THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917
NUMBER 20
From Our Soldiers
Headquarters
Company "A” 154th. Infantry
39th. Division, Camp Beau
regard, Louisiana.
Camp Beauregard, La.
Nov. 28, 1917.
Mr. W. W. Raney,
McCrory, Arkansas.
Dear Sir and Friend:
A few lines to let von know
that I have not forgotten that
you folk at home still want to
hear from Company “A.”
Aside from a few cases of
measles and mumps the mem
bers of this organization are in
the best of health. I have been
told that quite a few of the folk
at home were very uneasy,
owing to the fact that a number
of unbased reports have been re
ceived there, as to the welfare
of the home boys. Any such
reports that are not true cause
anxiety at home I am sure and
if these are continuously kept
up, I am of the opinion that it
will in time cause a censor of the
mails even to our relatives for
the Government does not want
misleading statements relative to
the health of our soldiers, sent
out. Someway, that I do not
understand, reports that are
very untrue get out. I have in
mind at present a case that just
happened yesterday. The father
of one of the boys in this com
pany wired to the _Captain stat
ing that he had just heard of the
death of his son and to let him
know if this were true and if so
the cause of his death. Imme
diately the Captain sent the
anxious father a telegram stat
ing that his son was very much
alive and getting along fine.
This is just a sample of some of
the false reports that get out.
Reports that are not Official are
not true reports and one may be
assured that in such case as the
above, that the proper authori
ties will make the proper re
ports concerning. I don't know
if it has been reported that we
have or not but we have no men
ingitis in this Company. This
morning's report showed that
we have 234 men in this organi
zation. Our authorized strength
is 250, making us due 16 men to
fill the company.
Our company is doing some
good work and there is a marked
unprovement in it's showing. I
suppose that censor would pre
vent my telling you just what
kind of work we are doing but
sufficient to say that we are
learning some things that we
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Tomorrow being Thanksgiving
of course we are to have a holi- j
day and are to also have a real
Thanksgiving dinner. We are
to have a turkey dinner and!
everything that^hould go with it j
however even with that I am
sure that every one of us would j
rather eat it with homefolk.
The division is still under
quarantine, but that is about the
quickest way to stamp out
measles and mumps I suppose.
Of course no one knows, but it is
not likely that the quarantine
will last very long.
We are having a much needed
rain. The dust was beginning
to get pretty bad and the ram
came just in time.
Our boys are receiving wool
clothing and just as soon as pos
sible for them to be obtained all
the boys will be fully equipped.
The Government does the best
possible at all times for Her boys
and at any time they fail to give
the proper clothing it is simply
due to the fact that they can't
get them. Within a very short
while I think there will be
enough for everyone.
Hoping that this finds all the
people of that territory enjoying
best blessings in health and hap
piness, I am,
■ Your friend,
Sgt. Elmo C. Marsh.
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home on furlough returned
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A Good Pastor Going, One
of Like Kind Is Coming
It becomes necessary in the
lives of us all that at some time
we part from friends that have
grown dear to us, friends that
we have learned to love, friends
that it has been a pleasure to
work with and be associated
with; this is the condition that
confronts us when we have to
say goodbye Brother Lark, his
good wife and two lovable girls;
we love them for the interest
they have taken in their work,
for the interest they have taken
in us as a people and for the
many kindnesses they have
shown. We can say with all
candor that we are losing a real
Pastor, one who has taken a
great interest in all phases of
Church work, who has always
been “there,” who stood for the
best of every thing for his peo
ple, and we appreciate the co
operation of his good wife, who
has been a helper in all things
pertaining to the Church interest
and while we lose them for
awhile, we know those who re
ceive them will benefit by our
loss and we heartily commend
them to the good people of He
ber Springs.
And as we lose, we also gain, *
we weep with those who leave
and rejoice with those who are
coming in the persons of Bro. J.
R. Nelson and his good wife
who are so well known to us all
to need no introduction; our
hearts are open, our hands
stretched out to them in loving
welcome, remembering their
pleasant stav with us and we
are so glad to get them back
again, our memory is full of their
loving kindness and we rejoice
to know they will be with us,
and should they love us only a
small part of what we are ex
pecting to shower upon them
then we will feel that they will
consider themselves fortunate in
coming to McCrory. May the
blessing of Heaven rest upon
those who go and those who
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