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* JUMPSTERS JAM GYM TO MAKE JIVE *
Chapel Choir

Guests of· Pacific
Musical Club ·

The Treasure Island Chapel
Choir and soloists were guests of
the Pacific Musical Club at the Hospital Waves have been spend-
home of Mrs. Marcus Koshland in ing their spare moments in in-
~an -Francisco, Sunday, November formal singing. The girls began a
12. Mrs. Koshland, who graciously chorus for a sort of friendly get-
opened her home for the after- together twice a week and after
., noon's concert, served a buffet fol- working for some time they are
lowing the musical for guests and ready to take on a new assign-
choir members. The following pro- ment.
gram was presented. They will sing for the Hospital
"Bless This House"-Chorale by Chapel service, tomorrow, Novem-
Wave and male choirs. From the be 19, at the morning Protestant
"Messiah". service under the direction of El-.
Recitative: "Comfort Ye, My wood Gaskill, Sp(W)3c. Later
People"-J. S. Tremaine, Sp(W)lc. plans. will include Christmas carol-
Chorus: "And the Glory of the ling during the holiday season. Be-
Lord"-Chapel Choir. ing some of the busiest Waves on
Solo: "But Who May Abide the the Island, we think it is especially
Day of His Coming"- Chaplain commendable that they find time
Towner, Lt. (jg) ChC, USNR. for worthwhile leisure activities.
Organ: "Pastoral Symphony"- Waves Show Record Attendance
E. Gaskill, Sp(W)3c. The Waves really did themselves
Chorus: "Hallelujah" - Chapel proud! Some one hundr-ed girls at-
Choir. tended the all-station dance ,last
Organ: "Toccata and Fugue in Saturday night and they were all
D Minor (Bach) - R. McKee, agreed that they had a lot of fun.
Sp(W)2c. Some of them were responsible fo-r
Chorus: "May Day C a r o l" -helping with the decorations, oth-
(Deems Taylor), "The Swan" ers served on the dance committee
(Grieg), "The Little Damozel" as hostesses, and for all of you who
(Novello)-Wave Singers. came, you will agree that the girls
Solo: "Twenty Third Psalm" from Armed Guard put on a won-
(McKee) Chaplain Towner. derful show when they drilled with
Chorus: "Eternal Father" Chapel Armed Guard signal school men at
Choir. intermission.
The choir is under the super- Sports and Sports Enthusiasts
vision of J. S. Tremaine, Sp(W)lc, The 12th Naval District tourna-
Director of Music and is directed ments are in full swing. The final
by Hugh Folkins, Sp(W)2c. Ross ' night of ·play for volleyball has
McKee, Sp(W)2c and Elwood Gas- been moved up from December 21
to December 11. December 1 will
kill, Sp(W)3c are accompanists.
see the badminton finals played off
while December 15 is the date set
Departmental Bond for the intra-island bowling finals.
These are dates to keep in mind,
Quota for Treasure particularly the latter when th-e
two top bowling teams from all
Island Activities Now Set those entered from various Treas-
ure Island activities will play it
A recent memorandum to the out to the finish to determine the
Treasure Island Training and Dis- winner.
tribution Center Staff was issued By the way, th-e women's gym
by Commander G. A. Miller, Com- office has now been set up in the
mand_ing Officer, Administrative new gymnasium just east of the-
Unit, announcing further plans for ater No. 3. The facilities of the
the Pearl Harbor War Bond Drive new gym will be available at a
which begins December 1. later date and will be announced
The Departmental quota set for at that time, but at the present
the War Bond Drive is an average Mary Jane Smart, Slc, in charge
of $22.50 per person (purchase of women's gym activities, can be
THE ARMISTICE ALL-STATION dance was re-
price, not maturity). This does not corded by the camera in the scenes above. Starting at top left is indicati,on of how the evening was en- reached -either at the new building
joyed, not a small part being the refreshments seen
mean that you can not purchase at lower left, Armed Guard Signalmen ar,e seen in in the inset. The civilian hostess at top right views or by Ex. 684. It is hoped that the
more. spectacular exhibition of precisi,on drill. Immediately the "ups and downs" of Navy men while pretty civi- rn~xt few weeks will find an exten-
Personnel of this Island is ad- above civilian hostesses accept flowers, while pro- lian and Wave below make small talk, and at bottom sive women's sports activity plan
vised to sign pledges or to purchase c-eeding clockwise presentati-on of colors is made by one of two pairs of twins who attended is being available to all of you.
