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PAGE 4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1944

HALLOWEEN GAIETY LOOMS AT T. I. DANCE I Island Bluejackets T. I. Sock Squad Muscle Men, Wongettes,
Feted At Colorful Shows At Father To Entertain Blueiackets

Halloween Dance And Son Dinner At Big Boxing Show
Scores of charming hostesses An eight man boxing squad from I Complete artistic control of the
from the metropolis of San Fran- Treasure Island invaded the sane- body in its different movements
cisco and nearby Bay cities turned turns of the University of San Fran- will be the theme of the November
out to trip a light fantastic with cisco Auditorium, October 13, and 8th gala boxing show in the Treas-
the bluejackets of Treasure Island displayed their wares before a ure Island gymnasium. A host of
at a colorful Halloween dance held cheering crowd of fathers and sons. entertainers, local and otherwise,
in the Treasure Island gymnasium Jimmy Needles, popular athletic such as judo experts, trampoline
last Wednesday night, October 25. head, handled the variety of talent specialists, gymnasts and a score
with a veteran's touch, introducing
Beautifully gowned in gay-col- '.)f beautiful girls, plus the usually
or,ed evening dresses, the lovely our own Max Marek in a hilarious thrilling fistic card, will be all out
skit ,entitled "How to take care of
hostesses enhanced the setting of to please you.
the frolicsome affair as they danced the baby." The other song and A collection of muscle men will
gracefully with the enlisted men dance numbers were a big hit on display their unusual talents before
who ,wer,e in attendance. this annual affair. an expected turn-away crowd.
Fronting the Treasure Island 'Opening the evening's punch
card was a rip-snorting affair, with
Swing Band was Van Kelley, stel-
the comer Martin Smith, 160, out-
lar clarinet artist, who gave the
pointing the game Bob Manly, 158,
cue to the signal downbeats that
sent the music lovers and jitterbug behind a screen of lefts and rights.
fans into their dances. Sizzling A stronger Ray Thomas out
strains from the hot alto and tenor lasted the last minuate rushes of
saxophones of Leonard Fields and Sammy Reed, 127, to grab a close
Arthur O'Neil were prominent decision, while Benny Calla, bullied
his way to a popular decision over
while a smoothly-paced tempo was
the clever George Vilbig. Calla had
set by the rhythm section which in-
cludes Samuel Allen, virtuoso just a little too much on the ball
pianist and leader of the Swing for the heavier Vilbig.
Band; Pomp Hobson, suave guitar- A free-swinging affair between
ist; Herman Mitchell, the little Armed Guardsman Earl Saterfield,
138, and Tommy Owen ended in a
man with the big base fiddle; and
photo finish, with neither boy hav-
drummer Slim Liggons, who alter-
ing a decided advantage after three
nated turns at the drums with Al-
bert Bartee, a young elite drummer hectic rounds.
and growing sensation. Both took Reverend William Dunn, presi-
dent of the university, had nothing
over during the absence of regular
but praise for the fine showing of
drummer Melvin Sanders.
the boys and the entertainers.
A Congo line of swaying torsos
and dancing feet plus a grand
march led with military pomp and M G • C d . Chinese Lovelies
splendor by Bandmaster w. J . Fitz- C u I re rown e
patrick marked the beginning of TI H d b 11 Ch Jim Collier and George Davis, a
the high spots of this celebrated at- . a n a a m p
wuple of judo experts, will show
traction along with guest artist By virtue of his twin win in the
the right methods in dealing with
Joe Williams, youthful tap artist 12th Naval District handball cham-
formerly with the Olsen and John- pionships, R. J . McGuire brought the little yellow devils, while
Easter, Foster and Lundberg will
son troupe. Then the featured jit- home the coveted Commandant's
do spins, dives and somersaults on
terbug contest climaxed the affair. Trophy to T. I., sweeping the field
Abram Kelly, Slc, and Roberta in both singles and doubles. the popular new gym addition, -the
trampoline. Exposing himself to
Green were crowned king and queen Extended to the limits by the the mercy of the bluejackets will
of the "rug cutters" by Commo- crafty play of fellow Islander C.
be Dwight "Muscles" Davis, who
dore R. W. Cary, Commander, U. Clark, Slc, McGuire had to use his
will give you an eye-filling show on
"I LOVE TO RI FF" was the theme of the Treasure Island Bluejackets S. Naval Training and Distribution best shots to overcome the spirited
who played host to many charming hostesses from San Francisco and Center. He presented both a twen- play of his scrappy foe, winning the muscle control. Preceeding him will
other nearby Bay cities at a col-orful Halloween dance which was ty-five dollar War Bond for their crown with a 21-9, 12-21, 21-6 vic- be a hand-to-hand acrobatic duet
staged in the spaci-ous Treasure Island gymnasium. Pictorial ev,ents of featuring M. Johnson and Joe. Lo-
this affair of gaiety were recorded by the photographer. The above performance. tory. The hustling McGuire made prinzie.
photos show some of the bluejackets having a wonderful time enter- Mrs. Jessie Horn was responsible it two in a row, teaming with Clark
taining the lovely hostesses. P.S. That's the y,oung-drummer-sensa- for the beautiful Halloween dee- to annex a straight set win, 21-5, Songs and dances by the beauti-
tional Albert Bartee, (Top, •upper left) who t,ook time out to escort orations and the delicious refresh- 21-12 over a hapless Coast Guard ful Wongettes, Chinese Skyroom
the beauteous Eula M. Mann while alternating turns at the drums with lovelies, will be the high note in the
Slim Liggons, Mus3c. ments. duo of H. Stein, Sp (PS) le and J. evening's festivities. These' five
Campos, Slc.
