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PAGE 6       THE MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  DECEMBER 16,  1944
                                                                   Recreation  Center  to
       Port  Director's  Award  Ptesented  . ..                                                  ~:!~?.:~!~!:!~~!::!!!?.:-~:~:;]
                                                                   Be  Opened  Here

                                                                  Tuesday,  December  21
                                                                       (Continued from page 1)
                                                                   classes,  wood  and  linoleum  block
                                                                   printing,  and  the  very  decoration
                                                                   and  furnishing  of  the  room  itself.
                                                                   Part of  the  room  will  be  screened
                                                                   off  to form  a  sewing  room  for  the
                                                                   Waves.  Those  interested  in  the
                                                                   above activities  should  confer with
                                                                   Mrs.  J essie  T.  Horn,  Director  of
                                                                   Activities,  whose  office  is  located
                                                                   on  the  lower  deck  to 'the  right  of
                                                                   the  main  en trance.
                                                                    Furnished  in  perfect  taste,  the
                                                                   upper hall  is  the essence of every-
                                                                   thing  that  is  modern  in  color  and
                                                                   design,  On  either  wall  is  a  huge
                                                                   cut-out  map  depicting  the  Euro-
                                                                   pean  and  Pacific  theatres  of  war.
                                                                    On the west end of the  building,
                                                                   topside,  is  the  new  12,000-volume
                                                                   library,  with  books and  magazines
       C.  C.  CROWDER,  BM1c,  shown  receiving  the  P,ort  Director's  Trophy  covering every subject from stamp
       and  the  Port  Director's  Chartered  Transport  Tr,ophy  from  Lt.  Com- collecting to electronics. A  popuiar
       mander  M.  A .  Grayson,  Naval  Troop  Commander of  a  tr,oop-transport   feature  is  a  newspaper  room  with
       class  ship,  at ceremonies  in  the  Armed  Guard  Center  recently.  Left  to
       right:  Captain J.  H.  Barnhart,  Master ,Of  the ship;  Lt. W.  W.  Hall,  Gun -  a  collection  of  at  least  one  paper
       nery  Officer;  B.oatswain'·s  Mate  Cl"owder;  Lt.  Commander  Grayson ;  from  each  of  the  48  states.
       Commodore  M.  S.  Davis,  Port  Director,  12th  Naval  District, who  made   Soon  to  be  added  to  the  library
       p,resentation;  Henry  Grady,  President,  American  President  Li•nes;  an•d   are  perman~mt  files  of  bound  per-
       Commander  E.  D.  Flaherty,  C,ommanding  Officer,  Armed  Guard  Center
       Pacific.                                                    iodicals  including  a  complete  file
                                                                   of  Life  Magazine  from  its  incep-
                                                                   tion  and  a  collection  of  National
                                                                   Geographic Magazines dating from
                                                                   1918.  The well-lighted  room  has  a
                                                                   seating  capacity  of  500  ·and  is
                                                                   finished  in a  soft green.
                                                                    Across  the  hall from  the library
                                                                   are the administrative offices of the
                                                                   Welfare  •and  Recreation  Depart-
                                                                   ment and the new Masthead offices.
                                                                   Also  located  on  the  top  deck  are
                                                                   two 16 millimeter projection rooms
                                                                   to  be  used  for  _showing  informal
                                                                                                 SO  NICE TO COME COME TO  is  blonde-haired June Looney ,of William-
                                                                   travel and educational films as well   so,n,  W.  Va.  That's  what  Tom  Vincell  thinks,  and  we  chorus  a  hearty
                                                                   as  those  for  training  purposes.   aye·.  Although  this  blue-eyed  beauty  works  in  the  Williamson  Post
                                                                    To be inaugurated at the first of  Office,  she  can't  get  Tom's  letters  soon  ,enough,  and  so  they  make  the
                                                                   the  year  are  regular  classes  in   l,ong-distanc-e  wires  hum  regularly.
                                                                   bridge-p_laying  instruction  and  the
                                                                   study  of Spanish.            dressing  rooms  for  officers  and
       WIVES  AND  FAMILIES  of  officers  of  the  tr,oop-transport  class  ship  New Theatre  Now  in  Operation   men. It is planned that once a  week
       awarded  the' Port  Di rector's  Chartered  Transport Trophy  and  the  Port   The new Treasure Island Theatre   enlisted pers_onnel will be permitted   ~~$MRONTIER
       Director's  Trophy  pose  proudly  with  their  husbands  and  fathers  after             to  bring  guests.
       ceremonies  held  r-ecently  at  the  Armed  Guard  Ce<nter.  Left  to  right:   No.  3,  _ located  just  east  of  the     ~~~~
       Mrs.  Benson  and  ChBos'n  C.  C.  Benson;  Miss  Johnso,n,  Lt.  Commander  Welfare  Building,  embodies  the   The  other  pool,  the  largest  of
       C.  F.  Johnson  and  Mrs.  J,ohnson ;  Mrs.  Grayson  and  Lt.  Commander   most  modern  equipment  for  the   its  kind  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  will   and
       M.A. Grayson;  Mrs.  Barnhart and  Captain J.  H.  Barnhart.  Holding cup                 be  used for swimming  classe~  and   LOCAL  DEFENSE
       a.re,  l.eft:  Ma,ster Carroll  Be·nson  and,  right,  Miss  Nancy  Grayson.   efficient  projection  of  motion  pic-
                                                                   tures. To insure your enjoyment of   to  give  naval  personnel  training
                                                                                                 in  abandon  ship  techniques.  Called
                                                                   latest  films  shown  seven  nights  a                       We're glad to see that Walter E .
