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Junior Hostesses Add Color And Life To USO

The local USO feels greatly indebted to nearby Preston, Kingman, St. John, Stafford and other towns, and to the parents of Pratt, for so generously contributing the flower of their young womanhood to the USO as Junior Hostesses. And sympathizes with the few remaining eligible swains of those towns who probably didn't approve of the girls spending so many evenings in Pratt.

According to the records of the secretary approximately 75 of the original 125 Junior Hostesses are now married. The USO can't take much credit as a matrimonial agency as most of the girls would eventually have married anyway in the normal course of events. Nevertheless, many of the brides and their service men grooms met through their mutual interest in the USO.
Three of the 125 have entered the service. They are Barbara Hilliard and Roberta Wilson of Pratt and Louise Covey of Cullison. All joined the WAVEs. Others of the original number have since entered Cadet Nurse's training.
5000 Hours - Doris Chinn, Joy Eubank, Marjorie Garst, Helen Hall, Florence Hamilton, Katherine Harris, Velma Hiskett, Virginia Shupe, Nora Steg, Lorraine Straub, Iva Lee Vance, Evelyn Wagner, Eula White
500 Hours - Florence Cates, Marcella Fisher, Elsie Locke, Rachael Mayberry, Lucille McDowell, Claire Probst, Eleanor Ramsey, Gertrude Reub
100 Hours - Helen Ball, Darlene Bartlett, Kathleen Boughner, Ruth Bowren, Nadine Carson, Mabel Konkle, Muriel Cookson, Mary Agnes Detwiler, Mary Frances Duncan, Josephine Freund, Margaret Kimminau, Irene Kinkaid, Byrd Knight, El Resa Knight, Juanita Langley, Helen McDaniel, Eloise Redfern, Irma Redwine, Billie Renfro, Jean Rowland, Dorothy Schmidt, Beverly Schulte, Alice Swerdtfeger, Neva Jean Unruh, Blanche Weiser, Pauline Weiser
Following is a list of others having served as Junior Hostesses but, for various reasons, not having attained a 100 hour record.
Cunningham - Loretta Freund and Marceline Panek.
Cullison - Vada Cawthon, Louise Johnson, Camille Johnson, Nelle Rudolph and Georgia Mae Rudolph.
Kingman - Ruth Akers, Irene Burns, Myrtle Buckley, Marjorie Lou Creighton, Sylvia Snell, Phyllis Dennett, Delores Hageman, Roxanna Hinton, Esther Hampel, Violet Morris, Thelma Morehart, Pauline McKenna, Rose McKenna, Kathleen McAdams, Dorothy Naanes, Marie Osner, Mildred Osner, Isabel Osner, Barbara Pitkin, Martha Payne, Delores Panek, Lola Robison, Helen Rohlman, Eileen Rohman, Phyllis Specht and Virginia Tefft.
Nashville - Eva Hauser, Roselma Huaser and Emelia Jarner.
Pratt - Wanda Baker, Joann Blackwelder, Billie Jane Ball, Elsie Rene Beedle, Maxine Burnett, June Cannon, Maxine Carter, Louise Corn, Carolyn Colberg, Camille Colberg, Katherine Coleman, Eloise Coleman, Helen Cox, Alice Joy Craig, Carol Ann Hastings, Barbara Lea Hamilton, Betty Hurd, Helen Hedding, Wilma Hoffman, Beverly Hardgrove, Margaret Konkle, Margaret Leahy, Evelyn Libby, Lora Arlene Luders, Virginia Luders, Beverly Lunt, Laura Jane Leeper, Lucille Maas, Geraldine Morris, Velma McGaugh, Erma Jean McMullen, Jo Ellen McNicholas, Wanda McManaman, Melba Norby, Betty Jane Nash, Freda Norris, Barbara Patrick, Helen Patrick, Janice Polley, Jo Romine, Ruth Redfern, Pauline Robertson, Anne Scott, Nadine Sitton, Mary Beth Stuart, Juanita Smith, Josephine Schafer, Catherine Sandquist, Marilyn Margaret Tregallas and Loiuse Weiser.
Preston - Lois Haas
Stafford - Mary Lou Boyd, Evelyn Budde, Bonnie Bartlett, Glenice Coate, Joyce Dale, Billie Hayden, Lorraine Hayden, Nadine Hill, Betty Logue, Virginia Love, Bonnie Blue Webber and Billie Wood.
St. John - Grace Abrahamson, Avenell Reazin, Virginia Radke, Irene Snell, Jackie Sparks, Billie Jane Spencer and Lynn Louise Stuart.
Zenda - Clara Goetz.