The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 December 1941 — Page 3
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THE DAILY BAXNER, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1401.
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prom 1’KRLE BRIDGES T , Fincastle neighI recently nt a box to Prifle B. Budges, who is in the Base Group, stationed at Kid. Ar-zona, Perle reciprof writing the following letter joine folks.) 74th Air Base Group (SP)' Luke Field, Arizona November 14, 1941 fcllo: nting ever since -jr very interesting letter but to it. Received your box a nd certainly was amazed ftbe nice things that were in it. | to thank each and every one i very n. u h. Think I was oa gome kid oiiening up his i package. (laving very nice weather .Gets around eighty degrees
every day but gets pretty chilly at night. Haven't had but one rain here in the last six weeks and the sun shines bright every day. I wit, now attempt to tell you a little abou this field. As you probably know, this field as well as all
are continuously widening the field as the expansion program permits. At the present time we have but three hangars reoted. but by tlje first of next year should have at least six. Up until the present time the hangars were wholly non-existant and the planes were anchored by means of tie ropes to the ramp. The buildings at the present time, as are also the messhalls, canteen, theatre, recreation hall and day rooms, are merely temporary buildings and are to be replaced with either brick or stone buildings. They are entirely composed of wood and as a whole are We'l I constructed to stand for several years without any repair being necessary. The men mess in two different barracks or rather, mess halls at the present time, known as General Mess 'B' and A'. Each mess hall holds approximately one thousand men at a time and can be re-arrang-ed to seat fifteen hundred. The food as a whole is very good with the exception of the days that we are placed on a field ration basis. Plenty of fresh vegetables and meat are to be
others are being named after world
war veterans. The name chosen for | had with every meal. Breakfast us-
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our field, Luke, was dedicated n honor of world war ace, Frank Luke, commonly known as the balloon buster. Phoenix, Arizona was Frank Luke's home town and his mother and brother still reside there. Practically at every graduation ceremony Mrs. Luke is present to say soms word of encouragement to the graduating cadets. The field covers approximately one thousand square acres, with runways running ha'f mile in length. The width is hard to determine at the present time as they
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one that will try and d<> his i>art. As for the other officers, they all seem to lie nice here. Went to Roosevelt Dam with the Lieutenant about four weeks ago. Enjoyed the trjp very much and took quite a few pictures while I was up there. Have serij. them home so will have Jeff bring them over to the store so all of you can see_them. The Lieutenant has asked three of us to go to Mexico with him Nov. 22 and 23rd. Am always glal to go and see all the new country I ca.n while I’m here. Have made a fair rating since I have been here. Now have a Private First Class, with fourth class specialist. Sure seems bettor than just being a Buck Private. I don't go to town as much as i U'd when 1 first got here as it has gotten so hard to get a ride. It wasn’t hard to get a rid.- when I first came hero but the field has filled up now and there are always quite few waiting at the gate for a rioe. I have two buddies that I run aroun 1 with when I go to town and both are from Indiana. Clark is one of the boys and his folks live in Russellville. Schultz is the other and comes from Fort Wayne. Seems like we can always have a good time when we are
together.
An order came through this week . that we would get sixteen days fur-
Dumont Ranstead and daughters of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goff of California and Miss Ida Col!. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Gibbs spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Byrd and family at Ladoga. Mrs. Rose Mendenhall and daughter and Paul McGill of Indianapolis Dale McGill of Terre Haute and Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGill of Parke county, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGaughey and ilyMr. and Mrs. Marion Brattain and daughters attended the church Bazaar nd auction ut Clinton Falls, Saturday night.