Asiatic beauties, direct from a rec-
Lt. Livingston comes to the school Pearl Harbor Day Nine Navy and Coast Guard
EX units competed in the tournament ord run at the San Francisco
from the Naval Frontier Base at nitery, are considered tops in their
POTENTIA Little Creek, Virginia, and will act War Bond Campaign held in the main Treasure Island specialty.
in the capacity of instructor. Gym. Big S·urprise ...
October 31, 1944.
Detached Memorandum to all civilian em- Fortunately, Bob Rose, Sp(A)lc,
It is with sincere regret that we pl.oyees, enlisted and officer per- Overseas Disabled has been able to contact a big fig-
announce the detachment of three sonnel of the U. S. Naval Fron- ure in San Francisco entertain-
members of the RMS staff: Lt. tier Base, San Francisco, Calif.: If approved by the Bureau of ment. This will be an outstanding
Franklin M. Crouch, Ens. Harry I From: The Commanding Officer, M. Medicine, enlisted personnel personality, and as much as we
E. Carlson, U. S. Naval Frontier wounded or disabled overseas and would like to let you in on the
McClanahan, Jr., and Ivan D. May-
~···•' berry, RE, who have been trans- Base, San Francisco, California. returned to the States-may now re- secret, it is just too good to tell.
ferred to Navy Pi.er, Chicago, Ill.,
The usual hotly contested box-
"l. starting December 1, 1944, quest transfer to hospitals close to
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL for further duty. there will be a campaign to sell their homes. The transfer will be ing bouts will wind up the pro-
Dan Cupid Wins War Bonds to all members of this
War Chest Campaign made at government expense. Men gram.
Dan Cupid scored again when activity. I am confident that the
As we go to press t he money . . requiring less than 30 days hos-
weddmg bells rang for Dorothy Enlisted Men, the Officers, and the
continues to flow into th e War Elmore, Y2c, popular WA VE in Civilian employees of this command pitalization are not eligible to ap- A man in the moon isn't half as
ply for transfer. interesting as a lady in the sun.
Chest Fund, indicating that all the Personnel Office, and Bill Davi- will give their wholehearted sup-
hands want to support this worthy son, Y2c, attached to the Personnel port to the effort and purchase of
cause. It is apparent that the total Office at N AS, Alameda. Dottie and at least one bond. TO BE SEEN AT COMING SMOKER
contribution will exceed $1500.00 Bill were married on October 20 at "2. The response of those who
which is in keeping with the high the Chapel of the Flowers in Berke- purchased bonds and of those who
standard set by the personnel of ley. The bride's attendant was gave their time selling during the
this command in previous cam- Betty Schwabe, Y2c. RMS extends Independence Day Drive was highly
paigns. felicitations and a sincere wish for commendable, but the quota set for
The competition between the smooth, sailing and a long voyage the 'forthcoming drive is consider-
companies has been unusually keen. together. ably higher and, if it is to be at-
Companies 37 and 38 have staged Announcement tained, everyone must purchase a
a real battle under the leadership A most interesting and detailed bond.
of Harkins, Sp(A)lc. The Instruc- letter has been received from the "3. Needless to say our bond pur-
tion Department has contributed former Miss Alice Nordhausen an- chases are the best investment we
materially to the success of the nouncing her marriage to Lt. Thane can make for our money. We on
campaign. Hard hitting teams 1,m- Kuhlman of the u. s. Army Air Treasure Island want to make as
der the guiding hand of Wilkins, Forces in Honolulu, T. H. Mrs. big an investment as possible. Will
RTlc, have given all instructors Kuhlman was attached to the you, therefore, so arrange your fl-
an opportunity to help the cause. Captain's Writers' office for about nances as to enable you to purchase
Month 10 with team captain L. H. a year and left last December to at least one bond."
Johnson, RTlc, in charge, leads accept a position with the Army in
the Instruction groups, closely fol- Honolulu. Our sincere good wishes I Lost and Found
lowed by Months 4, 6, 8 and 9. are extended to her.
The following lost and found
Captain H. F. Breckel, Com-
articles have been reported to the
manding Officer, congratulates all
On the tombstone of an old Army Security Office, located in Building
hands for their outstanding support
mule is this enlightening inscrip- No. 222.
of this worthy cause.
tion: "In memory of Maggie, who
LOST-18 Wallets, 6 Seabags and Ham·
Welcome Aboard I in her lifetime kicked one general, mocks, 5 Watches, 3 Handbags, 1 Foot I SKY ROOM BEAUT I ES-Entertaining at the November 8 smoker are
RMS is pleaseg. to welcome two colonels, four majors, 42 ser- Locker. these five gorgeous girls who will sing and sway their way into your
FOUND-16 Wallets, 5 Money Orders, 3
aboard Lt. Williarr, H. Livingston. geants and one live bomb." ID Bracelets, 3 Handbags, orders. hearts.