Vol. 3—No. 46
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, August 3, 1945
SecNav Outlines
Officer Prospects
For Regular Navy
Opportunities for Reserve offi
cers to transfer to the Regular
Navy are described in an open
leH;ter from Navy Secretary For-
I'^stal addressed to Naval Re-
sei've officers.
Ii' the message released last
Tuesday, Mr. Forrestal explained
that he would like to give full
details of how a USNR officer
could become a USN and what
kind of a career he would have
before him, but added that such
details depend upon future legis
lation.
Pointing out that Congress has
recessed until autumn, making
enactment of the necessary new
laws before that time impossible,
he indicated that he wanted Re
serve officers to know as much
as possible about the Navy’s
plans as can be stated with as
surance.
Postwar Need
Three fundamentals were
str6ssGdi
“The Navy’s need for officers
after the war is governed by the
size of the Fleet which we must
keep to defend the United States
and to discharge our interna
tional agreements.
“We know now that the Navy
will need after the war more
USN officers than it has—per
haps 30,000 more.
“The best source of more offi
cers is the Navy itself, particu
larly Reserve and temporary offi
cers now on duty.”
Secretary Forrestal stated that
officers who transfer to the Reg
ular service will be offered:
“Transfer to the Regular Navy
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Band Gives Second
Concert On Sunday
The second concert of the sea
son by the Navy Pre-Flight band
will be given Sunday, Aug. 5, at
1630 in the outdoor Forest The
atre opposite Navy Hall.
Included on the program will
be Thunder and Blazes by Fucik,
the II Guarany overture by Go
mez, Saint-Saens’ Samson and
Delilah selection, a novelty num
ber—BelZ Ringers by Yoder,
Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, Opus
46, and Tales from the Vienna
Woods by Strauss.
In addition there will be vocal
selections by the band s glee
club.
BIRTHDAY PARTY—Members of the Women’s Reserve donned
their whites last Monday evening for the banquet in Lenoir Hall
marking the third anniversary of the WAVES.
WAVES Here Celebrate Their Third
Anniversary With Banquet And Dance
By Helen L. Frizzell, Y3/c
The WAVES here at Chapel
Hill celebrated the third anni
versary of the Women’s Reserve
with a banquet given in their
honor on Monday, July 30. At
that time the following congratu
lations were extended them.
Rear Admiral O. B. Hardison,
Chief of Naval Air Primary
Training, wired, “On this the
third anniversary of the Women’s
Reserve of the Navy, CNAPrim-
Tra congratulates all the WAVES
who have served and are serving
within the Naval Air Primary
Training Command for a job ex
ceedingly well done. The Navy
is proud of you. Keep up the
good work.”
Comdr. James P. Raugh, com
manding officer, expressed his
appreciation of the WAVES here
by stating that they had estab
lished themselves as a part of
the station, and he was proud of
the way in which they had
worked. Lt. (jg) Nancy M.
Winn, SC(W), introduced her
self as the first WAVE to arrive
in Chapel Hill. She said she wel
comed the arrival of more
WAVES and had watched their
number increase from Decem
ber, 1943 when two PhM3/c’s,
Dorothy Van Sciver and Dora
Archer, came aboard to the pres
ent total of thirty yeomen, store
keepers, and hospital corpsmen.
On Monday evening these
ladies in blue donned their white
uniforms to gather at Lenoir
Hall. The banquet was in a sec
tion of the Pine Room enclosed
by walls of white and blue crepe
paper plus a backdrop of the
American flag. Thanks to the
crew there were beautiful flow
ers on the tables. Due to the
planning of Lt. (jg) Alice L.
Branch (W), the guests enjoyed
a meal outstanding for its steak,
French fries, ice cream and
birthday cake.
After this unusual repast the
WAVES drew back their chairs
and sang “Anchors Aweigh,”
“Waves of the Navy,” followed
by more frivolous songs as
“When I Get Back to the USA,”
“The Navy Took the Glamour
out of Me,” and “Happy Birth
day” to Mrs. Winn in honor of
her own birthday and second
wedding anniversary.
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Lt. (jg) Nancy M. Winn
She Knifed the Cake
Sports Finals
Promise Keen
Contest Today
One of the closest and most
keenly contested Sports Program
finals promises to develop at the
regimental championship events
slated for 1900 this evening at
Fetzer Field.
The 68th and 69th Battalions
are both in a determined mood,
for each group has five teams en
tered,- and each is in good posi
tion to win the regimental title
The 68th, under Lieut. Clyde
F. Carpenter, enters the Sports
Program finals with a total of
160 points compiled in other
phases of competition, and hence
is in the best position to cop
regimental honors. The 68th took
first places in Military and Class
Athletics, and picked up 10 addi
tional points in Academics.
Lieut. Walter R.Holmer’s 69th
is in second place at the moment
with 122% points. Lieut. Royal
W, Womach’s 71st and Lieut.
Gene A. Bankston’s 72nd have
1121/2 and 85 points, respectively
from competition to date.
68th vs. 69th
In the ring tonight, Lieut. Car
penter’s 68th boxers will en
counter the 69th leather-throw-
ers coached by Lieut. E. W
Brady.
Wrestling will find Lieut. W.
H. Grimberg directing his 68th
proteges against Lieut. H. J
Burnell’s 69th.
Soccer will bring Lieut. G. S
Fencl’s 69th on the field in op
position to Lieut. C. T. Jenkins’
72nd.
On field, track and cross-coun
try courses, Lieut. G. F. Brown
will direct his 68th squad in
competition with 69th tracksters
of Lieut. R. E. Horsley.
In the volleyball finals, Lieut
C. J. Kernan’s 68th hopefuls wili
match drives with Lt. (jg) L G
Heminger’s 69th.
Swimming, which will begin
at 2000 in Kessing Pool, will
find Lt. (jg) W. E. Dole’s 68th
tankmen competing against
Lieut. Louis Juillerat’s 72nd.
All-Station Happy Hour
An outdoor variety show for
all personnel of this station, and
families is being planned by the
Welfare department for Friday
August 10th at 1900. The show
will be presented in Emerson
Stadium, and will comprise tal
ent found in all elements of the
Pre-Flight School, including of
ficers, cadets, and crew.