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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, CHERRY POINT, N. C. 5 No. 46 PUBLISHED WEEKLY—CIRCULATION 6000

UCKS BUCK! KRECKSJFRUCK! (station t ruck d r j v e r s a r e con- i Berinjt a petit ion for ex t ra h a z a r d - j u duty pay as a rewult of Pfc. j , L Clader's exper ience last I fcarsday nite.

Proceeding serenely a long t h e 1

| f rant:*' road. Clader and his 10 t»a-s;iiiKers who were e n r o u t e ' | post sentry relief at the remote j bcis -5 area , received a rude ! lock when a large deer b roke ! her and darted into thei r path. i Clader experienced a ter r ib le pneut of indecision as he bore I«B ou the s ta r t l ed buck—What ! d Station Regs say? Was t h e ' Irk no* fair game a s a care less jdestrain or was ho sti l l protec ted? !

Deciding that r ad ia to r pri l l irks would only lessen its vallue 11 trophy. Clader def t ly dodged t duiuiai auu look to thv "boon cks." It was at th is moment that a inly tree evidently s tar t led by I this, suddenly came to life and P , - i . C i ^ . » M into the front o. the truck. Squadron EbCOrtS First Clader knew then he was beat- Hecivier-Tfc on-Air Craft

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26 November 1948 VISITORS

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THKEK XJX-J AIRPLANES ARE SHOWN ON T H E CHERRY POINT FLIUHT R A * P WHILE H E R E Ul RING A RECENT OVERNIGHT VISIT. THE PLANES ARE STATION Ell AT PENSACOLA AND WERE FLOWN BY NAVY PILOTS.

VMF 461 WAS HONOR GUARD AI ARRIVAL OF KITTYHAWK

Rain, Rain, Go" egs Soaked Base

TAXES TO BE ENFORCED ON PAY FOR DRILLING

Washington. Nov. 26—Members of the Army. .Navy and Air Force reserves who receive pay for dri l ls and others t ra in ing on inactive

1*. S. They th ink it would have been more fitting for the fa ther of all

rain-swept Cherry Point was ally starting to ask "when will

as a ser ies of continour. Ki'lhursrs and downpour s engul f -ititis na t ion dur ing the ear ly and Mle j u r i s of th i s week. •*" Monday. 1:31 inches of ra in I Tuesday saw a total of .84

while up to ear ly Wednes-f aornine. ano the r .15 fell in i n , operat ions the

hour period f rom Midnight | weeks. Tttesdav. j Xewsreel cameramen

'lark and th rea ten ing skies ltiau-<l. "l iberty hounds" who k enjoying the benefits of a * Thanksciring Day weekend. f" 'Tossing the i r fingers and kiar f..r r eappea rance of "Old

Marines from VMF-461 formed the honor guard for the "Kitty-hawk." the first heavier- than-air c ra f t to car ry a man in flight, as the ancient plane was re turned to the United Sta tes f rom its tempor-ary location in a museum in England.

The K i t t yh .wk was scheduled [ n A l l t O A c c i d d l t

re turn to the I 'nited States. They point out that it, weisht ot«»u:dulv .HI^'urjln.Tj.T'rtor

all income received f rom the gov-ernment . The services said today that tax payments would be with-

Atlantic between Britain and the h e l d „ t h e s o u r c e f r o m

pay in the same manner as taxes are deducted f rom civilian pay

planes to re turn on the wings of one of its offsprings.

pounds, distr ibuted in three wooden crates, would be a mere trifle for the planes that regularly cross the

Five Men Injured

to come in at New York aboard the ocean liner Mauretania. but the current shipping s tr ike in the ; New York harbor caused the liner to dock at Halifax. The historical cargo was shifted to the USS Palau. escort car r ier on which VMF-461 had participated in far nor thern

preceeding

Officers and enlisted men on ac-tive fluty will also be required to pay normal income taxes on thoir pay when cur ren t mil i tary exemp-tions te rmina te at the end of th is year .

Since 1942, mili tary pay of en-listed men and w a r r a n t officers has been tax free. Commissioned officers have had a I1.5UV tax ex-emption on their mi l i tary income.

Hedron 11 Returns From Week's Cruise Aboard USS Saipan

The "flying execut ives" (Head-qua r t e r s .Squadron, MAG--11) re-turned a short while ago f rom a n in teres t ing week's c ru i se aboard the U. S. S. Saipan (CVL-48).

Major V. J . C.ottstock. Major R. Floeck, Captain R. H. Ra infor th , L ieu tenants C. E. Bosweil. J . E. C.raaff and T. H. Wagner of Hedron-11. together with pilots f rom VMF-223 and YMF-225, depar ted for Norfolk in VMR-252 t r anspo r t s on Nov. 14. Maintenance crews for all th ree squadrons also left with the pilots to be quar te red aboard the "Saipan ."

The "Sa ipan" weighed anchor Monday morning for opera t ional maneuvers , and a{ about 1300. the "flying e lement" of Hedron-11, \ MF-223 and VMF-285. c o a s u s d s d by Col. E. A. Montgomery and Lt. Col. J . C. Aggerback rendezvoused with the Saipan.

In the following two days of operat ions . 4S3 landings and 14 ca tapaul t shots were made with only one minor accident .

At the completion qf the opera-t ions. the Marine personnel involv-ed spent the r e tu rn t r ip watching

| the navy squadrons requal i fy and by engaging in card games.

Re turn ing to Cherry Point , the pilots were rewarded with a dis-patch f rom the Commander , Air-c ra f t . Atlant ic Fleet to the Com-'manding Officer. USS Saipan which had been passed on to the Com-manding Officer. MAG-11. It read . "CONSIDER PERFORMANCE O F YOUR S H I P AND PILOTS IN-VOLVED ABOVE A V E R A G E . WELL DONE."

XMAS WRAPPING SERVICE

UiriMulas t.itt w.-a|ipimt p k * will he a i a l l a h l e asrain '• ! « r .,1 the R H | ( r „ > . Bui ld . f i r . u i Herein Iter 6th unt i l

i t t h . The hour* wlU until ITtw dal ly, Honda.**

M d a y s . and on Sa tu r -r ostKi until 1SMU.

is pr imar i ly t'or '•••I men living | a ba r rack* .

h " i u iHtles for package Mpinc.

mbers of the Second Marine Aircraf t Wins received minor in jur ies when the car in

| which they were driving skidded and overturned near Oak City. N. C.

I last Saturday night. t w o ; The five men. TSgt. Alan F .

Tomlinson. SSgt. Norman F. Mill- Two tour yea r and two th ree i „ . c ^ t O r f t o Sgt. Edmund J . Papuzynski . year r cen i i s tmenL were repor ted j a t the -New Bern Golt and Country

« t George R. Fulda. and Sgt. | recently MSgt Howard H. D a r t , club Sunday a t t e r aoon a t 13W. T h ^ Richard M. Sledding were r e t u r n - j and t pi. Mathew U Leshlnskl of c o u n t r y d n b l inks

Four Sign Over SNEAD TO PLAY IN NEW BERN ON SUNDAY

Golfer "S lamming Sammy" Snead

photogra-phers and reporters swarmed aboard the car r ier as it docked a t * " "7 7~ " " ' IT. ' . " T. v " **" j Country Clnb l inks a r e located Bayonne. N. J.. on the morning o f , " * f r o 1 " 1 , b e r t - v w h e n t h e ^ c i d e n t HqSq-MCAS shipped over for a southeas t of the c i ty pust beyond

I i f o u r t ^ e e year hitch. l h e T r e n t P l n e a c „ b ^ ^ respectively. RiTer. Admission will be 12.40 per

SSgt. Lawrence L. Swanson. person. Marine Corps Enl is ted VMR-252. also reenlisted for a Personnel in uni form will be ad-period of four years, and MSgt. mitted for 11.50. An exhibit ion H. L. Butler. MACG-1, reenlisted match between Snead and a local for three . Pro. will be played.

19 November. Local Marine g u a r d s ! in dress blues will show up pro- T 1 a. 0 1 _ minentl ly in all pictures of the P 1 U 1 S U C l l t O l l O W important event.

Now that the famous plane Is f n r T l l P C ^ a u j be on public display in the I O F 1

Smithsouian Inst i tute in Washing' ton D C manv of the American | Auditions and reheansals tor the soldiers who were in E n s U n d PIO Talent show will b e j i e l d a t dur ing the war and knew the plane was there may get to see it. In-variably they were told in London

the station thea t re on Tuesday, November 30th at 13V0.

All those with ability for pub l i c ' that the plane had been removed entertainment , amateur or pro-for safekeeping from bombing raids, fessional. are invited to part ici-but they were never told where pate. There Is no limit to the type it had been hidden. of enter ta inment desired: vocalists .

From Great Britain, where it has dancers, ins t rumental is ts , jugglers , been since 192S. the plane traveled ' ac roba t s a re all invited to join in by commercial steamship. U. S. the fun. Navy carr ier aud finally U S Navy interested personnel a re re t ruck There are some in aviation quested to ei ther contact Lieut, who regret that the historic p lane , Iglehardt at S107 or just show up used such means of t ransport to : for the audition. ,

CHERRY POINT....56 CORAL SEA 0

C H E R R Y POINT WINOSOCK. 2 6 NOV. 1 * 4 0

THE CHERRY POINT WIND50CK P H O ? E M i l

Major Genera l F l r td H a r r i s ComdGen A l r F M F L a u t ComdGen 2nd M. A.

Br lead If r General I*aa W. Miller C o m m a n d e r Air Basea-ComdGen MCAS

XAJC T . Warveo . Off lcer - In-Charge

L. Beverly Bal la rd , ed i to r ; SSgt . L. P. Dagenais . p h o t o g r a p h e r ; T8g t . Donald C. RasmusBen. staff a r t i s t ; Cpl. Wil l iam B. Kennedy , Bporta ed i to r ; Cpl. M. J . Graml i ch and Cpl. B. Olaon. r e p o r t e r s .

T B I WWDSOCK U publl«hfd yorktjr by u d for peraoaMl of Uarim O t n » Ait BMM. UU>H ONM Air SUttM. i l r r i l F L u t , and 2D4 M. A. W., d t f r j Poiat H. C. T H WINLlSOCK la publl.hrd la rompUaoce wltt L. I. 1100. M a M fcj tt« •1c>•!<— Prlatlag Co.. N#w Bern N. C. r taur«« by the Btattoa BpaclaJ h n l » D«»t. freca uaappcopUtad Walfar* a ad E * r ^ t l o o fun4». TH* WINDBOCK ace«*ta mm UrmVmim-

Subacrlptloa rale# b j maU | t « < a j « i . Bapubltrattoa of er*dlt#4 material - l lboat p*r*l»«io« from SKA la prafclMte*.

THM WINDSOCX r*c«lTM Armed Torcrt Prtmm Barvtca aa4 Ship* MttorUl Aaaarlatlaa

AIRMEN LIE DOWN IN COMFORT TESTS

INDIANAPOLIS. Nor . 26— Avia-tion expe r t s h e r e a r e s to r ing a p knowledge for a ra iny day. T h e y predict soon they, like the pos tman , won't be ha l t ed by fog. r a in , snow or s t o r m s .

T h e devices to m a k e th i s av ia -tor ' s d r e a m come t r u e have been tested for nea r ly t w o weeks a t t he Civil Aeronau t i c s Admin i s t r a -tion expe r imen t cen t e r here .

T h e new a l l - w e a t h e r e lec t ron ic e q u i p m / n t ins ta l led on test p l anes

I l i t" V U U k U U I u » I H C M l i W . V W W / . - • — — . , , „ . . . he re may be ava i l ab le to c o m m e r -• is rough ly SO degrees . F r o m the knee • . . .

