The original fourteen Kanteen Girls were on hand to welcome the numerous guests who came by Sudnay, July 23, [1944] between the hours of 2 o'clock and 11 p.m. at the opening of Kanteen Picayune. Among the guests servicemen from Camp Shelby, Hillcrest Prisoner of War Camp and Navy and Coast Guard personnel from Algiers and New Orleans naval stations.
The fourteen young women responsible for the organization of Kanteen Picayune are Misses Sue Goodwin, Mary Jane Moore, Beulah Honea, Irene Schreck, Marie Smith, Margaret Bentley, Vic Attaya, Dorothy Harmon, Dixie Graves, Bobbie Skinner, Christine Attaya, Wilodean Sanders, Ester Schaller and Acel Mitchell.
The above paragraphs were from the Thursday, July 27, 1944 issue of the Picayune Item. Kanteen Picayune was an organization that was organized by the City of Picayune and local citizens to provide entertainment and social activities for servicemen stationed nearby during World War II. They functioned much like the USO.
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