The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
Clubs Placing Boxes
Aboard Liberty Ships
Sailing From Port

AZ an extra service to the Naval
,n,isted Armed Guard crews who
-sotect the Liberty ships and their
arooes r sailing from the port OF
T1SSiilmnington, TSi Uso clubs in the VIII
wet" ';naton area. including the Caro-
I,n ,an reach and Harbor Island units
lirls no nroviding numerous boxes OF
''s s,Ies to augment the other rec
sutton Spp.onal and personal items sup
l1ad nod hy the Navy, Joe Gibson of
pu'c second and Orange street USO
'liv ,nbm,se stated Saturday.
''uT This service has been continu-
=. here since February, accord
!ns s IN Mr.. Gibson, who added that
1,Ho 4mS committees during the past
n'sek sme oacked large boxes for tine
Naval M Armed Guard crews going
n t". m the next IL Liberty ships.
IN members If the Mothers clup
r. the Fifth and Orange street
Tso II packed 800 stationery folders
contaiaing cards, envelopes, paper
snd pencils tor the men.
C Comprising The committee were
Mrs J. M. shinn, Mrs. ]. c. An
derson Mrs. G.. J. Chenworth, Mrs.
A Iaffiteau. Mrs Harry Solomon
md Miss Jean Solomon.
Completing the packing of the
boxes which involved the wrap
n,ng of games, puzzles, books,
magazines, and religious kits, in
rluding Testaments, prayer books,
nampnlets ana a complete COM
n,ement of other religious supplies,
we're members of a committee
from the Second and Orange street
USO club house.
This committee was composed
Of Miss Margie Davis, Miss Altha
Walters, Miss Betty Burnett, Mrs.
Wavne Martin and Mrs. Ernest
Fater.
The USO has been spending ap-
uroximately SO for each box put
hoard the SHIPS, Mr. Gibson said,
and the sources OF supplies are of
three types, including items pur-
chased by the USO for each box,
items collected from the commu-
nifty. and those collected from the
USO clubs in the Wilmington area.
Items purchased include phono.
graph records and needles, games
and puzzles, wrapping p a p e r,
twlne. gunmed paper and printed
Individual stationery folders
Books, magazines. phonograph
records and cartons to hold the
articles have been collected from
the community. Persons having
any of these items to contribute
ray take them to the Second and
Grange street USO clubhouse, Mr..
Gibson added
Collected from the USO clubs
il the Wilmington area are re-
ligious kits and religious litera-
ture USO stationery, games and
PUZZLES and contributions from the
program budgets.
The clubs in h Wilmington
area nave subscribed funds from
tkeir program budgets to cove
the cost of The items which hav
tC be purchased, including tn
printing of the stationery folders
Recreationa. items furnished tn
Armed Guarc crews by the Nav
flom the port of Wilmington ar
medicine balls playing cards, sig
raj cards. dart boards with darts
bonanza boards, checker board
and checker men, finance games
monopoly games, pigskin games
psychic baseball games, ru b b
horseshoe games, U. S. service
kits, inflaters. initiating needles
portable monographs, striking
bags. strikina bag platforms, and
striking bag swivels.
In recent letter to Mr.. Gibson
flom the office of the Port Direc.
tor, United States Naval Trans.
portatlon Service, Customhouse. D,
4. Mcpherson expressed appre.
clation to the UsO 'for the ex.
eellent work which your organiza.
ton is doing in supplying kits con.
tanning stationery supplies and
various recreational items, such
as books, records and table games
TO U. S. Naval Armed Guard
crews assigned to new vessels con.
structed at Wilmington.
This material supplements the
1ecreatlonal equipment allowances
regularly furnished by the Navy
me outfits furnished the Armec
Guard crews by the Navy consis
pflnclpally Of athletic equipment
ASnlng tackle. monographs, etc.
and the numerous small but yer,
useful or entertaining items fur
nlshed by your activity fit in ideal
y-llke icing m a cake" Mr.. Nc
Pherson stated.
Ihey contr' butte substantially t.
lhe morale III the merchant shi
armed Guard crew who, becaus
ol the nature of their work, ar
probably more in need of moral
support than members of o h
branches of the armed forces.
1T is felt that the USO is
be congratulated" he continued
lor originating and carrying o
SCch service, the benefits {
winch are enjoyed throughout tn
Vessels voyage, in addition to tn
usual program for contributing
the welfare and comfort of servic
men while in port
In recent cable from a Sc;
port somewhere in the British Isle
nDhV uAlD