The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-05-01

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Il had a wonderful experience to-
day." writes j. NJ. Waugh. major in
the medical corps stationed at hos
pital IN France, to local friends. For
the first time since | came to Europe
had some good apples. They were
Newtowns, packed at the Van Horn
ranch. My best to Ned Van Horn and
his family. Ii was surely treat.
The post opened several boxes, and
every doughboy and officer that could
get there quickly enough got his quota
of five apples. still have four to eat
and wouldn't offer one of them to a
past-crowned head in Europe.
DIR. Waugh, who states that he has
just been ordered to the States and ex-
poets TO sail about May Is, writes that
he had just seen Ed Vannet, son of
Mrs. Mary Vannet.
HE is well" the letter states, "a
sergeant at headquarters and we'll
liked and competent. He hopes to get
home before long and am doing all |
can to further his interests in this re
spect. | learned to my sorrow that
while in Verdun | was within four xii
ometers of Tubby Hurlburt (Capt.
Carroll M. Hurlburt,)) and we never
found each other.
Clyde B. Mays, who recently arrived
from France, came her last week for a
visit with his brother. Norman W.
Mays, after a siege Of bronchial pneu-
monia at Camp Kearney, Calf.
Mr.. Mays, who participated in the
battle of the Argonne forest and at
Verdun, passed through the heavy fight
ing with but one scratch. In digging
in one evening he almost cut a finger
off. He and comrades had narrow
escape from death one night when a
gas shell exploded within 10 feet of
the foxhole in which they We're sleep
ing. Before they could adjust their
gas masks they had received dose of
the poisonous fumes, the effects of
which still worry the young man.
Mr.. Mays was mustered out at Camp
kearney
The recent arrival of Hood River
apples broke the monOtony and made
pleasant few moments of the time of
members of the army of occupation in
Germany, according to Lieut. Harry
Watt Jackson, Portland boy and neph.
ew OF DR.. j. +. Watt. In letter to
his mother Lieut.. jackson wrote that
he recently had pleasant surprise on
entering the dining room to find on the
table dish of Hood River Newtowns.
They were in perfect condition and
| did taste so good" " the letter states.
81 tried to get whole box but had no
luck. p"
Lieut. Jackson is stationed at Bern
Castle, Germany.
| On the homeward bound lap of his
| fourth round trip across the Atlantic
aboard the U. S. S. Matsonia, engaged
in returning American Expeditionary
troops, Thurston Laraway arrived last
week in New York city. Mr.. LaraWay
is now chief dietician, preparing food
| for the sick aboard the Matsona.
Howard Cooper, a nephew of Mr..
.araway, has arrived in Charleston, S.
| c., aboard the y. S. S. Powhattan
Both young men are expected home or
| furloughs soon.
A contingent of the 18th Engineers
which landed in New York city Mon
day included a number Of Hood River
men. The local men are Jesse Hut.
son. Chas Hill, Alva Hardman anc
Earle M. Spaulding. Sgt. Walter d.
Copper and John W. Copper, brothers.
were formerly members Of the regi
ment but the latter recently arriveC
home, having been sent from France il
advance because Of illness. Sgt. Cop
per was tranferred last fall to another
regiment
John W. Copper, who. after service
of more than year and half II
France with Co. F, 18th Engineers
arrived home last week from CAM
Lewis, where he was mustered out
Mr.. Copper's contingent is still r
| France. He was sent home suffering
from blood poisoning. The infection
set up in an injured finger and later
spread to his shoulder. For time af
ter arrival from France he was in {
debarkation hospital at New York city
Word has been received from Hubert
L. Hasbrouck, Jr., that the u. S. s
| Utah, to which he was assigned a:
radio operator and electrician, had ar
rived in New York. Young Hasbroucl
enlisted in the navy November |, 1917
He was sent to the Harvard radio
school for a four months course ant
later to radio training station at Sar
Diego for three months. The Utah
which is superdreadnought, has beer
with the fleet in the southern seas.
Eugene c. Euwer, who left here las
fall to attend an officers training
camp at Camp Pike, Ark, has re
turned. Following his discharge Mr.
Euwer visited at Pittsburgh, Pa, ant
later spent the winter in Florida. II,
reports that his brother, Anthony II
Euwer, poet and painter, who is wei
known here, has been in France since
last summer engaged in Y. NJ. {. A
work.
Mrs. John Clarkson has received
letter from her son, John Clarkson
member of company of the goth En-
gineers. announcing that his contingen
has been designated for an early con
voy from Bordeaux. Arthur Kerr, sol
of Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Kerr, is a mem
ber of the same unit of engineers, VIII,
have been engaged in France in log
ging and cutting lumber.
CLANCY K. Mays, brother of Norman
W Mays, according to message jus
received, has arrived in New York cit,
from France. The young man was
member of the 49th Regiment c. A. c
which recently returned home. He be
came i'll, however. at Brest. and wa
forced to remain behind in hospita
for several weeks.
Sidney b. Carnine, son of Mr.. an,
Mr.. S. B. Carnine, has just been dis
charged at Fort Andrews, Mass.