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RMAC’s USO Show At Floyd Bennett Field A Swinging Success
 | | The USO Show hosted by the Rockaway Music and Arts Council, by Gateway National Park and by HARP turned an old hanger used for aircraft restoration into a swinging World War II soiree last Saturday night. Pictured, the George Gee Orchestra, normally found at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan, swing to “In The Mood.” |
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 | | Local artist and historian Steve Yaeger, Wave publisher Susan Locke and RMAC official Harold Cornell, pose with a model of the NC-4, the first plane to fly across the Atlantic, a flight that began in Rockaway. |
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|  | | The U.S. Post Office sold first day covers at the show. Among those pictured are local officials such as Scott Klein and George Bunocore. |
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 | | The County Tyrone Pipes, led by Dr. Peter Galvin, trooped the colors. |
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|  | | Rockaway Theater Company impresario John Geleese sings with his company. |
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 | | The aircraft hanger was festooned with red, white and blue ballo ons. |
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|  | | Even coordinator Nancy Vardakis poses in front of a Navy A-4 Skyhawk, better known by those who flew them as “Scooters.” |
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 | | Wave staffer Marilyn Kohn and her husband, Lenny, dance to “Tuxedo Junction.” |
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|  | | Sharon Gabriel shows her favoritism for the U.S. Navy. |
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 | | Many local notables were present for the event. Chamber of Commerce President John Lepore (third from left) and his wife, Susi, join with Brian McGovern and his wife, Marie. |
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|  | | Barbara Morris, a civic activist at many levels, and her husband, Dennis, pose in front of the A-4. |
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 | | Nancy Verdakis accepts a presentation of a first day cover from George Bunocore, the local postmaster. |
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|  | | Noted local artist Arlene Cornell and her husband, Harold, cut a rug. |
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