22 
THE U. S. O. IN PANAMA 
The United Service Organizations Overseas Services 
Division is well-represented in the Canal Zone. The 
Federal Security Agency of the United States Govern¬ 
ment has constructed two large and attractive clubs, 
tropical adaptions of the Type A building in the States. 
These are the TIVOLI U. S. O. on the Pacific side, 
and the CRISTOBAL U. S. O. on the Atlantic. In 
addition, four buildings formerly operated by member 
agencies of U. S. O. have been taken over and are now 
functioning as U. S. O. Clubs. These include the 
BALBOA-AMADOR ROAD (formerly Y. M. C. A.), 
ESTHER WITKIN (formerly J. W. B.) and ST. MARY’S 
(formerly N. C. C. S.) on the Pacific side, and the BOLI¬ 
VAR AVENUE (formerly Y. M. C. A.) on the Atlantic 
side. Three reading and recreational rooms are also located 
in GATUN, PEDRO MIGUEL, and GAMBOA, spon¬ 
sored and staffed by the volunteer women’s organizations, 
known as the UNITED WOMEN’S SERVICE ORGANI¬ 
ZATIONS (U. W. S. O.) on the Pacific side, and the 
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AUXILIARY 
(U. S. O. A.) on the Atlantic. The MOBILE UNIT 
makes regular trips to interior posts. 
Service men are welcome at every X. S. O. dub at ail 
hours of the day and night. Bulletins covering a variety 
of programs, conducted at every club, are issued regularly 
to all service posts. Dances, moyies, skating, talent 
shows, classes in Spanish and dancing, bridge, lectures, 
billiards, ping-pong and table games are carefully planned 
to provide as interesting a time as possible during a service 
man’s liberty. With the exception of the Esther Witkin 
U. S. O. and St. Mary’s U. S. O., all clubs have restaurants 
and dormitories. 
NATIONAL LOTTERY OF PANAMA 
Most Americans are interested in the National Lottery 
and curious about how it functions. It belongs to the 
National Government of the Republic of Panama, which 
runs it as a Government-owned enterprise. Its net pro¬ 
ceeds are devoted to such charitable institutions as the 
old people’s home, orphanages, insane asylum, tubercu¬ 
losis sanitarium, and the Santo Tomas Hospital. 
23 
Drawings for the winning numbers are held every 
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in a specially erected kiosk 
in the center of Plaza Arango, which is at Avenue B and 
11th Street, just a step from Central Avenue and the 
impressive modernistic building housing the lottery 
offices. Each digit is enclosed in a different ivory ball 
which must be unscrewed. These balls, identical in appear¬ 
ance, are placed in a circular wire cage and whirled 
mechanically in full view of the spectators. When the cage 
stops, a child from the orphanage reaches inside and draws 
one of the balls. 
Twelve digits are drawn every Sunday, making up three 
numbers of four digits each. The tickets cost $15 each, or 
50c. for any one of the 30 parts of the whole. The grand 
prize each Sunday is $30,000 for the entire ticket, or $1,000 
for each one of its 50c. pieces. The second prize is $9,000 
or $300 for one piece, and the third prize is $4,500 or 
$150 each. There are also numerous approximations such 
as $1 for the ending number of the first prize, $3 for the 
last two numbers, $50 for the last three. Special drawings 
with a $100,000 first prize are held several times a year. 
NATIONAL MUSEUM 
The National Museum of the Republic of Panama is 
located at 17 Cuba Avenue, between 29th and 30th Streets. 
It is open to the public every day from 7 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. 
Its interesting collection is divided into four sections: 
Archeological, Indian Objects, Historical (which includes 
mementos of the colonial period and the fight for indepen¬ 
dence) and Natural History. The fine collection of gold 
artifacts which have been recovered from ancient Indian 
graves is of especial tourist appeal. 
BAND CONCERTS IN PANAMA AND COLON 
Band concerts in Panama City are held every Thursday 
and Sunday night from 8 to 9 o’clock at both CA i HE- 
DRAL PLAZA and SANTA ANA PLAZA. The Banda 
Republicana, which is the National Band of the Republic, 
performs Sunday night at Cathedral Plaza and Tnursday 
night at Santa Ana. The Fireman’s Band alternates, 
playing Sundays at Santa Ana and Thursdays at^ Cathe¬ 
dral. There is also a concert by the Policemen s Band 
* 
