The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-03
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Corp. Malcolm Cox has returned to
Camp Hancock, after spending part
of his furlough with relatives near
North Middletown.
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Mr.. Woodford Buckner, WHO has
been stationed at Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta, Ca, has returned to- Paris.
having received an honorable dis
charge from the service.
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Mr.. Harvey Rogers has returned
from Camp Lee, Va, where he has
finished the three months training
course in the Officers Reserve Train
ing corps. Mr.. Rogers is proably
the first Bourbon county select to
receive an honorable discharge from
the service since the conclusion of
tha armistice terms.
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Four sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Woodford, of this county, are in the
service of the United States. Brooks
WOodford, Scott Woodford and John
Woodford are with the American Elk
peditionary Forces in France, while
VIM Woodford is stationed at Paris
Island Navy Yard, at Paris, Island
South Carolina.
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Lieut.: Eugene Elder, who is sta4
toned at FIT. Leavenwortf, Kansas, is
at home on furlough visit to his,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Elder
Lieut.. Elder was stationed for several
months at Camp Shelby, at Hatties-
burg, Miss, where he was in the SigaI
nal Corps, and was transferred some.
time ago to FIT. Leavenworth.
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Mrs. Clyde Huffman received al
letter from the Base Hospital at
Spartansburg, S. c., stating that her
sister, Mrs. Milton J. Stern, who had
been suffering from influenza, which.
later developed into. pneumonia, is
steadily improving, and would be
able shortly to leave the hospital.
Her husband, Lieut.. M. J. Stern, is
in the Medical Corps at Camp Wads-
worth, near Spartansburg.
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Mr., Will Kenney Thomas has re-
turned to his home near Hutchison,
this county, on a furlough. He has
been in the aviation branch of the
service for year, and is a graduate
of the School of Aeronautics, at Cor
nell University, New York. After
graduation he was sent to Camp Dix,
and from there transferred to Eben
Field, near Lonoke, Ark, where he
received instructions in aviation work.
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Private VIM. Boardman, returned
to his home in North Middletowr,
from Camp Zachary Tay-
lor, being the first enlisted man from |
that section to return from the |
camp, after receiving his discharge
papers. Charlton Evans, of the |
Officers Training Camp and Frank |
finder, Jr., of the Y. M. c. A. school !
at Camp Taylor, also returned home, |
having received honorable dis
charges.
Mr.: Victor X. Dodge, of Lexing-
ton, received telegram Saturday, |
him that his nephew, Lieu
tenant Victor X. Blakely, had been
killed in action in France on Octo-
Der 10. When war was declared
against Germany, Mr.. Blakely, being
only twenty years of age, volunteered
as private, and won his commission
as a lieutenant only about Two
weeks before his death. He was a,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G. Blakeiy,
Of Topeka, and grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. David M. Dodge,
and a nephew of Mr.. James L. Dodge
Of this county.
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Mr.. w. B. Tinsley, formerly con-
nected with the Paris Gas & Electric
Company, writes THE NEWS from
France, stating that he had been
there over a month and that he was
getting to be quite a veteran MIR. |
Tinsley stated that he had a pleas
ant trip over on the transport, did |
not encounter any bad weather, and
did not get seasick. He wrote of |
Clark Wilson, of Paris, Ky, |
In Paris, France, about three weeks
ago, and that he was looking well. |
He said Clark did not know where |
he would be sent from there, nor
what branch of the service he would |
go into. Mr.. Tinsley inquired very !
particularly about former Paris |
friends, and sent his regards to all |
Of them.
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After an absence of several years,
during which time he had been en-
gagged in various business enterprises
different parts of the |
Private John Lytfe was
guest, of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Omar G. Lyle, in Paris, for Thanks
giving. Private Lytle has been sta
toned at Camp Custer, near Battle |
Creek, Mich, for several months.
He enlisted in the army service in
May at Detroit, Mich, where he had |