Volume 4, Issue 8 August 16, 2017

Voiture Nationale 40&8 VOYAGEUR BRIEFS

Mark Moots –Chef de Chemin de Fer

As I come in to my last Voya- your responsibility. For years I have geur Briefs letter and the final things I seen us decline. With it also dwindles must say as your Chef de Chemin de Fer the fun and comradery, the extended I must first beg for any photos you may family, we once shared! I’ve wondered have so that I may make this a truly when this spiral would cease. Let’s memorable year. Memories may fade to make this coming year the year we break black and white yet a photo will stimu- and begin the replenishment which is so late those memories back into full color! desperately needed! I thank each and every one we have met for a truly memorable and inspirational As our Membership declines so year! You have been my muse, my in- does all the wonderful things we are able spiration, those memories I will certainly to accomplish through our Programs and take through eternity! each Voyageur. Our Programs still have outstanding balances which must be Please send photos to: 3112 closed out! Don’t wait till Promenade Sunrise Dr., Guntersville, AL 35976 or Nationale to settle these balances. Make [email protected]. We invite so many, we believe we know every effort possible to liquidate your so well, who next year no longer renew. merchandise. Our Programs entrusted As I say these words I must also We will never truly know who may be our you, so do whatever is required to aid ask WHY, so many never even provide next Great Voyageur unless you provide those Programs you are obligated to! the opportunity to a truly deserving vet- them that opportunity. Tomorrow only eran to become a Voyageur! Why there holds what you may provide today. I look forward to seeing and are those who may pursue membership spending time with many of our Voya- yet never are invited! Why such a truly Our year end close out Nationally geurs and Dames during our 98th Prom- Honorable Organization is suffering so! was 93.91%, a loss of 1,568 Voyageurs! enade and 54th Rendezvous Nationale in We had 12 of our 54 Grands achieve 100% Bossier City, LA September 12-16th. Inside this issue: or greater. Yet there were many Grands Grand du Louisiana has planned some which lacked only a few Voyageurs of wonderful Bayou hospitality for all. I Chef Mark Moots 1 reaching their Goal! We are now down to especially look forward to seeing all our Coke Bottle Garden 2 a Membership role of 24,173 Voyageurs! Loci’s that make the voyage. The fur- Certainly not where we would like to be. thest to date that I’ve heard are coming James L. Krahenbuhl Ph.D. 3 Our 2017 year is behind us and each of us, once again, my family, from V 217 At- every Voyageur, needs to begin our work 20 Years of 40&8 Membership 4 lanta, GA, the Texas II and Miss Scarlet. towards next year’s Membership! Break- Presidential History 5 ing from this slump can only be accom- I Thank You All for the Honor plished by you, for the wellbeing of this Odds & Ends 6 in permitting me to serve as your Chef organization and its charitable work, is de Chemin de Fer!

Volume 4, Issue 8

Coke Bottle Garden Carville Star - Carville, Louisiana

Emblem Sales Highlight of the Month

This months highlight features our 40&8 Dress Ties. There are three styles to choose from; The Black dress tie with striping and 40&8 logos (part number 12TIED $30.00). The Traditional dress tie in either gold (part number 12TIEGT $26.50) or black (part number 12TIEBT $26.50).

You can purchase these items at our emblem sales store online at: http://store.fortyandeight.org/ or contact Landry Foley, E-mail: [email protected] Ph. (317) 634-1804 Fax. (317) 632-9365

Voiture Nationale Emblem Sales 250 E 38th Street Indianapolis, IN 46205

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James L. Krahenbuhl Ph.D. October 7, 1942 - July 29, 2017 received his B.S. degree in NHDP in 2005. He received Zoology; M.S. and Ph.D. in several significant awards Medical Microbiology from during his career. In 1974 he the University of Wisconsin. was awarded an NIH Career He did his postdoctoral fel- Development Award and in lowship in Infectious Diseas- 1990 he was awarded the es at Stanford University U.S. Dept of Health and Hu- Medical Center in Palo Alto, man Services Distinguished CA. His cancer research led Service Award for his leprosy to a lifelong interest in lepro- research. He retired in 2013 sy research. Working for the and returned to Palo Alto, United States Public Health CA. Service (USPHS) he trans- ferred to the famous National Jim was known for his quick Leprosarium in Carville, LA wit and long drawn out jokes. as Chief of the Immunology His interests included read- Research Dept. The lab relo- ing, classical music, drawing cated in 1992 from Carville mice, volleyball, hiking and to the LSU School of Veteri- camping. nary Medicine in Baton Rouge. He was an adjunct He is survived by and sorely Professor of Physiology at missed by Betty, his loving Tulane University in New wife. They celebrated their James L. Krahenbuhl, Director plications from non- Orleans and adjunct Professor 50th wedding anniversary in (retired) of National Hansen's Hodgkins Disease lymphoma. of Microbiology at the LSU 2015. He is also survived by Diseasethe (Leprosy) Pro- He was 74. Graduate School. He became their only child, Jeff, his wife grams (NHDP) in Baton Chief of the Laboratory Re- Rebecca and their daughter, Rouge, LA died in Palo Alto, He was born October 7th, search Branch in 1994 and Amber. CA on July 29th, 2017 of com- 1942 in Appleton, WI. He became Director of the

VAVS

to be used to purchase can- The check will be used to teen coupon books for pa- decorate the dining room tients in the Community Liv- with military themed art ing Center so that they can work. The money will either purchase comfort items. Pic- purchase art work or pay for tured from left to right, Col- framing of donated art work. leen Heck, Sous Deputy Picture from left to right, V.A.V.S. Phoenix V.A.M.C., Andy Jaime, Grand Lampiste, Byron Weston, Deputy Kayla, Judi Beischel, Presenting a $500.00 check to V.A.V.S. Phoenix V.A.M.C., Presenting a $500.00 check to V.A.V.S. Deputy Arizona Phoenix V.A. Medical Center Director Achey and Judi Kayla, new Director Volun- State Veterans Home Phoenix to Volunteer Services Direc- Beischel Sous National Di- teerism at the Arizona State and Sous National Directeur tor, Mike Achey. The check recteur V.A.V.S. Veterans Home, Phoenix. V.A.V.S..

