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.Lt. (ig) Coon Detached Chiefs' Club to Hollywood Pln-lJp Pttrttde
Sponsor Gala Affair ' .

In San Francisco
All chief p-etty officers stationed
on Treasure Island are invited to a
Tonight's dance will bring one of gala evening of dancing on Satur-
the best dance bands in the Twelfth day, June 9, when the Chief Petty
Naval District to Treasure Island. Officers club is host at Old Moose
The Alameda Coast Guard band Hall, 1625 Market Street, San
will put in an appearance at Gym Francisco.
No. 1 at 2000. Waves are admitted Two bands-the U. S. Naval
without tickets and this is your op- Frontier Base jivester.s and Peter
portunity to enjoy the music of a Butti's civilian sizzlers-will sup-
top-notch band. ply music. Dancing commences at
Three Stripers 2000 and will continue until 2400.
There are only two full com- Refreshments and flowers for the
manders in the Women's Reserve. chiefs' "squaws" are planned.
One is the assistant director of the Tickets, which are free, will be
Waves, Tova P . Wiley, and the issued to all chiefs by a represen-
other is Joy B. Hancock, who was tative in each activity on Treasure
a Yeomanette (F) in World War I, Island. S. Dynkowski, Frontier
and who rejoined in 1942 to become Base CMAA, is chairman of the
SMILING HER ACCEPTANCE-
the present WR representative for Lt. (jg) Edris Coon hears the dance committee, assisted by J. A.
BuAer. orders which will transfer her from Pearre, CBM, Tadcen, and William
"Dead-Eye Dora" Tadcen Recreation and Entertain- D. Wimmer, CBM, Operational
Dora is wearing navy blue these ment Divisi,on to new duty in the Training.
days. Fifty "Doras" have signed up Twelfth Naval District Housing
for pistol shooting classes which Bureau. Miss Coon was one of the . .. she took her softball too seri-
will be held each Tuesday, Wednes- first enlisted women to report to ously and slid into home plate
day and Friday from 1730 to 1830 Treasure Island and ,one ,of the first causing considerable damage . . .
in building 65. There is still room to ·receive her commissi,on from this Adeline Arndt has solved the do-
for a few more students, but those command. During her tour of duty mestic problem ... her new hus-
who begin the course are expected on the. island she has helped with band carries a baker's rate . . . Hos-
to complete it. If you are interested, the plans for the new theatre and pital nurses and Waves went fish-
call the Wave Athletic Office today. recreati,on buildings and has been ing and caught a sunburn ... no
©ensus instrumental in the growth of the fish ... -Several of our "mates" ex-
They keep counting the Waves on present recreati-on program. pressed their opinions on expense-
duty, both at home and in Hawaii, sharing when Waves dated service-
and we thought you would like to date of last issuance for the little men, in last week's Masthead ...
know that, counting yourself, there green paper that keeps your feet One even said, we quote, "Most
are now 82,000. Don't ask us how off the ground. \JI/aves make lots of money."
they get it to come out in round
Officers' Travel Who's he talking about?
numbers, we would lik-e to find that Treasure Island Wave officers
out, ourselves. seem to have been bitten by the
RecShip "Wr-eckers" transfer bug and _ we sadly an- Frontier Base Men
The two softball games played nounce the departure of three
Commended For Fine
last week were full of excitement. whom we are sure the island will
The MAA's, getting more notorious miss.
daily, beat the . Tadcen Personnel From W-estern Sea Frontier have Work Done on Vessels
team by one point. The final score gone Lt. (jg) Helen Sorenson and
was 10 to 9 with 21 hits and 10 runs Lt. (jg) Mary Ellen White. Lt. (jg) Officers and 27 enlisted men of
for the MAA's and 21 hits and 9 Sorenson will report to Eastern Sea the U. S. Naval Frontier Base In-
runs for Personnel. Frontier and Lt. (jg) White to dustrial department have r.eceived PIN-UP PRINCESS-Pin-up favorite of servicemen and school kids
alike is streamlined Gloria DeHaven, one of MGM's fastest rising y_oung
The freak game of the week was New York Port Director's Office. letters of commendation from their actresses. Gloria was brought to Hollywood two years ag-o after appear-
the wild upset the Receiving Ship Lt. (jg) Edris Coon, one of the ·commanding officer, Commander M. ing in the Broadway hit, "Best Foot Forward."
team delivered the Nurses. The first enlisted women on Treasure E. Carlson, for their recent speedy
score at the end of the sixth inning Island, will report to the Twelfth overhaul of 20 S-C class vessels. Keep Me in a Handy Place -
was 10 to 8 with the Nurses in the Naval District Housing Office for Commander Carlson sent his con- OPERAT!ONAL
lead. Receiving Ship came to bat at new duty. Miss Coon, who received gratulations to th-e "Pancake Boys"
the start of the seventh inning, and her commission over a year ago, after receipt of a commendation TRA!NH~ G SCHOOL 1945 JUNE 1945
1
evidently motivated by the last has · been attached to the Tadcen from the Chief of the Bureau of SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI S~ T
cha ce theory, they scored 11 runs Recr.eation D_ivision. Ships. 1 2
to bring the final score to 19 over Just Between Us · "I take pleasure in commending
the Nurses' 10. Our consolation prize goes to you for the skill, zeal and energy 3 4 6 6 7 8 9
Coming softball games for next "Teddy" Dixon whose smile is miss- sho~ by you as members of the 10 11 12 13 14 16 16
Sports
w·eek are the Doc-ette, Personnel ing from the Tadcen Secretary's repair forces which accomplished
A practice game with Tadcen 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
game on Tuesday night, and the office these days . . . She took a this task," the commander wrote. found our officers softball team on
Blue-jacket, Doc-ette game sched- tumble from her upper bunk and is The task : Removal and repair of the trailing side of a 10-7 score. 2426 26 27 28 29 30
uled for Thursday. All games begin in the hospital recuperating . . . 33 Pancake engines from 20 SCs Monday, May 28, will be the de-
at 1800 and if you are a Doc-ette The ladies of barracks 275, 232 and which arrived March 9. The assign-
ciding factor though, when the two Sunday of the C. I. C. picnic-a
supporter they are going to need C and D have taken up a strange ment was completed in the 20 days
teams play off again. . . . The OTS good time was had by all.
