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HATTIESBURG (MISS.1 AMERICAN THRKE Tuesday, May 11, 1943 Shelby Briefs structor, Beginners can learn and advanced players may play competition. Rackets are furnished by the cottage to all players. They will be available to soldiers over the weekend. For further Information call 2612. Pearl River College Commc.1ccr.1e..

Club No. 1 while visiting her husband, Pfc. Thomas Studley, 154th Infantry. Mrs. Robert Holt of Laurel.

Miss, visited her husband, Pvt. Holt, Reception Center, over the weelc-end. Mrs. Raymond Stewart of Pensa-cola, Fla, Is visiting her husband. Cpl.

Stewart, 106th Medical Farrell has been staying In the guest house at Service Club 1. The calendar of entertainment for Service Club No. 1 Is as follows: Tuesday, May 11, Dancing Instruction, Arthur Murray Instructor, Capt. Eaton. 8:3010 p.

m. Wednesday, May 12, 31st Division dunce. 31st Division Artillery band, director, Sgt. Joseph Stewart. Transportation for girls will be at the home of Mrs.

Martin Stemme, 904 Adeline St. Thursday, May 13, Quiz program, conducted by Special Service olfiee, 31st Dlv, 8:30 to 10 p. Friday, May 14, Bingo, cigarettes, billfolders and cigarette cases given as' prizes, 8:3010 Saturday, May 15, 31st Dlv. dance. 166th Infantry Band.

Transportation provided for girls at the home of Mrs. Martin Stemme 904 Adeline St. 8:3011:30 p. m. Sunday, May 16.

iyuid Concert from 4 to 6. 31st Division Artillery band. The USO Cottage on Hemphill St. needs volunteers to sew cut-out material for the Red Cross. It is machine work and since the cottage has only two machines, reservations should be made.

You can sew at home if you desire. Any Army wife or civilian interested Is asked to help. About 20 WAACs were the guests of Headquarters Company of the 166th Infantry at a dinner and dance Sunday night in the company recreation hall. The same number of WAACs at- Mrs. Albert Hethcox of Alabama Is visiting her husband, Sgt, Hethcox, 167th Infantry.

The Miss. Southern College Vesper Choir sang at Service Club 1 Saturday night. Prank Earl Marsh jr. musical director at the college was the leader. One of the main attractions was POPLARVILLE, May 11.

R. D. McLendon, president of the Pearl River Junior college at Poplarvllle, has announced a schedule for commencement exercises for the college which will begin with annual Inspection day Thursday, May 13, and end with graduation exercises Friday, May 21. The annual government Inspection of the ROTC battalion at the college will be conducted by Major Martin R. Rice of Jackson, and will begin at 8:30 a.

m. with' inspection of quarters. From 8 to 11 a. m. the program will Include battalion parade, physical drill bv the battalion.

the United States Regular army Is commandant of the college plant and professor of military tactics and science. AND NO INSURANCE (By assonant Prrss) CHICAGO A 3-11 alarm brought fire appartus Into the 600 block on Winthrop avenue In a tangle of engines, trucks, hose, ladders and the usual, curious fire fans. The blaze was extinguished in a few minutes and a fireman remarked the only damage was to a roast. "But," said the owner, "It was a 31-point roast." Mrs. Demora Ray Is visiting her husband, Pvt.

Ray, 106th Medical Battalion. Mrs. Ray is staying at Service Club 1. 7th F. A.

OBSERVATION BN. "The "eyes and ears" F. A. battalion of Camp Shelby has been far from bring a static organization in the Inst two wrks from all observances. To start the ball rolling of late Major James P.

Schwartz, formerly S-3, assumed command of the battalion in the absence of the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Archer F. Freund, who is taking a leave of absence in Atlanta, Georgia, and Major Frank B. Wolcott, former battalion executive who left the battalion April 28 to assume a new post at Camp Bowie, Texas.

In addition to the belated transfer of Major Wolcott the battalion recently lost another personality in Cnpt. Hugh P. Osborne, formerly commander of Battery Capt. Osborne Is now a member of the faculty of the F. A.

school at Ft. Sill, Okla. 2nd Lt's Danold P. Pet- Ian octette which sang "Italian Mrs. Mayr Studley of Long Island, Is staying at Service I tAnHoH nlfnir cunnpr anH rianrp close order drill by the platoon, tac EALLOUSESm Street Song" and Victor Herbert's "Kiss Me Again." Mrs.

