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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
5
A wartime camp diary records soldiers at Camp Dix trading quips and anecdotes. Names such as Drake, Breen, Fecher, Lotmaux, Ash, Moore, Caney, White, Casey, Corpula, Sullivan, Philips, Mokney, McLoughlin, McCarthy, Adams, Delibro, O Keeffe, Nash recur in humorous vignettes about chores, mischief, and daily routines.
Rev Father Joseph J McDonald former curate at St Marys and assistant rector in St Patricks Jersey City now assigned to Wrightstown duty. His exact division not announced but may join Plainfield or Paterson boys. He aided accident victims near Bordentown and rode with them to hospital after summoning aid.
The Plainfield Defense League, famed for local hustle, readies a large Field Day on Watchung Spring Water grounds on Mountain Avenue. The event blends military tournament elements, athletic events, and a Rhode Island clambake with about 200 participants. Admission is a single price for all activities.
Major Bloom of Newark leads a large group of volunteers in a city recruitment drive scheduled from September 29 to October 1 to enlist 339 from Somerset air field. The long effort also involves the 17th Infantry in Ni.
At the New Jersey Firemen's Relief Association convention in Atlantic City Governor Edge urged state reform to create a fair pension system. Delegates were told to cooperate in the movement as officers were elected including General Bird W. Spence as president for his term and Otto Hass as treasurer.
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