TRANSCRIBED FROM THE MENA WEEKLY STAR, JANUARY 16, 1919 P 4
As the Hun is licked, I am ready to start a little war all my own with Polk county bass.
I am going to be home by fishing time and I am coming all ready and roaring in to get after the good old mountain fish of Polk county. It’s been a long long time since I dropped a minnow after them.
I am the proud possessor of three of the Evening Stars, sent to me by my mother, and I want to say they were better than a pay day to me.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Sgt. Earle Walton Haines from somewhere in France. He was born on August 24, 1895 at Bentonville, Arkansas and died on December 30, 1979. He is buried in the Rose Hills Memorial Park at Whitter, California. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. serving in the U S Army during World War I. He enlisted on November 6, 1917 and was discharged on May 22, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and build with light blue eyes and brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.
As the Hun is licked, I am ready to start a little war all my own with Polk county bass.
I am going to be home by fishing time and I am coming all ready and roaring in to get after the good old mountain fish of Polk county. It’s been a long long time since I dropped a minnow after them.
I am the proud possessor of three of the Evening Stars, sent to me by my mother, and I want to say they were better than a pay day to me.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by Sgt. Earle Walton Haines from somewhere in France. He was born on August 24, 1895 at Bentonville, Arkansas and died on December 30, 1979. He is buried in the Rose Hills Memorial Park at Whitter, California. His military headstone identifies him as a Sgt. serving in the U S Army during World War I. He enlisted on November 6, 1917 and was discharged on May 22, 1919. He was described as being of medium height and build with light blue eyes and brown hair.
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT.