Vol. 2—No. 47
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, August 5, 1944
52nd Battalion Scores 225 Points
To Win In Overall Competition
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Cruising
with
Covey
By
David Y. Coverston, Ylc, USNR
In the future, if any of you de
sire to “Cruise With Covey,”
you’re going to have to do it in a
very literal sense. Yes, by the time
this goes to press, I will be well on
my way to duty “somewhere over
there.” Where I’m going, or what
kind of duty I’ll get, I don’t know,
but I do know that I’ll be getting
20% increase in pay for duty
“outside.”
It has honestly been a privilege
to have been stationed at Chapel
Hill, and my two years, three
months, one week, five days, two
hours, and thirty-seven minutes
on board have been most through
ly enjoyed. I don’t think another
station in the Navy offers any
better working conditions, as much
liberty, and as congenial an all-
around atmosphere as PFS at
Chapel Hill, and to be perfectly
frank, “I’ve been glad to have been
aboard.”
I am glad that I have had a
part in building this station from
a mere idea into one of the out
standing training activities in the
Navy, and as I depart, I feel like
I’m leaving my Naval Alma Mater.
I attempted to bid each of you
See COVEY, page 4-
Extra Gas Rations
Allowed for Leave
Under a new OPA ruling all ser
vice men will be granted a gallon
of gasoline a day for leaves of
more than 72 hours. Application
should be made to the local board
in the community where the auto
mobile is to be driven, and should
be accompanied by satisfactory
evidence of the car which is to be
used. Leave papers will be en
dorsed to show the ration issued.
Headquarters
For French Naval
Aviation Moved
National headquarters for the
French Naval Aviation Training
Program are being moved from
Chapel Hill this week, but the
training of French Naval Cadets
will continue here the same as in
the past.
Lieut. Comdr. Raymond L. Ar-
noud and Lieut. Louis LeCoz both
leave this week-end for Norfolk
and thence to Washington, D. C.
for further assignment. The train
ing .of French Naval Cadets here
will continue with the assistance
of liaison officers, the first of
whom reported aboard this week.
Lieut. Comdr. Arnoud expressed
a warm appreciation for the fine
reception and cooperation extend
ed the French Unit by the entire
personnel of this Pre-Flight
School. “We are looking forward,”
he said, “to the day when the
French cadets will prove in active
combat the high quality of their
training here and in other Navy
schools in the United States.”
New Ear Protector
To Aid Navy Pilots
A new ear protector, called an
ear warden, which guards the
wearer against the severe noise
shocks of gun blasts and high noise
levels of diesel and airplane en
gines, has been officially adopted
by the Navy.
Placed on the allowance lists of
the Bureau of Ships and the Bu
reau of Aeronautics, it is now be
ing produced in small quantities
and shipped out to the Fleet and
to Naval installations.
The warden, made of a special
compound of neoprene, goes a long
See EAR PROTECTOR, page U
Soccer Team
Scores Fourth
Straight Victory
Had the 55th Battalion had a
couple of more teams in the Sports
Program Championships on Wed
nesday evening, it is very likely
that they would have won the bat
talion competition for the past
two weeks. As it was, they ended
up in second place, some 49 points
behind the new champions, the
52nd Battalion.
With Capt. 0. 0. Kessing,
ySN, the first Commanding Of
ficer here, present to serve as
Honorary Referee, the 52nd and
55th went into the finals tied for
top honors. But the 55th ran into
trouble with only one team in the
finals, while the 52nd, on the other
hand, had four.
Only in wrestling did the 55th
excell, and in the championship
finals they won over the 52nd, 38
to 22. Other results gave the 52nd
a 9 to 8 win in boxing, the 53rd a
53 to 30 victory over the 56th in
swimming, the 52nd a 4 to 0 win
in soccer, and the 54th an easy 51
to 36 verdict over the 52nd in
track.
Most outstanding of any of the
competition was the 52nd’s 4 to 0
win over the 56th in soccer. It
marked the fourth straight com
petition that the 52nd has won,
and set a new record so far as
sport championships are concern
ed. Cadet Wally Suess and his
See SPORTS PROGRAM, page U
Glee Club to Sing Wednesday
The cadet glee club will be
featured on the entertainment pro
gram for the regiment of cadets
in Memorial Hall next Wednes
day evening starting at 1920. In
addition, there will be music by
the Pre-Flight band, and movie
shorts will be shown.
Absentee Voting
Plans Being Made
At This Station
Plans are now being made at
this station to enable all cadets,
enlisted personnel, and officers,
who are eligible, to vote in the
coming Presidential election.
Every person eligible to vote
will be given the opportunity to
do so, the only qualification to be
established here being that of age
—a minimum age of 18 years for
those from Georgia, and 21 years
for those from all other states.
As explained by Ens. William
Dye, station Voting Officer, cards
requesting absentee ballots will be
distributed to the members of the
crew on Aug. 16 and to the regi
ment of cadets and officers on Aug.
17. These cards properly filled
out should be mailed to the Secre
tary of State of the various states.
Under present plans, voting
booths will be open during certain
hours in Navy Hall between Aug.
17 and Sept. 15 for the convenience
of station personnel. A number
of officers will be designated to do
the necessary witnessing of sig
natures.
A poster outlining the various
voting requirements by states is
posted on the main bulletin board
in Alexander Hall, and similar
ones will be posted in each of the
dormitories shortly. Maps show
ing a division of the country into
Congressional Districts are on dis
play in Navy Hall and at Woollen
gym.
Movie Schedule
Sat., Aug. 5—Free movie at
Village Theatre, “See Here, Pri-
'vate Hargrove” with Robert Wal
ker and Donna Reed. Feature
starts at 1900 and 2048. Complete
show one hour, 48 minutes.
Sun., Aug. 6—Free movie at
Village Theatre, “Two Girls and
a Sailor” with Jimmy Durante and
Van Johnson. Feature starts at
1300 and 1512. Complete show
two hours, 11 minutes.