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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23
a FEW ITEMS OF
NEWS FROM ACUTE

The rainy, cloudy weather still ex-
lists in this part Of the country. Ev-
eryone is longing for clear sunny
DAYS once more.
Miss Rita Metcalfe is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. Davis,
near Rails this week.
Bro Metcalfe is very poorly this
week with appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Evitt attended
services at Idalou Sunday morning
and went to O. +. Eubanks' for din
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. p. Rush went
home with Bro. Stricklin Sunday
morning from church.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. r. Pounds motor
ed to Lubbock Friday.
l.. s. Evitt and wife motored to
Lubbock Saturday evening.
w. b. and c. W. Evitt started to
Billings, Montana, Monday morning
on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. G. Selman and
children visited in this community
Sunday.
Emery Selman spent the night
with his aunt, Mrs. l.. S. Evitt. Sat
urday night.
Mrs. L. S. and Mrs. +. o. Evitt
called on Mrs. Elmer Rush Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Clark Rush visited Mrs. S.
Rush Monday.
Mr.. Earl Sides, Of East Texas. ls
staying with his uncle. W. n. Will
liams and picking cotton.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rush
Oct. 13. a fine baby boy. Mother
and volney T., are doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. o. Evitt visited
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Evitt Sunday
Bro. Chisholm preached an excel
lent sermon Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. +. Rush visited
Clark Rush and wife Sunday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

Il. c. James. a pioneer farmer and
stockman Of Lovington, N. NJ, IL III
IN a local sanitarium. Mr. James will
probably undergo an operation this
week.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

r. b. Haynes, Of the Lynn County
News, came up Wednesday 10 help
the Avalanche over n tight place In
the job department. We we're abso-
luleiy swamped and could get no ex-
ira printers. 80 Mr. Haynes came 10
our relief. We turned out nice
bunch ~ publicity for Lynn county
in the shape Of booklet advertising
Lynn County. This literature viii
be distributed al the Cotton Palace
NJ Waco the coming week
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

Spikes and Lewis, over the Far
mcrs Natl. Bank, want TO sell you
whatever you want in real estate: No
deal too large or too small TO claim
our careful attention. I'll
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

r.. X. Arnett left today for Mule
shoe, where he goes TO visit few
DAYS with relatives and attend to bus
mess matters.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs S. Lester Quinn, Miss
Adeline Bellah, Grace Howard and
Louie f Moore motored to Slaton
Wednesday evening.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23

spikes and Lewis have improved,
unlmprnved lands. IN convenient size
tracts, In al parts Of the county. Zee
their llsl and got their prices before
you buy III
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
"R. Az Good Work.

We have all seen. read and heard
OF the wonderful work of the Red
Cross nurses in this great war. Now
let's turn and see what the physio-
therapy aids of the reconstruction
department are doing under the di-
rection of Lieut.. Stewart.
We have come to that period of
readjustment of industry and labor
when our great nation must be put
upon normal basis again. But be-
fore than can take place, the physical
reconstruction of man power, which
is the most important aspect of re-
adjustment, must be accomplished.
Some OF the men who answered
their country's call and went across
the great pond to fight for freedom
and democracy have come back ply
sically unfit to fill their old posi-
tions. Who is going to fit these men
to go back to their old jobs? Why,
It's the "R. AS" that busy bunch OF
girls in the blue uniforms, who have
always got a smile for you when you
come for treatment. They never tire,
because their job is to get the kinks
and stiffness out of those arms, legs
and backs. This, they accomplish by
baking, by electric or hydrothea-
peutic treatment, by massage or COR
receive orthOpedic exercises las each
individual case may require.
IL you have ever been around the
physical reconstruction department
and seen some OF the cases that come
for treatment you would think it an
utter impossibility to hope Co cure
than. but after q few days you can
aen decided Improvement, 10 boys
lets Elxe khxse bis cheers tor the
**s 8s#
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
OVERHEAR DANIELS TALK WITH
AVIATOR, $50 MILES AWAY
Wireless Phone Conversation Is Picked
Up" by Convalescents IN School In
PBlock-Norment Among Them.

