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M A R I N E C O R P S A I R S T A T I O N - C H E R R Y P O I N
T * M . C . VOL. IV No. 1 PUBLISHED BI WEEKLY 10 January 1947
Foreign Duty NROTC Exams George Washington Slept Here! Marin.'
Corps Headquar te r s has On J a n u a r y *8, Cherry Point wl!! C
j O ' Marino Corps Headquar te r s has
announced a new policy concerning enlisted men who have less
than two years to serve and wish over-was du ty
The men who desire foreign duty mus t extend thei r enl is tment
in order to have a min imum of twenty-eight months and will be able
to select one of the numerous foreign stat ions where Marines a re
serving.
Accrued leave due will be given to men going overseas and shall
not be more than sixty days. En-listed men who have one year or
more overseas shall be granted ac-crued leave not more than sixty
days. Those having a min imum of twenty-one months overseas may
se-lect thei r next duty stat ion in the United States.
Men interested in the new policy mus t submit requests to the
Com-mandan t of the Marine Corps, Ma-r ine Corps Headquar ters ,
Washing-ton, D. C., when official directives are issued to posts
and stat ions. Requests f o r foreign du ty must contain the
desired period of exten-sion, choice of foreign duty, accrued leave
to credit. Specification Serial number with an endorsement by
commanding officers relative to whether or not a relief is
required.
On" J a n u a r y *8, Cherry Point wi!) be the scene for
examinat ions given to all nominated candidates for ad-mission into
Naval Reserve Officers Tra in ing Corps and the Naval Avia-tion
College Program. This is the same test tha t will be taken at the
same date by 75.000 civilians and members of various naval
installa-tions and detachments throughout the world.
This examination will be conduct-ed in two sections taking 00
min-utes per section and five minutes recess between; total test
taking three hours and five minutes . This t e s t will be held in
Wing 9 of Mess Hall 1.
Capt . R. E. Coddington has been chosen to assume the
responsibil-ities of the senior member of the Ai r Sta t ion Board.
The command-ing officers, of Marine Ai r Groups within the A I R F
M F L A N T group, will convene the boards.
Upon the senior member of the board will fall the
responsibility* of safeguarding examinations, desig-na t ing a
suitable place to conduct said examinations, providing a member of
the Board to be present to supervise the actual examina-tions, and
forward completed exams to the commanding officer. Mr. and MrR.
George Washing ton with thei r son and daugh te r ,
George, J r . and M a r t h a ; gues t s a t Hos tess House dur
ing holidays. — P h o t o b y P l o .
New Year Parties 'DIMES DRIVE' Pictures f.Live' Amid noisemakers
and funny
paper ha ts in a var ie ty of colors, the Marines who remained a
t Cher-ry Point welcomed the in fan t year of 1947 in with a grand
flourish a t the New Years Eve Dance held a t the Drill Hall with
the del ightful m u s k of the Stat ion Dance Band. The only thing
lacking to make the dance even more of a success was the fact tha t
many Marines were on fur lough.
"Quiet, we're on the a i r ." with those words, quiet consumed
the audience in the Drill Hal l and the Stat ion Dance Band, under
the di-rection of Master Sgt. Weir, began playing "Painted Rhy thm"
over the broadcast facilities of radio stat ion W H I T . Other
favor i tes played w e r e : "Twil ight Time," "Tampico."
"Si-boney," and Hoagy Carmichael 's Immortal "Ole But te rmi lk
Sky." Pvt . J immie Crum did the an-nouncing while Tech. Sgt. Plnkv
Goodall guided the controls of the delicate appara tus so as to
main-ta in good reception.
At the s t roke of Midnight the balloons were released f rom
their former positions and they slowly floated just beyond the
grasp of the people gathered there. Anxious hands reached out angri
ly and greedily at the f ragi le balloons. Most of the balloons
never reached the deck, instead, many burst under the extreme
pressure of the crowd.
OFFICER S DANCE RANG : The New Year arr ived in
just that manner . At the Officers' Club. MCAS. Cherry Point.
Doug Parker ' s band played the favori te Auld Lang Syne at the fa
tefu l mid-night s t roke—the officers and their guests cut loose
with all the usual and a few unusual New Years noise-makers —
confett i and colorful s t reamers filled the a i r over the nance
floor—infant 1047 arr ived literally re igning supreme.
