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Nov/ that the snow drifts here on Moffett have finally been chased by the sun
to the place where all good eight foot snow drifts go, I hope, barring .anything
unforseen, that I*11 be able to make the deadline this week. Anyway, if you're
reading this, I must have made'it. Of course if you’re not, then you know I mis
sed again,
I hate to talk about the weather all the time, but the weather seems to be the
cause of most of the conversation pieces ’round the Reck© Reviewing the events
of this past (I hope) winter, I find if hard to believe the events that took
place really happened. For instance: TINY calling for assistance to enable him
to scale a five degree grade $ SHOEMAKER learning' that a snowdrift is not the best
place to stew ’perishable’ goods; SCHNEIDER finding out that basketball is not
considered a winter sport; KELLEY’s discovery that he will never make it as a
sculptor, especially using his head, as a hammer and chisel; CHIEF HILLER trying
to fly cast when gale warnings were 'in effect; and a few ether unusual events
that when you find out they happened at Moffett don’t seem unusual at all.
Nevertheless, with all this merriment, never let it be said that Moffett didn’t
display the Christmas spirit.,In fact the Moffett Glee Club is waiting expectant
ly for a recording offer.,,I feel sure that anyonehearing their rendition of some
of the more popular carols, will never listen to them again. The Glee Club that
is....Actually their efforts were very much appreciated here, even the accompan
ying unusual display of modesty by SHOSIIEKER* I have been told by him that he
has had professional singing experience....TINY says that SHOE’S experience pro
bably comes from someone throwing hum a penny at one time or another.
Since the last tine I made the ’SUN’, we’ve had a few people arrive here to
join our merry little group. JCHARDS W. J. EMSN, who broke the hearts of all the
girls in Detroit when he joined the Navy; FLORES R. RMS^ from El Paso, Texas, who
joins BROWN in his defense of the Alamo; BALDWIN 3. C. ETNSa from Fargo, Mo,
Dakota, who will be SKI’s relief in our psychology department; L7JTT0 J. M. CS3A
from Seattle, Wash., who has confessed to FLORES that he doesn’t know how to
make enchiladas; and the last to arrive (to the joy of TINY) STEPHENS E. 5, YNSA,
from Cleveland, Ohio, who appears to be about one-hundred thirty-fice pounds
short of being TINY’s relief. Maybe our open mess will take care of this situation.
There is a little envied group up here called short-timers, who go into hys
terics evarytimo someone else arrives at Moffett, LEO, TINY, and SKI. I think
that if they don’t stop laughing there is a chance that they will miss their
flight.
Speaking of short-timers, BRCMN just told me that in a few days he'll be in
the two hundreds..,. .whoops excuse me BROWN the hundreds# This just sent LFjO,
TINY AND SKI back into hysterics. Don't know about that group.
Well I have to go and see if I can stop those three from laughing, long
.enough to do a little work around here.
See you next week, weather permitting,
Be looking to see you 'round the Rock,
Ralph E. F00