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June 1947 Volume 1, No. 5
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THE NURSERY
Through the untiring efforts of each member of the Nursery Committee, there will be a Post Nursery come July.
Two surveys have been made--one to ascertain the approximate number of children eligible for admission and one to familiarize the committee with the proper running of nurseries in general.
After many visits, meetings, discussions and comparisons, the committee with the Board of Directors reached some definite decisions considered essential
to the operation of an efficient nursery. The nursery will be open from 1 to 5 daily except Saturdays and Sundays. A Supervisor is to be selected. Interviews were concluded by the Board of Directors May 19. The Supervisor will be the wife of a Lockbournite. Her
salary has been set at $50 per month, an amount comparable with and in most cases better than supervisors in city urseries in this area. Twenty-one officers' wives, who have volunteered their services, will assist in carrying out the program which will consist of music, storytelling, art, free play, relaxation, and manners. Children between the ages of 2 and 6 are eligible for admission after passing a physical examination. To date, 30 children have taken the examination set up by our medical advisor, Major Marchbanks.
Much of the equipment is to be drawn from Air Corps Supply. The rest will be purchased. A request for $1680 has been sent to TAC for additional equipment. Money donated by the Officers' Wives Club and profit from Bingo parties and raffles will also be used for equipment. Under the capable supervision of Lt. Johns, all of our playground equipment is being constructed.
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NURSERY SUPERVISOR
Mrs. Maxwell Gomer, wife of S/Sgt. Joseph P. Gomer, has been chosen supervisor for the Lockbourne Nursery. She finished high school at Logan, W. Va. and attended West Virginia State College and Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Gomer has a 17 month old son.
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WHAT OUR HUSBANDS SAY ABOUT US
The key to understanding both the strength and weakness of marriage lies in the word "relationship". Modern
marriage is not the institution it use to be; it is a person-to-person relationship which makes new kinds of demands on both husband and wife. One basic change that has gradually taken place in the last century is revealed in the fact that getting married is no
longer the obvious or necessary means of getting housed, fed, clothed, mende, cared for or supported.
Men and women get married today primarily for love and companionship, to have some one to whom to belong. The
crucial test of marriage comes in the first five years when the idealized couple is competing for survival with
the real person each happened to marry To alleviate some of the problems that might come up in the first five years, or any years of marriage, letters were
sent to all husbands of the Officers' Wives Club to determine some of the things that we do or say that they do not like. Only 33% of these letters were returned. The following facts were revealed from the survey:
The wife
plays cards too often
does not "dress up" enough
is too domineering and irritable
talks too much
spends money unwisely
is getting too fat
stays away from home too much
smokes too much
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FATHER'S DAY
The third Sunday in June has been set aside for the honoring of Father hood and the paying of due homage to the kind, thoughtful, generous and good-natured head of the household.
Because Fathers had the forethough love and wisdom to choose the Mother to whom we paid tribute the second
Sunday in May, and because they love, cherish, protect and grant us reasonable portions of earthly joy and security, materially, physically and spiritually, it has been deemed aft many years of negligence that they
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