The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-25

Beauty With
WEMA Funds

W.E.M.A. funds may come
and go-come from the Wei
fare of Enlisted Men Army
funds and go for the purchasing
Of any needed recreational
equipment from facilities from
athletic supplies and equipment
to- furnishings for day rooms
and recreational buildings.
However, at Fort Huachuca,
wei wager that no VIENNA.
suballotments have been put to
such clever and worthy use as the
funds which went into the creation
of the attractive basement reading
and writing room which the De-
tachment Commander, 1t. Richard
T. Greene, and men Of the Post Mil
itary Police Detachment call their
Browsing Room
The idea of converting the unused
basement room into place of quiet
where men might concentrate on
good book or write a letter home
first took form in the mind of 1t.
Greene. With VIENNA funds and
the cooperation of h andy m e. n
around the detachment decided to
make the dream reality
Pvt. Andrew jackson of Washing
ton, DC, had demonstrated bit
of his unusual skill in painting and
doing unsolicited repair jobs about
the detachment; and Pvt. Irving
Ashby, of Boston, Mass, detach-
ment clerk, guitarist and cartoonist
in his spare time, was known to be
man of artistic tastes. With them,
1t. Green went into "a huddle -.a a I
huddle which eventually resulted jim,
the beautiful room in which the
men can engage in quiet activities :.
in peace and quiet! ra#
Designs Are ModerniStic
A little of everything went into
the creating of the room, but with
such grand results that you'd never
guess it.
The 'modernistic looking indirect
ceiling light fixtures, for, example, 4
were made by Pvt. Jackson from
pieces of discarded glass and wood
fragments. The clever shaded lamps
that grace each booth were made
from old pieces of iron pipe and fix
lures. Scrap bits of lumber went
into the making of the comfortable
booths, the long padded seat under
meath one window, the unique mag
azine bar and book shelves at one
end of the room. Ordinary wood
lawn furniture was painted to serve
as easy chairs at the other end of
the room around the booths A col
or scheme of green and yellow, col
orS Of the Corps of Military Police,
was selected for the rooms basic
furnishings = booths, chairs, book 4
and magazine shelves. Green and
yellow also frame pictures of such
Fort Huachuca officials as the Post
Commander, Post Executive Officer,
Post Adjutant and Headquarters
Commandant, whose likenesses
adorn the wall above the booths.
Room Looks Masculine
The floor of the room is covered
with a gay flower patterned linole-
UNI; and the walls are painted in a
neutral cream with black -and-white
cartoons of the General Orders and
caricatureS of Axis leaders on one
side. A en-and-yelloW bordered
bulletin holds pictures and adds in
terest to another wall section and
elsewhere on the same side of the
room, there are masculine : looking
multi-colored draperies at the win
dows and a matching multi -colored
cover on the padded window seat
to enhance the neutral-toned walls.
The room is altogether one of the
most attractive and original day
rooms we've seen in month of
Mondays and one which the men
seem to enjoy very much.
Billiard Room to Be Decorated
Across the hall in the billiard
room, Lit Greene has gone to work
to also brighten up the room for the
fellows who go in for, noisier at
home activity = pool and cards,
mostly. Light paint for the walls
and ceiling and more black-and-
white cartoons are being contem-
plated; and already, Pvt. Asllby has
almost completed his own pet ORR
entation project on the south wall
of the room, huge map of the
world, which he is painting in color.