Pick a
people
riot to catch trout,
spot where there are already
•fishing, give your children poles and
tell them to move in - let them make
all kinds of noise and when the fish
don't bite' move to the spot cioser to
where, the other fishermen are fishing.
Keep having your children make noise.
That way you'll be sure- NOT to catch
any and you'll avoid the mess--of hav
ing to clean them.
Speaking of fishing you should have
seen the contrast of two who were
wandering through the tundra at Nurses
Creeks - one like.a bear thundering
through the tundra the other out of
sight save for the tip- of his fishing
rod stealthily moving toward the small
opening in the tundra where lie the
creek and some of the nicest rainbow
trout seen by this ghost in •quite a
long time - all 14 inches or better.
Wonder who will win the Captain's
Trophy Basketball League - Looney of
Supply is confident in his choice,
Admin's team is confident- too even
with the loss of LTJG LINDQUIST, the
station Special Services Officer who
has orders for Point Mugu, California,
who lent much spark•to the Admin, team
of last season. Public
Works ‘ entry
May- the best
adds to the competition,
team win. . “•
Those screams you might have heard
from the Post Office were .emitting
from Chief "Pappy” Tynes on receiving
word he got orders to a DER.
■Overheard on the station bus
"With some of the spot announcements
they show I'd just as soon listen to
commercials."
Central Files welcomes aboard Don
Hewkin,. YN2 from Headquarters, 9th
Naval District.
The Adak Sun will be gracing its
pages soon with the art work and car
tooning of a lad named Adams who works
at Fire Station 7. Those Navy Day
posters you have seen around are an
example of his work - a ghost predic
tion that he'll go far in the world of
illustration.
KEEP SMILIN - Things COULD get worse.
NAVAL INSTITUTE ESSAYS
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — (NavNews ) -- The
U.S. Naval Institute located here has
.announced its 1960 General Prize Essay
Contest, open to all civilian or mili
tary personnel,and with a closing date
of Nov, 1, 1960,
The'top prize in this prestige con
test will be up to $1500, depending
'upon the merit on the winning essay*
Additional awards for the top essay
will be a gold medal and a Life Member
ship in.the Naval Institute.
Essays may be on any subject and
should be analytical or interpretive
arid not merely an exposition, or person
al narrative. They must be typewritten,
legible,double spaced, on paper appro
ximately 8-J-xll, in duplicate with each
copy'complete in itself, and not over
5,000 words.
The author's name should not appear
on the essay, but instead a motto on
the title page. This same motto sho
uld also be typed on a sheet of paper
along with the identification of the
author and sealed in an envelope. The
rriotto is then put on-the outside of the
envelope. The envelope will not be
opened until the Board has made its
’selection of the prize-winning essay.
Essays and identifying envelope must
'be mailed in a large sealed envelope
marked "General Prize Essay Contest."
The awards will be made known and
presented to the successful competitors
at the annual meeting on Thursday,Feb.
16, 1961. Additional essays may rece
ive "Honorable Mention" with compensa
tion. Essays not awarded a prize may
be published in the Naval Institute
"Proceedings" and paid for at the reg
ular rate for articles.
-usn
The men were griping about the food
as they moped down the chow line with
their trays.
At last the mess sergeant could not
stand it any longer.
nWhat!s going on with you guys?Mon
day you like beans. Tuesday you like
beans. Wednesday you like beans. Now
all of a sudden, on Thursday you don!t
like; beans.”