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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
11
Soldiers flock to the Service Club Library to read the current fiction and humor titles. Ernie Pyle’s Brave Men leads demand alongside Forever Amber and Damned to Glory. The library holds 5817 books under Miss Mary Cox with assistants aiding 2000 member cards.
Attend School Major Jack Payne base operations officer and Capt. Joseph M. Aitken assistant operations officer depart for Fort Leavenworth Kansas to attend the Command and General Staff School Capt. Gil W. Taylor will lead in Payne’s two month absence.
The 78th Ba performed Salute to The Air Forces at Sheppard Field before a large outdoor crowd. Don Gray led the orchestra with Ervin Mautner on violin in Mediation and Czardas. Lt. Thomas C. Brown Jr. oversaw the program.
Milton Caniff creator of Male Call, which ran weekly in TEX ACTS, will publish a book titled Male Call. The 112 strips, donated to the armed forces for three years, appeared in over 2000 camp newspapers. All royalties and publisher profits will go to Army Relief.
Newsense at Sheppard Field gave out one hundred crisp one dollar bills to luck winner GIs last Tuesday on the Victory Stage. Seventeen of thirty contestants won prizes on the ra diolist quiz show. The program, led by Lt. Vincent Kennedy, sparked timely questions including the Kamikaze reference.
The Eighth Street USO opens a week of events headlined by Sissy Sullivan of Archer City with the Borne Dance Studio group and magician Ralph Deshong. Events include a Sunday Coffee Hour, a vaudeville jam session, a bicycle picnic, pingpong, bingo, horseback riding, bowling, and a movie Tampico through Friday.
The Sheppardettes and Post- Dels USO units from Wichita Falls hostesses will lead two dances next Tuesday night in Service Clubs 1 and 2. ERC men and Sheppardettes play in Club 2 with the 78th band while the 524th band performs for Post-Debs and servicemen aged 25 and over in Club 1. The events run 8:00 to 11:06 p.m. Tuesday June 5, open to both dances.
The article portrays the 78th AACS unit processing casuals through Sections A B and C. It covers medical checks, classifications, insurance guidance, and GI Bill rights, then briefings on chemical warfare, survival, and open discussions. Veterans praise fair treatment and strong orientation programs.
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