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THE OIRlS BEHIND THE OfJNS ••• Brains and and there is room to watch. Why
OPfERAT~ONAL not come out and cheer the boys
Charm Required TRAJNllN G SC~OOL on!
1
For OTS Gunners Here and There at OTS
Wedding bells rang out recently
Ten Operational Training school for P . N. Bearstail, Slc, and Jan-
gunners find that charm and per- nett Kiffe- best wishes to the hap-
sonality, together with brains, pro- py couple!. . . Shouldering their sea-
Seventh War Loan Bond Drive
vide the perfect qualifications far For the second consecutive week going packs and departing for their
their work. the Second Division, headed by Lt. new assignments are T. F. Van
This seems unusual until the
L. H. Kentfield, and made up al- Keuren, BMlc; Jack Davis,
gunnery instructors introduce
most entirely of men from the Gun- Sp(A)lc D. R. Dixon, EM3c, and
themselves as ten charming and nery Department, won "Hirohito's
quite feminine Waves. Evelyn Zink, Horse," by having the highest per- R. G. McGarry, Slc ... Dorothy
Sp ( G) 3c, sounded off for the group centage of participation in bond Goodrich, SK2c, one of the first
when asked what sort of civilian pledges. Their percentage is 93.1. Waves to report to Operational
jobs the ten had held before coming Lt. Kentfield and the men in his Training School, has been ordered
to Operational Training school to to Shoemaker, Calif., fo,r further
division deserve a lot of credit for assignment to the 14ND. Dorothy
teach gunnery. the wonderful cooperation they
"Several of us were teachers, and have given the Navy Bond Drive graced the bookroom for many
a few had finished teacher training and OTS. Standings of the other months, and 'tis said that when
and joined the Navy immediately divisions are as fo.Jlows: she transferred to the Confidential
after graduation," said Specialist Reading Room many_ of her cus-
Waves Div . . . .. . . ... . ..... . 89.4% tomers transferred with her. J.
Zink. She added that most of the 3rd Div ... . .. ... . ... .. .... . 77.0%
girls had at least two years college 3th Div . .. .. ...... . .... . ... 69.4% O'Connor, QM2c, can unlash the
training and a few had their uni- 1st Div .. ..... ... . : . . .. .... 60.8% cuffs of his trousers now since
versity degrees. "Sopas," Dorothy's pet white rat,
5th Div . ......... . .. . ...... 20.3% will be going too and will not be
G·unnery School 4th Div .. . . .. . .. ..... . .. . .. 10.0%
Ruth Carlson, Sp ( G) 3c, ' told the stealing his way into uninvited
story about their selection for Beginning today, "Hirohito's quarters ... Do you have gophers
Horse" will be awarded each week in your victOi'y gardens ? If so,
training in gunnery at the end of
on the percentage of participation you will be intere•sted to know that
their boot schooling. "We were all
of bond purchases. Let's all redeem Lt. Commander R. H. Jacobs has
interviewed. Since we had been
our bond pledges as soon as po-s- invented what he calls the "Gopher
given aptitude tests which showed
si ble ! The Bond Office promises Bomb." He has successfully elim-
mechanical ability we thought of
one day service. inated the rodent from his garden
asking for link-trainer or control
and now recommends it as a sure
tower jobs as possible assignments. Bits About Hits
cure. The Gunnery Office has moved
However, these billets were full and A return game with Tadcen,
the selection officer assigned us to Monday, found the OTS officers' again, but this time they hope to
the gunnery school at the Great softball team on the high side of stay put for a while. On hand at
all times you will find Lt. C. Jones,
Lakes Naval Training Station. It an 11 to O sco·re . .. Wednesday the
sounded new and different, and be- 6th dawned brightly and at 1130 officer-in-charge; Miles Standish,
lieve me, it was!" the officers' team played off with a OGM, in charge of instruction, and
This remark called for explana- strong Receiving Ship team. Field- J . Varner, Ylc. Maintenance head-
tion from ';I'helma Smith, Sp ( G) 3c, ing by Lt. C. Jones, a three-base quarters is still in Revetment B,
from California, who said, "This hit by Lt. R. Stock, and wonderful and Lt. Dewey and his Fire Contro,l
special training found us in dun- support supplied by the "Boys from Team Training are now holding
garees for the next five weeks, up Deck," aided and abetted by Lt. forth in Building 318 .. If we hadn't
to our necks in black grease the (jg) Marjorie Beacom and Lt. (jg) checkeq. our records of vital statis-
better ,share of the time. What's Simpson, held the day and OTS tics we would never have known
worse there were 16 Waves and retains its top place in the league. that F . H. Softye, Sp(X) (ED)3c, is
600 sailors in our class, and we . . . Lt. Friedle on first base starred now a married man .
