Hellcats Rally Past Thunderbolts In 12th Inning Thriller
The Hellcats defeated the Thunderbolts 2 to 1 in 12 innings at Spudder Park to move ahead in the series. Johnny Travis pitched for the Hellcats allowing seven hits with 14 strikeouts, while Charley Dye and Don Gray were among the Bolts with errors that aided two runs. Pete Hughes and Nick Woloshyn sparked the 12th inning rally, as Steve Dolinski delivered the game winning hit with Hughes scoring from third. A protest over Travis being added to the roster was filed and a hearing set for next week.
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Thunderbolt
Don Gray
Big Ems Kamperman
Hellcat
Spudder Park
Kamerman
Gray
Ed Hessey
Hellcats
Thunderbolts
Johnny Travis
Bolts
Vahila
Johnny Vahila
Basendorff
Travis
Pierce
Short
Sammy Sedicino
Pete Hughes
Nick Woloshyn
Cats
Biz
Steve Dolinski
Hughes
Kamperman
Woloshyn
Dolinski
Tom Graham
Stormy Soward
Soward
Graham
George Stokes
Clyde Trumbore
Special Service Office
Ry Ra
Smith
Stokes
Trumbore
Dye
ip-Roarin Rodeo Set for Sept 1-4 at Spudder Park WF
Sheppard Field readies a four day rodeo from September 1 to 4 at Spudder Park Wichita Falls. Maj Pooley says free open air event hosted by Special Service Office features 15 Brahma bulls 15 broncos 25 roping calves 25 ribbon roping steers eight bulldogging steers plus live horses with Indians from Anadarko Reservation sought for color. Local judges drawn from Wichita Falls notables expect large turnout from SFers and civilians.
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Gore
Sheppard Field
Spudder Park
Wichita Falls
Post Special Service Office
William L. F. Pooley
Fletcher
Okla
Frank H. East
Anadarko Reservation
Sheppard
Free Watermelons For All Field Sections
More than 160000 pounds of watermelons are being made available to field personnel at no cost by the Post Special Service Office per Maj William L Pooley. All sections will receive their share and should contact the Special Service Office to arrange procurement. Melons cannot be stored on post and advance notice suffices for delivery.
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Post Special Service Office
William L. ¥. Pooley
Major Pooley
Special Service Office
Former PX Officer at Sheppard Field Killed in Action
Captain John D. Kibler assigned to Sheppard Field for two years was reported killed in a raid over Austria on July 8 by the War Department. A former PX officer and post exchange chief, he earned pilot wings in 1943 at Frederick Army Air Field. Survived by Mrs. Kibler and son Skippy of Arcola, Illinois. family previously lived in Wichita Falls.
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John D. Kibler
Sheppard Field
War Department
Austria
Wichita Falls
Kibler
Army Air Forces
Col R S Leone Named Post Surgeon at Sheppard Field
Col Russell S Leone arrives from Buckingham Army Air Field to take duties as Post Surgeon at Sheppard Field regional station hospital. He has 15 years in the Army and aviation medicine focus since 1942. Father of two, he previously served at Columbus Miss Fort Totten and Gorgas Hospital.
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Buckingham Army Air Field
Fort Myers
Fla
Russell S. Leone
Sheppard Field Regional Station
Leone
University of Buffalo School of Medicine
Walter Reed General Hospital
Army Medical School
Washington, D. C
Medical Field Service School
Carlyle
Fort Totten
Long Island
Panama Canal Zone
Gorgas Hospital
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Randolph Field
Russell
Virginia
Columbus
Miss
Sheppard Field
Colonel Davidson Studying Traffic Safety Measures
Col Joseph H. Davidson, commanding officer of Sheppard Field, studied projected control measures to reduce traffic dangers on the post. He focused on Avenues G and H near the mess halls where heavy pedestrian traffic creates acute risks at meal times. Further safety steps are expected soon.
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Joseph H. Davidson
Sheppard Field
Colonel Davidson
Davidson
Maj Gen Chaney Conducts First Routine Post Inspection
Maj Gen J E Chaney former commanding general of Sheppard Field conducted his first routine inspection of the post since taking command of the Western Technical Training Command based at Denver.
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J. E. Chaney
Sheppard Field
Western Technical Training Command
Denver
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Charley Dye
Bill Kamperman
Woolmington
Michael Sunderland
Sunderland
Remy Air Forces
Air Forces
Russia
CNS
Alexander Pokryshn
S.sgt
Harry Friedman
Texacts
Col. R. S. Leone Takes
Maj. Gen
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