Several days after the Homer American Legion Post had conducted a military type service for a World War I veteran, getting the National Guard to supply a rifle squad and the high school band to provide buglers, we considered that the Post should prepare to supply squads for future funerals. A group of us began to practice after each Post meeting.
A friendly poker game would follow. It was at one of these games of stud that George distracted Wardlow and replaced a jack with another card. George threw his cards down, showing a pair of queens. "What you got?" he asked Whitlow, who turned over his cards one by one. George said " queens beat jacks" and raked in the pot.
Whitlow kept staring at his cards, finally saying, " I had three jacks but one slipped away."
What a bunch of great guys. That was a long time ago, but I still think about those times.
A friendly poker game would follow. It was at one of these games of stud that George distracted Wardlow and replaced a jack with another card. George threw his cards down, showing a pair of queens. "What you got?" he asked Whitlow, who turned over his cards one by one. George said " queens beat jacks" and raked in the pot.
Whitlow kept staring at his cards, finally saying, " I had three jacks but one slipped away."
What a bunch of great guys. That was a long time ago, but I still think about those times.
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