David Stephens Grande Chef de Train

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1 Randy Shrader, V-1569 Chef de Gare Dave Stephens, V-1530 Chef de Train Robert Yowell, V-380 Chef de Train (West) Vic Graulau, V-1569 Chef de Train (East) Nelson Dillehunt V-1184 Conducteur A. R. Dick George, V-1569 Commissaire Intendant Jay Wilson, V-1569 Correspondant As assigned Garde de la Porte As assigned Garde de la Porte John Schenk, V-86 Grand Advocat Vacant Commis Voyageur Jim Rovinski, V-1530 Cheminot National Angie L. Anderson, V-86 Alternate Cheminot National Angie L. Anderson, V-86 Aumonier Vacant Lampiste Robert Randall, V-86 Historien Send articles to John Schenk, V-86 L Editeur 406 E. Randall Ave. Norfolk, VA legionjohn@cox.net 99th Prom. Nationale: Bossier City, LA. Sept 12-17, 2017 Fall Cheminot: 13 Oct 2018 Winter Cheminot: Jan 2019 Spring Cheminot: T B A Dixie: T B A Memorial Day: May 24-27, 2019 Grand Prom: Jul 26-28, 2019 The Loco-Motion News is published by the Grande Voiture du Virginie and mailed three times a year in the months of September, January and May. If you write articles for publication, please send them to the Grand L Editeur or e- mail them to him so articles arrive no later than the 15th of the month prior to the publishing month. Photographs will be returned only upon request. From the Grande Chef de Train Greetings from Grande du Virginie to all Locales. Hope you are all enjoying your summer. My name is David Stephens, and I thank you for electing me as your Grande Chef de Train for the year. Know that we are in the year, and it is time to start getting your renewals in to your Locales so that they can get them sent to National. If you need to start recruiting this is the best time start. Let s aim high to make Grande du Virginie number one in membership this year. Hope to see you all at our Fall Cheminot. David Stephens Grande Chef de Train Prom. Natl 2018: T B A 2019: T B A

2 Grande Directeur of Nurses Training Angie L. Anderson 4583 Intervale Ct., Virginia Beach VA Cell: (757) <angieleeanderson@yahoo.com> June 2018 Happy September Grand du Virginia. We have made it through another La Societe Nurses Training Year! For the most part it was a successful year. We had 6 Locales request and sell pins. We had 4 Locales provide End of Year Reports. We reported 4 Graduated RN s, 1 Under Graduate Scholarship with a total of $20, expended or donated. I am continuing to serve as your Grand Directeur for Nurses Training. While attending Nationale Promenade September 10-14, 2018 in Louisville Kentucky I will consign some of the 2019 Nurses Training Pins and will have them for issue at our Fall Cheminot/Annual Wreck in Colonial Heights October 13. The funds we sell on pins or donate to the Boland Trust Fund allows today s students to become the Nurses and Doctors of tomorrow. Thank you for all you do for Grand du Virginia and La Societe! Angie Anderson Grand Directeur Nurses Training YOUTH SPORTS GRANDE DU VIRGINIA Jim Rovinski, jrovinski@hotmail.com (804) Salut Virginie. As your Grande Chef Passe, I wanted to stay involved in the workings of the Grande. So here I am taking on a directorship. As the Grand du Virginie new Sports Director, I would like to let all Locals know that I will be asking National for 75 pins. If their any Locals that would like pins, please contact me at the above. Or give me a call at (804) Jim 2017/12 Space to let $25.00 per year. Proceeds to help offset cost of printing this newsletter. 2

3 GRANDE DU VIRGINIE ROLL CALL OF VOITURE EVERLASTING V-829 Mitchell Griffith 35 years V-829 Paul Majors 28 years 18 Aug 2018 V-86 James V. Dunning 30 years The Stranger: A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on. As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger...was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies. If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind. Sometimes, Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.) Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our long time visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother blush. My Dad didn't permit the liberal use of alcohol but the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished. He talked freely, much too freely about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and even embarrassing. I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked... And NEVER asked to leave. More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents' den today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name?... We just call him 'TV.' He has a wife now...we call her 'Computer.' Their first child is "Cell Phone". Their second child "I Pod " 3 And JUST BORN A FEW YEARS AGO WAS a Grandchild: IPAD OH MY----HOW TRUE THIS IS!!!

