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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
1
At Sheppard Field a Memorial Day service paid homage to fallen American soldiers. Lt. Ellett urged service members to honor the dead through duty and example as a 21 gun salute marked the ceremony. See TROOPS JOIN Page 8
A lively two night show at Theater No 3 featured Bob Ward in a Sad Sackish sketch and a piano impersonation by Bob Fleming. The Triesters performed Do Nothin Till You Hear from Me and By the Light of the Silvery Moon, with Albert Forlenza on ballads. Phyllis Stockton from Wichita Falls wowed G Eyes with Peggy Lee like vocals, before Tony and his Ramblers closed the night in a hillbilly finale.
A. L. Birdwell of Wichita Falls and his father Sam Birdwell of Keechi Creek hooked an owl on the same trot-line as a channel catfish weighing 1 1/2 pounds. The owl's dive into the hooked fish caused the unlikely drowning.
Traveler's Aid of Lamar USO will close at 7 p.m. on weekdays due to staff shortages. The new schedule is weekdays nine to seven, Sundays one to five, with services located on the mezzanine of the USO club.
Soldiers react to a railroad strike delaying mail from the Northeast. Private Goulet reports no mail, LeClair enjoys star mail, Bettin misses items from Minnesota, and Sibley waits as the Postal Officer explains air and local mail continued. By week end mail flow normalizes.
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