RADIO CITY NEWS
SUPPLY.NEWS. The Supply Department is due for an almost complete change-oVbr'
in personnel. Ralph MAY, SICL, long time resident of the supply office, >has
received orders to NAVCOrMSTA San Miguel, P.I. Ralph,' Dorothy, and the three
children safy they*-will like the heat. Best of luck to the May's. CASTEN,SK3
has received orders to the USS PRESTON (greyhound) and is leaving the island
under mixed emotions. (He's happy> we're sad). Ed really took hold when he
arrived last October and has been a great asset to the Supply Department. We-,
have more people leaving soon but if we put all the names in the paper this
week, there would be nothing left to print next week. ,
We are happy to see that WILSON, CSSN, is back on his',two feet after receiving
a bad leg scraping while out Boon-docking. It pays to be careful if you intend
to hike Aaak's beautiful hills. The buddy system is.highly.recommended.
Friday, 21 September, the supply department held a division steak dinner at the
Station Snack Bar. Joe Malia, manager, put on a fine dinner that*was*enjoyed
by everyone. After the dinner, a drawing was held for the doo: prices.; "Irish'^
CS2, won an electric razor and Chief McVICKER won a pen and pe:ic:,l set,. Since
the tickets were drawn out of McVICKER's hat, a few faint cries of ‘'FIX'' could
be heard, but he kept the pen set clutched tightly in his fist anyway 0
JOE SEZ - When you think you're indispensable, walk through a cemetery...
DITS FROM THE TWITCHETTS. Recently, eight courageous, young sailers from COM
MSTA departed for lake Betty for a camping trip to top all camping trips (so
they thought^ The magnificient eight were MCGRIFF, MALEFJCH, WJHr.cf,, WOOLRIDGE,
CHAPPUIS, RECIO, DAILEY, and PARKER, radiomen of Ops Department at CCMMSTA.
Monday morning all the gear was drawn from the armory and we were off for Lake
Betty. The galley had to survey all the C-Rats, so we were forced to suffice >
on civilian chow (an item our stomachs have become unadusted to being in the
upper 49) purchased from the Commissary.
The trip was a great success, except for a williwaw that came up Monday night.
This didn’t bother Chappuis and Murphy, who were so engrossed in a real hot
cribbage game. But Woolridge was intent on fixing the tent pole that the wind
from the willawaw had broken. Woody did a good job of splicing it together
using a bayonet and a spare piece of line, with the help of Malerich, only
to be broken again in the night. Five of the brave young souls must have lost
their courage sometime during the night, went down the hill to a quonset hut
in the vicinity to wait for daylight. But Chappuis, Woolridge and Murphy,
staunch outdoorsmen as they are, didn’t flee for safety; to them sleep was
more important...
Tuesday proved to be a little better weather-wise, Murphy weakened later that
afternoon when a mail run was made to C(MISTA. He went to help pick up the mail
and neglected to return, Wednesday morning, the seven came back to COMMSTA,
weary but happy for they had their certificates for spending a night in the <
Alaskan wilderness in a rugged way.
PUBLIC WORKS NEWS. LT M.M. DALLAM, FW Division Officer has declared war on all
Kodiak Bears. He leaves for the "Big Island'1 on the 29th,
COMM&TA is going to notice quite a change of personnel in the PW Division come
Nov,^because half the force will be heading for the lower 48s. Their- names are
URESTE,R.R.,FN, MORRIS,J.W.,SN, NEUI'iAYER,D.A.,FN, STUBINSKI,B.T.,F%.SEAfS,E.E.,
EN1, DUENAS, T. V., Fu , COLLINS,L.D.,UT1, RUFF,J.E.,BUCA, SWEESY,W.G.,SN, VESENTINE,
J.(n),SN, MOORE,F.W.,Si*., KURZ,K.D.,CMACN, HAEHN,D.J.,SA, WHEELER,F.G.,SN, POUDER,
G.A.,CN, ALLISON,J.E.,FN, and last but not least Chief FRASCELLA,J. A., UTCS.
TUNDRA TOM (Seaweed Sam*s Cousin) SEZ- Profanity is the strongest way for a
sailor to express his weakness.......