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minutes, was relieved by a Wave Tre•sure lsl•nd's Own Pln-lJp filrl "Tl,ey Needed It"
Naval Training Storekeeper 2c as he fell exhaused
Schools in the bottom of the boat. And in
case you didn't notice, Bill Young-
blood is now striking for store-
War Bonds keeper 3c-he claims it is the best
Naval Training Schools is more rate in the Navy. Anyone who
than proud of the response of ·all missed that famous singing trio
hands in the Seventh War Bond "Blank, Spaulding and Evenson"
Drive, for already we have gone was certainly in the wrong bus.
far beyond our quota. The credit Personnel
for this splendid record goes to the Curiosity about future assign-
committee which was headed by Lt.
ments have been steadily climbing
C. J . Kippenhan and to all those
at Naval Training Schools ever
who so whole-heartedly purchased
since the word came that the
bonds. It is expected that by the
schools would be closing on June
time all officers and men have com- 30. As·we .go to p-ress we can state
pleted b'uying bonds on June 30
that fifty men in ships company
that we will have doubled our
are being transferred to Opera-
quota.
tional Training School and the re-
Commendatio,n mainder go to various and sundry
The last yeoman and first Wave places----too numerous to list! In the ROBERT O'MALLEY, PhM3c, -of
in, the history of NTSchs to be past few weeks we have bid fare- Dispensary No. 1, is Treasure ls-
commended was Ruth A. Shawver, well to many of our officers and land's sail,or of the week. When he
Y2c. At Captain's Mast she re- enlisted men, but since then several cashed a check at the bank they
ceived the following commenda- others have received orders . overpaid him $10. He got permis-
. tion: "Exercising great responsi- Lt. (jg) E. E . Kistler, a com- sion from his duty officer to return
bility, displaying sound judgement parative new-comer to NTSchs, to the bank and repay it. Said
and initiative during the past 12 shoved off for duty aboard a DE O'Malley, "It wasn't anything. I
months in the performance of duty just ten days before these schools figured they needed it, ,or at least
while serving as senior yeoman in close their doors. Kistler has been had to account for it .... "
the personnel office at Naval Train- recognition officer at NTSchs since
ing Schools." Well over a year ago he reported last December. softball star, one Daniel J . Jones-
her predecessors, Chief H. F . Rice Lt. C. "D" Sowell will be leaving weight 7 lbs. 4 oz. Mrs. Jones is
and Chief A. G. Hammond were this coming week for duty at San doing nicely and from all reports
commended for · outstanding work Diego. Lt. Sowell has been with us Danny J .. will be out for ball prac-
during early organization of the for more than a year as the officer- tice in a week or so . .. L. C. Ken-
school. Both chiefs are now as- in-charge of NTSchs (Gunner's worthy, RHlc, and Mrs. Kenworthy
signed to APs, so Ruthie won't be Mates and Electric Hydraulics) . announce the arrival of a fine boy
able to follow in their footsteps More .recently he has had the addi- last week. ... And, it's a boy for
any farther. Congratulations, Ruth tional assignment of being first OOMPH GIRL-Lovely Linda Darnell, who Is currently starring in J. W . Kovalek, WTlc, and Mrs.
Bing Crosby's pr-oduction-"The Great John L."-pertly poses for a
and good luck wherever your next lieutenant- not an easy task during Kovalek. The name is John, Jr.
Navy photographer during her surprise visit to entertain t_he Treasure
assignment takes you. the process of decommissioning! Island bluejackets at Theatre No. 3 Thursday, June 21.
Sowell has done an excellent job
Picnic
at NTSchs and we feel that Fleet on Treasure Island. Officers and Comdr. W . G. Hall and Lt. L. J . Treasure Island Wave
Those who didn't come on the
Service Schools in San Diego is
Searsville Lake picnic on Sunday enlisted personnel alike have en- O'Brien to its much-moved "Seat
missed one of the best picnics that most fortunate in adding him to joyed the library, theatres and rec- of Learning". The departure of Lt. Takes Marriage Vows
NTS has had. Wonderful food and their roster. reation centers. We are all looking Lucius Kentfield left quite a gap, St. Michael's Lutheran Church
all waist lines were expanded. Even The End is Here forward to our next assignments but we'll be ,seeing him around the in Berkeley, Calif., was the setting
those professional soft ball players The last days of a command are with mingled feeling of anxiety and little office down the hall with all for the marriage of attractive Reba
ate so much they never did get c_onfusing and hectic for everyone. anticipation. Whatever the future the shingles, foI'IT1,erly known sim- Skinner, Y2c, of Green River, Wyo.,
that "much talked about" softball Were it not for the excitement and holds for us, we shall never forget ply as the "Lookout and Recogni- and Robert W. Sandstrom of Cor-
game started. They .finally used up work involved in disposing of build- our days on Treasure Island. They tion" office. This department, which vallis, Ore. The impressive cere-
that surplus energy in hiking, row- ings, equipment, material and per- have been most pleasant and it is Lt. Kentfield will now head, has mony took place June 20 at 1900.
