Vol. 1 No. 43
SEYMOUR lOHNSON HELD, N. C.
October 9, 1943
Ah, ttcrt cooold FoH F«vot. Comes those cold mornings
and the reluctance to creep from the comforter and make
with the soop and water. Comes, too, those goofy*looking
winter snuggles which keep you worm. With F^l Fever
holding sway on the post, CpI. Rolph C. Prints, who holds
forth in Borraeks 205 of Hq and Hq shook the moth-balls
out of his winter issue unmentionables and gave out with
on Impromptu song and dance. The moustoche, incidentally,
is o phoney . . . but the hair on the chest is strictly personal
property.
Start Bowling League
Squadron Play Nov. 1
Plans goi imder way Ods week
for tlM Post BowUne tmtw com-
pstlUaa to be held at the Bowling
Auers here on the fJtfd. With teams
sdieduled to oompete from each
SQuadroD and organ illation, and
a special OCOoer’a League In the
offing, an aettoit-pacfced touma-
ment Is espeiHed.
Plans now inolude the reserratlon
of a alters every day fof organlss-
Ooos wlshina to bMd
eonteets. with the ^lenlng date set
at November 1st. ad Lt. Horton
Smith, Assistant Special Senrlee Of-
floer, espressed the ^)inloo that
sQuadron funds can be legallr used
to par the regular bowling fees
^larged br the aUejs. A five-man
team with one reaerve player Is the
oftlelal make-up for thia league
eooteat. and all orgmnlaatkma are
expeeted to aend representatives
toto the.fray.
teltoted Man's League play will
be held on Tueadaya and Tbunsdays, j
B was snoounoed, with all alleys I
held In reaervs for tfaeae nights. ^
Mondsy and Friday nights havei
bese set sside for Officer's League'
eampeUtloQ acd hope was expressed I
that officer’s wiva would attend
sod psTtldpate In the m>ort. i
All organlsstlons desiring a place
in the tournament should begin
the dioosing of their team within
a few days. It was felt, and alleys
are now svailslde for such ellmins-
tloo piny. Remttnber, November
Ist's the deadline when bowlers
from all oyer the field will get a
chance to find out Just how g^
they really are.
Begin ‘Share-The-Ride’
Plan For Commuters On
Post; Ask Co-Operation
Id dd elfort ts allei^te Du Iran^portDtion sbortiwD Id ddD arouixl Ibe Held, wDrd emme this week
TranapprlDtlOD SeoUOD M bwn set up to iDltUtD s ayiteoi oC "StailDD-The-
.^^^tweon field peteoonel vlUi cmrs and tlioee vho live la die suzrouDdlDK erea but who have dd
With headqquarters In BulliUng 2306, the Defences.
method of reaching work other than available servise transportation secUon wlU coordinate all ts.
quests for rides with offers by car-drivers. To each Squadron and Department on the field w«it larxe
cards to be filled out by both riders and drivers. At week's end, response has been meager but was m
pected to Boom sharply within a few days ' -« > m
■♦Under the direction of BMI Lt
^rottaw^ A. Ortppen, a routine has
i»een established which will speed
tte program on Its way. After
”RUe Offer’’ cards have been
filled out and turned in by car
olers, they win be checked for
time, place and empty seats avail
able Agflinst the list of "Ride Re
quest" blanks.
Boud Rouud-Up Shows
$164,442 Sept. Total
Official tabulations of Seymour 1 *13, 30. 30 Mess Ope
Johnsun Field's effort In the ThM 3,000
War Loan Drive have finally been i,60Q
made and. tbe fldd's total pur- .diuh a 4iat Mess nnn
chases are now recorded at |164.-!
Broken down into sections, the I ****** Band—
total sates for all organisations of 75th 'Itia We A 702d T O —
complete War Bonds were $168.- ^
800.00. sales by the Post Office tm wins—
were $4,750.00. and Wat Stamp I ^ .
sales by individual squadrons were I sAth A*n aa
set as $883no. In addlUon, Finance | ^
PFC. BUDWEL8BR D. DRAKB.
