Wichita Falls Base Week of Events Promises Varied Entertainment
This listing outlines a week of activities at Budder Park and Spudder Park in Wichita Falls. Highlights include double-header baseball, concerts, bingo nights, movies, and an Army Band performance. Key venues are Service Clubs Nos. 1 2 and 3, Victory Stage, Hangar No 3, and the NCO Club.
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Budder Park
Wichita Falls
Mustangs S. Typhoons
Service Club
Ncolub
Service Plub
Spudder Park
Wichitaalls
Thunderbolts
Mosquitos
Rvice Club
Ervice Club
Spudder Rk
Cobras
Hurricanes
Hellcats
Warawks
Army Band
Victory Age
Spudderark
Marauders
Itnings
Sheppard Field
NCO
Lamar USO Saturday and midweek schedules listed
The Lamar USO publishes a dense activity timetable with daily events. Saturday features 1:00 p m Movies 2:00 p m Bridge and a 7:30 p m dance plus multiple club meetings and services. Weekdays add tours classes bridge and social gatherings through Friday with films and dances.
Post Theaters Aid Soldiers With Profit Powered Chain
R E Bob Tompkins of Kitto Sign Co. climbs an 85 foot flagpole at Sheppard Field to repair neon lights on the Post Theaters. USAMPS operates the world’s largest chain of Army theaters with profits funding clubs libraries and services for soldiers and families.
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R. E
Bob) Tompkins
Kitto Sign Co
Wichita Falls
Post
Post Theaters
War Department
Sheppard Field
Special Service Office
American Legion
Texacts
Army Motion Picture Service
Usamps
Arizona
Daniel Onak
Communion Breakfast For Catholic Soldiers
Catholic soldiers are invited to a Mother's Day Communion Breakfast at the Boys Club in Wichita Falls at 10 30 a m next Saturday. Free bus transportation will follow the 9 30 mass at Chapel No 2. Sponsored by the NCCS and Ladies of the Sacred Heart Parish, the event will feature music and entertainment.
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Wichita Falls
Racine Junior Red Cross Donates Slippers
One hundred handmade bedroom slippers were donated to the hospital by the Racine Junior Red Cross. The donation was received by the Red Cross recreation department this week. The Junior Red Cross, a national organization for youth from grade school to high school, supports local emergency needs in Wichita Falls.
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Hospital
Red Cross Recreation Department
Junior Red Cross
Racine
Wisconsin
Red Cross
Wichita Falls
Convalescents Taken To Baseball Games
Convalescent patients at the station hospital will be taken to Sheppard Field league baseball games at Spudder Park in Wichita Falls each Sunday starting next Sunday. They will be transported to and from the games by the Red Cross Motor Corps.
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Station Hospital
Sheppard Field
Spudder Park
Wichita Falls
Red Cross Motor Corps
Aides Transferred Within Red Cross Units in Texas
Two staff aides in the Sheppard Field Red Cross were moved last week. Betty Jane Kellaway was reassigned to Midland Army Air Base in Midland Texas and Louise Stagner was transferred to Camp Barkeley near Abilene Texas.
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Sheppard Field Red Cross
Betty Jane Kellaway
Midland Army Air Base
Midland
Texas
Louise Stagner
Camp Barkeley
Abilene
Mutiny in the Old Guard and faith’s guiding light
Chaplain Lloyd R. Yeagle recalls Napoleon's mutiny within the Old Guard as a parable for inner rebellion. He urges readers to pause amid chaos, welcome spiritual guidance, and let divine light reveal the path. Inner strength grows through surrender to the Spirit and sharing victory with companions. Navy appoints Frank Leahy to Lieutenant.
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Lloyd R. Yeagle
Napoleon
Old Guard
Sheppard Field On the Beam
Public relations notes from Sheppard Field highlight radio mishaps and broadcasts. Alray Brown of WAAW Omaha recounts an accidental 33 rpm turntable slip on air, while Warren Lee Terry discusses Gilbert and Sullivan and GI audiences. The piece also spotlights the Spirit of the Corps song by Joe O'Donnell and Alan Willman and upcoming Glider Guiders premiere by the 524th AAF Band with Frederick M. Cogan’s dedication.
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Robert Balzer
Alray Brown
Sheppard Field
WAAW
Omaha
Neb
Brown
Warren Lee Terry
Mr. Terry
Metropolitan Comic Opera Association
Salvation Army
Terry
Gilbert & Sullivan
Sullivan
London
Spirit of the Corps
Joe O'Donnell
Alan Willman
James H. Ralston
524Th
AAF
Winged Commandos
Frederick M. Cogan
417Th Technical School
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Janane
Lamar Uso
NCCS
YWCA
Antar
Wil
Wives
Cansar
Soldiers’ Wives Bridge Club
B&pw
Sig
Soldiers’ Wives Club
Wives Glee Club
Sacred Heart Parish
Dick P
A. m
Soldiers’ Wives Sewing Club
Cary
8Th Street
USC
Soldiers Bowling League
Soldiers’ Wives Meeting
Ani
U. S. Army Motion Picture Service
Army
Washington
Special Service Division
Racine Jr. Red Cross
Leahy
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Navy
Midwest Monitor
The
FCC
Villa Tinker
Service Club No
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