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Pinch Hits For
333rd Reporter
By CPU LOUIS U PICABIELLO
Set. Francis T. Feensy Is on
Emergency Furlough snd I have
been nominated to carry on for
him to the beet of my ability, so
here goes:
I will begin my reportorlal ca
reer oy asking a certain Sgt., up
In the ranks, wby la be always
biding behind curtains In t'h e
'’Oriental Club” in Raleigh » Is
be trying to pop the question?
Why not see Dave IftBrtde our
••Love Trouble Han.”
The vdiole squadron Is wandering
what happened In Rocky Mount
when Sgt. Herman GalUouet was
there on a three day pass. Kow
about telling us Sgt.
Major Henill K. Riddick, our Co.,
took a few seconds off to wish our
Squadrons Softball Team all t h e
luck in the world. Well boys you
get that Tr^hey or ese
Cpls. Lovaslk ft KaplnsU were
seen In Wilson -otw the weekend
chasing a couple of Southern
Belles watch out Andy, yoo will
use all those B sUokera.
Harrlage H Olflng
Word has been received that.
Set. Legglo, ••The Squaldron Lov-
er^’ Is considering marrylDg the
little college girl from Wilson. Good
luck. What FFO to our Sq. Is
always looktog to a mirror and
complaining bow Mack he Is—could
It be that ticket seller to 11>eatre
No. 3 — could be. Sgt. Tony
Bennett, the millionaire play-boy
of our Sq., la looktog for a wife,
so oome glrla you can have him
—g^ te^ a^ all.
M-Sgt. CuitiBS has been eeerf In
Wilson, last Sat. with a cute 'Uttle
Dove! Sgt. We would appreciate
It very mndi If you would conduct
a claas to "Bow To H^e Love."
Pvt. Sharaben li abswtag all of
hk friends bow we 1 the MM halls
are feeding hkn. ito la now aM
toe. of "Bhtober." PCo. Damon wm
797th Suspicious
Of Steve Rooney
By CPL. JULIUS TELLER
Hey. Steve Rooney, s’about time
you were getting out of the hos
pital, don’t you think? You’ve been
there so long we’re beginning to
suspect you have a crush on one
(or more) of those beautiful nurs
es up there. Since you hall from
Brooklyn, we know you'rk up to
something. Hurry up and get well.
wUl yal. .. Oh to be a civilian —
Big Jessa Elam has departed from
Johnson Field, Goldsboro, et cetera
and Is at present away In Iowa.
Jessa was transferred to the En
listed Reserve Corps last week, and
will henceforth contribute bis fjiare
to the vjar -effort by working In a
war factory manufacturing tireo
for Army trucks and Jeeps.
Photos Galore
While we ”Keep-Em-Plyln” Jes
sa will "Keep-Em-Rolling.”
"Shortly” Glenn Bender who
looks Uke a grammar school kid,
but with college Ideas was showing
us a picture of his "Sweetie-pie”
from California, and trying to tell
us she was his one and ^y. Why,
Junior, you’re not even grown up
yett (We’re only kiddin’). . . And
another guy pestering us with pho
ton is Cpl. Edward Rodgers. His
subject — the girl friend from
Nebraska, and cute, too. Ed, If you
797th OTs are unaware of the fact,
Is the one responsible for your
moving from barracks to barracks.
By the time this copy reaches the
linotype. Ed wUl be safely en
camp^ at hie parents* ranch to
Kanw. Ed’s bera telling us of the
TOO-acre ranch, and has us so in-'
terested we’re gona suend Our
next vacation (whe ntbe war's
over, of course) up there. . .
A Tank
Ctd. Anthony Tankowskl,. the
well-known Jersey Bounce.
Prom a bare snd lot, soldiers from
Squadron have built this rock garden. An arching bridge, fish pond
SBd variety of flowers provides a picturesque scene for the camera-
man, ih the background, two Gis continue to plant flowers.
been spending some time ot late to
M finer place that Ultchell, South
Dakota. Say, that must be one of
your tall stories. Bill, "vnihelm”
is our foremost tail-story teller, and
wltb his return to the fold has,
no doubt, brought back a case full
^ new stories to regale U9*with. . .
That smoke screen around tlie
79Tth area last week was the re
sult of no military maneuver, we
can assure you. The cause of the
smoke was the birth of EAttUeen
Ann Yowa. And to true tradltlan
Pvt John Yowa, the proud and
beaming father was passing out the
cigars. Ibe bouncing baby girl
welj^Ung 8 1-4 lbs la named after
her mouM who In turn to named
after her mother. . . R. Lather
Jordan wbo’d ratoer be called
Jedmny Jordan la showing his
wife the sii^ts (I) of Goldsboro.
Chib qvtie
It e Btonde.
kH lalely. What is
Steve?
to.
the act of sataong the ptetore on
bk deak tiie othsr night Now the
qoesthm sriMs — is that e direct
order or • taobhy of kk own. We
ell agree thet she is deaervtog of
tt end tost he sboirid receive tbs
“Good Ooitottct Medal." Klt-
treU asked me to toll sB men to
repot to him for e present that
be baa been beMhig far a week.
