RADIO CITY NEWS
This week we regress a little to include a couple of items which are tradition
ally part of the New Year’s observace.
New Years’s Eve Deck Log entry: Throughout the World on Navy ships and stations
officers on duty as Officer of the Deck vie for originality and excellence in
composing the first entry in the New Year’s Log. Among knowledgable Navymen it
is often suspected that many of these poetic offerings are not nearly as improm
ptu as they would appear, but rather the products of hours, and even days, of
preparation. Here at NAVCOMMSTA ADAK though we play the game according to the
rules and when LT M. M. DALLAM, CEC, USN, 00D on New Year’s Eve, dashed off the
New Year’s entry (with a little assist from the rest of the watch), it was strict
ly extemporaneous. Lieutenant DALLAM out of modesty, asked that no mention be
made of his poetic accomplishment, but we thought you would enjoy it, so here
it is: *
”0001, 1 JANUARY 1963” %
”0ur guide is Commander R.L.J. McKSE
and NAVC0MM3TA, ADAK looks to 1963.
The watch is posted and all is secure,
Here we sit wishing we had a shorter tour,
NAVRADSTA(T) reports all is well
From Mt. 'Moffett they make the messages jell,
Adak is far from home,
and about 1000 miles Southwest of Nome,
No warmth in the 20 knot ”Breese”,
Clam Lagoon awaits a ’63 freeze.
We gripe and complain,
but feel no great pain
Btit oft feel unhappy that we are here
and wish that our families were near
Here George Washington would find no cherry tree,
but here we stand to keep our country free.
Our past makes us proud
and the future holds no dark cloud.
We say goodbye to 1962 with a cheer
and with our last line wish you a...
KaPPY NEW YEAR
M. S. DALLAM, OOD"
Predictions: Many newspaper and magazine articles at this time of the year
contain predictions for the future, so here is one from NAVCCMM3TA for 1963:
The road to Naval Station will need improvement.