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The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON. N. C„ TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1942
CURB REPORTER ]
The Daytona Beach (Fla.)
Morning Journal writing about the
WAAC band in which Aux. Nellie
Rushing Monroe of Tryon was
listed had the following to say
in the WAAC column: “This, the
first women’s military band in the
U. S., is ‘as efficient as any men’s
band in the army,’ according to
Peter Berg, warrant officer, who
is the director. Mr. Berg, who has
been an army band leader for 12
years, was the director of the fa
mous men’s Fort Des Moines re
ception band. He began organizing
the WAAC band on August 10
with a nucleus of 12 auxiliaries,
fae set high musical standards for
this first WAAC band. Out of
every 50 applicants he chose one.
Members of the band have had
extensive and varied musical ex
perience, having played for many
years with symphonic orchestras,
concert bands and famous all girl
bands. One member, with a bit
more varied experience than the
rest, has played with Barnum &
Bailey circus, the world’s fair,
Bert Lahr musicals and in many .
other theatrical fields. The WAAC
band leads all parades, meets
celebrities and gives concerts for
the post personnel. The band lives
in separate barracks from the rest I
of the auxiliaries. They practice
every morning from 9 o’clock un
til 11:30. At first, band members
said that it wag difficult for them
to play while marching as they
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Henry Shankle In Navy
At Farragut, Idaho
Sunday, Dec. 20, 1942.
Dear Friends:
Merry Christmas everybody!
This Christmas season finds me,
one of Uncle Sam’s Bluejackets
way out beyond the hills of Idaho.
I’m located at the Naval Train
ing- Station, Farragut, Idaho, the
name which was selected by Presi
dent Roosevelt. It honors the first
admiral of the United States Navy,
David Glasgow Farragut, who has
left a tradition of bravery and
courage for all naval officers and
men.
Admiral Farragut is attributed
with the famous remark, “Damn
the torpedoes, full speed ahead,”
which was made at Mobile Bay,
August 4, 1864, when the Admiral
was commanding the U. S1. S.
Hartford. This remark, made 78
years ago, bespeaks the spirit of
the Navy of 1942. We all are con
stantly aware of this heritage that
has been handed down to us.
Our station is located out here
on the banks of glacier-fed Lake
Pend Orielle and is Uncle Sam’s
newest training center for those
famous Bluejackets you read about
daily. We are tucked away in the
pine-studded timber country be
tween the Kaniksu and Colur
D’Alene National Forests. Our
camp was mushroomed out of a
virgin forest area. Construction on
this huge project was started
April, 1942, and is still being
built.
It is really a huge city, larger
than any city in Idaho, even in
cluding the capital, Boise, with its
population of about 26,000. It is
a city, complete in every respect
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