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Many Men Spend IMaFurloughs Here; Sir#jWomen Urged to FnFill Cookie JarWare Some 300 men per day arp using- the facilities of the USO Center- here G. E. Perthelon, director, esti-i. mated Friday Beginning atiout two o weeks ago. a large number of men il have spent and are spending 10-day- furloughs here, with some 25 in the y city at one time, In mast cases- homes of these men are too fard away for them to reach.-! Berthelon pointed out that menn ! from Sheonard Field in larue num-most t using 15 an to ot officiiApifiled numb ter irwhenused.d bers use the USO Center facilities j MC’ a during the week, as much, if not 1”*-* e more than men from Camp Howze WC g A staggered training schedule which - is in effect at Sheppard Field is probably responsible for the week-ic day visitors.g i In a prominent spot at the centerMisCollejas sti 1st Ch i is a large cookie jar, which was ofluts b mom] tor ol rectoiA 1new vundeneedMl:ena greis made by Miss Norma Sederholm 11 with material furnished by the T S 1, C. W art department. With thele first week by mem-Ariel Club, an appeal is st now being made by Mias Virginia -i, Hicks, assistant director, for some t- 50 women to provide two dctzen | ‘■- I cookies each week-end for the cook- . CpDtii- ie jar. j te Heretofore various organizations id have been askfcd for sandwiches or f cookies for Saturday and Sunday by n. the refreshment committee. Since ie \ it is no- longer advisable to serve sandwiches, we wish to concentrate on keeping the cookie jar filled, as soldiers like cookies,’* Miss Hicks •- ! stated3l Woomen who will contribute cook-y ies, either homemade or bakery, f- have been asked to telephone Mrs v, ; R. W Bass, chairman of the re-Df freshment committee, at No 6§8, or B U■s. i the USO Center, No 225»sSuggestions which are deposited in the “suggestion box on the wall at the left of the snack bar are acted upon wherever advisable, Bertheion said As the result of a request, pool tables are now at the center for the use of service men who desire them.SchoteaclMcMyear?ie
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 11, 1943
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