4 Salut to all Voyageur Militaire of Grande du Virginia! It s your Grand Correspondant. I m sure you ve been wondering where the heck I ve been. Well, between my ISP blocking my me s and now Microsoft not letting me send , I can t stand it. No excuses, just what is happening. That said, I think I m on the way to getting all this corrected. It s not been an easy transition to say the least. The 99th annual Promenade Nationale is right around the corner, September in Louisville, Kentucky. (Or should I say Kane-tuc-ee.) I hope to see many of your there. This will be my forth visit to Promenade Nationale and my first visit to the Bluegrass State. Hopefully by now, you ve sent your annual reports, if not please get them out ASAP. Now a word in support of the Grande L Editeur. If you are a Grand Officer or Director, please get your articles of the Loco Motion News submitted in time for John to include them in newsletter. (Yes, I m guilty of not getting them to him until the last minute.) If he does not get articles submitted, soon the Loco Motion News will go the way of the Dodo bird. So, please get those articles in. Also, if you are not receiving the article via and can do so, please let us know. We have locations already for the Fall and Winter Cheminot, but I would like to have written verification that Voiture Locale 1184 is committed to the one day Spring Cheminot. Each morning that you wake up, remember, every day is a GREAT DAY to be a 40&8er. God Bless La Societe and God Bless the United States. Chaleureusement, Jay Wilson Grand Correspondant vagrandecorrespondant@gmail.com /12 STILL SERVING YOU John M. SCHENK Conducteur Nationale 2014 Virginia Grand Chef Passe 2004 And in Memory Nancy G. Schenk Cabane 86 4 Compliments Of Rupert little bee Lyles Garde de la Porte National Grand Chef de Gare Passe Grande du Virginie and Dolly Lyles La Cabane /05

5 GRANDE de VIRGINIE CHEF PASSE CLUB The LOCOMOTION NEWS is our timetable Robert C. Mathews ( 60) Arthur LeMire ( 00) John M. Schenk ( 04) Joe Ser III ( 05) Rupert Lyles ( 06) Otha Newton ( 07) Dick George ( 08) F. Tony Morgan ( 09) William Englert ( 12) Jim Brock ( 13) Michael R. Bukowski ( 14) Sam Ramseur ( 15) Angie L. Anderson ( 16) Jay Wilson ( 17) Jim Rovinski ( 18) Randall Shrader ( 19) 2017/11 Compliments of the David B. May Voiture 53 Ryland M. Bowen Jr. John B Clarke James R Craig Michael Custer Johnathan Dillard Thomas J Fiden Gregory Finn Richard A Hahn Leonard B. Halley Ellwood Hanchey, Jr. Randy Hardwick Billy J Heflin Al Hillman Daniel T Johnson Kenneth P Jones Bill Judson Randall Lofland Loren T Lumadue Samuel T McNeny Charles Miller Theodore Mintz Edward A Murray, Jr. Edwin Steve Parrish Newberry K Sco+ Donald E Smith Charles Talley George D Terry, Jr. Frank 'Will' Willis Edward G Wooldridge, Chef Willie Ransom, Corr. 2018/12 COMPLIMENTS OF VOITURE 976 NEWPORT NEWS, VA Home Voiture of Chef de Chemon de Passe 5 JIM PITTMAN CHEF de GARE 2017/04 Jim Burden W. BILL ENGLERT CORRESPONDANT

