xt7h445hf80g https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7h445hf80g/data/mets.xml Lexington Transient Service Bureau Kentucky Lexington Transient Service Bureau 1935-01-15 volumes, 28 cm. Call Number: HV4506.K4 A75 newsletters HV4506.K4 A75 English Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection The Ark newsletters Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration Lexington Transient Bureau Homeless persons -- Kentucky -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 Homeless persons -- Kentucky -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 Migrant labor -- Kentucky -- 1929-1945 Labor camps -- Kentucky -- 1929-1945 Transients, Relief of -- Kentucky The Ark No.10, January 15, 1935 text image The Ark No.10, January 15, 1935 1935 1935-01-15 2026 true xt7h445hf80g section xt7h445hf80g

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I would lilm to tame this oppartunity to say "Hello" to the men e

the Shelter a31d Colored Quarters in Lexin;;ton and in C mp et Blue

Licks. it is my hope thr t in the nerr future I will h ve occasion
to meet more oi you personally.

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The new fi: eplace in “he Iness hall is finished and looks good. As
ve go to press the ey are waiting for fire brich to finish the back wall-
the smoke rolls out into the mes s hall, but What's little smoke?

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James liasham.checl&ed1'h' his false teeth to Nohun‘s store-room
When the new diet went into effect - Bulletin 15'

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Rates of pay have been reduced in accordance with instructions
from.ﬁashington. I st of the boys took it in good part - realizing the
pay—roll had been boosted pretty high, and a drop back to the original
schedule \ﬂS i:%CVit&DlC some day.

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Crystal sets are in evidence everywhere out at Blue Licks, and
hey Ell ret LT.A, some of them here distcm ﬁt sts-tior s. The camp radio
ir the mess hall is still goinv strong - but some of the boys like to

lie down nhi le lis toning to the progra 1? s. Hen nee the crystal sets.

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The nev barracks, the first of a series, should be finished by
the tire this goes to press. The boys have been working hard on that
project.

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Li ti 1e Joe went over to Tr. I~nt er's to go horse back riding. They
have a 831111 p01; nm ea .Rosoo, u21d Lit‘le Joe liked to have fallen
055.101 could see doyligh t betwee11 h_1 and tr sue 1e 1 sure feel
sorry for his twistiche, if it had been a little 107m go it would have
choked him. He liked to hdvc fell of twice. I guess he thought he was
riding si.de saddle. Boy, is he sore r1 its down. (Iote, the
above ite 1 was turned 1: to the ARK uns

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Virgil E3 ewell mes in charge of the laundry the other day when
George ”cleb brought doxnx th 0 par ts he Ivore on the ni.ght of the fiasco.
EZowell refused to wash tine punts 31d ndw Geerro is th inking of putting
the matter before the :fxecut ive LOWthCCC on Into rnal Affairs - 11 you
get what we mean.

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Great exeitere.ot last Xr-ns the nMr. Hunter brought his horse Andy
over to crmp. Jerryt O'Day has VOU ed ﬂthe best cowboy of them.all, being
able to swirg up into the saddle from.the ground, making a complete
turn a la Tom.hix. The boys galloped.1ndy all over the grounds, having
a great tlLB, and Andy was very good natured during all the maneuvers.
Charles'hatkins also came over on Chief. Quite a horsemen's day in camp.

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What a time we had on Xmas n'ght whl 1the time care to blow taps
time buy 10. All tilie buglers were out on pass , so Mohun blew the old
S;&”Mdby, the british Less Call, and we blow the Pancho Villa charge
call, but nobody toe: rmch notice. All those still left in camp had
gone to bed long ego:

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Gilbert Keith :oes to church at Blue Licks instead of staying
at camp, although ' have tWo preachers Must be the congregation that
interest Gilbert. Gould it be the girls:

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Santa Claus 3ot tie bird over a‘ Richipnd. It happened thus: A
score of egr 0 children, bei Lg; tHTtJlLC» at a Christmas party in the
negro tra;1sient camp there, shouted their disapproval of a convention-
ally attire d it Pick, above whose snOW3 whiskers gleaned the ebony
ieatu res of n of their own race.