couldn't say a word to the boys for OTS in a practice game with
except about guns." the "Yoo-Hoo Men." The final score, Cross-Word Answers
Evidently they learned about 1-0, tells the story of a fast game
guns in spite of the restrictions, for with some fine pitching on both
ten of the sixteen received orders sides of the fence . .. Lt. Eddy de-
to report to Treasure Island as fea,ted Lt. (jg) Marjorie Beacom
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, SAILOR! Girl gunnery instructors at OTS gunnery instructors in January of in last week's tennis playoffs. The SE A
admonish sailors to watch the target. Above, Emily Castiglione, Sp(G)3c this year. tournament carries on with Lts. D.
ex~lains the gu_nnery trainer to Coast . Guardsman H. W. Greenbeck; C. Schwartz, R. A . Stock, A. C.
while R. J. Mulligan operates the rangefmder. At bottom Wave special- New Duty at OTS Eddy and T. S. Duck, the next com-
ists Laura Fe~ris, _Sp(G)3c, an-cl Mild~ed Weed, Sp(G)3c, explain the The story of their daily work is
process by which film targets are proJected on a screen to be used i,n best told by their division officer, petitors . .. The umpire shouted
gunnery practice. Commander C. J. McWhinnie. He "Batter Up," and~ the first batte·r
says it is a unique kind of teaching. in the first half of the first inning
Lost and Found Lunstrum, E. Buttwezler, G. F. It requires poise, tact, personality stepped up and slammed a home
run out into the field. W. M. Still,
Nichols, .StM2c; R. E. Noble, B. B. and endless patience; most impor-
Blackmon, J. R. McKelvey, A. L. Sp (A) k, set the pace and the OTS LOA
Gear and articles bearing the fol- tant, it requires brains.
lowing names have been turned into Rasley, Slc; J . D. Shoats, RM3c; "These girls spend about six enlisted men's team defeated the EPI ..:+==+"'- REK
the lost and found property bureau V. Collins, J . C. West, W. J . Marson, hours a day teaching both in the Post Office, 6-4. These Wednesday SEN -=-i.:~ SPY
located in the Security Office, F . R. Arnold, Slc; M. A. Mueller, classroom and in the gunnery train- night games are usually thrillers,
Building No. 222, Treasure Island. J . D. Noel, Ens. R. T. Swanson. ing devices. Each of their classes
The following articles have been
This property will be returned to consist of approximately 15 Navy
reported as having been lost: One
the owners upon proper identifi- and Coast Guard men.
suitcas_e, 1 seabag and hammock, "I am especially proud of their
cation.
W . Waldrup, MMlc; C. J. Hub- I handbag, 13 wallets, ankle brace- marks in competitive examination
let, notebook.
bard, S2c; W. F. Fairweather, W. for third class ratings. They made
as good, if not better marks in
Johnson, GM3'c; R. A. Ervin, W.
Downing, J. W. McLanaham, E . seamanship, signalling, semaphore
Little Girl: "Mummy, look· at and water-tight integrity than did
Miller, C. W. Miller, W. A. Good-
that funny man across the street." the men and needless to say, all
son, HAlc; J . H. Wood, E . S. El-
liott, J . W. Hooper, J. C. Tomlin- Mother: "What's he doing?" were rated."
son, S. N. Weiss, J. C. Hines, R. H. Little Girl: "He's sitting on the All of the girls take frequent re-
Shue, RdM2c; E. P. Casillas, P . D. sidewalk talking to a banana peel." fresher courses to keep them on
their toes and recently they com- ~
pleted anti-aircraft training at
I.EADS I.EAOfJE FOES IN 11.110 CHASE Point Montara.
Asked if they felt any timidity
when it came to teaching men the
manly art of gunnery they replied,
"the boys think it's odd some-
til:nes, but we're really too busy to
bother."
F·uture Plans
Some of the ten express doubts
as to whether they will return to
teaching after the war. "Think of
going back to the ABC's again,"
said the three who are native New
Yorkers. Whether they go back to
their old jobs or not, one thing is
certain. They may not have actu-
ally fired a shot against the enemy,
but as the girls behind the men
behind the guns they are doing an
excellent job and have a right to•
feel pride in every shot that ac-
curately finds the enemy.

Wife (to husband who has had a
few drinks too many): If it were
LEAGUE-LEADING PLAYERS of the Armed Guard softball team from the first time, Archibald, I could
left to right are: Bottom-Streychartz, Marszalec, Schneider, coach forgive you, but you came home in
CSp(A) Dave Medigovich, Glassnapp, Kelly. Center-Maddy, Warner, just the same state in November,
Ingle, F. Brown, J. Brown, Finley .. Top-Peccia, Gonzales, Scheely,
Lugowski, Hazer 1916.