Uniforms, tuxedos and evening gowns mixed toge ther in a gay
wheel of dancing couples fvom the first dance a t 2100 to the
closing uumber played by the Doug Pa rke r
• ensemble—fresh f rom the Ports-mouth Country Club—nigh on to
0200.
STAFF NCO SHIN-DIG Cherry Point ' s Staff NCO's rang
In the New Year with merr iment , noisemaking and dancing to the
music of A1 Batts a t thei r beaut i fu l club located along the
pict iresque banks of the Neuse River.
The Staff NCO Club was crowded with members, the i r wives, girl
f r iends and gues ts ; all want ing to celebrate the coming of
1947 and paying farewell to almost bygone 1946. And celebrate they
did. the galley sold out and the bar had difficulty keeping cold
beer on hand.
Paper ha ts and noisemakers were distr ibuted jus t before
midnight and then the jubilat ion really got under way. Rough and
tough Staff Ser-geants with cute little pink, blue and silver paper
ha ts on their heads, noisemakers in thei r hands provided a sight
to see.
AI Bat ts played "Auld I.ang Syne" before the s t roke of twelve
and then shifted to the "Marine Hymn." greet ing the New Year in.
Stream ers were scattered over the bail room, everyone happy,
couples kiss-ing, men shak ing hands, everyone wishing "A Happy New
Year."
I N F A N T I L E P A R A L Y S I S S T R I K E S CHICAGO
AREA—how many t imes have you seen headlines like that one in your
home town papers? In this case 1,255 people— men, women, and
children—were str icken down by th is indiscrimi-nate killer.
The local Chapter and the Na-tloual Foundation for Infant i le
Paralysis cared for nearly three-four ths of these cases supplying
desperately needed hospital and doctor care.
And now, the annual "March of Dimes" drive is opening J a n u a
r y 15th for the New Year. Two weeks to pay for the specialists '
care and hospitalization of thousands in '47. Two weeks dur ing
which you can help less fo r tuna te guys and gals to walk, skate
and dance—to live normal lives.
Contribution boxes will soon be in evidence wherever you go;
they a re there for your convenience. A little kindness now can
make others live —can change a hospital 's gray-white ceiling to a
blue country sky for thousands. Give and give gen-erously to the
"March of Dimes" : help safeguard the lives and health of your
loved ones a t home—now!
Birds-eye view of the New Year ' s Eve pa r ty a t the Drill
Hall ; Ma-r ine couples showering each other with vari-colored g t
r e a n e n n and confet t i as 1947 a r r ives . —rfioto By
Criacione
The U. S. Naval Photographic Service has been conducting
exten-sive research In three dimensional photography together with
Douglas F. Wlnnek. a photographic engi-neer, a t the Naval
Aeronautical Photographic Experimental Labora-tory,
Philadelphia.
Since 1932, Wlnnek, t rained a t the Rochester Optical school,
has been working on a method of pro-ducing three dimensional
pictures to be viewed without the aid of supplementary gear. He
succeeded when in '34 a lifelike picture of an old man in his
shirtsleeves seemed to move as Wlnnek "wiggled" the picture. The
inventor t hus made possible for the first t ime in pho-tographic
history to see part ial ly "a round" an object without the use of
steroscopes, Polaroid aids, or any other type of viewer.
In July of 1945, the Navy engaged Wlnnek to car ry on
specialised re-search and development on his In-vention, since late
developments In the technique showed Trivision to have mil i tary
importance in many fields. I t produces photographs t r ue to life
in depth, with a single lens, and can be used outdoors In na tura l
light or indoors with a flash bulb.
Trivision is unique in tha t i t e l iminates a viewing device
by sup-planting such a device with a t rans-parent picture sur face
consist ing of thousands of minute lenses. Ordi-nary photographic
film Is t reated with *h!.s lenticular su r face dur ing manufac
ture , convert ing it !nto Trivision film. The picture is taken in
an ordinary c a m e r a : the ex-posure is made through the
lenticu-lar surface of the film.
