This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Belville, Sherman Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/250 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, June 20, 1918 A LETTER FROM A MARINE WHO IS FIGHTING [front page] PRIVATE BELVILLE WRITES OF MARINE LIFE FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. THINKS FRANCE GREAT PLACE Wants to Make a Sight-seeing Trip to France After the War Is Over >From Tuesday’s Daily. Somewhere in France, May 18, 1918 Dearest Mother: I think I had better write you tonight as I may not have time to do so during the next few days. I suppose by the time you have written me “oodles” of letters and no doubt some day I shall get them in a bunch, but so far it has been just nine weeks and two days since I received a letter. However, I am no worse off than the rest of the boys in our company, so I guess I can stand it. As you may guess by the stationary [sic] I am using, I am writing in the French Y.M.C.A. entirely surrounded by French soldiers. For the last two days, our town has been filled with what are called in the States, the “Blue Devils of France,” or the Alpine Chasseurs. They are commonly considered the best soldiers of France and they look it. Almost all wear the Cross of War (Croix de Guerre), and many the Medaille Militaire. Besides being good soldiers, they are good fellows and we have lots of fun with them. I can talk enough to exchange pleasantries with them and to find out most anything I want to know. Their uniform is the best I have seen in France, being dark blue, with a black artist’s (or Henry VIII) cap pulled back on the head, and ornamented in front with a green or silver “corne de chasse,” a sort of hunter’s horn. On the collar of the coat they wear the same ornament in green with their regimental number and their bu! ttons have the “corne” also. Their overcoats are the horizon blue. Altogether they are the best looking bunch I have seen in France. Two battalions of them were here and they made things quite lively. They fraternize with the American very freely and claim to like them better than any other troops. I had a good warm shower bath in the French bath house today which was quite a treat, as most of my baths recently have been either in a cold river or out of a bucket of cold water. No lying in a nice porcelain tub in the soap suds. But then this war can’t last forever. I guess I am divulging no military information when I tell you that marines are in the trenches in France. I haven’t been in the front lines as yet, though I have been pretty close to them. I think it the experience of all that the closer one approaches them and becomes familiar with them, the less he really dreads going up., and all are anxious to go who haven’t gone. So do not worry about me as I really am getting more fun out of life than ever before I think. I saw an air battle the other day and one of the planes was destroyed – at least we saw it fall, but never found out whether it was a Boche or a Frenchman who fell. Only yesterday I counted eleven French machines in the air at one time. Wednesday, May 22. - Several things have happened since I wrote the foregoing and at present we are a good many miles from where we were when I wrote it. Yesterday and the day before we spent hiking after quite a lengthy train ride in “side-door pullman’s,” and believe me, we have seen come of France. All three days of travel were very clear and fine for seeing the country. I surely saw some beautiful sights en route, though I must admit that I enjoyed sights from the train more than I did the things I saw on the march, carrying a rifle, steel helmet, two gas masks, a belt full of ammunition, and all of my belongings on my back. Some of the prettiest cities and villages you could imagine. One afternoon was easily worth what few sacrifices I have made in coming in France, aside from leaving all of you, of course. I must admit that I can’t blame the Germans (or “les Boches” or “les Allemands” as we say here), fo! r WANTING this country, however much one may condemn their methods in trying to get it. Really, some of the homes in these towns would be a credit to lots of places on Riverside Drive. I guess I may be permitted to say that I haven’t been to Paris, but I have seen Eiffel Tower from which you may draw your own conclusions. My feet were a trifle sore after marching for two days and carrying everything I own, but today we have been resting all day and I feel fine and glad of the experience after it is over, as one always is. It really is the greatest experience one can imagine to be here, especially in the best cause in the world, and I hope you are glad I am here. I’ll enjoy it still more when I can talk French better, and sometime when the war is over, I’m coming back and see all this at my own pleasure. I hope you will send me some snap shots soon as you don’t know how I enjoy looking at the few I have of you and home. Don’t worry for I am well and happy as a lark. Watch the papers for accounts of the marines the next few weeks for we shall surely do something if we get a chance. With a world of love, Always your obedient son, Private Lloyd S. Belville, 74th Company, 6th Regt., U.S. Marines, A.E.F. Private Belvile [sic] is a grandson of C.W. SHERMAN for so many years editor of the Journal and son of Mrs. C.W. BELVILLE of Tracy, Minn., now visiting in the city. