The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-15
LIEUT.. CALVIN IS
KILLED IN ACTION
Former BrattlebOrO Boy
Was in Greenfield, Mass,
Company
SERGT. ECKELS TO
RETURN TO FRONT
Was Gassed and Unable to See for Sew
eral Days-Captain of His Company
Is Saxtons River Boy, A. F. Locke,
Son of Foster Locke.

Son OF Foster LOCKE.
Lieut. John J. Calvin of Company L,
l04th regiment, of Greenfield, Mass,
who formerly lived in the house be
tween Egbert Brasor' 5 and f. NJ. An
eier's houses on Canal street, was
killed in action in France April 10.
His name is in the list of casualties
given out last night at Washington,
and a telegram announcing his death
was received this morning by his
brother, James p. Calvin, of i Blakes-
lee street. who is employed as section
foreman by the Boston & Maine Rail
road Co.
Lieut.. Calvin was ID lieutenant of
Company l. and is the first officer OF
the regiment to be killed in action.
He was p years old. While IN Brat
tIeboro he was employed as plumber
bv Walter r. Mooney. His mother,
after becoming a widow. married Pat
rick Finn. The family came here from
Connecticut and bought the home on
Canal street.
Seven wears ago the family moved
to Greenfield, and about year later
/ John j. Calvin enlisted as a private in
| Company l. of the old ID regiment.
While with this regiment on the Mexi-
can border in 1916 he reached the rank
of lst sergeant. When ID Lieut.. Jacob
Beehtold left the company a few
months ago to take a commission IN
i the regular army Sergt. Calvin was ap-
~,
Besides his mother and step-father
who now live in New Haven, Conn.
and his brother III Brattleboro, Lieut.
Calvin leaves three sisters in New
Haven. They are Miss May and Miss
Kate, nurses, and Miss Ann, stem
ographer He was n member of Green
field council. Knights of Columbus
His step-father Mr. Finn, was Bostor
& Maine section foreman while here
and was succeeded by James ?. Calvin
In addition to Lieut. Calvin Com
pany l. Of Greenfield lost two otheI
men. Private Joseph Snyder, whose
home was in Roxbury, was killed III ac
ition. and Private Howard r. Fitzgerald
of Montague died of wounds. In ad
dition several names of Company
men appear in the casualty list. Anon:
the severely wounded are Private Johl
Collins of Turner's Falls. Private Ar
thur H. Glode of Roxbury, Prlvat
Peter Levendowski of Greenfield Pri
vate William F. Rennie of Roxbury
, Private Foster v Rix of Windsor. VI
: The following were slightly wounded
Corporal Joseph A. Lynch of Law
e renee, Private George L. Connors 0
4 Lawrence, Private Earl d. Scott o
Greenfield, Private Charles G. Worde
T of Greenfield, Cook John II. Johnsto
h of Greenfield, Private Colin L. Hadle
e of Greenfield, Private James B. G. Va
/ entinc of Andover. Two privates
5 the Northampton company were kille
. and several men in the same comman
!, wounded.
Sergt John J. Ecl1els, jr., of Har
ford, Conn, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joh
J. Eckels of Brattleboro, is recoverin
from his injuries in France. AS state
} recently, Sergt. Eckels. who is men
Der of Company NJ, 102d regiment, W;
classified as seriously injured in II
IS casualty list. The Eckels family r
ceived notice by telephone Saturda
evening from Miss Elizabeth O'Reill
of Hartford, who is engaged to Ser9
Eckels, that she had received a lett'
from him stating that he was gassc
: and that for few days he was blin
ed He said he was improving rapid
: and expected to get back into actic
soon, also that he was sending a lett
q home. His brother, Frank Eckels, Sc
= retary of the knights of Columb,
= building at Camp Mcclellan, Annisto
. Ala, cabled to Paris Friday to lea
- of Sergt Eckels s conditions.
: The captain of Company NJ, in whi'
, Sergt. Eckcls is an officer, is Capt.
T. Locke, native of Saxtons Rive
He has the honor of being the fiji
New England captain to lead his COZ
pany to the German first line trench
~ in action. The company was recruit
from Torrington and Winsted, Cor
Forty-two of the members have eth
:. been killed, seriously wounded or sligl
~ ly wounded, mostly in one battle-th
= of st. Patrick's day.
n Capt. Locke is a Hartford man,
.lv ing transferred from Company +,
as regiment, Connecticut National Qua
I'd He went to the Mexican border wi
lar his company in 1916, and was there
in second lieutenant, being made capts
an after his return from Nogales. |
:, father is Foster Locke of SaxtC