about to talk and we'll have to get out
Of the way"
After that the aviator burned his ma
chine in the other direction and, al
though he continued to talk. his words
were not as ineligible as before. Lieut..
Crowley said that this was sometimes
the case, although the aviator did not
always have to face the direction in
which he was sending the message in
order to be hear6
II was regarded as q very unusual
''pick- up" as talking by wireless is not
generally INDUCED in nowadays except
as an experiment, especially at such a
long distance.
In the wireless telegraphy, however,
things are quite different, and on the
Same antennae used for telephone the
boys here have picked up messages COM
ing from Liverpool and even from Italy.
Getting messages from New Orleans 10
O simple matter. Sergt. John w. Rowe
Ia one of the instructors In this branch,
In which the wounded are greatly In
terested.
Work is now being done on the in
etallation Of q plant which viii send
messages principally by ground waves.
the new theory being that IS per cent
of the waves go through the ground and
only 8 per cent through the air, even
with the old apparatus.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
NEW SPORT FIELD
PROPOSED FOR BASE

At a meeting at the Base Hospital
on March z, called-by Capt. G. w.
Ramaker, chief of the educational
service at the Base, athletic activi-
ties for men at the Base and thera-
peutic calisthenics were discussed.
Capt. Ramaker. Lieut.. e. D. Nc
Donell, recreational officer at the
Base; Mr.. B. s. Walton. camp athletic
director: Mr.. Sampsell Of the eRd
Cross, and Mr.. Harris of the Y. M. c.
A. were present.
The matter of laying out new
athletic field that will be larger and
better than the old one on the hill
for the detachment was taken up and
the plans for such a field are now
under consideration.
Provided the big new field now
under consideration materializes. the
athletic activities Of the GONZALES
stricted to the old field on the hill.
Activities in this quarter will be
looked after by Mr.. Sampsell. who
has but recently resigned his COM
mission with the artillery. The
volley bali court Is already in use
and tennis court is now under con-
struction. A golf course Is also un-
der construction. The latter 10 high
" recommended for the orthopedic
cases where walking is prescribed.
Convalescent men are prohibited by
an order just issued from participant
ing in sports with the detachment
men. as the latter huskies would
naturally fire the ambition of the
convalescents beyond their endur-
, ance. All convalescent men will carry
a card describing their disability and
the exercises to be avoided and will
not be allowed to participate in any
sport contrary to the instructions on
the card. All cards will have to be
shown before play is started.
All athletics will be under the gen.
eral direction of Mr.. Walton. who
will, in addition, arrange the Calls
thenic lessons for the classes now be-
ing formed. These classes are being
formed by the placing of men of
like injuries in the same class, and
the exercises for each class will be
different, according to their needs.
Mr.. Sampseil and Mr.. Harris will in
struct these classes.
1t SHOULD be remembered by the
men at the Base Hospital that when
athletic goods are needed for short
time they should be borrowed by the
detachment men from Mr.. Harris at
the .fY" and by the convalescent men
from Mr.. SampseH at the Red Cross.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20

There is not much doubt about the
future of the library at the vocational
school at the base"
More than 5000 volumes will be at
the service of the patients through the
arrangements made by Miss Bowman,
the representative of the A. L. A.
These will be stored on the shelves at
the school reading room and in the
Red Cross house.
About 1000 books will be of serious
nature.
Some Of the boys are studying Span
ish grammar; others are probing into
the mysteries of economies: others are
delving into Homer's Odyssey. while
some of the Italians are taking with
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
Who Really Fought the Hung

You've read about the generals in this Euro
pean war,
They've talked about brave cOlOnels and Of
many, many more
You've heard about the general star. about
the battles won.
But when you analyze the talk. who really
fought the Hun?
Who lived in lousy trenches in mud that was
nigh knee deep?
Who manned the blooming hre step. with
others sound asleep?
who went out into mo mans land" made
prisoners Of the foe,
And tOted q blooming pack around wherever
they did go?
Who worked for thirty bones month. while
wiley howled for more?
Who lived and died in slime and CRIME whose
feet were always sore:
Who went across at zero hour to get filed full
of shot?
If so-who got an unknown grave in some
rat-ridden spot?
Who brandished the bayonet who threw the
hand-grenade,
Whe dug the blooming trenches. who admin
istered first aid
Who got the gas the Huns released. who
faced the liquid fire,
Who semaphored the messages, who cut the
darn'd barbed wire?
Who slept with rodents in their bed, who ate
the Army slum?
Who camounaged the sniping posts as bullets
whfzsd and hunlsd3
Don't tell me of the generals. Of heroic deeds
Just snswrr iais eas question. who really
's' carr HOWARD ]. BoLTz.
Il. 8. Infantry 1918.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20