The secret of Trivision success depends upon the lenticulations.
or tiny ridges embossed upon the film. These ridges serve two
purposes :
When the picture is viewed through i ts lenticular side, these
same ridges perform a3 a selecting screen, and allow each eye of
the obseiver to see only its respective par t of a steroscopic pair
of images. This lens action of the ridges mo-mentar i ly screens
off the rest of the panoramic views recorded In the composite
picture.
The Navy plans to demonstra te Trivision a t the Naval
Photographic Center at Anacostia. D. C., upon the completion of Its
development^
Trenton, Valley Forge, York-town —stirring t imes In the
Ameri-can Revolut ion: Washington led bat t l ing American troops
to vic-tory. And now, believe i t or not— Washington has actually
been a t Cherry Point 1
Visiting his son. Pvt . George Washington, J r . of AK8-41,
George Washington and his family spent a Chr i s tmas vacation at
the Hostess House here. The arr ival of the Washington^ marked,
almost to the day, the first anniversary of the enlisted men 's
Hostess House which opened i ts doors dur ing the pre-lioliday
season of 1945.
Former ly a Marine with 18 years in the Corps, George
Washington, Sr. served 11 and a half years i a the West Indies.
Romance flowered when the Hai t i stationed Marine met his wife,
Laurette, who was visiting the island dur ing her vaca-tion f rom
Rochester, N. Y. The "knot" was soon t i ed : George, J r . , who
was born on Lincoln's Birth-day, and his sister, Martha, joined the
family dur ing i ts Po r t au Prince years.
Interest ly enough, Mr. Washing-ton, while on active duty with
the Corps, served as a first sergeant under General Cnshman when
the General wus a first l i eu tenan t
Now living in Morgan town, W. Va., the Wasbingtons made the a t
t rac t ive red brick-white shut-tered Hostess House with i ts
maple furnished bedrooms, lounge, and s i t t ing rooms, thei r
headquar ters . The "General 's" namesake and his family lef t for
home the 27th of December.
Designed by the well known New York City architect , James C.
Mac-Kenzle, plans for the guest house got underway In January 1945.
Rates ranging f rom two dollars per day for single guests to three
dol-lars for couples—reservations ac-companied by deposits being
taken in advance—the Hostess House has accommodated an estimated
2500 guests of Cherry Point Marines dur ing its first year of
operation.
The Hostess, MIBS Anne V. R. Rean, who served 41 months In the
MCWR— now a second l ieutenant in the inactive reserve, was
formerly Offlcer-in-Cbarge of the Hostess House and Executive
Editor of the WINDSOCK. Major Thomas H. Mann., J r . , Assistant
Special Serv-ices Officer, is the present Hostess House
Officer.
CONGRATULATIONS, MISS CPhM and Mrs. Albert Anderson
a re the proud folks of the first baby born a t Cherry Point for
the New Year. Weighing 5 lbs. 12 oxs., the t iny miss was delivered
a t 0800, on 1. J a n u a r y , a t the Stat ion Dispen-sa ry to
her anxious, awai t ing par-en ts and a new world
To l i t t le Miss Myonva Lee Ander-son, so named by her
parents, the WINDSOCK staff extends their heart iest
congratulations to you and your proud parents for being the first
baby born at Cherry Point fo r the year of 1947.
TERMINAL LEAVE Washington. D. C.—Marine Corps
Headquar te r s announced tha t a to-tal of 170,000 terminal
leave claims have been settled by the Marine Corps to date and
simultaneously urged discharged Marines, entitled to terminal leave
benefits but wn'o had not filed claims, t o ' do'"*o inS-
. . . . . . • i u ! f n " ivt
mediately.
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P a g e Two W I N D S O C K 10 J a n u a r y 1947
HARVARD M A N ? NAW/ HE STUDIED —r MCI . COURSES^
EDUCATION
M I T C H E L L
By EMMETT T. MICIIAEIS. Catholic Chaplain Now th» t the exc i
tement a n d g l amor of t h e C h r i s t m a s ho l idays a r
e
l»assed the Mar ines go back to the i r mechan ica l or a d m i
n i s t r a t i v e dut ies . However , be fo re we go back t o our
work a n d get in to t h e s w i n g of t h i n g s let us t a k e
a good look a t our work . I s it s o m e t h i n g we do mere ly
to ea rn a l iv ing? Someth ing we have to put u p wi th because we
a r e in t h e Mar ine Corps? Are we ge t t i ng a n y good out of
o u r work o the r t h a n t h e pay a t the end of two weeks o r t
h e m o n t h ?
