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...Said the London Midland & Scottish Railway, which had just barred its train platform at Preston, Lancashire, to all except passengers: "The station has been used by young girls to pick up men. They have made an absolute nuisance of themselves...
...dozen men who attended a party given for them at the Hotel Preston over the weekend reported that they were received with lavish hospitality, and spent Saturday evening in developing their proficiency on the dance floor...
Deafening Chorus. Besides Surgeon Sanger, now a lieutenant colonel, there is medium-sized, thin Lieut. Colonel Thomas Preston White, who heads the medical staff, Lieut. Colonel George T. Wood, executive officer, Dentist Vaiden Kendrick, Charlotte's ace toothpuller (there was a rush of dental procrastinators to his chair when he announced he was leaving Charlotte). Charlotte also contributed several other doctors, two business managers-Captain Stanton Pickens, who used to work for the Coca-Cola Co. and "Buck" Medearis, manager of a laundry-and many of the nurses. Once when the Evac was stuck on a siding waiting...
Then there is the Swampscott trip, which is now a regular feature for 12 men in the unit each weekend. It involves such popular activities as swimming, dancing--and eating--at the swank Hotel Preston, and for free at that...
...outing for the wives of the officers and staff of the Electronics Schools and Soil Engineers will be held on Wednesday, July 7 at the home of Mrs. Phillip J. Finnegan, Preston Beach, Swampscott. If the weather is bad it will be delayed till Friday. Final arrangements will be made at the regular meeting of the wives next Tuesday...