Saturday, July 29, 1944
CLOUDBUSTER
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AROUND THE STATION
. . . news from here, there, and everywhere . . .
Cadets Jack Remington, 50th Battalion, and
Clayton Long, of the 51st, had no cause to
worry when the Navy Pilot Training Program
was reduced. Both had perfect scores of seven
when they completed their training here, or,
in Navy terms, they rated 4.0.
Neither Cadets Remington nor Long burns
himself out on the cadet questionnaires; both
seem to save their energy to pull down top
marks in the classroom and on the athletic
and drill fields.
Cadet Remington hails from Columbus,
Ohio, where he attended Ohio State Univer
sity in 1941-42. His hobbies include fishing,
hunting, swimming, camping and skiing.
One year at Union College is credited to
Cadet Long. While there he won a letter in
cross-country. He likes boating, hunting and
woodwork. Cadet Remington is 20 years old,
and Long is but 19.
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No enlisted men were transferred, but
four reported aboard during the past week.
From the USNH at Great Lakes, 111., came
Jack M. Baumring, PhM3c, and Robert W.
Hoover, PhM2c. James T. Wallace, Sk3c,
reported aboard from the Naval Air Station
at Memphis, and Eugene A. Walton, PhM2c,
came from NOB, Norfolk.
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Cadet H. 0. Moore, also from 51-F-2, is an
ex-Marine who has been a frequent visitor to
the haunts of the Japs. He served on trans
ports going to Australia and Pearl Harbor,
and also tangled with the foe at the battle of
the Java Sea.
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Tomorrow, July 30, the Women’s Reserve of
the Navy will be two years old. In the short
space of two years, the WAVES, under the
capable and sympathetic direction of Captain
Mildred McAfee, USNR, have released nearly
70,000 men for sea or foreign duty stations.
These men are available for use in the forward
areas because their places at shore billets in
this country have been filled by competent
young women who now proudly wear the Navy
blue or gray.
Lt. (jg) Zora Cernich, USNR, who is now
attached to the Navigation Department here,
was in the first class to report to the Reserve
Midshipman’s School at Northampton for of
ficers’ training in the WAVES. Seldom a
week passes in which one or two WAVES do
not report for duty here. And they are doing
a good job, all of them.
Admiral King, in a recent report on the
progress of the Navy, had this to say about
the WAVES:
“The organization has been a success from
the beginning, partly because of the high
standards WAVES had to meet to be accepted,
partly because no effort has been spared to
see that they are properly looked out for, and
partly because of their overpowering desire
to make good.”
If expert instruction has anything to do
with it, there’s a good chance that several
children of the officers will be the tennis
champs of tomorrow. During the past week
Lt. (jg) Barney Welsh, who was National Pub
lic Courts champion for two years, started
giving instructions to several of the kids. He
will continue, he says, to teach them the fun
damentals of tennis so long as they show
interest.
Tn the photo above, left to right, are shown
Alex Shepard, Jimmie Raugh, Lt. (jg) Welsh,
Marilyn Miller, and Betty Brewer. They com
prised the first class.
Class instruction is scheduled each Tues
day afternoon at 1600 on the courts back of
Navy Hall. Children between the ages of 10
and 14 are especially invited to attend. Any
one wishing to register for the course may
get in touch with Lt. (jg) Welsh at the ENS
Department or by phone, Extension 55.
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You go to your favorite theater, see your
favorite newsreel, but never never so much
as think of the amount of work involved in
giving you 60 seconds of entertainment.
Take, for example, the visit here on Wed
nesday of Oscar Goodman of Paramount
News. A couple of months ago the Public
Relations office sent out a story on the Sur
vival Program telling how the cadets are
taught to eat certain kinds of snakes should
the need arise. The New York office of
Paramount News saw the story, and imme
diately sent Goodman to Chapel Hill to
cover same.
Pictures were taken on Wednesday after
noon; chances are they will be shown in
Chapel Hill within the next two or three
weeks.
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Pre-Flight Cadets are invited to attend a
dance tonight between 2080 and 2330 at the
“Y” Court on the University campus.
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Cadet R. O. Tyler, 51-F-2, from the home
town of “Covey,” the Cruiser, has seen a
great deal of action in this war serving as
an AOM. His service includes the Caribbean,
North Africa, and the Pacific.
Lieut. Ken Laird, who reported to Chapel
Hill on May 5, 1943, will be detached to the
Naval Air Station at Livermore, Calif, to
morrow. While here, he served as platoon of
ficer, and assistant coach of boxing.
During the winter he was a member of the
varsity basketball team which compiled one
of the finest records ever made here.
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Navy Independence Day extra cash bond
purchases exceeded 47 million dollars, thus
doubling the 23 million dollar previous high
record of last Pearl Harbor Day. To date
the Navy has invested over 700 million dol
lars in War Bonds. The Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard personnel are thus accumu
lating financial resources for their future
security in addition to giving material aid
to the war program. Hearty congratula
tions to all.
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Four new names were added to the Com
manding Officer’s Trophy in Navy Hall. Cadet
C. T. Schankweiler, Shamokin, Pa., was named
the outstanding cadet in the 48th Battalion;
Cadets E. G. Waters, Rochester, N. Y., and
R. R. Harmon, Fall River, Mass., received the
same honor for the 49th, and C. D. Grimes was
top man for the 50th. The selection of both
Cadets Waters and Harmon for the 49th
marked the first time that two cadets from
the same battalion have been selected for this
high honor.
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Another drill exhibition, composed of one
platoon of French Cadets, is in the offing
for those attending the Sports Program
Championships next Wednesday on Fetzer
Field. The program will get underway
promptly at 1900. Townspeople, students in
the University, and the entire station'per-
sonnel are cordially invited to attend.
Gems of Stephen Foster will be featured on
tomorrow afternoon’s concert by the Navy
Pre-Flight School band in the Forest Theater
opposite Navy Hall.
The program will open at 1630 with the
Chicago Tribune march by Chambers. Other
selections will include the Orpheus overture
by Offenbach; In a Persian Garden by Ketel-
by; Kreisler’s The Old Refrain; La Golin-
drina (The Swallow) by Serradell; and The
American Legion march by Parker.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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In order to buy what you will want to
morrow, buy War Bonds today.