CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
CDR. WESLEY E. SKILL
Executive Officer
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/ THANKSGIVING WHEREVER' ’ YOU ARE.
ServicG men and women are particularly
concerned about their daily needs. The
topics of food, clothing, and shelter
account for much of their daily con
versation. All one has to do to start
an animated conversation is mention
the. word "chow," and immediately a
long discussion follows. Mention liv
ing quarters,and everyone within hear
ing becomes a self-styled expert on
how to improve and refurnish them.
Mention the matter of distribution of
supplies, and everyone has a word or
two to say on how it could be improved.
But no one will dispute the fact that
he is being given the basic essentials
of life. They may not be the best nor
suit everyone perfectly, but for those
good things the child of God is thank
ful and rejoices.
And as for those things which are
not essential to our daily bodily needs,
cannot we thank God for them likewise?
Thank God for papbr work in the service,
for it is paper work that provides us
with many good things. Thank God fot
conscientious : officers and men who
carry out-their duties in this field.
Thank God for change-of-duty orders,;
for leave, for allotments." Thank God
for typevyriters and for clerks who
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type our names with them. Thank God
for rules and regulations on Military
stations designed to protect and help
us. Thank God for agencies at our
disposal in time of need. Thank God
for travel priorities and for emer
gency leave. Yes? for all these things
and many more the servicemen can be
thankful, The Christian can thank God
with rejoicing for all these good
things.
Wherever today finds you, whether
at camp, at home, or en route to a new
duty station, will you pause briefly
to thank God, the Supplier of all your
bodily needs and especially the Sup
plier of your soul’s needs? The mat
erialistic world we live in leads our
thinking away from essential spiritual
things. We ..need to be continually
challenged to look beyond this earth
and fix our eyes upon cur Savior, Jesus:
Christ, who loved us and ghve Himself
for us. May God’s Holy Spirit, who
most certainly works in our hearts
whenever we meditate upon God's Word,
lead us to thank God always with re
joicing for everv good thing He has
given to us and our house. Amen.
(taken from Nov. '59 issue of Loyalty
Christ and Country)
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The primary, purpose of the Navy
Sports Program is to develop and main
tain physical fitness among Naval Per
sonnel by means of an extensive athle
tic program. With this purpose . in
mind, we must realize that the desired
ourcome of our personalized efforts is
a state of physical well-being commen
surate with that of military personnel.
Too often our athletic events develop
into 'contests for personal or team
glory and prestige, involve displays
of unsportsmanlike conduct, and end in
hard feelings among ,the. participants.
Although a desire to win is an essent
ial element in athletics, let us put
the emphasis on playing instead of
| winning.