re: Smokey the Bear Question

On Wed, 20 Mar 1996 jbrennan[_at_]OASERVERA2.SSMC.NOAA.GOV wrote:
>
> If you write to the Forest Service for clarification, remember the
> name is "Smokey Bear", not "Smokey the Bear".

That's not unusual -- many people don't like to use their middle names.

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