The Avenger (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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FRIDAY, OCT. 8, 1943
THE AVENGER
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Avenger Field Experiences Major Building Boom
GYMNASIUM IS
NO. 1 ITEM ON
BUILDING MENU
Gold rush, oil strike, and de-
fense plant boom towns have
nothing on Avenger Field for
overnight growth. With half a
dozen new buildings and thous-
ands of square yards of run-
ways, service roads, aprons, and
taxi strips under contruction,
Avenger bids fair to set some
build-'em-in-a-hurry records of
her own.
Number one on the building-
construction list is the new gym-
nasium. just across from the
hospital. The gym, announces
Lt. William H. LaRue, Avenger
Physical Director, will feature
a large basketball and volley ball
court with maple flooring, shuf-
fleboard court, table tennis
equipment, and traveling rings.
Also to be used as a general
recreation building and theater,
the gym will be equipped with
moving picture projection booth,
stage for. USO and traveling
vaudeville units, and portable
seats for several hundred. Bad
weather will no longer interrupt
the WASP's physical training
program, adds Lt. LaRue, as
classes will be held indoor,s.
Plans for use of the gym include
organization of basketball lea-
gues for officers, enlisted men.
and instructors on the field. Loc-
ker rooms will be located in the
cincrete basement, and recrea-
tion offices and equipment stor-
age rooms will occupy spare
space on the ground floor.
New Storage Space
A commissary warehouse for
the storage of dry foods for the
mess hall and canteen, laundry
rooms, a kitchen refrigeration
addition, and a gate and time-
keepers house are small con-
structions which have gone up
almost overnight.
The Link Trainer addition will
house seven new Yinks and pro-
vide office and repair shop space
for the department. The Link
annex will be completely insula
Additional members of the
Avenger WASP's class being
graduated Saturday, and infor-
mation of interest concerning
their pre-Sweetwater lives:
mary t. McDonnell, 29,
daughter of Mrs. Mary McDon-
nell of 1018 Lavergne Ave., Chi-
cago.
Miss McDonnell, a former stu-
dent of Chicago Teachers Col-
lege and Northwestern Univer-
sity, was associated with the
Chicago Board of Education and
American Air Lines befoi'e join-
ing the ranks of the WASP's last
April. She is a member of the
Chicago Girl's Flying Club. A
brother, Lt. Edward ,T. McDon-
nell, is on duty with the Army
Air Forces. ^
NANCY LEE FEATHER-
HOFF, 22, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Featherhoff of 20
Shell Lane, Edwardsville.
A former student of Louisiana
State Normal, Miss Featherhoff
was a member of Delta Sigma
Epsilon sorority, the Davis Play-
ers dramatic group, and the Wo-
men's Athletic association. She
began flying in the CPT pro-
gram at Louisiana Normal in
^ELIZABETH L. GARDNER,
22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Gardner of 8.17 Sherman Ave..
Evanston.
Miss Gardner, a former stu-
dent of Illinois College, Jackson-
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ted and air conditioned.
A new steel hangar, an oil
storage and maintenance capaci-
ty of the "line." Old buildings
are being re-equipped with new
heating facilities, and the hot
water system of the mess hall is
being enlarged. Roads and run-
ways are based with caliche
and topped with two-course as-
phalt. All new buildings will be
wooden frame structures — a
"cross" between the Army's
"theater of operations" type
structure and the semi-perman-
ent "mozi ligation" type.
ville, was a member of the col-
lege tennis team in 1930-1940 and
1940-1941, and a staff writer for
the I. C. "Rambler." She helped
found and write the constitution
for the Illinois College associa-
tion of Women. She was a chem-
ist for the Piper Aircraft Corpor-
ation before joining the WASP's.
Miss Gardner has logged more
than 50 hours of private flying
time.
HELEN T. ABELL, 26, of 904
S. First St., Springfield.
Formerly associated with the
Illinois State Department of Pub-
lic Health {principal clerk, ac-
counting section). Miss Abell
attended Brown's Business Col-
lege in Springfield. She began
flying in 1940, obtained a private
pilot's license and flew with the
Civil Air Patrol. She has togged
125 hours of private flving.
ADELINE WOLAK, 23, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wo-
lak of 1719 S. 66th Ave., Tinley
Park.
Miss Wolak was associated with
the International Harvester com-
pany (Chicago offices) at the
time of her acceptance by the
WASP's. She learned to fly in
Chicago last year, and has over
50 hours of private flying time.
A brother, Edward, Wolak, is an
Army Air Forces Warrant Offi-
cer.
EVELYN C. FLETCHER, 24,
daughter of Mrs. Marion I. Cal-
kins of 860 Ash St., Winnetka,
and wife of Major Albert W.
Fletcher, formerly of 1 Feni-
more Road, Sarsdale, N. Y.
A former student of North
Shore Country Day School, Win-
netka, Mrs. Fletcher was work-
ing in the Vought-Sikorsky Air-
craft Plants Material Control de-
partment at the time of her ap-
plication for the WASP's. Her
husband, Major Fletcher, is
serving overseas with the Fifth
Air Force, while a brother Lt.
George B. Calkins is stationed
in North Africa with the U. S.
navy.
MARGARET HELBURN, 22,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lard Helburn, 71, Fresh Pond
Lane, Cambridge.
A 1941 Cum Laude graduate
of Radcliffe College, Cambridge,
Miss Helburn was a Broadway
stage manager and actress with,
the Theatre Guild 1941-1943. She
also served with the American
Theatre Wing Stage Door Can-
teen and the Merchant Seamen's
club. She toured Europe in 1937
MOYA MITCHELL, 29, daugh-
ter of Lt. and Mrs. Louis A.
Mitchell, 10 Fairmonth St., Med-
ford, Mass.
Before joining the WASP's,
Miss Mitchell was supervisor of
the radiation laboratory at the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Cambridge, Mass. She Is
a member of the 99 Club and
NAA, has been flying since 1936,
and had 200 hours in the air be-
fore beginning her present train-
ing.
ANNA LOUISE FLYNN, 24,
daughter of Louis H. Flynn of 22
Fisher St., Natick.
Formerly employed by the
Piper Aircraft Corporation, Miss
Flynn earned a private pilots lic-
ense in November 1942. She had
logged 150 hours of private fly-
ing time at the time of her ac-
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Berry, Ann & Baughman, Betty. The Avenger (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1943, newspaper, October 8, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282626/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.