THE POETS CORNER
The following poom written by a mem
ber of the crew'of the USS M0LALA(ATF106")
was submitted to*the Editor as represent
ing his and the crews sentiments as the
time to depart Adak approaches • it is with ■»
regret that we see you depart for yours
is a fine ship with a fine crew and you
will be missed by the many friends and
Shipmates you have made on Adak« We can
understand your anxiety to return to
your homeport, your families and friends
and so, speaking I am sure for all of
Adak wo wish you God speed and Bon Voy
age.
'' ADAK
Adak, Alaska with a heart made of stone,
Forsaken by God but not left alone
This is the place where cold winds blow,
•'Heaping around us vast oceans of snow,
And the mountains abound,rugged as can be
Offer little protection from the sea
*v A tree on this rock,shall never be grown
Misery is all that Adak has known
Only mis fortune,you can maybe guess
As good as he is God made a mess
He called in the Navy,& tis we 11-understooi
They soon made it a plape of brotherhooc
For a herd of caribou appeared bn; the'seer
And a. National forest of evergreen
With houses and people wherever you look'
Surely the blessings could fill a book
On this, oh God,- we rest our case
Please deliver us now to some other
place •
Johnny L* Conley
USS MOLALA (ATF 106)
and crew*
PHYSICAL FITNESS PROMPTS DIETS FOR
ADAK "BLUBBERS"
The Physical Fitness program has .got
to four of Adak*s key personnel who are
slightly overweight. They are going on
a diet which calls for complete abstent
ion from qll alcohlolie* beverages.This
diet gives them their choice of cottage
cheese, grapefruit juice and grapefruit
or. grasshopper legs es- long as they are
not fried. Broiled bee,s 'knees are also
part of the diet. Here are the starting
weights of our "Blubbers"s
(Continued next column)
iljLUDDHTi A
.'■•3LUBBER D
BLUBBER C
BLUBBER D
265
•210 • •
260
‘180 (5*8)
3 At la tor (much, later) issue the
names of these personnel will be pub
lished* Plans are for the tine being
to give you progress reports each week
letting you know how much each blubber
has lost during the week#
Seriously, there are actually four per
sons (ovor-weight) who are determined
to lose their excess poundage. A proven
diet is available which will work* If
there are any other Adak personnel that
are over weight and would like to. get
in shape, contact the EDITOR for a copy
of this' fine diet. Major-items of this
diet' are steak, chicken and^fish.. you
got1 more than you can eat onjthis, diet
and it is an easy way. to . lose ,that cx-r
cess pdunddge. . r ' ‘
OLE, SAYS:.
«■ Back On "the farm we know a certain
. gal who never used..to like to take pills.
•Her mother, old. fashioned, but,.firm-gave
ieall -of; the family. Carters --kittle Liver
spills, 'Our gal'used to-go’“to theAback
porch with a glass of water# She drank ^
the water but the pills were fed to the %
chickens# It is reported that these
chickens had no trouble laying eggs#
The claim, of the FIBERS on being the
youngest grandfather on the island has
been disputed by R# W• JOHNSON, AC1., of
GCA who says that he is the youngest of
_ the Grandfathers on Adak#
The .Adak Sun is fortunate in.having
the talents of one "Mac'* MC VICKERS, who
used to be> attached to the Navy Exchange
but of late is CPO- in charge of Supply
at ComSta#
uMac" has had cartoons published' in
Our ^avy, Colliers and many, many of the
station and ship newspapers which he"had
a great deal to do with. the. success of #
He is the creator of the Radio City news
and the cartoons-which -appear in this^
issue of the SUN# . <'/•
I know that the Editor of the SUN
is appreciative of his talents# We know
you'll like him# „