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The ARK is published twice each month,
the stencil cutting and mimeographing
being done by and through the courtesy
of the State Office, Kentucky Emergency
Relief Administration, Louisville, Ky.

The Transient Bureau is not responsible
for any of the views or opinions ex—
pressed in this magazine, nor is the
accuracy of any statement made herein
guaranteed.

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Hungry, homeless, friendless, with no occupation or training,
and nothing to lose except the liberty to starve - why don't
individuals steal and rob when confronted with such a condition?

The answer is - many of them do!

Those with intelligence know the percentage is against them.
The bureau has solved the problem - we need not steal or rob -
we can still live, still retain our liberty after a fashion and
wait for better times. Those of us with some vocation or trade
hope to again take up where we left off, when the deluge came along.

But what of the individual with no training or ability along
any particular line when the bureaus are discontinued? Statistics
have proven they are potential law breakers or public charges. Can
nothing be done for these men? The cost of keeping a man in jail
far exceeds the coat of teaching a man a trade or vocation. From
this angle alone the project is well worth while.

In the majority of the bureaus nothing is done to improve the
mental condition of the inmates. With the many unemployed teachers,
professional men and craftsmen available, it Would be a simple
matter to organize an educational program.

Of course, we'll live and learn and die and forget it all,
but the younger men might get a kick out of it! ” *’1
~"Barnacle Bibi?

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Master of human destinies am I!

Fame, love, and fortune on my
footsteps wait.

Cities and fields I walk; I
penetrate

Deserts and seas remote, and
passing by

Hovel and mart and palace -
soon or late

I knock unbidden once at
every gate}

If sleeping awake - if feasting
rise before

I turn away. It is the hour of fate.

And they who follow me reach every
state

Mortals desire, and conquer every
foe

Save death; but those who doubt
or hesitate,

Condemned to failure, penury and
woe,

Seek me in vain and uselessly
implore,

I answer not, and I return no more!

—John James Ingalls.

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They do me wrong who say I come
no more

When once I knock and fail to
find you in;

For every day I stand outside
your door,

And bid you wake and rise to
fight and win.

Wail not for precious chances
passed away,

Weep not for golden ages on
the wane!

Each night I burn the records
of the day;

At sunrise, every soul is born
again}

Though deep in mire, wring not
your hands and weep;

I lend my arm to all who say
I can!

No shame faced outcast ever
sank so deep,

But yet might rise and be again
a man!

Dost thou behold thy lost youth
all aghast?

Dost reel from righteous retrib-
ution‘s blow?

Then turn from clotted archives
of the past,

And find the future’s pages
white as snow.

Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee

\. from thy spell;

Art thou a sinner? Sins may be
forgiven.

Each morning gives thee wings
to fly from hell,

Each night a star to guide thy
feet to heaven.

-Walter Malone.

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The bureau has settled down into a steady routine once more.
The hectic days of moving from Limestone Street are over. The shouting
and the tumult dies, and with the exception of the voice of "Check 'em
out" Carroll", all is peace and quiet.

Now that we're settled, letFS look things over and see what we
have. The double deck bunks are stored in the basement and single cots
are being used all over the building. Up on the third floor, the space
has been divided with wall board partitions to seperate the beds into
groups. '

In the dining room.we sit at the tables instead of lining up
cafeteria style, and waiters really wait on us. The tableware is ster-
ilized, and the upmost effort is made to keep everything spic and span.
we have one of the most pleasant and sanitary dining room and kitchen
in the country. Every precaution is being taken to avoid an epidemic.
The cooking is good, but the portions are not large and there’s no
seconds to speak of. But we get enough in the majority of cases.

The V.D.'s are new sent to camp and return each week for treat-
ment. The boys are doing well and like Camp life much better than in
the Center. The Iso quarters, the rooms for minors, and a room for the
regulars are all located on the second floor. Down in the basement, the
colored contingent are abiding temporarily and they use a portion of
the recreation room. Only the regulars and drifters are to be found
around the building these days, which makes for polyglot company at
meal times. All newoomers must leave for camp or check out.

The recreation room is large and commodious, and we have plenty
of magazines and a few books, gifts from the Boy Scouts and the tang-
ible result of Lt. Saunders campaign. Cards, checkers, and dominoes
are available, and of course, the radio. The pool table will soon be
set up for play, and up on the balcony We have a reading room and wri-
ting desks. Men who come in from other centers remark on the absolute

cleanliness in evidence here.

