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Clubhouse Planned By Fort Zarah Farm Bureau Unit Has Gone To WarGreat Bend—For eight years the women of the Ft. Zanth farm bureau unit have been saving up dimes and dollars, accumulating a fund to build a clubhouse some day. . .They had $B0G in the fund when the Japs bombed Peart Harbor, and America went to war. At their first meeting after the declaration ot war the club voted, to buy a $500 war bond.Later on they gave more to theThey study such subjects as navigation, • meteorology!, and. radio code, take a stiff program of calisthenics and military drill, and. spend 60 hours In the air.The basic trainers, which cadets learn to handle here, arc the trim silver Vullee *'BT-J3s,.\ , Twice as heavy as primary craft and having twice as much horsepower and twice as many gadgets in the cockpit, they are far more difficult to pilot than tho lighter, primary trainers.Seven hours of basic training are spent in the fundamentals of formation flying. Afterwards, the cadet learns night flying, cross country hops, flights made solely on Instruments and how. to fly in three-plane formations.“When- a cadet completes his training here. ono of the officersBed. Cross and tho USO. Then came a check to the China Relief fund, another to the Russian Relief fund, and a bundle to Britain.At the last meeting, another $50 war bond was bought, $25 was given to the Red Cross blood plasma bonk,-$10 more to the Bed Cross, war fund and erieh member chipped in $1 more for the USO.The clubhouse fund? All gone, the treasurer's report shows, Gone to war.‘‘That's all right, the 30 farm women of Ft, Zarah club agreed. “If we lose the war we won't need a clubhouse. If that $800 fund will help win the war, we'll be able to raise the fund again and get the clubhouse after nil.In the meanwhile the club is meeting around ot the members' homes,
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Hutchinson News Herald
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Sun, Apr 18, 1943
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