Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22

1 weeks LTD through the WSSL- l Mir and Mrs. Edwin Peloquin and l Mir. and Mrs. Alfred Marse1Ie -are 1 spending ten days at Groton Long Point.
 PLAINFIELD Rev and Mrs. J. D. Hull of Leo minister, Mass, called, on friends here last week. Rev. MT. Hull is now pas tor of St. Marks church. Leominster. 1 store in the Eden theatre building to
 John Shippee of Babcock avenue, is
 now in the employ of the ASP Co.
 Marion Phillips of New Bedford,
 her grandmother, Mrs Thomas
 MT. and Mrs. George wilson at-
 tended the funeral of Mrs. Wilson's mother. Mrs William Hassler, in Vol untown Friday.
 MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Drescher of Baltic have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Joseph Stubbs.
 1 Ray Hollaway of Providence. who was recently released from service in 1 the U. S. navy. visited Sunday with his father, Harry Holloway. Morris Starkweather, who has been in the naval service as a radio oper- ator. has returned to his home, having received his release from the navy. He enlisted last August during the  navy was rushing all available sup plies to the nations soldiers over there. After training at the naval station at Newport, R. l.. he was as- signed to the Arizona, of the navy's new superdreadnoughts and since his assignment he has seen ser vice in Cuba. Morocco. Algiers. be- sides having been to England, France, Italy Greece and Turkey with the Atlantic eet. He is displaying a gold service chevron for six months of for eign service.
 The dance at Canterbury Green on Saturday evening was attended by a score of local young people.
 Louis Lamothe and family of Prov idence spent the week end with Mir. and Mrs. wilfred Lamothe.
 The Baseball game at Goodyear on Sunday afternoon was attended by a large number of local fans. Although the team suffered defeat the men played a fine game up to the fifth in ming when a few we'll placed hits by the Goodyear team discouraged the boys and from then on they were un able to make rally. The manage ment, however Is well satisfied with the teams work
 Miss Martha Eaton who recently returned from the Backus hospital, Norwich is steadily improving in health.
 Daniel J. curran and little son John of Providence visited Mir. and Mrs Thomas King Sunday.
 Local people attended the funeral Timothy Shea at All Hallows' church in Moosup. Monday morning. MT Shea was well known in Plainfield and lived on the Packer road as a farmer for a number of years until a few years ago when he moved to Moosup to live with his daughter, Mrs. Abbie Sullivan. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery, Greeneville.
 Mrs. Martin L. keefe and her daughter, Miss Mae Keefe of Water bury, are visiting at St. Johns rec tory.
 Archibald Torrance of Greenevil1e was in town Monday afternoon on business.
 Friends of Capt Howard T. Byles to be cack from overseas by the first of August. He was captain in the 302d field artillery. which left Camp Devens for overseas in July, 1918. Af- ter reaching France he soon had 14o men added to his battery, which was under severe drill during August and September. In October they were or dered ,,e to to the front about ten nrdnil niles loading the large guns. tractors. etc, on a special train that he had charge of, and after a long. tiresome ride they reached their destination a t mid night in pouring rain. They could look ahead and see and hear the firing of the enemy in the valley below After the guns were placed in posi- tion the next night at midnight they following they bombarded the enemy. The enemy failed to locate them. firing over them to small village just be- yond.
 One morning orders came to move forward to the valley below, within 1,50o yards of the enemy. While he and another captain were placing their guns in position occasionally a IT would come and tear up the ground near them. From the time the in fantry advanced until the signing of the armistice the firing was terrific. One captain of his battery was se verely gassed and fell over uncon- scious five minutes before the armis- tice was signed. Captain Byles was uninjured, though others in his bat tery were killed and wounded. How he was spared he could not understand.
 In December he was appointed com manding officer of several batteries and his battery returned from over seas in April. In March he was one of the 5000 American soldiers that received an appointment to attend one of the IA universities in France for four months course. He went to Bor- deaux university. where he was ap- and later was sent as a delegate to a conference held in Paris where Ameri- cans from all of the universities were present.
 They voted to start a drive for s2o,- GOO for the American students of the universities of France for a scholar ship that one French soldier from each university in France may have two years course in one of our uni {. versailles Bordeaux university was one one of the first to go over the top.
 On July 1st Captain Byles received
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