CAPTAIN S.Me SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer THE
A D A K
CDR E.L. CRANCE, USN SUN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR: Harold T. Davis,YN1 055-J or 365j
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We note on our calendar a day marked
Thanksgiving. It is well for us to give
some thought to this day and to its mean
ing for us. When our country was very
young this occasion became one of gren.t
meaning. The day was dedicated to thank
fulness for the basic necessities of
life and even more for life itself.They
were thankful to be alive *
The first National Thanksgiving Proc
lamation given by President Abraham
Lincoln on October 3> 1863, has a mess
age for us in 1961. It reads in part:
’’The year that is drawing to a close has
been filled with blessings of fruitful
fields and healthful skies. To these
bounties, which are so constantly enjoy
ed that we are prone to forget the source
from which they cone, others have been
added, of so extradordinary a nature
that they cannot fail to penetrate and
soften the heart which is habitually
insensible to the ever watchful provid
ence of Almighty God.
No human counsel hath devised, nor
hath any mortal hand worked out, these
great things. They are the gracious
gifts of the most high God who, while
dealing with us in anger for our sins,
hath nevertholess remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper
that they should be solemnly, reverent
ly and gratefully acknowledge as with
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one heart and one voice by the whole
American people. I do, therefore, in
vito my fellow citizens in every port
of the United States, and those at sea
end those sojourning in foreign lands,
to set apart and observe the last Thurs
day in November as a day of Thanksgiving
and praise to our boneficient Father who
dwelleth in the heavens”
May we think on these things as we
prepare for our giving of thanks on
Thanksgiving. *
Chaplain John L. Perry
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As John CHRISTOPHER, E01 sayss "Every^^
one can’t be so lucky as to be statione^fc
here with a MOB and get orders to over
seas shore duty here." ;
To prove how happy he was with those
orders "Chris" has just reenlisted on
board for a period of four years and
departed on reenlistment leave to assist
his wife in preparations for the journey
to Adake
A native of Georgia, his parents Mr.&
Mrs. Ben Christopher reside at Junction
City, Georgia. His wife, the former
Miss Emily J, Bell is presently at Atlan
ta, Georgia.
A veteran of naval service since 1943
CHRISTOPER will work at Public VJorks on^fe
his return from leave.
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