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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1943
Page
4
Sardan, Grable, and Coogan are cited with Betty Grable amid romance rumors and career highlights. Harry James, George Sanders, and Humphrey Bogart are profiled beside Ann Miller, Laurel and Hardy, and Johnny Mack Brown in a lively wrap of film chatter and upcoming screenings.
The Service Club lists a packed slate of events. Saturday 7:30 p m bingo, Sunday 2:30 p m variety show with Spanish cast and 4:00 p m variety show. Monday 7:00 to 10:00 p m open house bridge games jam sessions. Tuesday 8:30 p m Victory Stage Quiz Show. Wednesday 8:00 p m variety show. Thursday Friday and Saturday 8:30 p m looping the loop USC Camp Show Victory Stage.
A dense listing of Lamar USO events across the day including movies dances classes concerts and open houses at the YWCA and Sacred Heart Parish. Highlights include morning and evening movies dance sessions piano music and a hospital show with multiple concerts and a floor show.
A 16 member all Mexican stage troupe will perform at 2 30 p m in the post service club and at 8 30 p m on the Victory Stage. Pvt Abundio Ortiz organized the Dallas show with Senorita Carmen Servantes leading the act. The cast includes eight senoritas and an equal number of senors led by Leslie Denning s in Dallas. The program runs about 90 minutes of music songs costumes and humor. Ortiz recent Sheppard Field appearances include interpreting Mexican language in the classification division.
A sequence of events including bowling and golf at 2:00 p m. and 8:00 p m. plus ping pong tournament calls to winner across the U S. Other activities feature dark room work, old fashioned song, instrumental jam, bingo with prizes, ring around the pi, camera club developing instructions, progressive games, soldiers song fest, a 2:00 p m movie and Save More Planes presentation.
Lt. Onak announces fewer war angle films will be released as complaints from training camps grow. Soldiers favor Air Force but dislike Bombardier. Theater No 1 will show a musical technicolor production Coney Island featuring Betty Grable and George Montgomery.
Red Cross girls will compete against men from the Medical Detachment Band in a quiz show during the weekly Victory Stage BTC variety show. Pvt Ed Neibling announces the contest. The band will perform musical numbers and a jitterbug specialty dance will be featured. Winners receive War Savings stamps.
A garbled note outlines golf entries and a June event with participants including Lt. Liam, Lt. Ed Smi, Nelson, and others. It mentions a preferred Hyatt location in Oklahoma and a U.S. Navy style stationing context, with references to a captain and liaison roles.
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