Page 112 - Mastheads July-Dec 1945

THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1945
Insurance Sales Officers . United at T.. /,, Chapel
takes up new duties as civilian
and housewife . . . Also added to Good Post-War
our "missing" list is Lt. (jg) Bet for Veterans
-~~~,.,A, Kaufman who has been trans-
ferred to the district leaving a By Camp Newspaper Service
hard-earned record for good serv- If you're interested in a field
ice behind her, and a host of where you can be your own boss,
Those of you who contemplated friends . . . S·peaking of clothes, without layoffs or slack seasons,
transfer under the Wave redistri- Lucy Nelson and Dazet went to and where your age is no factor
town the day before being dis- in success, you might consider the
bution program for the last quar-
ter came· against the new revision charged and really let themselves insurance business.
go ~ . . Among memorable pur- Most anything can be insured,
of the order. V-l0's who are eligi-
chases wer,e Dazet's lizard shoes from jewelry to rainfall, but the
ble for discharge under Alnav
252-45 may no longer apply for and a brown, seal-trimmed coat biggest thing in the field is life
transfer. Only those ratings ex- for Miss Nelson ... Morale at the insurance, with $153,000,000,000
hospital Wave quarters hit a new worth of insurance in force by
eluded from the provisions of the
bill, (including SKD's and mail- all time low after the fashion mid-1945.
parade ... Gwen Blackmun has There was a time not so long
men), and who had served in this
moved from the Chaplain's office ago, when insurance sales was a
naval district at least two years
could make application for the re- in barracks E to the main chapel field fo·r failures in other lines.
where she will act as yeoman for They became representatives of
cently ended quarter. Next trans-
the senior CathoHc Chaplain . . . one of the big companies, sold to
fer application time is around
Too bad about Butch Garner ... their friends, and just managed
December if you are thinking of
a change. Before 8 a.m. she's blind as a bat to get along.
.. . · Maybe optometry would have The big companies, however,
Just Between Us been a better field than dentistry became conscious of the disad-
The things they tell us about for her . . . (Probably a special vantages of such a system-or
Balboa Park! . .. Beauty salons, kind of blindness·) . . . Have y'ou lack of system. They began
slacks on the base and even a suffered from "fashion passion" selecting personnel more careful-
dance at which civvies were worn. this week? ... Have you been on ly, and employed scientific tests
. .. These should make it easier a "mag-jag" this month? ... If to find the qualities they thought
for Casey, Chacon, Karas, Eaton you have you're the gal we're desirable. These are: a faculty
and Schwarzbach to leave the looking for . . . You borrowed the for meeting and getting along
hospital and their friends for new Harper's Bazaar, the Charm and with people; an ability to manage
duty at the "park" . . . The redc the Madamoiselle from our lounge and budget one's own time; a
heads seem to have really van- and kept it, depriving all other friendly interest in people and
ished from our M.A. forces . . . clothes - haunted females from their problems; and a resistance
only Jean Kim})erley, whose claim even a look .. . You get our vote to easy discouragement (a lot NEWLYWEDS-At ceremonies in the Treasure Island Chapel last
to red hair is a bit doubtful, could for most unpopular Wave of the of prospects are not sold). Tuesday, Lt. (jg) Marjorie Beacom became the bride of Lt: Raymond
be said to hold the fort. . . . C. week ... Bring 'em back see- or Nowadays, companies give Broderick. Mrs. Broderick is attached to OTS and Lt. Broderick, a
"Rosie" Rose· made our total loss else! ... Glad to hear that Helen salesmen training and do every- veteran of several Pacific campaigns, is on duty at PreCom Training
Center.
