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Boys in 322
Plant Garden
By PVT. BDWABO CTEPCZVA
The "homeless boys" frqm Bow*
msD Field, qusrtered in S33
have planted com, radishes and^
m'l'Ds around their barracks area.:
This Is their bid for a Victory
Garden. PFC’s Beseny,
Addleman and Vassallo; not for*
get tng "Death Head" Thompson
invite and arant soldfers to come
over and pick out a radish or tim
. . .but they get awfufly mad when
unthinking soldiers tramp all over
the newly planted com and melons.
They haven't any objection to men
taking the vegetables when it’s
ripe. So. men. let’s walk around
their garden and not thru It. It
Hot Weather
Gets Hq. and Hq.
By 88GT. DAVE 80BEL
Thanks to this ungokUy sreather,
all of us "damyankees" walk
around srtth slow baiting steps,
alnsod of eye. and broken In spirit.
Honestly. I feel like a 2k>mbie (no,
Louis Ross, not the kind you get
in tall glasses, on'y one to a eus*
tomer). a few more weeks of calls*
thenics in that brolli^ sun and
we'll all resemble South Bea 1^
landers. Anyhoo, vitamin D is
plenty good for you*all. so soak It
up while the soaking is good,
y’hear me?
Suggestion by Elarry Bumworth,
the personality kid that wolks in
.u- w. w i” 4.x. - ,_-'the orderly room, viz —that every
b.rr.cks .,ulpp« wlth.todlvl?
eomo «libK .nd they ve willed
their crop to onyoiie in the 5qi^-;„h.a
Z’ n'Jto ?“ *!> tt>S. WletortoB heat, one cut:
not ruin what's planted.
Alongside night Headquarters
have a Ustm Bag that seems
to be the oasis of the area. Water
from it la cold, tasty and refresh
ing... .threatens to Interfere with
the soft drtDk coocessioos. Credit
for keeping the bag filled goes to
Sgt. Ro^ and his boys Everybody
finds t^ water IrrMlstlble.
The chief news ttUs week seems
to be the weather...it has moat
of us btearyeyed. Where are tbs
so - calld "Aalnmakers"? Prom
the kwks of the powdered soil
we'll all be Mowing awi^ soon.
Things have been In quite an
uproar wUh the 798th moving fei.
But they are acrJlmatlng tbemselv*,
es alc^ and things are running
smoothly again.
Band Members
GetStrqiM
By CPL. BEN B0EIN80N
ITtree mwmhsrs of Ete 7th Army
Air Forces baztd effective June 1
received new strtpee. Sgt. Anthony
U. Trotto atf William Emit were
promoted to staft stfgeants; e^
Howard W.. Biey and Paul P.
betf were nremoted to sergeant,
awl Fvts. wiUlam C. Moore and
Leon T. Padgett were promoted to
Pfes.
Sgt. Oscar KcOauley. leader of
the Post Pence Banda, aays be baa
been a victim o( the unforsnem
Pearl nuber atta^ or might we
eall It the *hld dsidiie eroaa 'or ttm
stab Id ttte back.** Ss cancepticn.
hs aays, **X waa mortally -woimded
on June 1 by >■ laiklenttfled party."
simply slide out of bed, take. .
bawtb, and drag your drippiu car
cass back to b^. Sorry. &TTy,
no can do — priorities and all that
sort of ttiing. We know it’s a dread
fully long trek to the latrine but
this Is war and we must all dO'
our part, so ihere—. «
Don’t we think It’s real neighbor*,
like for T-Sgt. JAn Evats to in*
ylte a guest to accompany him on
bis nightly excursion to you-know*
where. In fact Us too dam neigh
borly, Evans, and next ttme iroo
wake up at three A. M. to get a
drink (??) go alone you don’t
require company.
Strange CUekIng Bssuis
Next time Tommy Hawks leaves
his rsdk> on all night, there won’t
be any radio to play in the morn
ing: get me? Must he something
wrong with the Mumblng In the
latrine ^or aboW a week after
every payday there emerges from
the aforanentioned laMrw a
|e clicking noise. Perhaps
d. be a good Idea for
someone to borry a tenspot and lh>
▼estigate the source of the weird
This "shield of arms’’ stands before the Orderly Room of the
798h Technical School Squsdron and shows an airplane, its en
gine and books of learning. Thia squadron sports one of the neat
est looking areas on the PMt,
797th’s ‘CHpper
On Furlouc^
(thiqaote — if you don’t imder-
. stand what we mean, see MoOaul-
ey)
Two eC our hoys, OpL B. C.
Morrow, tlie'boy with mdt .
red Plymouth opvertlhle, and Sgt.
