The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-19
Week of April 19 to 26)


 waffles. 9 D. m. Songfest. l0:l5 p. m, special movies. (Note: The Juneau Ski Club welcomes service men to join it in all-day skiing9
 . MONDAY, April 23-7 p. m., Meeting of Servicemen's Council. ' to 10 D. m, Juneau Badminton Club meets for play in High School gym; servicemen welcome. 8:30 D.. m, Forum Club leaves USO for meeting at private home.
 c TUESDAY, April 24-7:30 p. m. Broadcast of Quiz Contest from USO. 9:45 p. m., Customary Tues day night games in USO.
 . WEDNESDAY, April 25--9.30 D. m., Square dancing in USO under joint auspices with AWVS.
 
 THANK YOU
 It is no easy task (though a very pleasant one) to try to ex- press adequately the thanks of the countless beneficiaries among the servicemen and the people of Ju- neau generally for the practically new USO clubhouse given them last week. (And when we say "prac- tically new clubhouse" we mean just thatD
 Several months ago we asked Major Chester Wagner whether his Support Company could supply us with the men needed to repaint our lounge and canteen. He gen. erously said Of course"; but he was obliged to add that the work would have to await break in the steady succession of ships arriving here for loading by his men.
 Last week that break came4 Within a few hours It. J. P. Mili-' nor and First Sgt George Brabaw came with the men. A couple of days later our long -dreamed-of new clubhouse" became a reality.
 In addition to the Major ana t.le Lieutenant and Sgt. Brabaw, our Roll of Honor in this matter is composed of Soldiers Mike Bruno, Chicago, Illinois; Tony F. Fabian, Chicago Oma z. Gibson, Evans vile, Indiana: Bob R. Ponder, Wichita Falls, Texas; Frank A. Poos, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Jesse F. Russell Lenior, Tennessee; Homer D. Schwingle, Athena, Wis consin; Norman o. Talman, Cicero, Illinois; John F. Fischer, Chicago, and Frank T. Ventrelli, Chicago.
 No mere paragraph or two in this column can mean very much to these fellows Their real source of lasting satisfaction must lie in their awareness as to how much this far-more- attractive clubhouse will mean to many hundreds of people for many months to come! JOHN FISCHER
 Had he never done anything else for the Juneau USO before this, John Fischer would have earned our abiding gratitude during the past week. For it is John who has been in charge of the above mentioned detail of soldiers who have been transforming the entire downstairs of our clubhouse into those exceedingly attractive rooms of which we now boast.
 That was the sixth or seventh time, however, that we have called upon John to do a special job for us. He hasn't failed us yet. But the other assignments were for party decorations.-this latest task involved no mere hanging of crepe paper or tinsel. Yet those same skillful hands and those same dis corning eyes that so quickly put together all the temporary decora- tions for the barn dances, the May Queens throne, the Christmastime program, and the St. Valentine s Day and St. Patricks Day celebra- tions, have now given us as well our handsome new lounge and can teen.
 So sound is Johns judgment and so sure is his craftsman's touch that personally we needed only to decide upon the color-scheme for each room. We were certain he would take care of all the details and take care of them we'll which is exactly what he did! We say fonfidently: To a greate extent than any other one person, John Fischer has contributed to the physical contentment and en- joyment of the many people who regularly use the Juneau USO. We'd hardly know what to do for our next big party if John were
 away. Undoubtedly we'd turn for advice to our genial friend, Mike Bruno, who has been his ever reliable right-hand man on every . | iOb they've done for lls) Anyway