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Vol. 3—No. 45 WAVES Have Anniversary Here Monday The 31 WAVES at the Navy Pre-Flight School here, along with 86,000 in the naval service in the United States and Hawaii, Monday will observe the third anniversary of the Women’s Re serve. The day will mark the end of three years in which the WAVES more and more have taken over man-sized jobs on the Navy team that is fighting its way to final victory. It will be a work day as usual for those at the Pre-Flight School—work at the naval dis pensary, in the storeroom, and in the office—or “business end” of the Navy. But in the evening there’ll be time out to celebrate the occasion, a banquet in Lenoir Hall exclusively for the ladies in blue. A Pre-anniversary dance is sponsored by the WAVES for the male members of the Ship’s Company at the Cruise Club to night. 21 % of Enlisted Complement Members of the Women’s Re serve now comprise about 21% of the enlisted complement here, more than half of them being in the hospital corps making their contribution to the vital work of the school’s medical depratment. For the Navy as a whole, WAVES represented 18% of the total personnel assigned to shore establishments in the U. S. They are on duty at 900 continental bases and in the territory of Ha waii; they have released 50,500 men for duty afloat or overseas, in addition to taking over 27,000 other jobs in the greatly ex panded naval shore establish ment. Money and food are mighty important to all servicemen, and WAVES currently are responsi ble for both at the Pre-Flight School. Senior member of the Women’s Reserve at Pre-Flight and the longest in service at Chapel Hill is Lt. (jg) Nancy M. Winn, SC(W), from Roanoke, Va. First attached to the V-12 unit of the University of North Carolina on June 18, 1943, she took over as disbursing officer at Pre-Flight j in April, 1944, and has been in charge of payroll and all dis bursing accounts ever since. Be fore entering the Navy she han dled civil service payrolls for (Continued on Page 3) U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. L. rrmay, juiy sv, NEW SKY PILOT—Lieut. William A. Alexander, ChC, USNR, on the left, who took over chaplain duties here during the past week is shown checking over details with Lieut. George W. Cummins, ChC, USNR, who has been detached for duty overseas. Lieut. W. A. Alexander Takes Over As New Chaplain Here Lieut. William A. Alexander, ' (ChC) USNR, Cincinnati, O., has taken over the chaplain duties at the Navy Pre-Flight School here, succeeding Lieut. George W. Cummins, (ChC) USNR, who was detached yesterday for an overseas assignment. Chaplain Alexander, who was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Rushville," Ind., before enter ing the Navy in May, 1943, re cently completed a 15-months’ tour of duty at the U. S. Navy Advanced Amphibious Base, Plymouth, England. Prior to go ing overseas, he served for six months at the Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I., and for two months with the Seabees at Camp Peary, Va. Chaplain Cummins had served as chaplain at Pre^Flight since April of last year, coming here after 17 months of sea duty in 9 Game Football Schedule Planned For Cloudbusters A nine-game grid schedule for the Navy Pre-Flight Cloudbus ters, featuring tilts with the Military Academy at West Point and with the Naval Academy at Annapolis, has been announced today by Lt. Comdr. Herman E. Smith, Pre-Flight athletic direc tor. The Cloudbusters, who rated high among service teams of the nation last year, will play four of the games at home, all of them on Sunday. Changes over last year’s sched ule include the addition of Army, William and Mary, Camp Le- jeune, and Wake Forest, and the dropping of Duke, Virginia, and Bainbridge. The complete Cloudbuster schedule follows: Sept. 23—Georgia Pre-Flight at Athens, Ga. Cherry Point Marines at Chapel Hill. ■William and Mary at Williamsburg, Va. Camp Lejeune at Chapel Hill. U. S. Military Acad emy at West Point, N. Y. -Camp Peary at Chapel Hill. -Wake Forest at Wake Forest, N. C. -Jacksonville Naval Air Station at Chapel Hill. -U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Sept. 30 Oct. 14 Oct. 20 the Atlantic. He had served aboard the bat tleship, New York, at the time it participated in the shore bom bardment of North Africa at Safi and Casablanca. Before the war, he was pastor of the Highland Park First Bap tist Church in Louisville, Ky. Country Club Dance For Cadets Saturday A dance will be held for the cadets of the 67th, 4R-F, IIR-E, and IIR-F Battalions Saturday night at the Country Club. The dance, sponsored by the Welfare department, will last from 2100 to 2400. Dance music will be furnished by the Cloudbuster Swing Band. Refreshments will be served dur ing the evening. Oct. 28- Nov. 3- Nov. 11- Nov. 17- Pre-Flight Training Reduced to 19 Weeks The Pre-Flight syllabus is be ing changed to 19 weeks of in struction, effective with the in coming 73rd Battalion. Also, the length of the course for the 72nd is reduced to 21 weeks, and for the 71st to 23 weeks. There is no change in syllabus for classes senior to the 71st Bat talion. On WAVES Program The 15-piece Cloudbuster swing band and the Four Clefts will furnish musical entertainment on the WAVES third anniversary program over WPTF, Raleigh, next Monday from 2200 to 2230. —Buy More War Bonds—■
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