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, August 12, 1918 AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM BATTLE FRONT Lloyd Belville Writes of Fight and Impressions of Enemy. – He Thinks the Germans Cowards. SLIGHT WOUND FROM A GERMAN SHELL The battle of Chateau Thierry will doubtless go down in history as the one in which American troops received their first real baptism of fire in the great war. It was the U.S. Marines, named by the Germans “Tieful hunden (devil dogs),” who added new laurels to our glorious military history. Among this little band that stood like a stone wall against the Teuton waves which beat against them on these historic days, was a Tracy [Minnesota] boy, Lloyd Bellville, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. BELVILLE, of this community. He enlisted and entered the service last December and has been on the active front now for some months. In this battle he received shell would which sent to a hospital for some weeks. He thus holds the distinction of being the first Tracy boy who has been wounded in actual battle at the front. We give below a letter to his mother telling of his experience in the battle and impressions of the enemy: Y.M.C.A. Headquarters Bordeaux, France June 22, 1918 Dear Mother, Through the kindness of a wounded comrade that has the use of both hands, I will write you a few lines. No doubt before this General Barnett has informed you that I was slightly wounded. I will hasten to explain that I have not lost an arm or leg, but simply got a small shell fragment through the right elbow which renders me “hors de combat” for a short time. We saw a good deal of fighting in the neighborhood of Chateau Thierry, and after thirteen days, during which I was in a number of very heavy bombardments, and finally got hit by a little lonesome shell because I got a little careless. My injury is not serious, though at times painful and enough to keep me out of fighting for six weeks or so. No doubt you have read all about the big fight in the Chicago Tribune and probably know more about the battle than we do ourselves, but you will be glad to know that we met the Germans fairly in close quarters and that we have been up to the “big league�0� front. So far I hav! en’t much respect for them as soldiers aside from their artillery fire. Their reputation as quitters when the fighting get hand to hand is amply justified and they are ready to yell “Kamerad” whenever they see a chance to surrender. I have been very well taken care of since being hurt, spending four days in a Red Cross hospital in Paris before coming here to Base hospital No. 6, located at Bordeaux. I have a nice view of Paris, including the “Bois de Boulogne” on the edge of the city and the “Champs Elysees” from the ambulance, and expect to see it soon again under more favorable circumstances. I am also in hopes that my mail will catch up with me here (I have never had any since coming to France in March) in which case I will be pretty well satisfied with everything. I am enclosing a clipping from a Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune which expresses a sentiment much better than I can. I don’t want to freighten [sic] you and of course I have no intention of being killed, but I have seen a good many comrades who have fared much worse than I and one had best be prepared as this Lieutenant was. At least it is a good thought though you probably will have no chance ! to use it. I guess this will be all. Don’t worry as I will soon be all right again and as good as ever. Write often and I will get it some time, no doubt. Give my love to all the folks and believe me as always, Your affectionate son, Lloyd Private L.S. Belville 74th Co., 6th Reg’t, U.S. Marines, A.E.F. A card written a week later adds: Doing fine and able to write a little as you can see. Two weeks ago today I was hurt and I am almost well. Have gained three pounds in four days so you can see I am doing well. Weather is elegant here at Atlantic port. Lovingly, LLOYD The clipping referred to is as follows: Chicago, May 6th – Lieutenant Dinsmore ELY of Winnetka, a north shore superb [sic] was killed in France while on air service on April 2. – A few days before his death he wrote a letter to his father, Dr. Jas. ELY, which was received yesterday. The letter closes thus: “And I want to say in closing, if anything happens to me let us have no mourning in spirit or in dress. Like a Liberty bond, it is an investment not a loss when a man dies for his country. It is an honor to his family, and is that a time for weeping? I would rather leave my family rich in memories of my life than numbered in sorrow at my death.” Dr. Ely sent the letter to Mrs. Ely at their summer cottage at Donaldson, Wisconsin. There the family held a funeral service for the soldier. Last Sunday they placed his effects in his canoe and covering all with the national colors, they sank it in a quiet nook of the lake which was a favorite retreat of the young man. The above letter is taken from the Tracy, Minnesota, Headlight, sent to us by Mrs. BELVILLE, who was a former resident of Plattsmouth, and well known by many of our people, and the daughter of Mr. Chas. SHERMAN. The letter will be read with double interest by our people, especially those being better acquainted with the Sherman family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dennis, Wall Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/174.1 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, October 31, 1918 SISTER DIES AT HAMBURG, IA. >From Tuesday’s Daily. Mrs. John WALL, who has been at Hamburg, Iowa, for some time past called there last week by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Clinton DENNIS, who has the pneumonia, resulting from an attack of the flu. Mrs. Wall arrived at Hamburg, the sister had died. Mrs. Dennis leaves besides her husband, three small [article cut off].