Santa Claus, the3r protested, was a white man. Otherwise the
arty was a success. (/hot one come over the radio)

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Here's food for thought. lt's sioncd by ”Payne", the editor of
Transient Comment of Uoline, Ill. "And so, my friend, you and l are
marked men from new on. To the longest day we live our friends will
say of us ”1 know them when they ate in a soup line.” The thing for
us to do is to keep as quiet as we 03;. Eventually people will find
"cn they do, many of them will look down on us as

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social inferiors, and socially we will never amount to a tinker's
dam. Whether you believe it or not is entirely up to you."

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ack to the broad line for the ”Eig ShotsH of the bureau. The
budget plan, in effect for some time now and affecting ten men in
key positions, has been discontinued in the interest of economg. Woe
is ust "Line up Por tLe second mess, you hozos," we can hear John
Carroll call. There's nothing can be done about it. Well, goodbye
civilized livingk Goodbye, friends on the outside who thought we
wor”ed for the :ovornmen t Transients once again. But it was good
while it lasted.

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Flash: Just as we write this, in comes the new food bulletin
for January. Te looked it over and it seeps to be the berries. Swelp
me Anna - but there’s coffee three times a day on all the menus:
Gorblimei meat all over the shop. Pies and cakes and vegetables and
bread too. Let’s stick around fellers. They are doin' right by our
Well it seems .

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Some time this month we shall move into the new Center - some

it Shelter - over at 3rd and Walton. Three floors and plenty
rindows, and surrounded by railroads, coal yards, and lumber yards.
It's way out on the other side of town from which you will arrive —
most of the boys come in over the Southern - so out of towners please
note and change your route if you want to save yourselves a long walk.
Tverything in the bureau will be under one roof.

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After all, a government which required millions of men to
give up everything to go abroad and fight in mud and filth should
net kick at providing them with jobs at living wages at least equal
to that they received While preparing for deathi

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the editor
over the radio - it's Thomas \
" nro and Ttubby, Whiskers \"
and everythin', giving their
famous impersonation of a

bloke waiting for his son to
rescue him from the poorhouse.

T H E L O G B O O K

Stubby, the airedale pup, saw a fur coat on a lady at Camp Blue Licks
the other day and almost barked his head off. Thought it was a whole flock
of rabbits, or maybe a bear. The pigs, sheep, turkeys, and other specimens
of domestic and wold life around the camp are now used to Stubby, and take
no more notice of his antics. The Lt.'s two bird dog pups are great pals of
Stubby. He takes them hunting.

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They're cutting out paper dolls at Blue Licks these days: We found
John Mohun’s apartment tastefully decorated with magazine covers, the
decorating being done by Vernon Chamberlain, who cut out the ladies' heads
with much artistic skill. We counted over a hundred heads on the wall, and
the roof has not yet been.touched. There's also pictures of ships, and
shelves everywhere, both wood and tin, and the place is very attractive.
(Somebody said it looked like a Sailor's dream of heaven.) His apartment is
really half of the supply shack, and is as interesting as Mr. Curtis‘
museum. John received a gift from the Captain of a number of parts for the
clock he recently purchased. (As a Xmas gift!)

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Ray Blades, who used to preside in the hallway at Fudley School, has
gone home to work in a steel mill.

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On the inside cover of the Friend, Camp Commerce, Ga., we noticed a
poem by Henry Smith. "The Roamers”. We printed this poem in our first issue,
back in June, and Hank wrote it. Can it be that Hank is down in Georgia?
Drop us a line you rascal and let's hear from you. Bill Schmidt is in New
York, working. We know it's you because the wording is in the original.

