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Show P-TA Seeks Funds For Dugway Room South high school's P-T A has gone "all out" for the 250 lonesome lone-some doughboys stranded at the Dugway proving grounds. The organization has bested the local U S O and other societies by launching a campaign designed to give the men at the base adequate furnishings and books for a government-erected 50 x 35 foot recreation rec-reation room and library. The project proj-ect is being developed aside from regular P-T A activities, according accord-ing to Mrs. Stephen T. Gillmor, president, who voiced an appeal for good furniture and suitable books for the hall. Heretofore.the army camp has contained litle more than sagebrush, sage-brush, sand, cactus, and a motion picture house, lone recreational facility, and Sandblast, appropriately appropri-ately named camp newspaper, verifies. ver-ifies. Major A. J. Mottern, morale officer, of-ficer, has been in consultation with Mrs. Gillmor and Miss Winifred H. Dyer. Miss Dyer and Mrs. Gillmor Gill-mor visited the chemical testing ground last week, driving the 74 miles past Tooele, closest town, into in-to Rush Valley, site of the camp. Already equipped with a radio contributed by Mrs. F. C. Middle-mass Middle-mass and a few pieces of furniture donated by the Granite and South-East South-East Furniture companies, the day-room day-room is yet woefully barren, Mrs. Gillmor stated. Committees are planning activities activi-ties to raise funds and encourage contributions. |