Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-14
SHOREHAM

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Allen Of New Hav
en- were guests at c. h kendall's sun
day
Mr. and Mrs, l.. II. Nottingham
passed the weekend in Middlebury and
Rutland
Mr. and Mrs z T. Plat were IN
/ Cornwall Wednesday 20 attend the fun
eral Of Mrs Jeanette Lewis,
Mrs Mary Brong who has passed
the winter al NJ {, Cooks has re-
turned 10 her home in Lockport N, Y
Mrs John Wisell went TO the Mary
Fletcher Hospital Monday for treat
ment Dr. NJ NJ Plat accompanied
/ her.
Mrs Henry Ward entertained the
Morlyian Club Tuesday IN was voted
10 take mp some line OF war work Tor
the coming year
A minstrel show will he given June %
I In Academy Hail under the direction
Of Mrs John Wright for the benefit Of
the local Red Cross
Mr. and Mrs j. c Moore, T. II.
Moore Mrs and Miss Iarr, Mrs How
ard Orchard and Mrs, Clara DeIoug
were entertained at the Brandon Inn
Tuesday in honor Of the Ndh birthday
Of Mrs. William Moore
Miss Floricc Bordcau who Is now in
Mediord Mass, received q letter from
her brother, Private Albert Bordeau, Of
Co, A, nth Railway Engineers, A, T.,
f. France which Is, in part, as follows;
May 5, 1918.
Somewhere In France
Dear sister,;
Received your most welcome letter
which was a great pleasure 10 me, as |
have been anNiously looking every day
for letter from you. am feeling line
nowadays, enjoying the best OF health,
and ! hope you are also
Your letter found me all right and il
did not take It very long either What
a wonderful thing It is that little bun.
die could find its owner so far away
from It's starting place,
Yes, ! received the card with the
verse on il, and it sent feeling Of pride
and also made me realize how you feel
Have also received two letters from
cousin Flora
You must have received some letters
from me since you wrote as ! have
written several since ! landed here, and
II seems as II you should have received
them before, but it takes long time
for mail to so back and forth, so when
you get a letter from me, answer right
away In case you do not get my last
letter, I'll give you my address 1t is
Co. a, llth Railway Engineers, A. +
F. France
In regard to what | am doing,
cant tell you much, but | am in a dif-
ierent regiment than | expected, and
am not doing the work ! expected to,
but | am in pretty safe quarters and
work every day As to where | am,
cannot tell YOU certainly do wish
was back at camp. We sure could stir
up some lively times
Speaking about your trip down, you
can imagine the little trip | used to
have, but believe me it was a pleasure
to travel that dear old mountain trail
Did YOU take notice of the mountains
and little villages down in the valleys
coming down from the Summit to Bel
lows Falls; How wish | could see the
old State now. | believe | told you
all | could about this country The
leaves are coming out on the trees and
the grass is growing fast and the wealth
er is getting quite warm,
As for going to church, | have been
almost every Sunday and | receive
Holy Communion often. The church |
| go to now is an old stone church; we
have an American priest with us, and |
that seems good received a package |
from the Red Cross containing many |
useful things, and the X Of c has given
u.s. the regiment, a complete moving pic
.ure outfit Both these organizations |
are doing great work We also have |
paper and envelopes given us by the X
If c., so you do not need to send any |
paper and we do not have to stamp |
our mail, but thanks many times, it
showed your good intentions.
Will close now, answer soon, and all
he news with love,
AS ever your loving brother, Albert.