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£ | Denton Responds*\With Homes for)oleI-nteisalPs,na »dit?s 11 id‘did tsIt hatle*drdFeoriAnVlrgi:Pvt.week) to enIn IrPorto Ricans //ere LSoldier9tetikeThe weekly USO dance was held from 9 to 11:30 Saturday night In the men's gymnasium at North Texas College with music furnished by Ployd Graham’s Aces of Col-er legeland. Women from Justin fur-as | nished homemake cakes for the social hour Sunday afternoon.Among the servicemen that crowded the USO Center Sunday ds j were seen infantry soldiers, air d- cadets, sailors, and men from the RAP.Likes CourthouseAt the letter-writing tables of the club were Pvts. John Molek and W. D. Criswell. Both had seen a year of service and had been stationed at Camp Howze a few weeks.liastine-31117heenir-ae-Miss Virginia Hicks, director of the Denton USO, expressed thanks for the good response to the call for rooms for servicemen and their wives. Although all homes offered were not used, names were left on the list for future use. Five hundred servicemen were placed hihomes Saturday night, in addition to the men and their wives who were placed in special homes.Miss Hicks toio several amusing incidents regarding the Puerto Rican servicemen who were unable to speak English and had difficulty making USO hostesses understand that they wanted a room for the night. By means of gestures j and i on both sides, they were “convoy-»n ed to tlielLiPSlKlQSs £2r. tbe night.so) itswhogresshomewher•not)fartiInradicvil, i Air I almo;Howshis ding a inter for t lowiiPvhasHow:work“likeStfola,to D the stati centArKonoay.hornCcDiega tattwoSeAnUPvt. Criswell, who Is from Kentucky, viewremarked on the beauty of the court house, which “stands out as being old and stately. Pvt. Molek is from ^USus /was his lt;Nav
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Denton Record Chronicle
Denton, Texas, US
Mon, Mar 12, 1945
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