Barnes. Their in terest in the occa
sion was largely centered in Sergeant
J. 1?. Sanford Jr., who was severely
wounded in the final assault which
smashed the Hindenburg line, and by
reason of the bravery he then evinced
bas been decorated by both the Amer
ican and British commands. Of his
relatives and friends who closely
scanned the marching ranks. only
Miss Kleanor. his sister, was certain
of having distinguished him among
the paraders. Sergeant Sanford ex
pects his discharge from the service
on April 2. He will then come to his
home at Redding Center. out the
question of remaining and resuming
the management of his father's farm
is yet to be decided.
Publication in book form of the
poems left by Richard Mansfield 2nd,
who w as a pupil at the Sanford
school for two years and who died
from pneumonia la-st fall while in
t ra ining for the aviation service, has
been arranged for by his mother.
While here young Mansfield was a
contributor to "The Sanford ian." t he
school paper, but at that time his
associates believed that his talents
were histrionic, rather than literary.
Certainly his personation of "Shy
lock," given at the school when rre
was concluding his stay there, con
vinced those attending the perform
ance that he had inherited a large
share of the genius which made his
father one of tne country's leading ac
tors. Da niel R. Warner, whose general
health has been poor for some time,
is undergoing a new affliction in the
form of ulcers upon the inner side of
h ;s eyelids. They are very painful
an-1 receive daily treatment from a
physician.