(Hines sessB to hare become of-
flotai nMmbers of acoieCy among
the younger generation of Oolds-
boro. Some of us don’t idem to
bsve ttw teelmlqne. or Is it that
we don’t have a red convertible
to ride them Inr
Everyone seemed well pleased
with tbs band concert given In the
Serriee Club last week. Much sp-
plause was neelved for the splen
did performance ipndered by Pvt.
Jamee Dracup. our ploooloist. His
sok) was undoubtedly the outstand
ing feature of the cntlTe concert,
and from the comments received,
you’U probably be bearlnc more
from him to me near future. TTie
eoooert was under the direction of
Warrant OIBcer Freeman I*. Rus-
Gcsnplalnt by Doe Stone — R’s
hard to erork to an ettiee that is
overflowing with femtotoe pulchii-
tade. Sure is Doe. but Mtow me
one office on this yere flMd toat
is overfhArlng with. f. p. In fact,
show me one office that boasts of
one beauteous tfimne and rtl show
you 8-8gt. Hollands who to
oe a connolseur o f beauty to any
form, — animal, /vegetable or min
eral.
Some people are ftnmy. take
Super-Sergeant Karas, frtxample
wben cneof tfae boys axed iHqr be
wore such tight shoes, be r«i;uled,
. (with a wtNhegSDe eipreisloa on
his lean tan face) "W^, i ain’t
happy here end the onllfst pleas
ure I get out of life is when I
remove my Mioes st night.” r
troth.
T*kBow what. 1 ttitnk Sgt. John
Paul Martin Is enamoured of a
Quidsboro Deb. TMl you why,
practically every night Khl Mar
tin goee into town srlth a bundle
of laundry under his manly arm.
ostenslbley to tile cleaners. He
probably goes to the "cleaners''
but not the one you might think
of. be trades test bundle
of Isundry for a bundle of charm.
Right, Joon?
Well. boys, keep your thoughts
cool and clean and vou won’t mind
the heat so much, lie, Tm as hot
A yardblrd la a goy who would
like to drown his troubles — but
can’t get the sergeant to go In
swimming. —Beach Service
Parade
By CPL. JULIUS TELLEN
Our favorite barber. Sal Tren-
ttno, is at this mmnent up in God’s
country (Can I help It il I’m a
Yankee). Back In 1941 Ba (be
fore Goldsboro) "Tren" worked to
a Joint on Wall Street, M. Y.
Tbavs a barber shop be quickly
adds. ’Tren” le the >&d of a bar*
ber that can give you a QI hair
cut, and it won’t look to bad. Our
favorite barber had the honor of
giving (Seneral Reed a halzeut.
A chow bound If there ever were
one Is Edward PolaskL "Folaek’’
eats three meals.a day plus
We've given him the honor of be- fatrA' 86
the first In the mesa hall each ~
day. Two of our ktod souls hms
the mess ball doors, snd In walks
"Ohow n>uDd’’ Polaskl. Not until
then do the rest of us walk In.
»Tbat smiling face in night
Headquarters belongs to BHgt. Ray
Krue^r. Ray says he’s come over
to give the ptsee some "mach need
ed clacB."
Prom the new York Dally News
comes wor^titot our former Com-
Major TTiomas D.
Jordon, was reoently married at
Kearns Field, Uteh. The beat of
tuck to you. Sir.
The have added a new
marching song to their repertoire.
It goes Ukeibls, "ItocharU win
wash the car, p^les vous. etc.,
etc.” TTie Zadiarladn this ease Is
that "Baltimore naah" Zacbarla
Wheat. Now that we’ve aald all cl
that, Zacb will probably have us
oon^mm^Ied. ae aald he would.
Oome now. friend, you didn’t mean
that, did you? To nm eonstitoents:
This bodgo-podge of gossip may
originate from the Guard House
next week.
Here’s one man who believes In
doing things In a big way. WQllam
Roe is the name, and he’s the
prowl father of twins. But, that’s
not all; once before Bill was the
father of twins. Mother and the
new additions are doing fine, Pop
Is still qxilte Miaky from the or
deal. Pfc. Roe, we salute you!
Bussell Fttsgeraid has been en
tertaining hie wife irtm’B been visit
ing our smroxmdtDgs. And Gerald
Shaw says his wife Is in town, too
Any more, feDas?
Our deepest sympabty goes ooi
to Pvt Tony Slano on the recen
death of bis mother.
By Sgta. MORENO * GUSTAPSON
A note of aadnees struck the
99th Technical SeboM Squadron
last Thursday when the Mth squad-
nm reeetveJ word that M-agt
Melvin Zuretier waa be^ trans
ferred olT the field. We wbdi to m-
our appreciation at this
- to tiie one and only too kick
we’ve had to the 88th since IMl
when the organisatien was estab
lished at Ohanute PlMd. M-Ogt
Zuroher gained tiM reHmct of ev
ery enHsted man and ovficev for
his hard work aid o^iahle ability
to admtnlatw^.the. Biartron’s ad
TatrW 86" ITk so Jong, Sergeant.