Several promotions have been made to
the staff. John Carroll Lowe has been
promoted to the place recently vacated
by Sergeant Snath; Fred Harps is now
Night Watchman, and Roy Taylor is Store
Keeper out at Camp. Everything is running
smoothly and efficiently with Director
Herd Byrd at the helm, and discontent
is not in evidence.

work is still going on around the
building. An extra water heater has
been installed in the basement, and
some plumbing, painting, and carpenter
work still remains to be done. We're
satisfied and contented - which is better
than being hot and bothered about trifles.
Everything is under control.

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In the kitchen we have the best cooks that have been at Carp Flue
Licks. There’s always plenty of seconds for a hungry man, and the cooks
don’t frown and say there’s no more but just how much buddy - and there's
always a smile with this crew of cooks and waiters and the food is always
of the best. (iretty good crowd at the Center, too, Buddy - Ed)

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In the kitchen we have Joe Davis as steward, om Scott as Assistant
Steward, Jerry Simpson as tastry Cook, Joe Baker as First Cook, Ed Killer
as Night Cook, Eugene Sanders as Second Cook, and George Henderson as Head
Waiter, and a lot of other good guys as assistants.

harcus Pete‘sen, Asst to Supt Dally, started furnishing free tobacco
for Jhe boys who did not make the pay roll - and mode schral of the boys
flip him nicktls to keep up the supply.

Gum.Shoe Swafford of the Camp Police Force is getting a reputation
detecting the boys coming in let on pass and with an overload of corn.

William Wilson interno at the first aid station should have been a
pile driver by the way he inoculates the boys for fever.

Chapman the Camp Tailor can do the least work and get the most money
of any man in cant.

John Hack says if they mart hin.to have his weekly pay check just
bring it to him - lo dots not want to be bothered walking after it.

Joe Snarsky, Timekecpor, wants a sunshade for his head as the sun
bloaohcs the nice hair he has!

Camp Blue Licks has become the official kennel for all the stray

dogs in Central Ksntucky.
J.W.Dully, Camp Supt, carries black jack, sawud off shotgun, club,
and knife for the ghosts moing around after dark.

James Handley, who dog robs for the supts.,
who gets his breakfgst at 9. A.M. in the morning.

Lt, Crutcho gets very military
after a hard west wind blows the
leaves around the tents.

Dr.Eick Henderson of the first
aid is getting popular as the mountain
crooner with his guitar and songs.

Jack Davis Morgan has a hard time
keeping up with his sleep of day times
and his many girl friends at night.

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John Henderson, Camp Policing
Detail Chief, is retiring soon to start
a cigarette factory with the butts he
has collected. -‘é}‘ /'

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The cover on this month’s ARK is dedicated to Equipoise - that brave
little horse who care home to Lexington the other day. As "Salvator"
expresses it: "Unbeaten? Nay! No Sunda‘ steed was he, parading down the
line of least resistance; No matter how imrense the odds might be, he
never dodged the weight, the track, the distance." he can all learn some-
thing from.Equipoise. Salut}
**$**$********$*****

The Critics Page of Contact by Neville carries an interesting article.
He argues the position of Caseworker could either be eliminated or changed
definitely to that of dispenser of relief largesse. We quote his closing
paragraph: "And why the widespread public disinterest and antipathy? ls
this not rather paradoxical in View of the Widespread economic distress
everywhere? Perhaps if the work is directed towards helping an individual
retain his self respect, to uplift hin morally, to keep up his mental
and physical being, public antipathy would change to a decided appreciation
of transients and the bureaus." Yes buddy, we were cut off the budget plan
also! he puts up a good argument on the first premise.

********************
A technical and trade school is being inaugurated in the Washington

D.C. Bureau, which will do more towards helping men than any Caseworker
could ever do!

********************

Atlanta‘s educational department new has a new unit known as the
"Bureau of co-ordination and vital statistics." Its purpose will be to
assemble data covering each class, progress made by pupils, and all the
necessary infornation that will reveal at all times just what is being
done by the pupil, any class, and the entire department. Copies will be
sent to the Caseworkers. Atlanta is sure taking their educational program
seriously. "Pilgrirn Progress" prints the news.

