Fall 2017

La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux Grand Voiture du Texas OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GRAND du TEXAS Winner of the Arthur McDowell Award 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 for the Best Grand Voiture Publication in the Nation without Advertising

Fall 2017

From the Grand Chef de Gare Greetings Voyageurs Militaire I am very sorry for being out of pocket for a while. I visited family in the Midwest and after my return my brother has become seriously ill in Arizona. If I am unavailable feel free to speak to our Grand Chef de Train Renny Keagle who is an invaluable asset to our organization.

I had the privilege of installing officers for the Grande Voiture du Oklahoma and they put on a 1st class event as always.

So now it is on to the Fall Cheminot and I hope to see a good showing!

God Bless America and the Forty and Eight.

Fall Cheminot Update US Representative Blake Farenthold is scheduled to be the Keynote Speaker for the 2017 Fall Cheminot in Corpus Christi on October 21st.

Representative Farenthold is an active supporter of veterans in the area and we look forward to having him at our event.

Think it is too far to travel! - El Paso has 5 Voyageurs attending – any more excuses!

If you have not yet registered – the deadline is here. Contact Milton Sherwood (361-906-0246) to let him know if you plan to attend and get your registration in today!!!!!

If you need a hotel room, David Knutson has an extra room on hold for a few more days.

Contact him to get it!

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Membership Update October 5, 2017 Division / Locale

Sous Chef de Train

1st Division

Ron Mick

1185 1601 Total

Current

Goal

Percentage

Ft Worth Lake Dallas

6 1 7

18 6 24

33% 17% 29%

Houston Copperas Cove Beaumont Willis Killeen

19 17 2 7 18 63

28 28 11 19 45 131

68% 61% 18% 95% 40% 48%

0 3 9 6 18

17 14 32 17 80

0% 21% 28% 35% 23%

27 4

37 26

73% 15%

Total

31

63

49%

Grand Total

119

299

39.80%

2nd Division 163 266 312 980 1031 Total 3rd Division 175 231 542 1134 Total

Jim Ryan Austin La Feria San Antonio Kingsville

4th Division 605 1055

Dean Taylor El Paso Kerrville

27th Place per Nationale

Update on Ron & Kathy Wheeler We are very fortunate that Ronnie and Kathy Wheeler are home recovering after a very serious automobile accident as they were heading toward the Oklahoma Grand Promenade in July. Ronnie was in the hospital in Wichita Falls for several days and they were helped out by a fantastic woman veteran named Tammy Rice. Tammy is President of the Wichita Falls Police Association and was contacted by David Knutson for assistance after he learned of the accident. Tammy stepped up was a great help to the Wheelers.

Kathleen Hedden of the Sheppard Enlisted Spouses Club also assisted the Wheelers while they were in Wichita Falls.

Although they were in a strange town once word got out a very welcome and familiar face came to visit. Our Past Grand Chef de Gare and longtime Grand Correspondant Don Barfield was there to assist and was a welcome sight for Ronnie and Kathy. Thank you Don and many thanks all who sent their well wishes.

Both Ronnie and Kathy are doing much better.

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2017 FALL CHEMINOT HOSTED BY VOITURE 1134 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS OCTOBER 20-22, 2017

Free Full Breakfast Included WI-FI Indoor Pool

Sorry No Pets

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Corpus Christi 5213 Oakhurst, Drive, Corpus Christi, TX NEED HOTEL ROOM CONTACT DAVID KNUTSON CUT-OFF DATE IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH

REGISTRATION CUT-OFF IS TOMORROW – OCTOBER 6TH FOR ADVANCE REGISTRATION! LATE REGISTRATION FEE IS $30!

GET IT POSTMARKED TOMORROW!!!!!!

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2017 FALL CHEMINOT / OCTOBER 20-22, 2017 REGISTRATION FORM Please fill in the following information to register for Fall Cheminot.

