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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1945 PAGE5

March of Dimes in Key System Buses
North Galley Exceeds No longer Used
Ten Hundred Dollars Inside Base Gates

When they put Herman L. Car- Continued from page 1-
penter, ABMlc, in charge of the
tion. The maximum load
March of Dimes campaign in Treas- exceed 65 persons.
ure ' Island's North Galley, like all As ever, Island pedestrians should
good campaign managers he set
himself a goal-$1000 ! keep to walks, and cross the roads
only at proper crossings.
Four days later, Carpenter, who
One major advantage of the new
was wounded in the Java Sea battle system is that persons coming
February, 1942, had to revise his aboard or leaving the Island are
goal, for his crew of workers had assured of more · rapid transit to
collected more than $1100 and as and from the train, since the Key
this copy goes to press the money System buses, which formerly had
is still pouring in.
to travel around the Island, now
Carpenter says success of the
run only between the train and the
drive is due to "hard work on the gate. The evening liberty hike to
part of my crew and the natural
the bandcircle is a thing of the
generosity of sailors." past, and one seldom has to wait
The entire Treasure Island com-
:r:nissary department March of more than 5-7 minutes for the
trailer bus.
Dimes drive is being conducted by The system is being studied for
Marlin E . Peck, CBM, under super- possible improvement, and any
vision of Commander 0. A. Dole
changes necessary to efficient op-
(SC), Treasure Island commissary
eration will be made as soon
department officer.
sufficient period of time
elapsed.
OVER THE TOP
NEW YORK (CNS)-The 6th
War Loan Drive, for which the
American people were asked to buy
$14,000,000,000 in war bonds and
stamps, has been oversubscribed by
$5,000,000,000.
A PEARL INDEED is lovely Pearl E. Davis, who- rest. James L. Barrows, GM3c, of the Armed Guard,
no wonder- is a mode.I in Oakland. We'll tell you she will marry her when he has his next leave, and t he
Love is one game that's never has brown hair and hazel eyes-her picture tells the couple plan t-o honeymoon in Detroit, their home po rt.
called on account of darkness.
instructor will teach those inter- elsewhere in this paper. It is prob-
Whe'n They "Danced With The Dolly" ested. ably the best gift the new year
Where O Where? could bring, and the thanks go to
That is what the girls at Bar- the Naval Aid Auxiliary of which
racks C are asking. For several Mrs. Cary is a busy member.
weeks they watched the construc- H. M. S. Wave
tion of a modern, glassed-in office The H.M.S. Wave is a new mine-
in their front hall. Came the day it sweeper of the Royal Navy and its
The medical lectures, given in was finished and they and the little C. 0. and crew forwarded this mes-
two series by Lt. Commander H. E. office waited and watched fo see sage to all American Waves. "On
Thelander, were outstanding and who would move in. Last week, dis- commissioning, we, the officers and
unusually worthwhile, at least that couraged at not being occupied, the men of H.M.S. Wave congratulate
was the opinion of the greater num- little office folded its walls "like ourselves upon having the honor of
ber ·of Waves who attended. Dr. the Arabs·, and as silently stole the same good name ru, yourselves.
Thelander has been serving with away." Question now is, why 0 Should we ever serve with ships of
the women Marines since her as· why? your fleet, we hope . . . we may
signment to this naval district. Old Salt have the opportunity to entertain
Lucy Nelson, PhMlc, at the hos- some of your members." (We hope
Champagne for Lt. (jg) Bruns
Lt. (jg) Mary E. Bruns had the pital, will be due for longevity one so too, but they seem to be labor-
of these days. She began her third ing under the impression that we
unique opportunity to be sponsor at
year in the Navy on December 9, are actually sea-going.)
the launching of one of the few
and achieved the position of senior Captain McAfee answered for all
floating dry-docks built since Pearl corpsman at the. hospital quarters. of us by saying, " ... It is indeed a
Harbor. Thursday, January 25, at See you in an old sailor's home after pleruiure to share our name with a
Eureka, Calif., Miss Bruns broke ship of the Royal Navy, and the
the bottle of champagne which let the war, Lucy. American Waves will take special
Air-Wave
the dock slip on its side down the Lois Koch, featured in last week's interest and pride •in the career of
ways into the water. The dry-dock "Personalities" column, was a part the H.M.S. Wave. Please accept our
is able to service vessels up to the of the Sunday night radio show, sincere good wishes in the fulfiil-
size of the battleship, and has made "Sing with your favorite band." nient of your mission."