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Krecklow, Nordell Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/167.3.1 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, November 18, 1918 RETURN TO HOME IN WEST. >From Friday’s Daily. Wray NORDELL and wife who have been visiting in this city for the past few days, guests at the home of Will KRECKLOW and wife, Mr. Nordell being a brother of Mrs. Krecklow. Mrs. Krecklow accompanied them as far as Omaha, and with them will go to Ft. Crook where they will visit another brother, Edward NORDELL, who is in the service and located at that point. Mr. and Mrs. Wray Nordell and wife are returning to their home at Scottsbluffs. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, February 3, 1919 W.H. [sic] KRECKLOW, the village blacksmith, who has been at Excelsior Springs, Mo., for the past two months taking treatment for rheumatism, returned home last week looking fine and dandy. Bill says he has gained more than 25 pounds in weight and feels 25 years younger.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AQB.2ACI/249 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any old city photos or postcards of Plattsmouth or Rock Bluffs that they would share, trade or sell. My family on my mothers side of the family comes from both city's and I am looking for them for my genealogy web pages. awilcox2@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peters Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/248 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, January 21, 1918 OVER THE COUNTY [Louisville Courier] Dr. J.A. PETERS, of Springfield, who formerly practiced medicine in Louisville, is now Lieutenant in the U.S. army. He has recently been assigned the duty of sanitary inspector at Camp Lee, Virginia, which is 100 miles from Washington. Mr. Peters is a man of exceptional ability and his Louisville friends extend congratulations. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 22, 1918 A LETTER FROM OVER THE SEA June 14, 1918 Dear Friend Jim: I have not as yet heard the burst of Shrapnel nor the boom of those long range guns, but as we move tomorrow for a point much nearer the front I do not expect to have to wait long for their greetings. As this will probably be the last time for many days to come that I will be permitted to make public our location or give any details as to what is going on in our section, I will give you what I can of events up to the present time. The date of our departure from somewhere in America must be left blank, but it is now definitely known here that those submarines which destroyed those vessels (13) on the New Jersey and New York coast were sent there for the sole purpose of getting us. Had we been listening, we might have heard the explosions. As it was however, we were compelled to forego the pleasure of the sight of one during the entire journey. The voyage was a delightful one and barring a few necessary formalities, was very much like a pleasure trip. The sea behaved very nicely and with one or two days exception was perfectly calm. Our transport, like all others, was camouflage by being painted in various hues and designs which after a few days out was scarcely recognizable as the different varieties of soups, meats, vegetables, fruits, and onion which covered it made a camouflage unnecessary. I did not help in its decoration however, and enjoyed every minute of the trip. Outside of a man over board w! ho was very quickly picked up there was no excitement whatsoever. After a somewhat lengthy trip we landed in southwestern France and are now in Genicourt Camp about three miles from Bordeaux. This is a very beautiful country with a number of large castle-like chateaus surrounded by lofty trees and the most beautiful flowers I ever saw. We are about half a mile from the Garonne river and a trip down this river in a gasoline launch to Bordeaux is one grand event. Since being here I have made this trip twice daily for the life there is a great deal like Paris and is very enticing. Bordeaux, the second city of France, has a population of about 300,000 and is full of history. The most striking and interesting thing I have seen so far is a collection of seventy-five mummies in a cave under the belfry tower of St. Michaels Cathedral. These bodies were buried in the church yard there over four hundred years ago, and after one hundred fifty years were exhumed and since then have been! on exhibition in this same place. Although bodily withered the skin in most cases is intact and is a very fine parchment. The ears and tongues of a few of them are quite flexible and the hair and nails are quite well preserved. In a great many things the city and its people are as far behind the times as those mummies. It has but two or three lines of street cars and these are mere toys as compared with those over there. The conductor or conductress uses a small tin horn as a warning in place of a gong or bell. In the barber shops one sits down in a small straight back chair with a slightly raised wooden slab to rest your head on and after being lathered regardless of eyes, mouth or ears with cold water and shaved with a very dull razor, you are told to get up and wash you own face in more cold water. After being again seated he comes at you with a small atomizer spray and covers you with a sort of liquid Lewis Lye and without drying, powders the face with a very dainty pow! er puff. Once is too often and