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The boys in the Center have a pool table to dis-
port upon, but out at camp we were besieged with re-
quests to help them get all kinds of things. They
want cards, dominoes, crib boards, a cornet to lead
the singing, a piano, a sewing machine, some
Western magazines, a couple of ponies, and a
group of Follies girls to put on a Show every
Saturday nightﬁ Some bows and arrows so Tackett
and Tackett can play Indians would not be amiss,
and also some scissors to cut out some more
paper dolls. We promised we would write up
their requests in the ARK. Well, here 'tisl

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Looking at that pool table reminds us
that Mohun lost his tie on Xmas'night, and
after raising all kinds of hell, feund it in
his hip pocket. It was a green tie, but was
his face red:

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1. Kick Stockes. Chef 1e Lure. J is rot on1y a veteran of tlie Fig/
War, but before that, clone time in the Creek frmy. He says he was a
wet nurse to a pair of army canaries. Said they used English mules
ten feet high. Had to climb a tree to set on their backs. Fifteen
soldiers to a rule Without crowding. The secret is out as to how the
Greeks cornered the Cleo house racket in this country. A Greek
Sergeant sviped a shi, load of those big mules durinl the Greec-
Turko fuss and steered Vest until he hit New York. The surely of mule
for ”biff stew” killed off competition. In a Greek lunch room in New
York during 1927, some one yelled ” whoa in Prreek, and the ”Biff"
stopped so sudden four people choked to death.

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2. Clifford Gid1.ey .Lovs, here's what E call a game guy. Any of you
birds who whi:.re about a pimple on your neck, or the loss of luxuries
you once had — stop and think. Cliff was an aviator, and I'm telling
you no one knovs the feeling of being King of the whole damn works
until he has handled the controls up there. Cliff crashed, and came
out of it a Frounded cripple - an earle chained to a rock. But does
he whine? Hell, NO. You'll alve ays find Cliff ready to laugh witn you.
his work without a squawk, and keeps his troubles behind him.

, old boy, you‘ve got ”guts”, an l’m proud to call you buddy.

3. Churlie T“ex. He and Cliff are the cooks here. Charlie has a terrible

case on a cal "p nowth, and does he keep them busy in the new P.Q.?

o heals his lett ers vith Nearest, Oar i.n"est, Sweetest, etc., For

half a pace, then twelve pages repeating ”I love you", and finishes like
ms uper installments - to he continued tomorrow.

4. Roy Taylor. D? the ”Chicago Potter” Taylors. He has a little twin
brother in charge o? the colored boys. He's called the "Storekeeper"
here, though nobody’s Been able to catch hiﬁ selling anything yet.

Theo ther side of his family is the Hatters, but their creditors pressed
them and they went to the cleaners. He must be reaping a set of wild
oats he sowed, by the frequent issue of the product for breakfast.

5. A. Vilhoite. A care ul, conscientious, coffee cooker. Concentrates
on coffee concoctions. he says the chef wont let him cook coffee by his
own recipe. He maintains that to two gallons of coffee should be added
3 oz. of caster oil, one oz. of sultpetre, four well aged eggs, a ten
cent bottle of ten shoe polish, one bulb of garlic chopped fine, and

a half oz. of sulphuric acid for aroma. Thanks, Ihei, for the interfer~
once. Your blocking saved us from a mean to ckle.

6. Ira Sheppcrd. Chief ‘nyineer of the dishwashers. He’s a good kid,
not afraid of work anml always there with a grin. Another game boy, like
Cliff. Some of these people who think transients are all "riff-ruff”
should know some of these boys. They eon "take it" and come back when

lot of their detractors would be taking the Hgas pipe route.”

Bill Carey.

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”Sore dein's, out at tamp this Christmas,” said Barnacle
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Bill, a l L‘ull of enthusiasn , as he barged into our sanctum

and sxwip ed our only Christme s cigar. "The boys certainly did

themselios proud; Speeches, singinT, preaching, cussing, turkey,
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presents , and scads of fun. Had the time of my life.
”Begin at the beginning,” we requested.

”dell, ” said Bill, "I got out there on Christmss Eve aboutr
6:50 and made a b ine for the messhall. round Marcus Peterw
in there .ith a o sixty of the camp boys, all singing their
heads 01f on 3 Ch: stmis Carol. Peterson was standing on a bench
“aving his arms and just about reary to take eff for heaven.
Henderson was vhanTinV away on his guitar keef ins time. They had
bib?es s and two preachers, hey. :Ierold R. Cline and
the Yev 7 both members of the camp. The air vas full of
Hallelujahs 3nd praise the Lord's, and to got to singing in a
quartet Tith Campoell, i"l:.”1“1<,e.nd Hohun until we found we always
finished way head of the ottLQrs, so ve quit ginning and listened.

