1919--Norwood From the January 29, 1919 edition of the Potsdam Courier & Freeman:
Norwood, Jan. 29: Four young Norwood men from overseas arrived home Friday. They were members of the 87th or Acorn Division and embarked from St. Nazaire on the steamer Finland during the last of December and landed at Newport News on Jan. 10. They were sent to Camp Dix, where they were detained until Thursday when they received their honorable discharge papers. The party consisted of Corporal Myrtle Endersbee, Pvts. Earl Grant, Frank Frenette, and Frederick Nichols. They are the first of the boys who have arrived in Norwood from service in France.
From the February 12, 1919 Potsdam Courier & Freeman:
Norwood, Feby. 12-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson received a message from the war department last week announcing the death of their son, Calvin Robinson, whose death occurred in a hospital in Germany after a brief illness of pneumonia. Private Robinson left here in July 1917, and received training at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., going overseas in May 1918. He was 22 years of age. He leaves besides his parents one sister, Mrs. Grace Jenner of Colton.
The following article appeared in the April 9, 1919 edition of the Potsdam Courier & Freeman, page 6:
Norwood Boy's Death In Argonne
Norwood, April 9-Some details of the death of Homer Clark of this place are contained in a letter just received by his mother from the Lieutenant of his Company, Chas. M. Day. The letter follows:
"My Dear Mrs. Clark:
Your letter of Dec. 31st to Corp. L. J. Price has been sent to me by him, asking that I let him know so he can answer, and I am taking the opportunity of answering you direct, as I have been an officer in the same Co. with Sergt. Homer Clark ever since he reported to Camp Gordon. At the time of his death Linton Sevey asked me to let him have all of Sergt. Clark's personal things, as they were cousins and he wished to send them direct to you and these things were turned over to Linton. The following night Linton was struck and killed by a bursting shell and I do not think he had had an opportunity to send the things, so they were evidently collected with Linton's by the Chaplain, who buried them both, and unless Homer's things were marked in all probability they were all sent to Linton's people, as they are supposed to be turned into headquarters and they attend to forwarding them to every address. I have inquired and find that Homer had a small ladies gold Elgin watch and fountain pen. Further than that I cannot say, but you can no doubt identify them in the things sent to Linton's people.
Homer lost his life on the afternoon of October 7th on Hill 223, which is in the eastern edge of the Argonne Forest at Chateau Thierry, on the Ayre river, half way
Between Varennes and Grand Pre, and he was buried in the churchyard at Chatel Cheberg in a plot laid aside for the 1st Battalion 328th Infantry, and in which place all of the men of the 1st Battalion who fell near this point are buried. I regret that I cannot tell you more, Mrs. Clark, and should I at any time learn of anything additional, I will advise you. I can appreciate your great loss, also, Mrs. Clark, for I knew Homer very well, and he was his Lieutenant's right-hand man in handling his platoon. I can truthfully say he was one of the most capable and best liked men in the Company, as well as being a man of the highest moral principles and the type we have in mind when we think of the American soldier at his best. We, too, suffered in his loss, Mrs. Clark, and the Company through me extend its most heartfelt sympathy to you in your great loss."
From the April 30, 1919 Courier & Freeman:
Earnest L. Delaney of Madrid and Miss Ethel Deleel of Norwood were married Tuesday, April 22, by Rev. H. V. Frelick at the Presbyterian Manse.
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