6 Merci Voyageurs Years Charles E. Davis, Sr., V-1530 John C. Day, V-977 Rodney Drummond, V-86 Steacy D. Hicks, V1569 Adrian L. Klaas, V-1530 John R. Lilley, II V-380 Ronald H. Link, V-380 Justin M. Martin, V-380 Calvin E. Parker, V-976 David C. Stephens, V-1530 Daryl Van Horn, V Years George Ahrend, V-1530 Jerry Chenault, V-1530 Phillip Dunn, V-1569 Richard Eaton, V-1184 Sammy Granderson, V-1530 R. Randy Harwick, V-53 G. Allen Hillman, V-53 Daniel T. Johnson, V-53 James B. Riddle, V-1184 Jay A. Wilson, V Years Milton Bolton, V-1530 Carl Carney, V-86 Alford D. Carter, III, V-380 Cordell R.Creditt, V-1569 William Feasenmyer, V-1530 Charles A. King, V-380 James L. Pearson, V-86 Gerald L. Rhoads, V-976 Lundy Lowe, V-977 F. C. MacDowell, V-976 Willie D. Ransom, V-53 Richard W. Vatter Jr, V Years David Birch, V-86 Ronald S. Blackstock, V-1114 Robert G. Branyan, III, V-86 Jerry W. Howard, V-380 Donald R. Johnson, V-1530 No Socks Jones, V-86 Ken Powell, V Years Charles R. Belles, V-380 Wayne Hendricks, V-976 William S. Martin, V-829 Frank Sifuentes, V Years James A. Rankin, V-380 Thurman S. Wright, V Years J. Ray Edmundson Jr., V Years 60 Years 65 Years C.C. Chic Ferguson, V Years Eugen P. Forster, V-1569 Dennis G. Hubbes, V-977 Otha Newton, V-86 G. Ray Rhyne, V Years Jerry L. Anderson, Jr., V-86 Esmer L. Durham Jr, V-380 Rick Foster, V-380 A.R. Dick George, Jr. President 40 & 8 Memorial Day Committee (703) Cell 3384 Monarch Lane hndymndick@aol.com Annandale, VA /11 6

7 Grande Directeur Carville Star Greetings Grand du Virginie! I hope you are all having a great summer. My name is Jerry Anderson Jr. and I am continuing to serve as your Grand Directeur for Carville Star. It is an honor for me to represent and serve, Grand du Virginia s membership with this very worthy, yet little known program. Hansen s disease (also known as leprosy) is an infection caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium leprous. These bacteria grow very slowly and it may take up to 20 years to develop signs of the infection. Our monetary support of the Carville Star, allows folks to spread the news of Hansen s disease throughout the world s affected regions. Further, by supporting hospitals, newspaper and Carville home, our monetary support has an immediate and direct impact within this great program. Last year, Grand du VA performed well in supporting this program. Our donations and efforts in the amount of dollars made an impact and were gratefully received at Carville Star home. Thank you Dames of Grand du VA, for your generous donation to the Carville Star home. Voyageurs of Grand du VA, I say Thank you for participating in the program. Voiture Locaux 976, 977, 1569, 380, and V86 for your generous contributions in the pin department. Our Grand du VA contribution was dollars, not too shabby for just a few participants. For the year 2018/2019, I would like to challenge every active Voiture to support this wonderful program. See if your Locale can support, not only pin sales, but maybe support a clinic or county or just a simple subscription to the newsletter. The county/clinic is a 50 dollar contribution and the newsletter subscription is 2.00 dollars. Grand du VA, let s set a goal of dollars this year, what do ya say?. It won t take much more effort. and UNLIKE the RED CROSS, every dime of your contribution goes to Hansen s disease research, Carville Home/museum and news publications. Thank You for the opportunity of representing each of you as your Grand Directeur and I look forward to seeing you all at Fall Cheminot Thank you Voyageur Nelson Dillehunt for providing a picture of the 2019 Carville Star pin. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Warmest Regards Jerry L. Anderson Jr Intervale Court, Virginia Beach, VA cell, home jerrylandersonjr@yahoo.com jerry.l.anderson@navy.milpage NPCC = NATIONAL PASSE CHEFS CLUB Each year there are at least 13 Locale Chefs and one Grande Chef in Grande du Virginia. How many are members of the NPCC? Would you believe only 60 Chef Passe from Virginia belong. The object of the organization of the club are as follows; To honor, thru membership, those voyagers who have served their Voiture Locale and/or Grand Voiture as Chef de Gare; To directly support the Forty & Eighter Magazine with a $25, per year donation derived from membership dues, memorial donations, gifts and other special fund raising projects that the club may undertake; To increase comradery between club members who have common bonds, and who are "Etiam Servans" (Still Serving). Interested? talk to the Grande Correspondant/Le Editor 7

