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PAGE 8 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945 Opticians Treat 70
OPERATIONAL WANT ADS·
TRA!Ni G SCHOOL FOR SALE- 1941 Tudor Ford, Patients per Day at
1
top condition. Call Ext. 674. Dispensary· No. 1
FOR SALE-Navigator's watch.
The eye, ear, nose, and throat
Telemeter stop hand, luminous department of Dispensary No. 1
dial, practically new, 17 jewel.
Sports is a hard-working place. But the
Phone Ext. 105 ..
C. E. Lynn, Sp(A)3c, claims to busiest part is the eye clinic. One
be the checker champ of OTS, due FOR SALE~ 1931 Chevrolet spo,rt doctor and one corpsman-Com-
to his recent victory over George coupe. Excellent eondition. See mander J. T. Harrington and
Davis, Sp(A)lc. After a gruelling MacMillan in machine room at PhM2c Robert A. Ferrell- make
on the square board, Lynn Bldg. 264 between 0800 & 1600. up the entire staff.
said, "Don't get mad George, WANTED TO BUY-A good used The staff examines men coming
those checkers were put on the car, any make. Contact Ray in and those going out to sea,
board to be removed." Davis re- Green, S1c, Barracks ''K" office, treats· from 60 to 70 patients per
plied, "Yes, but don't forget- I Ext. 79. day, and does about two hundred
was playing with my left hand!" and fifty eye refractions per
WANTED TO BUY: E Flat Alto
. .. In line with sports, Bill Reed, month. In addition to this, they
Sp(A)3c, OTS mainstay at third saxophone. Prefer a Buescher spend their spare time gathering
base, welcomed his leave to good or Conn. Must be in good con- statistics on F;'oveo-Macular Re-
dition. Contact Leo Dittman,
old Kansas City . . . Not left be- tinitis, which is an unusual dis-
hind, Donald Carter, Sp(A)3c, is Bkr3c, Galley K. ease suggesting a cyst or hole in
journeying back to Indianapolis LOST - Brown wallet between back of the eye, and is observed
.with Mrs. Carter. He reports he Post Office and Galley "K" con- almost exclusively among enlisted
will be back soon. taining ID card and pictures. men of the Navy.
Engineering Return to George Ramey, S2c, Last March Dr. Harrington re-
Topic of conversation for the . at MAA office, Section 8, Bar- turned to the United States after
week in the Engineering Depart- racks I. . 22 months in the Pacific, with or-
ment is the recent Pier 4 Training ders to report to T. I. for duty .
Cruise made by Scott, CMM . . . Until this time Navy opticians
Ship's Company is wondering Eligible for Discharge? were restricted to doing adviso-ry
why "Pointless" Steele and "Que- or treatment work. They had no
ball" Eichert, of the black gang, Don't Drop Your G .' I. facilities to provide sailors with
can't get along on the volleyball Insurance - Convert It glasses. But when Dr. Harrington
court. They are such very good reported for duty he found the
friends otherwise . . . The Engi- Though the war is ended, don't Navy had installed equipment in
neering Office reports the tem- drop your Government insurance. its hospitals, which made it pos-
po·rary loss of W . L. Brown, Y2c, You may think that when you re- sible to give glasses, free of.
who is on leave .. . At this point turn to civilian life, you have to charge, to men with weak eyes or
of delving into the scuttlebutt of drop your insurance or change it below-standard vision. In conse-
the Engineering Department, the to a civilian company. The truth quence, Dr. Harrington returned
reporter was thrown out, thus is that once you have it you can to a busy job.
making it impossibl'e to get an:v keep it as a civilian, and it is al- His clinic has been doing an
more dope! ways Uncle Sam's Insurance. ever-increasing volume of busi-
C.I.C. Your Government insurance ness. But with the appointment
books full and facilities limited,
Greatest complaint of the CIC will undoubtedly prove to be one
Department i-s the apparent short- of your biggest assets in civilian only the most needy men receive
BOY MEETS GIRL in high school English class. Boy and girl go life, so don't drop it. glasses gratis from the Navy.
"steady" until boy Joins Navy. When boy returns-but who knows? handedness in the line of Radar However, an arrangement is made
The plot for the romance of Ann W,oodside and James McCabe hasn't Technicians, due to transfers to See the Benefits and Insurance whereby men who have reason for
yet been finished. Brown-eyed, 18-year old Ann is probably already the hospital and requests for dis- officer of your activity and le-arn
becoming impatient with the Navy discharge program. Meanwhile, charge, leaving one technician for of the conversion qualities of your wearing glasses unobtainable
Jim is p,laying the role of student at the Armed Guard Gunners all the work. Adding to this con- present policy. from the Navy, can procure them
Mate school. · through civilian sources with a
fusion is the enlarging of classes 40 per cent discount in price.