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”That vas a hrenk for them- Then what we prompted.

”It was about ti no to go to oed vhen the meeting broke up,”
said bill, "but the boys had only just started. Led by Peterson
they went all around 0:1mp, sir ging Christmas carols. 1e couldn't
find anybody drunk, so 10 ’nnt to bed. 0 expected to find the
a rip snorti1g humor, bei unL: Christmas, but they surprised
us and h Tselvrs too, so guess. Everyoody was pcrfe ctly sober

"Did it last thrOUgh Chris m.s?” we asked.

"Absolutely,” said Bill. "The next morning went over to

the LcConnell’s and found Charlie 1".ratkins and Otis‘ daughter,
Lilian, had done ot maLried the night bef ore. Fine couple tilCSC

two. So no wishedC thzm uck and a large ft mily, and went back

ate and ate a s cond Chri.stmss dinner. Jice people the McConnell' .
About fifteen of thc: boys went over that evening and raised hell
with dishpans s a “Cd‘l?” celeoro ation. They vould have stayed all
night but it raim whic h -nas a break for Cho rles and Lilian."

w.”hat lrind of a dinner did they have at camp?" we enquired.

CHRISTMAS AT CARP

Here‘s where Bill really got enthusiastic. ”Boy, howdy," he ex—
claimed. ”We had turkey, tons of it, and giblet gravy, and candied
sweet potatoes, green beans, pineapple delight, cream of tomato soup,
cranberries, mincemeat pie, Christmas cake, coffee, and candy. Bob
Shepperd, the smallest guy in camp, got four helpings of turkey and
trimmings. Stubby buried dozens of drum sticks all over camp. The
cooks worked like hell. Mason picked a barrel of black walnuts for the
Christmas cake, and Anderson baked all the pies and cakes. Rhodes,
Kralovic, Chamberlain, and Blackie cooked turkeys, vegetables and
things till you could smell them down to Blue Licks." Bill's mouth
was still wateringE

"What happened after the dinner?" we asked.

"Plenty,” said Bill. "Petersen got up a collection for the boys
who had not yet received a payday, so they could have smokes for
Christmas. That was a kindly thought. Pill Campbell went to Carlisle
for dinner at his best girl's, and missed all the good things said
about him and the cooks. It was a hilarious dinner party. Mrs.
Crutcher, our adopted camp mother, was there too, having the time of
her life apparently. She gets a big kick out of the boys, and that's
one reason why the extra hilarious ones kept to their tents later in
the day. She's a good influence."

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00 the boys behaved well," we remarked.

”Let me tell you semething," said Bill. "These men are the same
as I've met in the army, in construction camps, on board tramp stearmrs,
and on windjammers in the old days. They're men first, they respect
women, they believe in wholesome fun, and they are putting up a good
front in the face of conditions that would cause a lot of their detractors
to take the gas route. They can be compared to any class of men you can
pick out and they'll come out on top. They’re a good gang out at camp."

”Any entertainments?" we asked.

”The boys had a Christmas tree, decorated with ornaments and
everything, including presents. It was erected in front of Headquarters
tent. Mohun received a horse, but the horse got away and only left his
trademark. Cigarettes fro some, and a bottle of castor oil for George
Mcﬁabb. -

"After supper, which was a real
supper, not sandwiches, we had a Show
in the mess hall. Lt. Crutcher was the
M.C. and a good one too. It started
with a sing, the boys are great on
singing, and then went into one of
those fool contests that had everybody
howling with laughter. Mohun and Wells ,'
were blind folded and set on chairs on /
a table, and fed each other with jello. /
It got in their hair and ears, but Wells _
won the contest. The Lt. had planned om
switching'Well's jello for soft soap a
the last moment, but Mrs. Crutcher was
sitting in the background with tears
rolling down her face.

