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Concord Canteen Has Entertained Service Men From Many PlacesiH HU IN ( \I.IIUII I,Independent MUff Writer% VIs IVet V }*)titmvtt*I come from a close a Camp Sutton■ in Munror and a fa? * a * \ as For! (Henning, (Ja. to vhi! the ( onoud■ (\»n e e n lit Concord and to enjoyI its hospitality. The Can tee?? A repu j tat ion for fun and generosity hasI spread far, and vxcs week If*te? received from boy* who have brimthme to tffsmr acquainted and wear the e**ractivp rM white anddance waih the soldiers, sailors and I ^lue , apron.- vhile mmarine* arc an added attraction#* *,V€*accented anj ca n ’ i rr* Air*’ ttiey riu*! a 1 way « pi#-, * sent the card- w hich were g ven toThe canteen i* operate only by lh*m wh*n lhedonation^ from tlit people of Con- j mcmherscord and the food i* prepared and With crowd i r\ td by the women of the town ! five and of tela I aPIt is quite ii treat as w i ll to see | workers in t many of the town s prominent men ; what they c. in the kitchen with a me apron.' ted are usua.lv.evenly-300 theer know*i there say how much tfit\ apprec ap* j around them washing dish# I w i lias 1 * n dob# for themHi IfU*'Wt-*of the lett#ifay things like I if If WAbout once mal dance ismonth, a large for-ven for the ea \ erRequests from t » from c’ # - - i* r* iballs and what Ver knew anything like youi canteen I men, complete with orchestraicould possibly exist and n*» othercanteen or CSO it? the country can5 *(equal it.*| The service men who conn to theiven free meals* free and free places to use of a lovely can -complete with games, swimming pool And 1 voting girls who sici e fresh meritTheare teqmred at a* ti«1 v* m%1 . how e\ er.me to eomecanteen areentertainmentsleep beside-teen buildingshowers and aof course, thit it her by them.selve or with agroup of mfis and to leave the a me way That ?s just one of the few simple rales which the junior hop* ‘i'ois are a ked to follow* T4gottenible.fitheiflcarueen ne expect next,, hut they e pa i elt;i for any th mg. o r\ '■ •* a er? runig ponsvan!5 a* fds to piftaiivThe (h a word much in mlt;»r*ncu\ if erdmM. idone-1 n geslies are nolit ink any“ for thine otheri • tn\ nf hi f.MHithe men in service who come therewholesome entertainment and fun. And not only the men appreciate r♦ tie from toe parent- of theboyb who havewrite?nly*f the drinks provided tho car teen express thfservice men. and to as well.: trw * (Wabout * i * *dc
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Tue, May 08, 1945
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