8 VOITURE 86 TIDEWATER LA SOCIETE DES 40 HOMMES ET 8 CHEVAUX CLAY AARON DENNIS ADAMS ANGIE L. ANDERSON JERRY L. ANDERSON, JR. PHILLIP M. ASKEW MARLON C. BAKER KEN BARNARD BRIAN BELL RALEIGH BENTHALL DAVE BIRCH BOB GRAMPS BRANYAN CURRY J. BROOKS MIKE BUKOWSKI CARL CARNEY EDWIN T. CASEY, JR JIM CAUDLE JIM CEVORA ALICE COOPER BILL CRAIG DAVID L. DAVIS JOHN W. DEVER, III MIKE DORSEY RODNEY DRUMMOND DAVID L. EVANS JOE EVANS M. D. FALKNER WM BULL FRANKLIN H. E. GUENTHER KIRK JEFFERIES JEROME JENKINS GEORGE JOHNSON EUGENE KLEINFELTER MARY LEE LUPEJKIS WILLIAM McCLELLAND GARY A MOON TONY T. MOORE ROGER T. MORROW, SR OTHA NEWTON DAVID NIEDHOLDT EUGENE NIEDHOLDT JIM PEARSON CHARLIE PERDUE JIM PULLEN R. BOB RANDALL LEONARD RICHBURG JOHN M. SCHENK, SR. JOSEPH A. SCHENK ALONZO SCOTT MARVIN R. SMITH STEVE SOKOLOWSKI CLYDE R. STEPHENSON AL STEWARD JIM F. TAYLOR MIKE TOOLE DARYL VAN HORN THEODORE VAN HORN TONY VAUGHN, SR JOHN CHAS W. VINCENT, SR E. BLAINE WEBSTER JESSIE WILIAMS JOHN J. WILLIS TOM WILSON EVAN YESSICK 2018/09 Hello everyone, Grande DIRECTEUR BOXCAR It's a new year and it s time to start thinking about the boxcar pins and cards. Once National is over we should have them available for purchase by the Voitures. If you already know how many pins and cards you will need, contact me at geralyn_stephens@ccpsnet.net. Let's make this a record year by having the most boxcar pins and cards sold. The donation is for a much needed cause that supports our organization. So start preparing yourself to get in the selling mode. Merci, Geri Stephens Hull Street Road, Midlothian, VA geralyn_stephens@ccpsnet.net Phone , Fax "Deus mihi et allis circa me" 8

9 Hello Dames: Grande Cabane Reporting Good news, we still have a Grande. We will be seeing some changes this year since Voiture Locale 977 disbanded. The Dames of 977 will have to transfer to Cabane Locale 86 or We will discuss this at the October Grande. Please let me know which Cabane you prefer. I hope all Dames will attend the October Grande. We have a lot of business to discuss. Membership is the only thing that keeps our great organization in existence. Get your renewals in now. Also, always be looking for new members. We could really use some new blood to help us out. Speaking of new blood, Angie Anderson has agreed to be Grande Correspondant this year. I know she will be a big help to us. Hope to see everyone in October. For the good of La Societe, Linda B. Edwards, La Grande Presidente Grande Directeur of Americanism Robert Yowell, Crest Lane, Bealeton, VA Phone: yowellrobert@yahoo.com Well, summer has come and fall is fast approaching. Labor Day is only 2 weeks away please remember to keep all our Veterans in your thoughts and prayers. Looking forward to have another great year as the Director of Americanism. Please make sure you keep track of your hours, mileage and monies of everything that you do. I have 25 Americanism Pins left to sell. You can contact me at or telephone number above. I will have them at the Fall Cheminot in Colonial Heights in October. Merci, Robert Yowell Compliments Of Linda Edwards La Grande Presidente 2018/12 9 La Grande Cabane de Virginie Linda Edwards, President Joyce Willis, Correspondant Linda Edwards, Commissaire Intendant 2018/12 We do it ALL for YOU

10 Compliments of: SOUTHSIDE VOITURE LOCALE 977 Robert Becker John Bowers David Bullock Stephen Carr William Cayson Newton L. Clements Jerry Day John C. Day J. Ray Edmundson, Jr. Craig Gilkison Joseph Gray Mark Guillot Ivan N. Hart Betty Hendrick Dennis Hubbes Patsy Ann Hudson George W. Hutton, Jr. James H. Jackson Ike Kelley Lowell Kilby Art LeMire Chris LeMire Jessie Lockhart Art Long Lundy Lowe William H. McKaig, Jr. Manuel Pinel Robert Rightmyer James E. Rovinski Frank Sifuentes Ronnie Stinecipher Doug Stradford James Wakefield Pat Walker Curtis White Jimmy E. Wilcox Mark W. Winecoff Mark W. Winecoff Bill McKaig Chef de Gare Correspondant 2017/12 Newsfund Patrons & Ad Contributors The Loco-Motion News is supported through the generous contributions of Newsfund Patrons and the sale of individual Ads. A $2.50 contribution is recognized by having the contributor s names listed in the newsletter for one year. Pay in advance ($10.00) for four years, receive credit for five. $25.00 buys business card size Ad appearing quarterly for one year in the newsletter. Longer or larger Ads are negotiable. Please make your checks payable to Grande Voiture du Virginia and mail to: The Grand Correspondent.! NOTE! The date at the bottom of your ad or to the right of your name is the last printing and the ad is due for renewal. If the date has passed, this is the last issue where your ad will appear! COMPLIMENTS OF James E. Rovinski 10 Grande Chef de Gare /11

