Vol. 3—No. 18
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, January 19, 1945
Victory Garden Has Banner Year In 1944
Station Joins
National Drive
On Paralysis
Along with Naval activities
^roughout the country, this Pre-
l^light School is participating
this year in the campaign for
Contributions to the annual fund-
raising drive of the National
foundation for Infantile Pa
ralysis.
Lt. (jg) Francis E. Stann,
^elfare and Recreation Officer,
has been designated by the Com-
l^anding Officer, to direct the
^ocal fund - raising campaign
^hich will begin here next week
^rid continue through the re-
“^ainder of the month.
, There will be no solicitation,
'^'Jt contribution boxes will be
Placed at convenient points
Ground the station, including
®ach cadet dormitory. Navy Hall,
Ship’s Service.
In a letter of 27 October 1944,
Commander-in-Chief of the
Ignited States Fleet and Chief of
r^aval Operations stated, “There
no more worthy undertaking
the fight against infantile
Paralysis, and it is my belief
Jhat the personnel of the Navy,
^arine Corps and Coast Guard,
®oth uniformed and civilian, will
^^Icome the opportunity for
^oluntary participation in this
appeal for funds.”
, Everyone is urged to con
tribute and lend support to the
pSht against this crippling dis-
ase which re_ached epidemic
Proportions in North Carolina
^st summer.
Funds raised at this station
^ill be forwarded to the Na-
lonal Foundation for Infantile
araylsis through Navy chan-
nels.
Comdr. Hamilton, Bruce
'Undergo Appendectomies ,
g Lt- Comdr. Burton A. Ingwer-
Athletic Director, has been
^ cting Executive Officer during
past week while Lt. Comdr.
Q^ard L. Hamilton, Executive
jyr^cer, is convalescing in the
.aval hospital from an appen-
^ctomy. Lt. Comdr. Robert H.
^^ce, head of the Academic de-
artrnent, has been discharged
: the hospital after undergo-
a similar operation a fort-
^ight ago.
Tilling the soil was a new experience for perhaps most Pre-Flight
cadets, but all benefitted from, and many enjoyed, the work. The
results of last year’s Victory Garden project are given in the ac
companying story.
Yeoman A.L. Marek’s Sea Duty
Includes Atlantic and Pacific
Tours of sea duty aboard the
USS Philadelphia, USS Brook
lyn, USS Birmingham and USS
Shamiock Bay are among the
Naval experiences of Anton L.
Marek, Ylc, assigned to the yeo
man pool.
Marek, whose home is Seattle,
Wash., served
aboard the
USS Philadel
phia during
April of 1943.
A month later,
however, h e
was ordered to
the newly-ap
pointed flag
staff, under the
command o f
Rear Admiral
L. T. DuBose,
aboard the USS Brooklyn. Then
the fun began.
Yeoman Marek’s baptism of
fire came during the invasion of
Sicily, when the Brooklyn was
caught in a mine field. “It was
at night;’ he recalls, “and all
hands had been cautioned to be
ready at any moment to aban
don ship.’ The prospect of do
ing that was not very invitmg,
inasmuch as we could see sharks
swimming in the water nearby.
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Anton L. Marek
but we managed to slide through
safely.”
Bomb Rack As Souvenir
During the same engagements
a German plane attempted a
suicide crash dive on the Brook
lyn. It grazed the stern and left
its bomb-rack as a grim souve
nir.
When the Brooklyn finally re
turned to New York, Marek was
ordered aboard the Birming
ham, which joined Task Force
58. It was with this powerful
unit of the Pacific Fleet that
Marek witnessed an air strike
on Tarawa, saw the bombard
ment of Wake Island, experi
enced the invasion of Bougain
ville, and later participated in
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NATC Courses Offered
Courses pertaining to all phases
of Naval Air Technical Training
are now being offered to all offi
cers and enlisted personnel
through the Naval Air Technical
Training Command. A copy of
the courses offered is available
through the local educational of
ficer, Lt. (jg) William H. H. Dye
in the Executive Office, Alexan
der Hall.
Lt.Cmdr.Ingwersen
Reports Results
From Cadet Farm
“A highly successful venture
in every respect,” is the way Lt.
Comdr. Burton A. Ingwersen,
Athletic Director, describes the
Victory Garden operated by
Pre-Flight cadets here last year.
It was the Victory Garden’s
banner year, he explains, pro
ducing substantially more than
in 1943 and netting a profit of
$2,307 for Welfare.
How substantially the Pre-
Flight Victory Garden relieved
the drain on outside markets for
war scarce produce to feed the
cadets may be realized from a
glance at the 27 main crops
raised and the quantities:
Lima beans, 25 bu.; snap
beans, 600 bu.; beets, 200 bu.;
cabbage, 8,000 lbs.; carrots, 150
bu.; sweet corn, 2500 doz.; cu
cumbers, 200 bu.; kale, 500 bu.;
head lettuce, 10,000 heads; leaf
lettuce, 300 bu.; okra, 25 bu.;
dry onions, 100 bu.; green
onions, 5000 bu.; peanuts, 35
bu.; English peas, 25 bu.; green
peppers, 75 bu.; sweet potatoes,
300 bu.; pumpkins, 300; radishes,
50 bu.; spinach, 150 bu.; acorn
squash, 10 bu.; yellow squash,
500 bu.; tomatoes, 1000 bu.; tur
nips, 250 bu.; turnip greens, 600
bu.; musk mellons, 2000; water
melons, 4000.
Seed From Wallace
In addition there was a bit of
Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage,
and a special variety of Pan-
American corn raised from seed
sent by Vice President Henry
A. Wallace following his visit
here in December of ’43.
Valuable assistance and ad
vice on what crops are best
suited for Carolina soil, when to
plant them, and what fertilizer
to use, were given to the Pre-
Flight officers who supervised
the garden project, by Mr. Lloyd
R. Roof, representative of the
Soil Conservation Service of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
As time draws near for 1945
plantings, the outlook is for a
somewhat smaller acreage this
year, in keeping with the re
duced number of personnel on
the station.
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