Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 16, 1944 Page: 4 of 8
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Inquiring Photographer
The
Q
. What Unusual Thing Has Happened
uestion: To You While Participating
In Your Favorite Sport?
i/S Warren J. Wilson
Section L
Son Diego, Calif.
I entered the Air Corps in Feb-
ruary, 1944, and took basic at
Buckley Field, Colorado. I man-
aged to qualify for Air Crew
Training and finally shipped to
Gardner Field, Taft, California,
as an OLT. One afternoon a small
group of us were cooling off in
a swimming pool in Taft and the
usual horse-play was underway I
was sitting there quietly just get-
ting into a conversation with a
Beautiful blonde when a couple of
my so-called friends grabbed me
and tossed me into the pool. Think
of how embarrassed I was when I discovered that the water was about
four feet deep—that’s all I remember. Later on, from interested by-
standers, I heard that my friends dragged me out of the pool feet
first and then only because I was a menace to local navigation.
In 1944 I entered Heidelberg
College, Tiffin, Ohio, from high
school. I had played on our
league-championship football team
in high school so I tried out for
the frosh team at Heidelberg. Our
schedule just wasn’t, we bucked
the varsity all year when they
needed scrimmage practice. I was
pretty well disgusted until my
sophomore year when I landed the
tialback spot on the varsity. In
one of our close games, that we
lost, I punted the ball rather deep
into the opposition’s territory.
After the game was over we checked up and found that the kick had
carried over eighty yards. At the end of the season my kick was
listed in the Football Yearbook as one of the longest kicks in the
nation for that year.
Sgt. Fred Freece
Section C
Tiffin, Ohio
A/C Harold Stoneberger
Cadet Class 44-7
Luray, Va.
My favorite sport was boxing.
I entered the Air Corps in 1942
and while taking basic training at
Sheppard Field in June, I devoted
my physical training time and
some of my spare time to learn-
ing the manly art of self defense.
On Thursday nights we had ex-
hibition boxing matches in the Post
gym. In some way or another I
got mixed up in the deal and
found myself signed up as a fly-
weight scheduled to fight four
bouts.
Believe it or not, I fought in
the four matches but I was knocked down so often my friends called
me “Canvas-back.” I was only knocked out in three of my four fights
so I immediately changed my favorite sport to checkers.
Pvt. Cecil Sites
Section C
Charlottsville, Va.
The state of Virginia is a hot bed
of basketball feuds so it is natural
that my favorite sport is basket-
ball.
One night we were playing our
bitterest rival It was a fast and
furious game, and the score was
tied most of the time. During the
second half of the game the bas-
ketball accidently hit me on the
head and swished through our op-
ponents’ goal, giving them two
points.
Well, we lost the game and,
you’re right, it was lost by just
two points.
Published every Saturday as an activity of the Pecos Field Exchange for the
personnel of the 3027th AAF Base Unit (Pilot School—Advanced 2-E) at Pecos Army
Air Field, Texas. FLYING TIME receives Camp Newspaper Service. Reproduction of
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pertaining to Pecos Army Field have been cleared for general release.
COL HENRY B. FISHER
Commanding Officer
STAFF: Pvt. Jane Babbitt. A/S Richard White, reporters. S/S«t. Dick Rathbun.
artist. Sift. Louis Pastor and Sgt. Milton Kurt*, of Base Photo Lab, photographers.
Pfe. Ira R. Becker....................................................................—,—,...... ...........................Editor
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Most activity now seems to cen-
ter on those Xmas parcels that
must reach a certain destination
by the 25th of December. There
is a friendly atmosphere when we
see packages here, there and every-
where. Have you mailed your
Xmas “stuff” yet?
The most exciting happening of
the week from a romantic stand-
point was the marriage of Pvt.
Margaret Kruse and Sgt. Johnny
Dunn in the Post Chapel last Sun-
day. It was a nice affair. The
bride wore a white satin gown with
lace insects. Matron of honor
was Pvt. Lillian Mally of the WAC
Mess. Congratulations and the
best of luck, Dunns!
Pvt. Catherine Denman Covert
has come back from furlough with
that starry look. Others just back
from a brief sojourn on the “out-
side” are Pvts. Helen Bochula,
D’Ova Alexander, Amelia Tacho,
Virginia Elder and Pfc. Eleanor
Rusanowski. Welcome back into
the fold, gals. What’s it like out
there ?
By the time you read this column
Pvt. Shirley Tolbert and MP Sgt.
Homer L. Jean will be wed. Happy
goings, you two!
The newest “comer” to the WAC
Detachment is Pvt. Ida Robben.
She hails from Marana Field, Ari-
zona and will work with Special
Services.
Cpl. Steele dashed in from fur-
lough, buzzed around a couple of
days, and then dashed off again to
attend Physical Training School at
San Antonio, Texas. It was nice
seein’ you, Steele, ‘though I don’t
see how they can teach you any
new “tortures.” Something tells
me we can expect a rugged PT
routine upon Steele’s return.
Cpl. Peggy Anderson is wearing
USO Schedule
a good looking diamond which ar-
rived in the mails from Eau Claire,
Wisconsin. Third finger, left hand
is where she wears it.
Pvt. Allyne Alday was observed
doing a mean rhumba to Jan Gar-
ber’s music last week end at Poyte.
