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Saturday, October 24, 1942 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three Cruising With Covey By David Y. Coverston, Y2c Women! A sweet word to the ears of a lonely sailor, and a headache to the man who owns one! A tempest in a calm or a ray of sunshine in a storm, these lovely and deadlier members of the species have long ago proven their worth in almost every field known. Beating a typewriter, welding a ship, or being a housekeeper, they do all equally well. Today Pre-Flight incubators of avia tors find their staffs liberally sprinkled with fair femmes. Miss Blanche Lalle led the vanguard of ladies into action, holding the honor of being the first woman connected with Pre-Flight when she accepted a position in Washington as the program started rolling. Recently transferred from Washington, this lady is now in our midst, as a valued member of the academic staff. Miss Virginia Harrison, Pre-Flight pioneer at this station, arrived on the scene when this school was a fledgling, and has been affiliated with the dis bursing office ever since. Mrs. Miriam Fink, the Skipper’s secretary, was next in line of arrival at Chapel Hill and spent many hours in the early days answering a flood of questions arising with the establish ment of a new organization. Miss Jo McCauley, a local girl, be came the next lovely to enter the scene, going to war for the supply office, then transferring to the military de partment. Mrs. Myrtle Etheridge and Mrs. Cecile Holshouser moved in to take over the switchboard, and as the school really hit the groove, more and more of the not-so-weaker sex arrived to help ease the load which burdened the struggling officers and men. At the present time, 35 women are employed in different sections of this school. Besides those already men tioned, we have, in their respective de partments, the following: Miss Virginia Heyward, secretary to the Executive Officer, and a prom ising yeomanette who is kept constant ly busy learning the why’s and where fore’s of running a Yeoman’s office; Miss Kay Bowden, latest addition to the Cadet Record office; Miss Mary Armbruster and Miss Jane Leonard trying to get from under all the in voices continually pouring into the Supply office; Miss Kay Armstrong in the First Lieutenant’s office; Mrs. Mary Speck plugging away continual ly in the Cloudbuster office in an ef fort to keep this paper running off the press; Miss Faith Brewer and Miss Virginia Sloan beating out prop aganda from the Public Relations stronghold, and Miss Mabel Stone, giving her all for the Military. We’d venture to say that 100% of the people in the world appreciate pay day better than any other day of the year. This takes us down into the “bilge” to that mecca of money, the Disbursing office. Paymaster Mack started his setup with a CSK and four See CRUISING, page 6 CHICKEN DINNERS served on candle-lit tables featured the party given for the station’s all-Negro band last week. The tables were arranged in a double V, and a large Ensign all but covered one wall. Pre-Flight Colored Band Has Made-to-Order Party It is now three months since thef^ first all-Negro Navy band of this war was welcomed aboard the Navy Pre- Flight School at Chapel Hill. It was a college group, a third of its 44 mem bers being college graduates and al most all of the remainder having at least two years of college work be hind them. The colorful group was strictly North Carolinian, too, its members having been recruited from the several Negro colleges of the state. From the beginning there was a feeling of local pride in the group which was to be housed in a new build ing started as a community center for the Negroes of Chapel Hill. An attrac tively planned structure of natural- color rock with walls two-feet thick and a lobby-parlor 80 feet long, it was taken over and completed for the headquarters of the Pre - Flight School’s popular all colored band. Last week, on Thursday, Oct. 15, a party was given in appreciation for the first weeks of necessarily relent less work to which the band was as signed. Under the Captain’s orders, the party was to be exactly what the men wanted, with nothing spared in meeting their requests and wishes. The bandsmen wanted it to be for mal. They wanted their guests to be the girl friends they had left behind in college. Accordingly buses were sent to Negro colleges in Durham and Greensboro to pick up the ladies and bring them to the party, and addi tional buses were provided for the re turn trip so that their hosts could es cort them back to the doors of their dormitories. The men wanted the party to be a banquet followed by dancing, games, and entertainment. They wanted chicken dinners served on candle-lit tables, and lime-ice punch (unspiked) later in the evening. All they asked was granted. Lieut. CAROLINA MEN’S SHOP Officers and Cadets . .. Get Your Needs Here Caiet Robert Varley, Proprietor Welcome Navy Wives — SHIELDS’ HOME-OWNED FOOD STORE Meats — Groceries — Produce YOUR BUSINESS APPRECIATED Frank