Name: Title or Highest Office held: Voiture or Cabane #: Name: Title or Highest Office held: Voiture or Cabane #: Number Registration

X $25.00 = $

Advance registration is $25 per person Advance registration must be received by October 6, 2017.

Late Registration fee is $30 per person

Program Book Ads Full page Ad - $30 Half page Ad - $ 20 Business Card - $10 Inside Front Cover $40 Inside Back Cover $40 In addition to a hard copy, please send ads via Email to: mpsvbs@gmail.com All program ads must be received by October 6, 2017 SEND REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM ADS TO: Milton Sherwood 625 Gregory Dr #49 Corpus Christi, TX 78412 (Make Checks Payable to Voiture 1134) THE TEXAS VOYAGEUR NEWS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT WWW.TEXASBOXCAR.ORG VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE “GRANDE VOITURE DU TEXAS” AND AT HTTP://ISSUU.COM/GRANDEVOITUREDUTEXAS

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TEXAS DISASTER RELIEF WORK With the excellent response by the American Red Cross, FEMA and the many supporting charitable organizations involved it was a task to screen and identify families who had specific needs that could not be met via one of the other organizations. Red Cross and FEMA helped to identify two families in Austin and one family in Houston who had needs beyond their ability to assist. Voiture 175 in Austin stepped in and provided immediate clothing needs in the amount $443.76 to five children in one family and $151.46 for another child in a second family. Voyageur Tom Larsen of Houston Voiture 163 assisted a Houston area family in need with $409.39 being spent to help the children of that family and an additional $92.20 for the parents. Dad was in a wheelchair due to a stroke earlier this year.

Reimbursement packages were submitted to the Ardery Child Welfare Trust Fund and all funds spent on the children were reimbursed to the locale or grand fund.

Beaumont had identified a family in need who not only were displaced due to the flooding, but lost the father and older child in a car accident a few weeks later.

This is an excellent program to take advantage of and although we may have been able to assist more families, many were well taken care of with the other emergency services in place. Housing was the most critical factor, but also one far beyond our ability to assist.

Learn More about this Program at www.fortyandeight.org

Charles W. Ardery Memorial Child Welfare Trust Fund The primary function of the Charles W. Ardery Trust Fund is to provide reimbursements of funds expended by a Voiture Locale or a Grande Voiture in meeting the emergent needs of children 17 years of age or younger. Emergent is defined as: A situation which has developed of a serious nature demanding prompt attention." This situation may arise out of natural disasters, i.e., floods, tornadoes, hurricane, fire, etc. Emergent cases are given prime consideration and are undertaken by the Local Voiture where established agencies, (Red Cross, churches, welfare, etc.), are unable to move rapidly or cannot act at all. However, this aid is not intended to replace or supplement that assistance which may be available through established agencies.

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Texas WW1 Centennial Commemoration Coins available $10 each. Contact Dave Knutson at davidknutson@sbcglobal.net or phone: 512-736-2377.

Limited quantities available!

Dames Asked to Assist for Fall Cheminot Voiture 1134 has asked Le Grand Cabane de Texas to assist with some of the raffle events for the Fall Cheminot. Locales or others from Grand du Texas can donate to the raffle prizes for the main raffle table. Voiture 1134 will be doing 50/50 raffles Friday and Saturday night and will have a few items for a Silent Auction. Whatever we can do to help and they will be sharing some of the profits with the La Femmes. Table decorations are being taken care of by J. Sean Habina of Voiture 542. I am planning for those Dames attending to help however we are needed. Please contact me with any questions on how you can help.

Annemarie Murphy La Presidente La Grande Voiture du Texas La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux P.O. Box 170074 Austin, Texas 78717

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Addressee

ADDRESSEE: Please notify sender of name/address correction Chef de Gare – George Murphy

Correspondant – Milton Chatham Publiciste – Dave Knutson

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Commissaire Intendant – Roger Folmar