. . . . ^ ; , c i a l a i r l i nes and the mi l i t a ry wi th in • five yea r s . Now. Army. Navy. c<

CDJVINE^ (SERVICES)'

P R O T E S T A S T S E * F I CE8 0915 Sun .—Sunday S c h o o l

( N u r s e r y ) 1030 Sun .—Worsh ip Service

Main Chapel 1830 Tue . - Y o u t h Fe l lowsh ip

L c c r e t t f o n C t e t a r k i d Deck

1900 Wed.— Choir R e h e a r s a l

CATHOLIC S E R V I C E S Sun.—0645. 084S. 1200 Main

Chapel Weekdays—0646 Cathol ic Wing Confess ions ; Sa t . -1930-2100 Other t imes by a p p o i n t m e n t 1900 Tuea — Novena Devot ions

J E W I S H S E R T I C E 8 2000 Wed.—Divine W o r s h i p

in P r o t e s t a n t Wing

C H E R R Y P O I N T COMMUNITY C L F R C H

1100 Sun .—Morning Worsh ip 1815 Sun .—Chr i s t i an Endeav-

1930 Sun .—Even ing Worsh ip

BERLIN AIRLIFT WORKING DESPITE LOUSY WEATHER IN NOVEMBER

Electronics Ready To Make Air"Saf e"

Pi lo ts soon may lie down on the job. They have been s i t t ing a t the i r work s ince t he Government bought i ts first a i r p l a n e In 1909. And somet imes t hey have become mighty t i red of it .

Fas t j e t s with the i r s l im s i lhoue t tes , cal l for cockpi t changes . The a e r o medical l abora to ry of t he Air Mater ie l Command at Wr igh t Field has come u p with an a n s w e r , the p rone posit ion bed for pi lots .

One a im is e l imina te the d r ag p roduc ing cockpi t canopy. T h e o t h e r is to help the pilot w i th s t and the g rea t f o r ce s exer ted in high speed t u r n s wi thout "b l ack ing ou t" .

Af t e r ex tens ive t e s t s a p rone-pos i t ion pilot bed h a s been ins ta l led in the nose of a B-17 F ly ing F o r t r e s s . An obse rve r s i t s beside t he t e s t sub jec t and a sa fe ty pilot in the r e g u l a r cockpi t . F u r t h e r t es t ing is p l anned in the f o r w a r d par t of a TF-80 Shoot ing S t a r , a two-p lace je t t r a i u i r . T h e r ea r sea t would be occupied by a sa fe ty pilot.

Des i rn Meet* T h r e e Needs T h e biggest p rob lems in a p rone -pos i t i on cockpi t a r e comfor t , visi-

bility aud cont ro l . T h e la tes t beu des ign a p p e a r s to a n s w e r all th ree . Kiglitecn persons , inc luding t«*ii pilots, each spen t e ight consecu t ive h o u r s on the bed wi thout s e r i o u s d i scomfor t . Two men la te r made twe lve -hour tes ts .

In gene ra l t he bed cons is t s of a nylon net suspended over a f r a m e with s ides curved to a p p r o x i m a t e the con tou r of the pi lot ' s body. F r o m the k n e e to t he shou lde r , the ang le to the ankle , the leg is e levated about 30 deg rees t he o the r way.

Bod, " c e p l h . . d - . l a m . . I . d i s t r i bu t ed over the , > r t a U o n

ne t . T h e net can c a r r y about 30 0011 pounds . t he e q u t . a l e n t o« tfO ^ ( ^ ^ "G ' s " on a 200-pound pilot l ine G is the weight of a person o r o b J e c l L , c r i c e s

at res t . The c e n t r i f u g a l force of t u r n s is m e a s u r e d ic t e r m s of "G." T h e ] p rone bed has been tes ted u p to 16 "G's" . subs t an t i a l l y m o r e t han The CA \ is in the first s t a g e s of no rmal ly is exper ienced even in comba t a i r c r a f t . j a 15-year p r o g r a m to m a k e t he

T h e pi lot 's head weight is ca r r i ed on two chin pads of foam rubbe r j a i r l i n e s as s a f e a t n ight and in covered with chamoi s l ea the r . H i s a r m s res t on foam r u b b e r pads in , , h * ' midst o f !>ad w e » t h e r as they two meta l pans , at the e n d s of » M c h a r e pistol g r i p s and levers for , a r e in midday with c l ea r skies. Fo r flight and power cont ro l s . T h e a r m r e s t s t hemse lves a r e t he m a j o r . the next five yea r s , expe r t t echnl -lltght con t ro l s and move s idewise . u p aud down, fo rward and backward . ; 1 " 5 4 1 1 8 w U I expe r imen t with traff ic

T h e pi lot 's feet rest aga ins t peda l s to o p e r a t e e i ther b r a k e s or rud - con t ro l s aud navigat ion a ids de-der T h e th ree -d i rec t ion movement of the a r m r^st would permit foot s igned to p lease the mi l i t a ry and

of r u d d e r s to be e l imina ted . T h i s s t ep is favored by s o m e , h e commerc ia l . When they t a k e to the a i r . visi-

n u m e r o u s a d j u s t m e n t s to fit d i f fe ren t " " " firemen see in o p e r a t i o n : s u e * and s h a p e s Dis t ance m e a s u r i n g equ ipmen t

T h e bead suppor t is d c s i s n c d so that tbe pilot c a n r a t s* h i s bead and » b i o h Provides Diers with m e a s u r e -t u r n It any d i rec t ion . P r e s e n t s tud ies a im a t c o m b i n i n s t he head sup- !•»<••>< ot d i s t ances to points a h e a d port with a c r a s h he lme t .

O the r P r o b l e m s F a d e r S tady Some ot the p rob lems st i l l ge t t ing a t t en t ion inc lude t he se : 1 Clothing must be redis igned to e l im ina t e pockets , s e a m s and but

tons f r o m the f rou t . Such l u m p i n e s s l eads to i r r i t a t i on 2. P a r a c h u t e h a r n e s s mus t be a r r a n g e d so that pi lots will not lie on *»>i h provides a n e l ec t ron ic pat li-

the s t r a p s The p a r a c h u t e canno t be worn in flight, so an a r r a n g e m e n t Wit>' t o a n a , r f i t , I d r u n w a y . A p ot , . , . , .. , , . l e an m a k e a pe r fec t l and ing in a to hang i nea r by mus t be developed.

3. An escape m e a n s needs to be developed for t he pron pilot. At- b l inding s t o r m . ten t ion is being given to the c a p s u l e cockpi t in which t he en t i r e uni t is R a d a r deve lopmen t s to spot t h r o w n c lea r , aud to a bot tom exit t h rough which the pilot might b e | ° J « r

ejec ted . 4. A hold-down h a r n e s s to p r o t e c t - t h e pilot a g a i n s t sudden jo l t s is a n ? -

needed Pron position is new only in i t s modern appl ica t ion . T h e Wr igh t

b r o t h e r s made the i r first flights lying on the i r s t o m a c h s . T h e s tudy of p r o r e posit ion w a s revived in t he middle Nineteen j Omni r a n g e s t a t i ons un

Th i r t i e s by the G e r m a n s . The Br i t i sh Boyal Air Force , the Uni ted S t a t e s | N.ixy and even tua l ly t he Air v o r c e r a u pron pos i t ions tea ts . P i lo t s I re jec ted t he idea in al l c a se s b e c a u s e of d i scomfor t .

The c u r r e n t p ro jec t at Wr igh t Field began with an e f fo r t to solve j the comfor t problem It a p p e a r s to be succees tu l .

con t ro l sc ien t i s t s .

The bed a r r a n g e m e n t pe rmi t s

c o n t i n u o u s l y ; j An a u t o m a t i c c o m p u t e r wh ich j enab le s a p l ane to t a k e a bee-l ine c o u r s e ;

An i n s t r u m e n t l a n d i n g s y s t e m

• pilot how many and whe re they

Beam rada r , which gives t he pilot i double check on h i s course , ob-

s t a c l e s and l and ing p a t h w a y s ;

d r e d s of c o u r s e s laid ou t in al l d i r ec t ions and se rve as s t a r t i n g po in t s and s o a l s fo r the e l ec t ron ic d i s t a n c e c o m p u t e r s .

T h e equ ipmen t is the resu l t ot r e s e a r c h by the Rad io Techn ica l Commiss ion for Ae rnau t i c s . an a s soc ia t ion of mi l i t a ry , c o m m e r c i a l and p r iva te av ia ton and e l ec t ron ic sc ien t i s t s .

H ALF BILLION M I L E S

Berl in . X a r . 26 - A l t h o u g h t h e a i r l i f t in to Bar i ip . by arfclch tfce W e s t e r n sec to r s of th la b lockaded city l i re , ha s su f fe red a consider-able reduct ion In t o n n a g e c a r r i e d th i s f a r in November , Amer ican a- ' i J r l ' i sh all t * e ew»6-

den t tha t t r a n s p o r t p l anes will be ab le to m a i n t a i n Ber i in th rough-out t b e win te r and evan when it ' g r o w s co lder , boost t he pay load back to s o m e t h i n g a p p r o x i m a t i n g the sh ipmen t s d a r i n g t he s u m m e r .

A dec rease In t he a m o u n t of t o n n a g e ca r r i ed du r ing t he f i rs t fou r t een d a y s of th i s m o n t h w a s a se r ious one. T h e r e Is no t endency

d iscount U. But reviewing p l ans fo r the r e m a i n d e r of t h e bad w e a t h e r period officials bel ieve t he Air F o r c e and the R . A J \ wil l be ab le to recoup losses of t he first half of November and move t o w a r d new p?ak p e r f o r m a n c e s .

Before e x a m i n i n g t he bas is for th i s confldencc let u s review w h a t fog. mis t and t he c louds of Novem-ber have done to the a i r l i f t . Mili-t a ry Gove rnmen t supp ly e x p e r t s have placed t he m i n i m u m requ i r e -m e n t s of G e r m a n s in the W e s t e r n sec to r s of Ber l in a t 2,900 net met -r ic tons of supp l ies every t w e n t y -f o u r - h o u r per iod.

A f t e r 151 d a y s of Soviet , block-ade upon W e s t e r n Ber l in , th i s is the p ic tu re In the r u m b l e - s t r e w ci ty.

T h e chi l l of w i n t e r is in t he a i r . Tbe t e m p e r a t u r e h a s been r a n g i n g a round 50 degrees . T h e r e a r e d a y s of fog and ra in . Most Be r l i ne r s who have been a s s u r e d of only f i f ty six pounds of coal and wood, with tbe p romise of m o r e later-a r e sav ing the i r fue l for colder d a y s to come. Elecr l t i cy and gas a r e on fo r only two h o u r s in t h e m o r n i n g and two in the evenings . A Ber l ine r ' s dai ly r a t ion is abou t 1 ounce of lard o r m a r g a r i n e ; 2 ounces of Spam, canned beef," powdered eggs or f i s h ; 17V4 ounces of b r e a d ; nea r ly 3 ounces of de-hy dated po ta toes or f l o u r . 2 ounces of c e r e a l s such i s noodles , 1 ounce of s u g a r — a l t o g e t h e r less t han 1 \ pounds of food. T h e r e a r e a n x i o u s t imes when the d r o n e of t he Anglo-Amer ican a i r l i f t ceases , or t he pilots look for a b reak in the fog.

How do these r e q u i r e m e n t figures c o m p a r e with the de l iver ies in Nov-ember . cons idered by tbe G e r m a n s to be the wor s t m o n t h in the yea r for flying? Official s t a t i s t i c s show tha t a s a v e r a g e of 2,635 net me t r i c tons of supp l ies fo r t he Berl in Ger -man economy was Sown in to Ber-l in each of the fou r t een twen ty -f o u r - h o u r per iods be tween noon on Nov. 1 and noon on Nov. 15. Th i s figure is 265 net me t r i c tons below the m i n i m u m es t ima ted requ i re -ment fo r the Ber l in G e r m a n economy.

C o s t l j Opera t ion T h e a i r l i f t is cost ly and d a n g e r -

ous. S ince the opera t ion began , eleven p l a n e s have c r acked up, wi th n ine teen dea ths . Bad w e a t h e r ha* c u t in to a i r l i f t t onnages . T h e weekly t a r g e t 30.800 tons . T h e fo l lowing t ab le shows t o n n a g e sh ipped in to Ber l in in r ecen t weeks end ing on t he da t e s ind ica ted : Week Oct . 1 Oct. 8 Oct. l i Oct.

