The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-13

ne vas training-you know 1t Il the larg-
est aviation camp in France--and ali tho
American xvIators had to train th.re be-
fore active service-fhat was y. LII
mougos You know, the little ..ty Is
noted for it, wonderful china. We had
taken over the Haviland china factory
for = hospitAi-indeed, the Havilands had
turned over = great deal Of their proper
~ to the French government for such
purposes. and % when my friend came to
see mo he said he wanted to bring some
Of his friends to meet me. In few days
he came to see mo and brought two young
aviafors, one o. whom was Lieut.. Fred
erict G. Stark. Of Stamford. Conn.
..Ths story progressss.'' Mrs. Stark
continued. quite rapidly after that. for
I'm having % hour passes on Saturday.
Eieutenant Stark spent most of his time
nearby villages 80 the other aviators did.
"The finale was last October. when we
were married. Mrs. Stark said, and, ~
you know, In France two ceremonies are
required. 20 the civil service was per-
formed at the mayors office in precinct
exclusive sections Of Paris. The only
American present was a very charming
and lovely friend of mine, Miss Emma
Guthrie. one Of the most attractive wom-
en- I have ever known, and who has
made her home in Paris for several years
Sne haS . oeautIul nome IN the quay de
Pessy-one the Seino-And she was 10
sweet and kind to IN. and rendered us
very valuable assistance In many ways
I shall never forget her kindness.
Later. when the second marriage
Ceremony was performed" Mrs. STARK
said, "the scene was part-just .
remnant Of little chapel-ali that was
left by the Germans Of q once beautiful
edifice. and the chaplain. who had been
al he 7 -
France performed the maria &c csre-
moay.
And that will take you away from
Birrria gh1 m" said with real sorrow.
Yes in the future my husband ana
will I'VE in his old home Stamford .
Mrs sark said, where he follows his
profession. the law, but I shall always
fell that Birmingham and Pensacola are
very dear and very close to my heart"
During my service In France" Mrs.
stark said. IT saw and heard of great
many Birmingham boys-the Badham
boys were at Issoudun and my husband
knew them WREN they were in training;
I saw Dr. Earl Drennen. DR.. ALI Walker
who came to see me about Capt. Nor
timer Jordan--to know II had seen him
or knew anything of his death. It was
by the n,erest accident that found Capt.
ordan's grave. l was with my husband
one afternoon. we had gotten some flow
ers 20 put on some OF his comradeS
graves-and as we were walking among
the poppy fel(s.' CHANGED to find Cap
tain Jo-dan's grave. ] divided my flow
ers, of crurse-and placed blossom
above his last resting place-on the bit
of French soil that covers the remains
of this gallant Alabama soldier.
When I first landed over there. "
Mrs. stark said, ut was in England
and after staying for a short time In
London we crossed the English channel,
and by the way-it was one of the most
exciting trips ever made. We wore our
life belts all day and night-and were
not allowed to sleep; for the submarines
were chasing us world without end We
rossed on an Australian hospital ship
which was summarized on the return trip.
Crossing the Atlantic was a mild expert
ence In comparison to crossing the Eng
lish channel We landed at Havre. ana
were quickly dispatched to a little French