chops or Chicken, together with | lough time. Think I v 11 get mine
starting around December 26, so hope to be seeing all of you by Nec^
Yeans, Until then,'’
Still a Hoosier, Perle P. Bridges
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This field at the present time graduates approximately four hundred cadets every fifth week. The classes consist of ten continuous weeks of flying, but as we have two ^ classes on at tire same time, upper j ;md lower classmen, each class grad- ; uatos as the other gets about half finished. Their program in all re1 spects follows closely Uiat of West
j Point and other military schools. |The«same drills, fatigue and class * distinction being shown. The upper j classman as a rule giving a certain amount of hazing to the lower. No lower classman, as an example, is allowed out after nine o'clock at night. The cadets arise as a rule a' four thirty in the morning and after a brisk work out with setting up exercises are ready for their ground school. Following ground school the first section, consisting of the upper half of the class put in their days flying. The last half fly in the afternoon, with both -sections changing off so they all get a chance at a bit of night flying. F«>rmation flying i getting to be more the rule than th ■ exception out here and almost at any time of the day or night you can look up and watch the planes peel off from a ‘V formation. At the present time there are about thirty five hundred men and seven hundred officers on this field. We have oik- hundred and fifty airplanes on the field at the present time and more coming in all the time. The planes are AT16A's for the most part and are capable of doing from three hundred to three hundred and fifty miles per hour, but upon landing is braked down to seventy. The majority of our accidents at the present time is due to bad landings, as quite a few of the students will ground loop upon coming in, and a ground loop usually spells bent proI peliors or wings. Each student is required to put in eighty hours of flying time on this field before giadnating, bringing his total flying time to around two hundred anil thirty hours in the air. Even at this la'e stage, there are still quite a few o. the cadets washed out due both t > the strenuous physical examination and the strict requirements of theninstructors. On the last class one man was washed out just two days prior to graduation because of his physical. Because most of th flic- - are required to have so many pas senger hours before graduation, it. become quite simple to get a ride. All that is necessary is to go over to operations and ask for a lift, checkout a parachute and you're all set. The flights last anywhere from half an hour to three, four hour Thfirst few times you go up, your stomach seems to have a tendency t<bail out on you due to the high rate of climb and speed, but after you become accustomed to it, there's noth ing to compare with it. It seems a.s though you were floating in air with .he whole dizzy world whirling beneath you. My job consists of working in the Group supply room where we have some six hundred and fifty men to outfit. The job keeps you prott> much on your toes as you must issue clean linen each week, check in an ! out all laundry, keep the men's clothing issued as they require it, besides taking care of all issue of equipment for the barracks and the men. Each month we must inventory all clothing and equipment on the field and account for every bit of it. Once a week I'm placed in 'Charge of Quarters,' ie, I must stay in the supply room until ten 'clock to ta*k" care of any men that may come onto tiie field or are pieparing to leave the field and are in need of equipment. I am very fortunate in having a nice superior officer over npe. He treats us with utmost kindness and I never h:»e lum Angry at any
SOCIETY NEWS < (,'ontlniio<! from l*n*o Twol Frctz ot DoPauw University. All men and women of the church are invited. , Hostesses are Mrs. C. C. Jordan. Mrs. W. \V. Baker. Miss Louise Bicknell, Mrs, C. E. Collins. Mrs. Cather- , M Kate 1 :si. Mrs. R. A. Hoffman, Miss Minnie Williams, Misses Nannie and Sallie
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Putnam County Federation Uallies To Defense Tasks Women ot the Putnam County Federation of Clubs have been responding to the request for help in national defense work Some have been most generous in donating food, money, buying defens* stamps and bone.;, k' itting garments, etc. The county chairmen urge all members to i>e on tli ■ alert and help in any way they can on the defense program A fir rt aid class will be offered here early in 1942. Mrs. David Houck, county defense chairman, reports the following donation made recently by Putnam county club women which was taken Saturday to the Men's Service Club in Indianapolis, which is for all noncommissioned men who are in the army. About five hundred service men eat at the club every Sunday. Mrs. Houck’s rep i t of the donation as follows: 40 lasses of jelly and marmalade; dozen boxes of
