Casa Loma Orchestra to Play at Sheppard Field Friday
Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra plus Skip Nelson and Fats Daniels head a full week of USO activities at Lamar with a 2:50 p.m. Sunday radio musicale and 7:2 p.m. Sunday Theater No. 3 show. Shows follow daily at Weeks Park and nearby venues for GIs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Uso
Weeks Park
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Skip Nelson
Fats” Daniels
Casa Lomans
Hollywood Palladium
Columbia
Universal Studios
Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen
Sheppard
Memorial Auditorium
Wichita Falls
Navy Bulletin Board
Sheppard Field
Community club events and schedules across three venues
Service Club No 1 and No 2 host weekly activities including bingo chess and bridge lessons with special guests. Red Cross Auditorium at Regional Hospital lists shows from Have a Look USC to boxing and a WACs vs convalescent patients ball game with a late all star game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tola Barron
Alice Lowe, Jr
USC
Olson
Johnson
Wacs
Convalescent
Fred McMurray
Allstar
Wacs Organize Top Drum Corps With New Instruments
The WAC drum and bugle corps of Squadron D advances toward formation with 18 snare drums 2 basses 7 bugles and cymbals. Lt Angela Theresa letters Col Lohman for support while Pvt Robert Belieu coaches officials rely on overhaul funded by the Post Fund. Sgt Katie Chambers baton twirls leads the corps as Lt Florence Erickson promises novel drillwork to boost prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC Drum and Bugle Corps
Wac
Angela Theresa
Squadron
Kk. A. Lohman
Central Post Fund
Pvt. Belieu
Pvt
Robert Belieu
524Th Band
Verna Parkinson
Katie Chambers
Florence Erickson
Villani Hellcat Star Wins Big League Nod
Lt Alfred G Villani once a Canadian American League standout and center fielder for the Hellcats awaits discharge to sign with the Chicago White Sox. He played for Ottawa and Auburn, drew Sox scout Doug Minor, joined Minor’s all stars, then entered service after Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hellcats
Alfred G. Villani
Squadron A
Villani
Chicago White Sox
Ottawa
Auburn
Sox
Doug Minor
Allstars
Pearl Harbor
Miami Beach
White Sox
Sam
Plottke Reelected President of Personnel Services Sub- Council
August Plottke of Squadron E was reelected president of the Personnel Services Sub-Council in a weekly meeting at Service Club 2. Cpl. Robert Freeland also reelected as secretary-treasurer, while Micheal Storniola of Squadron S became vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Plottke
Squadron E
Personnel Services Sub- Council
Service Club
Cpl
Robert Freeland
Pre
Micheal Storniola
Squadron S
Squadron A&r
Post Physical Training Department
Special Services Office
Allen T. Johnston, Jr
Roderick M. McCalley
William L. F. Pooley
John R. Yordy
A&r
Harold E. Sanderson
E. H. Mewhinney
O. M. Bramblet
Air Force Magazine Distribution Changes for AAF
A new directive from Headquarters Army Air Forces assigns Air Force Magazine distribution to the Information Education Officer at all stations. Allocation is one copy per six military personnel with requests to share issues. report omissions to the I E Department Building 242 Phone 665.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headquarters
Army Air Forces
Air Force Magazine
Air Forces
AAF
Air Force
I-E Department
Ration Books Needed At Post Commissary
Patrons are reminded that rationed foods bought at the commissary require presentation of ration books for the clerk to verify. Only books issued to the soldier and dependent are accepted, and temporary cigarette ration cards held by dependents will be turned in for a permanent tobacco ration card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Commissary
Flying Training Standardization Board Formed
Station Standardization Board appointed to indoctrinate supervisory and instructor personnel in approved methods to standardize training. Board members include Major Howard P. Olsen Ist. Lt. Charles H. Pigg Flight Officer Royal A. Woodchick 1st Lt. Lewis G. Oden 1st Lt. Walter F. White and Flight Officer John H. Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Olsen
Charles H. Pigg
Royal A. Woodchick
Lewis G. Oden
Walter F. White
John H. Bowman
Don’t Break Dental Appointment at Sheppard Field
Col. Lewis W. Maly Post Dental Surgeon urges personnel to keep dental appointments at Sheppard Field. He calls missed slots a waste of valuable time and asks all men to attend promptly to support the post’s dental care program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
Lewis W. Maly
Texacts
Maly
Post Fund Council Plans Purchase of Sports Equipment
Central Post Fund Council discussed buying basketballs and other sports gear for fall at Building 844. Present were CWC Benjamin Franklin, Capt. Adolph J. Shields, Col. Russell Leone, Lt. Col. Edward A. Peterson, Maj. William G. Day, Maj. Robert H. Knight, Maj. Joe B. Cockrell, Capt. Harold F. Sanderson, and Capt. Robert M. Jones Jr. The council reviews monthly matters to fund entertainment and maintain equipment for Sheppard Field personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Post Fund Council
CWC
Benjamin Franklin
Adolph J. Shields
Las
Russell Leone
Edward A. Peterson
William G. Day
Robert H. Knight
Joe B. Cockrell
Harold F Sanderson
Robert M Jones Jr
Sheppard Field
Gift items and novelties at the exchange shop
The exchange carries salted peanut treats and vacuum tins beside leather and plastic compacts and jewelry cases. New arrivals include sterling silver bracelets, clown dolls for children, dressing table dolls, overnight cases with mirrors in brown or blue, and baseballs from a well known manufacturer. The book department offers thrillers and serious literature, notably The Terhoven File by Robert Pick, about Nazi documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Fryer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ork
Army Wives Club
Sing Operation
Bridge
Service Club No
Ollie Kennedy
Rosa Mae Ross
Jump For Joy
RED Cross Auditorium Regional Hospital
Kathleen Gallagher
Chrystine Moore
Hellcat Star
Plottke
Freeland
Stormola
AIR Force Mag
Post Fund Council
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