The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-02-07
HEARING FROM THE BOYS.
From Dick Dobyns,


well, and that he has great hopes oi
returning to Gods country before
long, and We, in particular do not
care how soon he may be sailing back
home.
Dear Deacon and Tom: Will try
and write few lines now. Hope you
ali had the merriest Of a Merry Xmas.
Our Xmas here has been all that We
corld dcsire--being situated as We are
and where We are. Guess III attempt
Ecrc this week.
Monday night Miss Margaret viii
son was here and together with her
accompanies, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
David. gave n very nice musical prog.
ram. OF course. the Y hut was pack.
ed TO the limit. While thefe may be
better singers and undoubtedly better
looking ladies than Miss Wilson, II H.
doubtful whether any are more inter.
cstcd in attempting TO entertain a.
bunch Of soldiers. One thing which
imprcsscs YOU with her Is her sim
plicity-both in dress and the way she
does things. Am glad I've heard her.
Tuesday night, had movies. after
which the Y passed out cigarettes.
cigars. tobacco and cookies. Yester.
day being Nmas, had no formations
after reyeillc. At 1000 o'clock the
Red Cross had us assemble at their
gymnasium, and as we entered every
one was handed sock. containing
candy, cookies, cigars and cigarettes.
Had nicely decorated tree. Spent
about AN hour there with n little musi-
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wnlen we aid ana as q result We were
co.'Mna' ,ic", hs We e,u'u no mixing
lpr over Wp months, went TO IN,
,,o" hric hl"r Ret.inR oack, when
mas gwen ny tne eohValeseents-real
s soou zoo Us ,nefe afe many mere N
anp, Mno Mcfr ~ the 'heatr'eai WORK
ycIore getting INTO Tue army Tonight
,nre Is u concert gwen by a 3b-piece
prahs oana' nuess inns Is enough
anu 'or rev daSs' dont you
'",nh -,-,-,
has peeh rnlning nearly every d.
lor OF long Time, ana the mud
,,as pern aDou' what you'd see there
w ,ne bottoms after the spring rains
anu iioods, put having had so much OF
we've gotten used TO wading around
"; CHRISTMAS Eve u started IN
showing, put as II was so wet and
MUDDY snow melted about as fast as
y lY,. ilad some more last night,
though; ana u looks us though Il
might stay on Tor a few days. II a
person II not so disguised with this
part OF the universe that he is blind
20 everything, ihe hills and slopes,