Page 89 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945

THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1945 PAOEl 5
their favorite old films and some
Navy Men AAoat they missed seeing a few years Medic Bowling Winners
back. f:: Th~ ·c;;;; B~;k· H~~; ·.: :1t
To See Request Receive Kegler · Awards
Favorites Picked
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Series of Movies Invited to submit titles of pic- The 1945 Hospital Staff Singles
tures they want returned, the men Bowling Tournament came to a
The Navy this year will augment put such films as "Lives of a Ben- close last Monday night, with the
the movie series for its personn-el gal Lancer," "Mutiny ori the following_ contestants rolling their
afloat and at overseas bases with Bounty," "Holiday Inn," and "Rug- .nay to the Championship and a
the showing of 50 top pictures of gles of Red Gap," at the head of medal award in their respective
past years, to be known as the "re- the list. jivisions.
quest series."
Although the men voted against .)ivision Results:
In cooperation with the Motion war movies with false heroics, they Nurses: Ens. Shaffery,
Picture Industry the Navy has ar- rated films with authentic war game series); Charles, 393; Buck-
ranged for new prints of some of themes such as "Wing and a ley, 387.
the older pictures as the result of Prayer," and "Memphis Belle" Waves: Skidmor,e, 414; Knight,
a survey among bluejackets who among the best liked. .408; Conrad, 367.
said they wanted to see some of Class B. Officers: Lt. Keist, 431;
Each year the Navy distributes Lt. (jg) Brechtheisen, 385; Lt.
more than 25 prints each of 300 Wheeler, 344.
Cross-Word Answers films leased for use primarily at Class B Corpsmen:
overseas bases and for the fleet. Johnson, 371; Eickman,
Besides the 300 films leased by the Class A Corpsmen: Benjamin,
EM I T Navy, the Motion Picture Industry, 565; Tell, 503; Merle, 471.
RA TE through the War Activities com- Gold and silver medal awards
mittee, each month gives to the were presented to the Class A and
armed services 106 prints of three Class B winners, respectively.
different pictures in the 16 milli- A mixed doubles tournament is
meter size. now in progress, and scheduled to
~ontinue until March 26. Entry in
Exchanges Made
Navy motion pictures travel this event may be made in the
with the Navy and play aboard one Hospital Recreation Office on or be-
fore March 24.
ship after another and at Naval
bases overseas. ·They are ex-
changed at sea when ships meet "Darn it," growled the cannibal,
for refueling, they come into port, "leftovers again," as he gnawed on
and go out to sea on another ship. the two old maids.

Red Cross Is By Your Side In Sickness and In Health

GIRL BACK HOME NO. 25 in The Masthead series is pretty 18-year-
old Audrey Nelson, high school student at Pittsburgh, Penn. She is the
guiding light for William Wegert, HA1c, of Dispensary N-o. 2. When
V-day comes, they will start to plan for that little journey that always
ends at a church.
make arrangements and assign
American Red Cross priority of such requests to the se-
Serves Thousands curity officer for prisoners of Treas-
ure Island brig and of the Yerba
On Treasure Island Buena brig.

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Several days a week the Red Dungaree League
Cross shows motion pictures in the
hospital. It arranges birthday par- Softball Clouters
ties, complete with boxes of candy,
cakes, and gifts. A regular monthly In Curtain Raiser
party and a dance are held for
convalescents by the Red Cross, The Treasure Island Dungaree
which provides refreshments and Softball league was launched with
brings hostesses out to the Island. all the pomp and splendor of major
It makes arrangements for shows league baseball when Lt. Hitch-
to be presented by the Armed cock tossed the first "white pill"
Forces Entertainment Committee. across the platter, signalling the
game to get underway.
Serves Armed Guard
Lt. A. H. Mazzie, PreComTraCen
The Armed Guard receives
Athletic Officer, brought together
benefits from the Red
two strong contenders to open the
Cross, whose Cookie Brigade comes
diamond fray.
aboard with cakes and cookies for
parties held at the Armed Guard Taking advantage of six well
plac~d hits in the first three innings,
Center here. The fighting gun
USS "R" jumped to an early lead,
crews are moreover given phono-
graphs, magazines, games, musical 4-0. The DD "A's" retaliated in the
instruments and other recreational fourth frame with a five-run rally
to garner the lead.
articles to take aboard ship.
Both teams then turned on the
No question about it-the Ameri-
heat with nip-and-tuck play that
can Red Cross deserves your fullest
ended in a 11-11 deadlock after
support in its present fund-raising nine innings of play.
drive. Officers who will accept con-
tributions have been designated by
most activities on the Island, but
if yours is without one you may TO CONDUCT MOTOR
leave your donation with Lt. L. G.
Harrier, officer in charge of Bar- VEHICLE DRIVERS
racks K.
Give today-if only so that to- TRAINING PROGRAM
morrow you may receive!
The safety branch of SECP will
conduct a motor vehicle drivers
BRIG PERSONNEL TO training program on Treasure Is-
HELP MAN THE GALLEYS land during the period of April 9
Effective immediately, brig pris- through April 13, it has been an-
oners, with the exception of those nounced. Tl;lis program will consist
in certain categories, will be used of instructions in Theatre No. 3 and
to provide working parties for instructions on an obstacle course,
TADCEN activities and primarily for transportation and all safety
for. the TADCEN Administrative officers. The course will be under
Command (Commissary) . the supervision of a representative
These prisoners may be assigned of the safety branch of SECP . .
mess cook duties in the spud locker, There will be present some 140
scullery, honey house, and such officers and 60 civilians from activi-
TWO UNITS of skilled social workers and trained there; Miss Gladys Watt {iii circle) is field director other duties as may be desired by ties other than Treasure Island. The
volunteers bring blessings of the Red Cross to naval of the hospital unit. At bottom, applicant for Red the Commissary Officer. security officer will arrange for
personnel on T. I. One is in the hospital, and a feature Cross assistance is interviewed by Walter E. Todd, Such working parties may be ob- passes for civilians and officers at-
of its service is birthday parties for patients, like field director of second unit, located In Bulldi_ng 174. tained by making requests to th
that pict·ured at top. Miss June Yeates, second from This staff serves able-bodied, arranges parties and . . · . e tending the instructions a.s may be
left, is in charge of Red Cross -re<:reation program furnishes comfort Items for dispensary patients too. Assistant for Operat10ns who will nec::essary.