The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-04-25
PAGE TEN
EARL ARICK. WRITES. !.

Following is letter from Earl Arick
vho is still doing sHryice With the
A. u. F., written to- his parentss also
q poem which Ehsl coinposedi 60 y
Dearest Mother, Dad and All:
Received your most welcome letter
a couple of days ago of March 2 date
and sure Was glad to hear you was all
well and that everything is going f!ne.
Am well and have been feeling hne
until today but am rather under the
weather now for couple OF days V,
no. It's nothing serious, but a dog gone
sore thing. This morning we got an
other shot with the needle for typhoid,
right above the heart and it sure IS
sore. 1t hasn't made me sick or any
thing but it is swollen up to- beat the
band, and you should see. Burton and
I getting our coats on and Off Sure
is a ticklish job but we don't have 70
do anything for 48 hours so It's a
nice little n Vacation. l remember the
first one / got out, at Valpo. sure
was sick, in fact 4 was en- sic ke,s So ]
than when | came across the 5 pond
Sure was glad to hear that Mr..
Fenton and Mrs, Long let you X know qN !;
had seen the fellows Yesterday
was Sunday and I and Burton took
the Ford andl went over toHillschied
and cot Fay and j inn Thefet was a;
band out3at the 'ssY'' in the afternoon
and aSshow atnights o Theyahad sup
per with fus and we hadBa very good
s. II II s..4v- F. s,Fs -,
Yes, Tshave had to do a lot of diff
ferent things but have gotten by IN all
of themSso | consider myself lucky.
Am still driving the Ford every day
and will try and tell you some ofeSthe
things LIDO with it. First thing every
morning 4 look it over to see that it
is O. X. and fill it with gas and oil.
Then II 20 in the orderly room and
find out If there is call in for a
Ford delivery and IT, thereris and it is
my trip, i start out atsthe' time they
want It. Sometimes it is to town
called Montebare, about 20 miles
from here where there is a big *,
storehouse, for supplies for the s"1,1
canteen here at Hohr. Sometimes it's
to take Il lieutenant. around the eoun-
try where this brigade is located TO
inspect the roads as there are lot
of our men fixing up roads around
here. Sometimes to Coblenz after ra-
tions Oh mail or anything needed.
Made lotssAof tripssto Coblenz. s.sN0w
I told you about the two "Y" laales
we have out here. Well they call, ps
up about twice d week and ask for
Arick and his Ford and we go to Cob
lenz and we sure have time. Mrs.
Stevenson is the best shopper ever
was out with and you should SEE her,
Miss Walters and myself shopping:
We can't 90 BY two stores without
stopping and believe nde they sure
have got all the money they need and
if they see anything they want they
buy it. follow along buying a little
once in a while and carrying their
bundles. Mrs. Stevenson paid 8OO
marks or about $50 for table cover,
hand-work. l don't know what yop
call it, is it crocheting? have
gotten some smaller pieces l am gp+
ing to send you just as soon as l can
get some stamps. They buy my din
ner ~and zwgixe~m memafaeTe=stHff.zm MIS-
Stevenson calls me, son. and says
should cali her faothe and si%stoid her
that Burton and were planning
on going to Paris soon and l couldn't
spend all my money or couldn't go
Shes,said,A Just. yous come, to mdther
andsshe Will give YOU all tie npney
youneed.7 Some stand inpl | claim
MisslWa1ters- calls ms. the K, -Psfol
arm always eating her doughnuts
pie and chocolates. And believe me
theysare great and 4 sure. ean c,hridds u 4
theih. B1rton, fMfs. Stevenson ant
myself were down all day Saturday
andlaidntIL9et 9batk lntil dasE9 HSht
surasds a worker for the fellows
HeMs what sheiald fen the e!RFln9p !RFln9ppch SAY
urdsg. She ttoookp X tb}ifg apple eapie aowt
to Me @. M. salvage shoe department
andSasked them how many pairs O.
russA shoes she could get for it. Ge'
theywould have given her the who'll
plas&, for that pie, so we picked GU
2S pAirs Ha1a they 4 afes daddys,e +
bring back and Asee II = The felleW
would use them. On way out Of tow
we &aw sashoe- shining n parl9fT an
whRdid she do But leave the Who'll
bunch there to ,Ibejl ,bejl s4hij1qeda 4hiq w ,Well MI "
gotsn heflbille 5about 6iS'Ueiok IAN
shesealled up the "Y" and told thel
wefWpuld be right out to supper, b'
we SWere about three-fourths Of 9