1 h e M O T I \ E we have in o u r daily ac t ions , a n d p a r
t i c u l a r l y in our work , regard less of whe the r it is w o
r k i n g in t h e mess hal l , ope ra t i ons tower , fo res t ry
, o r b a n g i n g on a t ypewr i t e r all day . d e t e r m i n
e s w h e t h e r we a r e rea l ly ge t t i ng m o r e out of o u
r work t h a n a m o n t h l y wage . A mot ive d e t e r m i n e s
whe the r we a r e ge t t i ng mer i t , s u p e r n a t u r a l
mer i t , ou t of o u r ac t iv i t ies .
O u r job should be more t h a n a job. m o r e t h a n m e r e
l y m a k i n g a l iving, it should hi- a m e a n s to heaven . T
h e t h i n g s we do d u r i n g t h e day should be of the t y p
e t ha t could never b r i n g a b lush to o u r f aces when we
kneel be fo re God a t night p r aye r s or in C h u r c h on
Sundays .
\ \ i th the approach of the New Year will o u r job be a m e a
n s f o r c a r r y i n g our «>ods laws, a m e a n s for a be t
t e r life, a m e a n s to h e a v e n ?
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P r o t e s t a n t 0l»45—Sunday School at C h e r r y
Point School. 1000—Pi v ine W o r s h i p at W R R H .
1100—Divine W o r s h i p a t C o m m u n i t y
Church . l'.fc'-O—Young People 's Meet ing at
C h e r r y Poin t School. 2000—Evening Divine W o r s h i p
at
C o m m u n i t y C h u r c h .
004.-. 0S45. 1200—Mass a t W R R H . Confess ions S a t u r d a
y 1000-1900. and
1030-2100. 0900—Mass a t C o m m u n i t y Church . Daily Mass
at 0645 a t Dal las H u t s
Chapel . P e r p e t u a l No>ena Devot ions Tues-
day a t 1S00.
From The pa CHAPLAIN'S DESK
FMF Atlantic Wash ing ton , D. C.—Activat ion of
an At l an t i c F l ee t Mar ine Force , t h a t took place on
December 16, was announced oy ..la., .ne Corps H e a d q u a r t e
r s .
T h e e r g a n i r - t l o n «»f ii»e F lee t Ma-r i n e Force.
At lan t ic , closely para l -lels t h a t of t h e Meet M a r i n
e Force. Pacific, which conducted t h e M a r i n e amph ib ious
forces in t h e Pacific war . It is compo'^ed of a s t r i k i n g
force of grotiud t roops a n d suppor t -ing av ia t ion u n i t s
which will oper-a t e u n d e r t h e ju r i sd ic t ion of t h e
At l an t i c Fleet .
T h e g round t roops inc lude t h e ve t e ran Second Mar ine I
/ iv is ion o t T a r a w a f e m e , who a i so saw ac t ion a t
Saipaii . T iu ian . O k i n a w a and took p a r t in t h e
occupat ion of J a p a n .
Aviat ion e l emen t s of t h e Fleet Mar ine Force . At lant ic
, inc lude u n i t s p rev ious ly o p e r a t i n g wi th t h e
Second Mar ine Air Wing . Head-q u a r t e r s of t h e a i r c r a
f t c o m m a n d is in i t ia l ly located a t C h e r r y P o i n
t N o r t h Caro l ina , a Mar ine Corps Ai r S ta t ion .
H e a d q u a r t e r s of the service com-m a n d was ac t iva
ted a r o u n d J a n u -a r y 1. wi th h e a d q u a r t e r s
located at C a m p Lejeune , N o r t h Caro l ina .
Mnjor Genera l Kel ler E. Hockey, t e t e r a n of both Wor ld W
a r s , h a s been ass igned a s C o m m a n d i n g Gen-e ra l of
t h e new Flee t M a r i n e Force. Genera l Rockey, who h a s
served in N ica ragua , H a i t i a n d F rance , com-m a n d e d t
h e F i f t h Mar ine Division a t Iwo J i m a , a n d l a t e r
became Com-m a n d i n g Genera l of t h e T h i r d Am phibious
Corps in t h e China The-a t e r . H e was commiss ioned in t h e M
a r i n e Corps in 1913.
