CAPT S. M. SHEITON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR. E. L. CRANCE, USN
Executive Officer
Published each Monday for all personnel
on -dak by Special Services* Provisions
fez* NavExos P-35 (Rev* July 58) complied
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CHAPLAINS CORNER -
ADAK
SUN
Chaplain Vernon Stenberg '■ » * *
While not particularly written t~to
cover a military environment, the fol
lowing open fetter contains food for
thought: :
: AN OPEN LETTER TO GOD i
Dear God:.„ J > «
I*m sorry you made Sunday where you
did. You see it is like this-we could
attend churchymuch more regularly if *
your day came at some other time. You'
have chosen a day that comes at the
end of a hard; week, and we are all tired h
out. Not .only that, but it is the day
following Saturday night,
Saturday evening, you know, is one
time we feel we should enjoy ourselves,
so ,wp, go to the movies or a party, and
often it is after midnight whem^ie reach
home. It is almost impossible to get
up on Sunday morning. You have chosen
the very day we want to sleep late,and.
it makes it mighty hard to get the cMl
ren off to Church school and especially •
when they have it so early. Then,there
are the dishes to wash, and we always
have some things we just have to wash
out,
I mean no disrespect, dear God, but
you must realize you have picked out
the day on which we have the biggest
dinner. Not only that,but the church
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has fixed the hour of worship at the
very time we must be preparing dinner.
Then, too, you must think of John.
He is cooped up in his office all week
and Sunday morning is the only time 1b
has to tinker with the car and to m ow
the lawn. When he gets into his old
clothes and his hands are all greasy
you couldn’t expect him to be able to
get off and go to church.
I am telling you these things, dear
God, because I want you to get our
viewpoint. It is not our fault that
we are not able to get to church on
Sunday mornings. We would like to go
and need to go. But it must be clear
to you that the real reason we cannot^^
go is because you have chosen the^P
wrong day. If you will select another
?.day we shall be glad to go to church
;and church school and be more faithful.
Sincerely yours,
I. M. BUSY
—The 'Western Lutheran—
FLOATING MATTRESS PROPOSED FOR SHIP USE
At Long Beach, California a new plastic
foam mattress for use aboard surface
ships has been proposed by the Value En
gineering Department of the Long Beach
Naval Shipyard*
The mattress weighs only 1/3 to l/^^
as much as foamed rubber or cotton ma^ft
resses. Covered with a plastic-coated
ticking, its maintenance free life is
estimated as four times as long as the
conventional cotton mattress* It Is
now undergoing shipboard evaluation on
board the USS COLIETT (DD 730). Use of
a limited number of the new mattresses
aboard the COLIETT for a six month per- •
iod is expected to verify these apparmt
advantages*
The ships report also will cover the *
comfort feature of the plastic foam matt
ress* Since they float they could also
be used as individual life rafts — and
once overboard could be tied together to
form larger life rafts*
Another feature of the new mattress
is the fact that it can be wiped clean
with a damp cloth*
U. S. NAVY — POWER FOR PEACE