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MAKING HISTOKY. 



Ajinals of Figbting Florists. 



As the great world war and the is- 

 sues arising out of it pass into history, 

 among the returning troops many tal- 

 ented, youthful annalists are bringing 

 home vivid, first-hand accounts of the 

 stirring events which crowded so thick- 

 ly one upon another during the several 

 campaigns of the titanic struggle. The 

 audiences of these young spellbinders 

 never tire of listening to their thrilling 

 tales of the tremendous adventures 

 through which they have passed. As 

 each returning patriot is welcomed 

 back or writes letters home, the story 

 of his experiences abroad will be 

 learned with intense interest by all who 

 know him. Send the good word in to 

 The Eeview to be passed along, that 

 the trade may know of the doings of 

 the boys numbered among its members 

 who have given such a good account of 

 themselves overseas, the florist-fighters 

 who have helped to make the name of 

 "Yank" one to which our cousins 

 across the water take their hats off. 



Photographer in Air Service. 



After nine months of training, six at 

 Eockwell Field and three at the School 

 of Aerial Photography, Bocheater, N. Y., 

 Bertram A. Pemberton, formerly em- 

 ployed by the Wilson Floral Co., of that 

 city, was sent overseas. He is 24 years 

 of age and was born in New South 

 "Wales, coming to this country eight 

 years ago. The accompanying portrait 

 shows Mr. Pemberton in his flight uni- 

 form. He returned last week. 



French Bulb Grower Free. 



Not many American florists enjoy the 

 personal acquaintance of John Drevon, 

 of Ollioules, France, where the Paper 

 Whites and Bomans come from, but 

 large numbers feel a friendly interest 

 because of their dealings with his firm, 

 Drevon-Tegelaar & Co. Word has just 

 come that Mr. Drevon has been released 

 from a German war prison and is back 

 at Ollioules, well and ready for busi- 

 ness. He was one of the French army 

 which turned the Germans back at the 

 Marne, in October, 1914, and he was 

 taken prisoner at that time. He has 

 spent the last four years as a prisoner 

 of war at Dillingen, his sustenance be- 

 ing sent him by friends in Holland. 



Florists Wear Croix de Guerre. 



Private Kaymond W. Keilly, the 

 brother of Mrs. T. Cavanaugh and Miss 

 Cecelia Beilly, of J. M. Johnston's, Brad- 

 dock, Pa., and also of Miss Essie EeiUy, 

 of Eandolph & McClements, has been 

 transferred from the 328th Infantry to 

 the Fifth Division headquarters of the 

 Army of Occupation, recently stationed 

 in Luxemburg, but now thought to be 

 in Germany. Mrs. Cavanaugh's hus- 

 band, Lieutenant Cavanaugh, is also in 

 Luxemburg, with the 111th Infantry. 

 Each of these men is the proud, al- 

 though modest, possessor of the Croix 

 <le Guerre, Private Reilly having cap- 

 tured his through a scouting trip to 



Bertram A. Pemberton. 



Xo Man's Land, July 4, 1918, when he 

 WHS the only one of a party of seven to 

 return. E. E. S. 



Advance Man Betums. 



E. E. Jones, who is known to every- 

 one who attends the conventions of the 

 trade societies, and to a good many 

 others, has resumed his duties in the 

 Advance Co., Eichmond, Ind., where he 

 was the chief assistant of his father, 

 J. E. Jones, before he joined the army. 

 He liked the life in camps, but is glad 

 to get back to selling ventilating ap- 

 paratus. 



"Jacky" Jacky Beads The Beview. 



Carl F. Jacky is a "Jacky," having 

 been in the service of Uncle Sam at the 

 Puget Sound Navy Yards since June, 

 1918. His interest in trade matters is 

 unabated, however, and among the 

 magazines forwarded to him by the 

 home folks, The Eeview receives a good 

 share of his attention. He states, in 

 entering his subscription, that he keeps 

 informed on trade lore even while at 



sea. 



Well Deserved Honors. 



Lieutenant Frank Dykestra has re- 

 turned to Denver, Colo., from Camp 

 Kearny, at Linda Vista, Cal., where 

 he has been for the last eighteen 

 months. He enlisted as a private and 

 won his commission by hard work. 



E. S. 



A Hearty Welcome. 



Another member of a patriotic Detroit 

 family returning from war service 

 abroad is welcomed back with rejoicing 

 this week. Harry Breitmeyer, the son 

 of Philip Breitmeyer, of Detroit, Mich., 

 stepped off a transport in New York 

 harbor the other day. Fortune favored 

 the young soldier, for he met a familiar 



face at once, when Mrs. Gray, of the 

 Breitmeyer forces, who was visiting in 

 New York, happened along. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Philip Breitmeyer left for New 

 York as soon as they received news of 

 the arrival there of their son. 



Patriotic Pennsylvanians. 



J. M. Johnston's shops at McKees- 

 port, Braddock and Homestead, Pa., are 

 literally 100 per cent patriotic, each 

 contributing to the great cause with 

 men and money to the limit. Word has 

 just been received of the death of David 

 Slagle, manager of the Homestead shop, 

 who was killed in action September 6 

 somewhere in France, where he spent 

 four or five months, following prelim- 

 inary training at Camp Lee. 



Mr. Walker, of the McKeesport store, 

 recently was honorably discharged from 

 service with the Medical Corps. Al- 

 fred O. West, also of the McKeesport 

 sales staff, was likewise in the Medical 

 Corps, having spent five months in train- 

 ing at Hoboken, N. J. Lieutenant Law- 

 rence J. Weisenberger has returned 

 from a year with the Quartermaster's 

 Corps, in Philadelphia. Among others 

 employed here are Elmer Thomas, a top 

 sergeant with the Medical Corps at Fort 

 Wadsworth, Staten Island, who hopes 

 to return in February, and Harry J. Ker- 

 ber, now with the Headquarters' Com- 

 pany, 57th Engineers, in France, about 

 to sail for this side. Mr.Kerber succeeded 

 Mr. Slagle in the Homestead establish- 

 ment, but was there only a brief time 

 when he, too, was called to the colors. 



Other Arrivals. 



Among the recruits returned from the 

 camps and from overseas within the 

 fortnight are noted two Eochester boys, 

 formerly connected with the trade, 

 Bertram E. Pemberton, of the United 

 States Aero Photographic Corps, who 

 has just received his discharge and lost 

 no time in returning to his former 

 haunts in that city, and Clyde La Eocke, 

 who has been visiting in Eochester, 

 while enjoying a brief furlough. He is 

 stationed at Mineola, L. I., and looks 

 for an early release. Frank Thatcher, 

 formerly of the staff of Pelicano, Eossi 

 & Co., San Francisco, Cal., has returned 

 from abroad and is at present stationed 

 at Camp Merritt, at Tenafly, N. J. 

 Another former employee of this firm 

 who is awaiting discharge from the 

 service is Peter Pagano. Mr. Pagano 

 is now at the Presidio in San Francisco, 

 having seen active service in France. 

 Pelicano, Eossi & Co. hope to reinstate 

 both these young men in the near fu- 

 ture in the positions thev formerly 

 filled. 



Oscar Carlstaedt, who went into the 

 service from Indianapolis, has been mus- 

 tered out and will soon be at work again 

 at the commission house of Smith & 

 Young Co. 



Lieutenant David S. Boyle, formerly 

 with the M. Eice Co., Philadelphia, may 

 reenlist after his discharge, which is 

 expected soon. 



Joseph Cousins has returned to the 

 Joseph Heacock Co., having received 

 his discharge. 



