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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, February 13, 1943
Gene Strowd, Chief Specialist, and Cadet Benard
No Empty Mail Box Here
Navy Mail Clerk Gene Strowd, Chief Specialist (M), didn’t
think much of Cadet Jack Benard’s mail until last Saturday
morning when 25 letters came to the post office, all from Miss
Eleanor Tunney of Jackson Heights, Long Island and all ad--
dressed to Jack.
For Cadet Benard, the Cloudbuster has found out, the oc
currence was nothing out of the ordinary. For Chief Specialist
Strowd and others in the post office, it was their first experience
with 25 letters from one girl to a cadet.
Cadet Benard, a member of the 18th Battalion, has received
close to 50 letters from Miss Tunney in the past three weeks.
In return, he tries to write one each day, but frankly admits
that it’s hard to do.
He met Miss Tunney about a year ago at a birthday party
given for him by some of his buddies. “She came with one of
my best friends,” Benard jokingly admits, “but since the party
I’ve been going with her steady and expect to marry her some
day.” He adds that the friend she came to the party with is
still his friend.
Asked what the 25 letters contained he quickly replied that
they said the same old thing with a new twist.
Right now Benard, though, is interested in becoming a good
Navy flier and Miss Tunney is continuing her education at Pratt
Institute in New York.
BOXERS
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165, in 1 minute, 30 seconds of the
second round.
Cadet Bob Gries, Pre-Flight,
heavyweight, did a good job on
Harry Moore in the first two
rounds, but the soldier came back
strong in the third to win by a
TKO with 10 seconds remaining.
It might be said that Cadet Gries
came in with the last battalion,
and he was not in tip top shape.
Coach Wolff had nothing but
praise for Gries’ performance, and
he stated after the matches he was
expecting big things of him in the
future.
All cadets who were Regimental
Champions won their bouts with
Ft. Bragg. Losers Breithaupt and
Copeland reached the finals of the
local tournament, and Gries is a
newcomer.
Boxing Summaries:
130-pound class—AI Goldberg,
New York and Ft. Bragg, won de
cision over Cadet John Breithaupt,
Guymon, Oklahoma.
135-pound class—Cadet James
Ankeney of Akron, Ohio, won de
cision over Tony Ballotta, Stru-
thers, Ohio.
145-pound class—Cadet Ray
mond Jones, acting captain from
Philadelphia, won by TKO end of
first round over Francis Kirk,
Carlstadt, N. Y.
150-pound class—Cadet Charles
Movie Schedule
Feb. 13—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Seven Sweethearts”
with Van Heflin and Kathryn
Grayson. Feature starts at 1330,
1527, 1930, and 2127.
Feb. 14—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Honky Tonk” with
Clark Gable and Lana Turner.
Short Subject, “Battle for France.”
Feature begins at 1320 and 1527.
At the Carolina
Feb. 6—“Commandos Strike at
Dawn” with Paul Muni.
Feb. 7—“Yankee Doodle Dan
dy” with James Cagney.
Ruzula, Worcester, Mass., won de
cision over Ray Dalton, Benham,
Kentucky.
160-pound class—Cadet Her
bert Maroot, Verona, N. J., won
decision over Julie Schneider, Val
ley Stream, N. Y.
165-pound class—Cadet Steve
Bogue, Boston, Mass., won by TKO
1 minute, 30 seconds of second
round, over Roy Streiff, Dayton,
Ohio,
175-pound class—Lew Goldman,
Ft. Bragg and Brooklyn, won de
cision over Cadet Houston Cope
land, Denver, Colorado.
Heavyweight class — Harry
Moore, Manoa, Pa. and Ft. Bragg,
won by TKO 1 minute, 50 seconds
of third round, over Bob Gries,
Lyndhaurst, N. J.
Referee—Lt. (jg) B. R. Voor-
hees (West Virginia).
WRESTLERS
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sion Cadet McKeeby, 3 to 0, in an
overtime period.
Monday afternoon at 1630 the
locals engage VPI in wrestling.
Results;
121-pound class—Nist, Pre-
Flight, pinned Ratts, 0:40 and
2:00 second period.
128-pound class—Blalock, State,
pinned Huckabee; 2:58, second
period; 35 seconds in third.
136-pound class—Dorn, Pre-
Flight, pinned Chandler, 25 sec
onds of third period.
145-pound class—Adams, Pre-
Flight, decisioned Traxler, 7-6.
155-pound class—Dillman, Pre-
Flight, decisioned Bean, 6-0.
165-pound class — Landsberg,
Pre-Flight, decisioned Edwards,
6-1.
175-pound class — Abrahams
pinned McGrath in 1 minute, 30
seconds of first period.
Heavyweight class—Wagoner,
State, decisioned McKeeby, 3-0, in
overtime period.
Enlisted Men Advanced
Four enlisted men were ad
vanced in rating effective Feb. 1,
as follows:
Everett Bracken, from Y3c to
Y2c; Roy L. Carder from RM3c to
RM2c; Walter B. Everett, from
CM3c to CM2c; and Rodney
Skaggs, from RMlc to CRM (AA).
NEWS DIGEST
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junior-senior dances of the Uni-;
versity. Cadets, with dates, are |
invited to attend as guests of the |
junior-senior classes of the Uni-1
versity, but no stags will be ad-
mitted due to lack of floor space. |
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Cadets Invited |
Starting this afternoon from
1400 until 1700 the YM-YWCA
will sponsor for cadets an infor
mal recreational period in the
YMCA building on the University
campus. All cadets are invited to
drop by. Coeds will be present,
and space is provided for games t
and other social activity, \
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Mclver Tea for Cadets j
Mclver Hall is giving a tea j
Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6|
for all cadets. Especially invited i
are all members of the 19th Bat- <
talion. i
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War Bond Purchases j
Navy personnel—civilian and j
military—invested a total of $104,- ■
390,245 in War Savings Bonds;
during 1942, the Navy Depart
ment announced last week. Top
ping off the year with $18,806,137
in December, the Navy carried its
total of bond and stamp purchases
since start of the campaign in Sep
tember, 1941, to $107,274,976,