The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-17
UsO QUARTERS ARE PARTIALLY
 OPEN FOR USE

Starting from scratch upon their arrival six weeks ago, USO off cials in Juneau, together with the assistance of both civilian and have completed tn e transformation of the building on South Seward from a ramshackle store house into attractive, color ful USO headquarters which were partially open for the use of sol diers, sailors and marines yester- day afternoon.
 The lounge, which is now open, is a large, home-like room with warm cream -colored walls, drapes of yellow, rust and beige and color full framed Autographs around the walls It is furnished with five writing desks and chairs; a maga- zine rack in which 50 different magazines subscribed for by USO are kept; open bookshelves; a grand piano; davenports, low tables, floor lamps and a small photograph.
 The Autographs were taken from the book "The Story of Alaska, '" and are the work of c. H. Dewitt Miss Marie Struve. assistant to Leonard Hall, Area Supervisor for USO in the Northwest, conceived the idea of mounting and framing them for use in the large lounge. Already they have attracted much attention and comment as being most attractive and appropriate.
 Tn the lounge, also, are the mounted antlers presented to USO.
 Kitchen Attractive
 The kitchen, freshly painted with cream and blue color scheme, opens off the small entrance hall and adjoins the snack bar and game room. Mrs. K. c. Talmage. who will have charge of the snack bar. and Mrs. A. J. Wukich, volunteer as- sistant, were busy yesterday aftert noon putting the final touches onto the kitchen and equipment prepar- atory to it's opening next Satur- day
 On the menu of the snack bar will be tea, coffee, chocolate, fruit juices, soft drinks of all kinds, milk, hot soup, salad, sandwiches, doughnuts and pies. All of these will be served practically at cost, as no effort is made to more than pay the bare expenses. It is ex- pected to have full fountain ser vice as soon as equipment can be obtained
 Red curtains and cream-colored walls, with red trim on one wall and blue on the other, make the game room and snack bar a place of gaity and charm. In addition to the bar (for snacks and soft drinks onlyJ, and tables, on which to play games or cards, the room has ping pong table, a shelf of assorted games and a pool table, for the entertainment of the men.
 Informal dances will be given in the lounge from time to time, ac- cording to Sid Cowgirl, USO head in Juneau, who has supervised the face lifting given to the building to be used by USO here.
 Upstairs To Be Used
 Within month, it is expected that the hospital equipment which has been in use on the second floor of the building will be moved so that it, too, can be used for USO purposes.
 It is planned to have a dormi- tory, showers, meeting room and two more pool tables on the second floor, MT Cowgirl said.
 Much ingenuity was shown by Mir. Cowgirl, Miss Struve and their in obtaining furniture for the USO rooms. Among the ar ticles practically rescued from the junk man, were leather seats, for merly used as loge seats in the Capitol Theatre, which are both and suitable in the lounge and snack and game room. They had been stored in a ware house and were covered with snow when discovered and patched up for use.
 Altogether, service men in Ju- neau now have most attractive place in which to spend their leisure time, with many forms of entertainment available and com fortable, homelike rooms in which to lounge.
 Public open house will be held in the USO rooms, to give every one in Juneau an opportunity to visit them, on next Sunday after noon following the Community Christmas Carol program.