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The Kid west Breeze is making an appeal
for confidence in the editorial policy of w —————
the transient press. Well taken. Its our
opinion that in the majority of bureaus any
news detrimental to the prestige of the $:

buréau officials is suppressed, and the
opinions of the clients are emasculated.
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James NcDonald is still learning to fly out of a book and so is Fox,
the brown Fox. The fact that Gidley is a pilot, and Riley put in his time
too at the controls does not deter them - or even the news that a private
pilot lands his plane at St. Potersburg, Fla., and enters the bureau broke!
Its hard to get these maestros of the joy stick to talk, but Riley was in
the Foreign Legion, and also in the American Air Force in France. In one
bombing raid his squadron lest four planes out of seven.

***********************

The following opistle was mailed in the other day unsigned: ”One of
the boys seems to be leaving. A girl is trying to persuade him to stay.

A truck is waiting to give him.a lift. He kisses the girl goodbye. Stubby,
the Airedale pup comes running up to see what it is all about. Probably
thinks he is going rabbit hunting with the boy. But instead he gets a pat
on the head. While the truck moves away, the girl and Stubby stand and
gaze after it with tear filled eyes and wonder if they will ever see their
pal again." Bet that's from Bill Campbell. Can't imagine Stubby with tears
in his eyes, but you might have given us the girl's address, Bill!

***********************

Twas seven thirty of a Saturday evening, March the 9th to be exact,
and Dizzy Dean and Charley Watson were rolling down the road from camp to
town at a speed of thirty-eight miles an hour - the governor was working.
Suddenly twin lights appeared far aheaF, weaving from side to side and
also bobbing up and down, indicating great speed on the part of on approach-
ing car. Dean pulls off to the side of the road, but the oncoming car
crashes into them. It was a Chevrolet. The impact threv the truck into the
ditch. A drunken negro stagge 3 out of the car, a bottle dropping from his
pocket. Another negro remained in the ear, his chest crushed against the
wheel. Dean and Watson scramble out of the truck cab, Dean with a badly
cut hand, and Wntson scared to death, both bruised and shaken. The negro
died at eleven thirty that night. Dean called the sheriff at Paris, Ky.,
No arrests. Luckily no men were being transported in the truck.

***********************

we have noticed the begirling of a migration of young boys again,
similar to what happened la t summer. The recent balmy spring weather
has brought them out. The paternal policy of patting these kids on the
head and sending them home by bus, will no doubt, be in evidence again
else. Most of them need a swift pat on another spot, from what we have
seen of them. But we're getting old maybe - and hard boiled:

***************$*******

The hﬁnd Jenner of Florida
takes a few sly pokes at the
Conference of Bureau Officials
at Clearwater, and the cover
bears the remark:" Uncensored
and unexpected. First edition,
- and no doubt, the last."

Good clean fun and real art
work. The "Idiotorial" expresses
our feelings too. Especially
the "Nerts" part1

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There's nothing wrong with the American system of rewarding in—
dividual accomplishment with material gains, except a limit should be
established above which all neterial gains should acrue to the gov-
ernment. We thought all that out without the aid of ndrrors or sleight
of hand? So did Huey Long. Then We boiled it down to cases and real-
izcd the individual should have a say. If the government limited incomes
to a certain amount and the income stopped through no fault of tho earner
should the government be compelled to keep up that income to the certain
amount previously earned? Barnacle Bill thinks this matter should be
straightened out before he gets started!

***********************

The height of something or other comes from the New Orleans Bureau
whore We learn that Clyde Hermdngway, brother of Ernest Hemmingway the
author of "Farewell to Arms,” is night cook at the Camp.

***********************

Since our regular truck has been placed hers do combat, we are using
a hired dump truck shaped something like a bath tub in size until th£
regular Ford truck can be fixed up. Must be very convenient to dump the
boys out when they get to camp. Must find out about this}

***********************

A Director and a Caseworker Wore walking around a transient camp
and every time they passed a man or group of men the Cascw0rkor Would
say "The same to you". This procedure finally aroused the curiosity of the
Director who asked the Caseworker the meaning of this quaint formality.
"I haven't been around this camp for several months for nothing" said
the Caseworker. ”The Peak" of Colorado. The old army gag, Eh Rhat!

***********************

When I'm.dead and in my grave, weinies, weinies, will I crave.
And on my tombstone I want wrote, "Strings of weinies went down my throat."