Sue McQueen, hostess of Service Club No. 1 wishes to thank Mr. Marsh for the fine entertainment he offered to the boys. At 10 a. m.

on Wednesdays, tennis Instructions will be given at the USO-YWCA Cottage on Hemphill Street. Mrs. J. A. Larimer is In To relieve painful callouses, burn-i nsr or tenderness on bottom of feet and remove callouses get these thin, soothing, cushioning pds.

given by Company of the 166th Infantry at the Elks Club in Hat-tiesburg on Saturday night. Staff Sergeant Mildred Farrell of the 45th WAAC Company has been entertaining her mother, Mrs. W. P. Farrell of Memphis, Tenn.

Mrs. erson and Harold ft. Story are at present also tramping the rugged ranges of Ft. Sill where they are both enrolled In the recently expanded 2-month sound and flash school for officers of Observation Battalions. However, not all has been loss to the battalion: several new officers having been transferred In.

Recent arrivals include Capt. Ernest Reed-er coming from a specialist replacement training regiment at Ft. Bragg, N. C. 1st Lt.

Frances J. Metzler and 1st Lt. Francis Smith, are among the other new arrivals having been previously assigned to the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center at Ft. Sill, Okla. From Camp Roberts, come two other newly assigned officers, 2ndLt.

Edward J. Chorba and 2nd Lt. Jack Schaus, Lt, Chorba and Lt. Schaus were previously assigned to the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center at that station. Last but not least, a definitely smiling personality was noticed In the battalion this week In the person of 1st Lt.

Frank W. Hoffmans. The reason: the receipt of a certain War Dept. letter appointing him to the rank of 1st Lt. from that of 2nd Lt.

Forrest County supervisors have ordered that no beer or wine may be sold between the hours of 11 p. m. and 8 a. m. This applies to civilians as well as soldiers.

Both consumer and retailer will be fined if this regulation Is violated. A Softball game between the officers of Station Complement and the Reception Center will be played at the Reception Center diamond at Wednesday afternoon. Japanese American troops at Camp ShPlby sent 247 telegrams to their mothers In the Islands on Mothers' Day. The average cost was $2 a message of about 25 words. Many of the soldiers had never been away from home before they left for the mainland last month.

And for many of the young men It was their first Mothers' Day away from "mom." Besides those who had dispatched telegrams, nearly a thousand more had sent air-mall letters timed to Mrs. Paul Brown of Como, Miss. Is visiting her husband, Pvt. Brown, Reception Center. Mrs.

Brwon is staying at Service Club 1, 0 tical exercises and Inspection of facilities. The hour from 11 to 12 will be for theoretical tests. The entire program is public. The commencement sermon will be preached Sunday morning, May IS, by the Rev. S.

F. Harkey, pastor of the Poplarville Methodist church, at the First Baptist church of Poplarville. Graduation exercises will be held In the college auditorium May 21, beginning at 8 p. m. Dr.

W. E. Holcomb of Jackson, head of the Mississippi office of price administration, will deliver tiie commencement address, Mr. McLendon will deliver diplomas to graduates of the junior college and of the high school. 'Oi The sophomore class of the col-1 Til lege and the senior class of the high school have presented their class plays.

Walter C. principal of the high school, coached the senior play. The summer quarter of the 12-months school program will open Monday. June 7, and the Fourth Corps Service area has authorized the continuance of the ROTC Battalion through this quarter. Lieutenant Colonel John F.

Somers of A if I arrive home before Mothers' Day. i A number of the soldiesr sought to To The Shopping Public of Hattiesburg and Vicinity: make personal telephone calls to their relatives In Hawaii but restrictions on phone service due to the volume of official calls, were such as to discourage this method of communication. Perhaps lt is because they have come farther, but the boys from Hawaii have been parlicuarly dutiful about writing home since they have reached Camn Shelbv. Soon THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS WILL CLOSE THEIR STORES EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 P. STARTING TOMORROW, I after their arrival most of them nn WB Cool Ventilated Models; SOLAR STRAWS .98 purchased an average of $10 apiece in Clipper air-mail stamps at 20 cents a stamp.

