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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1944
Page
9
Allied reports show three days of heavy air bombardment and tank losses over Belgium and the Ardennes. German spearheads are slowed as Allied air power and a Meuse-focused drive threaten to stretch war longer. estis
The USO sponsored New Year themed snack party for Sheppard Field GIs takes place Sunday at 6 30 p m in the YWCA. Food is prepared by the American Legion Auxiliary with Beta Sigma Phi Sorority hosting. Miss Aleyne Arnold chairs the event. Decorations by Mrs. Louise Gilbert and program led by Miss Dorothy Col quitt in coordination with Cpl. Harry Weiss.
Sheppard Field enlisted men are invited to the regular Sunday afternoon musical program at USC Eighth Street starting at 3 p.m. The lineup features accordion duet Mary Jo Conant and Kathrine Tibball, Peggy Linsey the sweet singer, and Doroth Colquit with vocal renditions.
Wayne Heintz arrived at Shep Pard Field Friday to assume duties as assistant Red Cross Field Director announced by Roger P. Runft Field Director Mir. Heintz comes from Camp Bowie Texas and is a former high school coach at Des Moines Iowa.
Pfc. Rudolph F. Jaeschke, 38, a former Tennessee farmer, has stayed at Drew Field nearly two years, declining furloughs and passes. He works all day and spends evenings at the post exchange.
GIs of SF plan numerous parties and a 36 hour leave to ring in the new year. A post order bans white civilian shirts with Class A uniforms. Pvt. Arnold McDevitt famed Santa goes to local events after TEXACTS feature. Mechanic of the Month contest seeks AF engineers officer candidate school admission start Jan 1. SF officers under colonel rank begin daily PT on Dec 31. From Jan 4 visiting relatives can stay at a new guest house with 27 rooms for 54 people. A new telephone center opened Dec 30 at Service Club 1 for personalized calls. The Three Rs course ends as mission accomplished for SF’s Special Training Unit. Twenty-seven civilian instructors from Sheppard Field now teach extra AM school classes. A post pastry shop will rise near the bread bakery under Lt. Col. Gravit. General mess changes include installing intercommunication in field mess halls. Learn and Live.
The War Department said all WAC training will move to Fort Des Moines by April 1, consolidating from the current Fort Oglethorpe Georgia center which will close.
Two Majors named Hartman share rank and history in a SF Pioneer Battalion feature. Maj. Bennett J. Hartman, mess operations officer, and Maj. Robert H. Hartman, post veterinarian, became lieutenants together at Sheppard Field and rose to captaincy in tandem. Maj. Bennett jokes Bob stayed distant to keep mail and accounts separate. An accompanying note recalls a late night veterinary call and a dog in distress. A London Daily Mail quip closes the piece about old fashioned planes and a man in it.
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