11 Grande Chef de Gare Salut all Voyageur Militaire of Grande du Virginia. I am humbled and yet excited by your confidence in electing me to be your Grande Chef for the coming year. The Grande du Virginia is a great organization to be a member of. We all should take great pride in our past endeavors and with what we can accomplish. Our Grande has taken the lead and has been in the national spotlight many times. I would like to keep that enthusiasm alive and going strong this year. Your participation is crucial to meet our goals. The programs of the Forty and Eight are great programs to help our communities. Does your Locale have one program that you can put extra focus on to really boost participation? Can your Locale hold an event or activity to raise a little extra money towards one of our programs? Let s get our Voyageurs out to more Fall, Winter and Spring Cheminots and Promenades. We are a fun organization. I like to have fun, do you? Camaraderie amongst is strong, we can build upon this. I hope to see all of you this year. As your Grande Chef I will be visiting all Locales. Make it a great year, Randall Shrader, Grande Chef, Grande Voiture du Virginie, Fall Grande Cheminot & Wreck Registration October 13, 2018 October 13 - Fall Cheminot/Wreck - No Banquet- Hospitality 1100 Hosted by Voiture 1530 at American Legion Post 284, 501 Springdale Ave., Colonial Heights, Virginia, Chateau 1530, Happy Hill Rd., Colonial Heights, VA Grande Dames will meet at Post. Name(s): Voiture: Cabane: Street or P.O. Box City: State: Zip: Phone: Home ( ) Work( ) Reg. Fee ea $ Total Enclosed: $ Reg. Fee 5.00 ea $ Total Enclosed: $ Make your check for Cheminot Reg. payable to: Voiture Locale 1530 and mail nlt October 5, 2018 to: John Ronkartz, 151 Breezy Hill Dr. Colonial Heights, Virginia

12 Chef de Train West Sous Chef de Train West Robert Yowell, Crest Lane, Bealeton, VA Phone: Hello, my name is Robert Yowell, I'm one of the new Sous Chef de Train for the Grande. will represent the Western half of Virginia. I will try to visit each Voiture in the West this year. I As all of know, we need new and younger members. Please work this year on finding new members and retaining the ones you already have. This is a vital endeavor if we want to keep GRANDE DU VIRGINIE ALIVE AND WELL. Robert Yowell Sous Chef de Train Chef de Train East 12 I am looking forward to working with the Chefs in the East this year. Chef Yowell and I have recently received our assignments and we will be spending the time to contact each locale. I thank all of those who attended the Grande Promenade and I hope to see everyone at the Fall Cheminot and Grande Wreck at VL1530, or at Promenade Nationale in Louisville Kentucky. Should anyone need a new copy of the 40&8 Ritual Handbook, please let me know. I will be picking up copies for my locale and I will be glad to pick up some and make them available at the Fall Cheminot. I would also like to discuss Public Relations: As we start the new year, I would like for all the locales to be proactive and add social media such as Twitter and Facebook. In order for our fine organization to prosper in the near future, we need to get our message out and social media is the way our voices to be heard. Here are the Social media pages for the Grande: has been updated, however there will be updates to list the new locale Chefs and grande directeurs. On a final note: I would like to post links for any locale that has a newsletter, facebook or twitter page. We would like to post your information on the website to keep up with the events throughout the Grande du Virginia. Merci, Vic Graulau, Sous Chef de Train East/Directeur Public Relations