Oongratnlattona go to Opl. Fted
Wolf lor gtvtag the iWd seme
grand mgsie — keep k up ned.
Oomplateta have been com _
forth by Barradcs 1ST that Pvt
Raad, our new mall elertc, has bssn
talkhig to hla gtrl’s ptotare and
hasping the men swake all aigbt
long. A committee hao been formed
and a daefolen reached that hla jlri
wUl be bi laiglil hare and have them
married ae toere wUl be peeoe
to the Barraeka enca afeato. Pfo.
Roebock has changed a ahovel for
a typewriter — Oood Lock Kid —
you wUl need H with our Sgt Ma
jor. It k a plaaaure te noto that
T. O. OelHm respects hk ekSets
to bsrrachs 108—
Two msB of Barracks Ilf have
J^ oompleted a abort stay to
waahtogteB. Aakad bow the trip
waa and ako what they saw up
there neither of them could
U^ton meeting a weather man
remember.
the other day sikrd htan if H wdi
going to ratal — No. wae the answ
er — 1-1 boor later I dbser
that seme party soaking wet
Greensboro, partaking of the city’s
finer points, no doubt. To^ re-
feired to ss "A. Tank, to The
AAF** has a favorite' ezpreaaloo'
"Wowl’' No need to explatolhat .
Pfc. Jnllen Mclisndoo of Blka. 408
bea been diowtag off hk wife, Mar
tha ElUs, to'hk Crienda. Martha k
q>endtng a coupla weeks to Golds
boro comparing our OaroUna at
mosphere to that of oaocgla’s. Yes.
Mmlba k a "Gemito Peach" halt
ing ffom Baldoata, Ga.
Beltove tt or noi, policing the
area seems to be a favorite detail
these sunny days, that k, if the
area to be policed to to the vicinity
of the tekgroph otOee. My. how
potwlar you are, Caroline; and
thanks for waving at us ae_yott gOi
to work each morning, intboat
your sunny dlaposttkia we Just
oouldn’t start our day properto. . .
Gkapkln Sfoed Up
You hava baard of tha
standing up the bride, but have you
beard of the bride a^ groom
standing up tbs Cbaidatot Wen.
Pfc. Bjron WoUe and Mlaa Sylvia
Sefaofer can verify that lha ceupk
had arranged to be married to the
Post Ohapto, but were d^yed In
town making airangements. Rath
er than continue to toe Field they
decided to be httehW to Goldsboro.
The Chapkte and toe JUted guests
are. prooebly stiO waitteg m toe
ceremony. We notice By
ron walking arofimd to a daie, so
we gatoer that married Hie k OK.
Xh. Byron?. . .
aek fWm FStleugh
Just as black as vrtien hs kR.
Sgt. BUI Klenast baa returned from
furlough, and declaree there betaig
The Moral of this story — all
weatoennen should carry umbrti-
las and wear hip boots.
Johnny's been with us only a few
weeks, and Is provtng a welcome
addition to toe baeebeu team. Prior
to entering toe AAF be waa an
aircraft rngine mechanic at Brook-
ley Field. Akbams. And so won’t The Uttle toy terrier; amftoo by
be a stranger itoen be starts toe
AM course here. . . Goldsboro nlte
Ufa Dept; Pfo'e Oharlle
and nad Yost making toe rounds
about town arm to arm with their
wives. . . Ita dosing we mustn’t
forget to report tM the WTIh k
flying toe ■ Banner in front of toe
Orderly Room.
Male Call
Barracks 821 Has
Feed Bag Party
By F. P. O. JIM BOBKBLU
The desire for eomethlng beside
O. L ehew finally reached a cli
max for all of toe fallows to bar
racks Bl. Last week toM got to-
gstber at a Uttk place aWit two
miko outside of Gokkboro and
really put on toe old feed-b^. The
menu Included such appetlstng
dkbea as even browned potatoes
roast chicken or tender Juicy >
steaks. There were uko fresh but
tered peas and ovenhot butter!
buns. Ihrou^MUt the course of toe
dinner eeverdl toasia were made to
various states represented. There
k no dkpttttaig toe fact that all
had one wonderful time.
Splash Party
On Sunday June 6, barracks
8S8 held a splash party. OrlglDal^
toe idea was thought up by Ross
Deaboro and Paul nederlck. It all
was to show wbo was sup^or
to stresigth. The weaker of toe two
would end up to the shower. After
much stniggung by both men nri-
ther one had gained much ground.
Their audience became mpatlent
and decided to take a in
things. Their audience became tm-
patlent acid decided to take a hand
things. Both Desboro and Pred-
etick were taken hands and feet
and thrown in the shower together.
Man Of The Beur
Hollywood has its Clark Gable,
'Tyrone Power or Victor Mature bdt
Squadron 791 also had their own
super Casanova. Down In the sim
ple quarters that barracks 835 of
fers, lives our man of toe boor,
that radlent personalito, Samuel B.
