WACs at Selman Field Showcase Army Life and Leadership
The article praises the WACs at Selman Field for discipline, versatility, and morale. It highlights daily routines from reveille to curfews, lists key roles from radio operators to dental technicians, and notes popular leaders Lieutenant Polly McAllister and First Sergeant Geraldine Gross. Open house marks one year since arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacs
America
WAC
Selman Field
Polly McAllister
Geraldine Gross
Monroe
McAllister
Gross
Red Cross Canteen Class Finishes Tea Hour Certs
The Red Cross Canteen Class at the John Sherrouse home held a tea hour after a business session and certificate awards. Forty hour training completed. many members assigned to duties at Selman Field Cafeteria. Certificates issued by Mrs. D L Nicol and Mrs. R L Conway Jr. for members including Corinne Alleman and Lucille Balfour. The luncheon for Girl Scout Troop No. 3 at West Monroe Methodist Church featured twenty five in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selman Field Carteen
D. L. Nicol
Red Cross Canteen Corps
R. L. Conway Jr
Corinne Alleman
Lucille Balfour
Anne L. Barnes
Reba Bible
Muriel Carey
Mary Ann Carter
Mildred Cook
Mary Cummings
Elizabeth Friddle
Alma B. Gimler
Louise Griffith
Beatrice Holst
Pauline Joudrey
Adelaide Kirkpatrick
Eva Mae Lingo
Isabel B. Nash
Jessie Mae Page
Helen Sherrouse
Claud Younger
Josephine Goodwin
West Monroe Methodist Church
Mariyn Harlowe
Ruth Anderson
Laverne Cook
Sue Goss
Norma Jean Wharton
Beryl Lynn DeLoach
Jo Chisholm
Betty Bennett
Carol Jean Williamson
Polly Ragland
Maxine Pettit
Gloria Strong
Mary Coats
Jackie White
Pat Ann Rector
Sharon Anderson
Joyce Ann Wilson
Joan Bandy
Jane Wallace
Virginia Coats
Carolyn Hargrove
Lorraine McClendon
Sara Pankey
Malcolm LeFevre
W. R. Younger
BE. L. Page
Red Cross
Atlanta
Library Readies Summer Vacation Reading Program
Ouachita Parish libraries open for summer reading as public schools urge every child to secure a library card. The Monroe Public Library highlights juvenile awards like the Newberry and Caldecott, lists popular titles, and recommends a wide reading range from adventures to classics for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Twin Cities
Monroe Public Library
Caldecott
Esther Forbes
Johnny Tremain
Boston
Louis Slobodkin
Caldecott Medal
James Thurber
Army Wives Club Activities Schedule This Week
Army wives and cadets wives clubs announce a week of events starting Tuesday June 6 with a surgical dressing unit at the American Legion Home. Wednesday features golf at Municipal Golf Course and bowling at Selman field. Thursday offers tennis at the American Legion home. Friday provides golf instruction at Selman field driving range. Cadets wives meet at the Advanced Cadet Club on South Grand street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Wives
American Legion Home
Municipal Golf Course
Selman Field Bowling Alley
Selman Field
Advanced Cadet Club
South Grand Street
Society Calendar Highlights Week of Events
A busy set of community events features Miss Sue McBride with dinners and entertainments. Activities include Garden Club at West Monroe Baptist Church, a Girl Scout rally at Camp Ki-Ro-Li, and multiple meetings of Baptist and Methodist societies. A wedding for Miss Sue Carolyn McBride and St John Alfred Brizius is planned at First Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Garden Club
West Monroe Baptist Church
Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
M. S. Lippman
Frances Hotel
Sue McBride
Woman's Missionary Society of
The
First Baptist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Altar Society
S. Gremilion
B. M. McKoin
Joyce McKoin
J. W. Cummins
Altrurian Book Club Holds Final Meeting Picnic at West Monroe Center
The Altrurian Book Club wrapped its year with a picnic at the West Monroe Community Center. State president Mrs. A. D. Tisdale spoke, installed officers, and discussed the Federated Clubs convention. Members and guests enjoyed games as the club replaces its annual banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrurian Book Club
West Monroe
National Youth Administration
A. D. Tisdale
Federated Clubs
O. J. Hamm
N. D. McGaughey
J. C. Stewart
E. W. Stinson
C. H. Tait
G. E. Tyner
J. H. Watkins
R. G Luckett
Jack Willis
Mattie Hamilton
G. W. Welch
Ouida Welch
Alexander Morrid
Mae Faulk
R. B. Henry
C. T. Johnson
C. E. Faulk
Elanor Cane
St Francis seeks seven cadet nurses for July class
St Francis Sanitarium invites seven more young women to join the U S cadet nurse corps under the Bolton Act. Miss M Virginia Dryden says a class is planned for July 1 with places for seven qualified applicants. Applicants must be 17 to 35 and pledge to essential nursing during the war. Contact Dryden at the St Francis School of Nursing for details. Mrs Birdie H Helmes of Memphis is visiting in Forsythe Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Sanitarium
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
M. Virginia Dryden
School of Nursing
Miss Dryden
U. S. Public Health Service
Federal Security Agency
St. Francis Sanitarium’s School of Nursing
St. Francis Sanitarium School of Nursing
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Samuel Ogden
Mer Rouge
St. Andrews Church
Met Rouge
Reynolds
Georgia
Scott Hale
Naomi S. Hale
Waterproof
Bailey Peyton Northcott
Tuscon
Ariz
John Sherrouse
Robert Lukat
Albert
Institute of Hair Design
Chicago
Ill
DeSiard
Uptown
Louisville Ave
Marjorie Grant
Wave Recruiter
U. S. Navy Recruiting Station
Miss Grant
P.O
Monroe, la
Makers of
Angela Patri
Reader Service
All Boys and Girls
A. A. Milne
Eugene Field
Lear
Anderson
Dr. Doolittle
Kipling
Uncle Remus
Charlemagne
Longfellow
King Arthur
Bob
van Loon
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Joan of Arc
Marco Polo
Marilyn Ralleigh
Frank Spivey
Charles Phelps
Clarice Slagle
Elmer Slagle
Sophie Newcomb College
Lee Slagle
Quachita Parish
Sophie Newcomb
Seersuckers
St. Francis
Birdie H. Helmes
Memphis, Tenn
Zell Smith
Mr. Smith
Forsythe Avenue
Mulhearn Funeral Home. Inc
Durrett
St. John
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