The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
,87 VALIANT HEROES
ENTRAIN WEDNESDAY
Perhaps the Most Enthused of All Con-
tingents Thus Far We're the Bunch
This Week for Camp Funston

Eighty-seven more of st. Francois
county's splendid young men entrained
from this city Wednesday afternoon
for Camp Funston. The full list of
names and addresses were published
in The. Times last week, which is
practically correct, so that we will
l'omit publishing the names again now.
Thousands of people, from all parts
Of the county, We're here to bid the
tboys goodbye and good luck, and
bravely did all perform that trying
task. A.,-,+r, 49,.
Each additional contingent that
have entrained from this county has
appeared to- be well up to the origi-
nal contingent, even though the first
contingent was thought to be the fin
! est bunch of young Americans that
had ever been gotten together. But
| Wednesdays contingent appeared ey-
en- to excel all other contingents in
their irrepressible desire to "go over
the top" in pursuit of the Huns. They
were so filled with "pep" and patriot
! ism that it was impossible for them
! to restrain their enthusiasm, and The
Times predicts that it will be n sorry
i time for the Huns who may be so un-
fortunate as to meet the boys who left
here Wednesday-perhaps on the bat
tle-fields of Germany.
It was indeed an inspiring sight to
watch the organization of those splcn-
did young heroes into travelling groups
while the final preparations were
being made. They did not appear
like drafted men, according to the old
conception of that term. Nor were
they. They appeared to be that their
country was now in need Of their
services, and quite willingly-even
anxiously--did they respond. That
the patriotic fervor of st. Francois
county is rapidly increasing was
abundantly attested by the company
of heroes that were entrained here
Wednesday.
Even many of the older citizens,
who will come under the increased
draft age, appeared to be genuinely
sorry that they were not permitted TO
go with this contingent, whose de-
parturc was marked by so much gen.
uine enthusiasm. The travelling or
ganization was perfected by the Sc
lection of William L4e Wood, !. Of
.fBonnc Terre, as Captafn. The squad
leaders were as follows: Luther E.
Asher of Leadwood, Sterling Welch
Chalk of Pennington, Jesse Elvins
Ketcherside of Desloge, Hugh Earl
Williams of Desloge, VIM. Carleton
Morris of Bonne Terre, Samuel Ester
Govro of Bonne Terre, Harvey VIM.
Richardson of Route l, Bonnie Terre,
Thomas Francis Papin of Flat River,
August VIM. Herbst of Route l, Farm
ington, Harry Lewis Welland of Flat
River, Virgil Elijah O'Bannon of Knob
Lick.
A Patriotic Soldier-Wif
Not all the patriots and true-blood-
ed Americans are in the trenches in
France, in the training camps or sail
ing the briny deep. No, neither are
they all men.
, There is one beautiful young lady
in Pennington whose husband is in
training at Camp Funston preparing
to go over there. She is also a mu-
: sician of great repute. Wednesday
! morning when the eighty-seven young
, men gathered at the Court House
preparatory to leaving for Camp Funs.
} ton, they decided that some music to
keep up their spirits would be alto.
gether fitting and proper. According,
", they sent for the above named
young lady, Mrs. Lee Rariden, wht
entertained them for some time will
l.er pleasant accomplishment on th'
. piano.
, During the time that Mrs. Raridel
was playing, Samuel Estes Govro, O
Bonne Terre, one of those who left
thought that some appreciation shoult
: be shown to her. Among the boy
t he took a collection which totalet
: $6.65. This he presented to Mrs
: Rariden.
e Being unwilling to accept it, Mrs
= Rariden announced, through Mr.. Clar
!. ence Marshall, that she was unwilling
t Ito accept the purse as a gift to her
al self, but as she had husband in tn,
/ service, she would accept it and do
: nate it to the Red Cross. This she did
Mrs. Rariden in thus doing has rem
dered double service-entertaine,
!. our soldiers and helped the Red Cross
> 1t is said that on account of the goot
, work of Mrs. Rariden that the groul
Of men who left Wednesday left ii
better spirits than those Of any pre-
vious group. It is such things as .thil
that brings the appelation Of patrio
4 and .true-blooded American. Woult
: that we had an army of women lik'
) Mrs, Rariden. y s,~. ,.a@,a.
~ taAi ~ +. --~r-T- ~ gsi%
d ~ A. Red Gross representative. wa
I permitted, to sddress the boys, tellinl
them, many things IN regard to the di
: versified work of that great organ