it possible for many wounded ships The program i.s sponsored by a
to be repaireq without having to well-known beverage company, and
limp the long miles home to the
consists of a contest in which sing- Receiving Ship Whips
States for servicing.
ers sing with a recording of their
Household Pets favorite band. The listening public Radio Materiel, 26-24,
The eighteen new Wave seamen then turns in its votes by mail and
who reported last week had to come the winner gets a week's engage- To Annex T. I. Jitle
West without two of their mem- ment with a name band, plus a case
bers. While waiting in Pennsyl- of the aforementioned beverage. A rejuvenated Receiving Ship
vania station they were approached Returns are not in yet, but we fig- basketball squad, under playing
by a worried sailor with ari unusual ure Lois should be hard to beat. coach, Lt. Jones, turned the tables
request. "Could he leave two white The program is open to all comers, on Radio. Materiel School in an
mice with them?" He was shipping and this might be your way to fame overtime contest, 26-24.
out and could not take the mice and if you sing and are interested. It was the "rubber match" for
since they were pets he wanted Did They Laugh? both teams and in winning the third
them well cared for. The gil'ls ac- Did they laugh, "when you sat encounter, the Receiving Ship quin-
cepted the two orphans and the down to play?" If they did you now tet annexed the first half Treasure
sailor went his way. A few min- have a golden opportunity. A meet- Island championship.
utes later they were informed, that ing will be held February 7 at 1830 The January 24 tilt featured a lot
like the sailor, they too must leave in the lounge at Barracks 232 for of close checking and hard driving.
the mice behind. Now they .spend all girls who play musical instru- Neither team held an edge through-
extra hours wondering about the ments and who are interested in out the first half, one team leading
fate of the small creatures left forming a small orchestra. There one minute and the other tying it
homeless and unwanted in the vast should be lots of laughs and plenty up Peck of the Receiving Ship sank
of fun in such a group, and if you a basket in the closing seconds of
Things to Do become paralyzed with self-con- the first half to tie the count at
A few changes have been made in sciousness, come out and meet 10-10.
Wave recreation activities. The others like yourself who shake Spurting in the third quarter,
Wave singers now rehearse each when playing in public, which of RMS went out in front. Some sweet
Tuesday at 1700 in the parlor at course should be a sure cure. ball handling by Peck and Hardy
the chapel. Knitting lessons are Her Fav,orite Recording brought things back to· normal.
held on Wednesdays at 1900 in the A favorite recording for Jeanne From here it was see-saw until
lourige at Barracks 232· with Mrs. Sohm, PhMlc, will always be the the final gun with both'teams tally-
Welles from Berkeley as instructor. one made last week of her wedding ing 21 points.
Once you have decided on your ceremony. Read the story on an- In the overtime period, Wolfe and
knitting project she will take orders other page of this issue. We only Wetch sank two goals and a free
for yarn and needles, delivering offer here our sincere congratula- throw, while the best RMS could
them to ,you at the next class meet- tions and wish for a happy married offer was three markers. RMS is
ing. Any girls who want to fill the life to the new "Mrs. Thyberg." pointing to a better second half.
TREASURE ISLAND personnel were hosts to Bay Area "dollies" last
Saturday night at another of -the popular ship's dances at the gym- coming spring months with fun and New Hotel for GI Janes
nasium. Refreshments were "on the cuff" and the snack and coke bars exercise are invited to contact Lt. · Do not miss the article on the "That's the guy I'm laying for,"
were crowded with hungry jitterbugs thr,oughout the evening. Top- (jg) Gross at Ex. 78 and find out newly opened hotel for service muttered the hen as. the farmer
notch music by the Treasure Island band together with intermission en-
tertainment combined to make an occasi,on to be remembered. about tennis lessons. A professional women in San Francisco printed went by.