NAVFAC HEWS
This week at NAVFAC seemed to be dominated by the supply department* Early
in the week it looked bleakj, The Facility Supply Officer, Ensign Ed KOSTII^
sat hunched over an enormous pile of chits acquiring writer's cramp from
signing' them all. He sat muttering about how it was incomprehensible why he
had to waste So much precious, irreplacable time signing requisition slips
from all (4) the various departments. And then have to sign chits for silly
things like rubber signature stamps for officers was unimaginable waste of
time. It might have been mumbled gently at the time by someone in the room,
and to ensure that this gem of wisdom does not go completely unnoticed, -it
will be repeated here: The idea proposed was for the supply officer to order
a signature stamp for himself so that ho doesn't have to waste time signing’
chits for silly things like signature'stamps. **
But despite its grim beginnings for the supply.officer, it was his department’s
week to shine. Truckloads of filing cabinets, tables, desks, and gargantuan
coat racks descended upon the facilitya Where there had been a tremendous
lack of equipment, supply now was providing more equipment than was ever dream
ed of. Book cases (just too small for any of the manuals to fit in) piled up
in office after.office. The executive officer sent Karl LENG-LE, SA, on a mis
sion around the facility collecting manuals, instructions, anything to fill up
the empty shelves that lined his office6 Equipment was shoved into any office
that was unoccupied, No longer,did anyone‘lock"their office to keep their,
belongings, now they had to protect,themselves from the effusive supply depart
ment that was creating a warehouse in every unoccupied office. Ensign Pete-_
KIEELAND became, so unneryed that he stalked into a closet looking for a filing
cabinet. One bright spot in the deluge was that a few of the.manuals come in
for the changes that have .been on board for.months*
When the smiling Chief Boatswain’s Mate returned, there was the touching
scene of Chief BRATCHxCR fumbling with the CM4A badge, (he had trouble seeing it
through the hair on his upper lip - or was it tears in his eyes?) and pinning
it on its rightful owner, Chief WILSON*
Ron BEAM, WECO Field Representative, decided to return the three books that he
found in his quarters to the library. They were checked out in 1947.
One more week remains .before position week in the NRTFaC Bowling League, George
BROWNELL, RMS4, led his team to victory in one game, more with remarks than
with bowling ability3 But he did manage one game of 140, with the help of his
44 pin handicap. The teams now stand at:
1.
2.
3.
4«’
5.
6„
7o
Misfits
Shorthorns
Way-Outs
Top-*Cats
Cat-Killers
Whirlwinds
Upsetters
Won
19
15
13
13
13
9.
7
7
Lest
5
9
11
11
11
15
17
17
-8. Tenpins
The officer’s team, the Whirlwinds, managed to blow four straight .this week..