*******************$***

"Brown" Fox, who yells ferociously
in the dining room when calling out names
for Camp, walked to the post office to get
a letter from his girl - no letter: "I
walked a mile and a half," he said,
she can go to hell."We‘ll sell you a
perfectly good letter from our best girl
for a packet of Camels: We'll even have
Walt draw a picture of her, and believe
us but she's a beauty! We swiped her off
Shorty. That will put an end to these rumors
that "you ain’t got no girl". Don’t mention
it} Always big hearted we are and ready to «~\;
help a guy out of a tight spot:

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Charles Crouch, who put in twelve years as a florist, has plante
the arrow shaped plot of ground in front of the building with flowers and
grass. It was just a pile of ashes before, but will soon blossom like a
rose. Good work, Charles. Now there's an argument going. Hick wants to
plant cabbages in the center plot!

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Camp Superintendent J.W.Dally of Camp Blue Licks is leaving us
for Louisville where he will be a caseworker, we understand. This will
leaVe Lt. Crutcher as Acting Superintendent at Blue Licks. Lt. Saunders
is leaving to take over a position with a local distillery, traveling
the central part of Kentucky. Ben voyage.

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Another man added to the Staff from the ranks. This time its Dizzy
Dean. As a truck driver he was a good one, so he's promoted and is entitled
to eat at the reserved table along with the big shots.

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This bureau is running smoothly and efficiently with a minimum of
rules and regulations which is appreciated by all. There's no monkey business
allowed however, and "Check 'cm out" Carrol is fully qualified to handle
the situation if anyone tries to get tough. We all like the new regulations
in the dining room, and a high morale is in evidence, and no discontent.

**********************

Professor J.Johnson of the Horton High School Night Clcsses came
around the other evening and gave a talk on current events that was enjoyed
by all. Over fifty of the boys gave rapt attention as the policies of
the government were discussed, and world events elucidated.

**********************

20,000 families in Detroit were placed on cash relief instead of on
commodity relief as an experiment, according to the February "Survey" —
a journal for social workers. Here's the result, we quote: "Mon clients
did not use the cash for liquor, fathers did not leave their families,
and the mothers were apparently able to feed their children over the two
week period. The relief offices were not
called upon to duplicate relief, as was
expected. After aggressive enquiries, we
could locate only seven families out
of 20,000 who had used their money for
purposes other than food. Even with
these seven cases the money had been
used with considerable more imagination
than a good caseworker could have
supplied."

Remarkable! Apparently these people
were normal human beings}

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In spite of the belief in some quarters all transients are
worthless tramps, the fact is there are many of us from.many walks of
life who can and do think sancly; have knows.success as well as failure,
and have the depth of character to take our present condition cheerfully,
the courage to face whatever is to come, and seize even the shadow of
an opportunity to get back as producing units in a national prosperity.

Social or business problems are fundamentally the same as they otro
a hundred or a thousand years ago. Eumsn nature has not changed. The present
situation is e rceetiticn of what has happened before when greed, graft, and
crookedness in high places were allowed to strangle the yublic’s buying
power.

President Roosevelt has said “Decentralize Wealth". Eco? Eot by Bol-
shevism, Socialism, or any other method of distribution that puts the
powar of cnoloymont in the hands of a few. That is the very thing we are
facing today through an unchecked monopoly of business ooportonity, creating
huge fortunes in the hands of a few, while the working, creating, producing
element of humanity are given a less and less portion of the nation’s wealth
with which to continue purchasing, to continue that circulation of currency
that is to business what the circulation of the blood is to the tody.

To look for a moans to decentralizo‘woalth, let's consider first how
that wealth originated. Let's go to the source of the river nod then decide
which branch can host be controlled and guided into irrigating the dry
financial gardens of a starving outlic.

Due to the vast acreage of open and cheap land here, farming has not
been the victim of monopoly. Competition there could not be orcfitably
killed. That branch has not caused centralized wealth, and regslation
of the farmer cannot be the means of decentralizing wealth.

ﬁining, Transportation, Utilities, and Manufacturing as a role are the
rightful field for combinations of caoital io order to produce efficiently.
However, under Gncle Sam's supervision, they should be forced to reorganize
their finances on a basis of actual assets against issued securities, he’s
an annual Federal audit, and expect fair dividends on capital actually
invested in the enterprise. They have no more right to issue securities
and declare dividends of two, five, or ten dollars for every dollar out
in, than a worker has to collect ten men's pay for his lone service.

