The Press., 1918-01-10
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 UNION.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange next Wednesday evening.
 Josephine Towne returned to her home in Stafford Springs, last Satur' day, after spending a part of her vacation with her grandmother, Mrs. E. H. Barber. H. R Howard is attending the State grange in Hartford this week as substitute for Worthy Master l. M. Reed who was unable to leave bis farm duties.
 Union. like most of the townsI around us, has emerged from the week of cold waves, weary and worn w1th night vigils, and in some instances with an undesirable supply of frosted vegetables and ruined canned fruits. However, we are not complaining ve can think of thousands who were infiuitely more uncomfortable than we were.
 County Agent c ifford of the Farm Bureau and Miss Costello of the ex- tension department of Storrs are to meet the town committee at the town hall next Friday evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of mapping out the work for Union. R. O. Barrows is Farm Bureau director of the follow. in1 committee. H. R. Howard Ralph Bradway, Charles Heck and A. G. Knowles. Mrs. Myron Heck is director of the following committee for women's work: Mrs. George Kostur, Mrs. J. Olin Newell, Mrs. o. A, Proulx and Mrs E. O. Barrows.
 The following letter was received by l.. M. Reed from John K. Sellers
 "somewhere in France. Dec. S' 1917. n.... . Dear Pa:
 Received your letter dated Dot. 2l' } and was very glad to hear from you It found me we'll and hope it left you we'll The letter looked as if it had seen some rough handling before Ego' it. but when you consider how far Il , travelled before I got it, it does not seem so strange. We'll, the weather is growing colder here now and we have had a few flurries of snow, just enough to white the ground. We'll ate my Thanksgiving dinner whicE consisted of turkey, sweet potatoes mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, biscuits, bread and butter, pie epples and coffee. All us boys were ? talking about home and wishedrSY' could ho back in u good old U. 5 A I think this would be a very pretty country in the summer time, every 8 thing is so much different here thai ] if is at home their railroads, road ] and huildinss will give the Frencl l credit flr their good roads, but othe ] things they are far behind America Their houses are very quaint belnt built of stone with tile roofing. Tn railroads too are far different iron ours. the freight cars being very small If probablv would take two of their to make one of ours Passenger car likewise, and one funny thing the. put one or two passenger cars on ever freight train and it looks odd. Ina IT is because they don't have passenge service enough to pay to run all pass enger trains, except one in the morn ing at 6. .45 and another in the after noon about 3 o'clock. There will b lot more I can tell you when l ge back that will surely interest you Of course you know we are restricte as to what we write We'll, can think of anything more this timer 5 will close wishing you all a MeFa Christmas, Happy New Year. gleEiou St. Patrick's day and a rip roarin Fourth of July. Give my love to Al and tell her to write and answer thi letter as soon as she can. Remembe me to all inquiring friends. re main as ever your loving soldier boy
 John. "
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