Our Mission as Editors of the Warrior, is to Enlighten the Minds and Hearts of its Members!

By Lee & Charlotte Henderson, Publishers / Editors

THE WARRIOR TEXAS LONE STAR CHAPTER / KOREAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION

MARCH 2009 Chapter 76, Houston, Texas. Chartered - February 1991

Volume 19 - Issue 3

VALENTINE PARTY Our Valentine Party was a bit different this year. We began gathering at 4 pm to start cooking. There were waffle irons and electric griddles heating on counters, and griddles on the stoves. All of the electrical appliances going at once, caused breakers to be thrown, so power cords were run to other rooms to help with the problem, thanks to Lee Henderson. Meat (sausage, bacon and Canadian bacon) heating in microwaves. To accompany the delicious waffles, Belgium waffles and pancakes, there was butter, syrup, fresh fruit, canned fruit pie filling, and whipped cream. The food was delicious and everyone enjoyed them-selves, in fact, several came back for seconds. There was a large group of women and a few men that made the night a great one. Our fearless

leader was Martha Ballard along with her willing workers: Christine Carnero, Marlene Susca, Grace Laird, Marilyn & Wayne Harrison, Barbara English, Billie Blair, Nelda Napp, Charlotte Henderson, John & Georgia Jackson, Stoney Stone, Forrest Robinson and Jerry Riley. If any worker was not listed, my sincere apologizes. There was a great turn out of members, plus a few new ones and visitors. Hopefully everyone enjoyed their meal, and were able to visit before the very important meeting.

St. Patrick's Day Parade

The St. Patrick�s Day Parade will take place on Saturday, March 14th, and begin at Minute Maid Park. The parade is scheduled to begin at 12 noon, so we should begin arriving by 11 am, to find our place in line Please gather by the big clock at Minute Maid Park, at Hamilton & Texas.

If you have any decorations, please bring them. We are always in need of decorations for our trucks. Some of the decorations we have been using, are small magnetic shamrocks, etc. Over the years, they have blown off as the trucks travel the parade route. There is just a small amount left. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Each truck owner, should also bring decorations for their truck.

Let�s all be Irish for the day. WEAR GREEN

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ELECTION . . . . Don�t forget, March is election month, so please send in your ballots, or better yet, bring them in in person.. Each officer is running unopposed, but your ballot is still important. There are three openings for directors. If you wish to nominate anyone for any of the offices, please get their permission before sub-mitting their name.

VOTE� VOTE�. VOTE� VOTE �.VITE

DOOR PRIZES January 13, 2009

Barbara English . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tin of Mixed Nuts Tom Mixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watch Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model plane Bob Bighouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bottle of Wine Chuck Ehrlund . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tea Pot with Jacket Rod Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Book Ted Maloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy bars Bob Ottis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book John Alverado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Charlotte Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book Forrest Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookie Mix Bob Bighouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Book Chuck Ehrlund was the lucky winner of the 50/50 drawing with his share being $32.50. Chuck donated the winnings to the Warrior. Thank you Chuck. The items for the drawings were donated by: Forrest Robinson, Carlos & Martha Ballard, Don Napp, Buddy Blair, Patty Gambino, Marlene Susca, Maggie Bazan and Nuncio Martino. Thank you everyone.

WISDOM FROM MAXINE!

�Always read stuff that will make you look good, just in case you die in the middle of it!� �Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!� �Never buy a car you can�t push!� �A husband is someone who, after he takes out the trash, you would think he cleaned the house.�

DOOR PRIZES February 19,2009

There was not a drawing tonight, as there was a full agenda, and the meeting ran over.

EXEMPTION FROM ADVALOREM TAX

(The following was sent out as a email from Abe Stice)

Guys, don�t know what your % of service con-nected disabilities are, but Texas State Represen-tative Jimmie Don Aycock has introduced House Bill 62, which will exempt 100% Disabled Veter-ans from paying the AdValorem Taxes on their homestead. You can check out the progress of this bill as it moves through the legislature by go-ing to: (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/billlookup/billnumber.aspx) and typing in HB 62. It it passes through the Senate, it won�t go into effect until tax year 2010, but when it does, it will most likely reduce your mortgage payments by a cou-ple hundred dollars per month. The State of Oklahoma passed similar legislation several years ago and since thin I have bom-barded our State Representatives with documen-tation of the Oklahoma Bill with the closing state-ment of �If Oklahoma can provide this benefit to its Disabled Veterans, why can�t the State of Texas?�

Wisdom From Maxine: �Ham and eggs! A days work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig!�

Wisdom from Maxine: �My husband and I devoiced over religious differences. He thought he was GOD and I didn�t�

Profound Statements:

�In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.� John Adams

�If you don�t read the newspaper you are uniformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.� Mark Twain

�I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.� Winston Churchill

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PLAY BALL�� 13TH ANNUAL �HONOR ALL VETERANS DAY�

Our annual Ballgame at Minute Maid Field will be held this year on:

DATE: Saturday,, May 9th

GAME TIME: 6:05 pm

TEAMS: ASTROS VS SAN DIEGO PADRES

TICKET PRICE: $11.00 each (Group price)

CUTOFF DATE: March 31st

Our seating will be in the Outfield Mezzanine once again. The Astro's have reserved 150 seats for us, but will give us more if needed.

