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J?AGE 4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1945
GATHER 'ROUND, EVERYBODY; TADCEN'S BAND IS GONNA PLAY SOME

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Mrs. Prim: "I decided it was
time to have a frank talk with my
young daughter, and believe me,
ladies, I certainly learned plenty."
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MAA: "Did anyone lose a roll of
bills around this barracks with a
rubber band around them?"
Recruit: "Yes, sir, I did."
MAA: "Well, I've found the rub-
ber band."
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CStM to Boot: "What are you
doing in that GI can?"
, Boot: "Eating, sir!"
C. S.: "Get back into the mess
hall. You ain't no better
are!"
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This week's definition: Quicksil- 1 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON! Sparkling rhythms, concert pieces each noonday. Music lovers enjoy this morale service and come in
ver-what the Lone Ranger says and march selections make up the musical rep1:rtolre for T~e~~ure large numbers to enjoy the musical scores before returning to thei'r
when he is in a hurry. Island's band when they play f.or hundreds ,of blueJackets and c1v1hans activities fo regular assigned duties.
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He took her gently in his arms Rehearsing More Than Six Hundred Naval Training was graduated in October, has
And pressed her to his chest. made a quick tour of the Pacific
The lovely color left her face Orchestrations Keep T. I. Musicians Busy Schools and has already returned as a sur-
vivor. After graduation and tem-
And lodged upon his vest. Spring is here, and with it the pol'.ary stop-over in Shoemaker, he
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Ensign: "Your report should be I d Ma 1tary an master became the first "baton . . . was transported to a ship. Eight
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wielde~' for the band. He did much first sprmg social function ~taged
written in such a manner that even • f t h 1 pro uce one o f th fin t by the Welfare officer. CPO s and days later they met the typhoon
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the most ignorant may understand Among 1oneers O concert bands in the bay area and instructors . dmed at _the Hote in which his destroyer was one of
•th th b d Claremont m the beautiful Berke- the unlucky three. We are wishing
it." • N I B devoted many h ours wi e an , . .
Yeoman: "Well, sir, just what Th IS ava ase h . f ·t l t· f ley hills setting, and danced to the you better luck on future duty,
re earsmg avori e se ec wns or fine music of Russ Morgan's band. Hall. You've had your share of bad
part is it you don't understand ? " A schedule that keeps them t~e 2500
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menth~ho werlebamo~g ; he Over 80 attended, and all agree that luck for a while.
A girlie whose name doesn't matter busy from morning co ors o ps st it was a great success. Another survivor who returned
entails plenty of work for musi- Forms 17-Piece . ~rche ra
San Diego Repair Base seems tc I to see his fire control alma mater
Found herself getting fatter and nd
cians in both the Treasure Island O_ut of th e military ba , trom- be the place for "old home week" some time ago was· Howard E.
fatter
military band and swing band. The bom st a nd arranger George ,Mat- for our former instructors and Byrne, who was aboard the USS
She dieted so strictly; stellar musical ensemble, since ar- th ews, formerly wi th . Louis Arm- students of Gyro Compass School Gambier Bay.
She began to get sickly, riving here October 27, 1942, has str ong and e late Chic Webb_!_ w~s Donald Jacobs, EM2c, reports in a
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Now there isn't a place you can The time has come to say fare-
filled the air with more than six chosen ba nd leader. U nd er his letter to Max Blank fire control well to two civilians who have
patter. hundred musical scores. And that's leadership, th e orche str a gained_ instructor, that Pet; Cherewaty.
