Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-25
STAFFORD
Food Demonstration by storrs Expert Soldiers Write From France in Appreciation of Home Gifts.

Mrs. Lillian Robinson of Thompson vile, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thompson.
 Mrs. William Webster and daughter. Mildred, of Storrs. spent the week end With Miss Alice Webster of Hart ford.
 Food Demonstration.
 The demonstration of war foods by Miss Costello. of Storrs college. held in Grangeshall, was we'll attended and proved most interesting and instruc- tive.
 Letter From Fred French. The following letter was received from Fred, French, who is on the U. $. S- Illinois: Dear MT. and Mrs. Lasbury. Re- ceived your papers which were very interesting. and I spent many happy hours reading. them. sitting on my nttle box after my days worl, was done. I read the same papers over many times and know them by . heart. l keep them all for a couple of months 1 suppose the weather in Stafford lis very cold, but it very nice here: but while at sea we find it very cold. | That Red Cross parcel I received | a few days ago with the sweater you sent me was very nice and I thank you very much for it. If every sail or and soldier had one like that he surely wouldn't be cold this winter. l received lots of other things from the Red Cross and that society is wonderful, if every one in the service gets a bundle as I did Your name was on the sweater. but the rest of hn 1,or5 .. know who made them but thank them will all my heart for the sailor boy will surely wear them.
 If I could tell you all the doings in the navy could write a big let ter. but as it is against the rules cannot have just had my picture taken and will send you one when 1 finished. Write when you can, Give my regards. to Frank and Inez. l Fred French, U. S. S. Illinois, care of Postmaster. Fortress Monroe. Va.
 Norman Phillips Writes.
 The following letters were received from Norman Phillips:
 Somewhere in France,
 Jan. i, 1918. Hello, Frank: How is everything ir good old Stafford? see by dads let. | ter your store was broken into some time ago and that they have caught the fellow. should think the old town would be pretty near cleaned out of boys by this time. Dad sait you received my other letter and
 hope that you will get this one
 am feeling fine. Never felt better 1T my life. We are drilling hard ever day. There is six inches of snow ovel here, but that don't make any differ ence, we drill just the same and com, back in at noon with good wet feet I Then after dinner at 1.20 we go ou again to drill and walk around in tn. snow.
 have been out when I thought m, feet would freeze. have only one pal of shoes, so you see my feet are we nearly all day long
 When I have eaten my supper a 4S0 my old shoes come off and ar
 put in front of the fire. to dry. In tn morning it is some job to put them ol as they are as hard as rock On
 morning it took me so long i naisse, roll call so I had extra duty to q, that day. But I wish some of the fel
 lows that made that order had ha,
 my shoes to put on and it would hay
 taken them an hour. ~ | We'll, Frank, I started this letter ol
 January 1 and it is now January 6.
 received that box of. cigarettes tha
 dad said you wouldn't let him pay fol
 It has been much warmer here fo
 the past week in the daytime. but a
 night it is cold enough. I think it wi
 be raining tomorrow morning, an
 then it will be some nice walkin : around here and mud will be up t ' our ankles. We used to think tn
 square was some muddy. but it wa
 like that gil over France when we go
 here. 1 will be glad when the tim
 comes to go back to the good old [
 s. A. We'll so lorg.
 NORMAN PHILLIPS. Somewhere in France,
 January 27, 1918. Dear Friend: I received your let
 ter today and the cake you sent ms , You should have seen all us fellows eyes open when we saw the cake, flo
 cake that comes from the U. $. is
 treat over here and it sure did tast
 good and it came in good shape. } We do take some long hikes. but
 think it is the shoes we wear tha iwear out the socks and wish yol could see the trench shoes we wear