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40&8 Membership the Past 20 Years

Keep the Wheelchairs Rolling

The Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System VHA Facility, Biloxi MS (Biloxi VA Hospital) was the proud recipient of $690 from the 2017 Keep the Wheelchairs Rolling Contest. Receiving the award from V-1411 Chef de Gare Angel Anderson are Laura Throop, Recreational Therapy Supervisor and Robert Davis, Volunteer Services Coordinator.

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Presidential Biographies

Son of a Quaker blacksmith, works, and drastic govern- Herbert Clark Hoover brought mental economy. to the Presidency an unparal- leled reputation for public ser- At the same time he reiter- vice as an engineer, adminis- ated his view that while peo- trator, and humanitarian. ple must not suffer from hun- ger and cold, caring for them Born in an Iowa village in must be primarily a local and 1874, he grew up in Oregon. voluntary responsibility. He enrolled at Stanford Uni- versity when it opened in His opponents in Congress, 1891, graduating as a mining who he felt were sabotaging engineer. his program for their own political gain, unfairly paint- He married his Stanford ed him as a callous and cruel sweetheart, Lou Henry, and President. Hoover became the they went to China, where he scapegoat for the Depression worked for a private corpora- and was badly defeated in tion as China's leading engi- 1932. In the 1930's he be- neer. In June 1900 the Boxer came a powerful critic of the Rebellion caught the Hoovers New Deal, warning against in Tientsin. For almost a tendencies toward statism. month the settlement was un- der heavy fire. While his wife In 1947 President Truman worked in the hospitals, Hoo- appointed Hoover to a com- ver directed the building of mission, which elected him barricades, and once risked his chairman, to reorganize the life rescuing Chinese children. Executive Departments. He ver, a member of the Su- His election seemed to ensure was appointed chairman of a One week before Hoover preme Economic Council and prosperity. Yet within months similar commission by Presi- celebrated his 40th birthday in head of the American Relief the stock market crashed, and dent Eisenhower in 1953. London, Germany declared Administration, organized the Nation spiraled down- Many economies resulted war on France, and the Ameri- shipments of food for starv- ward into depression. from both commissions' rec- can Consul General asked his ing millions in central Eu- ommendations. Over the help in getting stranded tour- rope. He extended aid to fam- After the crash Hoover years, Hoover wrote many ists home. In six weeks his ine-stricken Soviet Russia in announced that while he articles and books, one of committee helped 120,000 1921. When a critic inquired would keep the Federal budg- which he was working on Americans return to the United if he was not thus helping et balanced, he would cut when he died at 90 in New States. Next Hoover turned to Bolshevism, Hoover retorted, taxes and expand public York City on October 20, a far more difficult task, to "Twenty million people are works spending. 1964. feed Belgium, which had been starving. Whatever their poli- overrun by the German army. tics, they shall be fed!" In 1931 repercussions from Europe deepened the After the United States After capably serving as crisis, even though the Presi- entered the war, President Wil- Secretary of Commerce under dent presented to Congress a son appointed Hoover head of Presidents Harding and Coo- program asking for creation the Food Administration. He lidge, Hoover became the of the Reconstruction Finance succeeded in cutting consump- Republican Presidential nom- Corporation to aid business, tion of foods needed overseas inee in 1928. He said then: additional help for farmers and avoided rationing at home, "We in America today are facing mortgage foreclosures, yet kept the Allies fed. nearer to the final triumph banking reform, a loan to over poverty than ever before states for feeding the unem- After the Armistice, Hoo- in the history of any land." ployed, expansion of public

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National Nurses Training Program

As the Nurse Training 2017 Pin sales program closes out the current year, sales have been coming in at a brisk rate and for that we thank those participating Grands as we urge all Voya- geurs to keep up their great work in promoting the Nurse Training Scholarship program as we embark upon the new 2018 Pin Year. Our 2017 National Nurse Training Club Pin program has drawn outstanding support to-date which speaks well of the pride and dedication of the Voyageurs Militaire of our “La Societe”. 2018 Team effort is what makes it successful and that is what we have, “Team Effort”. Many Grands have already ordered and received their 2018 Consignments and have begun to distribute them throughout their Lo- cales. With an early jump on their efforts, this promises to shape up as another banner year for our Nurse Training Pin program. These final two months saw the following Grands come in with great efforts in support of the National Nurse Training Program. Month of JUNE “GRAND du VIRGINIA” Southwest Region Posted earned sales to-date of 165 Pins for $412.50 for a per-capita of $1.00 and Donations of $150. Month of JULY “GRAND du WISCONSIN” Northwest Region Posted earned sales to-date of 175 Pins for $472.50 for a per-capita of $.43 “MERCI, Fellow Voyageurs Militaire” National Secretaire/Treasurer, H.T. “Terry” Sharp Page 6