T e a s *4>77 2«J>17

Tons

United Air L ines las t week pass-ed t he 500,000.000 m a r k in p lane

i mi les flown s ince Apr i l 6. 1926. when scheduled a i r t r a n s p o r t s e r -vice w a s s t a r t ed by Yarney Lines . C n i t e d ' s p r edeces so r c o m - ' in t he Br i t i sh Zone of Occupat ion , pany. N"he bases not only a r e c loser to

Week Oct. £9 NOT. i 20,725 Nev. li 19,433 Nov. 19 16*S2

To I n c r e a s e The L i f t Confidence of W e s t e r n a i r m e n

tha t the a i r l i f t c a n m a k e u p i t s losses and boost i t s t o n n a g e f i g u r e s a s w i n t e r deepens r e ° t s on t w o deve lopments . T h e first of t he se is t r a n s f e r of an inc reas ing n u m b e r of Uni ted S t a t e s C-54's. t he rea l w o r k h o u s e of the a i r l i f t , t o ba se s

Ber l in but the i r wea the r for the pas t t h r e e w ia t e r s e r ior to those of t he two UkS S t a t e s t o n e bases a t Frai.kfot^ Rhine-Main ai r f ie ld and badea .

; T V r e . a r e a l r eady flf'-y o p e r a t i n g f r o m Ffcssberg in ^ Br i t i sh Zone. Next m o n t h .•nod, fifty-five will begin to cperate q ot Celle, a l so in t he British It i s e s t ima ted t h a t an .tircr* o p e r a t i n g f r o m these base.- rlfT]

ebou t fifty tons of supplies day into Berl in u n d e r averq w e a a t h e r cond i t ions compared th i r ty -one tones f r o m Rhine-Xife

It i s e s t ima ted tha t 15u C-ff| flying in m a r g i n a l weathor c a r r y i n g fifty t o n s per airci^ each t w e n t y - f o u r - h o u r period wot) be able to fly 7,500 short toai4

supo l i e s in to the ci ty in that if they used Br i t i sh xone exclus ively . At t he moment , has ever , t h e r e seems l i t t le likelikori tha> more than 150 C-54's air—j ass igned will be able to operai ou t of F a l l b e r g and Celle this er. And of th i s number maiau-n a n c e and r epa i r e l imina te at le« fo r ty on any given day so that t total of s ixty-f ive p lanes is aboil wha t is coun ted c Tor day-to-dir opera t ions . But even sixty C-Sfl flying f r o m the Br i t i sh zone ta c a r r y 3,000 tons of supplies if th w e a t h e r is good.

S n i t c h To Br i t i sh Base* Some of the y o u n g e r officer*

the Uni ted S t a t e s Air Forci tha t to r each the max imum of efficiency the remaining C-»l in the t h e a t r e m u s t be switd to Br i t i sh bases , and British Y and o t h e r t r a n s p o r t s with capac i ty d iver ted to the BerlaJ F r a n k f o r t route . Once Celle is il opera t iona l u se and given au eta b reak in wea the r , these uSna expect the a i r l i f t wil l be able i b r ing in m o r e t h a n 4,400 tons < supp l ies each twenty-fmir-km period. But they a s s e r t that if i t h e C-54's w e r e to be based • Br i t i sh fields, then tbe airB would be capab le not only i meet ing a l i t t le more thau ma m u m r e q u i r e m e n t s of the s e c t o r s of Berl in bu t of sustiiU the economic l ife of t he three M to r s at p re t ty close to normal

econd m a j o r cou*i'!eri'Ji on which op t imi sm for the re mini e r of the win te r r e s t s is the ot* ing th i s week of a th i rd airfield! Berl in, tha t a t Tegel in the Fr« sec to r of t he city, buil t in r»« t ime by G e r m a n worke r s ani d i rec t ion of t he Uni ted States AB eng inee r s .

T h e i m p o r t a n c e of Tegel is * pro H e a an a l t e r n a t e laadi

g round to Tempelhof on day?-* they a r e inc reas ing ly nun»«« when tha t field is closed in by!

It is too ea r ly to say that * the end of November all diff icult ies a r e solved. meteoro log i s t s . however . ** t h a t November and t he first I weeks of December o f fe r the ** flying wea the r of t he year, condi t ions usua l ly improving cold se t s in d u r i n g ea r ly Decei

Fo r i t is cold which endt fog which h a s swa thed this for t he pas t two weeks and. d t he colder It ge t s the mors can be flown in for Berliners.

New Air Marka More t h a n 4,000 a i r ^

have been ins ta l l ed during 1948, D. W. R e n U l e . Adminisc* of Civil Aeronau t i c s , at las t week I n c l u d i n g the ins ta l led in 1945-46. many of 41

now need r epa in t i ng . thrN a r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5,000 a* in t he c o u n t r y which c a t be s idered serviceable , the ^ t r a t o r r epor ted .

STATION THEATRE CHERRY POINT WINDSGCK. 2 6 NOV.

BARBARA BATES, THE LI 'SIOCS LOOKIMi CREATURE PIC* TI-RED ABOVE, IS A CHEAT EATER. SHE LOVES TO COOK TOO! HOWEVER, TO OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT SHE MIGHT PICK I P FROM EATING SHE HIKES TO AN HERO.M HER HILLY WOOD STUDIO EACH DAY, A TOTAL OF THREE MILES. HfcR WEIGHT IS H i POI NDS.

larine Guests To \ttend Dinner At tervicemens Club

WHIT 1450 ON YOUR DIAL

NEW WHIT SHOW George O'Hanlon nostalgically

The now Servicemen 's Club lo-trd just above the Photo Studio i

Broad Street in New Corn i s , t u r n s the pages of his scra^> book Unninp to en te r ta in at a special as his wife watches, and what nner Sunday evening at 1800 cele-rating Thanksgiving. The direc-r= ex planed th is is due to con- -rtinc dinners on Thursad> at *rry Point.

Thos»- who run the Salvation

s tar ted out to be a quiet evening at home resulted in a domestic

i quar re l when Mutual 's "The George O'Hanlon Show" is a i red every Tuesday, over WHIT. George. the

troy-sponsored club a r e welcom- 'nan "behind the eight ball." makes Cherry Point Marines to take the mistake of showing his wife

vintage of all faci l i t ies avai lable a snapshot of himself with a "not-tbe club. It occupies two f loors hard-to-look-at girl . Then the fun the building.

On the first floor, leached a f t e r mbing the s t a i r s leading th rough

STATION LIBRARY

To* Dee l PX B a l l f e *

Mon-Prl 1000-1700; IfiOO-tlOO

. * t - 8 a a 1800-11*

By Frances Howell

NEW NOVELS: T H E TOWER OF TERZEL. by

P ie r re van l 'aassen. lu this one au thor lives up to his reputat ion

a f ine s tory-tel ler . A ru th less son re tu rns to antagonise the pea-sants and bring about the down-fall of an ancient landowning fami-ly of Flanders . Time: 19th century .

SANG REE. by Frank G. Slaught-er . Another medico-historical you're bound to like. All about a young doctor of the Revolution who becomes involved with h i s benefactor in the adminis t ra t ion of a Savannah plantation and shipping propert ies .

REMEMBRANCE HOCK, by Carl Saudburg. It 's a long one! A former chief just ice, dying in the pro-logue. bequeaths to his bomber-pilot grandson a manuscr ip t show-ing the development of Anglo-Saxon cu l tu re f rom the days of Shakespeare to the Civil War which he himself remembers .

THE WILD COUNTRY, by Louis Bromfield. "Best fiction Bromfield has done recent ly" says one re-vewer. It revolves a round the ex-periences of an o rphau boy of 13 during the summer on his dist in-guished g randfa the r ' s beaut iful stock fa rm in Missouri. ALL ABOUT DOGS:

HOW TO TRAIN HUNTING DOGS, by W. F. Brown.

KNOW YOUR DOG. by J . H. Hickey and Prisci l la Beach.

HOW TO RAISE AND TRAIN YOUR PUPPY, by Bob Becker.

IK)G TRAINING MADE EASY, by W. C. Duncan.

THE COMPLETE DOG BOOK, by The Amercan Kennel Club. OF SPECIAL I N T E R E S T :

PERSONAL FINANCE, by E. F.

Tonight 1100-1010

Kiss The Blood Off My Hands Bart Lancaster - Joan Fpntain

S t t u r u a y

Kiddy Show 1000

Black Hill Eddie Dean

Dane Clark

Saturday 1000-1000

Moonrise (Jail Russell - Ethel Barrymoro

Sunday 1*0#

Unconquered Gary Cooper - Paulette (>oddard

Sunday i lOO-Mll

Lets Live A Little Hedy Lamarr - Robert Cummings

Monday 110*4010

The Search Robert Montgomery - Cliff Aline MacMahon

Tuoatfay I I00 -Ml*

The Maui Who Reclaimed His Head Claude Rains - Joan Bennett

Wednesday 1100 1100

Bungalow Tom Conway - Margaret Hamilton

Thursday 1IOO-MII

Man From Colorado Glen Ford - Ellen Drew

Youth Fellowship

really begius. Hit. t roubles s t a r t , Donaldson. kith the picture and continue at i merry pace as he encounters his

YOUR JOB, by Fri tz Kaufmaun .

door on Broad s t ree t , one will hoss. Mr Lamb, in the office. The by H. A. t ' a lahan. •1 a lounge, snack room, can teen . , George O'Hanlon Show is heard

GEOGRAPHY FOR GROWN-UPS. adult

Founded in the ear ly Bummer of 1947, the Cherry Point Youth Fel-lowship organizat ion has become a permeuaut social fixture he re on the base. The club, s ta r ted by Chaplain W. W. Winter soon a f t e r his a r r iva l a t Cherry Point , h a s received the support and endorse-ment of Chapla ins Curt is and Cleaves, Generals H a r r i s and Miller ami many members of the

. pkone pay s ta t ion and t h e bus i - , s office.

rhe second floor occupied by the

•very Tuesday at 2000 over W H I T -1450 on your dial.

ib has on it five bedrooms to night up the dormi tory . Three s are instal led and two

only, the servicemen must pay on cents to use a bed overnight . Free breakfast of doughnuts and

?e washrooms. For use of th is | coffee is served the following morn-"ttitorv on Fr iday and Sa turday ing.

HOW TO BOWL, by Ned Day. FISHING TACKLE DIGEST, by

JF. It. Steel.

Sgt Caston Leaves

who have given moral the club whenever need-support t

ed. • Established with the twin a ims

of giving the younger se t on Cherry Point a recreat ion period once a week, influenced by chr i s t i an pur -pose. and lending a helping hand lo the un fo r tuna t e whenever pos-

Caston sible. Hie Youth Fel lowship has the purpose for

j Tech. Sergeant John was t rans fe r red recently from Air- accomplished c ra f t Engineering Squadron 41 to *"blch it was founded. Throughou t

WlTUOUT TROOPS AB£ -NO MOG£ TUAN

K£N DRAGGtD TO SLAUGWTCC.

the Marine Corps Schools. Quantico, Va.. for duty.

Staff NCO Club Dance

Touight. 2000-2300 Informal . Music furnished by

2JLAW Orchestra

Platter Party Saturday. 27 Not. . 1830-2300 Recorded mask- lor dancing

Bingo Tuesday. 23 X o u 2000-2300 III NCO's intRed to a t tend

and brine their w h e s . Make It x-rl) iret-to-eether.

the Spr ing »nd Summer months I the members have managed to keep busy with several lawn par t ies and picnics at Slocum Creek Park . During the Hallowe'en season a costump dance was held he re in the nu r se ry -knderga r t en building and another informal dance h a s been planned tor the Thanksgiv ing season. The club is planning to give a Thanksgiv ing Turkey , complete with accessories , to some needy family.

It is the proceedure as the older members go off to school that they break connect ions wth the club and other younger members s tep up to take r he i r places i n . the c lubs ' politics.

