Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-01-03
WEYBRIDGE NEWS
(Mrs. W. W. Kingsland, Corr


for Twenty-Five sweaters
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Boies spent
Christmas at James Cartmells in Mid
dlebury.
Gordon Sprigg has been spending a
few days with his aunt, Mrs. J. S.
Shaw
Mrs. Martha Parkill has returned
home after few days visit with her
nephew in Cornwall
Mr. nd Mrs. G. E. Child spent
Christmas with their daughter, Mrs.
c. H. V, Allen in Fair Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cole who
have been guests Of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs W. c. Danyew have return
ed to Middlebury.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Dewey enter
tanned few friends Christmas night.
There was singing, vctrola music, rec
itations by the children after which
refreshments were served. The young
people distributed the presents from a
well loaded tree.
Mrs John James received a Christ
mas cablegram from her nephew AL
bert James, who is now mail orderly
attached to the l0lst Machine Gun
battalion, headquarters company, 26th
division. He said he was well and at
present stationed in Montignylers,
France. Mrs James has also received
lately letters from him which are inter
esting, disclosing for the first time
where he has been at various times
during the war He writes as follows:
Louvieres, France,
December l. 1918
"At last we have chance to tell
where we are located. We are stationed
in little peasant town named Monte
Neuf Chateau. l have long ride after
mail, over thirty klometers, passing
through Nogent over to the town Of
Montiguy
81 landed in Liverpool, from there we
went to Borden, Eng, passing through
London at midnight, and from bor-
den to Southampton where we stayed
enough for me Cheese and bread never
did appeal to me | had a beautiful
trip over the English Channel, crossed
in an old cattle boat After ten hours
we arrived in La Harve, and had an
excellent hike to the heights. From
here we entrained and after three
days trip arrived in Neuf Chateau, and
liked after dark out to Mont Neuf
Chateau We stayed here until the 9th
of February, when we started on our
first trip to the front.
"Soissons was our first sector. Uregny
was our headquarters | wasn't sta
toned here long before | was up at the
front | was stationed in Allemont Cave
for over a month. 1t was here that
1900 prisoners were captured in Deem
Der. The great German push had ac-
tualy started before we all got out of
this sector knew this section like a
book, as that was my business to
study the location of things. You may
be sure l was mighty interested in
what happened a little later in this
sector.
From here we went to the Toul
sector, where we were stationed in
swamp until the first of July, as |
was helping DR.. Hesselgrave Dr
Charles E. Hesselgrave was at one
time principal of Beeman Academy,
New Haven, in 1893, and was an in
structor in the Middlebury College
Summer Session 1909 1916 At this
time | was stationed in Menilla Tour.
At the beginning OF the big allied Of
fensive we were at Chateau Thierry.
It was here that went over the top
twice in one day After leaving here we
were back in s. O. S. for month, near
Chattillion Sur Scene. We then went
to St. Mihiel, and Verdun In the town
of Bras was under shell fire FIVE days
and nights, mighty trying on ones
nerves
81 was in the city of Verdun the day I
the armistice was actually signed Just 9
before eleven O'Clock the worst bar :
rage of the war was sent over to the ]
Huns, and promptly at eleven they all ]
stopped and Immediately the great I
OdlHtuId l Dcll rang Out IT'S SOHS VI VIC Y
tory My, will never forget that time" /
Frank Mack Injured I
Frank Mack narrowly escaped ser
ious injuries Saturday night when in u
stall beside a horse he slipped in some +
way and fell under the animal The r
frightened horse in jumping out of the J
way stepped on Mr. Mack's leg and
hen kicked him out of the stall, his a
loof striking Mr. Mack just below the V
leart Mr.. MaCk's two brothers who e
we're in the barn at the time went to g
lis assistance and found that he had A
ainted away and was bleeding badly fr
rom the nose Z
DR.. P L. Dorey was called from Mid W
Ilebury, and in the meantime Mr.. "'
Mack was carried to the house by some A
# the neighbors DR. Dorey found that H
10 bones had been broken, but Mr. A
1ack was badly bruised and was still 81
onfned to his bed up to Wednesday. A
lie carried lantern when he went til
nto the stall, but fortunately the horse b,
ad not broken it, and a fire was st
rohahlv thus averted l.