St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-22
THE CLEANUP
SQUAD SEARCH
FOR BUDDIES
.(By j.. C. Barnes)

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Hey, Buddy! Did you get hit will
a stray bullet while sojourning il
France? Did the flu force you tt
do some unwelcome bunk fatigue
and leave your pumps In a rottel
| condition? Did you slice your indc>
finger off while carving spuds for the
| Royal Chef while on K. P. detail:
Did you inhale some of the German
gas, swear that you only puff ana
never inhale again? If any of thest
things happened to you while wear
ing the old O. D. and doing twelve
to twenty-four hours day for thirty
per and chow and you find that since
going back to the old job that you
sort of have to dodge the boss to hold
on, or If he has caught you at it and
let you go and you now find that i!
you are lucky enough to get a JOB
that you can't hold it; why you are
the chap that your Uncle Sam is
looking for.
Do you know that if you were
wounded or disabled to such an eS-
tent that you can't carry on in the
old job that you are entitled to Com
pensation and Vocational Training ?
Did you ever hear Of the Bureau o1
War Risk Insurance or the Federal
Board for Vocational Rehabilitation
Well, these are the two mighty big
Governmental Bureaus which have
been com bined and are now known
as the U. S. Veterans Bureau. They
are working night and day to find
chaps like you that had little hard
luck while in the service and to give
you what your Country has provided
for you. When you go meet tho
squad, be sure to take your discharge
and any other papers you may have
with you.
Colonel C. R. Forbes, Director of
the U. S. Veterans Bureau, has in
structed all his fourteen district
managers throughout the United
States to put on an intensive clean
up drive which will last about three
months, in order to comb the country
for fellows just like you, men, who
have a disability as result OF their
service in the World War who do not
know that they are entitled to aid.
Colonel Dallas B. Smith, the new
manager of District No. 6, with head
quarters at the New Hibernia Bank
Building, New Orleans, has organic
ed three cleanup squads which have
been at work since the goth of Aug.
One squad is working in Alabama,
one in Louisiana; and one in Mis-
sissippi. There is an advance man
who goes ahead Of the squad about
one week and who will advertise the
coming of the squad through the
press, by posters, hand bills, Amerl-
can Legion Posts, churches, Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs, Chambers OF
Commerce, postmasters, Red Cross
Chapters and every available medium
in order to get the good word to all
the boys that may have claim
against their Uncle Sammie. So, If
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Class B
Division Mae Eta Calender,
Ramsay.
Division 2-Beryl Dutsch, Coving-
ton.
Division 3-A1bertine Branton,
Madisonville.
Division 4-Eucharist Dolby, Man
deville.
Division Ruth schonberg, Gov
ington.
The baby scoring the highest in
the contest and winning the title of
grand champion is little Miss Beryl
Dutsch, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robt. H. Dutsch. of CoVington. Her
score was 9SS points.
The next highest scoring baby was
little Miss Marguerite Ross, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. P A. Ross, of Tall
sheek, her score being $50 points:
Master James Clifton Burns, sol
OF Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burns, Of
Covington, was the highest scoring
boy. { His score was 985 points. A
close second in the boys was Master
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