The theme this year will be Angels of Mercy. Our honorees will be five Military Medical personnel. We hope to have an Army Medic, a Navy Corpsman, a Nurse, a Doctor and a Surgeon.

If you wish to sit with other Chapter members, make your check out to Bob Mitchell for the number of tickets you want times $11. Each. Tickets for this block of seats will be sold from February 1 through March 31st. You can bring your check to the General Meeting on February 19th, or to the General Meeting on March 19th, and sign up, or mail to the Chapter P. O. Box, attn: Bob Mitchell� Baseball. The cutoff date for all orders is March 31st. Bob will purchase the block of tickets right after March 31st and distribute them at the April General meeting, April 16th.

Your family, friends and neighbors are all welcome to attend as well. The more the merrier. Plan to join us for this special day, and let�s have a really big turn out for our Chapter.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: http & https

I know you all might know this, but I didn�t and was glad to find it out. FIRST, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF �The main difference between http:// and https:// is, it�s all about keeping you secure�

HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it�s a protocol (a lan-guage, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The S (big surprise) stands for �Secure�. If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular �unsecured� language. In other words, it is possible for someone to �eavesdrop� on your computer�s conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.

This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website!

But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on. You understand why this is so important, right?

If is a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn�t, there�s no way you�re going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.

�WARRIOR DONATIONS� Honor Roll for �July 2007 to July 2008� The editors would like to acknowledge and thank the following members and patrons of the Warrior who have contributed in help-ing to defray some of the cost of printing and mailing. As you know, we now have the Warrior on line for those with computers, but the Post Office has informed us that the cost of mailing has gone up, so we still need your help. We thank you for your generous support and contributions. We will be using the funds received to defray the costs of the newsletter. The following names will be published monthly through the July 2009 issue. Be sure and have your name included. Fill in the sponsor card, seen below, or included in your July, 2008 newsletter, (those that are mailed) and return with your contribution. Thanks: Your editors: Lee & Charlotte Henderson

In Memory of � All Korean Vets� All who Died & MIA�s All that didn�t come back All Service People�Deceased

Cortez, Al Craigmill, Ross WWII Cunningham, Charlie Finks, Clark Fuhrman, Juanita Illanne, Ed Jones, Robert Kraniak, Lou McManners, Arthur Montgomery, John

Texas Lone Star Chapter � KWVA P. O. Box 802541�Houston, TX 77280-2541

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Aguilera, Vincent Ballard, Carlos Ballard, Martha Barnhart, Harvey Beecraft, Bert Belken, Donald Blair, Buddy Brast, Hazel Brunelle, Harry Burton, Allie Cambiaso, Hortens Canny, Pat Castillo, Alex Cipriano, Ray Conte, Tom Corea, Joseph Cortez, Ricardo Coussons, Charles Craigmill, Bill

Levine, Jack Lee, Johnney Lyke, Tom Lynch, Juanita Maillet, William Maloy, Ted ** McKay, Frank McManners, Dorot Middlebrooks, Bev Mixon, Tom Montello, Stephen Moore, Edwin Munguia, Tony Nanninga, John Naomi, Sam Napp, Don Napp, Nelda Nittsche, Herbert Parker, James L.

Pedraza, John Perkins, Mr.Evelyn Petrey, Clifford Priger, Ray Riess, Don Riley, Travis Romano, Joseph Sanford, R.B. Shepherd, James Sholl, Vinton Sicola, Johnnie Sloan, Jane Smith, Charles W. Stewart, Clyde Talghader, Marvin Trevino, Raul Wallace, Peter Watkins, James Wells, Geneva

Wilhemson,Elizabe Williams, Bridget

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RETARDED GRANDPARENTS - (This was actually reported by a teacher) After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:

�We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they won�t know who they are anymore.

They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, they do exercises there, but they don�t do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with hats on.

At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night�early birds.

Some of the people can�t get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot luck.

