Page 4 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945

PAGE4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1945

SEAS WITH THEM Expecting Folks From

Home? Meet Them at
T. l.'s Hostess House
Debut
Masthead Splinters stands be- Sailors who are expecting their
fore you in the nakedness of its wives or mothers should not
infancy. arrange to meet them at railroad
The aim of this column is to give or bus stations if they do not want
to "The Masthead" readers little to squander precious liberties wait-
sidelights and sidebars of Treasure ing, perhaps miss their relatives
Island activities, plus a little· out- altogether.
side spice. Increasing numbers of cases in
which this has happened are re-
Humanity ported by Mrs. Virginia Nielson,
Leonard Link, congenial man- Director of Hostess Hous-e.
ager of Bank of America's Treas-
Persons traveling from any dis-
ure Island branch and his em- tance are likely to be delayed along
ployees played St. Nick to the men
the way, in view of the uncertainty
in Treasure Island Hospital when
of wartime train and bus sched-
they distributed gifts to the pa-
ules. Sailors who have arranged to
tients. Mr. Link also had a few
·meet them at depots in the Bay
Marines with overseas duty as his
Area may have to wait for days
guests at his home for Christmas and their liberty may expire.
dinner.
Instead, Mrs. Nielson suggests
that anyone expecting his wife or
The Girl Back Home
Hey! Look fellows! How about mother should notify Hostess
sharing that picture of your ever- House of her name and anticipated
loving that adorns your locker time of arrival, and tell her to call
door? Every week "The Masthead" directly at Hostess House. The
runs a featurette entitled "The sailor should also leave his name
Girl Back Home". So how abo_ut and Island address there. In this
way, Mrs. Nielson can with mini-
dropping by "The Masthead" office
with her picture,? And don't worry mum de1ay inform ·the sailor that
about your pals kidding you. It's * * * * his relative has arrived.
just that they are jealous. "One sad case in point," Mrs.
THEY GAVE-There never was a greater r-e- Nielson stated "is that of a girl
High Scorer who was coming to visit her
sponse to a greater cause than that given by
To an unknown P. T. man goes bl·uejackets of Treasure Island who made a brother who is billeted here. On
the honor for setting the highest platoon rush to the Naval Hospital Bl,ood Bank the way down her bus was
kegling score at Bowling Alley No. here as volunteer donors of a pint ,of bl,ood each wrecked. The brother waited many
2 to date. With an average _thr-ee in ,order to increase their ship's assigned quota hours for her at the bus depot, and
of bl,ood plasma. While being primed at Pre-
games at 198, he knocked the pins Commissioning Training Center to man de- when she did not appear, con-
around for a high score game of stroyers, attack transports and attack carg,o cluded she had changed her mind
248. ships, these bluejackets' enthusiastic response about coming. When his sister
to this program is noteworthy. Shipmates, t,op,
assigned to the USS Shields; Coxswain Wilbur finally arrived, three days late, and
Operator, Giv,e Me Hempstead 3032
C. Williams, center, and crew members of the was referred to Hostess House, he
Between the hours of 1800 and USS Soubarissen, bottom, were amo,ng the was away on a 72-hour pass.
2000, the two telephone operators in numberless thr,ong ,of enlisted men who gave. "Much delay and heartache could
the Telephone Center of the new have been avoided if the young
Recreation Building pla~ an aver-
man had communicated with us in
age of 200 long distance ca.11 for the first place," Mrs. Nielson con-
endurance and perseverance while * * * * cluded.
Treasure Island sailors, Marines
and Waves. For a study in human
Hostess House is also ready to
. j assist wives and mothers of per-
working under great pressure, sonnel. on Treasure Island to secure
those two telephone operators are
temporary lodging in the Bay Area
wonderful specimens. They can talk
whenever possible; howe,ver, the
to a sailor who is trying to call his sailor should make every effort to
"goil'' in Flatbush, talk to several
arrange reservations before their
others on the lines, and nev,er get arrival working with servicemen's
the wires crossed. It's a ·wonder
housing organizations ashore. This
how the two operators can keep
is by no means intended to convey