Each and every oocrof w atooerety
w^yon an the took to Ibe wor£
squadron won high honors
for two weMw to a row>y taktog
36ih Loses
Fust Sergeant
Keep up
gratnlatlons, Shidentsl
the good 'work.
Our aquadron also won top hoD-i
ora for tile inspection and review
by teL SasOb laat 8aturday; More
credit to the 88tti where credit la
dnel
Ohr non • commlaataaed ^tloerw
are anxkualy await^ the conmle-
tkm of the ROO bu^bg. At are-
oentiy-held meetliigi aD the non-
coma were to favor of the club
100 per cent and are awalttim fia
grand ^;>entng.
795th Writes
Last Colimm
See Sgt MiuqAy
On Hair Care
By SGT. BILL nB
A^y penoD that wants tc learn
bow to take care of their hair
other than the way "Oabe'' so
cleverly advises can go to S-Sgt.
Bill Murphy of Newburyport Mass,
for free advice. He wUl gladly
give you all his secret methods
that have worked so well (or him.
We have a new Bridegroom In
the squadron to Pvt. Frank Gas*
iorowsld. It happened while be was
on furlough. Best of tuck. Prank.
There was quite a ball game to
the squadron the other night. Cpl.
Carl Melvin and company ebaW
lenged the official number one
team of the squadron Pvt. Jack-
son Armstrong's battling outfit.
Needless to say that Pvt. Arm-
stroiw had bis team all keyed tm
for this game whi£h they took by
the score of five to three. Cpl.
Ifeivtn CO the losing side played
a flawless game aflM, and at bat.
Pfc. Gunboat Staslak has a lew
pptoters he wants to pass on to
Opl. Melvin vrtilch may bring vl^
tory to his team. The pctoiten all
summed up slm^ mean timt Pfc.
Staalak should have been to the
tme.
nxMu reliable sources we have
been toformed that a oertoln C. O.
put his own name down ap AWCX*
That my friends Is a great de*
vetion to duty.
Sgt. Tom Brpphy must bo read
ing this issue of the Alr-O-Mech
wUting his furlough wasn't over
yet. Tom hat boon *»*»^*^ tiw
morale ot tbe home front the past
ten days.
Have you ever seen a dream
waDctog? See Sgt a^vey Haddad
to hJs bath r^. beimetag back
a^ fc^ from the Mwwer room.
SiFti'-SW “‘"iV toe Powers
Ifedels wffl be getttog Jealone.
. ..To ^ Prenk jTRitdso on hli
frwdto to Ssigeaut and to Pvt
Mike Hrynyk ori his promotion to
toe eqoeAA See what being
good to Waccy dM Mlfceftt
By PVT. HOWAED B
* tto.ciJortiil oner tkli wMk. to Uraadl on u mnS h....
^ »rom eonJortobl*.
Jiino, tte aquu^ oxlitod oiKt- The WIb Korn Xobblon.nnoh-
Se-ac- tbe end o f their musical craeer
.UvaM. As a fitting cli^x to Its
acreer the 788th was awarded the
honor banner of the 9th School
Group during Its final week of ex
istence.
The boirs all wish the beet oi luck,wish now also intends to hto
to Lt Samuel M. Anderson who aocotldon.hMne.
was made Commanding OjCfleer of j Stoce this is tbe article to
tfae 79etb Technical Bctoooi Squad-lcome from the 796th, this reporter
/ Iwottld like to wlah toe beet of hick
TTie most crowded place to toe to an the officers and men who
Squadron these days is tbe Miow- made up the BEST SQUADRON on
er room. Stoce the O. L Laundry'ttie field.
Male Call
by Milton Cwiiff, Creator of 'Terry and the Pirates’
Fever Conwnunicaled By Contact’
•it aenbbteg tSieftr own clotoee. »
Is qu^ a sight to ase some of
scrub-board.
New that a certain young tody no
works at WK HoTf, we an
wonder who Opl- U^itmaD Is gotog
te dron over next
The Sgoadron Softball team al-
1 bruuiSit Its aottvtttes to a eloss
with a grand and gloiloos finUh.
R wotmd ro its season b v defeat-
tag tbe aAid.by 1P4, bchtod the
strong burltog rf pfo. Neal Aiello.
The man* of the 796tb are all
tooktag pretty thirsty toese days.
Ike boys have bem looking that
way stoce to;! J. T. MscDcnald
elosed toe &y Rooms with tbs
eoke mmoAtnoa Jq tfasm.
The nl^ Charge of Quartere to
the TMto has plenty to moan about
these days. Stoce an tbe ehalrt
bave.been moved out tbe O. Q. has
this week also. Pfc. David AUm
sold hie guitar when be learned of
te breaking up of tbe Squadron.
Since AUm can no M»ger ac
company him. Pvt. Howie Brelt-