13 COLONIAL HEIGHTS VOITURE LOCALE 1530 SUPPORTS THE LOCO-MOTION NEWS Lauren Bands, Sr Robert Barrett Charles Birdsong Milton Bolton John Bowden, III Terry Brentlinger Lester Brewer Ronald Brooks Hugh Cahill Jerry Chenault Thomas Colletti Jeffrey Constantine Sterling Cummins Edward Currier Charles Davis Donald Duncan Robert Emerick Bill Feasenmyer, Jr Charles Ferguson David Fleet Thomas Goudreault Sammy Granderson Richard Groenier Richard Guilmart Norman Halley William Haney Willie Harris Hodges Hastings, Jr George Honts Robert Huffman Donald Johnson Richard Jordan Charles Kump James Lipscomb Francis Lucas Craig Marsh, Jr Michael McCann C. Keith McMurdo Charles Medeiros, Sr Nicholas Milano, Sr Michael Mullen Tonya Meunier James Nestor Richard Oertel Douglas Osborn Chester Parzych W. Frank Perkinson Howard Perross, Jr Raymond Petersen C. David Pinelli, Jr C. David Pinelli, III Charles Pruett, Jr Charles Puckett Roger Puckett Royice Rasnake Anthony Reagan Claude Reeson Ann Robins John Ronkartz Robert Shumar Andrew Sheffield William Shill Steven Simonson Morton Smallwood Matthew Somariva Jesse Stacy, Jr David Stephens Geralyn Stephens Lloyd Strasser Robert Tatum Larry Tudor Louis Vallette Herbert Williams John Wills James Yule George Ahrend Adrian Klaas Chef de Gare Correspondant 2017/11 Hey Grande du Virginie, we are still here working the 40/8 programs. Voiture 1114 of the Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux recently elected officers for the coming year. Shown seated: Lee Mayberry, Correspondant, Wayne Bowen, Commissaire Intendant, Tommy Whitlow, Guard de la Porte and Charlie Price. Back: David Oakes, Pat Meadows, Richard Gunn Chef de Gare, Don Moore, Kenny Irby Chef de Train and not shown Linwood Phelps Chef de Train. COMPLIMENTS OF 2026/11 Howard Perross, Jr. Voiture Locale Chef 1530 Passe 13 Caboose Chateau Courtesy of Fairfax County Voiture Locale 1569 Juan Rodriquez Jack White Chef de Gare Correspondant 2017/11

14 GRANDE DIRECTEUR CHILD WEL- FARE Salute Voyageurs Militaire First off let me thank you very much for nominating me again for my third year as your Directeur of Child Welfare. Merci The only thing I have to start off is letting you know the image of our New pin is shown in the upper right corner of this article. I will have a hundred available at our next prom, the Wrecking prom at Voiture No date has been put out for this yet. It might also come out in this publication? I missed our last Grande Prom due to my car breaking down on the road. I will thank all that supported Child Welfare last year and wish we can do better this year. For all of Voiture Directeurs of Child Welfare, remember the Polo shirts you can have made with your names and Voiture numbers mentioned on them. You can wear them proudly like I do constantly. And Carry child Welfare Pins with you in your travels. The only thing I saw we did not do as good as the year prior was the reports at the end of our year. I only received reports from three out of thirteen Voiture Locales. I will see some of you at the Nationale Prom in Louisville Kentucky next month and the rest of you at our next Grande Cheminot. If you like to see the images of all our next year pins you can see them on my Website, Rolling Trains under programs or Albums. The only two that still are not available are Box Car and the Star. Oh yea the Americanism pin can be a Necklaces or a pin. Get there buy using this: Merci, For La Societe, Nelson Dillehunt, Grande Child Welfare Directeur is 40_8nelsondontrain@atlanticbb.net Phone Space to let $25.00 per year. Proceeds to help offset cost of printing this newsletter. 2018/12

15 Compliments of; VOITURE 380 Bull Run Lester H. Albers Dennis M. Antonucci John W. Atkins Lawrence H. Baer Ronald C. Bantom Antoinette G. Barber Willie C. Barr Charles R. Belles Knute A. Berstis Robert G. Brady James H. Brock Charles Buettner Michael C. Burnett Alford D. Carter III Dewey Chastain Stuart A. Drake Esmer L. Durham Jr. Robert M. Eidsvog Clyde C. Ferguson Rick Foster Jimmie L. Gilbert Jr. Kevin E. Gilliard James D. Griffith Matthew J. Hallinan Gordon W. Holsinger Jerry W. Howard Russell A. Keating Charles A. King David A. Lee B. Paul Leidy WJ Leonard Carroll S. Levison David F. Lightowler John R. Lilley II Ronald H. Link Justin M. Martin Vernon Hill Mays Danny L. McNeil Mark E. Meier Michael Mitrone Brian Mullican John S. Nealy Steven E. Olson William L. Purser James A. Rankin Richard Raskin Garland R. Rhyne Marie Anne Rhyne John Saupp Jr. Leo Clark Smith Gerald B. Sproles Richard E. Vatter Jr. John A. Ward Jr. James K. Wright Robert D. Yowell Robert H. Zalenski Richard J. Zilka John A. Ward Jr. Chef de Gare Robert G. Brady Correspondent 2017/11 Compliments of Jim Brock Space to let $25.00 per year. Proceeds to help offset cost of printing this newsletter. 15 Sous Directeur Boxcar Sous Directeur Ritual Passe Grand Chef de Gare Passe /11

