ADA K
SUN
CAPT S. M. SHELTON
Commanding Officer
CDR E. L. CRANCE
Executive Officer
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EDITOR; H. T. DAVIS, YNl~ 055-Jor 365
CHAPLAINS CORNER
CHRISTIAN MATURITY ■
Christian maturity is a much-needed
quality for consistant Christian living*
Maturity means being full grown, reach
ing adulthoodj manifesting the charac
teristics of compleateness, behaving as
a 'full grown child of God. ' * '
Maturity means '‘putting away childish
things." We come into this world as babes.
It- was'natural for us in earlier years
to', crawl On the floor, to play with
baby dolls and toy cars, to cry for
a "pacifier," to "coo" and talk baby
talk. ‘These things belong to earlier
stages of our existence. They are so
accepted. But we are expected to grow'
up and leave these things behind us.You
would be shocked to go into the bank &
find the.: president: down on the floor
playing with toy cars*
The remarkable thing about human dev
elopment lies in the factthat we can'
grow physically and remain so mentally -
immature. .Simply being able to wear a'
si?e 42 suit doesn't mean that we have
grown up in our thinking. A woman who
wears a size 18 dress is not necessar
ily v-a mentally mature woman. ■ '
Here is a source of problems both at
home and church. A man who is physically
mature gets married. He may.still Be • •
thinking like a little boy. He poutsjhe
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wants his wife to be his mother; he is
selfish and doesn’t want to be fairabout
family finances* A woman who is physic
ally mature gets married, but she still
thinks like a little girl. She shows
her temper to have her way. She is spoil
ed and refuses adult responsibilities.
You can easily see how either person can
wreck a marriage. Marriage needs matur
ity, physically, mentally and spiritual!
You can measure your physical height
with a tape measure. You can’t do so
with your mental or spiritual height.Arc
you behaving like a full grown man or
woman; or do you behave like a little
boy. or little girl? This world will,
start getting better when we measure
ourselves and start growing up. . 4
CHAPLAIN PERRY
OPERATIONS MAN HITCHES ON TO STAR ' •
George Lester. Belton, ADR3, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Lester J. Melton of Kennett Sq
uare, Pennsylvania reenlisted last/week
under the benefits of the STAR;'program.
As a result of his reenlistment he will
be ordered to Class "3" Aviation Mechan
ic "AD” School upon comple tion of his
tour on Adak.
Melton completed his first- enlistment,
a Minority cruise and states he planned-5
on making the Navy his career anyway,but
that the STAR program fit very nicely in
to his plans.
I&E OFFERS MANY COURSES
When you see a man leaving ..Adak as- a
Fireman.Apprentice or Seaman Apprentice
or SeaBee Apprentice, 9 times out of 10,
that man didn’t take advantage of the
opportunities for advancement and study
and completionrof the many correspond
ence' courses offered by the'Information
and Education Office,
You*11 hear some of them saying that
they don’t care about advancing -"I’m
better cf f where I am," - Don5t you.
believe them, they’re just taking an
easy way out of admitting their failings.
Whether its for advancement .in rate,
college preparation or just‘plain self
improvement the ICE Office can arrange
for a course for you that will- fill the
bill. See the ICE Officer today!