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smmm jooboi risLD» i. c. AlR-O-lIBCR IfiUtCB 7» 1948 ?AOB 3 IliekstoN h Bif H» With 9J.0. Ctmp Show tho eurtAino rang down on ona of tha flnoat ohowa to be glran at Sa^WDur Johnaen Field under tho ao- ■pieea of the O.S.O. Ine» whan BUCKSTGfR, tha world* a greateat ■agieian perforwad hare laat weak* Star atuddwd frow atart to finlah, tha abow wada a co^»late hi. with all that witnaaaad tha unblio- wabla faata perforaad by^tha raooan eelabritlaa waking vp the ehow* lien of tha field eapeeially enjoyed tha feoinina touch included in the ahow, and boida of approwal brought back tha singing Clark Siaiera to aing a Tariatj of tha day's popular tunas* Whether or not, Frank Ross, Uaster of Cerewonias* waant what ha was saying to lucioua Anita Peirra, the high-strung French girl, wa don't know, but nararthaless, the spicy anecdote were sore than wel- eoow to tha crowd enjoying the hilarious comsnts* By coincidence* Prank Ross, spark-plug of Uis show, happened to neat one of his best friends and former fellow worker, who h^pens to be stationed right here bn Sey^ l!our Johnson Field* He is Pwt. Arty Conroy, of the Medical Detaehsient who was ona of New YoiSc's leading actor and producer of comical shows. With a little boost from Rosa, Arty lApersonated a few feeble characters and prowed that ha was everything that Ross introduced him to be. Fellows who dread the thought of calisthenics realized how mild their exercise was when they saw the acts perfonaad by Honroe and 'irant, (father and son) on tha spring tranpoline, of which the Times magaaine ran an article on not long ago* What made the show most inter- eating and enjoyable eoiMdinad with the st^erb acting and performances of the actresses and actors, was tta fact it was, like all U*S*0» shows, coapiled and arranged to entertain the service ■nn,and free of charge* liore shows of this calibre are due to coos tc this field,from tiiss to tijM, and tha fine cooperation of tha man is appreciated by those who perform and by those who arrange them* Man Of The Week MEDICS FBVARB HOSICAL A nueieal comedy chock full of eutertaiameat and entitled "Medical Madcaps" will be put on at the Red Cross Auditorium on March 9th for patients of the hospital* \uuler the auspioes of the Medical Detachment* The show will compile all sorts of hilarious akitB and aoaga* But the high-light of the medloe' drama will be tha ehim-ebam-eheka of six "pretty girls" irtio will make up the ohoruB* trader the observing eyes of pvt* Artie Conroy* popular Hem Toik actor and produeor* the ehorue baa many eurprito routines to porform* Vincent Flore* reported to have been a singing star with John nie Long's bend will assist in the show with his renditions of seversl son^s. Another eolebri^ will bs Tony Trotto* once affiliated with Paul Whiteman's band. It is thought that a few of the •ongs of Lt. riitchile Cohank* to shorn thanks for tbo organisation of tho show arc duo* may be presontad* After many weeka of trailing, bogging and questioning, this re - porter managed to squeeze out a column on Post Sergeant-Major Clem I* Carnino* ' The 26 year old I^Sgt* started hia military career way back in May of 1939 when be went to Chanute Field, to make inquiries and ended yxp enlisting* He assumsd dxi- ties in 1942 as First Sergeant of the 13th School Squadron, fluking him one of the youngeat top ser geants of that tiflfle* Reporting here on July 11, 1942, he Imnsdiately assumed the duties oi Post Sergeant-MaJnr, was prosaoted to Tech* on the 13th, and to Master on the 14th of the same month* He is responsible for the smoottvrunnlng of the post filing system and meeeage center* It's a big job Clem bflts and he does it well He hails from the com fieldi of niinois and is’ not too partitlw- lar iWiat state he lives in* Hs states that ha likas North Carolina just as well* T« Sarta Or Nat T« •arflta b Tba Qaasflaa Sgt* Herbert Clez4c of Hq* It Hq* Squadron has bean seen sitting on the barrack steps with his chin eu(K pad in his hands, trying to figure out the beet amthod of farming that he knows* According to the gossip elan of Headquarters, he han been polithing \tp hie hoes and woes in hia endaaver to start a camp victory garden* He is somewhat dism^d at the amount of sand down here in the "rieh"eoil of the upper Carolina - and doesn't know whether to dig dofwn until he fines good soil or have some ship- pad down from hie home town* Just idiat he has in idjxi on growing besides com, peas, water melons, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, endive, celery, parsley, tomatoes, and llmflb-beans is not know, but naverthele88,he has never failed to come throu^* According to what ha asserted to fellows during a huddle right after pay-day, he will gladly open a