There' will be' a Board of Directors
meeting at the Fleet Reserve Associat
ion Home on Thursday October 6th. This
is an important meeting, all concerned
should be there.
Regular General Assembly meeting
will be held at 7:30 PM Wednesday 12
October, 1960.
Every other Saturday and every Wed
nesday is movie night at the home.
Remodeling is nearly completed and new
faces are wandering in now and then to
see what has been done.
Needless to say all of them have
been pleasantly surprised and you will
be too by the "new look" of the home.
The Club is open every Saturday at 6
PM and the Thrift Shop of the Women’s
Auxiliary open every Saturday from 2
to 4 PM. If no one is at the Thrift
Shop - you may browse through and get
what you want and contact the Auxiliary
later to give them the money.
If you are a member of the FRA and
haven’t been using the facilities of
YOUR FRA Home you are losing one of
the many benefits your membership pro
vides. Make it a point to drop down
soon.
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LETTER OF THANKS
The following letter was just received
from Florence & David Anderson;
’’Dear Sir;
Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to
all the wonderful people on the Island
of Adak for their generosity, heautiful
flowers, and many other personal acts of
kindness during our sorrow in the Iloss
of our beloved husband and father,David
B/fi Anderson.
The beautiful memorial services at
the Bering Chapel and all of our friends
and working companions on Adak will be
lovingly remembered forever.
Thank you from the bottom of ‘our
hearts•
s/ Florence and David Anderson”
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Commander E. L. CRANCE, U. S. Navy
has assumed duty as Operations Officer
here after reporting aboard from two
years duty with Commander Fleet ;Air
Wing, Alameda, California. -
Commander CRANCE lists Birmingham,
Alabama as home and. started his naval
career as an enlisted man in May of
1941. Training in the V-5 Aviation
Training Program in December of 1941
he was transferred-to NAS, Pensacola
for Flying Cadet Training for 7 months
was commissioned .and then continued on
at that station as an Instructor until
February of 1943. Since that time
Commander CRANCE has served at various ^
includes June-43 to”
commands which
May-45, VPB-41; July-47 to Feb.-48,
ATV-12 ; Feb.-48 to Feb.-51, VRL-2,
VR-22, VR-1; Feb*-51 to Feb.-52, General
Line School, Monterey, Calif; Feb-52
to Sept.-53 NAS, Hutchinson, Kansas;
Sept.-53 to May-55, duty as Commanding
Officer LST-32. 1955 to 1953 duty at
Bureau of Aeronautics,Washington, D.C.
Commander CRANCE is married, his
wife nee Mary Phillips is also of Birm
ingham. He attended the University of
Alabama and Birmingham SouthernCbllege
graduating from the latter with a A.B.
degree. . , . ■
WELCOME ABOARD COMMANDER CRANCE AMD^
FAMILY. ™
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IN COMSEVENTEEN NOTICE 5340 of 19
Sept. 1960 the Commandant, Seventeenth
Naval District wishes to express deep
appreciation for the generous contri
butions made by the officers and men
of the Navy and Marine Corps within
the Seventeenth Naval District.
The annual fund raising campaign
for the Navy Relief Society was held
4 May through 6 June 1960. Contribu
tions from the Kodiak and Adak areas
were $1,349.64 and $795.75respectively
for a total of $2,145.39. This exceed
ed the 1959 campaign contributions,by
$592.90. WELL DONE.
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