Merchandising is a branch of the 977ff‘
business river that has been almost /; 1' ,
entirely taken OVer as the private “::L‘Eil~\“il
fishing property of the monoyolists, T“‘ - "
while the host of little merchants [~90LVVCEEE

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wha+? Slaves of the monopolists, and 2‘ siié E * 75,,
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The men who, by the power of com»
timed cagital broke the little business
man, forccd him into poverty, cry out against
the "Bow Deal" so an infringement against i~~lll,~
personal liberty etc. Their liberty to sz

rmnopolize must be curtailed, as ruthlessly killed as they killed competition.
All chain merchandising should be stopped, all forced to sell at a Federally
appraised valuation on every retail location. Open the door to hundreds of
thousands of men to invest their savings and laser in a self owned business.
Men who will live and circulate their profits in the community in which it

is collected.

Yorchandising is one huge branch of business where monopoly must be
stamped out and the opportunity to enter business on a srnll capital opened
for future generations as it has been in the past.

As to Financing as a branch of business, the renters of Uncle Sam's
money to Uncle Sam.and neighbors across the sea give the dignified banker of
tradition the smell of a pole cat and the apparent intelligence of a lens

eared quadruped. Let the Federal GOVornment cut into the banking busines
and give the public a chance to borrow and lend to and from.a responsible
party - themsclVCs.

Let us deposit our savings in the fine new post offices at 4%. Let us
go to the Government and borrow to build a home at 5% or 6% and pay 91.00
for appraisal by the tax office, another two or five dollar fee for examin-
ation of title and feel safe from sudden foreclosure without reason.

There is no overproduction, no overpopulation, no lack of work. The
greater the population, the more able we should be to consume everything
we produce if conditions allow sufficient purchasing power. America has not
finished building. We should not be compelled to live merely by dividing
jobs with each other.

President Roosevelt - The Senate - Congress - Our People - for God‘s
sake waken to the feet, before bloodshed and chaos results, that individual
opportunity in American business must be kept open. we Americans are a race
of pioneers, individualists; free men by birth, inheritance and spirit;
determined to remain free from the yoke of becoming the slave of any one
master, or facing starvation.

We realize the FERA, the PWA, the CCC and similar operations will
not bring back prosperity. They are merely the pain killing pills. Social,
political, financial, and industrial collapse is inevitable unless drastic
remedies are instituted. A major operation is absolutely necessary if we
are to obtain relief from our present ills.

Stop chain store merchandising
completely.

Take over the major part of the
banking system.

Transfer the railroads, the public
utilities, and all transportation facilities
to government ownership.

Break down the huge private fortunes
by taxation.

Until these things are done there can
be no complete financial recovery in this
country.

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The boys came down from.Camp Blue Licks and mopped up with the
Center last Sunday. we had a swell rowdy Sunday afternoon that was
enjoyed by all. Somebody played dominoes but we couldn't find out
a thing about it - the interest was in the fights.

The first fight was between Rawson of Blue Licks and Dawkins
of the Center. ﬂcLain reported the rounds as follows:

"In the first round Rawson forced the fi ht all the we . Dawkins
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seemed to be afraid he would hurt RaWSon and did not hit him very much.

Rawson landed six easy blows and Dawkins only three.

In the second round Rawson took the fight to Dawkins all the way.
There were some hard bIOWs but they only hit the air. Round two went to
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At last Dawkins wakes up in the third round. He lands a straight
to Rawson's chin then they swap blows. Rawson peels the hide from Daw—
kin's nose, then Rawson lands one to the head and a hard right to the
body. Rawson weakened in the third round but Dawkins did not follow his
openings up. With more training Dawkins looks like a coming fighter.
Rawson was adjudged the winner. Both weighed 155 lbs."

Brown of the Center and Ford of Blue Licks had the next tussle.
Both weighed 138 lbs, but Brown had never had the gloves on before.
Here’s what McLain has to say about the fight:

"This was some fight with Ford doing all the fighting. Boy oh boy,
has that Brown got the guts? and then some more guts! In the first round
Ford landed twenty blows to Brown's head and ten to the body, while
Frown landed six blows to the body and three to the head. Can Brown take
it and how? That was the best exhibition of pure guts I have ever seen.
Brown coming back at Ford and all he could see was Ford's gloves in his
face.