It is with a sad heart that
friends of the deceased
tbe untimely death of Pfo. Bud-
weiaer D. Drake, beloved masoot
of the old SOlst TBB. Pfe.
Drake, Intrepid adventurer and
a soldier thnwgb and through,
succumbed to a severe sold
brought- 00 by unaeasonable
weather. Quartered in barraoks
of tbe 782rd TB.8. where his
master Sgt.' Pat Mansi was
transferred, Pfo. Drake led an
ideal existence by the side of his
devoted wif«, Mrs. Bigh-Llfe
Drake, ^lends^ of tbe
may pay their reqwets and
afternoon this week. Burial shv-
ices have already been held.
Fsrewell, BudwelMr, *»yi may
peace attend you.
Infant Care and Interior
Decoration Classes Begun
Department was credited with the
sale of $23,600.00 In Series "O"
Coupon bearing War Bonds.
High scorer for the en^ drive
were tbe Civilian Employees who,
with a quota of $16,000, bought a
total oi 180,160 over and above tbetr
regular payeheok deductions for
bonds. An honorable second place
went to tbe Aviation Cadet Pr^
Techmeal Sehoed which passed a
quota of $8,000 and rang up a $34.-
976 total. With no August pay-roll,
and no supplementary one, the
Cadet detachment more tban
tripled its assigned limit. Prao-
tleally tied for thlnl poeltlon were
tbe Medical Detachment and Bead-
quarters and Headquarters Squad
ron. both with a $3,250 quota to
fin. They bought $13,676 and
$12,076, respectively. Asterisks (*)
indicate quotas filled. Dmible (**)
Indicates quota exceeded.
Following are tbe lists of orgsn-
Isstional totals.
Organisation Qnota TMal
**4th * $»th A«ad. Qpa—
$3,000 $ 4,060
**TCb AAF Baad->
IM 800
»th T.8B.O. * 19th T.8.8.—
4,000 3B60
*10(h TB.O. fo 781 TB.8.—
4J00 4.9S
•10th Aead. Opv—
3M8 3,560
••11th Acad. Op,— I
2,900
••33Sd A.B. SQ -
711th TDg
7i2tb Tng Op—
716th Tng Op—
••7l6ta Thg Op—
734 Tng Op—
791st TBB —
••784th TBB.—
•786th T.SB.—
(Continued on Page 2)
Paratroops
Turn to Air-O-Meeh's ex-
iduslve feature In this Issue.
It’s a special article with cdo-
tures on how mep at the Held
are being trained In defend
ing an airfield. See for your-
eeU bow a paratroop assault
is replused by our troops.
Pictures were spedally po^
by soldiers on the field in the
Airdrome Defense Practloe
Area at the Camouflage Bee-
tion.
7 000 toe housing promts has
9 000 Seymour John-
' f“? too. has been divided
• TabuUting sections and
2,125 areas with arrival and departure
times, tbe Office of Defense Trans-
IBM portatkm hopes to make many
to aw* from work avsilsblo
SO In the near future.
! Interviewed at the opening of
2^75 the program. Lt. Orippen said.
"This survey should enable em-
25 ployees and mllltaiy personne'. to
rimplify their transportation
5.175 problems. H field personnel will
work together with this depart-
$60 ment. I’m sure everyone wiU be
satlsfled, and a tremendous aid to
1.175 , to®, war effort will have been ef-
jfected."
1,836' "Our Idea," she continued," is
I to save gasoline, and the Idea of
1.860 field personnel Is to get good trans-
portatlou. If we can get together,
100 ®11 of US will achieve our goal. But
must have sincere co-opera-
tom. to assure 100 per cent succeee
:m this new plan."
