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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
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                                                                                                   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/'
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