color guards fr,om various island activities. Picture entertained by a lucky bluejacket.
bonds outright for delivery Dec-em- Turkey Day
ber 1-7, 1944. Purchases made be- Thanksgiving Day is here again
tween now and December 7 will be of any ships or planes which might sible for repair facilities, in spite of and for us it will be a working
credited to the Pearl Harbor War Navy Utilizes Use of require assistance. transportation difficulties and lim- day. This seems completely fair
Bond Drive, providing the bonds Engineering plans on film take ited storage space, to receive and since our men abroad are not in a
are not deliv-ered to the purchaser Microfilm to Speed Up up about one per cent of the space stow many times the number of position to quit fighting the war
until December 1-7, 1944. Men are required for the same plans on blue- plans they could accommodate in and take a holiday, and certainly
encouraged to at ·1east plan to pur- Ship and Plane Repair prints. Microfilm thus makes it pos- the blueprint form. we cannot do less than they.
chase one bond from the November WashingtonbyairfordutyatPearl ¥, FIVE HEROES RECEIVE AWARDS * Nevertheless, the traditional ob-
When a Naval officer, leaving
15 or November 30 pay day. servations will be made, and many
Harbor, arrived there with two Americans, both in and out of uni-
form, will take a few minutes off
NAVAL TRAINING reels of microfilm, each containing for private giving of thanks.
tiny reproductions of 500 engineer-
We wish for all of you a good
SCHOOLS ing drawings, another ingenious Thanksgiving, an awar-eness of
feat had made its debut to help
Diana Hunter, weighing 7 crippled ships and planes get back good things in the past, and cer-
tainly a hope for better ones to
pounds, 1 ounce, arrived on Novem- into the fight. The mechanics con- come. Last but not least, we are
ber 6. The happy parents are Lt. sulted the film, then made urgently sure that Uncle Sam's larder holds
R. C. Hunt-er, Officer-in-charge of needed repairs to a ship which had a generous share of Tom Turkey
the Welding School, and Mrs. been helpless until then to return and all the trimmings for every
Hunter. Our congratulations! to action. Wave and every sea-going salt.
Had the plans been on paper in-
NTS extends heartiest congratu- stead of film, they would have
lations to Chief Gunner W. A. Row- weighed 128 pounds, obviously too FIRST COLORED WAVES
lett, USN, and Chief Electrician J. heavy to fit into the officer's pock- Under the ne,w Navy Department
A. Stone, USN, on their recent pro- ets, and too bulky to go by plane plan, approved by the President,
motions. without displacing a passenger or for recruiting of Colored women by
other high priority cargo. the Waves, Harriet Ida Pickins, 35,
Welcome back to R. C. King, -Compact and portable microfilm, and Frances Eliza Wills, 28, both
Slc, of Ship's Company, who has which played such an important of New York City, wer,e sworn into
reported back from the hospital. part in speeding ship repair in this the Waves. They will be commis-
and similar instances, is being sioned as lieutenant and ensign,
Officers, Instructors, and Civilian widely used for the purpose by the respectively, upon completion of
Personnel are looking forward to Navy. Now, however, film rarely training which started November
the Bingo Party to be held on the needs to be rushed to the side of a 15 at Smith Coll-ege.
eve of Thanksgiving, November 22, damaged ship or plane. Instead, the IN A CEREMONY on Verba Buena Island, Saturday, Novmber 11, Jane Freeman, 22, of Roxbury,
five Navy heroe-s were presented awards by Captain E. F. Helmkamp,
at the California Women's Club. Lt. plans are ready and waiting when Mass., became the first colored
Commanding Officer, Receiving Ship. For meritorious acts while serv-
G. A. O'Neal is making arrange- she arrives for repairs, for the woman to join the Navy's Women's
. ing with the Fleet Marine Fore-es in the Pacific war theatre Harold E.
ments and plans for ,the -e·vening's Navy is steadily sending to ad- Lingofelter, PhM2c apd Max V. Nevins, PhM2c (the two men at left) Reserv-e on Monday, November 13.
entertainment. vance bases, tenders, aircraft car- received Silver Star Medals. Melvin W. Mortimer, WT2c; James E. Miss Freeman, an enlisted Wave,
Smyth, Cox; and Joe N. Lopez, PhM1c, (the three at right) were pre-
riers and repair facilities in gen- will start training at Hunter Col-
Send The Masthead Home eral, microfilm copies of the plans sented with Purple Heart Medals for wounds received in action with lege January 1.
enemy forces.