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RUSTON. LOUISIANA, MONDAY. MAY 17, 1043ef ; Over 1,000 Persons Attend Open-HouseHeld At Camp RustonSafurday,Celebrating 1st WAAC BirthdayTwo Ruston Men In Service Enjoy Visit* In Long Beach, Calif.In Its First Year The Corp Has Trained 60,000 Women SoldeirsSpokane, selected 3 States for thes AtIghtten50norsin charge Unit Belt at Lou-l a new lasses lor.1 be held d a night m. There ses, as into both wives are deferred boys and ihool sen-lop class-11 also beThe following letter, of interest to many people here, was recently received from Gunner Sam Hines, who at one time was a photographer for the Leader: Long Beach, Calif.,May 11,The Lender” certainly gets around. I note you published part of my letter. I received word from my friends in the service with whom I correspond that they saw the letter in Oregon. Arizona, California and North Carolina, so The Leader” does get around. I make it a practice to send items of interest from “The Leader to my friends; they do the same by me.What was perhaps the greatest surprise to me was meeting James Mannry, Merchant Marine quartermaster, from Vienna, right here in down town Long Beach. I also was out to his home here, met Mrs. Mannery, also Mr. and Mrs. Henry from Vienna. We!!, the discussion was of Huston. Henry and Mannery /ire both going to sea, while their wives are engaged in defense work.It really does give you a thrill meeting someone from back home when you haven't seen anyone for months.I did enjoy my visit.Have been assigned to a new Liberty ship, and we are .really going places this trip. I don’t expect to be back in the Sattes until this fall, and I do hope to have a good story for you then.I certainly appreciate you helping me in my pieture-making in the past.Am limited as to advancement in the armed guard. You get to be a gunner and that's all, and it is impossible to be transferred to other duty, or a shortage of gunners exists.In my spare moment I expect to tudy advertising; would like to work along newspaper lines but afraid my ability is rather limited.Thanking you far past favors,am, yours very truly,Sam Hines.p_ s.—Mr. and Mrs. Mannry had a Leader,” also Tech Talks.rrt persons both the weldingThe dominant decorative theme found in pottery of the Pueblo In-More than a thousand persons from Ruston and nearby vicinities attended the upon-house held at Camp Ruston Saturday afternoon. celebrating the i'rst birthday of the Women’s A any Auxiliary Corps.The open-house was part of a two-day celebration with wl'wh local WAACs observed a not inn-wide biithriay party. More than 650 khaki-clad officers and enrolled members of the women's army from Branch A ol the Fifth WAAC Training Center, together wit ha band from Selmnn Field. Monroe, paraded for downtown Ruston isms Friday afternoon.On Saturday, the townspeople of Ruston, as guests of the WAAC, passed through the gates of the camp to see how women soldiers live, work and play. They inspected WAAC barracks, motor pool, mess halls, the recreation hall and day rooms, as well as the regimental and camp headquarters buildings. Refreshments were served by WAAC conks in the mess halls.Civic and club leaders were entertained at the Officers1 ClubTwo dances at the camp Saturday evening, one at the recreation hall for WAACs, enlisted men and Selman Field cadets, and another at the Officers’ Club, to which officers from Selman Field were invited, wound up the celebration.Camp Ruston WAACs, proud of their corps’ first birthday, were eager for the opportunity to point out the uniformity and neatness of barracks, mess halls and kitchens, supply and orderly rooms which they staff and operate themselves in strict accordance with Army regulations.In its first year, the WAAC has recruited and trained 60,000 women to take over 142 jobs, of soldiers and further;, .the war effort by releasing them to America’s far-flung battle fronts.ThismilecamFarmThenThatTechSermBy ElDr.DelSunRuston Boy Taking Instructors CourseDr. C of the I Dorado, bacealaii ana TeiHendricks Field, Sebring, Fla.. May 17_First Lieutenant James O. Holstead, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Holstead. Ruston, La., is among the officers taking -the Flying Fortress pilot oinstructors' course at this Army Forces sta-o’clock it has t
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Mon, May 17, 1943
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