they are all alike. The language is but a mere stutter and has got the Russian backed off the map. Volly Voo, and sil voo pla are common expressions but their meaning is still very vague to me and I think always will be. It is really a pitiable sight to see the children which swarm the camp, each with an old tin can and requesting all the soldiers to empty their leavings from the mess kits into them. A second slice of bread is obtained in about the same way as boot let whiskey there as it is a great offense. The cafes and hotels, however , are supplied with abundance of all kinds of food and one can obtain a meal there for five francs or about one dollar that would cost $3.00 there. This includes a quart of wine which the French consider a necessity with his meal. There is not a wooden structure in the entire city, the buildings being of stone or cement and are very old. From the number of large transports of all nations seen in the harbor here, one would judge that the submarines had a huge task ahead of them and when one considers the fact that not one American convoyer has met with disaster, they are to be feared but little. Our American torpedo boat really welcomes the sight of one and are so arranged that before one of them could maneuver into position to do damage it is sighted and immediately pounced upon. These boats having a speed of 35-40 knots go straight to the submarine and without firing a shot drop a depth bomb which is set to explode in about fifteen seconds. This explosion is so great that anything within 150 to 200 yards is totally destroyed. A periscope is sighted almost as soon as it appears. The crews on these subs know what these depth bombs are and when a transport is accompanied by an American torpedo boat they take no chances. Although we know now where we are going from here we are forbidden to lit it be made publi! c, but if I am not mistaken in Comte’s address we will be very close to the scenes of his childhood. We have at least a twenty-four hour ride by rail from here. There are so many interesting things I could write about that are under the ban, but am keeping a record of events and hope to be able to relate them to you personally soon. The number of American troops in the service over here, their location and the rapidity with which they are arriving is not for the public but it would indeed be surprising to those who are criticizing the administration. The Hun hasn’t a chance in the world, but one would be foolish to even prophesy the time for a successful allied termination of the war. Will give you an address that in all probability will reach me and would enjoy very much a letter from anyone. Regards, LT. J.A. PETERS, Sanitary Squad, No. 2, 305th Sanitary Tran 30th Div., A.E.F. France via New York

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hesse Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/247 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, July 18, 1918 VISITING WITH SON IN EAST. >From Monday’s Daily. Last Saturday evening Mrs. August HESSE, sr., and son Henry HESSE, and wife departed for Atlanta, Ga., where they will visit with August HESSE, jr., who is sick at a hospital at that place. Mr. August Hesse who is a member of the army has been sick for most of the time he has been in the service. His condition is reported as being very bad and the relatives are hastening to his bedside in order to render what service it is possible to the son and brother. Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, August 1, 1918 DIES AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA >From Monday’s Daily. Last evening a message came telling of the death of August HESSE, who has been sick at that place for some time and before at Greenville, S.C. with leakage of the heart superinduced by severe rheumatism. August HESSE, one of the fine young men of this city, went to Kelly Field, the aviation training school, leaving here Jan. 22nd, and after having been there was sent to Greenville, S.C., he was taken sick on Feb. 5th, just four days after he was 23 years of age. He continued to grow worse and while having the care which it was possible to afford at the hospital did not show any recovery. His relatives went to him and when he was not so ill as formerly, returned and a short time since went again to Atlanta, Ga., where he had been removed to. August has been sick practically since his enlistment. The message telling of his death, said that he had passed away at the hospital during yesterday morning. The remains will be shipped to this place for burial. As yet, no arrangements have been made for the funeral or burial, but will be upon the arrival when a notice of them will be published in this paper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ledgeway Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/246 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, July 14, 1918 DEPARTS FOR NAVY THIS EVENING. >From Wednesday’s Daily. Clarence LEDGEWAY will depart this evening for Chicago, and will join the navy at Great Lakes training station, as a member of the band of the Navy. Mr. Ledgeway is a good musician, and will make an excellent man for the position for which he has enlisted. His experience as a member of the Caldwell orchestra has proven his ability as a band musician, and the added training which he will receive in the band there will materially add to his efficiency. Mr. Ledgeway besides being a musician, is a young man with an excellent character, and has a large number of friends who in his departure will wish him the greatest success, and which we are certain he will acquire.