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and the Lt. was afraid of the vocabuliry of Hohun under tte
circumstancest like Sharp and Frolovio were the next victims
with minoemeit pie. host of the pie went down Nike’s back — he
was on expert ducker so he Won the contest. They were more fun

than a barrel of monkevs."

"Then we had a session of Nick Henderson and his guitar and
mouth organ. He is on uccomolished entertuinor, and his stuttering
gags and songs brought down the house. This boy really knows his
stuff when it comes to mountain music, and we'll put him against
any radio performer we ever heard.

”Themes :unr and Stubby, the John Barrymore and Rim Tin Tin
of Blue Licks Comp, put on their fame s set with the Assistance
of Fain and Evans. It was voted one of the best shows of the even-
ing. This was supposed to close the entertainment, but the boys
had only just rot wormed up, 3nd Mike Sharp, with "his left hand

foot with a right hand drive" put on a top deuce and breakdown
that was a wow. Fain and Evans also joined in but Hike danced them
down, and wee adjudged the winner amidst wild yells.

the evening by singing the old tint songs, "How dry I am”, ”ﬂail,

hail, the wang'r all here", "See t ﬁdeline", and then wound up

"By this time the party Was in an uproar, and we finished

5t" and a “rarer from.?oterson'who save thanks
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“So that's what huppened in ﬁluo Licks on Christmas,” we
"Trobnb.y a little different to most people’s idea of a

mused.

trans i ent cone .
"Yes," said Bill, "but +his camp is run dif?erent. Eany of

the men have been here some time, and there's no swelled heads

at this camp. duperintendent Jobs 3. Dally and Lieutenant Crutoher

have developed a spirit of ccwnrudie among the men that helps

everybody. it’s more like a b'v family, and all pull together."

"We're all human," went on Fill, "and we all have our faults.
These men are not staying in comp because hey prefer it to
working on regular jobs - there are no regula jobs for mrly of
them. Until sormthing is done to break up this impasse, it's
the best thing that can be found to be done - and they're all
making the test of it. toybe they‘ll all be at work on regular
jobs by next Christmas. Let‘s hope so."

Bill stopgod and lit the cigar he had swiped from us. "Yes
sir," he said, ”it was one hell of a good
Christmas if you ask me."

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We never see anybody around us we dosh through on the truck,
but must be some activity, judging from the children who
attend Blue Licks School.

One mile long — commencing at Blue Licks Service Station
and continuing to Dick‘s Place. Beyond the bridge not
counted. Out of bounds. In between, if you‘ll look closely,
you‘ll find one school, one hotel, four Wells, three houses,
a church, and eight gasoline pumps. Bounded on North, South,

best, and Best by Kentucky and the Licking River.

Nothing “high" at about Blue Licks. Here's the "low" down
about the place. Good hunting near the bridge. Ask Jerry.

d since the introduction of the com .

Considerebly improve
hand goods brisk.

ﬁcrket for second

Must be some but they cant compete with John Kohun, hence
considered unnecessary in cam..

Here preachers in com; than in Blue Licks, but weddings
must take place down the road in the little church around
the bend. Jerry C‘Dcy and Bill Campbell expected to attend
church any day now.

Blue Licks once fungus for it‘s mineral waters — one drink
and you went to bed. Hence the hotel. 30 objection to sleep-
ing in the grass if you haven’t the price of a room.

Haven't been able to find any.

Run both ways. Kuch used by the camp boys after payday.

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That's an airport?

She Blue Licks School, Dick's Place, Blue Licks Service
Station, and George M Feb. If you don't like those, ask
Jerry O'Day to Show you around, or sit in the smoke and
listen to the radio in the mess hall.

A home remedy, made of various seeds, passed through a
copper tube into n gasoline drum, makes a good nerve tonic,
rendering the services of a doctor unnecessary. Except, of
course, our own Dr. Clark, Who is Willinr to operate at
any time if given half a chance. Natives prefer their own
nerve tonic.

3.0.M. - meaning "word of mouth". Always on
rumors than ever come up in the Army during
that's 100% efficiency.

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