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F. D. R. RE-ELECTED IT. I. Sailors, Waves War Bond Posters Are Displayed More About
Provide Halloween Fun Poster Contest
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(Continued from page 1)
For 1300 Youngsters ;:
ducted on Treasure Island from
Entertainers from Treasure ·Is- December 1 to 7, inclusive, this
land contributed greatly to civil~an year.
morale Halloween night when tpey The meeting was conducted by
journeyed to Redwood City ~nd Captain G. C. Tasker, chairman of
Millbrae to put on a show for 1300 the Central War Bond Committee.
youngsters of those communities. T:\le record of this Center in all
The double show was part of coin- past drives has been excellent, with
munity programs sponsored by !he naval and civilian persinnel turn-
YMCA's of the peninsula cities ing to w,ith bond purchases, to the
which was aimed to keep the c½il- limit of their abiilty. The War Bond
dr-en off the streets and out of mis- office will conduct the drive, under
chief. direction of the Commander, and
all activities of this Center will ap-
Johnny Woodworth, Sic, got the
program off to a fine start with point representatives to cooperate
some excellent "emceeing." Lois with the War Bond officer in con-
tacting every man and woman en-
Koch, Y3c, singing "Out of This
World," really brought down the gaged in naval or civilian service at
THE WINNER-The vote-getting Treasure Island.
houses in both cities. Dwight Davis,
magic of Democratic nominee Announcement of the drive is
Franklin Delano Roosevelt won him Sic, with h~ Superman hand-bal- being made well in advance to
ancing had Halloween pranksters UNDERTAKING THE DIFFICULT TASK of selecting a wi-nner from
a fourth term in the nation's White wid-e-eyed willi astonishment and among the thirty-two entri-es were (left to right), Lt. L . G. Harri-er, permit all hands to make plans for
House. He was successful in his bid member ,of the Island War Bond Drive Committee; Commodore R. W. a Pearl Harbor Day bond purchase.
admiration and with the conclusion
for the presidency by defeating the Cary; Fr,ed Glauser, art director f,or Erwin, Wasey and Co., national Bonds received through payroll de-
::,f his act he had to take several
Republican no min e e, Governor advertisers ; Lt. Edward M. Landis, District Coordinator for War Bonds.
curtains before the youngsters gave duction or allotment do not count
Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
up hope that he would perform 'jiist Tying the whole show together in this drive, which is strictly for
one more feat. extra bonds purchased for cash.
was Fred Shaffer, Sic, pianist, who
OH, BOMB, WHERE Bob Kingery, the Armed- Guara' played the accompaniments for the Make this notation on your cal-
IS THY STING? master of magic and ventriloquism, soloist and background music for endar now-the dates, December 1
to 7. The object- at least one cash
During a particularly heavy was anchor-man of the all-star the Davis and Kingery acts.
Japanese air raid, several Yanks cast. Bob's pal, Tiny, the educated bond for every man and woman on
Residents of Redwood City and Treasure Island- and for all wno
took refuge in a crater. One bomb dummy that uses Kingery for a possibly can · afford it- a $100
landed nearby smashing everything stooge, stole the show. At Millbrae Millbrae joined with the YMCA in Bond!
in sight. Into the hole came parts the youngsters were so excited over expressing our deep appreciation
of trees, tents, piles of earth and Tiny that they came right up on to the 'l'reasure Island personnel So Sorry Pleez Contest Winners Announced
broken machinery. the stage and gathered around Bob for making Halloween a safe and Seems like our column last week The results of the Pearl Harbor
Only one article survived the while he worked, asking whether sane one in their communities and was so worded that it gave the im- Day Extra War Bond Poster con-
heavy bombing- a full, unopened Tiny could walk and if he really for giving the youngsters a great pression that the bowlers had fin- test were announced by Lt. L. G.
quart bottle of Scotch whisky. was a,Iive. · show. ished their tournament. That is an Harrier, member of the Island War
untruth for they are all hale and Bond Drive committee. Out of the
hearty and carrying on at top
speed.
Best game of the week was that
between the "Doc-ette Spotters" and
the "Win-ettes" of Training Center I .~
Personnel office. The "Spotters"
had won all nine of the games they
had played when they met the
"Win-ettes" who promptly set them
down the ladder by winning and
leaving the two teams tied for first
place in the "C" league. Not a small
bit of the credit belonged to An-
Jean (Bukema) Sluis with her
deadly aim and "steam" ball. By
the way, there will be more bowling
news next week.
(1 Dear Cupid-We Quit
We have called a halt on wed-
ding news, as you may have noticed CONGRATULATIONS are in order
for H. L. Rossoll, Sp (X)3c, winner
in past weeks. Dan Cupid has been of the first prize of a $100 War
-7 doing such a land-office business Bond. He is shown in the above
that we cannot keep up, and to photo with his winning poster.
keep from · slighting anyone we
have declared a blanket policy to thirty-two well-drawn posters sub-
cover the situation. Periodically we mitted to the contest, six were
shall wish all newly-wedded Waves singled out for honors by the. four
luck and happiness and a long and judges. All _contestants are to be
successful future. This way we will commended for their efforts and
be sure that all are included. keen interest shown in the com-
"Flossie" at the Fireman's Ball petition.
The' Armed Guard "Flossies" Winner is O.T.S. Artist
went to the 34th Annual San Fran- Winner of the first prize and
cisco Fir-eman's Ball and Pageant. recipient of a $100 War Bond is H.
The girls drilled at intermission L. Rosson, Sp (X) 3c, attached to
with the lads from the -Armed the Operational Training School
Guard Signal School, and for close- Visual Aid Department.
order precision drilling we have Rossoll received his art training
never seen their equal. Talk about at Norwich Art School, Norwich,
glamour, these girls were the sen- Conn., and· Grand Central School of
sations of the evening. You will Art in New York City. He has
have an opportunity to see the studied under Harry Dunn, Way-
same performance tonight at the man Adams, and other well-known
All-Station dance, and confiden- illustrators and portrait painters.
tiallyyou should not miss it. We un-
Before his entry into the Navy,
derstand that the S. F. firemen he was employed first on the art
would be glad to let the girls hold staff of the New York Herald
a ladder for them. any day. Tribune for a year, and later as
Tournament Tips regional illustrator for the U. S.
The district women's badminton Forest Service at Atlanta, Ga.
and volley ball tournaments will Runners-up in the contest were
~o~. begin soon. Badminton singles and as follows:
-~~~~,o• doubles entries will be played to In second place was R. S. Lyon,
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. .,;..~:·:-.,,..;:. ---:.::.•. the finals during the week of No- Sp(X)3c, from O.T.S.; and from
vember 27th, ending with the R.M.S. comes R. A. Olson, RT3c, in
·:f;f.·{ award to the winner of the Com- third position. The three con-
mandant's Trophy. Ens. Work, Ens. testants awarded honorable men-
Burnside, M. Fry, E. Gunland, V. tion were L. F. Lovell, RT3c; H . C.
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Baron, P . Williams and Maxyne Stanley, Slc; and D. L. VandeVen,
Miller will be probable entries fpr MaM3c. All three are from R.M.S.
our team. The awards, which . were made in
The volley ball teams, two from War Bonds- first, $100; second,
Armed Guard and one of the Treas- $75; third, $50; and three honorable
ure Island Wave officers, will go to mentions, $25 each- wer_e pre-
the district for tournament play sented by Commodore Cary at a.
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starting November 13th and lasting rally held last Thursday, Novem-
for six weeks.
ber 9.