Barker. Out of the uiouaande of
MkUers to town every week-end
Sam k apparently toe onto one
wbo poesMBBs that hiddtf power
that juet makes toe women flock
i^ter him. Maybe be nsec a fife
Uke the Pled Piper dld..-
. Por toe pest few days toere no
kBgM hasimp.a gro
steps of toe hadk ef
Sgt. Kiinbell
In Limelight
te no longer toere. Kvm
day toe beva would put pieces of
bresd. meat and gmisw to toeir
iriceto at ohow and when put to-
S toer they would im toe
IS dinner. It seems toe pup Just
oooldDt get used to hk army Ufe
M Ckd. Donald Sutohea of bar- Anyfaoo.
racks 8B8 arruiged w the dog to jMloik
Uve to Bmltidkld. N. O, '
n. k a Uttk wonder toe barracks
B was receutty awarded tod
plaque for bav^ the neatest
barracks tai T91. Ttere are many
hard workers to tok barracks but
pne_^ rsally takes rksaltawet to
h^ k AMo "Pete” PletropoU
^ got toe feUewe tageCber snd
induced them to chipdn and buy
^ smaU eked^carpeto; one for
toe back door and tito otoer for
toe front
Svery now and toon ooe of toe
fellows will eome up wlto a novel
Idea. The latest and most tmlque
of an, is that of ‘Chief’’ Meetas of
barracks 831. Before be received
bk O. I. greeting card be was a
member of the Navajo Xndkn
tribe, where be learned to be an
artkt of excqttfonal abUlty. BO k
now working on a map of the U.
8. in full color. On toe various
states will be placed small tags,
on which will be printed toe
names of tboae of the barracks wbo
were former restoents of that nar-
ticttlar state.
Berlin, Cologne. Dortmund, X>a-
esseldorf, Dnkbezg, Bssen — toen
aU toe way down the ahtebet to
Wuppertal. It k toe RAF, uncover-
lag a nice change of pace.
By 8-SGT. DAVID 80BEL
I here by propose a vote of thanx
to Sgt. Howard Kimball for his
sincere efforts In e^eavorlng
to keep Barracks 307 spotless. Prior
to each Inspection you'll find Rim-
baU industriously scrubbing t h e
steps or cleaing the window ledg
es. Hats off to a real soldier I—
Howz about starting a rumor that
the N. C. O. Club we expect to
have real soon will sport a real
outdoor swimming pool? W ho
knows, perhaps It may materialize
—me thinks Tony DlSante should
invest In a sewing machine with
all the.business he's been getting
from the newly made non-coms.
Tony la toe chief strlpe-sswer-oner
in oiir squadron.
Bates Tee High
Rates will have to come down
at the Karas Flophouse If they
expect to get any buslneas—rumor
has It that some of hk best cus
tomers havsibeen complaining b^
cause of toe early rlsmg hour —
funny about Bairaoks m, things
are quiet aQ evening until Ui^ta
out at tot. then all hell breaks
loose, idllows begin to fly hither
and yoo, WUly (Engineer) Beld'rin
makes with those corny, very un
funny stories which are Usually ac
companied ^ gales of lau^kter
(hk own), waroiiiig — tt these
practices do not 'cease, drastio
measures wUl have to be taken,
see?
Why doesn’t someooe take Howk
Bennett in hand and tea^ him
toe fundamentals of volley ball??
Hk awkward movements on the
vomey ban court are tte talk of
the squadron. Or maybe be oouM
take hk ealfcthenles white we’re aU
at work, toen - toere would be no
one around to lan^
All. toe onnqueiing heroes —
McCready and Evans are back
from toeir enkmgated three day
paea. Our days « rem'Md.,.uulet
are over until toeir nest pas9. My
tt be aeon and kog — Sgt. Jim
"FeartesB’ McGee reaBv shouldn’t
Bsten to those two O. L's who are
'* I to dlasuade him from
. O. O. B. Ita not aa rough
as toey make it out be, Mac. be-
sldea what are yon. man or mouse?
Anyfaoo, KuMk and Bobtt are Just
JeaMs beeaaee they're afraid of
not being aocepted tf toey afaould
apply.
toddenlalk.your reporter took It
tmon bkaaen to taivisttgato tooee
cltoktaig nokee in the latrine, men-
>ktaig m . .
tlooed to last week's cotunm. We’ll
It sny fortber.
NOW that Ita. parmkaabk to re
move tlea white worldly to offioee
CtoL MlurTT HOler wank te
request permkrion from Post
Beadqnartm to work to atoktio
tttorta. Kow thats carrying mtnga
a btt too far. — Wonder bow
Brotoers. Owena and Symanskl ac
quired sucti gorgeous cans. Snne*
totaig telk ua toat white toe rest
of us are akvtaig away tbaae three
bssktof to toe sun's raya ^
the eutouttk beakers.
Brother's Name
Found On
Captured Truck
Or-™*. lU.
(ON8) — Pvt. Sam Bucfalert waa
lupsceng a captured Italian truck
brought here mmi Africa vtoen bk
eyes pc^iped open in
On toe side of toe truck waa toe
autograph of bk brother, ^I. Pat
Bucfaleii. who k servtog to toat
by Miltow Caniff, Crnafer of ’Terry And the Pirates*
Quite A Battle Sight