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CAMP BARKELEY NEWS
PAGE FOUR
Friday, March 17, 1944
R $LQ00 War Bond For Bobby!
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BUZZINGS
—Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps.
Pvt. Russell B. Hicken, Co. B, 55th Med. Tug. Bn, proudly displays a $1,000 War Bond which he
purchased at Camp for his one-year-old son, Robert Russell. Private Hicken was a dairyman at Ogden, Utah,
before induction. His purchase of the $1,000 bond helped MKTC soar far over its Fourth War Loan goal.
In the Third War Loan drive Private Hicken bought a $500 War Bond.
Is Your Outfit
Intellectual?
Blue Bonnet Dancing Tonight!
Another famous Blue Bonnet dance will be held at Serv-
ice Club No 2 tonight! The dancing will start at 8:30 but
there’s nothing to keep you from going to the club earlier if
you can get away from your hutment. Playing for the party
will he the noted 12th Armd. Div. orchestra.
On Saturday night at 8:15 o’clock
the “Camp-to-Camp Concert”—
sponsored by USO-Camp Shows,
Inc.—will be presented at Service
Club No. 2. The show is free to all
men and will start at 8:15 o’clock.
There are movie, concert and radio
artists in the show as well as a
good-looking Spanish dancer.
Sunday’s program at No. 2 club
will include a symphonic (radio)
program at 2 p. m. and open house
in the evening.
Monday will be “open night” at
No. 2. Come to the club to write
letters, loaf or listen to the radio.
Tuesday is songfest night at the
club with Ed Shumway, Camp Song-
leader, in charge. The singing will
start at 8 o’clock.
On Wednesday there will be Bin-
go at 8 bells. Prizes, of course, and
it’s free to all servicemen.
The 12th Armd Div. band will pre-
sent a concert at 8 p. m. on Thurs-
day. Come- on over to Service Club
No-2—located just north of Camp
headquarters—and you’ll have the
time of your life.
Does your unit have a circu-
lating library in its day room?
If not, and if your outfit is
somewhat on the intellectual
side, see your fix-st sergeant or
CO. Library No. 1, phone 569,
has a number of these mobile
libraries on hand for distribu-
tion. The boxes contain from 50
to 100 books, and are changed
at regular intervals. It’s a good
way to save youi'self jaunts to
the librai’y.
YANKWIZ
it's For You!
Mary Brown Joins
Fifth Club Staff
New staff member at the Fifth
street USO club is Mary C. Brown
who replaces Mary Fisher, trans-
fei'red.
Miss Brown, who i-epi-esents Na-
tional Catholic Community Serv-
ice, will be an assistant dhector at
A • variety show, featuring skits, j the club. She comes to Abilene
mass singing, and the 11th Med. | from Monahans, where she- served
Tng. Regt. orchestra will be pre-
sented Monday night in the All-
Purpose Building, Barkeley Heights,
by membei's of the 51st Med. Tng.
Bn. The performance will get under
way at 7:30 o’clock. Talented train-
ees have been drawn from the three
companies in the battalion to take
part in the show. You’re invited to
attend the performance.
as assistant director at the USO
club there for three months.
Fairly new in USO work Miss
Brown attended a USO training
institute in New York in October
and following that, reported to San
Antonio, regional office, for as-
signment. She spent two weeks in
field training in Victoi-ia, and then
went to Monahans.
By
BOB HAWK
Quizmaster
"THANKS
TO THE YANKS"
Saturdays, CBS
1. At the wedding breakfast, is it
the duty of the bride’s father, the
groom’s father or the best man to
propose a toast to the bride and
groom ?
2. Rub-a-dub-dub. Three men in
a tub. What were the occupations
of these three men?
3. If I tell you the distance
around a circle is twenty feet, what
is the circumference of the circle.?
4. A praline, divinity and fondant
all describe one kind of food. What
is it?
* 5. Why do some people prefer
goat’s milk to cow’s milk?
6. Is there any difference in the
jockey’s pay if he loses the race?
7. If you wanted to attract the
attention of a fly, would it be bet-
ter to flash a light in front of it or
to whistle at it?
8. If you travelled directly south
from Detroit, what foreign land
would you hit first?
9. There are approximately 130,-
000,000 people in the country. Is the
number of telephones nearer 15,-
000,000; 25,000,000 or 50,000,000?
10. Suppose your next door
neighbor has an apple tree and
some of the branches extend over
into your yard. Do the apples on
those branches belong to you or
your neighbor?
(Answers on Page 8.)
if you’re looking for some
A-l entertainment the USO
clubs in Abilene are the
places for you to go. Movies,
dancing, music, ping - pong,
waffle suppers, open forums
—these are just a few of the
many activities the four clubs
sponsor. . ^
Here are highlights at the clubs
for the coming week:
Saturday
First Street—Bingo, prize, ’phone
call home, 8:30 p. m.
Second Street— Formal dance,
sponsored by Blue Bonnet Brigade,
11th Med. Regt. orchestra, 8:30 p.m.
Fifth Street—Art in action, led
by Pvt. James Waldron, 8:15 p. m.
Mesquite Street—(for Negroes)—
Carnival, 8 p. m.
Sunday
First Street— Radio broadcast,
11th Med. Regt. orchestra, 5:30 p.
m.
Second Street—Open forum, 3 p.
m.
Fifth Street—Bach program, fea-
turing the Abilene high school glee
club, 3:30 p. m.
Mesquite Street—Monopoly time,
7 p. m.
Monday
First Street—Servicemen’s short-
hand class, 7:30 p. m.