from hanging themselves the way
the impression that even tempor-
they poke and tug the trunk lines
ary accommodations are easy to
into the holes on the switch board.
find because it is increasingly
And when a call is -not completed,
difficult.
the operators are just as disap-
pointed as the boy making the call.
Swim Classes
Star ,of Bethle,hem
The small patrol Offered Waves
at her mooring lines, seemed proud.
of the wooden roughly hewn five The next few weeks will see the
pointed star nailed to the top of opening of the recreation pool at
her mast. On the tip of each of the gymnasium No. 2. Wave swimming
star's five points, there sparkled a classes are planned for beginners
colored light. To the crew of this an"d advanced pupils if there are a
small v-essel, the wooden star was sufficient number interested to war-
their Star of Bethlehem, shining rant instruction. Wave r-ecreation
their hopes . that this would be the officer, Lt. (jg) Virginia Gross, asks
last Christmas they would have to that those interested contact her
be away from their families. at Extension 77 as soon as possible.
In this way the new program can.
Back 'Em be better suited to Wave recrea-
When Treasure Island's sparkling tional needs.
basketball team humbled the Golden
Bears last Satur.day night at Cali-
fornia, the stands showed a nega- Break for
tive report on the support from
Treasure Island personnel. This · Berkeleyites
basketball team is one of the hot- Lt. Frank D. Butler of this; sta-
test teams on the coast. If you fel- tion will carry a limited number of
lows give 'em a little support, they asked for volunteers who will do- I "These· men will very shortly be Treasure Island riders to and from
will be the hottest team on the Sailors Taking Own nate a pint of blood per man to manning destroyers, attack trans- Berkeley in his car daily. If you
coast. A lot of you hate to go to augment the ship's assigned ·sup- ports and attack cargo ships in have a shore address west of
the games because it means losing Blood Plasma Into ply. The blood received from these new assaults on the Japs and there Sacramento Street and between
a liberty night. But have you ever donors is made into plasma at the is no telling when extra blood University South and Ashby Ave-
realized that the guys on the team War Zones Blood Bank, Naval Hospital, Treas- plasma will be needed." nue and wish to ride with Lt. But-
are also losing a liberty night when Treasure Island bluejackets pre- ure Island, and turned over to the An allotment of plasma is as- ler, you should call him at Exten-
they play? So, come on, a little
paring for ov-erseas duty on the Medical Officer of the vessel. signed . each ship by the Navy De- sion 225 for further details.
loyal spirit support for the team.
Navy's new fighting ships are tak- From the moment the program partment. This supply is, based on
The games are over early, and the
"gas joints" don't close until mid- ing their own blood plasma out was announced the response from average requirements, however,
both offic.ers and men has· ·been and Navy medical authorities be- Hours for New
into the war zones with them.
night.
While awaiting the completion spontaneous and enthusiastic. lieve the additional plasma fur-
of combat ships under construction "The idea of having their own nished by the ship's own crews will Library Posted
For centuries it has b.een the cus- in Pacific Coast yards, crews are blood plasma in their dispensary to take care of all emergency needs. . The following hours for the new
tom in Arabia for the man to ride assigned and instructed _in the help . themselves and their ship- library located on the top deck of"
the family donkey while the wo- handling of their future vessels at mates has made a definite hit with the Recreation Building have been
man, carrying the household goods, Pre-Commissioning Training Cen- our personnel," Lt. Commander "Is your daddy home, son?" announced by Mrs. L. F . Barr,
walked behind. Now the woman is ter, Treasure Island, California. Harry J . Alvis (MC) USN, medical "No, sir, he hasn't been home head librarian: Week days from
emancipated. She walks in front During the course of the training liaison officer for the Pre-Commis- since mother caught Santa Claus 0900 to 2100 and on Sunday from_
as there may be land mines. program each crew is mustered and sioning Training Center explains. kissing the maid." 1300 until 2100.