Branch Bank to Open at Sheppard Field Monday
First National Bank to open a post exchange banking office at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls at 10 a m Monday in the green building north of the Post Finance Office. The service will handle all banking functions except loans with loan arrangements possible at the Wichita Falls branch. Manager will be LA Buchanan assisted by Rex D Smith and Mrs Charlsie Leath.
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Sheppard Field
First National Bank
Wichita Falls
Post Finance Office
W. M. McGregor
McGregor
Fort Sill
Okla
Sheppard
LA. Buchanan
National Bank Examiner
Rex D. Smith
Charlsie Leath
J. EB. Chaney
See Bank
Army maternity care plan deferred at Texas posts
The Army Services Forces program to provide maternity and medical care for wives and infants of enlisted men in lower four grades has not yet started at Texas military posts and is blocked by unforeseen developments. At Sheppard Field the Army Emergency Relief Section will handle maternity and medical care for wives and infants of qualifying personnel.
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Army Services Forces
Texas
War Department
Louisiana
Sheppard Field
Army Emergency Relief Section
Soldier delivers weekend mail blitz at daily call
Pvt. Johnnie Pertak of the 12th Mess Sqdn. thrilled fellow soldiers at mail call by stuffing 21 outgoing letters into the squadron mail chute Monday, a bold weekend effort noted by the unit.
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Daily Mail
Pvt
Johnnie Pertak
New WAACS Grow To Three Officers And 150 Enrollees
The Sheppard Field WAAC unit gains Third Officer Mary W Hood as supply and mess officer. Lt Angela Theresa previously served as executive officer and adjutant. Hood, a Birmingham native, is a WAAC OCS graduate from Fort Des Moines. Enrollees are WAAC administrative school graduates from Denton Texas placed in clerical roles at field HQs.
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Sheppard Field
WAAC
Mary W. Hood
Angela Theresa
Birmingham
Asa
Hood
OCS
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Birmingham Hospital Service Corporation
Waac Administrative Administrative School
Denton
Texas
Rifle Permanent-Record Test For Sheppard Field Enlistees
All personnel at Sheppard Field will begin firing carbines on the new range for marksmanship qualification for permanent records. The AAFTTC directive orders tests at 100 200 and 300 yards if available with a completion target of July 15 for the range. A submachine gun familiarization course of 25 rounds at 15 and 25 yards will also be required.
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Sheppard Field
Aafttc
Walter R. Weaver
AAFTC
Permanent Party Men Temporarily Frozen Here On Job
Permanent party soldiers at Sheppard Field are temporarily not being transferred to AAFTTC schools. Men who wished to volunteer via special applications into schools are blocked by the order. Officials say the directive covers a limited period while a new procurement program starts soon.
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Sheppard Field
Aafttc
Knollwood
Bell earns May Mechanic of the Month at TEXACT
S Sgt Lee H Bell 51 an airplane mechanics student in the 216th TSS was named TEXACT Mechanic of the Month for May by the post faculty board He tied with Pfc Gustave F Oliver 316th TSS on 100 scores Bell’s background includes training at Bergstrom Field and prior service at Patterson Field Milwaukee Sedalia and Camp Williams He is unmarried and credits his academic record to saying the right thing at the right time
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S. Sgt
Lee H. Bell
TSS
Texact
Gustave F. Oliver
Bell
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Army
Troop Carrier Command
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Wright Field
Patterson Field
Pearl Harbor
5Th Transport Sqd
General Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
Camp Williams
Wis
31St
Sedalia Air Field
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Mech
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