Three VMR Men To CaL

It Was "Night" Now It's "Nasty"

From now on when you see a squadron, or an a i r c r a f t , des igna-tion with an " N " tacked on the end. forget about that "n igh t " bus iness ; nowadays that "N" s t ands for "Nas ty-weather . "

I t ' s real ly very s imple ; a l though they ' re s t i l l known as VMF (N) 114 and VMF (N) 531 they ' re "All-Wea the r " squadrons , not "Night F igh t e r " squadrons .

To give you a be t te r Idea of wha t ' s happened, here ' s a quote f rom a CNO le t ter of 4 October on the very sub jec t : "The present p lan is to discont inue the use of t h e word "n igh t " in the descript ion of uni t s whose p r imary mission can be executed only with the aid of ce r -tain e lect ronics equipment and to subs t i tu te the t e r m "all-weather* as being more descr ipt ive."

A TOUGH FIGHT, M05I

It was "California, here 1 come" Voter: "I suppose it is your for th ree VMK-252 NCO's recent ly .

Great ambition to leave dea th less , MSgt. Walter D. Brown well. MSgt. footprints on the sands of time." George Twitchell , and TSgt. Wilbur

Candidate: "Well, no, not «*xact- H. Watson of the t r anspor t squad-}v all I want to do is cover my ron were probably s inging those t racks until a f t e r the elect ion." j lines while being t r ans fe r r ed .

ANGELA GREEN HAS I T ROUGH. SHE STARTED OUT AS A POOR POWERS MODEL. BUT NOW, AFTER WEEKS OF HARD WORK, SHE'S A .MOVIE STAR.

PLEflSt LET ME < N • SPlRCafc , i - ' M OHLY TMVBTY b t C o M O ^ U ^ T t ,

Unbeaten, Unscored Upon AES-46 Footballers Roll; Lead In Volleyball, Too

Jets Vs. Pigskin

Hampiling Does Good Job Mancging Team Which Leads General Cup Race

When it comes to football , the great teams of Yale. Harvard . Pr inceton and the Carlisle Indians had nothng on AES-46 in the ar t of burying opponents under huge scoring tidal waves.

The Engineers , winners of nine s t ra ight grid contests, have not been scored on by a dingle opponent dur ing the ent i re 1948 season! They have not been beaten in three years !

After being aided by a couple of * forfeit victories early in the season,

the 46 eleven star ted off on the right foot by annih la tng VMT-1. 60-0: s laughter ing HqSq-MCAS. 48-0. murder ing VMR-252. 76-0; punishing VMF-223, 38-0; romping over AES-42. 47-0; and lathering SMS-11. 40-0 Iii-bet ween these debacles. VMF-224 forfeited to the Engineers .

Managed by SSgt Ed Hampiling. tlie team lost two bri l l iant memb-ers in Mike Cervin and Pasquale . I 'ervui was ineligible since he played with the "F lyers ' against I amp Lejeune while PasquaU was discharged lli»werer. the club went right on winning.

Members or the "wonder boys" include Par t in. Hoffman. Clarke. II a ti s 11. Hargrove, Nicholas. Walsh, l.i. Beach. Yablonsky. B u c k . Stem burg. Phill ips ami Manager l lamp fling

Ahead In Volleyball, U»» The Engineers led In Volleyball,

too. but. by a much d o n e r margin With nine straight wins, the ABS 16 still received stiff competi t ion f rom MACti-1. Who placed second with seven victories out of eight contests . In (he point co lumn, it was nine to seven in favor of t It* Engineers .

With the Genera l ' s Cup Trophy race still remaining an "all AES 46" affair , the s tat ion spor ts ob-servers were still wait ing for AES-46 to drop that first game, ei ther

.in foootball or in volleyball!

The league s tandings a re fol lows:

TOl'C'H FOOTBALL W. L. T.

AES-M 9 0 0 -HEDKOX.2 6 1 2 YMR.SK 6 3 0 MA((M i I I VMK-22S 3 I I VMF-122 3 2 I AtS-12 3 I 1 VMT-1 3 8 0 H«|Sq-N(AS 3 i 0 SMS-11 I 4 0 HqSq-11 0 I 0 VMF-221 0 7 0 -

I V r H A-VOLLEYBALL W. L. Pfs .

AKS-16 » « — MA CO-1 7 I — 7 1 VMT-1 * 1 — IIFI.RIIN-2 1 1 I l l i |S . | .MtAS 1 S — 4 S U S - l l 2 i -VKS.Ii I » 2 I . « K - i i 2 I 3 — 1 H K I . R O V I 1 (I 3 — (I \ MF-I±2 » 3 — 1 1 v j f t ' - s a » i — ii \ H F . i i i » i — n

T i l l s I M SI AL SHOT BY SSGT. 6 F 8 DAGE>'AIS, WIMISOCK STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, SIHIHS TIII: .II:TS TAKING BFF IMMEDIATELY PRIOR T « THE LEJEFSE - CHERRY POINT FOOTBALL GAME. NOTICE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN T H E J E T S AND THE FOOTBALL SHOWN l> TBE

t i l l NEXT TO THEM.

Fighters Delaying Fort Bragg Visit

Quantico, Lejeuno Win

r . i r r i s Island had the misfor tune to run up against the mighty Quantico grid machine, pride of

| Marine Corps football , and *»«s j promptly mauled. 51-6. The Vir-Ig in ians have yet to lose this sea

on a s they cont inue on their way r» the Eas te rn Naval District l iampionship for 194S. I ' amp Lejeune "whipped the I ' SS

"ojal Sea. 78-0. as the Linemen out limed on the warpa th a f t e r

^ t o p p i n g Cherry Point . 40-13. This (gave Lejeune a 6-4 record for the

• eatuui. with I 'ar r is Island still t.» he met to round out the present

11 .impaign. Cherry Point will meet ' t h e I oral Sea .it New Bern on ' I hanksgiving. (Juautico still has I I t rainbridge Naval Tra in ing "Center i -ti the sc lydul '

The Cherry Point boxing team has postponed it's Dec. 2 visit to i Fort Bragg. N. C.. until Dec. 9. when t 'oach Johnny Tlnsley wil l , take his glovers to the Army post lor a team competi t ion match.

Spearheading the stable of fight-1 . rs will be All-Southeastern Ama- j tcur Boxing Champ Johnny Bian- j • unello. the "Phi l ly" te r ror , who j is rated high iu the anna ls of Cherry i Point boxing, and should give a u - : ..titer excellent account of h imsel f . '

Right in there with Johnny, and as aggressive as ever, will be j l iu l i Kudy Lara , who'll provide ' more help in the lightweight c lass Lara, " h o dropped a real thr i l ler in the Savannah semi-f inals , is ,.<lded insurance for a Cherry Point sw._-.-p in this category.

Hon Spencer, llashy Detroi ter . Will join Mike Zecca jn the Middle

[weight class. Though both Zecca il Spvticer did not en ter the

.acker finals, both boys showed deception, ability to punch, and ring style.*Spencer should be okay once he gets in shape.

J immy Smith, the "fighting Ir ish- j man" f rom Boston, will s c r ap in ei ther the l ightweight or f ea the r - j weight division with "Bad Has com" Beaslcy rounding out the feather-weight group.

SSgt. Willie Moore, a newcomer to the team, will be s ta r ted a s a novice at Fort Bragg, though he fought several t imes in civilian life. Moore has shown promise in pract ice and should put on a good show for the fans .

p fc tJeorge Criftin. another new i t a t , u the Tinsle.v stable, spor ts

... i 25 or :>•' Amateur bouts before enter ing service, along with j i year of college boxing down at i Louisiana State l u ive r s i t y . l i r i f f in. joined the club a f te r r e tu rn ing ! iroin maneuvers . Completing the , d will !>e I'fc. Al llossi. with a , r. . onl of Is ama teu r scraps , who'll :>• making his first appearance for Cherry Point

V iuavywesh t is beiug carr ied • Brasc with the club, though :o,.tba!!ers Ancelo Cosenzo and Jim IVler.se re expected to fight in ... . v,, , lass next January .

Th. Fort Bragg club will be here • l»ei -i ' at the s tat ion drill hall.

From "The Quantico Sentry" Here ' - the dope f rom Ike Not . IMh Issue of Hie S E X T B f . . . f t

Blake, The luHpcctor General ini Hte Marine ( o r p s , made Ills annul inxpeetkin of Ihe Marine Corps Schools this week . . . Full Beclual Parade- Held on Saturday .Not. 20th . . . Quantico Hlfle. Pistol Tm To Slar t Season in December . . . Quantico Blanks Sf. Francis (olka l mil bai lers iu Johns town. Pa . game for 20tb Straight Win. Score ifi-d... Local Sergeant Hies In Traffic Smashup on Honte 1 . . . Hunt ing Snm on Quantico K e s e n a t i o n S ta r t s \ o i . 2tith . . . VM1 <Jlee Club Sinnfc Post Theutre . . . MI'S Boxing Team P n l i cr ises L u n g l e j Field team F« ( lean Sweep of 7 Bouts . . . Wres t lers to Represent Quantico In Al >a»y Meet . . . Turkey Tournament for L a d j Rol lers To be Held 4 Ladles ' Oolf Assoclaliou. . .

From The Camp Lejeune "Globe" Some ot till' headl ines from .he November lS.b issue ot tlic "(ilobt

Vaudeville Revue IMays Camp Tliea.re Monday . . . "Growler" Tourj men. A. Para.l is . Point tn.l t Course Tl.is Weekend . . B i p r e . . B Service To Knoxville. Tcnn. Is Now Available . . Admiral » . H

I Blandv. Commander in Cbiet. A. lan . ie Fleet . Present tor Marine t«l Birthday a . Lejeune. Cu t . Cake and Review* Parade Post fecM Goes Ail-out and Takes on X m a s L o o k . . . Ail Pa r t i c ipan t s In Novel." lutll Pa rade Receive "Well Done" . . . Town ot Jacksonvi l le . N. I Proclamat ion on 173rd Anniversary ot Marine Corps. Signed In of Jax . Lauding L'SMC. . .

From The "Parris Island Boot" Saturday Note 1311. issue the BIMIT c a r r i e l the Ml««j

I news I t em- : T h i r t y . F i . c Rec ru i t e r . Graduated From Marine t-J 1 Recrui t ing School . . . « o t . r r in I.. Whlllen Fi res Score of 3 S S "

and . ai ns t i t le of "Mil l . Shooter of the Year ill I . I - • • • " • * Jordah l To Washington For Temporary I»uty . . . I'. I. Marine* s e l . e . on Screen . . . 1.1. 4. 4. Bradley and U . It. M. Greener Tra»««"

Post Kxcaniro Fift Shop t lpens . . . Second l lecruit Tralninc » I 'lloii Wins Over Four th Battalion to Knter F ina ls of Grid Serie-.

To The Winds March i We no Ioniser ge. Ihe Ewa "Snow- and don't know if they have « • I circulation or are mad a . a s The El Toro " F l i r t . ^

t i n u - laif in ar r iv ing trom I uii lornia as is the 1 endleton S c"" '_ Ihe. arc omil.e.l occas.onally. The San Iliego "Chevron." Th. China Marine and other Navy and Marine Corps papers a r e pern""

i received in exchange bv the WIXDSOCK.

