The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-23
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Clarence Whaley, of the DR.. Bar
row Base Hospital Unit No. 40, was
at home Sunday from Camp Zachary
Taylor, on a visit to relatives.
County School Superintendent J.
B. Caywood has as guest his brother,
Mr. Robert L. Caywood, who is a
member of the auto-ambulance corps,
stationed at Camp Sherman, near
Chillecothe, Ohio.
John Bedford Reed, grandson OF
MT. John c. Bedford, of Paris, who
has been visiting relatives in this
county, has returned to Camp Shei-
by, Hattiesburg, Miss, to rejoin his
regiment. Private Reed, while here,
celebrated his twenty-second birth
day, being entertained with Dip
ing.
Charles Tackett, of Paris, who is
now on the waiting list at Fl.
Thomas, was here Saturday and Sun
day on a visit to his parents, Mf.
and Mrs. C. D. Tackett, of Secont
street. Clifton Arnsparger, who en-
listed at the same time, has been sent
To Camp Hamilton, New York, where
he will enter the service at once.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. V. Higgins
have returned from Camp Zachary
Taylor, where they visited their son,
Frank Higgins, who is a member or
the Bourbon county contingent. ME-.
Higgins is a patient in the Base
Hospital at Camp Taylor, where he
recently underwent an operation Tor
an affection of the ear. He is re-
ported as being considerably i'm
proved.
Promotion to the rank Of First
Sergeant came in short order to Mr..
Willis Jacoby, of Paris, who is a
member of the Bourbon county
SQUAD at the Vocational Training
School, in indianapolis, Ind. The
promotion is well-merited one.
Mr.. Jacoby is one of the best-liked
members of the delegation.
Elkin Dalzeu, of Little Rock, a
member of the guard on duty in the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, died there
last week from the effects OF an
operation. The body was shipped IT,
Paris. reaching here Saturday. Dali
zel was very popular with his as
sociates on account of his JoVal dis
position. He was son of Mr.. G. w.
Dalzell. of Little Rock.
Mr. Clyde Huffman, of the r. p.
walsh store, received telegram
Sunday stating that his brother, MI.
Vance Huffman, who is in the U. 5.
service at Camp Shelby, near Hatties'
burg, Miss, had been kicked in the
abdomen by a mule, and that he was
i'm critical condition. Mr.. HUFF
mans father, Mr.. w. j. Huffman, OF
Covington, left Sunday for Camp
Shelby. Mr.. Clyde Huffman went to
Coyington to remain with his mother
and sister in the absence of his Ia
Their. Vance Huffman formerly re
sided in Paris. He enlisted in the
service while working in a MUM
ton factory at Dayton, O., and was
one of the first to reach Camp Shelby
John r. Sharp, Jr., of Mt. Sterling
well-known in Paris and Bourbon
county, died Saturday of pneumonia
at Camp Mcpherson, near Atlanta
Ga. He was a son of John r. Sharp
prominent Montgomery county farm,
er, was twenty-six years old and mao
been in the service several months
The body was sent to Mt. Sterling
where it will be inferred with mill
tary honors. :: /
Mr.. R.P. (Rick) Thomas. formerl;
of Paris, has just finished the three
months training in the Oh1cers he
serve Corps at Leon Springs, Texas
Mr.. Thomas was candidate TOT
commission in the artillery service
and has been notified that he has
been placed on the eligible list. MI
Thomas is visiting relatives in MI
Sterling.
Rev. j. W. Crates, of Carlisle, re-
ceived a message announcing thal
his nephew, Harold Crates, aee'
nineteen, had been killed In ACTON
on the Western front in france
Young Crates went to Canada, wner'
he volunteered for service In po'
British army, and went TO FRANZ
in January, 1918.
One Of the Bourbon county ooys
at the Vocational Training Camp, IL
Indianapolis, sends in the foilowlnt
clipping from the Indianapolis DaaE
News, which shows 1t is dangero"
to fool with q real live KentucKlan
1.-The band Of drafted men, wne
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