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A 'brand new year and CASPER is going to have one-of his best-years in his
life, and hopes that you fine folds of Adak do the same. Strive for advance
ment, put some money in the bank, be a good militaryman, and go' to Church on
Sundays.
un tne subject of Miiitarymen, Captain apd Mrs. Norman A. Sabel, reported
aboard last week.- Captain Sabel is relieving Captain Roland A. Merullo as
Commanding Officer of.the U.S. Army Signal-Wave Propagation Station. Captain
Sabel, wife Bertha and two children hail from Vincennes, Indiana. The Captains
last billet was that of Post Signal Officer at Fort'Dix, New Jersey. Captain
Merullo and wife Jean, will be leaving January 4th for-a new billet at Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey. Captain Merullo very capably directedthe Catholic Choir
and wi-ll be sadly missed by his many friends. Good Luck.
Leiderman of the Commissary Store, sure had a ball at the Navy Exchange’s
Christmas Party. Sure hope those press- 25 blue flash bulbs tasted OK? That
was ashame:i that you didn’t have a battery to light that red Christmas ball
that you had taped to'your nose to represent Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer.
Neither rain, snow nor sleet keeps PN2 (Sarge) Tom-Me Kinley from walking
to work each morning. Hup, 234. Tom recommends it for freshing up and wak
ing up with a bang. However, Casper has heard him say that it is quite dark
at 0730 and requests the vehicles on the road at that hour be observant of the
■pedestrians. And thats a fact. I myself think that some of the vehicle dri
vers try to come as clb'se to you as they can, without hitting you.
A young fellow from the OD’s office Charles Barnes, CN, received a pair
of red long handles from his sweetie Joan back in Hickory, North Carolina.
Miss Joan enclosed a card with the present that- said "Hope these keep you
warm at Christmas, Love Joan." Wowee. Mights are long in Adak.
While we are on the subject of "Long Johns", my very good friend Romeo
Querishi,. DK3, as a' Christmas ^present received from his sweetie, one of those
famous "Dear John Letters." Poor Romeo, with a name like that you would think
that he would never have.-any trouble' with love affairs. Anyway, at least she
was nice enough to send back the Christmas presents that he sent her.' Any
brown bagger want to buy a toaster or some jewelry.
; Say Chief how’s- that plastic holding out that you fiberglass welded. Ha
, Ha. You could make a design with the weld..1 think.
Since the ADAK SUN brought you a brief history of the Aleutians as con
nected with WWII, CASPER will scoot down to the 50th State of Hawaii and give
you some "Fiction and Fact from Jack’s Almanac." Mark Twain called Hawaii"the
loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any sea." Democracy and the
spirit of Hawaii have blended well. People of many countries of the Pacific
i live, work and mingle together in' Hawaii just as people from Europe and other
countries have done on our Atlantic Coast. The Governor of Hawaii is an Irish
man from Missouri, the Attorney General is Japanese, the Senate President is
Chinese and the Mayor of Honolulu is part Hawaiian. People of many different
colors have achieved harmony and.a satisfactory way of life within the modern
Island setting.
The most numerous people of the Islands are the Japanese, who in 1959
made up thirty-two percent of the population;- 30 percent white Caucasians,
seventeen percent part-Hawaiian, eleven percent Filipinos and six percent
Chinese. Pure Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans, Koreans, Portuguese and a sprinkling
of other races comprise the rest.
The Hawaiian Archipelago is a group of islands, reefs and shoals reaching
from southeast to northwest.for a distance of sixteen hundred miles. Seven of
the largest islands at the southernmost end are populated and comprise 626,000
449,910 live on Oahu; 40,975 are members of the American. Military...CASPER....