A Little USO In The Center Of The Big USA
USO Booklet Cover
Note: The Booklet is available for viewing at the Pratt County Historical Museum.
Transcriptions were made by Milt Martin July, 2007.
Foreward
The occasion for this booklet is the presentation, on Feb. 4th, 1946, of awards to Senior and Junior Hostesses of the USO at Pratt and to those organizations in the city and county which have aided so materially in helping the USO do its job.
The decision to issue this pamplet was not made in time for the USO office to check its hostess lists as carefully as it would like to have done. Because of the rush in arranging lists of those who helped there may be errors of omission. It is hoped these will be few.
The compiler of this data is indebted to the Pratt Daily Tribune for the use of its files and for other assistance graciously given.
Alar Mawdsley
Chairman USO Council
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The Extension
The interests of the colored service man were not overlooked by the National USO. The first step here was the establishing, in April, 1944, of temporary entertainment quarters for the soldier in the basement of the Second Baptist Church.
The USO Council
The USO Council came into existance on June 10th, 1943, when the drop-in center was assimilated by the USO. On that date it was tentatively set up and the names sent to the National USO. Folowing the certification of the list by the latter organization in August the Council had official status. Its members were to serve as liaison between civilians of the community and the USO. They were members of various clubs and organizations of the city and were appointed to the Council by the heads of the respective organizations.
And Then There Was The Time
One busy night at the USO, with games going at nearly every table and the juke-box blaring full blast, an ex-mayor of Niagara Falls, stationed at the base, called at the club. He had been patiently awaiting his bride-to-be, expected by bus. The bus had arrived but she hadn't. He was worried. He appealed to the director of the USO for aid. Mr. Adams investigated, called the USO at Dodge City, found that she was there. He instructed the director there to place her on a Pratt bound bus. She arrived near midnight. In the meantime, Mr. Adams made arrangements with the Probate Judge and witnesses and a few minutes after her arrival she was a married woman.
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