The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

parents during the Christmas vacation period
 After : long absence in army camps Lieut.. John Underwood stopped off in Birmingham yesterday to visit friends. He left last night for Washington.
 Capt. Jack Bowron, than whom there is no more popular officer in Birming- ham, was busy yesterday shaking hands with his many friends in this city. Cap tain Bowron, who is stationed at Camp Meade, will be here on a furlough dur ing the holidays.
 Lieut.. John Prowell has returned from Camp Pike to spend the holidays with relatives in this city. Lieutenant Prov ell is widely known in this city, being firm member of the Prowell Stove com pany.
 Lieut.. Joe Thornton is once more in Birmingham after having been commis- stoned at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louis vile, Kv. Lieutenant Thornton will re- side here permanently in the future.
 Miller Robertson has returned from camp to spend the holidays with his parents in Glen Iris park.
 Capt. Earnest F. Hettrick has returned to Birmingham after an extended ab- sence in several army camps, where he was engaged in construction work Cap tain Hettrick will resume his business as structural engineer in this city.
 Seaman RodericlS Bethea has been mus tered out of the service and is greeting friends in Birmingham.
 Capt. Fritz Sharpe, one of the most popular of the younger men of this city is back in Birmingham after a long ab- sence during which he spent some time in France and England.
 The many friends of Corpl. Roy Jones will rejoice to learn of his arrival in this country after several months in France. Corporal Jones has been in the service for two years and Q half
 Private Joe McDavid writes from Tours, France, that the personnel com pany, of which he is member, expects to be in France for several months more.
 Capt. Hugh Chandler of Memphis, stopped over in Birmingham en route to his home. Captain Chandler has made an enviable record as one of Uncle Sams flyers
 Capt. and Mrs. Ebert Jemison will arrive in Birmingham tonight to be the guests of Mrs. Robert Jemison in Glen Iris park.
 Crawford Jemison, Jr., son of the well known chairman of the state War Saw ings Stamp campaign, is expected to re- turn soon from New Orleans. where he has been training for commission in the naval aviation service.
 Ralph Snider, a member of the s. A. T. c. at Auburn, has ben discharged and has returned to his home in Bessemer.
 Corpl w NJ Cosby, Jr., of the 117th field artillery, has arrived in New York. according to message received by his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. M. Cosby.
 Toto Jaffe of the United States navy, Is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents. MT. and Mrs. J. Jaffe.
 Corpl Louis Glass of the s. A. T. c. at Jacksonville, Ala, has returned to his home in Birmingham, having been dis charged.
 Private William Metcalf of St. Jos eph, La, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Arn- helm. He has only recently returned from overseas, having gone over on the same ship with General Pershing, and has been in some of the hardest fighting in which the Americans engaged. He has had some very exciting experiences, hav- ing been shot through the lungs, gassed, shell shocked sprinkled with shrapnel. and on one occasion he manned a ma chine gun alone for several hours He expects to be in the city several days.
 Charlie Scott of the S. A. T. c. at Au- burn, has returned home, having been discharged from service.
 Rufus Cobb Campbell, late of the S. A. T. c. of Howard college, ran down to Livingston for few days after his re- lease from the duties of a soldier, and returned home last night, looking brown and fine. Said he never saw as many birds and turkeys in his life as he saw there.
 First Lieut.. Charles Curtis King writes that he spent an enjoyable Thanksgiving day in Luxemburg. Lieutenant King has been on the firing line for over a year, seeing service with the 151st field artil- lery in the Champagne front. east of Rheims, at Chateau Thierry, at Fishes and at St. Mihiel.
 w. s. Rasco has returned from Camp Seyier, Greenville, S. c. Mir. Rasco will work in the machine shop of Joubert 6 Goslin Machine and Foundry company.
 First Lieut.. Asa Rountree, Jr., an avia- tion pilot who has been in France IA months has cabled his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. A. Rountree, that he is sailing for home.
 Privates Allen, Baird, McPheraon Mar tin. Perry and Peak of the provost mar shal generals department who have been attached to the office of the local medi- cal advisory and district boards for sev- eral months, leave today for Camp Me- Clellan for the prpose of being mus tered out of service.
 Athanasins Thomas has returned from Camp Jackson, where he has been in the Y. M. C. A. work. Frederick Warde to
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