M a j o r Genera l Ra lph J . Mitchel l , C. G. of t h e 2nd M a
r i n e A i r W i n g , is t h e c o m m a n d i n g g e n e r a l
of t h e new A i r c r a f t F M F A t l a n t i c .
WHAT GOES VP MI ST COME DOWN? tty The Associated Press
Scien t i s t s a n d W a r D e p a r t m e n t o r d n a n c e
exper t s faced the new y e a r l as t n i g h t wi th a w o r r y
never b e f o r e exper ienced by m a n s ince Newton went to s
leep u n d e r an apple t ree .
W h a t goes u p m u s t come down . T h a t ' s t h e law of g
r a v i t y , discov-ered w h e n t h e f a l l i ng apple hit
Newton .
Ru t does it a l w a y s ? T h a t ' s w h a t baffles the exper
t s in
t r y ing to- accouue -• •
w a r h e a d which d i sappea red oft" a modified G e r m a n
V-2 rocket out in " t h e wild b lue yonde r " over New Mexico.
L ieu t . Col. Ha rvey Rivk ins of Ordnance h e a d q u a r t e
r s disclosed today t h a t the w a r h e a d vanished 10 days ago
when t h e rocke t "blew i t s top" at a n a l t i t u d e of 114
miles — t h e h ighes t eve r a t t a i n e d by a m a n - m a d e
con t r ivance .
Colonel R i v k i n s . ji"»t r e t u r n e d f r o m the t e s
t ing g r o u n d s a t W h i t e Sands . N. Mex.. said t h a t as
f a r a s t h e e x p e r t s know t h e w a r h e a d could still
be in t h e skies, t b c u g h New-ton wouldn ' t bel ieve i t
.
T h e rocket t a k e s off wi th a swoosh and a flash of flame.
As it r ises, it g a i n s speed u n t i l by the t ime it is out
of s igh t i t is t ravel -ing too f a s t to be hea rd . I t can
do 3500 mi les a n hour , whi le sound d r a g s a long a t 700. I
t r e t u r n s to e a r t h a t 2400 miles per h o u r , which m e
a n s if it h i t s you. you never hea rd o r saw it.
Conse rva t ive e x p e r t s t h i n k it has landed somewhere
. O the r s of t h e J u l e s Verne school no te t h a t 2000
pounds , t r a i e l i n ; a t 2400 miles pe r I w r . can ' t
exact ly s n e a k in.
• ' id the Warhead get beyoud the pull of g r a v i t y ? Sc ien
t i s t s o h o t h i n k J u ' e s Verne w a s a p iker s p e a k
of "space p l a t f o r m s . " s topovers f o r a c u p of coffee,
r e fue l i ng spo t s a n d t r a n s f e r poin ts for round-
the-wor ld t r ave le r s—or mayfce to t h e moon. Why quibble?
T h i r t e e n tons of the 14-ton Votke t did "wha t comes n a
t c h l v " and c a m e d o * n . T h e e x p e r t s have proof ef
t ha t . Rut they can ' t find the war -head. Sea rch ing par t i
es have been out by jeep and plane. At a l t i t u d e s as low as
10. 20 and 100 feet , a p lane h a s criss-crossed the t e s t i ng
a r e a looking for it. But not a s ign of i t have they found.
4 w intf \Tsock\ T H E WINDSOCK U published bi-
weekly by and for personnel of Ma-rine Corp# A IT Rases, the
Murine Corps Air Station, and the Second Wa-r'ne Al-rra** Wins .
Polat. K f
S T A F F — P f c . Michael Gould. J r . . M a n a g i n g E d i
t o r ; P f c . F r a n c i s R. Mislewlcz a n d Corp . H a r r y
L. Gras-ner. A»«ociate News E d i t o r s : Sgt JoLn T . A u m a n
n . Spo r t s E d i t o r : R e p o r t e r s : Pvt . Ralph J .