My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out, so they can visit their grandchildren.�

O�Flynn, John J. Rhatigan, Bill Russell, Roy Shepherd, brothers -Floyd, Bob & Doyle Sloane, Story Treadwell, Marvin Williams, John Wray, Ewing

In Honor of� Nathan, Howard (Speedy Recovery) Lebaron, Eddie This Space is for you to Remember someone you Care for.

2009 MARCH 5th - Board Meeting 5 pm 8th - Daylight Saving Time begins 14th - St. Patrick�s Day Parade 17th - St. Patrick�s Day 19th - General Meeting 6:00 pm 20th - First Day of Spring APRIL 2nd - Board Meeting - 5 pm 5th - Palm Sunday 8th - Passover Begins @ Sunset 10th - Good Friday 12th - EASTER SUNDAY 16th - Passover Ends 16th - General Meeting - 6 pm

TIME TO RENEW

Dues are $20.00 - Life Membership $200.00 � Send re-newal to KWVA � P O Box 802541 � Houston TX 77280-2541. The following memberships are due March 1, 2009: John Barker M576 Bob Bighouse M770 Amy Cipriano A420 Thomas Gregory M818 Dick Harris M773 Glenn Krebs M 7 8 6 James Shepherd M827 Charles Smith M754

RENEWALS John Alvarado Walter H. Ballard Harry Bruce Francisco Garza Max Johnson Charles �Max� McLendon Don Napp Rudy Weisar Hong Sop Won

Max Johnson upgraded to Life Member NEW MEMBER:

J. C. Ashby�M-831

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VIDEO TAPING OF KOREA STORIES

These talks are videotaped. The tapes will go to the Korean War Museum, to become part of their archives. Since time at our meetings is limited, we will have to follow some simple rules: Members will have 10 minutes max. to speak. The time limit will be controlled. To be able to tell your story in that time frame, you should plan your talk in advance. List the things you want to cover, and try it out at home first and watch the time it takes. If it is way over the time, trim out some things to make it fit. Remember you�re being taped and the Museum won�t know who you are.. . . . . . . Start with your name, rank, branch of service, time you were there and what your specialty was. Then tell your story Be sure and attend and hear the latest memory.

MEETING TIME CHANGED

Beginning in January, the meeting times will change. The board members voted to change the meetings. The board meeting will again be on the first Thursday of the month, at 5 pm. The general meet-ing will be on the 3rd Thursday at 6 pm, instead of 7 pm. Come early and visit with friends, and meet new ones.

DON�T FORGET !!!

Correspondence:

Francisco Garza - Sorry I have not sent in my dues earlier, I have had some medical problems. I don�t want to quit the Lone Star Chapter. Bill Craigmill ( from Canada)- Hope you are all doing very well, as we are also here, but it�s bloody cold. I will go back to the Philippines for next winter, This is no good. Now I know why the Indians didn�t want it. Too Cold. Ha Ha. Donald Freeman please change my address, I like getting the newsletters. Am a little under the weather. Hope to at-tend the meetings mid to late 09.

Senility Prayer - Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked. The good fortune to run into the people I do like. The eyesight to tell the difference.

MARCH BIRTHDAY'S

MARCH ANNIVERSARY'S

MEMBER & SPOUSE DATE MEMBER & SPOUSE DATE

Roland & Edna Potts . . . . 52nd . . . . . .3/1/1957 Sal & Patty Gambino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 James & Dorothy Johnson . 55 yrs . . .3/4/1954 Carl & Sun Hee Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 Byron & Jean Dickerson . . . 56 yrs . . .3/6/1953 Walter G. & Dorothy Ballard . 56 yrs. 3/7/53 Joel & Mary Ybarra . . . . .. . . 61 yrs . . .3/8/1948 Carlos & Martha Ballard . . . .53 yrs. 3/9/56 Charles & Lillie Critchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/9 Glenn & Connie Krebs . . . . 50 yrs .3/13/50 Doug & Dorothy Sizemore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3/15 Robert & Norma Hall . . . 59 yrs . . .3/17/50 Harry & Dottie Bruce . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . , , , , , , , 3/18 Danford & Ida Mouton . . 53 yrs. . 3/19/56 Chuck & Ruby Ehrlund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3/21 Herbert & Marian Odell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/25 James & Wilma Watkins . . . 57 yrs . . . 3/29/52 Charles & Jessie Crouther . 56 yrs .3/31/56

Congratulations to our members celebrating their 50th + Anniversary's�!!

