AN OPEN LETTER
. 1/JHERE ARE THE PARENTS???
Recently every organization on Adak
has been approached to donate funds and
time to the Junior Bowling League#
It is the concerted opinion of myself
and many others that we have few, if
any, charity coses among the families on
Adak. The rate and time requirements for
bringing dependents to Adak are such as
to preclude this. Certainly the cost of
living is lower than most of us have ex
perienced in the lower *48 in addition
to the fact that many families on Adak#
have two and three incomes.
It would seem that if the parents of
the youngsters in the Junior Bowling
•League want them to have fancy trophies
and a picnic, then the nightly fee
should be the same as for the senior
leagues with a charge per person f or
the picnic#
If the fund still needs assistance
after that, let the parents of the chil
dren participating contribute the cost
of a case of beer.
As for scorekeeping, where, are the
parents?? Have they no interest in their
children other then getting them • out
of the house? Where are the parents
while the kiddoes are bowling?? Many i
without children in the league have been
approached to act as scorokeepers.
It seems to me that we on Adak
should take a good look at our standards
of value and see how they add up, Adak *
is not so much different than any other
duty station for us married people that
we should allow our standards of value
to depreciate. .
Many of the organizations approached
for funds have charitable obligations
that the public ’is not even aware of and
cannot afford frivolous giving. It was
thought that the main object of the Jr
Bowling Leage was recreation and fellow
ship, not who could bring home the bigg
est trophy. Lets take care of our own in
the American way and not teach our young
sters to’go.around seeking handouts.Lets
start taking care of our own at the real
cornerstone of the nation-at home.
W. J. WILLIAMS, RMCM Extension 330
during working hours, 610W after.
SCORE PROGRAM
j
The Navy has a continuing and ever
increasing demand for greater numbers •
of highly skilled technicians to man &
maintain the complex new equipment be
ing introduced into the fleet,. Present
trends indicate a need to increase the
number of personnel in the electronics
operation and maintenace areas.A source
of such personnel exists right now -
those personnel serving in less technic
al ratings. It is for these personnel
that the provisions of BUPERS INSTRUCT
ION 1440.27 (Selective Conversion and
Retention Program (SCORE) were designed.
Personnel in pay grades E-5, E-4, and
E-3 (designated strikers) with not less
than 2 years of active naval service &
not more than 12 years of active milit
ary service in the ratings of BM, GMC,
IM, YN, PN, SK, DK, CS, SH, LI, DM, EN,
SFM, SFP, DC, PM, EOH, EON, CMA, CMHy
BUL, BUH, BUR, UTP, UTB, UTA or UTW who
are interested in attending a class '‘A*1
traing and conversion to one of the
following ratings.*. RD, SOG, SOS, MT
(Missile Technician), FTG, FTM, GMT,
ETN, RM, CT, MM, MR, BT, EM or IC drop
in to the Military Personnel Office at
their.convenience for informal counsel
ing with HOLSTEIN, PNCS.
* JUNIOR AND SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUE
In the past six weeks we have had a
real good turn out of the Jr and Senior'
Bowlers, and when we asked for a little
assistance in procuring trophies for the
Leagues we had a wonderful response* Our
thanks-go to those organizations whogerj
erously gave.
These leagues were organized to give
the youngsters an opportunity to get out
and learn the sport of Bowling, we have
had a handful of help each week which is
only enough to keep the score sheets for
the kids.We need'some help with thcyourc>*
er - group to- teach them how to make their
approach and how to handle the ball and
impress on them rules and etiquette of
bowling.This younger group of bowlers
will bowl on Monday nitos, starting at
1800 and usually finishing about 1930,
if you have an hour and a half to spare
it would be appreciated.
• • •_R. D* McPherson. Advisor