POINT LOSES IN GOLFl»»"'"• l'"1 Co' Ho' AT NEW BERN ON 2 1 C T . ~

(Gilbert. Captain Alsip. Lt. vt'eiiii.ting »o win in their sec- . \j

.i v. .« Lt. Mullane. Lt. Wagif ond star t against the s trong New B, rn colt club, .he l terry Po in . ! Mct lel lan. J l . - p . Karris . 1-"d.vo, d ipse r s ' me, wi,h a 3 3 - « I... Bruce .... Joss The first time the two teams Bevel ly. « |il «y« r. p i»l ived New Bern won a 55-41 and < pi Martin

i . Th- match was playc! match

par t ic ipat ing for :h. Ar Station somes with twenty- tw" team were Major Ceneral Field Point golfers participating

C H E R R Y POINT W1NDSOCK 2 6 NOV _ 1 9 4 8

CPL au nwe*. usnc

1 j ^

CHERRY POINT WINOSQCK. 2 6 NOV. «048

AES-46 and AES-41 :»re the

SIIIJ a"'I mild Bermuda will play host to (lie Cherry Point basket ee r s r a four day s tand when the first of December rolls a round . The Flyer" hoop*ter> will i n t a d e the small Mauri paradUe off the eas tern uM of the I nlted S ta tes to engage in a four irame merles with two lerican r lnhs stat ioned there, the Nata l Operat ing Base and iidlei Air Korre Itase. The Marine baskcteers will perforin twice rh time durlnir thei r Beriuudu i l s l t . The home season for the "F lye r*" will open on Dec. 7 when the tile Creek. Va„ Amphibious quintet will put in an a p p e a r a n r e at the ill hall. Cherry I'olnt Is p lanning to scrimmuge against the Hut clock Basket-II rlu'i in the s ta t ion dri l l hull on >ov. 29. Star t ing time will prob-I|I lie approximately itNMI. Last week, the " F l y e r s " scrimuiuged against team represent ing North imlin* State College. Thouirh play in many depar tments still appeared rrrd. the team trained valuable exper ienre against the towering llecians. one of whom hit the • ' 10" mark . 1

Oatstaudinsr pe r fo rmance against the N. C. Sta te team was contr i -lied b j John ("ashen, last year holdoier . while SSgt. Part in showed

fry welL A boy named Ford, who did not play against State, Is peeled to help bul t tur l t the squad when the season ar r ives . All candidates who wish to try out a re urged to do so by LL C u r t i s Aetball roach . This appl ies especially to those men r e tu rn ing to this ilion from the Bar.'n Field, Fln„ maneuvers and who ha ten ' t enjoyed ehanre to apply .

• newest s ta t fbn bowling par t ic i -i pants anions the squadrons at |Cher ry Point. Both groups have i formed in t ra-squadron pin groups i and will be playing regular ly at the Recreation Hall. AES-46 will

; roll on Wednesdays while AES-41 [ir.tt.nd5" tT» t o w I Mt»"rti<Htuay ' anu Thursday .

The Officer's Wives and Enlisted T»CO Wives teams a re still cont inu-ing to dominate the organized piny with the Officers' Wives holding their matches on Tuesday after-noons and the Enlisted XCO Wives using the alleys ou Tuesdays and Thursdays .

Cpl. R. Smidlpy. VMF-224. bowl-ed a new high score ot 251 recent-ly. and a t ta ined an average of 201 for six games.

Cpl. LeCroy at the Station alleys, repor ts that tiiere is a shor tage of pin boys and urges anyone inter-ested in settiug up pins to contact him at the Enlisted Men's Recrea tion Half.

VETERAN

HERRY POINT'S '48 GRIDIRON EASON ENDS ON THANKSGIVING Dra! Sea Carrier Team is Final Opposition For Flyers This Season

"hough as we go to press, the d results of the Coral Sea-Try Point football game, played New Bern y & t e r d a y a f t e rnoon . oo> available, it will be the last

« that the 1948 g r idders will called upon to face an opponent , aptain " J a k e " Sloan, when in-fiewed. intended to employ an "By-type" ball club, so named ause of the adoption of both an usive aud defensive team uni t , ie famous by the West Point

ould the " F l y e r s " receive, it to have been Dick Er ickson Tom Wliichard on the ends,

Ik*" Siegert and John Kreatn-ck at tackles, Ern ie Diaz and k Bartell at the g u a r d s and •rce "Socko" Vavrek at center . f Cherry Point kicked off. then

Jones and Cecil Cleveland have posted down the flanks,

la Kr»amcheck and J i m S ta rk M have anchored down the kte>. Tom Lewis and Mike °°ltr would have sha red the

s ' " t« and fu l lback Angelo k J Z" w "u ld be used in place of

rr*k a- center . 1 * receiving backfield was to

Era ine "Pat" ' Pa t r i a s . r ! l : Thomopoulos or Cbach

" Bob Kariow and Marv •old

»'• k11ft" backfield men would lul'ided Joe Verbanic . Ear l

Tom Shepherd aud Joe

'••tain Sloan, slated for ir. 1»49. the season h a s

w fairly success fu l a s com--

the "F lye r s " snatched only a pair pared with the 1947 campaign when of thei r games while losing six contests.

Many veterans will be leaving with Coach Sloan, since 1949 ex-piration of enl is tment dates a r e posted before the names of Tom Whichard. George Jones. John Kreamcheck. Bill Hughes. Cecil Cleveland, and Dick Erickson, among others .

At the close of the season, a banquet is being planned for mem-bers of the football squad by the Cherry Point Athletic Association.

All-Navy Fowling Set For 30 Jan.

The All-Navy Bowling Champ-ionship will be held dur ing the week of Jan . 30. 1949. in a Fourth Naval District activity, with the Sixth Naval District being respon-1 sible for the selection of a t e a m . of live bowlers to part icipate in this event.

Applicants for the Sixth Naval • District team will be selected on the basis of certified scores by the | individual 's recreation officer. En- j t r ies should be forwarded to the ! Commandant . Sixth Naval District, j by Dec. 15. 194S.

All officers and enlisted men on ; active duty with the Navy and Ma-rine Corps a r e eligible to par t ic i - ; pate in -this tournament , which will be governed by the official ^ American Bowling Congress Rules I for Ten Pins.

All personnel interested in try- j ine out are invited to contact th* Athletic Officer at the station dr i l l !

! hall, or phone 51S3.

CPL. J . W. CASHKN, IS EX-PECTED TO BK A STANDOIT FORWARD FOR THE "ELV-ERS". CASHES IS A VET-ERAN OF LAST V EAR'S TEAM AM) KNOWS FOR HIS AU I RACl IN BITTING THE HOOP. UK IS CURRENTLY TAD HEADQUARTERS M( AS.

Intra-Basketball Will Start 2nd Week Of Dec.

i n t r amura l Basketball is about to s tar t as the one-way race to-ward the General 's Cup continues. AES-46 has already applied for admission to a court league and AES-42 has sent iu its name, as well.

The season, s ta r t ing in the first week in December, winds up in the midilla of March and many teams are expected to compete in order to gain points toward the General 's trophy.

In being one of the first to ap-ply, AES-46 has already captured one sjH»rt and has a s t ranglehold in the remaining two of the th ree play. J thus far . The Engineers a re figuring to reap the five im-portant points awarded for basket-ball. a - well a s the individual honors fo/ winning in that sport .

All games will be played in the station drill hall, and all uni t s pr^parinc to field court squads aro urged io contact the Athlet ic Of-fice at once.

Last week, » r Journeyed to S a t a n n a h , Ga. with the Cher ry Point t boxing team to wItness Coach Johnny Tlnsley 's glov-er* tight in the Southeas tern Amateur Boxing Tourney.

* Arriving last Sunday a f t e r an ear ly morning r ide. the boys and yours t ru ly were greeted by Mr. I rwin

7 Price. Tournament cha i rman , Mr. Sol Passnick Pres i -dent of the Marine Corps League, and BUI Ha r r i s . ex-Marine MSgt. and Sherr l f -e lect of Savannah , Ga.

Everything 's "On The House" From the tery outset , the Cherry Point Squad rece i ted royal and

welcome t rea tment , being escorted to a hotel, and en te r ta inment In the best of Southern hospital i ty . Food, food, and more food was the o rder of the day as thick. Juicy - teak aud other delicacies greeted the n th je tes t ime and again .

Of course, the main business at hand was soon in evidence, and weighing-in ceremonies were more than a mere formal i ty to some of the boys, who were apprehensive concerning thei r poundage. Several worried boxers were forced to nibble and absta in f rom food while watching their fellow team members hell) themselves to "seconds." However, their fear was in vain aa all team members successfu l ly a t t a in td their correct weight and a m a t e u r classes .

Union Bug Team Oat las t ' s Point Tlioukh the Cnion Bag team won the toa rney . Coach Tlnsley had the

solace of knowing that John Blancaniel lo had been chosen the best amateur tighter from six teams of hand-picked contestant*. Watching Biancanielbi wane through two toagh opponents , we sti l l feel tha t his scrap against T i l e r Aqnllar has been his best tight to date, and closest. "Blauc" had jn>t loo much savy, skill , and "know-how" for both Joe Martin of the Jax Jou rna l and Jneh le Craven of the Washington Light Infantry to furn ish the thr i l l s thnt Johnny gave the crowd la whipplnir the s tout-hear ted Indian who jnst couldn' t fnll down.

Wants To Follow His Cousin Angela Cosenzo, hard-h i t t ing reaerve ful lback of the Cherry Point

"F lye rs" gave his first boxing per formance aga ins t Pat McGraw of the South Side in the final* ot the tourney on Nov. 16. Cosenzo a lmost floored the I r i shman in the first a tanza, but was the victim ofa TKO iu the third round. In his first showing, Angelo displayed quite a bit of promise. However. Cosenzo's ambit ion is sti l l football , aince he Is planning to follow in Uie footstep's of his famed consln. Tony "Sk ippy" Minisi. one of Pen. s finest a l l - round grid players .

Tlnsley Pleased With Showing l oach Johnny Tlnsley was pleased with the team's showing. "On the

whole, our boys looked good," he s tated In summing up the tourney ," aud the biguesf blow we had was the close decision given to Mike Zecca agiust Budri> Lety of the South Side." I pcrsonnul ly believe Mike had him beateu. but it was j a s t one of those breaks ."

Bragg May Seaji Three Teams According to the coach of the Washington Light In fan t ry c lub of

Charleston. S. C.. the Fort Bragg Army Base boasts th ree s t rong teams of pugilists. Should all be sent to Cherry Point next month when the Marines meet the soldiers, it ought to be quite a show.

FARGO TO FLYERS

SGT. C. E. FORD. A HOOPSTEK WHO SAW ACTION LAST SEASON WITH THE I S S FABGO, IS EXPECTED TO FILL THE SCORING fOLr .MNS FOR THE F L T E R S I S THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

CHERRY POIWT WINDSOCX. 2 « MOV. I * 4 8

PUBLIC WORKS We hea r the Quar te rmen and L e a d i n g a u n ' s pa r ty a t the Blae Ribbon

Clab Ihe o the r night was a big m r m * , with about >V9 jrcecfcs The occasion marked the Instal lat ion of aew o f i e e r s ! PabUe Work* nns well represented among those p resen t .

Clyde Needham ha6 moved his ofllce f r o m the Maintenance Building to the Publ ic Works Adminis t ra t ion Building, br inging with him Aon Denny and* Dot Barfleld.

We have a new employee, Woods Wallace, who has been as signed dulv at F d e n U n Field . . , and t he r e have been severa l r - s lgnaUons ann.inc iMem Allen S. Conner , Donald Hoell, nan WiUiAU t . i^ewis.

Gene Tingle is dr iving a beaut i ful new green Mercury . He says It will be a little while before he can dr ive over 30 MPH!

Ann J o n e s Is away a t the p resen t wr i t ing , visit ing In A a U a a J , Ky. . . . J ames l a t u m is t a r a t l o n l n g , as Is Allle Cook . . . Needham Crew Is t ak ing off a l i t t le t ime to go hant.iag with out-of- town vis i tors .

Congra tu la t ions to Maggie Jus t i ce and Will iam Pe r ry on recent promotions .

Sor ry to hear of the Illness of Marvin Fore ' s nephew In S a a f e r d . . . and the local sick list Include* J a m e s Tindal l and J a m e s F . Creech this l ime . . . John B. Tomllnson has been to Veterans* Hospital fo r a check-up . . . Glad to h a i e Qnenton Willis back a f t e r an i l lness of nbont two months .

POT POURRI \ r m i s t i c e Day Is gone for an-

other year , but we still have a few sca t te red r epo r t s of "doings". Ber-tha t Bra t che r made he r "peace" on that day with the mop and the broom. Yes, she did he r a n n u a l Fal l house c lean ing!