Outgoing mall bags average ten a day, compared with three incoming for the unit, reflecting the preponderance of mall for home. Letters, clippings, newspapers, picture postcards anl small packages are continually flowing outward from the soldiers. They want the home folks to know they have gone pretty far and that the peopie on the mainland think pretty well of the newcomers. In addition to the personal mall, numbered among the soldiers from Hawaii are a half d07en or more "correspondents" of dally and week, ly newspapers in Hawaii. These letter-writers gather personal items Fibre meshes, rayon fibres, hopsacklng meshes, eocoanuts Continuing Through JUNE, JULY and AUGUST and Pandana.

precisely shaped ana nanasomeiy trimmed with scarf and bow bands! The wide meshes let cool breezes through 1 It is our desire that our loyal employees may have a well earned rest and enjoy a half holiday during the hot summer months of May, June, July about soldiers from the districts served by the Island newspapers and write them up in a breezy Informal style calculated to make good reading for the home folks. Ties between the mainland sol-1 $0.98 and August. Therefore, we will close our stores at 1 P. M. every Wednesday beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, May 12th.

We earnestly solicit the co-operation of the buying public. Shop on Wednesday mornings! II0TE: July 4th Falling on Sunday Ve Will Observe July 5th as the Holiday (Monday) On July 7th Vc Will flot Close. Bright Throw Rags For All Rooms Colorful; Sturdy! .98 $2-98 $.98 Genuine Panamas In smartly practical ventilated weaves! Many open-air hemp twists and Bakus, tool diers and their relatives are no less close but the Hawaiians with their every-needy fountain pens have been quick to set the pace in back-home, morale-lifting communications. The reading habits of Japanese American troops in combat-team training at Camp Shelby indicate a fondness for books on American history and biography, technical subjects and social sciences, according to Miss Mattle Swearingen, librarian at Service Clutf No. 3, which Is well patronized by the Japanese Americans.

Many books on Japan are available at the library but so far not a single one has been taken out by the soldiers of Japanese ancestry who come from Hawaii and Relocation Centers on the mainland. Berlin Diary and Guadalcanal Diary are popular and biographies of General MacArthur and Abraham Lincoln are constantly sought, Miss Swearingen says. In the technical field, books on preliminary flight training, medical aid and care and maintenance of motors are avidly read. One soldier drew 'The liniler Operators' Guide" for seven days. Harry Sapperstein WaldofFs Department Stores Scatter them in your bedrooms, living room, children's rooms and halls and see what a homelike touch they give 1 Chenille, braided, tufted or shag rugs In plain colors or gay designs! Sketched are the popular hag rags, and the reversible chenille nig.

9SC Fibre meshes and Hopokas. Air Spun mesh weaves. Lane's Quality Shoes The Globe Shoe Store it Some of the boys go In for heavier stuff such as The Art of Thinking, The Story of Philosophy and Prolegomena to Ethics, Newspapers from Hawaii are in demand but so far the library has none on file. Subscriptions to the leading island papers may be taken nut Inter. In the meantime all the newsnanern and news magazines Fowler Hardware Co.

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Co. Blue Ribbon Bakery (CLOSED FROM 1 TO 4) Mississippi Book Store Firestone Auto Supply Stores Farmers Feed Gro. Co. The Diana Shop Emporium Department Store Eisman's The Fair Fine Co. Mullinnix Women's Apparel J.

C. Penney Co. PRINTED DRESS FABRICS tion as the boys sek out latest developments and comment on the situation. Many of the soldiers, particularly those from Hawaii, are puzzled by the lack of wild flowers in nearby areas. They believe that with a Climate as warm as Mississippi's there should be a profusion of in evidence, as there is in Hawaii, Questions along this line are asked at the library and several have taken out books trying to solve the floral mystery of Mississippi.

The librarian had high praise for the conduct of the boys. "1 have 29c 39c 49e 59c 69e yd. never seen a more orderly group in soldier reading rooms," said Miss Anderson's Mens Wear Bufkin's Mens Store Duke's THE STORE ton MKN Louis Tailoring Co. Sarphie Jewelry Co. The Diamond Shop Dr.

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