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i* U lanMiT IS. 1944 All*O.MECH SitTiMm'^olmMa FS«kL N. C. n -’'V ' h team on the post, the quintet repre-, sentinff Major Henry H. Norman's |h» iT. fTMU. COACH of the 322zid Fighter Squadron EM’e team, potsea to Lt. Queer (bock to comera) with Lt. Swindle. 321>t F Sq. flash, running up. The 322nd Officer's team won by a score of 30>13. ' . 322d Fighter Sq. ‘Tomcats’ Star In Flashy Hoop Plays By 8-60T. FREDERICK BOWEN jyour new endeavor. The highest scoring bsaketball between the .guard and center ^is]of » years ol.,age. &m on the Dost, the auintet renre- tor southern _scholasilc school. fast .tot.iiii,kln« wiMnlry *1 “““ J'*™ visitor soon. 6he's a brunette _ .. _ _ Sergeant Leo' lem scholastic school.; Andrus is stUl uneffecM by ttie breaking maneuvers-Love Bug. Maybe it's because he| f tv/' . I\ SaSnd Plghter Squadron, will ex- No. 2 Sports Arena when It plays in the opener of the newly or ganized Thunderbolt League. This fast baskethall circuit will be com* poeed of the top flight teama in each of the two former leagues which recently completed their flchedulee. The 322nd Tomcats finished in third place in the Plghter League last week. Early In the aeacen. the Tom- eats lest one game to the 711th Tn^faig Group and aaother, a bcartbreaker, to Headquartera B Headquartefe Sqoadren, when the Bnal gun ended a last half drive Just two peinte ehert of victory. fYem thea en. The Tomcate SBOcesaively licked the 712th Training Group 3g-12: the 79Srd T.8.8. 39-25; and the 36th T.8.8. 29-14. They then deetreyed the ambitlona M the Mth Aviation Squadron 46-16; the 711th T.8.8. 29-17; aad the 7eth Wing 55-4. Two more oonteets were Tomcat ▼letortes. The Hedlee fell be fore them with a 53-13, and the 75th Wing was completely routed by a total score of 38-7. ^e total Tomcat eoercs for ten games was 361 pofaita. For the opposition, 157 pointa. A new Tomcat will be wearing the blue Md gold of the Thunder- wlren M. SGT. FOWLOSn. center for the 322nd Fighter Squadron '*Tomcotg" trys for a (att shot with M. Sgt. Hallagin (No. 77) and S. S^. Williams (No. 19) attempting to block the throw. 333d Ramblings About Men And Their Doings T-Sgt Tes Penny in h proud pa- iw- At last we've been Joined by tbe Navy. Robert Armstnmg ■topped by in a Ship for some ESS, bis pilot getting bit by a flii bug and had to go to tbe hospital. Bo now ArmstrcN^ finally is meep- tag In as many beds as the av erage Jolly tar only claims to have slept In. He refuses to be Joined tor q and r however, fearing loes ef hls six l^ks per diem. B8gt. StA, M-R clerk, threat ened to Join Armstrong wUlynllly unless the gob Ucfcs over three ■pots a day board and room. Stash bases this on official army esU- matee, which dream that the U. 8. private gets $1,600 yearly. The national capital Is reported piwting jas^ after a new descent so It by nc. Johnny Moore qrbo 8woq»ed In on the wings of a Buee-day pass. Altbougb Johnny qraan't nuiigry after the ride, be aUowB It's tetter than walking. FLASHI tn went over Its bond goota of 822M on pay day by tbe 'Mmfortsble margin or |12S with a taousand more pledged. That's glv- w_ ■ ■ tag It to Uncle, boyal ||| KrUlf Lt. S. P. Messa. Personnel Of ficer. AMnxld got credit for his spirited war bond campaign, com plete with graphic charts that he put on before Group Personnd and' su^y. lOvercomtaK our deep to stand reveille bas bemi' dispelled \rtien First Sgt. Richardson prom ised to awakb^Oapt. Moore, our ad jutant, and ourselves. R is very seldom, feDows, that you get this Und of treatment in this man's army and we dtould all be grate ful for It: honest. Isn't it great to get up on a crisp winter momingT We know the answer to that and you didn't need to throw your barracks bag Into tbe subject ei ther. Reveille will work hardships on tbe .Doncoms. If they're on the field they’ve got to stend It. Ihe ugly dilemma of staying out oil nfte in Goldsboro tvtrj nlte getting up when the Goldsboro roosters are enjoying their beauty rest, faces them. Kouma Kish, all T-B meshs now Is. . . 