home made cookies,
made candy, 6 jars r miscellaneous colli r '
otiitv pottr : meals spread, nuts, dates,
_hip3, and relishes a
Mrs. Houck wisln
club women who ie erously in this reqia
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women who have bi i .pcfcific thing cun v
fense ? ”
Realizing the gr. service at this time ual clubwoman in ! Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgr
{cj •!• + •!• -1* 4- 4- -!• + 4- + ^ I- WEST JEFFERSON TWP. v {ot 4- 4- 4- -1- 4- -h 4- /3j Mrs. Vada Hadden and daughter Leona and Mrs. Mattie Coffey called on Mrs. Jennie Morrison Wednesday afternoon of last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Sanders called on Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCanimack Sunday afternoon. Miss Mingle Wheeler spent Monday night with Miss Betty Wheeler. Guy Gaston, Sr., made a business trip to Indianapolis Wednesday. Mrs. Rosalee Allen attended the Golden Circle Club meeting at Manhattan Thursday. Mrs. Mattie Coffey called on Mrs. Florence Allen Monday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie Morrison attended the Women’s Service Circle Club meeting neld at the Methodist church, at Mt. Meridian on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Viola McCammack called on Mrs Leona Dobson Saturday afternoon. Miss Agnes Pierce spent last week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Sanders of Greencastlc. Many from this community went to Greencastlc last Friday to see Santa Claus. Mrs. Viola McCammack and Miss Agnes Pierce c-alled on Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Allen and Marie Tuesday even-
ing.
Rosalee Allen and Miss Marie Pierce were Christmas shopping in Brazil Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCammack spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neier.
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MACHINERY SCHOOL FOR FARMERS HERE JAN 9TH. Farmers of Putnam county were urged tday by county agricultural ae-ent David L Grimes to attend the school, which will be held January
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9 at O. W. Hollowell’s garage in Greencastlc. S. A. Anderson, agricultural engineer of Purdue University, will be present to answer questions and discuss pertinent phases regarding the repair of farm implements, it was announced.
Tire Putnam county farm machinery repain school will be similar to those now scheduled for every county in the state. Among the purposes of these schools, declared i. 10 uirect more aneiuion
effort town:a ,ne n ment of farm equip 2. To encourage and a&rv icing 3. To encourage t dering of needed i farm machines. 4. To explain sy of checking, repair ting farm machin,
• pair anil adjustment. the early repair in machinery, in- immediate nrur parts for itematic methods ing. amt adjust-
iO boxes of home
peanut butter, -n of Spam ami eese, sandwich rackers, potato
. I $2.35 in cash,
to thank the bonded so genmswer to clubasking : “What do for de-
it need for the
l every individr organization, n, president of
n of Clubs, is e to district i he federation tge Mrs. Ahl-
the Indiana Fedn.it sending out a messi presidents through Forum. In her me
gren reminds:
“In this fateful hour of war when Ann iica has bern attacked and her freedom threatened, it is paramount that tin :;2,000 won , of the Indiana Federation of Clubs n nder every seivice, both public and private, to preserve our American way of life. “The eventful hour "f the past days brings us all together into a common cau. e, which is to win this war. Regardless of what our past differences of opinion have bi en, we are now all
united.
“1 have wired tin upport of our meml e; hip to Mi - John L. \\ liitehurst,. our GFWC president. I ask Vi u to impiess thi' mqKMtanee of our unity and joint effort to all the offirj and members of tne counties In yt ur district.” HEBRON Little Patty Mendenhall of Indiannpol.s is s, nding the week with her aunt, Mrs. Paul McGaughey and
family.
Mr. and Mis. Marion Brattain and family helped charavari Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thomas, (newly weds) th.in iii-.il Bi.i/. l Iasi i ue.iday
night.
Miss Mary Gar dm-: of Terre Haute spent tin- mid-semester vacation with relatives at Indianapolis and her parents here. Sunday gues'.s of Mr. and Mrs. Fh-tidw i- Goff wi re, Mr. and Mrs.
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