                                                                                                 the  Combat  Tank,  it  is  of  official
       Two Trophies  Presented  Half  Million  Dollar              week are up-to-date  accoustics and                         "Red"  Gibson,  the  tall,  lanky  red-
                                                                   scientific  seating  arrangement.   Olympic  dimensions,  being  164   head  in  the  P ersonnel  Office,  has
       To  Naval  Unit  of           Improvements to Expand          The  building is finished  in grey-  feet in length and 75  in width.  The   been  awarded  his  third  class  yeo-
                                                                                                 program scheduled  was devised  by
                                                                   white furtex,  a  new material which                        man  crow.  .  ,  Announcing  the  ar-
       Troop  Tr~nsport              Naval Hospital,  Oakland      makes  echoes  virtually  non-exist-  Chief Specialist  (A)  "Sandy"  San-  rival  of  Bruce  ~tanbury  Forsch!
                                                                   ent.  Flanking  the  two  entrances   ford,  Twelfth Naval District diving   On  December  8,  1944,  a  son  was
         Paralleled  to  a  double-barreled   More  than half a  million  dollars  from the spacious lobby of the 1511-  ~hampion,  who  will  mentor  tank
                                                                                                 activities.  The  men  will  be  in-  born  to  Lt.  •and  Mrs.  Peter  D.
       shot-gun by Commodore M.  S.  Da- in  improvements  and  additions  seat  structure  is  a  broad  balcony,   3tructed in  survival swimming and   Forsch,  USNR.  Lt.  Forsch  is  a
       vis,  Port  Director  of  the  Twelfth   planned  for  the  U.  S.  Naval  Hos- slanted  just  enough  to  insure       board  duty  officer  and  his  fellow
       Naval  District  were  the  two  tro-  pital  at  Oakland  will  increase  fa- proper vision.   other  methods  of  self-preservation   officers  report  "the  father  is  do-
                                                                                                 a.t  sea.  Life-saving  tests  will  also
       phies  presented  to  the  naval  unit   cilities  for  Naval  dependents  and   Enhancing  the  blue  upholstery       ing  nicely!"  .. .  FLASH!  Slacks
                                     for   women   service   personnel,  used  on  the  seats  throughout  are   be given.
       of a troop-transport class ship com-                                                                                    have  invaded  the  plotting  room.
                                     Twelfth  Naval  District  Headquar- the  cool  grey  colors  of  the attrac-  ·  Interesting is the fact that these
       manded  by  Lt.  Commander  Mark                                                          tanks  are  monolithic  poured  con-  ·while  the  Waves  on  duty  in  Op-
                                     ters  has  announced.         tively  appointed  stage,  'fhe  grand
       A.  Grayson,  USNR,  at ceremonies   Construction of nine buildings, at   drape,  sc;:wloped  gracefully  across   ~rete.  They  are  earthquake-proof,   erations  were  wearing  the  regula-
       in the Armed Guard Center lounge  least five  of  which  will  be  utilized   the top of the stage, is in blue,  buff   a.nd built to carry the weight of the   Jion  skirt,  all  ships  theoretically
       recently.                     as wards, will commence in Decem- and gold.                 water  they  hold  on  the  unstable   destined  for  the  Northwest  Pa-
                                                                                                                               cific  had  been  appearing  on  the
        The  Port  Director's  .Chartered  ber. Three  general wards with  spe-  A  ·sleek  modern  appearance  is   rreasure Island soil.
       Transport trophy and the  Port Di- cial  space  for  trnatment  and  care  maintained throughout the building   Salt  water  will  be  used  in  the   plotting board in the South Pacific.
       rector's  cup  signifying  a  merit  of,  of  women  service  personnel,  one  through the use of built-in lighting  pools,  and  the  plant  includes  a   Now  that slacks  have  invaded the
                                                                                                                               plotting  room,  the  girls  are  able
       84.7  points  each for  the  unit  were  ward  for  women .officers  and  one  fixtures,  simple  construction  lines,  huge  filtering  system  to  process
                                                                                                                               to  climb  the  ladder  to  plot  ships
      ·the  two awards  made at the  cere- prison  ward will  augment the hos- and  unpretentious  interior  deco- it.  The  water  will  be  drawn  fro·m
                                                                                                                               in their proper places in the North-
       monies.                       pital's existing f·acilities. An expan- ration.  To  keep  you· cool ,and  com- the Bay and chemically treated four   west  Pacific--'without  fear  of em-
         Upon receiving the cup presented  sion  of  the  outpatient  department  fortable are several ventilation fix- times  daily  at  a  vate  of  115,000
       by  Commodore  Davis,  Lt.  Com- will  increase  surgical  and  medical  tures dotting the ceiling,   gallons  per  hour.  In  charge  of   barrassment!  Who  said slacks had
                                                                                                                               no place  in  the  War  Effort?  .  ,  .
