The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-23
FROM ARDM0RE
BOYS OVERSEAS

her husband, Sergeant Dennard, T.
Company lllth Regiment u. S. En-
gineers who is now in France stat
ing that the trip over was a pleas
ant one. Other letters have been re-
ceived from the members of the Ard
more Engineer Company, among
them being one from Serg. Price
South, to his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
P. S. South. 10 + Street southeast.
Sergeant Price writes: Il suppose
you will receive my card before this
is on the way, and that you will not
be worrying about my safe arrival.
1t seems year since | have heard
from YOU, but of course know that
it is not your fault We had beau-
tiful trip, with fine weather and no
accidents. | was not sick coming
over, though so near it | could tell
how it felt. Several of the boys were
real sick. | would like to tell you
lots of things, but guess | will wait
until | can tell you everything. |
consider myself very lucky, as | got
to see some of the towns where we
landed, and it certainly was treat,
! can tell you. | met Y. M. 1. A..
secretary and he was very nice,
showing us where to get something
to eat, the headquarters of the Y.
NJ. c. A., and gave us some valuable
information. He also gave us some
French money to pay our car rare,
and YOU should have seen the change
| got. | thought | would have to
get sack if it was going to be like
that, but discovered later that got
pennies for change! and they are
as large as half dollars.
Everything is very different from
the q. S. A., and therefore is so in
tcresting. did not think there
could be such difference in people
that | have always thought of as
being about equal socially, intel
lectually, etc, but do mean to say
that the people here are not so, but
that there is such great difference.
And while the people do not seem
discouraged, yet it is easy to see
the condition in which they arc
placed after four years of war.
First Birthday Away From Home.
"Well. here il is another birthday
for me, and it is my first one away
from home; it brings back mem
ories of pies and cakes and other
things too, but do not think that |
will have the blues, for | am salts
fled and really | would not have 1t
otherwise until after we have seen
Berlin!
"You do not want to worry about
me in the least, for | am getting
along fine and expect TO come r.-ck
lust as ! came over. Do not think
ANYTHING wrong if you do not hear
from me, for you know no news is
good news and you would be
promptly notified il anything hap
pens"
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nolan have
also received letter from their son,
Corp. James Nolan, + Company,
lllth Regiment u. S. Engineers. in
which he states that q am here at
last and enjoyed my trip. We are
situated a very short distance from
one of Frances Oldest towns-it is
certainly a quaint old place.
Mother, when you read of west
ern Europe, you don't read any
thing compared with the condition
the people are really in. | haven't
seen a pair OF civilized shoes since
| came over. All of them are wood
en- or Just wooden soles with nails
in them and cloth tops. You see
no men or boys, only children and
old women. for the young women
are all serving some where, too. 1t
only makes us all want 20 fight all
the harder.
I'VE are sleeping on the ground
now in our pup tents 1t rained
all night last night, but don't you
worry about me, because | am al
right
Corporal Nolan also wrote his
brother, while at sea, saying You
know, 'Shenie,' this ocean is about
ten times larger than all the land
that ever was | got to see some
OF the United States sure enough
guns fired, each shot sounding like
an earthquake"
Ardmore Boys At Sea.
A letter dated Somewhere at
Sea- has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. b. Criner, from their son,
Iohn a. Criner. + Company, land
Infantry. He said that the boys
from Ardmore who were on board
with him, were Frank Stephens,
l33rd Machine Gun Battalion; Earl
Highnite. Oscar Paine. Jim Hanes
and Pat Whitfield. I'VE are all en-
ioying the trip and will be glad when
we get to France and get started on
the work before us"
Sergt. Joe Helbach, 5Srd Engi-
neers writes his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. X. Helbach, from France, say
ing that he is in good health and
having a good time. Il suppose you
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