When Secretary Daniels was sitting in
ml8 ufaoS In the Navy Department.
washington. the other day. talking with
~ aviator $50 miles away over Hamp-
son g0&ds by wireless telephone he was
overheard by Hillyer Norment. q patient
mk thb Base Hospital
Normenz and other convalescent
wounded were with Lieut.. Francis M.
Erowzey, Master Signal Electrician FL.
bridge Bacon and others In Pie, the
wireless station, when peculiar whistle
III calg was heard.
'LAk's zee what this lie. boys" said
khe lieutenant.
An hands were at attention ana pretty
5000 the olficer heard q voice say:
ss9kand ready, sir: the Secretary OF the
Navy win now talk with YOU"
naank away Mr.. Daniels voice was
heard &o say: Hello. 10 1t very cold up
kaersT And when the pilot said that II
wm@ s@kher chilly the Secretary wanted
ia knew just where he was. so he re-
Billed hat he was $50 miles away.
Guess, well have to ring on, now.
aald the Secretary, ''as Arlington 10
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
Red Cross Dance.

On Thursday night, March 13, the
Red Cross gave a dance for the men
of the medical detachment at the Red
Cross Convalescent House. The affair
was greatly appreciated by the men.
Private Mills was heard to ask Joe
Brannigan: Say, Joe, lend me two
bite. will you. l. want to go to the
dance tonight and haven't any to-
bacco."
Chaplain Jenkins of the base hos
pital held communion in the base 'Y''
on Sunday. A large number attended
the service. A chorus OF the ladies of
the reconstruction department. as
sisted by some OF the men, helped
make the service attractive. The
choir was directed by Mrs. Stearns.
A new member of the staff of the
base "Y" Is James Ferguson, who
served eight months with the Ameri-
can troops overseas.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
LIEUT.. JOHNSON BRAVEa
OF Co. |, SAYS GRAHAM

Edward Graham of Company !, 313th
Infantry. is back in BIB block. after
spending several months in France,
and he says the bravest fellow he
ever saw at the front was Second
Lieut.. johnson OF his company.
johnson fought the Germans with
out fear" he said, land the men be-
hind him realized the fact and pushed
on all the harder because of the lead
ership Of this young officer. His home
is in Harrisburg, Pa. and / was told
later, in the hospital, that he was
made battalion commander before the
close of the war"
Graham was gassed and she'll
shocked, although he remained In the
line until October 26, q month after
ment, he. said, was pretty badly cut
up, as was the 316th InfaN&ky, but
the 314th and 315th were not 60 badly
used.
Red Lion. York county, Pa, is the
home of Graham, and he hopes TO get
there some time next week. He used
to be cigarmaker, and he wants to
get back there and make q few
smokes for the boys still in the Army.
Lieut.. Davis, said Graham. who de-
clared that the officer was superb IN
his xdisdain Of German bullets.
but the boys liked Johnson" he
added, s'because he was human ana
took q personal interest III k1ae Rnen.
besides being out IN 2K0nt wherever
there Was real work 10 b. aon9.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
THUMB TORN Off;
GROWS WHEN reset
Capt. Ramaker Has Remarkable
Operation Performed by Lieut..
Howard Warner.

To have the half Of ones thumb. In.
Guiding the bone, torn away, with but
a thread remaining, and then to have
that thread serve as a means Of save
ing the whole thumb liz unusual, zee
1t happened to Capt. 9. w. RamakeFs
head Of the vocational school OF the
base hospital
The captain was riding in an ans
bulance. He alighted and 40 he did 50
his thumb was caught in one OF the
ugly hooks that support the stretch-
ers. His thumb was torn, as stated.
because Of the weight Of the cap
tain's body, which was thrown upon
1t. He suffered intensely. but placed
the torn member back into place.
wrapped a clean handkerchief about
1t and told the chauffeur to so back
with him to the hospital at once.
Before many minutes had expired
Lieut.. Howard II. Warner, former
surgeon of the University Of Mary
land Hospital, Baltimore, was stitch
ing the thumb and placing the bone
in position SO that It would knit
properly. A small splint was provided.
Bone Knits Slowly.
1t was seen very soon that the
thumb had resume6 normal growth.
and it is probable that the operation
will be entirely successful. PhyDi-e
clans believe that a new nail will be
developed in course of time and that
the bone will knit slowly but surely.
The flesh Is healthy and the circula-
ton as regular as possible under the
circumstances
ST regard the operation as q very
extraordinary one" said Capt. RAJ
maker" and think Lieut.. Warner de-
serves a lot of credit for his slSillfu1
manipulation of the torn ligaments.
Certainly / am very grateful for what
he accomplished"
AS the captain usually directs op-
erations in the school with his right
hand and the accident occurred to hfs
left. his friends declare that his ges-
lures will be as emphatic as usual
despite the misfortune. He keeps on
smiling just the same, and really
more than ever since he realizes how
fortunate he was In escaping co.
easily as he did.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
EULA M'KEE WENT
| OVER TOP NINE TIMES