number three when she accepted "Bambi" Bammert is winning a
a discharge .. . No consideration, bad bout with tonsilitis . .. Ask and we are waiting for it (seven thing possible to put them on Some 15,000,000 ex-servicemen
that's all ... The tree surgeons Betty •Skelly what she thinks copies, pr.ease) , • • Hospital their feet. Salesmen start out with will have held National Service
took over at barracks C last week about docto,rs .. . if she's too far Waves mourn the transfer and de- a salary plus commissions, so that Life Insurance when the war
and now the girls are combing the up on a cloud to hear you ask her parture of Lt. Jeffries, recreation they can get along before they emergency and occupation period
leaves from their hair and enjoy- friends about the lovely diamond officer and their "good angel" • • ·. begin to produce. The greatest are over, and insurance e:icecu-
ing their new view ... (Bet they she's wearing . . . If you can get Our final word is for the y,eomen opportunity for ex-servicemen, tives regard them as good pros-
didn't even know their landscape a look be sure and wear your dark who helped out in the district last according to Raymond C. John- pects. They say that it is an
had.been trimmed.) . .. Apologies glasses .. . Collapsing and relax- Sunday• · · their thanks and ours, son, assistant vice-president of axiom of the business that the
to Lois Koch .. . it was heT lovely ing is hard-working Lt. William- too. _________ New York Life, is in the selling toughest thing is to sell a man
voke at the hospital chapel last son now that Wave discharges are field, but there are also other his first policy. Sales should be
Sunday, not L. Winterburg's as being handled at Balboa Park . . . "What is that man doing over positions, mainly in home offices, easier with so many men having
previously reported .. . Wave If you want a remedy for writer's there snapping his fingers?" such as accountants, actuaries, learned of the value of insurance,
officers turned out in festival at- cramp she has several recommen- "He's a deaf mute with the hie- statisticians, adjustment and they believe.
l ~·: !~! !!~~ !~~~ !?~! i ~·I Life Insurance, sales have risen A man who would retire on social
!!: ::"! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ = f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !!: !!: : I
Much insurance will also· be
claim wo·rk, and so on.
tire (navy blue of course) for a dations ... Doris Houghton owes cups."
dinner honoring Lt. Hasse who us a detailed account of her leave 111111••••••••••••~
According to the Institute of sold to supplement social security.
~[ :
:
5
0
g 3)~ °t :~:::r:a::::~. t:: f~~r:;: :p:;~~ ~i::u~!y ~e:!t:nea~f~ s:;u~~o~ :
• ~ /,.,. <J. J.
after the Civil War; 70% after month, but if' it were supple-
~ 'ft'" • • the Spanish-American War; 90% mented with a private annuity,
p~ after World War I. Moreover, he could.
sales have been going us steadily Insurance companies nowadays
* since the bottom of the· depres- are badly depleted, and many ser-
BANKING FACILITIES sion, from 98 billions of insurance vices have been temporarily cur-
in force in 1933 to the present tailed. With the easing of the la-
WESTERN UNION
level of 153 billion. A continued bor market, these activities will
PosT OFFICE
rise, plus a post-war following the be res:µmed, and considerable ex-
WAR BoND OFFICE historical pattern, is expected. pansion is anticipated.
Atl 4 services located in Bldg.
258, Ave. H, near 4th St. Waves Crew;,Has Fine Record at RMS -
*
SMALL STORES
Bldg. 215, 10th St., between
Aves. Mand N.
~
TELEPHONE CENTERS
Recreation Bldg. 263, 9th St.
and Ave. H.
Bldg, 174, 4th St. and Ave, C.
(Band Circle)
'*
RAILWAY COACH TICKETS
AIRLINE MERVATIONS
TRAVELERS' CHECKS
INSURANCE
Bldg. 174, 4th St. and Ave. C.
Bldg. 221, 11th St., between
Aves. G and H.
*
SmP's SERVICE No, 1
. Bldg. 152, 9th St. and Ave. C. THE SNAPPY CREW OF WAVES pictured abov•e are assigned to
* one command, that of Radio Materiel School. These girls hold down
many rates, including those ,of stor,ekeeper, yeome,n, photographer
SHIP's SERVICE No. 2 and printer. W,ork g.oes ,on daily at RMS, and these Waves are right
' DEFINITELY THE YOUNGEST "girl back home" recorded on these in the thick of it. Y,ou'II find them in the Communications Office, In-
pages, tiny Janice Ann Hendricks ·Js the'.•daughter _of L,ouis R. He_n- Bldg. 8, 5th St., between Aves. structor's Office, Welfare Office, Duplicate Offic•e, Visual Aid, Li-
dricks, S1c, of Welfare. She's ten months old and has blue eyes and M11ndN. brary, and Special Courses Office. Many of these lady sailors have
· light br,own hair. She hais a brother,,. flonnie, .but if th~re were only been here since July, 1943. Their work at RMS has gone a long way
anoth,er, she complains, she ·could get her daddy out ·of the Navy. to achieve this department's splendid rec,or,d ,on Treasure Island.