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Amy Cipriano . . . . . . . . . .1st James Shepherd . . . . . . . .3rd Ida Mouton . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Robert Hall . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Manuel Ramirez . . . . . . . 7th Mildred Baker . . . . . . . . .8th Walter G. Ballard . . . . . 10th Betty Ann Graves . . . . . 11th

Margie Williams . . . . . . . 13th Robert Sims . . . . . . . . . . .13th Walt Tarpley . . . . . . . . . . 15th Bettye McKay . . . . . . . . . 20th Charlotte Ann Thomas . . 20th Helen Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 21st Eva Martinez . . . . . . . . . 22nd

Katsuko Wallace . . . . . . 23rd Barbara Arnott . . . . . . . . 24th Ethel Peters . . . . . . . . . . 25th Bill Brookshire . . . . . . . .26th Vendla Migl . . . . . . . . . . 26th Lemuel Pickle . . . . . . . . .26th Jerri Riley . . . . . . . . . . . .26th

Carlos Ballard . . . . . . . 28th Peggy Boren . . . . . . . . 28th Frances Coleman . . . . . 28th Lee Henderson . . . . . . .29th Joyce Balke . . . . . . . . . 30th James O�Donnell . . . . . 30th Bill Love . . . . . . . . . . . 31st

KEEPING IN TOUCH � SICK BAY

Ruth Johnson has been hospitalized since November 2008. She was transferred to TIRR and while there she developed pneumonia for the third time since this all started. She was then transferred to another medical hospi-tal. Ruth, you are a true fighter. We hope and pray that you will be home with your family soon. We�re looking forward to seeing you. Ruby Ehrlund has resumed her chemo treatment. This tends to make her very tired. We hope everything goes okay. Hopefully it will all be over with very soon.

LOYALTY * VALOR * HONOR * FIDELITY

CONSUL GENERAL RETURNS TO KOREA

Our wonderful Consul General of the Republic of Korea and Mrs. Jung-Keun Kim, have returned to Seoul, Korea. Consul General Kim has been in Houston several years and the Lone Star Chapter became very fond of the both of them. Several breakfasts and dinners have been hosted in their lovely home, with the Lone Star Chap-ter members included. Some of these dinners were prepared by Mrs. Kim, with some assistance from her staff. The last dinner they hosted was held near the end of Febru-ary, with just a few members invited. They will be missed, hope-fully retirement will agree with them.

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KOREAN WORDS & PHRASES

Below are a few words that some of you might find useful if you plan to make the return trip to Korea. Study them and understand them, so when in Korea, or just talking to our Korean friends, you will un-derstand a tiny bit of the language.

TEXAS LONE STAR CHAPTER KOREAN WAR VETERANS

P O. BOX 802541 HOUSTON, TX 77280-2541

USA TEL/FAX (713) 774-3662

www.kwvahouston.org

Return Service Requested

Term Expires 03/09 Jim Duncan 713-464-0633 03/09 Charles Laird * 281-345-0523 03/09 Howard Nathan 281-471-8788 03/10 Z.E. (Stoney) Stone 281-375-7675 03/10 Vito Susca 281-491-1242

* Chairman of the Board

OFFICERS DIRECTORS

President Carlos Ballard 281-499-5334 1st Vice Pres. Roland English 281-495-0092 2nd Vice Pres. Frank (Franko) Grochoske 713-941-3845 Secretary Bob Bighouse 713-464-3676 Treasurer Rod Ramsey 281-497-4054

Charlie Ehrlund - Past-President 713-465-5172

FORMER PRESIDENTS COMMITTEES

1991-92 - Nat Young 1992-93 - W. B. Kirchheim 1993-94 - Don Foisie 1994-95 - James Duncan 1995 -97 - Bill Hare 1997-98 - John Jackson 1998-99 � �Stoney� Stone 1999-00 � Sal Gambino 2000-01 � Howard Nathan 2001-02 � Bob Mitchell 2002-03 - Carlos Ballard 2003-04 - Don Napp 2004-05 - Charlie Ehrlund 2005-07 - Buddy Blair 2007-08 - Charlie Ehrlund

CHAPLAIN Charles Laird / Max Johnson CHAPTER TELEPHONE Bennie Younger COLOR GUARD Henry Martinez EDUCATION Travis Riley HISTORIAN Mickey Spencer MIA / POW Carlos Ballard, Alternate PARLIAMENTARIAN Manny Carnero PUBLIC RELATIONS Howard Nathan QUARTERMASTER John Jackson SGT. AT ARMS Sal Gambino TELEPHONE COMMITTEE Bob Mitchell VA CEMETERY �Stoney� Stone / John Jackson / Charles Laird VA HOSPITAL Buddy Blair VETERANS COALITION Howard Nathan WARRIOR EDITOR Lee Henderson (bhenderson49@comcast.net) (713) 946-9194

March, 2009