Schuhr i e m e n ; Pv t . Norman C. H e l d t : Pvt . L a w r e n c
e ( ' . Schoen. Pvt . J o h n An-derson , J r . . Ci rcu la t ion M
a n a g e r : Pvt . An thony E. Criacione, Ph»v t o g r a p h e r ;
A r t i s t s : Pvt . Rober t W. F&gin a n d Pvt. Bob Whi te
.
C o n t r i b u t o r s f o r t h i s Issue— Pvt . J l m m i e C
r u m and Chapla in E m m e t t T . Michaels .
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Instruction No. 1100. dated 14 Aug. 1945. It Is printed by the
Commercial Printing Company. Raleigh. N. C.. and Is fi-nanced by
the Station Special Services Department from unappropriated
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Recreation Council. Circulation Is 8.000 copies per issue.
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MARINE CORPS-IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR
Sta t i oned h e r e a r c t h r e e n u n . T h e y h a v e
different , jobs , a r e in d i f f e ren t outfi ts , and enl i s
ted at d i f fe ren t t imes, bu t have t h r e e th ings in
common— t h e y ' r e all Mar ines , a l l come f r o m t h e s a m
e h o m e town of J a s p e r , Ala-bama . and have t h e s a m e
last n a m e of Gun te r . T h i s would seem like an a m a z i n g
coincidence i / it w e r e no t exp la ined by t h e f a c t t h a
t t h e y a r e b ro the r s .
T h e eldest . Corpora l Melvin M. G u n t e r , enl is ted ear
ly in 1941. He so r red on the f a m o u s a i r c r a f t c a r r
i e r Ensex a s a 20 mi l l ime te r gunner , s ee ing ac t ion in
the b o m b a r d m e n t of t h e Ph i l ipp ines and off S a i p
a n . F r o m t h e r e h e went to T i n i a n where h e w e n t
in to av ia t ion ordnance . Melvin is now wi th t h e o r d n a n
c e d e p a r t m e n t of V. M. F . 461.
Corpora l J a m e s W. Gun te r , now wi th close to f o u r y e
a r s of service behind h im, is a t t a c h e d to A. E . S. 46
and is now on t h e r i f l e r a n g e a r a coach. "Wi l l , " a
s h e is a f fec t iona te ly cal led by his o lder b ro the r ,
served f o r 31 m o n t h s overseas . He pa r took in t h e hero
ic ba t t l e of Iwo J i m a . a n d holds the P u r p l e H e a r
t and oak c lus te r for w o u n d s received whi le fu l f i l l
ing his d u t i e s a s m o r t a r m a n . Wil l is m a r r i e d
, a yea r Melvin ' s jun ior , and h a s big p lans for h i s t r u
c k l ine upon d i scha rge in Sep tember of 1949.
l*vt. T a l m a d g e L. Gun te r . t h e you»" at of t h e t r
io , now wi th A. E . S. 42 s t a t ion police. Is 18 y e a r s old
a n d before h i s en l i s tmen t e igh t m o n t h s ago a t t
ended W a l k e r County High School, t h e f a m i l y a l m a m a
t e r . At t h e conclusion of his two y e a r s ' service, he p l
a n s on f in ish ing h igh school a n d then e n t e r i n g
college.
A younge r b ro the r . Wi l l i am H o w a r d Gun te r . now s
ix teen y e a r s of age . is a w a i t i n g t h e t ime when h e
m a y follow in t h e foo t s teps of h i s t h r e e older b ro
the r s .
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LT.-COL. J O H N T. L. D. G A B B E R T Spec . S e r v .
Officer
M A J O R T H O M A S H. M A N N . J R . E x e c u t i v e E d i
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Q U E S T I O N : W H A T P A R T O F T H E GI B I L L A R E YOU
PLAN-NING T O U S E A F T E R D I S -C H A R G E ?
