The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-02-21
! Letters From and About Soldiers

John LeIfOrt, member Of an aero
squadron, nog training II France, IN
letter 10 his father. j. NJ. LedfOrd.
Vest Side orchardisI, tells OF the re-
cent capture near MS training camp Of
BOche observation plane
When the siren sounded the ap-
preach Of the German plane, saws
young LedfOrd. ali Of us took to dug
outs ike rats. As we watched from
cover French flyers tegan 10 appear,
and they started after the German
machine, which at the time. according
&c estimates made. was p, coo feet IN
the air. Then began d chase / will not
soon forget. The Allied flyers soon
brought down the German machine
within our lines. They recovered from
the wreckage four cameras with which
they were securing pictures Of our
camp
Bert Ledford, a brother of the
writer. is member of a Navy Avia-
tion Corps. tie IS aisp training in
France.
That gifts Of knitted garments from
American women do not 90 unappreci-
ated IS shown by letter received
Sunday by Geo. |. SlOc0m from A. vo.
I Hacht.
please send to Mrs. L. NJ. Bockee,
Of Patterson. \. j., writes Mr.. Won
Haeht, member of the oath Engineers,
"a copy Of Anthony Euwer's Rhymes
Of Our Valley. Mrs. BOckee, although
70 wears and bedridden for the past five
I years. has knitted total Of 50 sweat
ers and helmets for us enlisted men
here at Camp Dix. | was fortunate
enough to receive a sweater. Although
have never seen Mrs. Bockee I want
to send her the book as an evidence of
my appreciation.
Mr.. Won Hacht stated in his letter
that his regiment was scheduled to
have sailed on the Tuscania, but was
4 placed in quarantine the day before
the ship sailed because of measles.
lucien, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. K.
I Carson. is now In training for aerial
service abroad at Call Aviation Field.
/ Wichita Falls, Tex The young man
recently finished a course at Princeton
/ University, and is now an accredited
aviation cadet.
/ Young Carson says, in a letter, that
he was surprised as he walked down
the aviation field to be called by name
( The caller, his letter states,
/ proved to be Olin Spaulding, who en-
/ listed last summer and is now mess
sergeant of the l65th Aero Squadron. "
/ Walton A. Green, of Boston Mass,
and Bruce Schumann. of Portland, for
merly associated in the development of
| Upper Valley orchard tracts, have
both been commissioned and are now
/ in active service. Mr.. Green. who
entered newspaper work in Boston
after leaving here. was commissioned
/ a major in the Massachusetts National
Guard, and when the state troops were
mustered into federal service was sent
to Virginia cantonment, where he
has been in training.
Mr.. Schumann, commissioned first
lieutenant IN the aviation service, is in
1 France.
Lloyd +. Bishop, who enlisted last
year in the navy, writes to Harry Duck
that he is now in the mine sweeping
/ division. Young Bishop, who has been
advanced to the rating of fireman,
writes that he is now stationed al
Brooklyn, n. Y.
1T certainly is cold here, his letter
states, 'and | wish that we would he
moved to some warmer place. The
poor people Of this city are certainly
suffering from the coal famine. We
| expect to be sent across in the spring.
Lowell Nickelsen, one of the young
est students of the high school to en-.
list last spring, according to letter
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. d.
Nickelsen, has just successfully COM
pleted a course in intensive radio study
! at Harvard University. The young
man has received an advanced rating
and has been assigned to the U. S.
battleship Virginia.
Mrs. F. H. Button has Just received
a letter from her son, Sgt. Malcolm
Button, who announces that he is con-
valesclng from serious attack of
pneumonia at Camp Kelly, Tex,
where he is in the aviation service.
Mr. Button, among the first of Hood
Rivers boys to enlist last spring. is
now stationed at Camp Kelly. training
new recruits assigned to aero squad
rons.
Mrs. A. S. Ker, of ST. Marks Epis.
copal Guild, has Just received letter
from Burton and Maurice Jayne. sons
Of A. A. JAYNE, formely local attor
ney. who express keenest appreciation
for Christmas box sent the young
men by the Guild Jayne brothers,
formerly members of the local Epsco.
pal church, are now in France with
the ll7th Engineers Regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. s. X. Lofts have re-
ceived letter from their son, Louis.
who tells them that he is training at
Kelly Field, South San Antonio, Tex.
Young Lofts, who is only l8 years Of
age, enlisted last fall in Portland. He
has been assigned to the Hath Regi-
ment Engineers Section of the Signal
Corps.
Writing to Harry Duck, Sergeant
Russell K. Morris, formerly employed
III a local implement store, declares
This IS the life. Tell all the boys
that never did anything that con-
sidered more worth while" Sergeant
Morris is member of an aero squad
ron, now somewhere in France
A. Won Hacht, formerly with the Pa
cihc Power & Light Co., is now sta
toned at Camp Dix. N. j. Young
Won Hacht, who has just been promot-
ed to the managership of the power
concerns Office at White Salmon, at
the time of his enlistment, joined
regiment of engineers last fall
Mrs. W. G. Weber has just received
a postcard from her nephew, Robert
Burns, who is in the navy. Young
Burns was at Halifax, N. S., where,
he said, the scene of wreckage from
the recent munition ship explosion was
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