Service members and staff cited in Sheppard Field news
Cpl Harry Red Ryan hosts News and Views on KWFT Mondays and Wednesdays at 3 45 PM. Ira Koenig boosts an all type gun collection to 357. Lt James White once edited a church weekly paper while at Seminole Oklahoma and DePauw University. Roscoe Gravit nicknamed Gravy as general mess officer. Ruth Frey and Betty Reiss are nurse dieticians at the station hospital. E Sears a corporal white editor leaves for Hammer Field. Pat Nugent former Kansas City attorney heads Section M. Maj Bernice Chambers and Lt Frances Vetter promoted as nurses honored at tea. Freddy McKinnon Irish tenor records Ave Maria for Mother's Day. Robert Sugars presides Red Cross films. John Peterson plays bridge. Angela Angela Theresa favors toasted hamburger and orange juice. Maj Joshua Evans polo player at University of Oklahoma. Ralph Weil, flight engineer with 40 Mediterranean missions, lectures for War Information. Mrs Margaret Hender, former Capitol reporter, related to Wilbur S. Allen. Maj W L F Pooley posts service officer. Guido Chorus second at Madison Square Garden. Pat Sheridan earlier booker for name bands. Nels Fardahl engineers. Fred C Kelly posts surgeon and plays Irish tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira R. Koenig
James S. White
Seminole
Oklahoma
de Pauw University
Indiana
Roscoe R. Gravit
Ruth Frey
Fry
Betty Reiss
Rice
E. Sears
Hammer Field
California
Pat Nugent
Kansas City
Air Corps
Bernice Chambers
Frances C. Vetter
Freddy McKinnon
John McCormack
Sheppard Field
Robert Sugars
Red Cross
John Peterson
Angela Theresa
WAC
Joshua J. Evans
Vngee
University of Oklahoma
Ralph B. Weil
Mediterranean
Army Air Force
America
Margaret Hender
Theorning Capitol
John “Pat” Sheridan
Incomng
Kansasity
Maj
Nels Fardahl
Andrec Fred C. Kelly
Sa Maro
S Sgt Ray Covington Killed in Action Over Hollandia
S Sgt Ray Covington 25 of Enison Texas died in action over Hollandia New Guinea April 15. Aerial engineer on a naval patrol bomber he served overseas since January and trained at Sheppard Field Hunter Field Naval Air Station Jacksonville Stewart Field West Point. He was son of Mrs Anna Covington and had patrol duty on the Atlantic Coast before special training at Stewart Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Covington
TSS
Hollandia
New Guinea
Covington
Anna Covington
Enison
Tex
Sheppard Field
Hunterfield
Naval Air Staion
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic Coast
Fter
Stewart Field
Est Point
N. Y
Cattle Carvers Conserve Meat at Sheppard Field Mess
Army butcher unit at Sheppard Field uses National Livestock and Meat Board methods to maximize beef and pork yield for GI meals. Captain William L. Jeffries oversees skilled butchers preparing about 3,800 fowl and 13,290 pounds of beef daily, with 9,000 pounds of pork for mess halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
National Livestock and Meat Board
William L. Jeffries
Virginia
West Virginia
Shephard Field
Thomas S. Kemp
Pop
Jeffries
Wimpy
WAC Unveil New Style Cap For Summer Uniforms
The War Department announced a new feminine overseas cap for Women’s Army Corps members, designed by Knox in khaki tropical worsted. Enlisted hats feature old gold and moss green braid, officers’ caps white with gold and black braid, issued with tropical worsted uniforms. a cotton twill version will also be available for duty wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Army Corps
War Department
Angela Theresa
WAC
Knox
Wacs
Officers Wives Donate 1445 Hours to Red Cross Service
Officers wives contributed 1445 hours to Red Cross during the past month announced at an informal luncheon at the Officers Club. Mrs. Carter reported 115 hours for Mobile Blood Donors Bank in April and breakdowns for Woman's Club, Gray ladies, production, canteen, surgical sewing, nurse aides, and motor corps. The Sheppard Field Women's Club will show the award winning film Russian Easter next Wednesday with ex New York photographer George Serebrykoff present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Officer’s Club
Tony Carter
Mesdames
C. J. Cole
Andrew D. Lombardi
Ronald B. Slavin
Floyd Taylor
Red
Woman's Club
Hiram Percy Maxwell
Sheppard Field Women’s Club
George Serebrykoff
New York
J. E. Chaney
Sheppard Field
Joshua J. Evans
Corporal Believes Deuce Is Bad Luck
Corporal Rex P. Teague, plans and training unit, claimed a $2 bill was bad luck after it disappeared with a British sixpence from his wallet. He had kept the items as a superstition and reported the loss to authorities after the $24 in the wallet went missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex P. Teague
Teague
SF Talent Entertains At Country Club
An evening program at Wichita Falls Country Club featured S Sgt Russell Tanner tenor from the Special Service office, ex St Louis Municipal Opera. Pfc Bob Swanson of the 524th RAF band, a violinist. and Pvt Don Ford with wife, formerly The Dancing Fords, formerly on the professional stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls Country Club
S-Segt
Russell Tanner
Post Special Service Office
St. Louis
Winter Cap To Supplement WAC Hat In Uniform
A winter version of the new cap is planned to supplement the visored WAC hat. The original WAC hat will remain for formal winter wear and optional summer use.
Sub-Depot News reveals moves and unit swaps
Friday issue notes Lt. Donald N. McLean departs for overseas duty in Greensboro with praise for his leadership. New supply officer Lt. Kuhl arrives as unit personnel shuffle continues. May 1 command shifts place Sub-Depot under Colonel Barr and rebrands as Air Corps Supply. Families connect via Norfolk and New Guinea updates. Jane Flink joins Warehouse 22 in Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. McLean
Greensboro
N. C
Kenzie
Juanita Emery
Janice M
Kathryn Gregory
Doris Heginbotham
Rosalind Meager
Geneva Campbell
Juanita E
Fairy L. Rosa R
Geneva Darby
Helen B
Colonel Barr
Air Corps
New Guinea
Phillips
Warehouse 22
Norfolk, Va
Coast Guards
Jane Flink
Fort Worth
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Vas
Cpl
Harry “Red” Ryan
KWFT
Harry “Red
Ryan Texacts
Gordon Robbins
Quartermaster Meat Section
John Welter
General Mess
H. H. Friedman
Texacts
Est
John “Red” Welter
William M. Jeffries
Deuce
Country Club
Kuhl
McLean
Fairy Locke
Helen Babington
Pauline, Brown
Rosa Rutledge
Janice Mac
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