The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-17
NOTES ON THE CANTEEN

NOTES ON THE CANTEEN
The USO tries often to voice eff
fectively its thanks to the many
volunteers who, in one or another
of almost countless different ways
contribute so much to the Club S
welfare and the comfort and hap
piness of the men. Today it is our
pleasant privilege to acknowledge
that to no other single group OF
such persons is gratitude due in SO
large a measure as to the several
ladies and the many ESQ girls who
serve in the canteen. 1t is hopeless
to hazard even guess as to how
much it has added to the fellows
enjoyment to have these friendly
CHEEKY volunteers present to talk to
OR, in the cases of the very shy
fellows, to have them there Just to
look at. Furthermore, without
their help it would be an impossi-
bility for the Club to keep the cam
teen open anything like as long as
the present hours of from 1000 a.
m. to closing.)
BY way of expressing our apprec-
iation bow is due also to our full
time canteen staff, comprised OF
Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes and Soldier "Blackie'
Schwartz, as well as to Doreen
Wood, who works regularly with us
after her High School sessions are
over. In turn, we are sure, they
Join us in acknowledging how ex-
ceedingly much the volunteers SER
vices have meant to the successful
operation of the restaurant.
USO hereby says THANK YOU
EVER SO MUCH to Mrs. Frank
Boyle and Mrs. Lloyd ConnelI and
and to the many ESQ members who
are currently serving in the cam
teen regularly each week Cor at least
as often as circumstances will per-
mit) including Lois Allen, Betty
Clayton, Margaret Clark, Alfredo
Fleek, Dorothy Fors. Esther George,
Mary Jane Harrington. Barbara
Hermann, Jennie johnson, Doris
M c E a ran. Pat Martin, Betty
Nordling. Emma and Luise Nielsen,
Pat Olson, Betty Rice, Audrey Rude,
Marjorie Smell, Dessa Schneider,
Pat Shaffer, Jean and Mary Shaw,
Katie Torkelson, Irene Williams.
and Marge Wukich. probably we've
inadvertently missed some names
that ought to be high up on that
list. II SO. we apologize for our
careleasness) Two girls who are
not active at present due to their
absence from town but who were
second to none in their faithfulness
when they were here, are Kathryn
Pinson and Etolin Coulter. we all
are deeply grateful to those two
warm friends; and we hope espec-
tally that very soon Kathryn will
be restored to complete good health
permitting her to return to her nu-
merous friends in Juneau.
This brief tribute to the ladies
would not be complete without a
final paragraph in which we toss
out. a speculation as to the possible
depth and scope of the impression
that may be made in the course of
meal or two when CT meets ESQ
IN the form Of a gorgeous gal play
Ing winsome waitress. 1t is simply
speculation, not computation, you
underStand-we'd not have a no.
ton just where to begin. The sort
OF thing that makes it tough going
Is exemplified by recent letter TO
the Club Director from a certain
handsome lad in the Army (who
shall be nameless) relative to
certain charming ESQ lass ealso
remaining nameless) She remains
nar.eless to you just as she is at
this moment, nameleSs to him. 1t
is the said CTS earnest hope, how
ever that her state of anonymity
may very soon be altered. In his
letter. after an attempt at a de-
scription of the fair lady, he re-
quests her full name and address,
adding: Il can't figure out just
what the score is; but I've had the
gal on my mind almost constantly
since' leaving Juneau. 1t would
appear that she's sort of cast a
spell over me-"
You see what We mean, don't you?
Believing we recognize the young
lady from tIc description, it is our