* * * an awful lot of music in terms of wide-spread popularity and often Marlin Jensen, Elwood Lowrie, served Naval Training Schools
An old timer is one who remem- faithfully for over two years. Miss
notes, chords and measures. received top billing at San Fran- John Wright, and "about ten''
bers when a girl only got herself Rowena Stetson has been secretary
into hot water on Saturday nights. Boot training, which included cisco's Stage Door Canteen, lead- graduates of this school are tern- to the commanding officer and has
strenuous rehearsals, drills and ing metropolitan movie houses, porarily doing compass repair wo.rk
kept the file room in ship-shape
intricate band formations under USO Centers and station dances. on various ships while awaiting
condition. Miss Elizabeth S. Tritti-
Keglers Go Through tutorship of Great Lakes' Com- They participated in War Bond commissioning of the repair ship poe has efficiently turned out the
mander Peabody, was an important drives, induction ceremonies for to which they have all been as-
how many
mimeograph jobs -
Paces as lsle-0-Gram phase of the band's work. It is Waves, ceremonies at ship launch- signed. Although life can't be too thousands, Tritty? Much as the
held at a premium when you see ings and many celebrated festivi- lonesome and dull with all those
bay area has to offer her, she has
the musicians lugging instruments ties which occur periodically in the shipmates around, a hint is dropped become homes~ck for the old home
Tourney Nears· End to colors, marching from their bay area. that letters would be welcome. The town, Washington, D. C., and has
Three classifications of play are barrack to play on a .program at Voluminous Repertoire address is USNRB, Div. 11-I, In- to see for herself if it has changed
presently going through the elim- Pre - Embarkation, Operational The band's exte!}Sive· repertoire dustrial Command, San Diego 36, as much as scuttlebutt reports. We
ination stages as the Isle-O-Gram Training School and then catch includes 350 popular dance ar- Calif. wish you both happy duty, wher-
Bowling Tournament goes on its enough breath to foot it up to the rangements, 175 concert pieces, 8 0 Henry S. Hall, Slc(FC), section ever it may be, and we'll be missing
last leg. Tower of the Sun's bandstand for forceful march selections and leader of a fire control class which you.
Keglers of every description are a noonday concert or jam session. scores of novelty tunes.
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throwing them high, wide and hand- They later relax a short while. Many _orche rations, original I !cientific Magic Startles Audience
some in a determined effort to be and then proceed_ to one of the and special arrange,ments, were _
the lucky ones who will be around Island piers to play for bluejackets produced by th e ba~d s staff of ar-
to receive the awards some time before they set sail for "destina- rangers. Most prolific compositions
in March. ticin unknown." Afterward, they and arrangements are credite~ to
Setting a hot pace in the Waves trudge wearily back to their bar- Braxton Patterson, ex-Noble Sissie
division is Phyllis Parsons, while racks · just in time to hear the sax man; Raymond· Brown, ace
trumpeter; guitarist D. K. Brown;
Commander La Claire is giving a inter-communication mike calling James Buchanan and Leonard
good account of himself in the of- for the bandmaster to report to the
Fields, key saxophonists.
ficers play .. office "on the double" and pick up
A mixed doubles tournament is orders for other· engagements. Thirteen Charter Members
slated to follow on February 28 Chief Offenbach, First Bandmaster With the band since its inception
and March 1. Samuel Offenbach, Chief Band- at Chicago are 13 original mem-
bers- W. Fitzpatrick, acting band-
master and concert trumpet soloist;
Bowling Tournament Nears Final Strike M. Sanders, L. Fields, D. K. Brown,
J . Buchanan, W. Jackson, 0 . Al-
corn, V. Kelley, J. Paige, E.
Walker, T. Scates, R. Dunlap and
A. O'Neil.
All of these men gave up careers
with renowned swing bands to join
the Navy.
New Bandmaster
Succeeding acting bandmaster
W. Fitzpatrick, who took over
when Chief Offenbach was de-
tached, is Chief Bandmaster Donald
B. Bosworth.
Back in the states after two
years in the Aleutians and South
Pacific, Bandmaster Bosworth was
transferred to this naval base. He
has lost no time introducing new
plans for the musical aggregation.
Among them is a tentative plan to
procure enough musicians to organ-
ize a 46-piece band.
One sailor had seven small sons
all dressed in blues. MUSIC TRAVELING across the stage on a beam of light, shadows
Another sailor said: "He must be shaking hands-these were among the many features of the General
CURRENTLY "SETTING them up and laying them down" in the Isle- . Electric House of Magic presented Tuesday, February 13, at Theatre
O-Gram pin fest are Lt. Henry Simon and Ens. Elaine Shaffery. Both I a yeoman; he makes seven copies No. 3. The show was part of the company's exhibit at the New York
are expected to give plenty of trouble in their respective divisions. · of everything." World's Fair.