7BI 36th Squadron Sounds Off in tbe Tennessee circuit. AU-Amerkan and former Pitts burgh Panther. Lt. Edward A. StraU, the Tobcat'e fameus ceacb. Is eehedollng dally practices fer his sineeth working, efncleat quintet. New plays are in the making and new victories are ahead. Follow the Tomcats through to the Post Champient TIUe. Physical Training Notes An outstanding xmdertaklng of the 326th Fighter Group Physical Training Department has been the swimming program which has been held at tbe Community House In Goldsboro. Designed to teach all men in tbe Group how to han dle themselves In the water, under any emergency which msy arsle, this program has progress^ since the first of the year without any accidents marring It. Oh yes,— Tomorrow they are going to put water In tbe pool. 321st Squadron MaU Boom -The 321st Mall Room bas al ways had more trouble than mall and there has been no change. Tbe or bug. commonly refererd to page. Pfe. Carl Plate Is now on a as tbe Love-Bug, Is on the ram- furlough with Ideas of matrimony Ih his head. (This report is un- - - confirmed as yetJ Cpl. William bolts wnin they next take the Tudsbury. however, la more wor- floor to play. Staff sergeant A1 ■ rled abou tgetUng bis furlough Vennerl, scholastic champ from the than be Is the woman. (Be means Monesslon. a.. High School quintet!that she Is already booked.) Staff of the Western Pennsylvanian In-'sergeant Bob Adams Is expecting terscholasUe League will be at one - — of the guards. UntU Uncle Sam, claimed him, be was a freshman star at Duquesne University. This 173 pound former high school, ool- leglste. and professional performer from tbe PittMurgh district Is scheduled to add yet another note of class to the 333iid Tomcats basketball. Master sergeant Powlowaki, Post high soorlDg UtlehoMer, will em bark on another campaign des tined to idaoe tbe Tomcats surete and certainly In tbe League lead. Powlowskl Is another athlete from tbe Keystone State. Scholastto bas- ketbaU In the W}lkeri)arve. Penn sylvania area well remember the outstanding performances of this 191 pound, six-foot player from* Warrior Run High School and bis latAr performances for tbe semi- "Butlers.” His iincanny ablliW find the net is nothing short of sensational and a source of wild enthuslssm to tbe basketball crowds. Kid-western baAeibaH Is rep resented by Sergeant M»j Steln- break ef the CsrbeodMe, nihiolB Seuth State Teachers OMlege. wte were eonfereDoe ehauaplens is already married. Pfc. Joe Ka-« lish of Message Center was heard | computing the Railway Expreas { Charge, per 100 pounds, on some' large object. Maybe he’s goieg ' to send fnr his gal. An Emergency Call was sent out to Sergeant R. C Washburn, chief of the "Ma-1 control this Love-Bug epldentlc be- larta" squad, to see If te couldn’t fore It spread into the Orderly Room. 321sl Squadroa Chatter Few ef the men lately, have , been wlhaliif fer anew an dan \ were disappomted aemewhat dur ing tbe recent holidays beeausa j we had DO “WHITE CHRIST- I >gAS". . .AO te OK new as wu ■ew have a peenuaa’s MA88A- CHU8ETTE8 aeattered threugh- eut the 25-inlle UmlL . .The 121M Squadron la nU for the 4th WAR BOND DBIVE. . .Bveryene In ocnlng through with flsruig eelers und will exceed the SuMdron't ^ quota and lay the Sttnd Squadron , in the ahade. . .It looka Ilk ethe First Sergeant wU be aUc to to keep up with bis abac kmen froua now on, aa each one has to sigB In and out each day wbest eomiag to work and leaving the post. . .(goodidea). . .If you have a falorng storting on the 15th of the month, see the Flrts Ser- gesnt fw n three-day pass stari- iag after your day off. HUi Is that leevea at 2399. . .(then wtiu for an extension upon srrlval) . . .That’s the thing that makss the First Sergeant happy. . .(This happens qn^ often). . J>18AP- 8GT. JOHN J. (Dec) O’DONNBLL.cent wroag? by sayli« this tMd ' ii. . — jM Mich or f Ustment or through tbe operations loir ^ > ot the MiecUT. Mrvtee.b^d, m iS?JS? 796th Reporter Waxes Eloquent accepted certain obUgatlons and principles. You are simply laying back a debt to your country and to your fathers yes. the unknown sol dier who laid down their Uvea..tbat m^t uM to take™„SKl Could It be It Is ymir dsm self who | gets out of line? Keep Is mind' that if tbe Army took every man's r troubles to heart, we oouldh't funo^' tion as a mass. I have yet to i who has cracked um under NCTM_todge M>ytl^_^ me udW fiBiwh their business now It Is here. The Army looks upon you and I as In the majorlly. not as an Individual, which you enjoyed as a clvlUan. EverytUng Is done on a mass scale and each c.- «« ^ one ol 11, work > unit for onel“™*f“ e”!