The temperatures dropped to a cool 52 degrees this past week on Adak and with
the first real sign of winter setting in, we can begin gettmg those warm : clo
thes out of the closets and de-raothed. for many long months of hard wear.
Back stateside most colleges and schools are in full session and the farmers
rith the hay-wagons will be totting the young hay riders beneath the stars, to
the tune of "Silvery Moon" and "Heart of My Heart,"
The biggest and upcoming new song back Stateside is called, "Hula Hoops" and
is done up by the Kirby Stone Pour. With little bearing on this song we cover
aii incident whereby, in a small town, a variety store was robbed, of a few dozen
hula hoops. The clues discovered to the theft indicated that in a nearby nei
ghborhood, a ten year old boy was selling hula hoops at outrageous prices*
Halloween is just around the corner, and what will the younger set choose this
year to disguise themselves?
Only 59 days until Thanksgiving and then just 28 more until Christmas,
Many hopeful .early-outs were disheartened this past week.but men the
job must be done....and besides now you can take some pics of Adak’s mows,
College football steals the show from the fading baseball season. All that
remains is the World Series.and it look like the Yankees in five games.
On the local sports scence, MCB-9 found themselves drubbed for their first
defeat of the season on Adak, by a margin of 10 points when they visited Clam
^Lagoon for an exhibition game. Too bad fellows,you couldn’t have extended a
real long win streak a bit longer, but.
In the shadows of our Islands happenings we find two sort of heroes who
deserve loads of credit for their act of help and aid to an Injured hunter.
Bernie and Phil of Navcommsta are their names and had it not been for their
quick response, and sharp thinking, that unfortunate Seabee may have been more
seriously injured . Thanks fellows.
On the world scene, Quemoy still hol'-s the spotlight. Last week 100 comm
unists MIGS swooped down and attacked 5? Nationalists P .6 jets. For their ag
gressive action the Chinese Communists were minus 11 planes end a probable six
more killings, as they rotr ated from”the under-dog’s fury.
The first Japanese warships to visit the United States since the war, returned
to their homeland Friday, after a successful good-will tour of U. S. and
Canadian westcoast ports,
A fine new appearance of an Adak original was s; owed at the Navcommsta chow
hall, as individual trays, plates and cups adorned their new tobies for "4".
’ Have heard many comments on the improvements of our Naval Station chow of
late and this column must agree, it has been gre *t.,..
Our closing note for the week.•..Most people feel, like taking a poke...
at the guy who plays..a practical joke,...,.don't...
Till next week, chubby and skinny,....