your help. Come out to the athletic custom . .. All go ·out en masse set by the Bureau with an average
softball team · met and defeated Gunnery Leads & Angles
field and see the games. garbed in blankets, shoes, curlers, of 22 men working. the USS-O Thursday evening, May E . Burns, CFC, boasts a new
Barefoot Days ·etc .... Say, call off the search for When the 20-day limit was fixed,
24, with the final reading of 6-4. baby boy- also . an ever so glamor-
If you had a shoe stamp in the the Wave over forty-two .. . The old salts shook their heads and
The sure-fire pitching of R. L. ous Gable moustache. Not to be
last three months and your feet are bureau has just announced she's an doubted the work could be done in
Crabtree, S2c, and Lt. Eddy, paced outdone, J. E . Renz, GM2c, an-
dragging on T. I.'s new gravel impossibility ... Sorry .. . Most ex- that time. the team to victory and on the nounces the arrival of his young
streets we feel sorry for you. Ours cited is Nadine Brown, SKlc, who is Supervising the work of enlisted
whole it was the game of the sea- hopeful, John Bruce .. . . E. James,
are, too. The sad news is that only thrilled over becoming an appren- personnel were W. L. Benningfield,
son thus far. Our team is well on GMlc, is off to the seas to knock
one shoe certificate every quarter tice seaman again . . . It's not for CMM: J. V. Herman, CMoMM; P.
the way to winning the champion- off a few Japs. Good luck,_ "Guns,"
may be issued to Waves, and long though, then she'll be a mem- R. Rockstroh, MoMMlc; J. N. Wall-
ship, so let's turn out and give them we'll miss your sea stories. . . Vir-
whether sitting or standing you will ber of the "Blue-Stripers" . . . Poor er, CMoMM; and George Suhr, a little encouragement. ginia Baker, Y3c, has been trans-
have to wait three months from Dostman is going about on crutches civilian Pancake expert.
For the technically minded, here ferred to a job in the Ferry Build-
are the leading batting averages: ing. Taking her place as acting
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT BREAKS SPEED RECORD
* * Player AB R H Avg. Henrietta Lash-just bring your
Yeoman in the Gunnery Office is
.800
8
8
Eddy . . . . . .. 10
troubles to Hank! ... At this writ-
Smith . . . . . . 6
3
Davis . . . . . . . 6 4 4 .667 ing, "Georgia Boy" Van Nostrand
3
.500
Lynn . . . . . . . 9 3 4 .444 should be basking in the merry
Eichert . . . . . 7 3 3 .429 sunshine of her native state, and
from what she tells us the sun real-
Volleyball in the quadrangle con- ly shines down that-a-way .... Poor
tinues to be a favorit-e a nd th e Lt. Jones-the Marines has estab-
noontime game between the Fire- lished a beach-head · in the APA
controlmen and the Boatswain's Area and he is now reforming his
Mates found the FC's in the lead,
lines in Revetment B. The phone
winning two out of three. All of number•is still 38 0.
this in spite of Sweeney, BMlc, and
his vociferous heckling. Welcome Aboard
New members of the OTS Gun-
C. I. C.
. nery Department are Lt. George J.
The progressive and ever-expand- Harding and Lt. (jg) David J.
t
ing C. I. C. Department boaS s new · Childers who will assist as gunnery
mock-up equipment, which will instruct~rs ... Chief Yeoman Her-
further their training effectiv-eness. man o. Ammann, reported for duty
• • • Off for a well-deserved 15 · in the School Office last week after
day leave to western Nevada is Lt. 23 months' LST duty in the Paci-
"PANCAKE BOYS"-lndustrial department men MoMM3c; J. C. Dickson, M-oMM3c; T. J. Almasy, (jg) C. D. Brown. We have his fic. All hands joined in extending a
pictured above - recently recei':'ed a comm~ndati?n MoMM2c; H. S. C_ummins, MoMM3c; V. T. Jelineo, solemn . word that on his return to hearty welcome to the new mem~
from the Chief of Bureau of Ships. Left to right, sit-.. S2c. Left to right, stanping-W. F. Polichene, MoM- C. I. C. all staff members will be
ting-B. C. Reddick, MoMM2c; R. Steed, F1c; J. C. .. M1c; D. A. Pierce, MoMM2c; J. E. Mize, MoMM1c; eating genuine Nevada Trout .... bers of OTS. ·
Stansfield, MoMM1c; A. M. Campus, F1c; D. W. T. G. Cullina, M,oMM2c; M. R. Bell, MoMM2c; H. A.
Kerby, MoMM3c; 0. V. Warick, MM1c; W. L. B_en- Zieglmier, F1c.; F . . J. Gi.bbons, MoMM3c; C. L. Fox, Beautiful Lake Anza, nestled in the
ningfield, CMM; J. N. Waller, CMoMM; E. N. Juline, .F1c. Berkeley Hills, was the scene last Send The Masthead Home