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COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE - Our Commanding Officer, CDR R. L. J. - MC KEE,
departed Wednesday, 3 October for a communication conference in Washington,
D. C* The Conference is attended annually by all Commanding Officers of
communication stations throughout the Navy to exchange ideas and present
ways of improving naval communications. After tfeconference, CDR MC KEE
will spemd five days leave with relatives in Philadelphia prior to his re
turn here on 19 October,
TUNDRA TOM, (Seaweed Sam1s cousin) SEZ: Many a housewife spends two hours
a day telling her neighbor she doesn’t have enough time to do her housework.
A THANKS TO DISBURSING - Now seems to be an opportune time to express our .
thanks to "J" "L" GRAVES, DIO., and Dick WISSMATH, DKSN for the work and
assistance they give US' cn our pay accounts* GRAVES and WISSMATH regular
ily visit COMMSTA (usually on every Monday) to take care of all pay problems
and assist our people in preparation of travel claims. This service, in ad
dition to saving time and money, which would be expended if our people had
to travel to NAVSTA, also is a big morale builder; one that is greatly ap
preciated by all hands, .
LET*S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT - In rebuttal to an article that recently ap
peared in the Marine Barracks section of the Adak Sun, I would like to take
this opportunity to clarify a few points* The challenge for a soccer game
between the officers and staff non-commissioned officers of Company nA" and
Marine Barracks was made by the executive officer of Marine Barracks* The
challenge was accepted with the understanding that this company possibly
could not field a full team, depending upon watch and work commitments* As
expected, only four Company "A" personnel were present, at which time it was
agreed to choose sides and play a scrimmage game. As an outcome, the Com
pany "A" team was comprised of personnel from this company, Marine Barracks
and two Naval Officers> It might be noted here that Marine Barracks had an
all barracks team0 Three-quarters of the way through the game, score being
tied 3-3, it was discovered that Company ■•A” was fielding eight players
against nine opponents. . . .
It is interesting to note that this rebuttal was submitted for publication
in last weeks Adak Sun* Company "kMls articles appear each week with those
of Marine Barracks- Since Marine Barracks edits all articles that appear
in tr.e ndak Sun*, responsible personnel deemed it appropriate to edit this
article from last weeks publication.?CSD
NEW ROAD « It may not be new, but' the COMMSTA road between the bottom of
Command Car Hill and the pump house is going to be resurfaced with four
inches of crushed rock. Anyone who had driven this road during the winter
knows that the chuck holes are really fierce. It is expected that work, will
commence in the next two weeks and should be completed, in short order. All
in all about 2,000 cubic yards will be used to iay down this four inch sur
face which will then be' compacted by heavy rollers. This is only a short
part of the road, but its completion will erase the worst chuck holes.
JOE SLAVITZ, Burn Bag P0 Sez: A small start is better than no start at all.