ties,

The number of barbers varied with demands for service.

On the

other islands, hair cutting was done by non-professional "experienced"

volunteers.

The following table shows gross receipts from the beginning of Holmes
& Narver operation of this facility in February 1951:
Month

Gross Receipts

February

$

March
April

633.00
744.00

1,122 ,00

1,059.00

May

POST EXCHANGE
Post exchange units were established and operated for the convenience
of personnel on Parry, Runit, Engebi, Biijiri, and Japtan. These units

stocked necessary items of clothing, towels, toiletries, magazines, candy,

fishing tackle, watches, stationery, and other supplies.

The main store

at Parry, after being enlarged in March 1951, occupied a floor area of
1344 square feet, a thitd of which was used as customer area and the re-

mainder for storage of stock,

The Parry P.X. supplied stock for other

stores, which were set up in makeshift locations.
the volume of sales for each site.

Table 16,5~6. shows

TABLE 16,5-6, POST EXCHANGE SALES BY SITES
Month

1950

September
October

November

December

1951
January

February

March

April
May

16-30

Parry

Runit

Biijiri

Engebi

Japtan

$ 9,044.00 $1,203.00 $1,612.00 $4,405.00
9,212.00
1,452.00
1,9%2.00 4,666.00
13,310.00

11,817.00
11,671.00

1,916.00

2,176.00

1,729.00

2,142.00

1,399.00

17,599.00

2,197.00

22,556.00
30 , 420.00

34.00
—

18,655.00

1,956.00

1,965.00

5,625.00

7,780.00
5,993.00

3,656,00

6,630.00

2,720.00
768.00

2,746.00
2,977.00

3,576.00

6,663.00

—
—
—

-

——

$

774,00

1,222.00
154.00

1,526.00
2,284.00

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