Second Street—Ping-pong tourn-
ament and informal recreation, 8:30
p. m.
Fifth Street—Pool and billiards
7:30 p. m.
Mesquite Street—Hamburger fry,
9 p. m.
Tuesday
First Street — Mess, calf, waffle
supper for all servicemen, bring
your wives, 6:30 p. m.
Second Street—“Crazy Carnival,”
sponsored by Girls’ Service Organ-^
ization and South Junior High PTA,
8:30 p. m.
Fifth Stret—Dance class, begin-
ners, 7:45 p. m.
Mesquite Street— Spin - a - yarn
night, 8 p. m. ' -
Wednesday
First Street—Come and Sketch A
While, conducted by Lt. Hunter
Griffith, co-ed model, 8 p. m.
•Second Street-Lobby bingo, grand
prize, ’phone call home, 8 p. m.
Fifth Street—USO dance, spon-
sored by Blue Bonnet Brigade,
MRTC orchestra, 8:15 p. m.
Mesquite Street—Double or noth-
ing quiz program, 8 p, m.
Thursday
First Street— “Poppin’ Party,”
kitchen, hostesses, the Military
Misses, 8 p. m.
Second Street—Country dance,
8:30 p. m.
Fifth Street—Treasure hunt, Jun-
Box Scores-
!IC Playoffs
Friday night’s game:
50th Med. Tng. Bn. G
Duzdevich, f ...........4
McDermott, f ........ .5
Jarvis, f ..... 0
Clynch, f ..............1
Hart, c ................1
Williams, rg ............2
Zahn, lg ...............4
Totals .............11
50th Med. Tng. Bn.
Lewis, f ...........
Carberry, f ........
Dess, c .............
Belas, g,.........
McCabe, ~ g
G
.4
.3
.1
.2
.1
Friedli,; g ..... ...0
Tessmer, g ............0
Totals ............11
Score by quarters:
56th ........ 16 26
5Sth ..........---- 6 15
Saturday night’s game:
50th Med. Tng. Bn. G
Duzdevich. f ...........5
McDermott, f ..........0
Clynch, f ..............2
Hart; c ................ 0
Jarvis, c ..... 4
Williams, g ......... 2
Zahn, g ........ 4
Totals ............. 11
50th Med, Tng. Bn. G
Lewis, f ..... 2
Carberry, £ 0
Tessmer, f .............0
Dess, c .................1
McCabe, c .............1
Belas, g ...............-3 v
Freund, g ............-3
Totals ............10 v 4 24
Score by quarters:
561h ............... 9 I4 ?6 38
59th ....... 6 13 18 24
Officials—George Dickstein and
Otto Stoll, Co. C, 63d Med. Tng. Bn.
Co. D Does It!
Amassing a total of 94 points, Co.
D, 59th Med. Tng. Bn., captured
first place in the battalion field day
last Tuesday. The victors copped
firsts in the platoon drill, 300-yard
and 50-yard dashes, and took sec-
ond and third places in the 100-
yard dash and second place in the
tug-o-war.
Runner-up was Co. B with 60
points, in third place Co. A with
40 points, and in last place Co. C
with 33 markers.
Star of the day was Pvt. Harold
J. Pilon of Co. D who accounted
for 25 of his team’s 94 points.
Cpl. Osage Shumaker was in
charge of the 36-man platoon which
won first place for Co. D in drill
competition.
ior Hostesses, 7:30 p. m.
Mesquite Street—Public forum, 8
p. m.
Friday
First Street—Movie, 8:30 p. m.
Second Street— Tune-up-time
sing song, Wilma Tripp, accompan-
ist, 7:30 p. m.
Fifth Street—Hobby night, sil-
houette drawing, finger painting,
7:30 p. m.
Mesquite Street — Game party,
prizes, 8 p. m.
The Thinker!
WAC RECRUITING COUPON
RECRUIT A WAC AND WIN A THREE-DAY PASS!
Please mail to WAC Recruiting Officer, Headquarters, Camp Bark-
eley, Texas.
I believe the following person Is qualified to join the WAC;
NAME ................................ ADDRESS.............
CITY AND STATE ......................................AGE.
Hellcats Dig
Deep For R. C.
Hellcats of the 12th Armd. Div.,
dug down in their pockets last pay
day and came- up with $2,001.10 for
one of their favorite agencies—the
American Red Cross.
This sum, reported by Capt. Je-
rome W. Schrader, Division Head-
quarters Commandant, repi’esents
the first “installment” on the Hell-
cat division’s donation to the an-
nual Red Cross drive for funds.
Another contribution will be made
next pay day, climaxing the drive.
The gift constituted an average
donation of approximately 20 cents
per man.
MARITAL STATUS .............................. RACE..............
SOLDIER’S NAME, RANK AND ORGANIZATION .....................
RELATION TO SOLDIER SUBMITTING COUPON ....................
DO YOU WANT YOUR NAME USED IN CONTACXINCr THE ABOVE
PARTY? ...............................
It's Corny!
Things will be popping Thursday
night from 8 to 10 o’clock at the
First Street USO club. Yes, we know
it’s corny but that’s just exactly
wlgat it is—pop corn!
All G.I.’s are invited to help the
Military Misses, who will serve as
hostesses at the popping party. In-
formal entertainment and an old-
fashioned around-the-piano sing-
song will complete the program.
Lucille Ball is deep in thought. Some jerk has just told her the
story about two Scotchmen who were walking down a street. One
picked up a $5 bill on the sidewalk. The other one borrowed the live "
bucks so he could have bis eyes examined! '
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