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PAGE4 THE MASTHE'AD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1945
Tars po Nursery Duty-"Babies" Don't Squawk!
Home to our own galley like f-2
.sheep to th,e fold. Thanks to the
chiefs for their generous hospitality
while we were orphans. Thanks too
to Johnny Kirchner, Slc, to whom
credit is due for the decorations on
the menu blackboard in Wave's.
mess. This boy is a handy_-man with
the colored chalk and the black-
board has bloomed with decoration.
up our
Caution! Women at Work
One sunny morning last week
some of the 60 Wave seamen, who
have recently arrived and are
awaiting assignment, took on an
extra job or so. They attacked the
windows of Barracks 232 and 275
with a woman's determination, and
no swabby ever saw brighter win-
dows than those. They stacked and
re-stacked linen, helped to re-
.Huge Number of Plants arrange supplies, and all in the
spirit of fun and good sportsman-
Raised Annually ship. We hope you will all stay with
us, girls, for your kind of spirit and
By N~rsery H;~re determination is just what we need.
Faces You Know
Hiding their light behind a fence
are Treasur.e Island's nurserymen, Pharmacist mates are sorry to
say goodbye to Dorothy Shank-
who grow shrubs, hedges, and
weiler, PhM2c, who left for Long
numerous other varieties of plants Beach, but they hope she will make
to decorate the grounds· of this a return visit to see how they are
station and Yerba Buena.
getting along. "Jackie" Middleton,
The nursery comprises a fenced 0 M.A.A. of renown on duty at Bar-
in area of 200 by 300 feet. It in-
racks 232, is thinking of striking
cludes two greenhouses, and is
for a change of rate. Above and be-
located to the left of Dispensary
yond her call of duty she is a car-
No. 1. penter. Last week sh,e took hammer
-David Kuyvenhoven, a nursery- .
man and landscaper with many and nails and built a record cabinet THE GIRL BACK HOME limelight this week picks out lovely Mary L.
Moore fr.om Memphis, Tenn. Although the Army PX there is fortunate
which shows definite talent in car-
years' experience in Holland and pentry and design. You may get a enough to claim Miss Moore as an empl,oyee, her heart belongs to the
California, and R. W. Hiley, CSF, GREEN THUMBS UP-Tempor- chance to replace a man yet, Navy-specificially, John L. Williams, EM1c. Williams reC'ently re-
are the green-thumbed men in ary crews of sailors work at sta- turned from four years' overseas duty and is about to be transferred to
"Jackie," good carpenters are hard an advanc-ed electrical school.
charge. tion nursery gr,owing plants that to find.
During the past three months, will later brighten precincts of
the nursery has made 100,000 plant Treasure Island and Verba, Buena. Overseas Make-Up Kit ance which was added to your
The resourceful ladies of the Red check last payday. Now you can Armed Guard Spanks
cuttings. These are now in the Bottom, David Kuyvenhoven and
Cross have devised an overseas blossom in a new navy suit ( very
greenhouses. Chi-ef R. W. Hiley, heads of pro- make-up kit for Waves which is smart for spring), a new navy hat Alameda Air, 35-25,
Later they will be transplanted ject, pa.use f.or a moment in one of
similar in .design to a shoe bag. Its and a new black leather bag.
to flats and tin cans, for the war nursery's two greenhouses. At Kezar Pavilion
·has made a casualty of flowerpots. pockets will hold make-up, comb Back to School
The tin cans are salvaged from the Waves Enter and brush, whisk broom, shoe rags Wave gunnery strikers from OTS Alameda Naval Air Station took
galleys, and it is estimated 50,000 and other small articles which the were 4.0 pupils recently when -they another drubbing at the hands of a.
will b,e required by. the nursery Second Week of girls will need on the trip over attended a three-day practice on
when large luggage is unavailable. the gunnery range at Point Mon- Treasure Island team, this time
during the next three months.
"Our patron saint," stated Chief Hoop Tourney The arrangement is rolled up and tara. The gunnery officer in charge submitting to the inspired play of
Hiley, "is the Garden . Clubs of The Wave basketball team from tied lik,e a pharmacy kit, and is said the girls did a fine job in their the Armed Guard, 35-25.
available at the embarkation cen- class-room work, in actual firing
America. They gave us thousands the T. I. hospital played Western Coming back from their stinging
of geranium cuttings and other Sea Frontier in San Francisco Tues- ter. practice and in breaking down and defeat at the hands of the Camp
plants when we started from day, Jan. 23. The fast-moving team W,ord From the Wacs assembling the 20 millimeter gun.
scratch in September, 1943." scored an eight-point victory with a Not so long ago the Wacs dis- "In fact," and this was the best of Parks Seabees earlier in the week,
Chief Hiley also_ gives special final score of 16 to 8. High score carded their original "cheese-box" all, "this group of Waves ranks the Armed Guaz:dsmen continued
credit to a marguerite bush which was made by Jacobs, who earned dress hat in favor of the overseas with the men in all _phases· of this their sizzling pace in the NCBA
stands behind the Administration nine out of the final 16 points. For- cap. Now Uncle Sam is trying to course." Pupils were Castiglione, basketball tourney that has .carried
Building. It is the parent of the wards: Parsons, Jacobs, Grooman, sell 76,712 discarded caps and has Ferris, Lash, Price, Small, Smith, them to the top, along with Treas-
thousands of white-petaled flowers Lay and Nelson. Guards: Morelock, shown them to milliners, UNRRA Van Nostrand, Weed and Zink. ure Island.