Froin Gate H we learn that Bad-ger Chandler , J r . . h a s resigned and

k t ha t Chria Ga-lloon h a s re-tu rned f r o m Kaleigh whe re she recent ly ac-companied her husband on the first lap of his t r i p to San Die-go.

We hea r tell that D o n n i e Snow and Helen Clifton a r e go-

IUK to "bach i t" together soon. We were all more

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Brewer

APPRENTICE SCHOOL

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med to thei r midst J a m e s l .amni who was pro-moted to his new position f rom

.one fo rmer ly held at Nary Supply. Hi t h e r e !

We did i t - pulled the proverbial hen ' s tooth! Well anyhow, we did g lean a bit of news f rom the Dis-pensary . Mary Zohn is the new employee over tha t -a -way and Es the r O 'Laughl in h a s res igned to r e t u r n to Wash ing ton . D. C.! Yes.

t he r e a r e civil-I ian employees I there!

The l a t e s t con tes t " is be-ween J u l i a

T h a t c h and j B e r t h a Hral-I c h e r t h i

The Apprent ice " k i n d e r g a r t e n " is growing. Ladies and Gent lemen, and the newes t enro l lees a r e five cute l i t t le sub-debs r Mary Gret -chen. d a u g h t e r of the Williaifc F renches . . . Elizabeth Joyce, d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs. Herbe r t Ha r r i s , J r . . . . Linda Carol, daugh-te r of the Josoph Lentzes . . . Cheryl Annet te , d a u g h t e r of the E. L. Gaskina . . . and the very, very lat-est one ia S ta r l e ta Ann. the c h e r u b that a r r ived to cheer the Bill Pow-el ls! La vice Mooney l a m e n t s : "Gee. everybody is having g i r l s ! T h e r e won't be any men a round when Mary F r a n c e s g rows up." Cheer up. Lavice, maybe Mary F r a n c e s cau meet the new li t t le King of Eng land!

The fol lowing "bab ies" were born a few yea r s ago so a t this t ime we wish a most happy b i r th-day to L. G. Gu th r i e : A. O. Gas-ki l l : E. A. Ho l l and : L. E. H a a k e t t : W. T. F r e n c h ; H. S. Bel l : and J . B. Midgette!

Here is an impor tan t news let-te r f rom the Vete rans Adminiat ra t ion. and we quo te : "Ve te r ans as-signed *C' t e la ims) n u m b e r s by the

i V A a r e urged to memor ize them, j so they can use the n u m b e r s read-I il.v when they wri te or cal l VA ]about thei r benefits . I ' s e of ' C j number s speeds up serv ice to vet-j c rans . A number is Issued to each I ve teran apply ing for compensa-t i o n . pension, schooling, on- the-' job t r a in ing or o the r VA-adminis-tered benefit . The number , appea r -ing on his case folder, will ident ify |

Apprentice Exsm An examinat ion for the poaition

of Apprent ice . Mechanical Trade®. Four th Claaa, is now open a t th i s S t a t ' on . Original ~ppo iVmente will be made at 16.08 per diem. Application* must be received net la ter than December 1, 1MH. s

There a r e no educat ion or ex-per ience r equ i r emen t s for th i s po-sit ion. Aopl i ran l r mas t have r each-ed tfteir ICth btr thdny, but m a s t r o t h a t e passed thei r 20th b i r th-day. The max imum age limit does not apply to persons ent i t led to ve te rans pre fe rence . El lgibles ap-pointed f rom this examinat ion who a re ent i t led to t r a in ing unde r G. 1. Bill of Rights , will, upon presen-ta t ion of cer t i f ica te f rom the Vet-e r a n s Bureau, be al lowed a n addi-t ional subsidy in addit ion to the e n t r a n c e ra te of pay.

After tiling yonr appl ica t ion , be su re to inform the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examine r s of all change* !n essent ia l in fo rmat ion .

Addit ional in format ion and ap-plication b lanks may be obta ined f rom the Board of U. S. Civil Ser -vice Examiners , Gate 1.

NAVY SUPPLY AND FISCAL v T b e show must GO o n " and being a good t roupe r . 111 do my

BUT— I dec la re to goodness with all th is work s t a r ing me in th« t* 1 won' t be respons ib le for the sense in th is nonsense !

Our Trave logue th is week s t a r t s with the visit Sally Bledsoe to Gloria Downing, and her new who a r e s tay ing with Gloria 's mothe r in Mayi . . . we con t inue with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Joyce, son. spen t the week-end in Raleigh . . Hughes visited in Snow Hill over the recent hoii^ . . . Lela Tarbox visited re la t ives in '-Ltniptoo ^ Norfolk. Va. . . . Claudia Lodge flew to New Yoi City to visti he r son . . . Jostc B e l l ' a n d husband a re vacat ion-ing in Tennessee . . . Marie Anis Pugh a t tended the Maryland-N. C. football game in DC and visited re la t ives while in the

Margare t T h o m a s enjoyed visi t ing Faye Coll ins and

Bledsoe

Bell

OVERHAUL & REPAIR

who most t h e

Bra t che r prize.

him in VA records the rest of h i s life, and may be used by depend-en t s n f t e r h is death . ' C n u m b e r s o f t en a re the only means by which VA can d is t inguish one ve teran f rom another . With some 24,000,000 ve te rans ' names in VA's files, many names a r e dupl icated t housands of t imes over. The files conta in 817.-•>00 Smi ths . 12.500 of them named J o h n ! Also on file a r e 38.500 Adams. 960 of whom a r e named John Quincy; 7.000 John B r o w n s ; 9.000 Will iam Browns ; 12.000 Brad leys : and 102 E isenhowers . " So do a s you ' re asked, boys. .WEM-4IB17.E T H A T C - X l ' X B E B ! I t ' s to YOl'R interest to do so!

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The s tork has t aken over for a bit of news th is week! The Elec-t ronics Division seems to be lead-ing with the announcemen t .of the bi r th of a boy for the E a g e a e Yea-ger* . . . a boy for the J n l l a s E. Sande r s . . . and a gi r l for the Ki rhard Bel ls! Another proud papa is Mathan BuVal of the Hydrau l i c Shop who is ce lebra t ing the bi r th of h is son. Rober t Sincla i r . S r . and .Mrs. Guion I 'hadwiek announce the bi r th of a son. J o h n Guion. Mrs. Chadwick will be remembered as Amanda Chadwick in the Power P l a n t Division!

We welcome new employee -•«»-ca re t Hansen , who ia work ing in the Power P lan t Division . . . and say good-bye to Char les Egan , El-

! mer Bradshaw, and Clyde Coll ier . T h e "good-byes" said to DavM Johnson , J r „ a r e not final a s he will be gone for a year , t ak ing a je t course . Good luc* and best wishes to a l l of you !

The " s u r p r i s e " b i r thday par ty planned for " F r e n c h l e " Dellsle tu rned out to be a s u r p r i s e for the g u e s t s when he " s u r p r i s e d " every-one by being taken ill with intest ina! flu. Everyone had a good t ime

I but the host who was too s ick to n know the gues t s had arr ived,

You all know how the flu i s ! Maybe cent promotion will m a k e

him "al l well" again . Congra tu la -t ions on both the b i r thday ann ive r -sa ry and promot ion, Al f red!

Selma B o w l e s of Sta t is t ics , spen t a week recent ly in the big ci ty of New York. She visited F ranc in* Pellesrrino who is taking leave, awai t ing the a r r i va l of a l i t t le bundle of joy. Selma really had a big t ime and visited more places in one week than most New York-e r s visit in a l ifetime.

Rachel G a r n e r is ge t t ing mar r i ed Thanksg iv ing Day i tha t was yes-terday i to El wood Lewis, if she does not change her mind a g a i n !

" Say. why do they ca l l our lan-guage the mothe r tongue?"

"Because the f a t h e r so seldom nets a chance to use it ."

Capitol ci ty re la t ives in Rock Hill, S. C. Ethel VanHorn learned all about hun t ing iodges, and such, while a t Cedar Is land . . . Char le s Keener , with his wife and s i s te r - in- law, repor t s a good t ime on his t r ip to Wash ing ton , D. C.. Virginia and tho wes te rn par t of NC . . . and though she did not t r a -vel fa r , Helen Jowdy repor t s a supe r -dupe r t ime

at the Marine Corps b i r thday ba l l ! 1 We a r e so r ry to repor t tha t Mildred Leister,

Repor t Section, is very ill in the Morehead C» Hospi tal . Get well, but qu ick ! Already harq forgo t ten he r minor opera t ion . " P r o c t o r " Seru« is working aga in , fu l l s t eam a h e a d !

t Evelyn Sawyer is the proud parent of wiu; Quick, tell me! A new Fo rd ! Sure wish she'd ui me for a ride.

Celebra t ing recent promot ions a r e the fa i r t r io Edi th Lis. Do-lores Barr ie , *nd Ruth Hard ison .

Now punching the t ime clock Jowdy a r e „ € W employees Bernice Vary.

Mary Langness , and Ruth Brinson. Not new, but a t r a n s f e r e e f rom Publ ic Works is B!akely Pond. Hello, y ' a l l !

J a m e s Sexton is busy show-ing his p a r e n t s the s igh ts of Cherry Point so that when they r e tu rn to Whi tesburg . Ky., they ' l l have someth ing to tel l

" the fo lks back home". Aiming the severa l gues t s a t t end ing the fiu

the-well banque t for " S w e d e " Elmblade , was own W. G. P o r t e r .

Las t .but not least , wc bid adieu to Gaston JM who recent ly res igned to join his wife ia Quaker City. Ph i l ade lph ia !

Barrie

P o r t e r

FIRE CHIEF CONVENTION According to F i r e Chief Alber t Jowdy and F i re f igh te r Gerald Merri

the In te rna t iona l F i re Chiefs' Am ciat ion convent ion, in Mm Florida, was a comple te success

When these two men reponi back for duty they had not enough to tell of the wonderful a beneficial t ime they had. Oa? the most ou t s t and ing persona* present was Admiral J . E. Mah Ofl icer- in-Charge of Shore Insu3 t ions for the en t i r e U. S. Navy, subject was the developing of i protect ion.

Space does not permit o u r repea t ing the many th ings these men and learned while in Miami so we sugges t you ask them. In parties! ask Mr. Jowdy about the g r a v e y a r d !

Chief Jowdy

ou r se . ussom- your husband j

!<i-twet n Kttie I pock and one of ,• all d a r k and handsome mem-rs o! the WINDSOOK - ta f f ! Tell

u s more! " F a r e w e l l " to Lillii

Sta t ion L a u n d r y !

Arab: A guy who ge t s out of bed ml t akes the shee ts with him.

Kirs: w i fe : "Does Ik in his s leep?" Second wife: "Na. and It 's n o ; . aspera t ing . He jus t g r ins . " i Poe t : " I 'm knee deep in love

j with you." j Driver of crowded bus : . .Kindly ' She: " I ' l l put you on my wading j

Moore, of [ shove each o t h e r to the rea r of l is t ." i the bus p l ease ! " |

CP: "• You've been in t ra in ing j \ de termined soul will do more I "And so I told he r tha i we would i for six weeks now. What have you

ith a rusty monkey wrench than get mar r i ed in the s u m m e r . " ' l e a r n e d ? " loafer will accomplish with a l t ) " J u l y ? " Boot: " I 've learned why sa i lors will accomplish with all

the tools in a machine shop. "No. I mean t it ." t a r e not a f r a id to die."

