs. Ed. King is in receipt of the
following letter from her son, Charles
who has been in service now for some
time and whose letters have appeared
in these columns a number of times
before. His letter is as follows:
Sept. Is, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Just a few lines this a. m. while
have got a chance. We are pretty
busy now and don't have much time
for anything. l am feeling fine and
everything is all o. k, only / have got
a cold and that makes me feel kind of
punk, but I'll get over that before long
as things don't last long here. We
had about a week and half Of no.
thing but rain and that is where / got
my cold because everything was so
damp But this is Sunday morning
and sure is a swell day.
/ sure would like to be home to take
the flivver out for exercise today but
I'll be there to help keep it busy next
year. But at times now ! don't care
if | ever see another car or not as
you know / am at it every day rain
or shine, but / don't care for rain as
you know have got glass top on it
and don't get wet and when it gets
cold go and sit in the car where it is
warm. h4
Well, mother, have any more of the
boys been called ont yet? haven't
had a letter for two weeks now and
have never received any of the pa
pers or magazines you sent me. So
you see I+don't know what is going
on. guess they don't know / am
in the A. Z. F., as l have not got my
service record yet and l am not get
ting only S7.50lp month until they
find it, but when they find it I'll have
few francs coming. l have only
drawn $3.50 since April and that
one So bill or money order that
amounts to $27.50 or 154 francs but
/ don't know but what / am just as
well of as If / was drawing a small
fortune as 1 would only spend it SO
Say, Mother, did I tell you l saw
Lloyd Kelley a few weeks ago? He
is with the engineers building rail-
roads. Gee, / was glad to see him
as he is the first one have seen that
/ know since l left hcme Well, mo-
Their, guess I'll close for this time,
wishing / could get letter from ev-
cry one. am as B-4 your loving son
Pvt. Chas. <. King,
Evac. Amb. Co., Prov. No. 1, A. E. F.,
Care Evac. Hosp. No. 1.
Artie Strong, of the barber firm of
Brown e. Strong, operating under
Hotel Bedding, writes the following
letter from his location, somewhere
near st. Bonize, France, to his mother.
Mrs. Frances Strong, of this city:
st. Bonize, France, Sept. IL.
Dear Mother: