USO Camp Show Opens at Sheppard Field With It's A Pleasure
A breezy new musical revue It's A Pleasure headlines USO Camp Shows at Sheppard Field. Performances Monday and Tuesday nights on the Victory Stage at 8 30 p m with a free admission. inclement weather moves to Theater No 3. A special Tuesday 6 30 p m show for hospital patients occurs in the Red Cross auditorium. The show features 300 Pounds of Mirth and Melody and acts by Le Shonnes Violet Carlson Dave Winnie and more with comedy dancing and musical impressions.
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Sheppard Field
Red Cross
Andrina
New York
Copacabana
Dave Winnie
RKO and
Loew
le Shonnes
Canada
South America
Violet Carlson
Miss Carlson
Charles Withers
Evening Schedule of Lamar USO Activities
A long list of Lamar USO events and times across the day includes dances, games, classes, music, and social gatherings. Activities feature Bridge, dancing, tennis court events, Java Club, hymn singing, coffee hours, travel hour, question and answer, singalongs, clubs for wives and soldiers wives, German classes, swimming, sewing, bingo, birthday party, and art classes.
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Wives Swim Club
Wives Sewing Club
Community and Army Activities Weekly Schedule at USC 8th Street
A weekly program listing at USC 8th Street includes 8:00 p.m. variety shows and community sings led by S. M. Gose, 9:00 p.m. community sing, 10:00 a.m. Java Hour, 4:00 p.m. community sings, 6:00 p.m. vesper service, and a soldiers bowling league on Monday 7:00 p.m. A Spanish class by Sgt. Antonio Loya 7:15 p.m. and a 8:00 p.m. ping pong tournament with prizes. Wednesday 2:00 p.m. soldiers wives meeting and later bingo with prizes. Thursday dark room work and concert hour in the music room. Friday 4:00 p.m. soldiers wives, then azure 8:00 p.m. movie.
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Soldiers’ Wives Meeting
Java
Community Sing
S. M. Gose
Soldiers Bowling League
Antonio Loya
Service Club No 3 Hostesses Plan Entertainments
Mary Alexander and Nettie Gaillard lead a June calendar of activities for Section F members at Service Club No 3. Events include weekly game tournaments with prizes, cigaret awards by Estella Mae Allen, a Redwood USO Wichita Falls dance with free refreshments, medical detach ment band music, twice weekly bingo, and weekly quiz programs.
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Mary Alexander
Nettie Gaillard
Estella Mae Allen
Redwood Uso
Wichita Falls
Medical Detachment
Service Club No. 3
Free Military Dance Slated For June 24
Soldiers in Dallas on weekend pass may attend the 12th in a series of free military balls sponsored by the Dallas Girls' Service Club. The event runs from 8:30 p m to midnight at the Jefferson Hotel with Carl C. Ren and his orchestra providing the music.
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Dallas
Dallas Girls’ Service Club
Dallas Belles
Jefferson Hotel
Carl C. Ren
Committees Named at SS Council Meeting
Spe cial Service Council at Sheppard Field formed new policy for singing athletic and entertainment schedules. Sgts Russell Tanner Francis Spaulding Thyra Pearson Dan Bosnick Spellacy and others named to singing athletic and entertainment committees. Plans to extend programs and broaden activities were outlined.
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Special Service Council
Service Club
Lawrence King
Sheppard Field
Russell Tanner
Francis Spaulding
Larry Levin
Don Gray
Leo P. Hamilton
W. L. Tabor
Thyra Pearson
Dan Bosnick
John J. Spellacy
Vari Broz Hos ire eal the BY
The fragmentary text mentions Vari and Broz in a local note about a BY event. Names and context are unclear, leaving the exact action and place unspecified.
Pvt Joe Ragonese Ex-Cugat Man Joins Army Band
Pvt Joe Ragonese formerly with Frankie Carle and Xavier Cugat ensembles is at Sheppard Field awaiting reassignment. A Bridgeport Connecticut native from a musical family, his brother Don Rodney now sings with Cugat. He joined the Army in October 1942 to train as a pilot and later served with Section K.
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Sheppard Field
Pvt
Joe Ragonese
Frankie Carle
Xavier Cugat
Ragonese
Don Rodney
Cugat
Bridgeport
Section K
New York
Joe
Adrian Rollini
Belmont Plaza
Gotham City
London GI News Highlights From Dayroom Jamboree
Sergeant Fraser recalls near death on a French mission and teases future stories for his grandkids while awaiting a cadet wing. Barracks 165 hosts Friday night accordion polka led by Frankie Ali prandini and a standout amateur act by Pvt. Vahan Khorigian with submarine and Nazi officer impersonations.
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Frankie Aliprandini
Illinois
Frankie
Lew Lehr
Ben Turpin
Zero Mostel
Jerry Colona
Vahan Khorigian
Khorigian
Service Club No. 2
Massachusetts
Swing Yore Partner Barn Dance For Patients
An old fashioned Western barn dance will be held at the Red Cross Auditorium next Monday night. Mr and Mrs A A Daniel of Wichita Falls bring two square dancing sets to perform and teach. A Wichita Falls orchestra provides the music. Tickets go to convalescent patients. refreshments will be served.
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Red Cross Auditorium
A. A. Daniel
Wichita Falls
Sandy Beach Pool Remains Open To Post Personnel
The Sandy Beach Swimming Pool four miles west of Wichita Falls on the Iowa Park highway stays open to post personnel. Authorities say numerous inquiries prompted the Special Service Office to clarify access rules this week.
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Wichita Falls
Iowa Park Highway
Sheppard Field
Special Service Office
Eve of Battle film shows D-Day preparations
A newsreel titled Eve of Battle, prepared in Great Britain by the U S Army Signal Corps, depicts D-Day plans and preparations up to the invasion date and will be shown for the last time at Theatre No 3 tonight.
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Great Britain
Signal Corps
United States Army
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Esceet
Lamar Uso
YWCA
Wives
Soldiers’ Wives Bridge Club
Sheppardette Dance
Soldiers Wives
Azure
Service Club No
SS Council
Ruch
Cugat Man
Robert Balzer
London
Leicester Square
Piccadilly
Lloyd Fraser
England
France
Fraser
Paris
Jerrys
T. Sgt
Anc
Sandy Beach
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