- S A F E DRIVING" C E R T I F I C A T E S AND BADGES B t l " AWARDED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES BY LIEUT. H. • CAHN. ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER. BACK BO® CIVO S. J . ESZENY". LT. ( jg) A. C. GAULT. DAVID OLLIS* MELVIN TAYLOR. R U S S E I L HARVEY. GEORGE SOLTd' CHARLES DANIELS. S. B. B R l ' J U U T T (SAFETY E N G l N t W CHARLES SALMON'S, MARVIN FORE. ROY SOUTHERN. BiU1

M1ZELLE. BEING CONGRATULATED BY L. CAHN: JOHN H0«)J

SQUADRONS REPORT) VMF-222

%e ba re r e t u r n e d ! Yes, the

padro i js hack at i ts home base *** m o n t h s o f n»*neu-

r f t in Alabama, with the excep-pf ot t h e men who will make the turn trip by LST. We flew num-u p hours in opera t ion Combine to and will soon be set up here 1 gK back on o u r flying schedule, technical Sergean t H a r r i s abow-I aoet of the squadron i>ersonnel

t*7M>vies of Operat ion Combine in tlic ba r r acks last night. He

u a 16mm camera aud motion Ware projector which be is juati-ibly proud of. The rifle r ange detai l this week »siste«i of four officers, and three (listed personnel. We a re look-U forward to all the men qual l-nnt l.ine them up and squeeze Km off-There is qui te a bit of confusion

round buildings 56 and 57. but it oo t take long to get s q u a r a l ray. We like our new location fry well because' of more room id a better opera t ing line.

TSgt. Gus Laube

TStiT. C l ' 8 LAUBE. OF THE STATION BAND, WHOSE FIXE BARITONE VOIC E WILL BK HEARD AT STATION VARIETY SHOW. DEC. 15 AT STATION T H E A T R E .

AES-42

VMF-225 By 1st LL B. B. Sessisa*

On Sunday. 14 November. four-teen pilots and twenty-five enlisted men f rom VMF-225 boarded RSC Commandos from VMR-252 »nd were flown to Oceana. Virginia. Prom Oceana they were t ranspor t -ed by t rucks to the U.S.S. Saipan ( C V H 8 ) . This was in conjunc-tion with twenty pilots f rom VMF-223 and MAG-11 . The following morning the U.S.S. Saipan hoisted anchor and took up a courae for ihe operat ing area off the Virginia Capes. About 1430 aerial operat-ions commenced with Colonel E. A. Montgomery, Commanding Of-ficer MAG-11. leading the flight of sixteen corsairs to the car r ie r . Six pilots in this flight were from VMF-225. These pilots, who flew aboard, began CarQual immediately, and 83 car r ier landings were made be-fore flight operat ions were aecured for the day.

Flight operat ions were carr ied out on 16 and 17 November; how-ever. because of foul weather , the fly-away to Cherry Point, which was scheduled for 17 November, was postponed until 18 November At this date. 14 corsa i rs were cap-tapulted from the U.S.S. Saipan with the destination of these air-c r a f t being Cherry Point. The pi-lots and enlisted men, who re-mained aboard until 1100 Fr iday 19 November, were t ranspor ted f rom the docks of Norfolk, Virginia, to Oceana and thence to Cherry Point.

All squadron pilots who partici-pated in the aerial operat ions made at least ten ca r r ie r landings, and the 30-35 knots of wind over the flight deck of the CVL was a pleasant cont ras t to the 20-22 knots experienced by VMF-225 pilots dur ing the past Pers ian Gulf Cruise.

The impressive per formance of our pilots and other MAG-11 pilots can be realized by reading the fol-lowing operat ional summary of 16 November, 1948: number of deck take-offs—294; number of land-ings—294; average landing inter-

.1—30 seconds; and the average interval of deck take-offs—15 sec-onds.

VMF-4M CHERWY POIHT WINPSOCK. 2 0 MOV. 1 * 4 *

By Eaiil 8 k * c p t l By pract ical ly unan imous r o t e

of the men of Marine F igh te r Squadron i« l , the l lbwly port o? Halifax. Nova Scotia, waa the

AES-46 By Sfft. W. H. Stary

On t h . p o r n i n g of IS Norember , R4D 17144 departed f rom Norfolk, deal encountered on any of thei r i V a - * f te r takng aboard L t Col. Sabol and par ty of offlcyrn and enlisted recent jaunts . The Marines, on men f rom troop (raining unit . Nara l Amphib Baae at Lit t le Creek. Va ' ^ ' d E , c o r ' _ C , r * ^ , The plane landed „t Albrok and F r a n c e Air Force Base . , Canal Zone

on 19 Norember a f t e r having landed a t NAS tiuantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nassau. Bahamas, and Vernam Air Force Baae, Jamaica .

spent Navember 15 and 16 a t th is Canadian harbor city.

A small city ot less than 100.000, l i*l i lax is noi noted lo» any ou^- ,

"The., t r ip * M ent i rely rout ine," sad Lt. Col. A^ams, speaking for . .. w l t h e o l h e r p , l o U - *-*• C o 1 M o r r « ' « and Flra t Lt. Helms. The t r ip was

" " ° ? r ' J * m a d e t o t ranspor t personnel to brief and Inatroct Army unl ta In the , . ' ° r .T.*r * y ° t B **' Canal Zone in Amphibious Operation because these unl ta a r e scheduled tact, according to reports , men t o par t ic ipate in winter m a n e u v e r . In the Carr ibean. however , it a lao

helped to main ta in proficiency of na r lga to ra a t tached to the atat ion. The plane arr ived back at Cherry Point in t>e a f te rnoon of 22 November.

On Monday. 21 November, at 1330, Cpl. Ferguson of AES-46 waa mar -ried in the stat ion chapel . It waa a small ceremony with only a few attending-.

were only able to find one tavern which even sold beer. But the hospitali ty of the people was gen-uine and outstanding, and made the Marine's two days there days of lasting enjoyment.

With their dress blue uniforma forming a good converaation en te r -ing wedge, the Marines found the Canadians genuinely interested In them and willing to make them welcome in a big way. The femia-ine population, too, came out of hiding to actual ly outnumber the enlisted men at a dance th rown for them at the local "Olympic Gardens." As one Leatherneck expressed it. anyone who couldn' t get himself a date was ei ther a dead man or a schmoo.

Walking out of the one tavern j late in the af ternoon, several Ma-

rines saw an object coming down the street , rubbed their eyes, look-ed again, and went back in for an-other dr ink . What they saw, If their eyes were not playing a tr ick on them, was a big gorilla, walk-ing down the street toward them. Later they found out it was a man in disguise, advert is ing a mtfvie at a local theat re .

The stop in Halifax was made a f t e r the part icipation of VMF-461 on the Carr ier Palau In the Joint operat ions at Argentia. Newfound-land. The squadron re turned to Cherry Point Saturday.

The AES-46 volley ball team was ac t i r e this week, winning two games, from VMR-252 and SMS 11. Our only acheduled touch footbal l game last week with VMF-122 on 17 Norember waa cancelled due to ra in .

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VMF-223 B j K. I . L a w m e n

Monday. 15 Norember . sixteen planes f rom VMF-223, HqSq-11, and VMF-225. departed Cherry Point and met the U.S.S. Saipan sixty miles a t sea off Norfolk. Va. The rest of the pilots of the three uni t s had prer iously boarded the ship Sunday In Norfolk.

The forty six pilots involved in the car r ier qualification ooeration made a total of 459 landings dur-ing the three days aboard. VMF-1 operation with all hands being 223 conducted a very successful qualified and no material damage to a i rc ra f t .

The 8tar of the show. Major Richard C. Wyczawski, CO of VMF-223 actual ly took the cake by mak-ing the 17.000th landing on the very good ship Saipan.

p.S.—It was excellent cake.

By Lt. I 'oppa and Sfrt. Rlgg* With rfgret and sorrow we an-Bnce the death of one of the Inters of our command. Pfc . !*ar<l Tallon was killed a s the »lt «>f an automobile accident | Cheyenne. Wyo. Pfc . Tal lon

temporarily a t tached to the ni Air Force Base Uni t at Fo r t irren at Cheyenne, undergoing ructions in the Diesel Opera-* fours . . P r iva te Gallon .-as 1 like<l by a l l who knew him his passing is keenly fel t .

orry to say. but we lost an -?r hard fought footbal l game ^BR-2.S2. Our opponents com-

two touchdown passes while Ion* TD came on a 40-yard

5 in the second qua r t e r—Cor -*1 McQuaid to SSgt. Boozier. n receiving some exper t advice n SS*' Wilson, f o rmer ass is t -

lin«> oach a t Quantico. we •M b* ,t g rea t ly improved t eam % remainder of t h e season.

Sgt. Transferred CmrL T-E-Al1™, Last week Captain Staples r e - ,

turned f rom a short leave with a I • new candidate for membership in the Officers Wives Club of Cherry-Point. Murray took the big step in Chicago November the thir teenth whea he and the former Miss Mary

; Kohler said "I do" in the Austin Boulevard Christian Church. The Staples will make their home in

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Two Detached To Pac.

Major Charles E. McLean. J r . , | . Hedron-2, and Captain David T. [ Gooden. VMR-252, were detached f rom their respective uni ts , re-1 cently. Both officers will proceed1 Pr ivate Firs t Class Robert E. to San Francisco a f t e r receiving j Hambleton and Pr iva te F i r s t Claaa delay en route. After repor t ing i Cheater J . Wllczynskl were trans-

NAYY. ARMY AND AIR FORCE MEN H0LT8T0NDTG T H E DECK ABOARD T H E I*. S. s . DULUTH ARE J U S T AS MUCH

"A I 'ART OF SERVICE UNIFICATION AS CONFERENCES BE-TWEEN T H E JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. IN T H I S CASE, 1« SOLDIERS. RELAXING ABOARD T H E CRUISER AFTER HE-ING AWARDED "SOLDIER-OF-THE-WEEK" PRIVILEGE T R I P S FROM THEIR STATIONS IN JAPAN ARE - P I T C H I N G IIP* TO H E L P K E E P T H E CRAFT S H I P - S H A P E . A VOLUNTAKY GES-TURE ON THE P A R T OF THE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN, I T IS A GRAPHIC PORTRAYAL OF UNIFICATION AT I T S BEST.

Two Men To Quantico

at San FrancUco. the officers will embark for fu r the r t r ans fe r to Aircraf t . Fleet Marine Force. Pac-ific. for duty.

ferred to Marine Corps Schools from AES-46 for duty on November 9. Both men have the general spec, number of 521.

VMF-224

Sft. I>onald L. RaHwav was • *ferre<i f rom Ai rc ra f t Engl-

Squadron 41 to the Marine "*cks. t*. s . Activity. N a r a l ;

factory. Washington . D. C.. • ®®ty MSgt. Radway ' s t r a n s f e r

effected while h e was in the s Naral hospi ta l . Camp Le- i «. N. C

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Dropsonde' is New Air Weather Device

The Air Weather Se r r i ce has a new device for ga the r ing da t a l a the Arctic and o ther waates. Call-ed a "dropsonde," K reverses the process of habi table weather s ta-tions. Ins tead of sending u p a balloon with a radiosonde to r e -port back wind and weather , the Weather Ser r ice a t t a ches the same de r i ce to a pa rachu te and drofts i t f rom an a i rp lane flying o r e r o ther -wise in accessible a reas .

Three Wing Men To MCS. Quantico

The P r i r a t e s F i r s t Class f r o m the Second Marine Ai rc ra f t Wing were t r ans fe r r ed to the Marine Corps Schools. Quantico. Va., fo r duty. *

Among thoae tea r ing were Pfc . Eugene J . Boroughs. J r . , VMF-223; Pfc. Jay T * Wells . VMF-224; and Pfc. William H. Garlng, MGC13-6.

Sgt Wander to P. I.

Staff Sergeant Robert L. Wander , an A d m i n i s t r a t i s Clerk f rom Ma-rine Aircraf t Group Eleven, was t r ans fe r r ed to the Marine Corps Recrui t Depot. P a r r i s Is land. South Carolina, for duty on Nor. 10.

PUBLIC INFORMATI®

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i ; i ! V l t l V T K S OF THK F O l ' R T H CLASS OF T H E BED CROSS. NI ' 0 \S0RE1> BRAT I.AIIIES OS 3 0 V K X B E R 16 ARE, U ' f t to r l r t t ) I ' K I R I . FOSTER. HELEN CAPOZZOLA. P E A R L LEGli . IXEZ T U 1 0 R . V I R t U M A CASEY. FRANCES D E K E T S E R . MARGARET C.l iH.OKY. M U i U TWTSHAI.E AND J l ' L l A WALKER.