Pv t . Alvin C r a n m a n f r o m Savan-nah , Georgia is ass
igned to A E S 42 wi th Motor T r a n s p o r t — " I mr -—. p lan
to u s t t h e H educa t iona l op-p o r t u n i t i e s . fered m
e t h r o u g h the GI Bill. I t will g ive me a good s t a r t in
Bus iness Admin-i s t r a t i on a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Georgia . I a lso — -in tend to con-t i n u e my i n s u r a n c e
a f t e r d i scharge . T h e GI Bill sounds l ike a good dea l to
me a n d I a m p l a n n i n g to m a k e good use of i t . "
I*vt. H a r d y Pederson f r o m Pr ince-ton, N. J . H e is a
soda j e r k e r iu t h e
P . X . — " I d o n ' t p l an on u s i n g t b e i have e v e r
y t h i n g
/ - f l H I need, f a r m , K Y L £ f S m o n e y a n d
2 f l e q u i p m e n t l : t h i n k t h a t will ! f l | ^ l V
s t a r t m e o f f \ MM a l o n e a n d if
a n y t h i n g s h o u l d • happen I can
a lways fa l l back on t h e GI Bill.
W i t h some work a n d confidence I should m a k e ou t OK w i
t h o u t t h e help of t h e g o v e r n m e n t . Unless t h e r
e is s o m e t h i n g I don ' t know a b o u t t h e GI Bill, I c
an ' t see t h a t I ' l l have a n y use f o r i t . "
NEW-ELECTED STAFF NCO CLUB OFFICERS
L e f t to r i g h t : M a s t e r S e r g e a n t s G- H. H o m
e . J r . . p r e s i d e n t : H. E . Brooks , v i c e - p r e s i
d e n t ; and Chief P h a r m a c i s t M a t e K. L. W o o d w o r
t h . s e c r e t a r y : new officers e lected December 16. 1946
by a g e n e r a l as-s emb ly of S t a f f N C O Club m e m b e r
s . R e t i r i n g officers. P r e s i d e n t and Vice P r e s i
d e n t r e spec t ive ly , a r e M a s t e r S e r g e a n t s K.
C. A F r a t u s a n d J a c k s o n . M a s t e r S g t . G. H. H
o m e . J r . . f o r m e r s e c r e t a r y , now succeeds a s t
h e n e w p res iden t of t h e club.
—Photo By Crlsclone
Pfc . P h i l i p L iv ings ton of Chicago. 111. is a n M P a t
t h e Main Ga te .—"I p l an on t a k i n g ou t a GI Loan to s t a
r t a Polish- fl-ing a n d B u f f i n g H Shop f o r jewel- I ry ,
l a m p bases J H a n d a n y t h i n g ^ t h a t could use a sh
ine . W i t h th i s loan, which a f -f o r d s m e t h e D H L
money o the r -w i s e cou ldn ' t flR ra i se , I t h i n k I can
s t a r t a success fu l bus iness a n d will be able to pay back t
h e loan in a s h o r t t ime , if t h i n g s g o r i g h t .
"
P v t . J o h n Mol i tur of VMP 354 is f r o m St . Louis ,
Mo.—"I c a m e in to
t h e M a r i n e
0Corps to get t h e G I Bil l . W i t h i t I a m i n t e n d i
n g on going to col-lege f o r a t LO m e c h a n i c s . T h e n I
a m plan-n i n g on g e t t i n g a loan so I c a r s t a r t u p
my own bus iness . 1 a l so a m g o i n f t o keep u p my i n s u r
anee be
cause it is a w o n d e r f u l oppor tun i ty to s ecu re t h e
f u t u r e of t h e f ami l ' 1 plan on h a v i n g . "
Pfc . An thony F i c a r a of t h e Po«-Exchange C a r p e n t e
r Shop is f ron Brook lyn . N. Y. - ' • y - n t to get can s t a r
t i n to m y bus ines s a s a H Genera l Con t rac - B Y - j R ,
tor . I t will be a u a T i r S j big bus ines s a n d - J W I
would be well j ^ B * on my way a f t e r a good s t a r t g f l H
f r o m t h e gov-e m i n e n t . As f o r b o r r o w i n g
mon-ey, I t h i n k it is a good idea because m y uncle h a s bo r
rowed some and h e i» now in a p rospe rous bus iness wi th h i s d
e b t to t h e gove rnmei . t s t ead i ly d e c r e a s i n g .
