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TOYS FOR TOTS PARTY
On IS December, Major Lee H HARDEE,
and twelve Marines departed Adak Ab
oard the USS .MOLALA (ATF 106) Tor At
ka to deliver toys, candy, ice 'cream
and cake to the Aleut children there.
Upon arriving at Atka on the morn
ing of 19 December, radio contact co
uld not be made with- the school tea- .
cher, Mr. Lewis" SLATTERY at the vill
age. A whale poat from the USS MOLALA
was sent ashore to make contact with
the village. After contact was made,
' the toys, candy and Christmas tree
was taken ashore by the whale boat.
.At the village school, the tree ■ .was
decorated by the Marines, and- the
toys and candy was put around the tr
ee, prior to the childrens arrival.
The children arrived'" at the school
at 1300. n01en Santa Claus, in the
person of GySgt R.R. SHEPPARD, Marine
Barracks jovial Supply Sergeant, arr
ived about 1303 and the party got un
derway amid all the smiles and laugh
ter of the tiny Aleut children.
There are approximately 109 natives
living at village of Atka. Some 33
children received toys, candy, nuts
cake and ice cream at the Christmas
party.
The diet ox the natives consist mo
stly of fish and seal meat. Each ye
ar from May through September,the men
of Atka go to the Pribilop Islands to
help harvest the fur seal. The island'
of Atka is about 140 miles northeast
of Adak. The terrain of the island is•
similar to Adak, no trees and tundra
covered.
Major HARDEE and the liar ices -who
participated wish to thank Special
Services, the ladies of Public Works
Pavy Exchange- and the officers and men.
of the USS MuLALA.for the efforts put
forth and for the donations of. ice
cream, cake, candy and nuts from the
USS MOLALA. All these people made the
trip a success and we are certain from
grins on the faces of the children,
they were made very happy.
Pictures of the childrens1 Christmas
party may be seen 'soon on thebulletin
board of the. Post Exchange. These
pictures were taken by station phot
ographer J.R. McGILLj PEAK and show
many delightful scenes*
The Marines who accompanied Major
HARDEE were: MSgt A. SCHMOYER, CySgt
R. SHEPPARD, LCpl LOYA, LCpl BULLIK
GT'OK, LCpl DORR, LCpl STEWART, PFC
WILSOL, PEC GRAVER, PFC FISH, PFC A
THERTOK, PFC MARTILEZ, PFC WEUGERT ,
and Pvt TOPE.
C01GRATULATI0I S ADAK ALL 'STARS ^
. The personnel of Marine. Barracks
wish to extend a hearty congratulat
ions to the members of the Adak All
Star basketball team for ''the ..three
victories that they scored, over the
Kodiak Bears this past week. We enj
oyed the games immensloy. Keep up the
good work.
SGTMAJ DOPCYAE TO DEPART FOR COEUS
The officers and men of Marine Ba
rracks wish to bid Sergeant Major W.
3r. DOEGVAN and family n aloha” and
Godspeed on their departure for Camp
Pendleton, California on 27 December#
Eis leadership, wise counseling and
humor will be missed by all members
of Marine Barracks. We are certain
that his many friends among the Eav
al personnel and civilians of Adak
wish him "lots of luck".
CPUPAEY "A”
Commandlnn Officer’s Christmas Mess
I know I speak for all the officers
and men of Company "A" when I ’wish
everyone on Adak, transient or assig
ned, a very Merry Christmas and a Ha
ppy, prosperous Pew Year#....
CAPTAIE C. S. DELOEG JR. .