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shuldice Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/245 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 1, 1918 WILL LEAVE CAMP BENJAMIN HARRISON >From Friday’s Daily. Last evening Albert SHULDICE, departed for Indianapolis, Indiana, where he goes to visit with this son, Frank SHULDICE, who is in training at Camp Benjamin Harrison. He will leave there to the east on Monday, to where is not known, but as he has but little training to take when he went in, he was in the engineering corps he will as soon as can [sic sic] to the front where his services are much in demand.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cappen Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/244 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 1, 1918 OVER THE COUNTY [Weeping Water Republican] Word from Ira CAPPEN states that they will be in New York for three weeks while repairs are being made on the U.S.S. Broad Arrow, which was damaged in a collision at sea. At the time he wrote they had not yet completed unloading the cargo so as to go into dry dock.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Frater Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/243 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 1, 1918 OVER THE COUNTY [Louisville Courier] The Louisville friends of Miss Dulcie FRATER, of North Platte, will be interested to learn that she will enter training as an army nurse. A certain educational standard is required and as Miss Dulcie received her high school education in Louisville, she wrote down to have her record looked up. Her friends in this vicinity extend their congratulations and admire her for this patriotic step. They will hope to hear from her further.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merrit, Clark Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/242 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, November 19, 1917 OVER THE COUNTY [Union Ledger] Mrs. Earl MERRIT left Tuesday afternoon for Camp Funston, Kansas, where she went to visit her husband, who is stationed there in the army service. Fred CLARK and family moved to town from the farm the latter part of last week and are now occupying the residence vacated by Earl Merrit and wife.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bogenrief, Irons, Brown Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/241 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, November 19, 1917 OVER THE COUNTY [Elmwood Leader Echo] On Tuesday, George BOGENRIEF took his son, Guy BOGENRIEF and Clyde IRONS to Omaha where they left for Ft. Logan, Colo., at 4 o’clock that afternoon. The boys have enlisted in the aviation corps. Clarence IRONS and Earnest BROWN accompanied the boys with Mr. Bogenrief to Omaha.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vroman, Baker Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/240 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 1, 1917 LESTER VROMAN IMPROVING. Ellery VROMAN came down from Omaha last evening, and visited over night with his mother, Mrs. Lillian BAKER, and while here was speaking about his brother, Lester VROMAN, who is in a hospital at Omaha, where he has been taking treatment for hernia, and where he was operated upon some time since. Ellery says his brother is improving rapidly, and expects him to return home next week. Ellery, who was formerly working for the Union Pacific has resigned his position to accept a position at an increase of salary with the firm of E.A. Wicks & Co., contractors. Plattsmouth Journal, July 5, 1918 Mrs. A.F. Vroman who has been visiting in this city for the past few days, a guest with relatives here, departed this afternoon for Havelock, where Mr. Vroman is stationed at the present. Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, July 18, 1918 EUGENE VROMAN IN NEW YORK [front page] >From Wednesday’s Daily. Eugene VROMAN is again in New York, so he writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.E. VROMAN, of this city. He has made the round trip to France as a member of Uncle Sam’s Navy, and says it was a most enjoyable trip. He says that France is a beautiful country, but like most of the good old American boys, the old U.S. beats them all. Plattsmouth Journal, December 16, 1918 LESTER VROMAN RETURNS. >From Friday’s Daily. Lester Vroman, who has been stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Kentucky, for the past four or five months, was mustered out of the service and returned home this morning. Lester is a fine looking young man, and presents still a better appearance in his natty uniform. He was a good worker, and the way in which he is costumed makes him look as though he had grown both taller and broader. He will soon be digging into the activities of civil life. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, January 20, 1919 WILL TRY AND SEE FRANCE. >From Friday’s Daily. A letter from Ellery VROMAN, who is in the navy and who has made trips convoying troops to France, but always turned back before arriving at port, has again departed this time to bring troops home, and is in the Charleston, which is a first class cruiser and will this time go to Brest, France, and expects to land this time and see a foreign shore.