* Mhere If be le e ckoo- another. i srlper and morale. There Is no difference between' *“ yiAi play tbe part. Don’t be tbs first to break down a num's mor ale by your griping; be the first to Jack It up. Tte b^ drilled s^ dler on the field Is a detriment to ef tbe IlHnals Interosllefiate your civilian business and this Athletic Assertion. This Intri- buslnesa called War. in bu^ess your boss eliminated your name from the payroll If you failed to By S. SGT. D. TOW8E Oongratulatlcms to tt' officers, and men ot tbe 791st for winning ' the EStcellence Award for the month of December. It was a very close Tito leuhhtor ol Murnh, Don >>“' corning dm do^'t winia a? Rir> and Frankie count, 80 again we extend Con- TSL Bk?m'Easts'’ along with word of cauUon S5h*fSSirwT«t25' aSi Sat the Is off to a flying stau doeen-t to^, to,.top imtU to aS? W? 1? ? iSotato' P«*P« Pl*ce. namely the All Iff tha' Among the recent arrivals to the 52.J?* ^ *“ ****,86th was a ‘’character’' as yet un- tohS*** thoogb. matched In athletic prowess. Our Bta tbe great Pic, a personaUe ••character" Is none other than the rtaUm. JB missed, since be didn’t ••puoHBBS", the most beautiful POP nr hla lease tbe tint of the bunk of Persian cat ever to Invade yb$X- His--favorite bed watM the gates of Seymour-Johnson Field, ttn day time be craves, a peaos- No definite Jte has been assigned iol nlto of ■ Btaihber, intonperssd to' ber as ftt. po we* suspect that WBU **“»**»'—fun to-brsak xtp tbe she will be nded mdloly as a morale fiMwawiy of slcif ntni hooator,'a-Job that'Mie: has bosj '\We'B mtas out'' * . Ivd lying In its >^at eate ball handler brake Into cage play wttb the Bldatmda Tawnshlp Hi^ Schoel of the Big Eleven Cenferenee. WhOe in the seati- pre ranks at Naagds, minals. Sergeant Stefaibrook’s aggregatlm eagiced ttie New York BenaB- sanee Clnb, defeated the Boese ef David, a^ oenqnered teth the famens Btoemfleld Bean and Olaea's TerrlMe Swedes. VirglDla tfiUtary Institute hss contributed "General’' Morris Haas to tbe Une-up of stars studding the ranks of the Tomcats. The coolest and most consistent hard wood artist to be seen here this season. It Ic this big guard and former Dixie teague professional that steadies the Tomcats attack ,and calls the play. Another two hundred pounder from the South Is Staff sergeant Elbert Price who plays center. He hails from Martin Junior College ol the Mississippi Valley League. This team, from Pulaski,, T^- nessee. and reached some of It's greatest successes under the driv ing leadership of this unusual Tomcat. Lawrence County High School of Lawreneeburg. Tenn., also claims him as an alumnus and bas ketball star. While alternating produce. In the Army, your Com manding Officer Is the boss, but you are eliminated from the Squadron to a place of confine ment, If 3rou fall to live up to the laws set down by the Army. - When new arrivals enter this field and aft tbe same quesUona which seems to be a national slo- Griping sets In tne same cate gory as a decayed tooth. Until the cavity Is filled, filled with a smile instead of a gripe or removed and replaced with a sensible attitude of forgetting that you are doing a favor by putting on a unlform« then your life as a soldier wUl be Just one round of the blues, caus ing you to be looked upon as gloomy Ous, which should be tack ed on to those so-called grlpars. Try a smile Instead gM end I euote (Whet kind of e e^ »**' to oUict mod • boMt ( esunp OP field is this), do you get when m morye Sey a mt down, onjo^^ont out of to fKt to dim- Jf-'- *• enough in tola world matise a picture which is 100 per ”*** out your addition. plans for expanding this unit so keep your eyes open as we march by. Tbe 36th throu^ the ctiumns of “MB-O-MEOCH" wblaheu to Lt. Col. Harrison M. Jonda for the purchase of a $1,000 War Bond and crediting his purchase to the Nth Squadron. His generosity alc^ with tbe fine sidrit of cooperation antoog our men, haa given us a _ Mg lead towards our final geal of Glenn ttoing vm well since her arrival-OO.OOO.' Already we have more than _* ' - — 7L.- * WaI# ■ to ■■ ■ ng w a tow..^ - - - Aitai’s on the Ulls) or-axrMk w so'ago. Sftr ioObL- IfeoMge omtn Mitaf,-- Eyas wldmed and beads noddel fiat hss Rode lay nrsantriiw ^ ^ appsovbtoty as tbe "Always on the 'RMsmblv. of-Odd aad Is now Obap- Beam" 9th, Gretu) men ■ marched kte LaadAreop’s aids.- ‘ ' by. a dram and-bugle e FfijLBKi By the dtane bs reads possd of mm from the Ktah wUAhajre S-^^^outfit -j . . to.. .. —-4^ ^ JO- in w^lte hemets. leggings end ) fnnV**" end meserted a very fine w.-,. Oroiq) has atosgr ims,'-a^av tm* ■in wu» wi hiaJtf^.Oleit GBhle half of tbe total expected end feel that .by the end of the month we wUl have more than reached the geal. The officers snd men of the IMh extend thsir heartiest • oongratula- tlons to Pvt. Oordoq Robotham wbc was reeentty tanwtated as sa'En- flneertng Cadet. Lott of hiek and hast wlelns iw your suoosss and
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