NAVY EXCHANGE NOTES
WELCOME SEA BEES ! The Navy Exchange of Adak joins with all station personnel in
wishing you WELCCMF ABOARD. We can’t offer you everything you have been used to
in the lower ’48 but we will do our best to make your stay on Adak.as productive
and enjoyable as possible. A special Welcome Aboard Buffet will be served at the
Club Bayview and Club Caribou on Saturday, 20 April for your enjoyment. Baked Ham,
Roast Beef and all the-trimmings will be ”on the house”. This should be a good
chance to meet your fellow Adakians.
A NOTE TO THF SFABFES; Drop into the Main Retail Store the first chance you get
and say hello. While you’re there pick up a copy or two of the Adak Souvenir Book
let at the Souvenir Counter. This colorful booklet contains a full discription of
Adak and has pictures of many parts of the island which you heloed build arid beau*’
tify the last time you were here. The folks back home will want to know what the
island is like on which you will be spending yourssummer. Adak is easier .to des
■cribe to the folks back home when you send this booklet and they are only $1.10,
Including an envelope for mailing.
MORE FOR MEN in assorted fish hooks and luces, binoculars, a name-brand portable
Stereo that you men in the barracks have been asking for along with a fine, large
selection of the latest records. Also received was a stock of V-shaped, polished
brass record racks that orevent records from warping. Remember records should be
stacked vertically whenever possible.
FOR WOMEN ONLY we now hgve in stock a famous make sewing machine, ladies canvas
pointed toe shoes, cardigan sweaters, bath towel gift sets and glass bake ovenware
that allows you to serve right from the oven to the table. An excellent buy is the
selection of table cloths made of Butcher Rayon and coated with plastic available
in assorted colors that feel and look like linen but can be easily wiped clean.
LOOK SHARP and FFFL SHARP in the new menTs Sport Casts just received. These are
the latest in style and fabric and of course you get the benefit of the Navy Ex
change low price. Try on a couple of them and don’t be surprised if the sales
girls whistle at you. They all think that these new °port Coatsaare *thev,most” ♦
DON’T BE MISLFAD by the price of the new shotguns and 22 caliber rifles just re
ceived, Check the name and you’ll see that these are of the finest guality since
they’re made by a manufacturer who sportsmen know. Also available at our Sports
counter are 22 long rifle cartriges and Shotgun shells.
IAUNDRY EPFCIALS TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED: WFTRF C.URF Adakians wonTt mind the very
temporary discontinuance of the. Laundry ’’Special” service until we can get the ex
pected backlog due to the arrival of MCB-9 caught up. Specials should again be
available in the Laundry by the latter part of this week or the 1st part of the
next week.
FROM THF GARAGE, comes word that they now have in stock trans-guard, a guardian of
transmissions which will keep your transmission in tip top shap. Also received
are flasher units for turn signals, gas caps, radiator caps, plastic steel and
plastic alumininun in handy tubes and cold patch tire repair kits. Another new
item is the sale of white gas for campers, fishermen and cabin owners. You must
have a metal container to put this gas into as gas can not be sold in glass con
tainers.