by 50% and receiving new equip-
Radio Materiel School in the second round. Bob pounced ment. A. s. Krane, RTlc, wh 0 Wave: "Does this lipstick come
on Kellis from the opening bell
and decked him three times before now carries the weight of sole off easily?'.' And then there's the fellow who
RMS Swimming technician on his shoulders, was Clerk: "Not if you put up a offered his girl a Scotch and sofa
he stretched the Pre-Com lad for
RMS, with its array of college approached for questioning and good fight." and she reclined.
the count. Congratulations, Bob,
swimming stars, added another and good luck to you in the finals. looked up from his newspaper
laurel in its race for the long eno;igh to say, "Insufficient
Age Survey subordinates-otherwise no com- Hollywood Pin .. op Parade
Commodqre's Trophy. Copping An analysis among the men of
ment." . .. The entire department
first place in every event,' Dale Companies 75 and 76 reveals that
is bucking one E. V. Petrik, '--
Webster, Co. 68, who was l;>eaten their average age is 21.7 years. RdM3c, and the cigar situation in
Sunday by in_ches by the . 9 ; eat However, the conclusion that the celebration of the new arrival,
Taioli in the mi~e during the.Har- typical RT has reached his ma- Susan Mae (7½ lbs.) . He claims,
bor .Day m.eet, won the 50 yard jority would 'be incorrectly drawn, due to some unknown element of
backstroke. Knotts, A. F., co. 76, since considerable deviation from time, that all men should give
this was evidenced in both direc-
was hard pre~sed all the way in him a cigar. Say, Curly, don't you
tions. It was determined that but
the 50 yard breaststroke. Clarke, know that tobacco rationing is
50 per cent of the sample were of
Co. 81, with his perfect dive turns off? . . . While passing through
voting age. The results of the in-
and powerful strokes took the 100 the CIC Office, it was noticed that
vestigation are thought to be a
yard free style. Kuehne, W. C., "Bennie the Bum" Bernard, Rd-
good cross-sectional indication of
Co. 82, was just too much as he M3c, was studying very diligently
RMS as a whole.
sprinted the 50 yard in less than on the fundamentals and princi-
RMS Boxing Smoker
24 seconds. Brown, I. 0., Co. 79, ples of Radar- between the cov-
August 28 will bring another of
won the low board diving. ers of a Life Magazine.
the popular monthly boxing Gunnery
The back ·stro~e With life-
smokers to RMS. Featuring the For the third and last time (we
jacket and the obstacle course Mahlon Twins, who a,re fighting a
were taken by Kucera, R. W., Co. hope) the Gunnery Office moves
return engagement, the evening again! This time it goes lock,
77 and Lautner, Co. 73. The med-
will start off with seven all-star stock and barrel to Bldg, 116 in
ley te,;tm, Webster, Brown and bouts which should make for a
Kuehne, and the 200 yard free Group II. Comdr. C. J . McWhinnie
good punch show. All this and will retain an office at OTS, di-
st~i,e, Knotts,- Witherspoon, baut-
forty minutes of professional en- viding his time between offices. If
ner;" Clarke, showed fine team- tertainment, ·too! A program of
work and exceptional speed last you see any Gunner's Mates or
dancing, singing, acrobatics and Specialists wandering around with
Sunday. swing music will be included and a rather dazed expression, just
Others who competed in the all hands are invited to attend for
set them off in the right direction
district meet were Furniss, Co. 81, another of those evenings of good
-they will probably be lost . . .
Dixon, Co. 82, Schwartz, Co. 79 clean fun.
Specialist G's and all who fre-
and Mishara, Co. 79. Brown, Web-. Commodore·s Tr,ophy Champ'ship quented the Bookroom give a
ster, Kuehne, Clark, Lautner, and In the competition for the Com- hearty "welcome back to the
Knotts all tied for high point man. modore's Trophy, RMS is way out
fold" to Laura E. Ferris, Sp ( G) 3c,
All members of the team ·rep- in front of all other activities on who just returned from a nice
resented Treasure Island in the Treasure Island with a command- long leave at home.
meet at Shoemaker, Sunday. ing thirty-two points with Pre-
Their coaches were Magagna, Commissioning in second place ed third, thus piling up four firsts
Sp(A)lc and Gregory, Sp(A)3c. with eighteen points. and a third place for a total of 32
RMS Boxing Champ Out of the five events already points. RMS has teams standing
In the recent preliminary· bouts completed from the Commodore's by and ready for the four remain-
of Treasure Island's Golden Glo'{e Trophy four have been won by ing events with all hands eyeing
boxing tournament, RMS's Bob RMS, namely, badminton, volley- the individual trophies as well as NEW PIPPIN GIRL-The Washington State Apple Growers Asso-
Jungles, sliow:ing improved form, ball, tenni•s and swimming. In the the Commodore's . trophy for this ciation has selected Dorothy Malone, Warner Bros. actress as this
stopped · Jack Kellis of Pre-Com softball competition RMS finish- command. year's "Pippin Girl." Dorothy can be seen in "Roughly Speaking/'