In the second round Brown lands two blows to Fords face and one to
the body. Then Ford started gloves from everywhere and all of them met
Brown's face and body. Brown stayed in until his seconds throw in the
towel. Winner, Ford of Blue Licks."

The next fight was one of those things. A couple of guys stood
up to each other and fenced around for hours before they got started
Here's what McLain has to say about this fight,
which was between Fammagetto of Blue Licks
and McGrmﬂ of the Center. McGraw 160 lbs
and Fcnmagetto 182 lbs.

" Round one was very tame, with each_ﬂ_

taking the other's measure. Fammagctto
started one from.the floor, but McGraw
was not there - only his glove.

Round two just like the first I
only at the last of the round Fammagetto_ﬂw’)j
landed a blow on the top of McGraw's ‘/
head. McGraw came back with a hardﬂjab t/

to Pammagetto‘s chin. A

In the third round Fammagetto swings. Boy oh Boy, MoGraw isn't
there. Then he lands two on MoGraws back, and they both get into an
argument over a cuspidor in the right hand corner and the referee
has to take it away from them. MoGraw lands a hard right to Fanma—
getto's chin and was that some sock? Fammagetto lands one on MeGrmv's
head and McGraw lends one on Fammagetto’s body. At first the fight
was declared a draw and another round demanded. Fammagetto failed
to come back. McGrew was declared winner."

The last fight was not even a fight - it was a massacre. Allen
of the Center took on McMillan of Blue Licks. They both weighed about
170 lbs, but that was the only way they resembled each other. Here's
thain's version of the affair:

"This fight was a case of the old master coming back to the ring.
All McMillan could do to Allen was to land one blow to Allen's glove.
Allen landed any time he wanted to on McMillan. McMillan stayed down
for the count in the first round."

For the benefit of the boys who read the Racing Form, and like
their sporting nCWS written in just that style here's the results
boiled down; as we saw it:

Ist race - Rawson of Blue Licks
Dawkins of the Center.
Fawson broke on top with Dawkins a close second. In the stretch Dawkins
and Rawson were running neck and neck. Rawson put on a spurt in the
stretch and won by a bloody nose.

2nd Race - Ford of Blue Licks
Brown of the Center.
Ford broke first on the rail with Brown on the outside. In the back-
stretch Brown was taking the dust from Ford. Brown was pulled up in
the stretch and Ford won in an easy cantor.

5rd Race - McGraw of the Center
Fammagetto of Blue Licks
Both McGraw and Fammagetto were left at the pest looking into the
grandstand. Just before the next race started they decided to run,
but Fammagetto went the other way so the race went to McGraw.

4th Race - Allen of the Center
McMillan of Blue Licks
Allen was off when the barrier went up, a runaway on class, McMillan
quit entering the back stretch.

So that's the results of the day’s
doings down at the Center. we had a
good time even if the matches were not
exactly big time stuff, but the boys
need a little training. It's up to Lt's
Crutcher and Saunders to find the fighters
around here and they‘re having one hell
of a time. Volunteer boys, volunteer.

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Church services were held at the Camp Recreation Hall last
Sunday evening at 6:30 P.M. The services were conducted by Marcus
H. Petersen - the cussing preacher. The services started with six
old time songs, the kind the boys know and enjoy singing. Music
was furnished by Charles Crouch on the violin, and Nick Henderson
with the guitar.

Petersen read the 15th chapter of Romans, and explained the
reading in language we boys could all understand. He did not flower
up the reading, but spoke out in plain words and explained the
lesson to us. Another thing, although we were not in church, there
was better conduct during the service than you see at any church.
The boys all come for the good it does them and everyone joined in.

After the reading we had prayers by Marcus Petersen. Then
more songs. Not just one song but several until the boys were through
singing. So you see, the boys here at camp were taught to go to
church by their mothers and fathers. Although we have no church
here in camp, we have the recreation hall, and if you had attended
service here last Sunday night, you would have felt that the Lord
was very near to us boys during the service.

Although there are finer churches, there was more spirit at
our church service than I have ever found before. There was twenty-
six present, and Marcus Petersen talked just the same as if he had
one thousand and twenty six to talk to. Some people do not care to
attend church service unless they have some minister with a big
name, but us boys are with Marcus Petersen one and all. And speaking
for the boys, keep it up Marcus.

Thomas Monroe has started a school here in camp for the boys
who cannot write their names. Monroe also teaches any sub