Lamar USO Saturday Events Schedule
A dense list of Lamar USO activities outlines a Saturday program with films, dances, clubs, classes, and hymn and travel hours. Notable items include Married Couples dances at the YWCA tennis court, Soldiers wives clubs, German classes, bridge and rummy games, and various morning coffee hours and hymns.
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YWCA
Wives Sewing Club
Soldiers’ Wives Bridge Club
Wives Bridge Club
Married Couples Club
Soldiers’ Wives Club
Community events schedule at 8th Street USC and Sheppard Field
A weekly list of activities includes 8:30 p m worship and 3:00 p m Melody Hour at 8th Street USC, 4:00 p m Community Sing directed by Martha Breacan, 6:00 p m Vesper, 8:00 p m Soldiers Bowling League and the film Rosie O Grady. Tuesday features a Ping Pong Tournament with prizes. Wednesday offers Soldiers Wives Meeting at 2:00 p m and Bingo at 8:00 p m with prizes. Thursday lists Camera Room Concert Recording. Friday items include Soldiers Wives Bowling at 1:00 p m and the film Footlight Serenade at 6:00 p m Learn and Live.
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Camera Room
Women's Club Urgently Called To Make Surgical Dressings
Maj. Bernice Chambers, chief nurse at the regional station hospital, asks all Sheppard Field Women's Club members to meet Tuesday at 9 30 a m in building 1242 air conditioned ward to sew survival dressings because of a great need.
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Bernice Chambers
Women’s Club
Sheppard Field
Major Chambers
Invasion Broadcasts Cut For Posterity
National Broadcasting Company packages seventy two records each thirty minutes long for the National Archives. The material covers the first thirty six hours after the invasion flash at 12 41 a m EWT on June 6.
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National Broadcasting Company
National Archives
Washington
EWT
Squirrels Pranks End in Tragedy at Sheppard Field
Section I soldiers loved their mascot Nuts a gray squirrel from Lowry Field. Pvt Richard Jones nursed Nuts back to health then the playful pet joined barracks life at Sheppard Field. A prank gone wrong involved rodent powder mistaken for food.
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Nuts
Lowry Field
Cole
Sheppard Field
Richard Jones
Jones
Dinner
Sarge
Exchange Managers Commend Soldier Employees
Soldiers at Sheppard Field post exchanges provide high quality service per PX officer Capt. Robert M. Jones Jr. GIs work evenings from 5:30 to 9 at 50 cents an hour but may earn only enough hours for half base pay. Four men are needed Tuesday for Service Club No. 2 detail. apply at Post Exchange Building 772 for more info.
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Sheppard Field
Robert M. Jones, Jr
Jones
Army
Service Club No. 2
Post Exchange
SF Sergeant Weds Wichita Falls Woman
T. Sgt. Frank A. Rosano of Brooklyn formerly at Sheppard Field married Miss Elizabeth Edwards of Wichita Falls in a morning ceremony at Sacred Heart Church Wichita Falls. Rosano is now stationed at Mountain Home Idaho.
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Frank A. Rosano
Brooklyn
Sheppard, Field
Elizabeth Edwards
Wichita Falls
Sacred Heart Church
Sergeant Rosano
Mountain Home
Idaho
Remodeling Delays Air Conditioning at WAC Beauty Parlor
W. B. Fletcher, operator of the WAC beauty parlor, says remodeling plans delay the installation of a new cooling system. He holds the concession and is funding the stalled air conditioning at his own expense.
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WAC
W. B. Fletcher
Ex-Sheppard Field Trainees Receive Chanute Honors
Two former Sheppard Field trainees at Chanute Field Ill receive honors. Pvt Chad S Tarpley Abilene Texas named honor student of the week in sheet metal work. Pvt Ramon Tipps cited for scholastic and soldierly excellence. home Oklahoma City. Both are former WST men.
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Sheppard Field
Chanute Field
Ill
Chad S. Tarpley
Abilene
Tex
Ramon Tipps
Oklahoma City
Okla
WST
Ex CBS Announcer Shipped to West Coast PR Post
Pvt. Bob Greene, former CBS news commentator, assigned to public relations at a West Coast air field after completing basic training. He was among correspondents sentenced to death in absentia by the Japanese for wartime comments.
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Bob Greene
Columbia Broadcasting System
West Coast
Greene
Stopovers Restricted for Enlisted Men in Wichita Falls
The Provost Marshal's office announced that enlisted men authorized to live off the post may not use curfew passes for stopovers in Wichita Falls. Passes will now list the soldier’s home address and require direct travel to his town quarters.
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Wichita Falls
Officers Return From Regional Orientation Conference
Lt. Walton Manning an orientation officer and Sgt. Edward T. Neibling Jr. his assistant returned Friday from Keesler Field Mississippi where they attended a two day regional conference on orientation.
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Walton Manning
Edward T. Neibling Jr
Keesler Field
Miss
Writer's War Board Opens $500 Script Contest for GIs
The Writer's War Board will award $500 in War Bond prizes to soldiers nationwide for best scripts. Two categories include eight minute blackout and short comedy sketches and eight to fifteen minute scenes. Entries must be single sided typed manuscripts and sent to Playwriting Contest 122 E 42nd Street New York 17 NY.
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Writer's War Board
United States Military Service
Post Special Service Office
Writer’s War Board
42Nd St
New York
N. Y
Club column note from SGT Simpson on Johnny Harrison shoes
The column explains the club will miss NCO Club reporter T Sgt Johnny Harrison. It notes upcoming music by Cpl Franklin of the 524th Air Force Band on Thursdays and Saturdays, Bingo Tuesdays, new members like Cpl Luther Freeman, and meals such as breaded veal cutlets. Emil A Colonka attends a meat conservation course at Scott Field Illinois.
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NCO Club
Johnny Harrison
Johnny
Cpl. Frankin
524Th Air Force Band
Section T
Cpl
Luther Freeman
Billie Hurd
Sgt. Pastory
Church and chapel schedules for various buildings
A dense roster lists chapel services across multiple denominations with times and locations. Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Protestant, and special Section F services occur in buildings 344 546 540 672 540 540 332 344 345 632 792 172 212 232 1241 and others, including weekday masses and Sunday worships.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamar Uso
Sheppardette
Sheppard Field Hour
Java
Melody
Community Sing
Marth Breacan
Vesper Service
Soldiers Bowling League
Rosie O'Grady
Fred J. Halat
Regional
Gordon W. Robinson
AAF
Clifford Gillette
Leslie A. Gordon
Leon Price
Charles R. Orth
Chaplain’s Corps
Jerry Langan
Victory Stage
Frederick M. Cogan
John P. Wilson
Ralph D. Wakefield
Billy B. Sams
Delman W. Leeke
Squirrel
Sgt. Werbert
Wichita
CBS
Keesler
Sgt
F. L. Simpson
Emil A. Colonka
Scott Field, Ill
Baptist
Christian Science
Episcopal
Latter Day Saints
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