Snapshots Snafu? Try Photo Lab

Classes of ins t ruc t ion j n photo-graphy a r e fo rming at the Hobby Shop and in te res ted person* should

• :h< Hobby Shop at the ,.rl:est jK»ssihle t ime so the c lasses

can N-cin in the near fu tu re . Call 7175 with your n a m e and what phase of pho tography you a r e in-

terested in. A different night will be set as ide tor each phase , such a s developing, contac t pr in t ing , etc.

In o rde r to extend the l i fe of valuable equipment , it is neces-sa ry that persons using the lab be checked out in the use of all equipment regard less of past ex-per ience.

All pe r sons mus t supply the i r own chemical con ta ine r s and towels Other suppl ies , such a s paper and chemicals , a r e ava i lab le for pu rchase in the Hobby Shop Store.

The seasona l cus tom of giving c a m e ear ly to Cher ry F j i n t th is

i year . Chi ldren of the Sunday School and t eenage r s of the Youth Fe l lowship had been se t t ing as ide f u n d s to f inance Thanksg iv ing baske t s for needy famil ies in th i s a r e a for some t ime.

Cpon con tac t ing TSgt . H. H. ' E n g l e h a r d t . sa les commissa ry s te-

ward of the s ta t ion commissary , the idea was fu r the red . Eng leha rd t thought it a good idea a n d decided to se t more people to he lp in rill—

t ;ng the baske t s . Tak ing the s i tua t ion in hand .

Sergean t Kng lehan l t d iscussed the ma t t e r with the meat dea le r s who supply the s ta t ion commissary . They. also, agreed tha t it was a wor thy cause, and in a ges tu re of good will at th is season, donated lour holiday h a m s to be added to the baskets .

CHERRY PK5INT WINDSOCK. 2 6 NOV. 1 0 4 8

OFFICERS SOCIETY NEWS

MRS. J . J . TAYLOR RECEIVES GRAY LADY DIPLOMA F R O * MAJOR GENERAL F I E L D HARRIS.

FOURTH CLASS OF GRAY LADIES GRADUATED ON 16 NOVEMBER

With the informal and fest ive se t t ing of the Red Cross Field Direc tor ' s Office as a background, the four th c lass of the Gray Lady Unit . American Red Cross, was gradua ted on November 16. The nine grad-uates . all wives of officers and enl is ted men s ta t ioned at Cherry Point , have Joined the corps of Volunteer Red Cross workers a f t e r complet ing an intensified program to fit them for thei r new dut ies .

The course, consis t ing of lec tures presented over a period of one month, was under the direct ion of co-cha i rman Ann Dannel ly and Marcene Mayer. F romer Cherry Point Field di rector S. E. Bailey; .Mrs. I. \V. Miller. Chai rman of Cherry Point Red Cross Auxi l ia ry . Mrs. S S. J a c k . Cha i rman of Volunteer Services; Captain T. L. Al lman . Senior Medical Officer ass is ted in ca r ry ing the p rogram through success fu l ly .

Mrs. Henry Mayer presided over the g radua t ion e i e rc i sea . Following Chaplain \V. W. Win te r s invocation. Brigadier Genera l I. W. Miller welcomed the new c lass and comended the t h r ee preceding c lasses for thi- 72o« total hour s of work complleted since the uni t was formed in F e b r u a r y 1!»I7 Captain L. L. Al lman. USN thanked the Gray Ladies for their work in the Dispensary and Mrs. W. C. Chadwick. Cha i rman of Craven County. Red Cross Chapter welcomed the new group of Volunteer workers into the National organiza t ion . Mr. F r a n k Cramer . Ill- new Red Cross Field Director for Cher ry Point , was then introduced.

The formal graduat ion ceremony b 6 e n completed. Co-Chai rman lKmnelly presented one year serv ice s t r i p s to Gray Ladies Edith Boll. Betty Bonlske, and Mar jor ie Corman. Mrs. S. S. J ack , founder of the Gray l .ady Cnit at Cherry Point , presented special a w a r d s to Ver ter i Wood for 25t» hours of service; Lucy Forde for 500 h o u r s : and Ann Donnelly. S00 h o u r s of service. Mr. Chadwick su rp r i sed Mrs. Donnelly by present ing her with a corsage of red roses in apprec ia t ion of h e r excellent service record. Fa the r JCarcalrvicz then closed the exercises with the benediction.

Following the ceremonies tea was served to gues t s at a tea table beaut i fu l ly decorated with flowers and candles of red and white, the Red Cross colors. Pour ing on behalf of the Gray I^ady Unit were Mrs. L. L. Allman and Mrs W. 11. Wooters of New Bern.

by .Monte Rnaibold

Colonel and .Mr*, i . T . Bai ler honored the i r house gues ts C olouel j and Mrs. H Milam Mauley of Wash- ! ingtou, 1>. i . at a cockta i l p a i . j on Friday evening.

Mra. T. J . Cushman, wife o f . Genera l Cushman is spending tha {

Uie homo of '""oleieii and Mrs. S. S. J a c k and will viai t1

at the home of he r son and daugh t -er - ln- law Capl. and Mrs. T. J . Cushman, J r .

Majur and Mrs. Lyle London and son, of (Juantico, Virginia, a r e spending the Thanksg iv ing holi-days at the home of Mgs. London's b ro ther aud s is ter - in- law, t a p L and Mrs. T. J . ( . a shman, J r .

Mre. Roy S. Geiger and Mrs. F r a n c e s Gaines a r e visi t ing a t the I home of Mrs. Geiger 's daugh te r and :

son-in- law Lt. Colonel and M r s . ' R. L. Johnson .

Colonel and Mrs. E. L. P a g h honored ( o l o u e l Pugh ' s m o t h e r . Mrs. i:. L. P a g h , S r . at a d i n n e r 1

par t} on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Field H a r r i s is speuding a :

few day* with her mothe r a n d 1

daugh te r m Washington , D. C. Miss Blair Montgomery d a u g h t e r of Col.• and Mrs. E. A. Montgomery accom- ' pained Mrs. H a r r i s on the t r ip . ] Miss Montgomery is spending a j few days with f r i ends and will I visit her s i s te r Miss I 'eggy Mont- i gomery who is a t t end ing school t at Immacu la t e Seminary .

Lt. Col. and Mr*. M. A. Seversou oi Quautico, Virginia were house guest* oi Major and Mrs. U. W.1

U t n l aud Lt. and Mrs. Ka r l Wl t te ! Ill is weekend.

Mrs. Claire C. Reed of Hous ton , j ' Pennsy lvan ia is visi t ing at the

home of he r daugh te r Mrs. R. F. | Con ley.

The Woman's Golf Associat ion, uuder the sponsor sh ip e i the Ofti. ce r ' s Wives Club, will hold thei r next t ou rnamen t on Thur sday , Dec* ember 2 at 0:00 A. M.

Mrs. W. A. Houston honored Mrs. E. L. Gi lber t at a s u r p r i s e s tork shower ou Wednesday a f t e rnoon .

Major and Mrs. t . L. Bright a r e spending a few days in Mew l 'o rk CIO.

Major aud Mrs. George Vaughn a r e spending the Thanksg iv ing weekend iu Washington . D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. George P a r r i s h of Bell*ille, Pennsy lvan ia were honse eues t* at the home of LL Colonel and Mrs. A. H. Adams this week.

Major and Mrs. W. A. Hous ton have as thei r Thanksg iv ing gues t Major Houston ' s mothe r Mrs. A.

; Houston of Goldpboro. Nor th l Carol ina .

4 Needy Families

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By Eagle

Ho h u m - a n o t h e r week r o n e by—nnd—this column lo get n o t . and . . . I sn re am having a ieugh t ime . . . ba t without f a r t h e r ad« here ' s what I 've f inal ly come a p wi th . . . .

November f o L'e 7 S E a o i r b tor • •(important- «.oit ,V . . . last it was the Marine Corps Bir thday ball and come Sunday it will b« g rand opening of the Cocktai l Lounge at the NCO Club . . . from 4 repor t s it will be qui te the a f f a i r !

And here Is the Inevitable plug for the SCO Wives ' Club . . . ( j j past Thursday ni tc was election . . . e n r new officers . . . l ' res | fc«. Louise Noland . . . Vice-Pres ident—Marge Lynch . . i Secret-My., Maxine Blake . . . and . . . T r e a s u r e r — R o s a Papke . . . a .K-licic, buffet s'npper was served pr ior to the elect ions . . . Also had a haj rid Sa turday n l te - - fe l lowed hy a wennle roas t . . . AND . . . Thursday ft 2nd of December Is a n o t h e r impor tan t ni te f o r t h e 5 1 0 WTtes' CM. The Ins ta l la t ion Ceremony . . . which should be qui te the thin* . . so plan to be t he r e . . . p romise y e u l l have a nice t i m e ! _

Our deepest sympathy to TSgt . and Mrs. K. L. Spiers who hare for Jacksonvi l le . Flor ida to a t tend the fune ra l of TSgt . Spiers ' fatfc

And here ' s hoping that Shlela Green 's f a t h e r will be ap and a n n a train real soon Shlela and the chi ldren left suddenly for PennsyUnj a f t e r heariiur thut he r fn the r was Tery Ill-

Well we couldn' t let a week go by without a b i r thday party th i s one given by Ann Herndon for her l i t t le daugh te r Gloria was two years old the 15th or November . . . the l i t t le gues t s were Donna Holcomb—Judy Brooke—Ricky Pierce—Mary Ann Volpe-AI Jean and I .arry S tover—and—Jackson Har t . . . cake—ice cream favors for all . . . and Happy Bir thday to you Glor ia!

Also a Stork Shower th is week for Maxine Blackwell . . . e l m I Sue Van Beck and Rose H a r a n s . . . Maxine received lovelj i« f r o m Nancy Lenbke—Jess ie J o h n s o n - H a r r i e t Hallet S n m n Bsrtw-.Mary I.ee—Vertls Wood—Janle S t a n l e y - and—Jul ie Zan . . . an a»n print el J decora ted cake was served plus Ice cream and coffee

And an Anniversary th is past Sa tu rday . . MSgt and Mrs. L»n Longs t re th ' s Sixth . . . The Longs t r e th ' s and MSgt. and Mrs E. 1 Moreland went on a shoping spree in Wilmington. N. C. and th r e tu rned to the Club for d inner and . . . oh by the way us Fogle's u an Anniversa ry too th is past week . . . our T h i r d !

Speak ing of shoppinir t r i p s . , . MSgt and Mrs. T . J . Wood writ I Norfolk. Virginia on the i r s ' . . . and for th ree days . . . The Wood's ii took lu some shows . . . Vert is Wood's b ro ther . . . Wallace White., was elected president of the F r e s h m a n Class at Oglethorp I'nlvwd in Atlanta (peaches) Georgia!

MSgt. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson journeyed to Columbia. S. C. 1 v is i ta t in" with Jess ie ' s b ro ther Sidney Chi lders . . . th is past weeks

And MSgt. and Mrs. Al Conway went to the Pake-Carol ina m at Chapel H i l l - Sa tu rday It sounded like n good game.

MSgt. and Mrs. Chuck Gibson had MSgt. and Mrs. Rober t Olson a Chi ldren over for Sunday d inner . . Ba rba ra is ano the r one of T! goo<l cooks in the Colony!

Hello again to . . . Mr*. Don Dart who Just re turned f rom a sevit months visit at her parent* home in Colorado—and she came M with a new addit ion lo the Bart family . . . Miss Joan Dart in Colorado Is spending some t ime with the Burt* . . . a lso re t ini a f t e r being away for a while Is Marge Blscoff who spent some ti in NEW (my old s tompin ' g round) J E R S E Y . . . Glad to see y'all

And here ' s Congar t s to those NCO Wives that a r e now pradn Gray Ladies!

H E L P ! H E L P ! This Column I* yonr column . . . and . . . It «ho«M!

about you . . . al l of you . . . but . . . I can ' t possibly wri te abort F and yonr doin 's un less yon let me know about them . . . how it . . . p l e a s e - hey I . . . Bye N o w !

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