The cat with nine lives has nothing
In the Kentucky boy who 10 the SUBJ
Fest oe this story. For. when on the
klkh or last October, he was finally
laid low it was after going over the
knr3 Tor the ninth time. On that date
rs was one Of only three OF the orig.
snnl Company d of the 18th In
'Smntry who had not been hit. That
Il& had been through some tight
places goes without saying. He is
low In the base hospitol is in good
humaor and Is progressing nicely on
the road to recovery@
This is bit of the story of Eula
Mckee of Wallingford, Ky. He has
lseen In the service of Uncle Sam for
nearly three years. In 1916 he en-
88sfaN. and for~one whole year served
ssn the Me&4can border. Then in the
summer of 1917 he was sent from
Teas with his regiment to Hoboken
"a embark for France. The 18th In
entry arrived at ST. Nazaire June 10,
1917. This 1st Division boy was in
France nineteen months and the front
S5nnw ten months. He saw some very
#Mrd aghting at Cantigny. where his
@nszanma1y was up In front holding
&SnR che Hun for twenty-one coneec-
sS9swa days without relief and with-
<ss5f 8 good meal. The. enemy artil-
3mew n1aved havoc with chow details
a3s& made square meals onk of the
xsss&mkzun. He WAS finally wounded
u x@@k &am1av Armonns Me2Nn Is
IT, q x#z8zM HE &&eNle@ II #AzN# ~
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
z. Hayes Hamilton Speaks.

Some Of the boys who heard r.
Hayes Hamilton. the camp enter
tainer and lecturer. speak this last
week in the wards OF the base hos
pital will recall the series OF ten
lectures that were given under the
auspices Of the Y. M. C.. A. last win
ter Mr.. Hamilton il now with the
Red Cross, doing lecturing and en-
tertaining almost exclusively in the
wards, reaching the wounded boys
who cannot get to the entertainments
at the Red Cross House. Eighteen
wards were reached last week with
the first series Of travelettes, en-
titled, Washington and the Adiron-
dacks." The lecturer closed the week
on Sunday evening, when he delivered
a very fine lecture at the Red Cross
convalescent house on the yellow
stone National Park" using beauti-
full hand-cOlOred slides and motion
pictures to depict the scenes in this
wonderland.
Mr.. Hamilton was one OF the most
active camp entertainers during the
war, delivering his picture talks for
the Knights of Columbus and the
Y. nj. C. A. Under the direction Of
Mr.. Clifford Of the Tidewater district
ehO ASSeuAO ga VAAy ACS0AS.S A~uO wv
tours over this district before going
with the Red Cross.
Sergt. Maj. John D. De Witt, Red
Cross worker in France, 1ectured
here for the "Y" this week on lone
Hundred Per Cent Americanism." He
was in the National Guard of New
Jersey, but was too old to go over
seas, so Joined the Red Cross and
saw much hospital service on the
other side.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
PATIENTS TRADE MISS
BOWMAN'S BEST BOOKS
Hospital Library Needs Result IN Bring
ing Extra Worker Here.
5000 Books.

zest to the reading of Dante's Inferno.
Miss Bowman is putting out on an
average of seventy-five books per day
and the average Is constantly rising.
Large numbers of magazines are
given away in the wards.
So busy has the library been that
the A. /. A. has provided Miss Bowman
with an assistant, Miss Hoyer Of
Chambersburg, Pa. She is also maxi
ing good use of Private Shamelias OF
the Medical Corps, who acts as or
derby.
The soldier takes the roller book
stand through the wards while Miss
Bowman talks with the patients about
the books they need and the ones she
thinks they ought to have.
you take this one. Johnny, and III
take that; then we'll Ntrade"-that 10
the way the boys hx up q deal
when Miss Bowman comes around.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20

Just back from Overseas" where
he had helped to defeat the German
army, Private Isaiah Long, Sd Casual
Detachment, cpd Division. was run
over by a heavy Army truck at the
corner of Portland road near the post
Office Monday afternoon.
Ee was taken to the base hospital,
where an operation was performed on
him BY Lieuta Wenner.- Rhodes and
Darby. One OF his legs was severely
injured. but 4 II believed that he will
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
HURT AS He WAS ABOUT
TO BOARD SHIP HOME
Lieut.. Travers Served in American
Engineer Corps, Although
q "CanuOk."

