RADIO CITY NEWS
The Operations Pepaxtment-hit the t rail*'for Shagak Bay again this past weekend.
The Party _ of ■GAUi.i'EY;, ..RMCA-,.- HQWLE-, HMt, ’‘’STEPHENS, TUIiNQUIST, £T2 and MATHEWS,
RMSN,^’having previous experience (wet) with this type of.expedition was well pre
pared, for wet and windy weather. The shelter was watertight, hurricane proof and
large.pnough to house all members of the party. Of-..course it didn’t rain &'the
wind didn’t blow. JOKES RM(TE)l and.CORDRY, SKI went along for a day of fishing,
but did not "winter” over with the group. CORDRY hap. some fish stories that are
worth hearing if you have the time* The fishing wap .great as it was the previous
weekend with the prize going to HOWLE with his 25”" Htunphy# STEPHENS hauled in a
242” Humpy for 2nd place and GAULEY came in 3rd with a 234"” Humpy*The other members
of the party caught many in the 20 and 22 inch...c,ate,gory whicn weren't considered
large enough to keep. HOWLE intended bring his prize, back to enter in the station
contest but failed to reckon with the tides, • Monday morning his prize was found
high, dry and stiff as a board. TURNQUIST spent .most of his time chasing Eagles
and getting wet. (He forgot to take along his fishing grear). If all the movies
turn out he may be able to sell them to MGM for a production' of the life and habits
of the American Eagle. Our livelihood for 3 days and 2 nights consisted mainly of
Salmon and Beans. We had Salmon prepared every way known to. man except smoked and
we were tempted to try that. We had charcoaled Salmon, Fried Salmon,1 Baked Salmon
and Burnt Salmon. This story is getting quite lengthy so will sign-it off for now.
For stories of the ones'that got away, etc., contact any member of the group find
he is sure to bend your ear for awhile.
Seems the main subject, around the mess hall these days is the question of who
pulled who out of- the-mud at Shagak Bay. Seems "Irish" and JANSSEN went fishing
and upon return had their jeep sink in the rough terrain up to the axles. After
hiking back they were offered help from Sgt. ROSS and NEEDY, CS1. Sgt. ROSS started
out in his own jeep and was reenforced by NEEDY’s able "Green Coffin". Seefts Sgt.
ROSS got to the scene first and succeeded in pulling out the stuck jeep. Meanwhile
back on the road, the "Green Coffin" (equipped with 4 wheel drive and chains on all
4 tires) just didn’t have a chance. NEEDY never got past the main cutoff down the
hilll when in he went past all axles. He says: "I should have been five feet to
the fight when I was five feet to the left." Maybe it’s just that the ’’Green Coffin"
isn’t used to i*dak roads yet. Anyway, everyone’s jeeps are out of the mud but Irish
is still not m running condition. Keep up the good neighbor policy, ruwHui we1!! ■
be phoning you .this winter when we want our cars pulled out of the snow banks ••
It seems that the MAVCQMMSTA Officers bowed to the fcJPO's in last weeks softball
game. Score 8 to 2. Maybe it was because the officers only had one hit, or possibly
no, a chief as umpire shouldn't have made any difference. LT COX pitched for the
officers. M/SGT JASKULSKI did the work on the mound for the SPO's. Chief GAULEY
was umpire. All in all it turned out to be a real good game.
LT DALLAM leads the pack in this months NAVCOMKSTA fishing contest. His Salmon
entry measured 264- inches. Was caught at Shagak Bay.
A group of 15 men from COMMSTA spent the day, Wednesday, on the high seas. The
venture consisted of a trip to Sitkin on the small tug. Very few Salmon were caught
altho they did have some luck with the Dolly's* We now have 15 men who are a bit
more salty than they were last week at this time.
The coming basketball season will see about ten teams with brand new uniforms.
Uniforms and shoes have been ordered. New uniforms, new teams, new season; all this
calls for one more thing, nev; basketballs. They're on the way too.