       mander  Grayson  expressed  his  facilities by one ward, allowing a  50   Movies  at  this  third  Treasure  pumping  and  filtering  operations   Incidentally,  these  Waves  have
       thanks for the splendid cooperation  per· cent  increase  in  facilities  for  Island  theatre  start  at  1800  and  is  Chief  Machinist's  Mate  John   what looks  like  an  algebraic  equa-
       of the men in his command.    Naval person11ei dependents.   are  continµous  through  two  per- I Burch.               tion  tagged  after their  names,  the
         "All  men  on  the  ship  shared  in   In  addition,  a  new  wing  will  be I formances.   "This  is one,  of  the  finest  plants
       the  good  work,"  he  said.  He  ex- added to  the maternity ward.   New  Athletic  Plant   I  have  ever  been  in during  my  37   new Specialist rate, "Sp(X)3c(QM)
                                                                                                                               (T)" ! ... One evening about dusk,
       plained  that  without  the  men's                           Treasure  Island's  v,ast  new  ath- years'  experience  in  the  Navy,"
       ability  to  "share  and  share alike,"                     letic plant, located across from  the  Chief Burch commented.   the  Golden  Gate  Bridge  was  vis-
       it  would  have  been  imp~ssible  to  Veteran  Now  Has  90   Athletic  Field,  is  one  of  the  won-  The  gymnasium,  with  a  seating   ited by a  huge formation of enemy
       have gotten such an.honor.                                  ders  of  the  Navy  world  of  sports,  capacity of 1500,  has three basket-  dive  bombers  .  .  ,  or  so  an  alert
                                                                                                                               young  Ensign  aboard  one  of  our
         Saying  t~at  he  ~~s p_ar!icula:ly  Days  to  Ask  for  Joh   for  it houses  two  swimming pools,  ball courts,  and one practice court.   "Yippee's"  thought.  Was  his  face
       proud of h1S  close assoc1at1.0n  with ·                    a  gymnasium,  dressing  spac~,.for  There  are  also  volleyball  courts,   red  when the word came back .
       the  Armed  Guard  men,  Henry   President  Roosevelt  has  signed  1200  persons,  12  bowling  alleys,  badminton,  boxing  rings,  speed
                                                                                                                               "they're long  beaked Pelicans!"
       Grady,  President  of  the  American  legislation extending from 40  to 90  and  a  completely  equipped  condi- bags, and other equipment.
       President ·Lines,  operators  of  the  days  after  discharge  the  time  in  tioning and training  room.   The 12-lane bowling alley will be  arm  of  the  letter  represents  the
       winning  ship,  gave a  spirited short  which a  veteran of the present war   In  line  with  the  modern  trend  a  happy  spot  for  the  kegl-ers.  The  hardening of men for combat, while
       talk on naval •and merchant -marine  may  apply  for  re-employment  in  toward  prefabrication,  sections  of  alleys will be  open 0900-2100 daily.  the  other  symbolizes  the  recrea-
       cooperation.                 ·his pre-war job, The  legislation al- the  building  were  constructed  in  League competitidn will be formed.  tional  aspect  of  cushioning  them
         Besides  members  of  the  crew's  lows a  hospitalized veteran to make  the shops of the  Standard Building   Lt. A, N. Higgins, Director of the  against  the  emotional  and psycho-
       families  and  naval  officials  from  application  for  . re  - employmef!t  Company of  San  Francisco,  trans- Physical  Fitness  and  Training  logical str,ains of total war."
       the  _Port  Director's  office,  guests  within  90  days  after  his  release  ported to  Treasure  Island,  and  as- Division,  will  supervise  the  new   Although  the  plant  was  con-
       included:  Eugene  Hoffman,  Public  from  the hospital,  provided he  was  sembled.      athletic plant.              structed by civilian workers, it owes
       Relations;  W.  J,  Bush,  Vice-Presi- not  hospitalized  more  than  one   One  pool,  105  feet  long  and  50   "I believe  we offer  as  diversified  much  of  its  splendor  and  sparkle
       dent and Operations Manager; Rus- year.                     feet wide,  is  to be used for recrea- a  program  of  physical  fitness  ac- to  the  efforts  of  members  of  the
       sell Lutz, Executive Vice-President                         tional  swimming.  It runs in  depth  tivities as may be fopnd  anywhere  Physical  Fitness  Division,  who
       and  Captain  W.  Pearch,  Marine   Santa Claus is the only man who  from -four  to  eleven  feet.  In  easy  in this country," Lt. Higgins stated.  turned  to  with  sand  paper  and
       Superintendent, all of the Ameri~an  can run around with a  bag all night  access  to  the  pool  are  dressing  "I always  think  of our purpose  in  paint brush to give it the finishin~
       President Lines.              and  not  get  talked  about.   rooms  for  Waves  and  nurses,  and  the  shape  of  the  Victory ·•v•. One  touches .
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