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I THE G/Rl BACK HOME • • • I Of Hardwood; Cops
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First Wave Chief in District
Chief Horne is the third member
of her family in service. A brother,
As the season's hardwood com- Sidney Horne, is a second lieutenant
bination gird themselves for a rug- in the Army and another brother,
ged scramble in the Treasure Is- David Horne, is a major in the
land Basketball League, the unde- Marine Corps.
feated, fast - breaking hoopsters Di Dah Dit Corner
from {he DD Pool set a fast pace Lt. W. A. Martin, Jr., Ship's
for league foes by piling up three Service Officer and Puqlic Relations
consecutive wins, stretching their Officer for TADCEN, NorCalSec,
victory total to seven in a row. WesSeaFron and Local Defense
The cagey, smooth-clicking · out- Forces, has been promoted to the
fit finished a busy week in the Is- rank of Lieutenant Commander .. .
land gymnasium, chalking up vic- congratulations are also in order
tories over three of their league for Lt. George R. Canrinus, Surface
opponents. They scored an impres- Duty Officer and Lt. (jg) Morton
sive 30-16 victory over the high- A. Weber, assistant Legal Officer
spirited Mine Force team; battered (the last of the ensign's in the
the stubborn Post Office combina- "Ad building") . . . the personnel
tion 47-32 in a thrill-packed court office bid a fond farewell to Archi::!
tussle, and downed the hard-scrap- Broome, Y3c, as he left this w-eek
ping corpsmen from the Treasure Selma Horne, CY for duty afloat ... a quaint story
Island Hospital in a bitterly-fought comes from the Yp381, about send-
contest by the score of 47-25. Selma Horne, CY, daughter of ing Emil F. Bjorn, ,Flc, to GSK
These victories boosted the De- Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Horne of for four "CO-2 bottles without
stroyer's total to seven, counting Elizabeth, N. J., is the first Wave caps". Hours later Steven Hough-
chief in the 12th Naval District. ton, MoMMlc, found him still in-
early season exhibition games. The
Chief Horne enlisted in the Waves sisting he had been sent for "four
brilliant team play of the league
on September 24, 1942, and re- CPO's without their caps'"
leaders is sparked by eagle-eyed
ported with the first class of en-
Kivus and sharpshooting Dunn, listed Navy women to attend the
stalwart forwards of the cage en-
Naval Training School (Y) at Okla-
semble. Both men are potential
homa A & M, Stillwater, Okla. 20 Japs Die at Well
threats and· ha v e • repeatedly
chalked the score board with tallies, Upon completion of the course, Philippines (CNS)- An Ameri-
leading the gallant DD Pool to their she was assigned to duty on Treas- can sergeant set up a machinegun
hard-earned victories. ure Island and began active duty commanding a well on Leyte Is-
on December 1, 1942. She· is in land. One by one Japanese came
CPO to Recruit: "So, it's the charge of General Office, Head- up to get water and were killed.
same old story. Fool of the family quarters, Northern California Sec- In two days, the sergeant ac-
went to sea." tor, Western Sea Frontier, and counted for 20 Japs.
Recruit: "No, sir, that's all Headquarters Naval Local Defense
changed since your time." Forces, Twelfth Naval District. Send "The Masthead" Home
A SUL TAN'S BLEND of elegance and charm, the pensive glamour of
Miss Youletta Mason adorns our page this week. "Back Home" in busy
Detr-oit, Mich., she lashed the sea-going heart of Jerome E. Wells, ,
MoM M3c, attached to Public Works Personnel. Proving that beauty
blends with industry, Youletta is an efficient member of General Motors'
clerical staff.

U.S. NAVAL

FRONTIER BASE

Christmas Gift Service
Buy a Christmas gift for the
wife yet? How about that kid of
yours? Or isn't it about time you
Fred Waring wrote a special remembered Mom and Pop? You
song for the Waves, one line of know, it's pretty hard to find suit-
which goes like this "And for every able gifts this year, with short-
hand at the Wave's command 1ges, high prices, and the big rush. EC.
there's a mighty fist against the ~ou won't · find a thing that is
enemy." Waves are being asked "just what they wanted."
to re-double their efforts to makf You've heard of those services
those hands into a still stronger ·:hat do your shopping for you, -7
fist. Lt. Irene Williamson sums i1 1aven't you? You don't even have
all up with the following scheme. ~o go near the crowds. You don't
'1ave to put up with a word of
waves 'Jacktalk from a salesgal. And best
Attention )f all, you don't have to hear
Victory "Whatsa matter, bud, dontcha
Essential ¼:now there's a war on?" Not even
soon ·:mce! That's the ideal way to shop,
·sn't it?
Be
United. Well, did you know we have one
you Jf those services right here? No
,hortages ! No wise salesgals ! No
Buy Bonds ~rowds! No rush! Better take ad-
Qur vantage of it. This outfit has gifts
Navy that are "Just the right thing."
Deserves The best part of it is that your
support. '5"ift grows in value the older it gets.
And I don't mean sentimental
T. I. Ranks High
Once again proving that T. I. value-just plain good old hard
Waves are "tops", we take this op- cash value. It will never wear out.
portunity to wish our own Selma Each year will make Mom and Pop
Horne the very best in the way of happier with your gift. And, of
course, if you give it to your wife,
congratulations. Now the first
Wave Chief in the 12th Naval Dis- you're also giving yourself a nice
little gift for the future. Can't beat
trict, she has exchanged her "old
blue bonnet" for an officer's hat that set-up, can you?
with chief's insignia. We are all By the way, our gift service will
proud of you, "Chief," and thanks operate between December 1 and 7.
for bringing top honors home to Our salesmen and salesgals will be
T. I. around to take your orders. You
Goodbye and Good Luck can't miss with this system. ·War
These words go to Ens. Cora L. Bonds are the only Christmas gift
Harms and they come from the this year.
hospital girls and all of her many
friends both here and in the dis-
One for the Boys
trict. Miss Harms, who served as
Wave Barracks officer at the hos- Ens. May Hanson, Navy nurse,
pital during the past year, has been has. chal~ed up a bowling score for
detached and will take up new the boys. One night this week she
duties at Shoemaker, Calif. All of finished her game with a total
us will miss her friendly &mile and smash score of 217. Male bowling
helping hand in i!land Wave ac- enthusiasts are invited to play this
tivities. tune on the ten-pins.