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BACK ON THE JOB. 



Florists Betum to Old Places. 



With President Wilson and the other 

 American delegates in Europe for the 

 peace conference, the allied armies ad- 

 vancing into Germany to occupy the ter- 

 ritory agreed on by the armistice, and 

 the American soldiers rapidly arriving 

 in this country, many members of our 

 trade who were in the training camps 

 in this country and with the forces 

 in France and Belgium at the close of 

 hostilities, are going back to their peace- 

 time jobs. Secretary Baker announced 

 December 7 that the casualty lists were 

 far from complete, but he expected that 

 they would be in a short time. As the 

 florist-fighters return to their places, 

 let The Eeview know. When news 

 comes of misfortune to any of the brave 

 young men of our trade who were in 

 the fighting, let The Review know about 

 them also, for its "Khaki and Blue" 

 page. 



Harry E. Ouerinot. 



It is with regret that we report the 

 death of Harry E. Guerinot, formerly of 

 George T. Boucher's force, Rochester, 

 N. Y. Private Guerinot was one of the. 

 first boys to be sent away from Roch- 

 ester and was in training at Camp 

 Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C. It was 

 after strenuous training that he under- 

 went a series of three operations and 

 received an honorable discharge. He 

 enlisted again at a later date and after 

 a short sickness of pneumonia passed 

 away in Pittsburgh, Pa., a few days 

 ago, at the age of 27 years. He was a 

 member of Rochester Council, Knights 

 of Columbus. Besides his parents, he is 

 survived by two brothers, Dr. A. J. 

 Guerinot and Dr. George W. Guerinot. 

 He was given a military funeral and 



George E. Schlicht. 



interment was in Holy Sepulcher ceme- 

 tery. H. J. H. 



Oeorge Schlicht Beaches France. 



George Schlicht, for ten years em- 

 ployed by the William Scott Co., Buffalo, 

 N. Y., is now in France with the 

 American Expeditionary Forces. Mr. 

 Schlicht joined the army March 26 last 

 and trained at Camp Dix, N. J. His 

 regiment sailed for France sometime in 

 June. Mr. Schlicht had charge of the 

 cemetery work for the Scott company. 



Sergeant I. F. Matson. 



Samuel Matson, of Newport, R. I., has 

 received a letter from his son, I. F. 

 Matson, telling of his promotion to the 

 office of sergeant in the Oriental detail 

 of the Twenty-first Field Artillery, now 

 in France. Young Mr. Matson enlisted 

 one week after the United States en- 

 tered the war, going overseas in March, 

 1918. Soon after arriving in France he 

 went to a radio school, where he re- 

 mained a few months, later taking 

 charge of the wireless at headquarters. 



While at the headquarters. Sergeant 

 Matson had some thrilling experiences. 

 Once while communicating with an air- 

 plane, shells fell all around him, and 

 with one extra loud crash his set went 

 dead. A shell had struck the pole sup- 

 porting one end of the aerial, carrying 

 it away, and the wires were cut by 

 pieces of the flying steel. He had it 

 fixed up in a short time, however, and 

 went on with his work. Before joining 

 the colors he was in the employ of Gib- 

 son Bros., Newport, R. I., but at the time 

 of his enlistment he was employed by 

 Charles Uttley, artist florist of Harris- 

 burg, Pa. W. H. M. 



Pittsburgh Patriots. 



Reports received by Pittsburgh flo- 

 rists of relatives and employees in the 

 service overseas and in camp and muni- 

 tion work include many names. A gold 

 star on the service flag now stands for 

 Lieutenant Benjamin Detchon, a neph- 

 ew of J. W. and B. L. Elliott, who is 

 reported killed in action. Other mem- 

 bers of the same family in the honor roll 

 are young Barton W. Elliott, who is in 

 a hospital in France, and Rhea F. El- 

 liott, who has returned from the Officers' 

 Training Camp at Camp Lee; a fourth 

 member of this patriotic family is 

 Thomas McKee Elliott, a brother of 

 Benjamin and Barton, who is returning 

 from Camp Joseph E. Johnson, Fla. 



Peter Matsukes, who left his work as 

 manager of the P. R. R. flower shop at 

 East Liberty station to engage in muni- 

 tion work, later enlisting in the motor 

 corps, has returned to his accustomed 

 pursuits and opened a flower shop in 

 the Henry W. Oliver building, Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Ralph F. Pinner, of the Ambulance 

 Corps, who has just left a hospital in 

 France; A. C. Stowes, recently commis- 

 sioned sergeant at Camp Jackson, S. C, 

 and E. Clarke Stiles, now in France and 

 lately promoted to the office of second 

 lieutenant, are other Pittsburgh boys in 

 the trade who are expected home soon. 



Patterson Promoted. 



One of the first young men to be 

 taken to Camp Grant, 111., by the draft 

 was Kellogg M. Patterson, formerly 

 connected with The Review. Mr. Pat- 

 terson went to the camp as a private, 

 but it was not long before he was a first 

 sergeant. This got him a chance at the 

 officers' training camp, from which he 

 emerged a' second lieutenant, assigned 

 to the depot brigade, which is composed 

 of the raw recruits. Some months since 

 Lieutenant Patterson was sent to Jef- 

 ferson Barracks, Mo., and more recently 

 was transferred to Camp Pike, Ark. In- 

 cidentally he was promoted to a first 

 lieutenancy. A recent letter from Lieu- 

 tenant Patterson says: "John Poehl- 

 mann, Jr., is down here some place and 

 August Poehlmann 's son is in the train- 

 ing camp here. H. V. Swenson came 

 down here, but was sent to Camp Mac- 

 Arthur, Waco, Tex. There seems to be 

 no hope of getting across from this 

 camp, but we are all hoping some luck 

 will hit this way and give us a chance 

 to get across. The weather is great here 

 and it makes up for the heat we had 

 last summer, when we certainly missed 

 old Lake Michigan. There are some fine 

 florists' stores here, Tipton & Hurst 

 having a mighty attractive place." 



Eittannlng, Pa.— Under the name of 

 Chula Vista Floral Co., James E. 

 Schreekengost and E. Lorinda Schreck- 

 engost grow cut flowers, vegetable 

 plants and bedding plants, also fruits 

 and poultry. 



Ltetft* Kellogg M. Pattertoa In Tralnhig* 



