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IRON HORSE
JULY 2013 Vol. I No. 6
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VOITURE LOCALE 1588
5401 HIGHWAY 527
HAUGHTON, LA 71037
Chef de Gare Locale
Paul Strange
I’d like to thank you all for the support you’ve given me during my tour
as Chef de Gare of Voiture 1588. Next month you will be hearing from our
new Chef de Gare, John DeMoss. It has been an honor and a pleasure to
serve. It was a great year and I expect that next year will be even better.
As you can see, we are at 100% in our membership! Thanks to all for
paying your dues.
Remember to send old stories or photographs to Bill Stroud at
[email protected], or drop them by the Post. We’d like to hear from
you. Don’t worry about the branch of service or the time period-if it’s a
good story or photograph, we will use it.
We’d like to see you, too. Don’t forget our promenades on the 4th
Wednesday of each month at 6:30 at Post 388. Our next one is on the
24th of July. Subject to change, our meeting schedule for the rest of the
year is as follows:
July 24
August 28
September 25
October 23
November 27
December (not yet decided)
Hope to see all of you that can make it at the Post on the 4 th of July
from 11:00 a.m. on. It should be a good time. If not, take some time to
remember the sacrifices made so that Our Nation could gain its
Independence, the sacrifices made thereafter to keep it and the sacrifices
still being made by our Men and Women in uniform. Say a prayer of thanks
each day and continue to do your part by supporting our Military and
Veterans organizations.
For God and Country,
Paul Strange
Membership -Where We Stand
Based on the National web-site as of June 26, 2013
2012
YTD Total
53
2013
YTD Total
53
2012 Year
End Total
% of Quota
Short
53
100%
0
Don Schreiber (at right) in Thailand, circa 1953.
Editor’s note. You would have thought that Don would have figured this one out quickly as our
story starts with a trip to the men’s room at Bangkok airport in 1953. I don’t know where
Strange Paul was when this picture was taken and frankly don’t care. (Rumor has it that he was
in a nearby stall which is why this lady turned around and said, “Only one per stall.”)
Unfortunately, the censors got hold of the rest of this story and the follow on story: Strange Paul
and the Rock Ape.
WHAT AISLE IS THE POLISH SAUSAGE ON?
Everyone seems to be in such a hurry to scream 'racism' these days.
One day recently Hank asked, "In what aisle could I find the Polish sausage?"
The clerk asks, "Are you Polish?"
The guy, clearly offended, says, "Yes I am. But let me ask you something."
"If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian?"
"Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German?"
"Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog would you ask me if I was Jewish?"
"Or if I had asked for a Taco, would you ask if I was Mexican?"
"Or if I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was Irish?"
The clerk says, "No, I probably wouldn't."
The guy says, "Because I asked for Polish sausage, why did you ask me if I'm Polish?"
The clerk replied, "Because you're in Home Depot!"
Your 2013-2014 officers for Voiture Locale 1588 are as follows:
Chef de Gare Locale
John DeMoss
Chefs de Train
J. R. Johnson
Paul Strange
Comis Voyageur
James Brumley
Cheminot Locale
James Vice
Jack Fesmire
Donnie Glascow
Gard de la Porte
Keith Kingston
Sous Gard de la Porte
Jack Steransky
Lampiste
Walter Siedlecki
Commissaire Intendant
Hank Kwiatkowski
Correspondent
Jessie Morrison
Conducteur
Larry Aytes
Avocat
Hank Kwiatkowski
Aumonier
Bob Zirkle
Medicin
Chuck Rodgers
Publiste
Bill Stroud
American Legion Post 388
40/8 Voiture 1588
JULY 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Shuffleboard
Registration at
1:00 p.m.; start
at 2:00 p.m.
Pot Luck
follows!
SAL Meeting
6:30 PM
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16
4
5
10
23
24
30
Saturday
6
Come hear
Henry every
Saturday at
6:00 PM (and
also on
Friday!)
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13
Henry
6:00 p.m.
Henry
6:00 p.m.
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19
20
92 Grande
Promenade
Lafayette
18-21 July
Henry
6:00 p.m.
Henry
6:00 PM
Grande
Promenade
Grande
Promenade
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27
nd
40 & 8
Promenade
6:30 PM
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11
17
Post and
Auxiliary
Meetings
6:30 PM
Grande
Promenade
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Friday
4TH OF July
Party.
Doors open
at 11.
Cleanup
every Sunday
at 8:00am
Come out and
help!
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Thursday
25
Henry
6:00 p.m.
r
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Shuffleboard
& Pot Luck
Got something for the calendar? Let us know and we’ll put it on. [email protected]
Henry
6:00 PM
Don’t forget the 4th of July is on a Thursday this year – hot dogs and hamburgers at the
Post!
Don’t forget to stop in and check the calendar and bulletin board. There will be a lot going on
around the lake 4th of July weekend. Don’t forget our friends and neighbors at Four Way, Our
Place, Brooks Landing, Rodger’s, Rascal’s, Shockley’s, Deb’s Place and all of our local
establishments.
Cadet Trey Jolley prepares to escort Post 388 Commander
Larry Aytes and Auxiliary President Ann Cleary at
the Memorial Day Ceremony at Hill Crest.
Dans Ľéditeur de
This month we again celebrate our Nation's Independence. Current
events show us that we all need to get involved. There is a lot going on
around us. We tend to ignore current events but maybe it is time to pay
more attention. It seems that the more our government tries to do for us,
the more freedoms we end up losing.
Please keep those who are ill in your prayers. Try to stay out of the
heat and have a great summer. Hope to see you soon at the Post.
Hopefully, this newsletter will be out before the 4th of July and we will
see you there. It should be an old fashioned picnic with hamburgers, hot
dogs and the like.
Again, all stories are welcome. As you know, we try to keep them
clean and our censors are constantly on guard. That is why the stories
about Don and Paul were omitted from this month's Iron Horse.
Ce mois-ci, nous célébrons la fois l'indépendance de notre nation.
L'actualité nous montrent que nous devons tous y participer. Il ya
beaucoup de choses autour de nous. Nous avons tendance à ignorer les
événements actuels, mais peut-être il est temps d'accorder plus
d'attention. Il semble que le plus notre gouvernement essaie de faire pour
nous, les plus de libertés que nous finissons par perdre.
S'il vous plaît garder ceux qui sont malades dans vos prières. Essayez
de rester à l'écart de la chaleur et passez un bel été. Nous espérons vous
voir bientôt à la poste. Espérons que ce bulletin sera avant le 4 Juillet et
nous vous y voir. Il devrait être un vieux pique-nique façonné avec des
hamburgers, des hot-dogs,etc.Encore une fois, toutes les histoires sont
les bienvenus. Comme vous le savez, nous essayons de les garder
propres et nos censeurs sont constamment sur ses gardes. C'est pourquoi
les histoires de Don et Paul ont été omis de fer à cheval de ce mois.
Jusqu'à la prochaine fois (Until next time),
Bill Stroud
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