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pickering Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/239 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 29, 1917 [Union Ledger] A letter received from Carl PICKERING by his parents, mailed “somewhere in France,” states that he is well and had a good trip across the Atlantic, being sick only one day on the trip. Carl is with the regulars and performing the duties of cook.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stoll, Stull Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/17.4 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, November 19, 1917 OVER THE COUNTY [Nehawka News] Freddie STOLL came home Saturday night from Camp Funston to visit with his parents, brothers, and sisters until Sunday afternoon. Altho’ brief, it was a a very happy gathering.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dickson Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/238 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 22, 1917 MARION DICKSON TO JOIN THE U.S. AVIATION CORPS >From Saturday’s Daily. Marion Dickson, who has been employed in Valley, came home last evening, and this morning departed for Omaha, where he will enlist in the services of the United States as an aviator.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mack, Shea Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/237 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 1, 1917 JOINED THE AVIATION CORPS Clarence MACK, formerly of this place, but having been making his home at Des Moines for some time past was a visitor in the city for a short time, the guest of his uncle William SHEA, departed for Des Moines last evening. Mr. Mack has joined the Aviation corps and departed [sic] next Tuesday for Deming, New Mexico, where he will go into active practice for a flyer.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Persinger, Dovey, South, Rennie Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/236 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, August 13, 1917, Vol. XXXV LETTER FROM ONE OF SAILOR BOYS ABOARD U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA >From Friday’s Daily. U.S.S. Pennsylvania, August 5, 1917 Dear Mr. Bates: After much deliberation, I have decided to write you a few lines to let you know how I like this life. A sailor is to be envied in some ways, and to be given sympathy at other times. By that I mean one runs up against some serious problems in the Navy and at present things look very blue. At present everything is fine on the “Pennsy.” We have a “Prince” for a division officer and I can truthfully say he is hard to beat. This life is very nearly the same as life out west. “You either play a man’s game or you lose out so quick that it makes your head swim.” My head is not swimming at present, and I am doing my level best to keep it clear. George RENNIE and my self are the only Plattsmouth “products” on this ship and we stick to each other like twins. I met LeRoy SOUTH and had quite a talk with him. I saw his letter in the “Journal” and also the letter from “Chick” DOVEY. I should like very much to see “Chick,” but haven’t succeeded as yet. South is on the “Nebraska” and “Chick” is on the “Kentucky.” Letters from Plattsmouth are very welcome and if any one cares to write to either Rennie or myself, we shall be very glad to hear from them. Wishing good luck to the people of “Platts” and they boys of the “Dandy Sixth,” I remain, J. PERSINGER, U.S.S. Pennsylvania; care Postmaster, Box 14, new York city

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lister, Wagner Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/235 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, May 14, 1917 BID TENDER FAREWELL TO EUGENE LISTER LAST EVENING >From Friday’s Daily. This afternoon Eugene LISTER departed for Omaha, from where he goes to the naval training station at Great Lakes, Ill., to take up his duties as a member of the fighting force of Uncle Sam. Last evening in honor of their friend, a very pleasant luncheon was given at the cosmopolitan club by the members, as a token of esteem for their associate and fellow member who is to take up his service for the country. A very enjoyable three-course luncheon was served during the evening, which had been prepared by Fred WAGNER in his usual able manner, and this feature of the evening was much enjoyed by the twenty-two present to take part in the festive occasion. The table was decorated in a color scheme of red, white and blue, with apple blossoms being used in the floral decorations. It was with the greatest of regret that the friends parted with Mr. Lister, but they wished him all the good luck possible in his new vocation as a member of the naval force of the nation.

Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, August 13, 1917 RETURNED HOME TODAY. >From Friday�s Daily. Miss Alice EATON, who has been visiting out in the state for some time past, returned home this morning on the early Burlington train, after having spent over a week among her friends. While away, Miss Eaton was a guest of Mrs. J. KING, of Superior, and while there had a splendid visit with her old time friend. She also visited at Clay Center, with relatives, Dr. and Mrs. ALLEN. On returning she stopped at Lincoln, where she visited at the home of Frank HAGER, who for many years was employed in the Burlington shops in this city. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!