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G$P$. &. -M. SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR E. L. CHANCE, USN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR: H.T. DAVIS, YN1 055-J or 365
Churchill., Adenauer and De Gaulle,'
all r.ien in their declining years*
A conion mentality in the service
is the postponement attitude* True the
service has no monopoly on this way of
life, but frequently we hear "I'll
wait until after this duty station or
"I'll start anew when I've finished ny
time*" Too many put their mentality
and their morals in cold storage for v
three* ytxfcs, * and create the deTusibh’ ‘*a
(that they can "catch up" upon their
ireturn to civilian life* Such a deep
I freeze mentality often kills rather
I than preserves* We are never to old to
jlearn, and we are rarely too young to
[inaugurate a change*
i By
CHAP LA MS CORNER
Frequently you will hear the ex
cuse, "I am too old to start that
task*" On the other hand youth will
frequently alibi that it is too young
to commence a particular project*
Present experience and history tell
us that there is no norm that says it
is to early or too late to initiate a
service for the community or an im
provement in our physical, mental or
spiritual lives*
History tells us that young lives
have contributed much to peace and
war; to art and literature. Charles.
Dickens started his “Pickwick Papers"
att^he ;aa;e of twenty four., and had
oonpfeted "Oliver Twist," at the age
of twentyfive, and Jefferson was ' but
twentythree when he drafted'the "Dec
laration of Independence." In our own
country we’ve seen youth aspire to
and attain the pinnacle of powers.
On the other side of the lodge we
find .Ydchaelangelo working 'through
lis eighties and Titian painted his
’Tattle ci Lepanto" at ’ninetfni,
Only history will evaluate completely
the contribution to statesmanship of
(Continued next coluon)
LAWRENCE F. KEENE
' /supply personnel sample space-saving
/ FOODS AT COMSERVLANT HEADQUARTERS
Norfolk, Va.—(NAVNEWS) — How to feed a
large number of personnel on dehydrated
foods to save precious shipboard space
was demonstrated here recently at COM -
SERVLANT Headquarters•
Rear Admiral Deny W. Knoll, USN,COM
SERVLANT, hosted a demonstration and
luncheon of new ration-dense foods t o
acquaint 329 comnissarymen and supply
officers of the Fleet with the new food
tastes.
Admiral Knoll is Keenly inheresiea in
the space saving ration-dense foods as a
means of increasing the capacity of prov
ision and supply ships, thereby enabling
combatant ships to stay at sea for longer
periods*^ tlife-without resupplying’.'
The food for the luncheon was furnish
ed and presented by the U. S. Navy Subs
istence Office and prepared by a Navy
Food Service Team, a field unit of the
Navy Subsistence Office.
The Menu consisted of shrimp cocktail,
tomato, grapefruit and orange jut -o,baked
ham, roast torn turkey with trim mgs > mash
ed potatoes, green beans with bacon,grayy,
cole slaw, rolls, fruit up-side-down cake,
apple pier, coffee and milk.
In 1394 a typical menu, on the PORTSMOUT
includeds Prunes, hardtack, molasses,coff
ee., oilt Louse, hardtack, craokerhash,, etc