Vol. 1—No. 40 U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C. Saturday, June 26, 1943
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Aviation Film
Showing Today
“History of Naval Aviation,” a
movie short that all cadets should
See, will be shown at the Village
Theatre today along with the fea
ture film, “Tarzan Triumphs.”
The 20-minute naval aviation film
Was produced by The March of
Time in cooperation with the Bu
reau of Aeronautics and includes
Scenes taken at this Pre-Flight
School several months ago.
Children Going Swimming
The University’s physical edu
cation department issues this re
quest:
“Children too small to dress
themselves before andi after going
into the pool, and children too
Small to stand in shallow water,
Will please be accompanied by
their parents, beginning next
Week. Because of the limited time
that the children are allowed in
the pool, and because of the lim
ited staff to handle the children’s
Period, it is impossible to spend
the time in dressing and undress
ing the children. Those unable to
stand in the water will have little
if any opportunity to do anything
other than sit and watch unless
^•ccompanied by parents. Your
Cooperation in this matter will be
Sreatly appreciated.”
G/ce Club Will be One Year Old Tomorrow
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MEMBERS OF THE PRESENT Pre-Flight Glee Club, and four of the people who are responsible for
its success are pictured above. Seated, left to right, are Miss Christine Dobbins, pianist; Professor
John Toms of the University of North Carolina, director; Everett Bracken, Y2c, supervisor, and Lieut.
Eric H .Arendt, USN, chaplain. Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the group.
New Welfare Cadets
Cadets R. D. Raymond (208 Ruf-
and A. Grossman (308 Ruf-
^n) have been appointed to rep-
'’esent the 28th Battalion on the
Welfare and Recreation Commit
tee.
t^etached
William A. Whitson, PhMlc,
^^s detached from this station
"^^ne 25 to report to the Ninety-
^inth Naval Construction Bat-
^^Uon, Camp Peary, Williamsburg,
irginia.
Glee Club Holds
First Anniversary
Tomorrow marks the first an
niversary of the U. S. Navy Pre
Flight Glee Club which, over the
past year, has done a remarkable
job in entertaining the cadets and
bringing favorable publicity to
this station.
For the occasion no special pro
gram has been planned, but mem
bers of the present group will sing
the same number that was sung
at church a year ago, a spiritual
entitled, “Were You There.”
Two national hookup radio
broadcasts, local broadcasts from
WDNC, Durham, and appearances
at the Carolina Theater in Dur
ham, University of North Caro
lina musical functions and sta
tion smokers highlight the year’s
Eictivity. Perhaps the most out
standing of the above was the ap
pearance on the Kate Smith hour
when the “Songbird of the South”
brought her Friday night radio
See GLEE CLUB, page U
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$13,947.25 Worth of War Bonds
Pledged by Cadets This Week
With pledges totaling $13,947.25
already in and more scheduled to
be added before the week is out,
the first All-Cadet Bond Drive at
this station has been termed high
ly successful by those in charge.
Figures released by the dis
bursing office shortly before the
Cloudbuster went to press show
that the 28th battalion came
through with the largest allot
ment of war bonds in the All-
Cadet Bond Drive. Out of the 2l2
cadets in the 28th, 207 signed for
a bond allotment for a percentage
of 97.6. Total amount of pur
chases was $2,806,25.
Not included in the above total
re members of the 28th battalion,
and those who were on watch or in
the hospital when the drive was
conducted on Tuesday.
Eighty-three per cent of those
cadets in the 23rd battalion made
allotments to purchase bonds, but
their total of $2,401.00 was the
lowest of any of the five battalions
participating.
Highest among the group was
the 26th who pledged $3,143.75,
While the 25th battalion had the
lowest percentage of cadets mak
ing allotments, their total amount
of purchases—$3,137.50—was only
$4.25 behind the 26th.
Other figures show that the 24th
battalion allotted $2,708.75, and
the 27th $2,556.25. It might be
said in passing that the 27th is
the smallest battalion on the sta
tion, and that 81.4 per cent of its
members made allotments to pur
chase bonds.
Total figures on the battalions
show that of the 1,563 cadets here,
1,182 made bond allotments for a
percentage average of 75.6.
See WAR BONDS, page 4