4,5761 Lmg a dream of soldtors ard
|clvlUans on the field, an official
("Shar^The-Rtde" plan now seem
a realltgr. With small fees insist-
:ent with the distance, dlfler-
I en"es »« working hours ironed out
I through efficient organisation.
plan should suece^.
I All pciwonnel owning driving
an automobile to work at the post
have been asked to asslri in this
program by using every available
I vacant seat in their cars to trans
port fellow-workers to and from
m on a shared-expense ba-
kb. u you fall under the provislocs
of this program and have not yet
filled out Mie of tbe two blanks
necessary, do so »t oooe. II is s
duty everyone sbould be more
than bappy to do. It la also a
S racticai necessity which wlU ms-
irlally aid tbe war effort.
. PMd and surrouUdlnf
area have now begun at tbe n. S. O.
to O^dsbora 0pm to aeldler’s
wives, civilian workers on tbe field,
and an women Intereated. tbe
elasses foature several e^ert In-
stmetars and are planned for after-
' "infant and Fre-Natat Care."
kHgtns on Monday. Ootobar llth and
meets in tbs rmfnsrions! Building,
86 floor. Oolditaro. Two olvUlsa
Clark Takes Capua In Push On
Rome; Russ Expand Dnieper Front
Tim first phase in tbe Rme bat- Allied Headquarters in the Bouth-i Army newaosner Red Star —*«« th.
tie has bem woo by the AlUee, west Pacific has announced. major crossing of DnlMMtr
^ MscArthur's be«l. foutoof ^Llsv. »
^ announced se Lt.O^ ^k quarters said Friday the enemy tow tbe Ukrainian capital city of
*tod already abandon-iBUev, which may prove to be on
Slil* Voltuw Rlvtf. 0(1 011 of southern Koiombangsr,|®T the decisive operations of th
5^ to«luton« toe prlnc4>l air base d war. caught the enemy by surprlM
® s 19-mUe froni Via, and Is trying to get out t. was carried out In lour
.^Py.to ™ 'the northern part of the Island tonirs under the cover of darknem.
Captured to the ^vance were through a tightAm and air block- F"f® Begins
toi the s«;ah side of the ade. In an effort to eliminate exno-
rivw where ttore us an ImportMt- ^ South Paclflo hadauar-l“*“to of eoUaboratkn from posu
■>' Adml^waSSF. hI3S^.I« b poDt-wD, prSrT
riw mouth. 87 airline miles from Aasocisted Press war correapond- • ■ystomotlo purge f Vlohyltes be-
toMructora from the Wayne Count, ^ ^ SStSffium mSto SldTJS^' SfriSi
fo^women from Seyn^ ^tn Department wUi teach the ^^e »^,to»B garded as cerStTtoil Committee of Nstloffl UbeJSSn
cIsM sito special lectures m An- iJSw cSSk'J ^ occupy Eoto^SJSS! *to«2 e»tended to OorriS^Sd
plied Anatomy and Physiology ^ Sf SE.*. T* w Nssls Surprised^ preparstlonB are being made to
of • mllM Kd^' •nd'*! 0*! Ti* Red Anny. praaelDg tte new ^SS’'wSn
tne AViaoM Cadet Fre-Teclmloal ...it..- .....ew - sumtiMJi •ttiumn v»wnee wnen the Ume
straIgbt-Une miles southeast o. surprise autorm offensive all the tjutm wrfai-'h"nWr
the ItollDD cepllel. ““-I* »“ t a .
The JuMoeee ere gtbog up the Blech See. wee repdrted Prldey
„ central pounded into gkpwitllng Its three bridgAeeds,pw-nco»- ^e
‘ retreat by oontlnuous American sir ^ to® l^deper Blver, par- Justice who'oune'm!?***
- ““issa ’Ls-^u, ^
Soho(4 on the flrid. TTie first meet
ing Is scheduled to begin at 1600.
Another useful subject set tar
classes Is "interior Deecorstton'
taught by Mlm Amy Meyers,