road-elde vegetable stsind tUe su^ flksr for clviliane of Goldeboro, if permitted* AxkI the profits,of cotirae will be shared by those who bend their back and pose like the"inmoi>> tal paintlng"-"The Man with tha Hoe." Natiirally all good farmers - ani Clark is a good farmer (at laaat the boye think ha acta like one) know the danger of bugs and ineecte invading the gardens of the most religious men - Clark happens to be no exceotion, therefore, with an armada of hose, rakes and (prayers the faii^army of Clark will re enact the battles of the South Pacific when the Japanese Beetlee attaint an Invasion of his victory garden. Sgt. Clark will also have a "guard squadron" to watch hia weed patch, since reports of the 794th'8 Chicken, "Wacky" has reached the eare of the "0"-arden-men. However, the thou^t of fried chicken with a choice of freah vegetables wouldnt be too bad, or would it? Red Cross Continued frm page 1 is Oansral Walter J.Rmed} Saseutlws Chairman, Major Ralph M. Giles) Civ ilian Chiilman, Clevaland MeConnal) and Vice-Chairman repreeenting field organlzetienet Lt. Zack, QHtLt.Watt% Post Engineere; Lt* Xoanovleb, Sub- Depot) Lt* Zegsr, AAF) Lt* Maoeoci- one, Hoepltal) Lt. Keefer, PX; Lt* Ademe, 36th) Lt. lialonBy,791et) end Lt* Keeve, 793nl* Aleo lA.Steuffer, 792nd) Lt.Com, 794th) Lt* Wright, 795th; Lt.MurraF* 796th; Lt* Vereuville, 797th; Lt.Bi- fert, 796tb) Lt* Haetinge, 799th)Lt* Duff, sooth) U. BacHeU, SQlet) Lt* Bvana, 6Q2nd; Capt* Lincoln, 333rd! Lt* Bishop, 80th; Capt. RldMr and Lt* Woolf, Hq*ldlq; and Lt. Polk, 913 Guard Sq* Capt Bernstein Continued from page 1 C^ttein Bemetein emerged from World War 1 with a brilliant earriu record* He joined the Hsrlnee in July, 1917, et the age of 20, tralA- ed at Parris Island, and embarked for Fl'anee in Feb. 191S, where hie outfit becems part of the SecMid Dlvieion end fou^t at Blanc Mont Ridge, Chateeu Thierry, tbe Meuee- Argonne, Verdun and St* Mlhiel* sou STJWTVOR AT CnATUO TBIITOr At Chateau Thlarry youQg Ben^ tein was the sole survivor of a squad that stozmed and claaned out a Qemao gun ei^lacement* Ha was hit by rifle and machine gun bulleta five times in 21 minutee; the eqiMd want over the top at exactly 1700 o'clock (5 p*m*) and at 1721 a watdi (taken from a German prisoner) the day before etoi^d the fifth bullet and the bullet et^ped tbe watch i^ self* Surgeona removed the other four bullets from hie arms and legs and had him back in the line for St* Mihlel drive of Smtember, 1918* PIVS BRAVBtT D8C0RATI0IS He reoslved five deeeratione for brevery-the '^letingiaiehed Ser vice CroeSfthe Navy Cro8e,the Sil ver Star*the Purple Reart,two Croix de Guerre medele,and was twice cit ed ^n Army and Division orders* un returning ut cne unixea States In 1919* he entered Cornell University and reoievwd hie law de gree from the University of Southern California In 1925* For the past 16 years he has praetiesd law in Los Angles and hald high offices in suA veterans organisations as ths Amsr- icflLn Imglon of Valor and ths Diesblad American Veterans* Prior to eoodng to SeyflMur Johnson Field he attended the Army Air Forces Offiesr Tralnlig School in Miami Beach, Florida. Before that he served as aaeletant judge advocate at Lowery Field,poet judge advocate at Buckley Field and trial judge advocate at Kaame Fid* TWO SOB Ci9)talo Bernstein has two sons : David, Jr*, 17, now a freshman and member of the Reserve Officer ' Training Corpa at the University of Southern California; and Gordon, 13 a high school student and asqpert at airplane identification - " in fact one of the beet plane apottere in Southern California," according to hie dad* REMilL SDNNEIY Twe Nrv NmM Mi FWi HMirital StMl TWO new nureee reporUd for duty at tbe Field Ho^ital this wwsk* Lt* Lola Leach Bain, bom In Vli^ glnla, is a graduate of High ^th School of Nuraing at Payetteville.lt is her first pest here* From Ft* Moultry,S.C.has oms Lt* Mariam M* Lindstedt, who was trained at the Flutfiing Hospital, Flushlng,H* T* Sha bM a brother in eervloe etm- tionsd at Ci^ Claiboms, In* S^mour Johnson Field will be rm- mentored not only for training ai^ plans madianies, but also for pro^ ding a slseidtlB quota of aerial gUH i»ra* This has bsoome more true now that graduation frem A.M* sdiool la a prerequisite for every gunner* Many members of this poet have already won their "pair of sil ver wings" and are moving closer to that moment of moBonta—training the guns on an envy plane* With their wings have come hi^ rating and fl^* Ing pay, as wall as ths thrill of ing wtors it Is hottest in the sky* Posters are being prepared by the Art Department abowing the various phases of the training pregrem given aerial gunners* They will ^pear on all squadron bulletin boards*
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