TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SPRINGDALE NEWS SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 P. 3
Neveres, France.,
August 20, 1918.
Miss Nora Hunt:
Dear Sister:
I thought I would try and answer your letter I received yesterday, and can say was sure glad to hear from you. This leaves me all O. K. and hope these few lines will find you all the same. We are having some fine weather over here now. This certainly is a fine country. There are lots of pretty girls over here but I can't talk to them. I am learning to talk French some, was over to the Y.M.C.A. tonight and heard a fine musical concert.
You asked me where I was the 4th of July. I was here at Neveres, and had a good time but would love to have spent the day at home.
I go to work at 6 a. m. and work until 9 p. m.
I must tell you about England it is a fine country but I like France better there are few mountains around here and the climate is fine, but the water is poor. The towns are very nice, but the streets are narrow, and the houses are made of stone with high walls around them. Most of the vehicles are two wheeled carts.
We get the New York Herald every day, it cost us two sous, which is five cents.
I am getting fat since coming over here, have gained ten pounds.
Tell Carl Cardwell and Zenice Lynch I said hello and for them to write to me or I will get their good eye when I come home. I wrote Grandfather and Grandmother Martin a letter the other night. How are they? All O.K. I hope. I would like to be back home so I could get all the apples I could eat.
Tell Hobart and Dock Julian I said hello. I guess they had to register in the last draft. Tell the Odell boys hello and for them to write. What are Bill and Charlie doing? Tell them to be good boys and go to school every day. When have you heard from Cora and Calvin?; send me their address, and tell Beatrice when I come home she must come back to see me.
I have been to the battle line once.
How many men is papa working? Tell the gang to write to me. What is Pearl and Raymond doing? tell Goldie Anderson I said hello, also tell her she can write a few lines if she is not too lazy. Tell Dora Myrick helle and everybody else. Has Paul Glass gone yet? Tell Homer Ellderton to come over and I'll give him half of my bed and we can have a good time.
Tell mama not to worry about me if I get hurt or killed they will notify her.
Nora you must excuse this writing, as it is 1 a. m. the lights are poor and I am tired and sleepy.
We get plenty of tobacco here, 10 sacks a month, had a fine trip coming over, only sick one day.
I must close for this time hoping to hear from you real soon and a long letter.
As ever your brother,
James O. Hunt.
No. 2116430. Med, Dys't post infimary A.P.O. 708, A.E.F
NOTES: James Oliver Hunt was born in Lowell, Arkansas on October 17, 1894 and died on September 9, 1972. He is buried in the Friendship Cemetery in Springdale, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD
Neveres, France.,
August 20, 1918.
Miss Nora Hunt:
Dear Sister:
I thought I would try and answer your letter I received yesterday, and can say was sure glad to hear from you. This leaves me all O. K. and hope these few lines will find you all the same. We are having some fine weather over here now. This certainly is a fine country. There are lots of pretty girls over here but I can't talk to them. I am learning to talk French some, was over to the Y.M.C.A. tonight and heard a fine musical concert.
You asked me where I was the 4th of July. I was here at Neveres, and had a good time but would love to have spent the day at home.
I go to work at 6 a. m. and work until 9 p. m.
I must tell you about England it is a fine country but I like France better there are few mountains around here and the climate is fine, but the water is poor. The towns are very nice, but the streets are narrow, and the houses are made of stone with high walls around them. Most of the vehicles are two wheeled carts.
We get the New York Herald every day, it cost us two sous, which is five cents.
I am getting fat since coming over here, have gained ten pounds.
Tell Carl Cardwell and Zenice Lynch I said hello and for them to write to me or I will get their good eye when I come home. I wrote Grandfather and Grandmother Martin a letter the other night. How are they? All O.K. I hope. I would like to be back home so I could get all the apples I could eat.
Tell Hobart and Dock Julian I said hello. I guess they had to register in the last draft. Tell the Odell boys hello and for them to write. What are Bill and Charlie doing? Tell them to be good boys and go to school every day. When have you heard from Cora and Calvin?; send me their address, and tell Beatrice when I come home she must come back to see me.
I have been to the battle line once.
How many men is papa working? Tell the gang to write to me. What is Pearl and Raymond doing? tell Goldie Anderson I said hello, also tell her she can write a few lines if she is not too lazy. Tell Dora Myrick helle and everybody else. Has Paul Glass gone yet? Tell Homer Ellderton to come over and I'll give him half of my bed and we can have a good time.
Tell mama not to worry about me if I get hurt or killed they will notify her.
Nora you must excuse this writing, as it is 1 a. m. the lights are poor and I am tired and sleepy.
We get plenty of tobacco here, 10 sacks a month, had a fine trip coming over, only sick one day.
I must close for this time hoping to hear from you real soon and a long letter.
As ever your brother,
James O. Hunt.
No. 2116430. Med, Dys't post infimary A.P.O. 708, A.E.F
NOTES: James Oliver Hunt was born in Lowell, Arkansas on October 17, 1894 and died on September 9, 1972. He is buried in the Friendship Cemetery in Springdale, Arkansas.
TRANSCRIBED BY LAEL HARROD