ing and swimming. Olie Evenson sonnel, we would have far too much with regret that we say "goodbye" been expanded to include .., Sound The charming bride, Yeoman
and Ben Spaulding were the star time to become sentimental about to all our shipmates at this activity Power Phone. Skinner, who is assigned to the
oarsmen of the day-if you are a the whole thing. However, we and the entire island. Poesy Department Armed Guard Personnel Office, was
good l'.lwimmer or hiker it would be should like to take this opportunity Observations at the recent Treas- given in ma.rriage by Lt. Comman-
safe to go rowing with either of to express our appreciation parti- ure Island Officers' Soft bail . game: der B. A. Feiber, commanding offi-
them-Chief Specialist Spaulding, cularly for the recreational facili- OPERAT~ONAl Hickory, dickory, dock, cer of the Armed Guard unit of the
after rowing for seven and a half ties provided for us during our stay S.S. Partridge which "Sandy" sailed
TRAJNI G SCHOOL If you could have se~~ Mr. Stock! aboard as Chief Yeoman.
1
He reached for a fly
Nina Jarvis, Y2c, was the matron
Coming dow.n from the sky,
of honor and Harold Porterfield,
And fell in a hole!
SK2c, also aboard Yeoman Sand-
Poor soul!!
strom's ship, was best man. Follow-
This and That at OTS ing the vows a reception was held
OTS Bond Sales $23,700.00
Lt. Carl D. Jones announces with in the private dining room of the
As of last Saturday, June 23,
the Operational Training School's pride his acquisition of a future Leamington Hotel, Oakland.
cash war bond sales amounted to
$23,700.00. The Wave division won Yeomen United In M•rrl•ge At lerlteley
"Hirohito's Horse" with a 63% par-
ticipation in war bonds. The sixth
division, winner of the horse last
week, dropped to third place in
percentage of participation. Other
standings are as fol1ows:
2nd Division .. . .. . .. . . .. 54%
6th Division . ...... .... .46%
3rd Division . . . .. ........ 39%
1st Division .. . . .. .. . .. . . 35%
5th Division .... .. . ... .. 25%
4th Division ... ...... . ... 14%
The Operational Training School
hopes to sell over $30,000.00 cash
value in war bonds by the end of
the current bond campaign. Lt. T.
Hall Collinson, present bond officer,
is being transferred from the Op-
erational Training School and h.is
collateral bond ~ffi:::er duties will be
turned over to Lt. G. D. Wendell
At inspection last Saturday, Lt.
Comdr. R. A. Ibach, the OTS ex-
ecutive officer, explained to ship's
company the importance of having
war bonds occupy a high priority
in their post war plans.
Catches and Matches
Softball continues on its merry
season with our Officers team hold-
ing their place · in the very top
league bracket. They vanquished a
noble Frontier Base team in
Wednesday's game by a score of
13-7 . . .. Tuesday found our En-
listed men's team enbroiled in a
hot game With V-R 2. They were
just a little bit too much fo.r us
SUBTLE GLAMOUR-Doris Swift, attractive high school senior of and the final score was 7-3. ADDITION-to the wedded ranks are R. W .. Sandstr,om, chief yeoman
Henry, Ill., smiles p~rtly as she watches the "fotog's" birdie. While G·unnery News and Views aboard the S. S. Sea Partridge and Reba Skinner, Wave Y2c in the
awaiting the return of her sailor-sweetheart Alan Glenn, S1c(RM) of the Personnel of the gunnery depart- Armed Guard Personnel Office. Married in St. Micha-el's Lutheran church
Treasure Island DD Pool, Doris prepares to continue her studies at a in Berkeley, June 20 at 7 ,o'clock, the couple are enjoying a short honey-
leading university where she will major in Business Administration, ment is proud to welcome Lt. moon before returning to duty. O ,. L \ J -;J L
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