L. Gillespie, assistant welfare and recreation officer, to whom the Chaplain, Lieut. Eric H. Arendt, had assigned the carrying out of the re quests of the band, saw to that. A double coat of wax was rubbed down on the already shining hardwood floor of the lobby, extra tables, chairs, sil ver, linen were supplied, and the serv ice help was doubled for the evening. The welcoming committee was made up of E. Willie Currie, Thomas A. Kel ler, “Lanky” Cole, Lawyard L. Wilson, James D. Morgan, and Simeon O. Hol loway, all Mus.2c. At exactly 2000, the guests arrived and were announced. In a few min utes bandsman and guest, both ex cited, sat down about tables that were arranged to form a iarge double V. The colors of the gigantic Ensign, which all but covered one wall of the lobby, reflected in streamers of red and blue down the long white tables. Courtesies and manners went un broken. Early in the evening, the Captain of the station, Comdr. 0. 0. Kessing, and Mrs. Kessing arrived, were acknowl edged in correct military manner, and accepted seats at the tables with the bandsmen and their guests. From the moment the Captain entered the room a broad smile of appreciation and re spect played on the face of every sailor in the room. When Chief Bandmaster Dudrow arrived, a cheer of welcome rushed to meet him. He is the band’s instructor who recruited the group and guided it through its nine weeks of training and its first weeks of station experience. See PARTY, page 6 RADIOS FOR RENT BOOHS FOR SALE The Intimate Bookshop Main Street, 0pp. the Campus Pre-Flight Women’s Club Elects Officers, Forms Committees Organization of the Pre-Flight Women’s Club took a big step forward at the last meeting of Navy wives Oct. 14, when officers were selected and chairmen appointed to direct the activities of 10 working committees. Mrs. O. O. Kessing and Mrs. John P. GrafF were named honorary chair man and honorary vice-chairman, re spectively, of the woman’s organiza tion. Mrs. Howard Hamilton was selected as chairman, while Mrs. Harvey Har man will serve as vice-chairman, Mrs. Jesse G. Wright as executive chair man, and Mrs. Harry Harrison as re cording secretary. On the executive committee are: Mrs. 0. 0. Kessing, Mrs. John P. Graff, Mrs. Benjamin Micou, Mrs. Harvey Harman, Mrs. Howard Ham ilton, Mrs. James Crowley, Mrs. James P. Raugh, Mrs. Eric H. Arendt, Mrs, Thomas Carruthers, and Mrs. Jesse G. Wright. Committees of the Pre-Flight Wom en’s Club are headed as follows: Navy Relief, Mrs. Kessing and Mrs. GrafF; Children’s Kindergarten, Mrs. C. W. Hartsough, Jr.; Children’s Af ternoon Supervised Play, Mrs, Crow ley and Mrs. Micou; Gray Ladies, Mrs. Hartsough; Home Nursing, Mrs. Thornton Scott and Mrs. William Pat terson; Blood Bank, Mrs. George Al len; Recreation, Mrs. George E. Shep ard; Social Committee, Mrs. George E. Brown; Emergency Committee, Mrs. Carruthers; and Hospitality Committee, Mrs. Robert Howe. The newly elected officers—Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Harman, and Mrs. Wright—have issued the following statement to the Cloudbuster for the attention of all wives of Navy officers: “We feel that the meeting last week was very successful. The only disap pointment was that we didn’t have 100% attendance, due to illness in some cases, but mostly perhaps be cause the notices of the meeting did not reach you as intended. We would like to repeat that the Pi Beta Phi sorority, 109' Hillsboro St., is having A. & P. FOOD STORES Welcomes the Cadets GROCERIES AND FRESH MEAT supervised play for the children every Wednesday afternoon from 2:00 un til 5:00, and that transportation will be provided to our meetings. “We also feel that each Navy wife is interested in serving in the war effort at the Pre-Flight School in some capacity, and coming to the meetings is one way that you can help. While there is much work to be done, we do expect to have some fun every now and then. So please circle the second Wednesday of every month on your calendar for the meeting of the Pre- Flight Women’s Club in Lenoir Hall, starting at 2:30 p.m.” Fighting French Aviators Arrive for Training in U. S. A detachment of officers and men of the Fighting French Naval Aviation has arrived at an East Coast port and will soon be undergoing flight train ing at a U. S. Naval Air Station in accordance with an agreement between the Navy Department and the Fight ing French Naval authorities. Several members of this first group have al ready been decorated for their gal lantry in action against the enemy. The aviators will form a French unit to operate in cooperation with United Nations Naval Air Forces with warplanes furnished by the United States. fee Cream Toasted Sandwiches Milk Shakes Sundaes <k Sodas DURHAM DAIRY PRODUCTS Eat at CAROLINA COFFEE SHOP — You Are Always Welcome— GRADUATING CADETS Have your portrait made in your BLUES OR WHITES Sheet Print Portraits f 8x10 in. 4x6 in. $12.00 a doz. |5.00 a doz. $8.00 a half doz. $3.00 a half doz. WOOTTEN-MOULTON PHOTOGRAPHERS
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