Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-12
MoosuP
Edwin Main Writes Home From
 France-Game With Bartlett Con
 sidsred Very Fast Ladies' Aid So 4 eiety to Meet "Wednesday.

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 Edwin Main writes home from ,'over
 there:p
 In the Field France,
 ss February 9th, 1918.
 T am writing you this letter now with the hopes that it will reach you by the 18th of March. s,
 am still in the best of health and stiil dodging Fritz with the, pest of luck. We are all in fact, getting along finely, with very few accidents, jcon5ideriiig our situation and the com ditions under which, we are working. am sending this letter. in. what is
 known as green envelope. If you will read the conditions on, it. you will
 see where we are. able to get over tho limit prescribed by the regianentai cen- lsors ,es.as ~
 l F have not had any mail from you for quite while, possibly three weeks. Thatsis quite. 9 wait, for we usually
 get it much oftener, It usually comes l about once in eight Or ten days. That l is fairly good, don't So'l think
 s I had rather a surprise tue other day. I'went up to the hut and found on my cot a letter with an English stamp on it. | opened eit and found that it came from some place in I Wales and that it. was from a strange | v 1GAy. VI A..A .ACs1<Attl6 -1l lOQQi l it was from sister of one of the boys in our company. She said that they had not heard from her brother in
 about month. and that they were worried about him and wished to know
 whether CT not he was missing or in the hospital She got my name from one of the Christmas celebration pro-
 gramn1es and of course knew that my
 address would be the same as his. I went out to the shops where the fellow works and gave him quite a lec- ture about writing. home often and let { ting tife fclks know. how he was get ting along. He was at loss to. un- derstand how I got my information and then when showed him the en- yelope in which the letter came, hs , recognized his sisters writing and won dered how she got my address Final iy. I told him all about it. He prom ised to write at least on-N a week te the folks at home in Wales
 ,l I had the pleasure of going or guard again night before last, but didn't walk post. You see, out of ths detail that Is sent on guard each nigh there is an orderly picked for the col \ oIfel (tfe commanding of1icer). anl there is lot. of good natured rivalr7 ; In. trying to get the iob.a The one witi
 the neatest and cleansst appearanc, 7 is supposed to get it. I worked near ; ig whole. day on my gun and. cloth
 Ling in fixing up for 1t and did man : ago to get the job. You Sc, ]. when you are on guard you Ee . very little chaJce to. sleep. of course Eand when you do get that. chance yoV D have to roll up in 8 blanket on th
 -iiopT. Wren you are orderly you ge
 the opportunity to 20 and sleep for th
 night. In your owh bunk and the jo :, I4s a soft one. How are the P,ai1pfeld. High Schoc
 boys getting aione with their basket
 bail schedule? The last letter. got
 vet sysclle. of the trouble they had i
 getting the hall, on account of .he coz n shertage and the conservation of eoa .s Did they make out on that qnestic {. s,Il riF1t7 I hope they did for the v look fit for a: good season: Will have to close now, as time. ssl getting rather short and I have, quit g ' little work to do.
 gl 4 Fast Game.
 4 When Plainfiesd tIigh School basket :, bah five. took the first game Of tn chalnRionship series from the Bart # lett High School squad by the score c e B to F last Friday evening. on tn " CCStcitf lipSAf AI7 Wdo ,b p many 6to be the fastest basketba n game on the Webster floor for severs -s years. -<
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 le Mrs Fannie Casweu and Miss Cai 's oline CasweH of Plainfic'd were. il
 guests at the home of MT. and MT James c. Parkhurst Saturday: l. No Junior choir rehearsal will al held this week. .'''.''-..--.' l. The Thursday. evening prayer sci 1t vice of the Methodist church will to held with Mrs. John c. Gallup. ' s-'I On Wednesday afternoon the Eadie at Aid society will meet with Mrs. ;Jei ' nte Briggs. .4','' - - : - = >, y There will be an Epworth, Learl at Cabinet meeting at the Methodi
 parsonage on Wednesday evening.
 Edwin Lyon of the U. S. navy. wi .4 has been home on four day fu - 'eugh. returned for duty Monday e n enine.
 +.s Alfred Despatl1y, of Camp Devel - is home on short furlough.
 as Florence Douglas of Sterling H = was. a Moosup. caller Monday.