16 Grande Voiture du Virginie Patrons List Add your name or your affiliation to the Patrons list for only $2.50 per year. (Pay for four years and get your name listed for five in 3 editions of the Loco-Motion News)! NOTE! The date at the right of your name is the expiration date. This date is the last issue that your name will appear. I have all this extra room to fill with boosters, Can you support? As you look through the News, please note the number of blank spaces at the bottom of each page. At one time there were two business card ads per page. Blank spots thru out the Newsletter are due to negative submissions of articles and/or photographs. Clay Aaron,... V /08 Alan Amos... V /10 Angie L. Anderson... V /08 Ronald C. Banton... V /05 M. S. Bo Bolton... V /03 Softsoap Branyan... V /09 Crawford Braswell... V /03 Terry Brentlinger... V /10 Jim Brock... V /11 Janice Brock... C /11 Barbara Burden /02 Jim Burden... V /12 Hugh Cahill... V /03 Jerry Chenault... V /11 Gary Claybaugh... V /02 Bert C. Cohee... V /05 Sterling Cummins... V /11 Nelson Dillehunt... V /10 Michael T. Doyle... V /12 Joe Dudley... V /06 Edna Eagle... C /12 Roscoe Eagle... V /12 Linda Edwards... C /01 William D. Englert... V /03 Bill Feasenmyer... V /09 Rita Feasenmyer /09 Frank Fritz... V /04 Dick George... V /11 Patti George... C /11 Richard J. Groenier... V /02 H. E. Guenther... V /05 Cleve Hall... V /10 Thomas A. Hamilton.. V /02 Roger Harner... V /09 Willie T. Harris... V /03 Hodges Hastings... V /04 Steacy Hicks,... V /09 Abe A.. Hildebrand... V /06 G. Al Hillman... V /07 Robert W. Huffman... V /04 Richard L. Jordan... V /03 Patrick M. Kelly... V /06 W. J. Leonard... V /04 Bob Lyles Jr.... V /11 Dolly Lyles... C /11 Ronald L. Madden... V /10 Craig A. Marsh, Jr.... V /03 Sol McCauley... V /06 Samuel T. McNeny... V /09 Richard C. Millard... V /05 F.H. Tony Morgan... V /11 Mike Mullen... v /11 Otha Newton... V /03 R. C. Rick Oertel... V /07 Chet Parzych... V /08 Howard Perross... V /10 C. David Pinnelli, Jr.... V /11 C. David Pinnelli, III V /11 Vincent C. Post V /07 Don Purcell... V /03 Samuel Ramseur... V /01 Brett Reistad... V /12 Leonard Richburg... V /10 Ann Robins... V /08 Cliff Robbins... V /09 John Ronkartz... V /11 Richard Rooney... V /12 Ruth Rooney... C /12 Jim Rovinski... V /11 John M. Schenk... V /09 M. Gail Smallwood... V /03 Leonard E. Smith, III.. V /04 Randy Shrader... V /04 Robert A. Stewart... V /09 Robert W. Tatum... V /09 Seline Todt... C /12 Dorothy Tucker... C /01 Louis M. Vallette... V /03 Joyce B. Willis... C /11 Jay A. Wilson... V /10 Mike Wood... V /0i9 Sandra Wood... C /12 Garland M. Woods... V /06 Harry H. Young... V /06 Robert Yowell... V /10??? Has your booster expired, or getting close to expiring??? Joyce B. Willis 7430 Landsworth Ave. Henrico, VA Cell jbw623@yahoo.com 2017/11 Proud to call Virginia "home" again and PROUD MEMBER Of La Societe de Femme, Grande de VA, Cabane 09/ SPACE TO LET $25.00 PER YEAR. PROCEEDS TO HELP OFFSET COST OF PRINTING THIS NEWS- LETTER.

