Miss Ione Branch
Received Honors
Miss Ione Branch, pleasantly remembered here as a former
resident and Weldon High School girl, has received honors for her six months’
service Over Seas as a nurse.
In a letter to one of her friends Miss Branch says:
“I am located near a small French village in a famous old
French Chateau that was given over to us by a war widow. We are within sound of
the firing line. Every hour both day and night ambulances come to us bringing
the wounded from the battlefield. We keep them here until aid comes to take
them further away from the explosion of the big guns and the excitement, also
to make room for others.
“During all the strenuous work, excitement, also the many
receptions given us here and in New York I cannot help but find myself thinking
of the people back home and especially of Weldon where I spent many pleasant
years of my life.”
Miss Branch enlisted early last spring and did work in Base
Hospital at Waynesville until later in the summer when her unit sailed for Over
Seas.
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