Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-21

The following letter will be read
with interest by the school mates Of
Walter Chetister, many of whom are
now in or near Wauseon:
Advance Ordnance Depot No. 4
A. P. o 706, A. E. T.
Jan. %, 1919
Dear Mrs. Bartlett:
I was surely glad to receive your
letter which came to my hand yester-
day You know it helps to clear away
the lonesomeness of this life of ours
over here, to receive letters from old
friends, Happy memories come back
and the thousands of miles Of inter
vening land and water fade into OBJ
livion
In reading your letter there came
to my mind, as clear as though it were
only yesterday, school room with an
Nalcove looking to the southern SUM-
And inside the room was womanly
figure, seated at large desk, facing
a lot of restless Youngsters with
smaller desks before them.
The scene appeared strangely
familiar, l took a second look, why,
that teacher, its Mrs. Bartlett, and
those youngsters know them too
And as I looked over the rows Of
faces, saw the familiar countenance
of Rena Mae Sweeney fastened on a
sheet of paper before her, and | said
to myself, she is doing ''her bit" of
arithmetic-as usual. Then there
was Florence Bennett, wondered
what she was giggling about but l
passed on to Waiter John Westhoven
the geography shark, ''No doubt about
it at all he's studying map" Farther
on I saw Joseph Domitio dimpling
his cheeks while gazing into the fair
eyes of Huldah Miller and wondered
not. Next came smiling diminutive
Chloe Edgar-a queen in fairy gar
den, and after her! "Why its
'Monk Standish and he's up to some
deviltry again" In the next seat
was little Mae Sharp, the quietest of
them all, faithfully studying when and
why George crossed the Delaware
Then there was Harry Baker, wonder
ing why those hands on the clock
wouldn't move faster.
Thus l was viewing the room when
a voice from near proximity to the
large desk at the front of the room
commanded my attention, waiter
take your seat" was all it said. But
that seemed sufficient for unconsci-
ously, my obedient feet glided down
the aisle toward vacant desk which
on approaching, observed to have
on its top tablet with the inscription
''W. L. C' upon it.
AS I passed down the aisle, Car
Ransome Gerringer took his NOSE
from between the pages Of a gooc
story and eagerly questioned. "Sal
Chiefly, did you arrange for that bal
game with the freshmen" And a:
slipped into the seat l heard whis
1 pering voices on both sides of me
On the right Camilla Foster. oul
Princess Rosebud" was saying: "Say
Prince Curly that rehearsal of tht
mixed quartette is at seven-thirt!
tonight You may call for me a
seven" On the left good old ''Turk'
Barrett, our pitcher, was Ginning in
Hey, Chet, you'll have to get ou
early with your big mitt tonight
I've got kinks in my arm"
So I sat down and pretended to b
busy until History class was called
l won't tell you the rest for it woul,
take reams Of paper and would ex
haust your patience in the reading O
it. Suffice it to say that l had Wis
ions of how Washington played wit
| CORVALLIS and Burgoyne and hoy
J Grant scrapped it out to finish wit
Lee. Oh, yes, and there were black
| boards completely filled with figure
which were conducive of the though
: of Arithmetic. But with that r.
! stop. Sufficient unto the day is tn
: evil thereof"
But to return to the topics of on
letter. No l have not met any O
the Wauseon boys over here, althoug
5 | have been around quite bit an
], have kept my eyes open for anyon
r whom | might know. This mornin
l had working for me cousin of Pet
Cimgaman's named Fulcomer fror
near Toledo, however and there is an
other man in camp from Tiffin, Ohii
Our outfit is from everywhere, Som
come from as Far west as Oregon
some from as far south as Alabama
some from as far east as MassachU
setts; and others from as far mort
as Michigan and South Dakota.
is varied outfit. Yes, we have ha
great deal of experience some c
which has been pleasant and som
otherwise. Without doubt we hav
all been benefited in seeing the cour
try and we have all had a prett
thorough education in the school {
''hard knocks. But as far as bool
learning is concerned we have recei,
ed a decided setback as of course tt
army affords no opportunity alon
this line
am afraid that 1 will celebrate al
other 4th of July over here, at leas
our married men have all gone hon
and they are gradually sending d
those who have dependents or
least claim they had at the time
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