Pvt. Donna Holtzscheiter, form-
er scribe of this column, has really
done it this time. She- departed,
barracks bag and baggage, on the
first lap of a journey that will in-
clude a sea voyage.
Officers Wives’
Club Meets,
Elects Officers
The semi-annual meeting for
election of officers of the Officers’
Wives Club was held last week in
the lounge o the Officers’ Club.
After a luncheon in the Officers’
Mess the meeting was called to
order by Mrs. Robert Guthrie, re-
tiring president, and the folowing
officers were elected for the com-
ing six months term: President,
Mrs. D. W. Hall brook; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. II. A. Glidewell; sec-
retary, Mrs. T. W. Bowling; treas-
urer, Mrs. R. J Clouch; parlia-
mentarian, Mrs. J. H. McCarty.
Beauty Shop
Open
1100
to
1900
Earlier or Later
Appointment* Can Be Made
flying ♦ Imn
No Money Worries For 1776 GIs «•
GIs of the Revolution Livec
When you
money?” you h
been much of
American Revo
In 1778 the
$6.66. Just why
that sibilant su
tongue easily a
faster. Cavalry
higher financia
But even th
in the chips co
years later. In
month, corpora
sergeants $6.00
That’s proba
began hollering.
Sec. “L” Men Pro
Many Jobs Held at F
We’ve written about the Gen-
erals and the Colonels and the
WACs and the GIs and the
line they pre-flight the air
each morning. Maybe
had a “wee drop” with <
Pilots and the Cadets; even a
two of them at the Cactus
little about the PRO, the Band
and the MPs so today we take
down our hair and dedicate our-
selves to the OLTs, or On-the-
Line Trainees.
No doubt you have seen some
of them on the field for they
are working almost everywhere:
at PLM, giving the UC 78’s their
inspections and tests; out on the
Post Theater
Schedule
Saturday, December 16
"The Missing Juror"
Jenis Carter, Jim Bannon
"The Great Mike"
Stuart Erwin, Robert Henry
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Sunday-Monday, Dec. 17-1S
"To Have And
Have Not" ♦
Humphrey Bogart, Lauron Bacall
Walter Brennan
THIS IS AMERICA
MOVIETONE NEWS
Tuesday, December 19
"Dark Waters"
Berle Oberon, Franchot Tone
Thomas Mitchell
JIVE BUSTERS
AS THE FLY FLYS
Sonny Dunham & Orchestra
Phantasie Cartoon
Wednesday, December 20
"Three is A Family"
Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Reynolds
Helen Broderick
WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS
PIED PIPER OF BASIN STREET
Color Cartunes
Thursday-Frlday, Dec. 21-22
"Wilson"
Technicolor
MOVIETONE NEWS
Alexander Knox, Geraldine
Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell
If you get up early enou
Sunday you’ll find them
you at the Post Chapel,
are: “them young cadet
without no brass.”
These men of OLT are
men of the highest menti
physical standards. They
passed the highest test:
Army offers to get into t
det program. They are w
their turn to become C
Some of them will be our :
pilots, bombardiers, navig
Ranging in age from 18
years, they are the cream
crop of America.
G. I. FAVORITE —Dy|
songstress Dinah Shore wi
of the first American ente
erg to arrive in Paris foll<
the occupation of that capi
our Armed ferces, with '
members she is • high fav
She is currently co-starre<
Randolph Scott, Gypsy Roe
and Bob Burns in “Belle <
Yukon” Technicolor musici
travaganza produced by
national Pictures.
SATURDAY: Dec. 16 Dance,
2100-23330. Birthday Party
2200, Nov. Dec. Jan. Anni-
VPftui rlpQ
SUNDAY: Dec. 17, Coffee
Hour 1630 (Business and
Professional Women’s Club,
sponsors).
THURSDAY: Dec. 21, EM
Wives Christmas Party
1300-1500.
SATURDAY: Dec. 23, Snowball
Dance (Formal).
SUNDAY: Dec. 24, Coffee Hour
1630 (Baptist Church Lad-
ies). Candlelight Service
2000.
MONDAY: Dec. 25, Santa Claus
visits -USO.
TUESDAY: Dec. 26, Pop Com-
Candv Night.
WEDNESDAY: Dec. 27, Dick-
en’s Christmas Carols.
Male Call
by Milton Caniff, creator of ’’Terr
THE NAVyS SHIP AND AIRCRAFT
NOMENCLATURE IS OFTEN CONFUSING
TO LANDSMEN... SINCE SAILORS THINK
OF THEIR SHIPS AS FEMALES,THIS CHART
WILL MAKE IT SIMPLER TO UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THOSE GROUPS OF LETTERS...
Copyri(ht 1944 by Milton Cin.tf. Attribute by Cjmp Nmw' Sonic* PT (PARTY TYPE)
DD (DANCING DEVIL) A FAST OPERATOR
SHE'LL ROLL MDU IF YOU DON'T LOOK LIVELY
IS (SILENT SENDER) WHEN YOU
GO OUT WITH HER SHE HOLDS
YOU SO CLOSE YOU SELDOM
EVEN COME UP FOR AIR !
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Becker, Ira R. Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 16, 1944, newspaper, December 16, 1944; Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1115625/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .