/OLTJMN IV
NUMBER 51
3 August 1959
A DAK GAINS FIRST SET OF TWINS
Having a baby is a happy moment for
son to be twice as proud. Last week lire
first set of twins to be born on Adak.
The proud father.is John W. Arring
ton, SK2, who is presently working at
the Navy Liz change. When his wife was
isked how he felt about the double
cirth., sho stated, Mhe was ’thrilled’V
We won’t have to ha/ve anymore now,"
ir. Arrington replied. Both had wanted
A boy but were pleas jitly surprised
^hen the stork delivered two.
The Arringtons are newcomers to
-dak, having arrived only two months
tgo from Los Alemedas where Mrs. i.r
oington’s husband, John William, was
stationed. They are formally from Hy
Iro, Oklahoma. Mr. Arrington has been
■/ith the Navy for 14 years, "andplans
to stay," he says.
The babies, identical twins and
both boys, were born at 0545 and 0559
early Sunday moaning*Donald hay weigh
ed 5 pounds and 11 ounces and. was lby
inches long. Donald Lee, the second
born,w ighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces and
* ^as 19i inches long. Dr. Rodney Bel
cher delivered Donald, and Ronald was
ielivered by Dr. William Fo.uty.
Of 104 births recorded since Jan—
urary 19571 this was the only double
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almost everyone, but the Arringtons have rea
. Arri. :ton presented her husband with the
birth road only known set of twins to have
been boon here.
A D A K a E C O G N i' ZE [T BY
STATES! D£ NEWSPAPER
On July 16, an article appeared in the
Millington Star,a local daily of Milling
ton Tennessee, entitled "Sixteen Hours of
Sunshine Fail to Make Family Shed ParkasV
The family was that of Eugene Rogers and
the sunshine was Adak's.
Birth of the article was due to Mrs.
Rogers, who had written to the paper re
questing a renewal of her subscription.
E raer EastAcres residents of Millington,
the Rogers family had become -acquainted
with the Star staff. This led to the let
ter written which described life here.
The letter spoke of recreation, the
benifits and many of Adak* s facilities
for making life easier for it's residents.
Pr 'i;i this, the Millingt m Star saw a
'story. They wrote one—four columns long!
It was about life -on Adaki Exerpts from
the article are such as; ...attractive
new block quarters laid out on well light
ed streets...well stocked commissary and
Navy Exchange.. .fine b awling alley,..very
..guQd. library^.... ..(cundt_ pag.e__2)___ _