17 Grande Directeur POW-MIA Salut, First off, I would like to say Thank You to the Voiture Locales that bought 2018 pins and turned in a report for use in the POW/MIA Consolidated Report. Voiture Locales V-86, V-380, V-976, V-977, V-1184, V Here is the Grande du VA POW/MIA 2018 Consolidated Report. 1. Total Man Hours Hrs..@ $5.00 per hour.....$15, Total Mileage ,151..@ $.50 per mile... $ 5, Actual Expenditures.$ 2, Accrued Totals $22, Activities: Locale Promenades, Grande Cheminots, Grande Promenade, Promenade Nationale, American Legion Meetings, District Meetings, VFW Meetings, VFW District Meetings, POW/MIA Empty Chair@ Install Banquets, Nurses Training Dinners, Christmas Dinners/Parties, Memorial Day Ceremonies, POW/ MIA Display, POW/MIA Day Ceremonies, Kalvin Cain Ceremony. Fund Raisers: POW/MIA pin sales, 120 pins. Donations: $ I have contacted the Sous Directeur Nationale POW/MIA Merchandiser to send me 60 ea POW/MIA pins on consignment for openers. Additional pins will be ordered as required. I will let you know when they come in. For GOD and Country and la Societe, Bill Englert, Grande Directeur POW/MIA du VA 40 Rexford Dr. Newport News, VA (c) oceantraveler7194@gmail.com SPACE TO LET $25.00 PER YEAR. PROCEEDS TO HELP OFFSET COST OF PRINTING THIS NEWS- LETTER. SPACE TO LET $25.00 PER YEAR. PROCEEDS TO HELP OFFSET COST OF PRINTING THIS NEWS- LETTER. 17

18 Charlottesville V-1184 Visits WWI Cemeteries Past Chef de Gare Pat Kelly of V`1184, visited American World War 1 cemeteries in France June The trip was hosted by the French Society, Sons of the Amirian Revolution. The trip included stops at Aisne-Marne Cemetery, Meuse-Argonne Cemetery, Oisne-Aisne Cemetery, the town of Chateau-Thierry, where the Third Infantry Division stopped the German drive on Paris in 1918 and earned the sobrequet "Rock of the Marne"; Chateau-Theirry Monument, the 91st Infantry Division Monument at Mount Falcon, Chemin des Dames historical site, Bois de la Marine (Bella Wood), the Champaine Region, Reims, Caen, the Normandy Cemetery and Aerromanche. The Oisne-Aisne Cemetery Superintendent, Huburt O. Caloud presented a talk concerning the American Battle Monuments Commission efforts to preserve the memory and service of America's World War 1 doughboys still buried in France. The ABMC is performing an outstanding service to the American People in their maintenance of the American cemeteries in France. All are beautifully maintained to perpetuate the memory of the sacrifice of the Doughboy in France. The People of France are very aware of the sacrifices of the United States in World War I and World War II. in every city we visited, French men and women would comment on some aspect of the war that had touched their families, and the sacrifice Americans had made for France. Article submitted by Locale Chef Passe Pat Kelly 18

19 Grande Directeur Child Welfare Nelson Dillehunt takes his pin display and his family wo various shopping centers and explains the 40 & 8 to one and all. Grande Voiture du Virginie, Grande Promenade Registration July 26th & 28th, 2019 Voiture Locale 1530, Colonial Heights, Virginia Name(s): Voiture: Cabane: Street or P.O. Box: City: State: Zip: Phone: Home ( ) Work( ) Reg. Fee ea $ Total Amt Nr. Banquet ea $ Enclosed: $ Make your check for Registration and Banquet Tickets payable to: Voiture Locale 1530 and mail nlt July 15, 2019 to: John Ronkartz, Hotel Information: Make your own reservations directly with the Hotel. Room rates are $xxx.xx plus tax. Room includes breakfast buffet. Deadline for hotel reservations is June 29, Hotel information will be in next issue: Mention 40&8/ American Legion July Promenade for special rate. 19

20 Le Editor, Loco Motion News Grande Voiture de Virginia La Societé des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux John M. Schenk 406 E. Randall Ave. Norfolk, Virginia Non-Profit Org. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Newport News, VA Permit No, 23 20