Slipping just as he was boarding
ship to come back to the United States
to do instructing, Lieut.. Travers. engi-
neer officer, now at the base hospital,
fell and hurt himself 90 badly that ne
will probably suffer many months more
before he can obtain comfort and his
release from the khaki.
He was hurt in October, 1918, at st.
Nagaire. He fell astride Of q piece Of
lumber and was injured internally.
After arriving in this country he
spent several weeks at the Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington, and then
came to Meade.
His automobile is the one 'life-
saver for him. He drives wherever
he likes, and whenever he does not
want to drive he thinkers" He is get
ting SO clever at 1t that he may de-
eide to give up his orange grove
down in Florida and go to smithinG
in one of the several lines laid down
in the books on that subject.
Orange Very Costly,
'It costs SO much to raise oranges
now" said the lieutenant, that may
have to give 1t up for o while. The
fertilizers necessary are way UP In
price so 1t is almost prohibitive to try
to raise q crop. We have to put two
tons on every acre."
Now that is not very good news for
the other hospital patients Chat
oranges are going to be higher prob
ably), but 1t is interesting as leading
to the reason why Lieut.. Travers hap
pens to be in the American Army, al
though he is q resident Of Ontario,
Canada. He owned the orange grove
in Florida when the war broke out,
and was associated with the Miami
Traction Company. He enlisted as a
private in the Flying Corps. but was
sent to the engineers and was later
made an officer. He was a casual the
whole time he was in France; that Is,
ne served as relief for wounded off,
GERS ut the front where engineers were
usually to be found
Speaking Of the "flu" in France, he
said he had been talking to a nurse
ono day, when she complained Of being
sick. said she felt tired and showed
many symptoms Of the dreaded dis
ease: within ten minutes the nurse
was dead on the floor beside his cot.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
Red Cross Program.

Red Cross activities this week
in connection with the GONZALES
cents at the Base Hospital include
the following program at the Con-
valescent House:
Monday-Home talent; vaude-
vile.
Tuesday-Movies.
Thursday-Dance for overseas
men.
Friday and Saturday-Pending.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
SHE SERVES BECAUSE
FATHER SUFFERED, TOO
Miss Huger, Head Of Ramaker's
Aids, From New Orleans, Where
She Il Noted Painter.

Because her father lost leg in the
civil war and afterward devoted q
large part of his life to- helping
wounded soldiers in the same condi-
ton, Miss Emily H. Huger of New
Orleans is now head of the occupa-
tional aids under Capt. Ramaker OF
the Bases vocational school.
81 want to help the soldier who has
paid the price all / cam" said Miss
Huger, therefore serve here as
find full play for my sympathies and
what little ability I may possess to
bring the wounded man back to health
and happiness"
And don't make the mistake that
Miss Huger is not possessed Of great
ability. Those who know her will tell
YOU differently They have seen her
foiling late at night at all sorts OF
problems and have seen her busily en-
gagged at making a boy smile who had
not smiled in a long, long time.
: Miss Huger is a painter OF land
Acapes. She Is a first cousin of Frank
L. Polk. counselor Of the State De-
partment, and before coming to Meade
served at the Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington.
Not From Boston.
One of the peculiar things about her
IL the fact that she is often mistaken
for O resident Of Boston, although her
life has been spent in the south.
Another amusing thing in connec-
ton with her is the way in which her
name is Inexperienced. Sometimes
she is addressed one way and then
another. The correct way, according
to her own statement. Is U-G.
Nothing could be simpler. yet how
many boys who have recently return
ed from France would pronounce 1t
that way?
The truth is that Miss Huger's fam
lily Is really French: that is. by direct
descent When her ancestors came to
this country they were Huguenots.
They wished to divorce themselves
from everything pertaining to France
and therefore changed the way In
which they pronounced their name.
''Yet there Is not woman" said
Miss Huger, "in my family who Is
not intellectually in favor of the
French people. They adore La Belle
France"