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HowwwwwwwwDeeeeeee-oe. This is Casper the,friendliest of ghosts speaking” to
you from the busy newsroom of THE ADAK SUN. To start off with Evelyn Petty
the other day was cleaning her bird cage and while she was blowing the dust
out, or something, she managed to get a few bird seeds in her eye, thats the
reason she was wearing a black patch like the pirates used to wear, over her
eye. Casper did a little investigating during the week and found out who Bob
Oke's girlfriend is...Judy Warren. Ha ha ha. Don't try to keep anything from
Casper. Mrs. Willie Church, wife of Willie Church (that's obvious) had a lit
tle baby boy the other day. Welcome aboard Mrs. Church and son. Sorry we
missed welcoming you aboard three weeks ago.
Gene "Wiskey" Taylor, EOl fromthe.Public Works Transportation Department and
the ACEY DEUCY CLUB, will be leaving in five and a wake-up. Gene's new duty
station is NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas. The local roller-skating rink has been
graced with three lovely ladies from the Supply Department: Mrs. Fellows, Mrs.
McGhee and Mrs. Van Ryswyk.
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A full house attende,dthe Navy Wives dinner atthe Club Bayview last Wednesday
for all the non-bacj-carriersv Casper was also in attendance (seems that where
ever there's free chow, there’s Casper) and a -delicious turkey dinner withall
the trimmins' was served* Thank You Navy Wives.
A happy anniversary to Chief John and Judy Goetz, RMC of the Communications
Division on their 17th Wedding Anniversary. Sure is nice to be happily mar
ried. Casper is somewhat a newlywed Ghost himself having been married a mere
year and few months to the Former Safronia Dildgck of DopeyvjLUe, USA. J. J.
Jowers, SH2 back from Seattleville, Washington after leave. The two lovely
ladies that produce and direct the "Music Variety Hour" on AFRS from 6 to 7
each weekday evening are Mrs. Gard and Mrs. McGaffin, civilian dependent wives.
The Marine Barracks reports tfiat the "Toys for Tots" program is- still in full
stride but can still handle many more toys. Lets go gang, put the toys in the
containers provided or drop them off at the Marine Barracks. Help some poor
little Aleutian boy or girl have a Merry Christmas too, .The manager, of the
Club Bayview reports that he is looking for someone who knows how to refinish
shuffleboards-. This requires an expert to do this type work. , If you have the
know-how, stop in and see him. ....
How many of you in the Navy-:h3ve taken time to read General Order No. 21?
,NAVAL LEADERSHIP is it's title. ' For the benefit of the few (I hope) that have
not read it and 'memorized it, I will Iquote from it: The Naval' profession is
an 'honorable one* which has traditionally commanded the respect and affection
of our.country. Together with our sister services we serve and protect free
men everywhere. To maintain the support and respect of society, as well as to
meet the requirements of his own conscience, every Naval leader must be in
himself an example of our -military’ideals. The United States Navy has long
been distinguished for the high quality of its officers and men. We must
never let this quality diminish. Our challenge in this time of troubles and
opportunity is to develop and improve our Naval leadership. The more powerful
• the weapons that science gives us, the more important the character and will
.of the men behind them. As these(develop, so does the strength of the Navy,
the Nation,-and the Free World. The U. S. Fighting Man's Code has well ex
pressed the essence of ; our problems: "War has been defined as 'a contest of
wills.1 A trained hand holds the weapon. But the will, the. character, the
-Spirit of the individual--these control the hand. . More than ever, in the war
for the minds of men, moral character, will, spirit and important." By Naval
-leadership is meant the art-of accomplishing the Navy's mission through people.
It is the sum of those qualities of intellect, of human understanding and of
.moral character that enable a man to inspire and to manage a group of people
'.successfully. Effective' leadership, therefore, is bassed on personal example
good management practices, and moral responsibility. Thetearm leadership as
-used in this order shall include all three of these elements. The objective
of this general order is to .reemphasize and revitalize Naval leadership in all
its aspects: inspirational, technical, and moral. Combat readiness requires
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