World War I Soldiers

Serving Uncle Sam

Four Employees of the Norwich Knitting

Mills in Last Contingent

Utica Saturday Globe, June 15, 1918

 

 

Will Make Good Soldiers

Left to Right:  John Zeno, Mike and Joe Ocello and Angelo Borello

 

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The entire output of the Norwich knitting mills is now being used by the government in outfitting Uncle Sam's soldiers.  The mill has also supplied its full share or more of man power to make up the National Army.  In this way it has lost a large number of male employees.  All of the employees have subscribed liberally to the war chest and bought generously and regularly of the several issues of Liberty Bonds.  Included in the last contingent to leave Norwich were four more boys, all employees in the finishing room. Their names are John Zeno, Angelo Borello, Mike Ocello and Joe Ocello.  They were very popular with the other employees and their career as soldiers will be closely watched by the friends they left in Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

 

Oxford Boy in England

Corp. Edward A. Tucker Enlisted in Aero Squad of Signal Corps

Utica Saturday Globe, June 15, 1918

 

 

Corp. Edward A. Tucker

 

Corp. Edward A. Tucker, a former employee of the Norwich Gas & Electric Company, whose home is in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and who enlisted at Oneonta in May 1917, in the twentieth Aero Squad of the Signal Corps has been in England since January 1, where he is the post electrician.  Corp. Tucker is a nephew of Mrs. Nell D. Lewis, with whom he lived while attending the Norwich public school.