seen everywhere on Treasure. Is- Russell, Gross and Knight. and FEA officials and buyers for P,oem Bayer and Backlund, a couple of
land. Cuttings from this bush, Playing on the home court at the prisons. Results, no _sale. On the Without further comment we "hot and cold" men, were held com-
plac-ed in boxes behind the Admin- same time was the TADCEN team other side of the ledger is• the word publish this timely verse: pletely in check by Fischer and
istration Building, were the fore- which played the district head- that regular GI rations proved too It's really amazing how well you Mathewson. Bayer going the entire
runner of the nursery. During un- quarters team with a final score· of much for the Army women and so get by game without a point and Back-
29 t<;> 24 in favor of headquarters. 54 items have been dropped from When it seems you must .do with-
favorable weather the plants were lund managing a free throw for
Forwards : Bond, Adam, Cooley, the Wac menu with an approxi- out water.
sheltered in the garage beneath the one marker. Both figure very
building. Scrable, McBride and Fry. Guards: mated saving of $2,700,000 on the You can wash out your stockings much in the scoring department.
Worley, Genchi, Gunlapd, Skinner food bill. with air,
Both _Chief Hiley and Mr. Kuy- Point scoring was spread pretty
venhoven rate orchids for their con- and Fry. McBride and Bond tied What, No Cigarettes? Dry clean your face and your hair. evenly, with Nagle of Alameda
tributions to the expansion of the for high score, each earning eight Girls at Hunter Boot School com- You can pass a shower, a tub and waltzing off with top honors at 11
nursery. Wherever they go, they points. plained of a lack of the better a faucet, and Burris of the Armed Guard
gather cuttings to take back to the Tuesday, January 30, 1900, known brands of cigarettes, and so And pretend that you really don't nipping at his heels with 10.
Island and nurse to maturity. USNH, T. I. will play the district a dubious Wave . ensign conducted care. It was the clever ball handling
Chief Hiley has proved himself headquarters team here while an· experiment. Blindfolding eight But all this takes plenty of strength of the barracks D tars that eventu-
,particularly · ingenious in the use TACEN plays at Livermore. Waves, she gave each a smoke from While your laundry continues · to ally turned the tide. Superior in
of salvaged materials to add to the several of their favorite brands in grow; every department except gameness,
nursery's facilities. Collegiates Take 42-34 succession. Only three could identify And you bathe in a cup, the Armed Guardsmen rang up an
The nursery has_ a small staff of correctly even two of the cigarettes And your duds pile up, ,early one-point lead that never
civilian gardeners, and the Navy Drubbing From Flashy smoked. Now the girls take what And you hopefully wait for the varied one way or the other, leav ..
provides temporary help. they can get .. . and like it. drought to stop.
"You should hear the sailors Armed Guard Cagers Gracious Lady ing them on the long end of a 14-11
complain when they first report for San Jose State played host to an Tonight will see sailors and girls But just when you're too dirty to edge at the half.
duty at the nursery," Chief Hiley invading band of Armed Guard having a good time at the all- know or to care, Horsfall opened second half
chuckled. "They think they have basketballers Thursday n i g h t, station dance. Not a small part of The water comes on and you shout with a beautiful tip-in shot for
been detailed to work as nurses dropping the nod to the sailors the enjoyment all will have is the with joy. Alameda and then evened th-e count
with real babies." from across the pond, 42-34. effort of the Wave hostesses to Then you rush for the laundry, the with a free throw. This was the
The University lads led through- make civilian guests and enlisted showers, the tub, closest the Airm.en ever came to
-.. /! - out the first half but wilted men feel welcome. The girls have To find them all full, and that leading. From here .on in, a steady
208,510 VETERANS miserably in the last stanza to the played "gracious lady" since the friends is the rub. pace on both sides kept it 24-26 in
GET PENSION PAY accurate shooting of DeJulfo and first dance several months ago. All (And also the end of this tale.) favor of the Navy men from T. I.,
Washington (CNS)- As of De- Burris. have had a good time. Why hot until the towering Burris .sank a
cember 31, 1944, a total of 208,510 Mccaslin played an outstanding come out tonight and join the fun IT TAKES BOTH pair of field goals and a free throw
veterans of this war were receiving game for the San Jose Collegiates, at Gymnasium No. 1 from 8 to 12. to ice the. game.
pensions for · service-connected dis- nipping the hoop for 18 digits. De- There will be flowers for the girls, War Bonds Fischer and Merchant turned in
a-bilities, the Veterans Administra- Julio's 12-point effort was the best too. and Taxes _ their usual brilliant defensive
tion :revealed. The cost of pensions the Armed Guard had to offer. Time for the Easter Outfit games while Burris, Anet and
for Worid War II soldiers had Half time score favored San Just in time for spring outfitting To Win This War Mathewson took care of the scoring
___ _,r,__,i,,_se,,.n $40,513,789 over 1943. Jose, 20-19. came the quarterly clothing allow- end