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**"*»-' 1 20 LOTS OF BUSINESS POST OFFICE CLERKS WORK OVER TIME Ihe past week has been a trying one for the, Charlotte post office as the Christmas rush has been on full swing. Nearly all the Camp Greene soldiers mailed their remembrances during the week and in counter at tacking force the influenza thinned window has been strongly felt, the ranks of the postal clerks until there has been need for day and night work. Nearly twenty of the post office employees are at home because of sickness and the pull of handling the packages which have constantly rolled in through the "for packages" THE CADUCEUS OLLOWING poem was written by two of the Student nurses after a class announcement that there would be Ward Duty on Christmas. PROBS’ RAVIN’ MANY VOLUNTEER. In response to a telegram recently received by Colonel George A. Renn, the commanding officer of the base hospital, for assistance by the mem bers of the army nurse corps at this ^tation, at the city of Atlanta, Ga. The influenza epidemic in that city is rag ing wildly and positions were offered to all graduate nurses being dis charged from this hospital. Many of them have already volunteered their services but must await discharge from service to accept the offer. Others to receive furloughs during the past week were Sgt. Burlen Mahn of the adjutant’s office who left for Cambridge, Mass; Sgt. Lange of the laboratory who has gone to Water- bury. Conn; and Sgt. First class Yates chief of the sanitary department who has gone to Biddeford, Maine. Mips Josephine Whidden. left this hospital December 12 to proceed to her home in Jacksonville, Fla., to await relief from active service, hav ing made application for discharge in order that she' might resume her for mer business. Miss Theresa Sonner was called to her home in Baltimore, Md., by the illness of her sister. APOLOGIES TO POE Once upon a Christmas dreary, two lonesome probies weak and weary— Falling out of bed to go to work once more, MTille we nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping— rudely rapping, rapping at the barracks door— Tis Miss Uzelmeier we muttered “rapping at our barracks door”— Only this, and nothing more. Oh, distinctly we remember it is in the bleak December And both over-sleeping probies knew this rap upon the door’ Eagerly we wished for Mother; as you know there is no other Who would let us sleep as long as we’d adore. Getting up like this on Christmas surely is an awful bore— Quoth the Probies—“Nevermore”. Presently one Prob grew stronger—hesitating then no longer. Nurse” said she “or Madam, truly your forgiveness we Implore, B^ the fact is, it is Christmas, and we thought we’d snooze some more, men so faintly you came rapping, rapping at our barracks’ door That we scarce were sure we heard you” so then we leaped upon the floor Perched and sat, and nothing more. There we sat engaged in guessing, showing yet no signs of dressing To one another vowed that we would go back home once more- “This is too much” one Prob said sighing, and the other sat there crying We are going home to Mama, now we’ll get in bed once more— We don’t have to work on Christmas, as we won’t be Probs no more— Making up cots? Nevermore. By Misses Vivian Atwood and Wilda Getty EPISCOPAL SERVICE. NOW OUT A celebration 'of Holy Communion will be held in the school room at 8 o’clock Christmas morning. All com municants in any Christian church ' are invited to partake. The Rev. Rob ert B. Owens of the Church of the Holy Comforter, Charlotte, will offi ciate. Private Walter Kfaight or better known as “In again out again” Knight is now out. We trust that he remains in his present healthy conditloia until the next issue. LET’S GO TO THE Southern Hotel and Cafe FOR A REGULAR MEAL From 1 1:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. Just like mother used to cook We never close Who is the Best Shot With a Rifle ? Prove it at the U. S. Shooting Gallery The oldest and only Shooting Gallery in Charlotte 0 J. H. THREATT, Prop. 509 West Trade Street 509 West Trade Street J. H. THREATT, Prop.
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