"
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W i t t i c i s m s
HOME LIFE
l i o J a n u a r y 19W
lU-CONTROL MODEL AIRCRAFT MEETINGS
W I N D S O C K P a j e Three
BIRTHDAY PARTY
By FRANCIS R . MISIEWICZ j When Andy Russell whispers. " I t s
Drenmtime" and the Tied Pipers jcho in sweet harmony another hit is
horn. The reverse has "I ' l l Close j fy Eyes" with Paul Weston s
t r inging in . . . Peggy Lee complains. Everything 's Moving Too
Fast ," a throbbing boogie-woogie tempo. Flip-
ping the Juke makes you th ink Peggy is singing jus t to you. "
I t ' s x n i n ' Time" . . . FV»lks in "Connecticut" and the other
forty-seven a t e s will enjoy th is catchy lyrical and rhy thm
ditty, sung by Martha
ftlton . . .
A new vocalist, new appeal : Clark Dennis, an outstanding tenor
adds j crooning interpretat ion that has a different and new charm
all of its wn. "Bless You For Being An Angel." The other side has
"Peg O* My
Beart ." a heart warming Ir ish tenor oldie . . . Rhythm tha t
will get )DU by Jesse Price in his latest, " I Ain't Mad At You."
Jesse chants one £ those clap hands rhythm. "He ain't mad at her .
. . he ain ' t mad at r." " I 'm the Drummer Man" is blue brother
deep indigo with a native
fumming appeal tha t sets the hips a ' twitchin . . . Merle
Travis packs some unusual lyrics in a tune that has more
| u c k l e s than his super "Divorce Me C.O.D.", i t 's so good
that it needs t more, "So Round. So Fi rm, So Fully Packed" . . .
Another tune r ight
k t of the hills is Merle's "Sweet Temptat ion" . . . j ' 'You
Can't See the Sun When You're Crying," a cute title and a • t e
song handled by the harmony of the Pied Pipers and Paul Weston's
B-chestra supplying n solid beat . . . "Make Me Know I t " is one
of those • -o-w swing ballads that satisfies . . .
MPER FIDELIS—CORPS' NEW ANTHOLOGY Report ing the activities of
the
Corps f rom Guadalcanal to V-J Day. most of this book was
written on invasion beaches, in foxholes, or behind the lines by
some fifty or a hundred yards.
Section headings, such as " In Battle." "The Flyers War , " "The
Nature of the Enemy." "The Islands and Their People" and "The Role
of the Conqueror" give a clear idea of how this book covers all
phases of the war.
iTashington. D. C.—The Marine new anthology, SEMPER
• D E L I S will be available in the At ion's book stores on 19
February.
? second anniversary of D-Day on J ima, it was announced re-
frtly. his volume of stories, drawings,
letches and photographs—all by ferine Corps Combat
Correspond-
• t s and fighting men—was edited two former Marines.
Captain
J t r i e k O'Sheel. and Staff Sergeant jene Cook.
Well, a t least I ain ' t se t t in ' a bad example by sleeping
a t my desk.
Le f t to r i g h t : F7F-LL Greene, Fl icker-Pvt . Meeker,
Super V Sha rk -S /Sg t . -Le Blanc, Sna fu Ercoupe-WO Keltner
.
The above a re some of the compet i tors tha t showed up on
Sunday af ternoon for the regular Weekly model a i r c r a f t meet
out back of the Administrat ion Building.—That is provided the
weather and winds a r e agreeable. The meet is under the direction
of Miss Lou Hoover and is held f rom 1300 until Sundown. If you
have a plane or a re interested, everyone is welcome. Plans a re
under consideration for a Model Club.
—Photo by PIo.
I 'Platter Info9
"v T . H . M A * » , J R .
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Insurance policies through the National Service Life Insurance.
They can obtain, at ra tes much lower than any civilian companies
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ordinary life, 20 payment life, 30 pay-ment life, 20 year
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The-e National Service 1.1 to Insurance policies a re practical
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other features a re advantageous. Because this Insurance is
Goiernment supported it 's n bargain such as you'll never be able
to duplicate. I t pays more money to " " beueflciaries and puts no
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and the mar. who doesn't hang on to it Is short ing himself This is
Insurance marked down. For a man of twenty-five, the NSLI premium
is 23 per cent lower f o r ordinary life Insurance than the Hgure
you obtain If you average the premiums charged by ten leading
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Another big difference comes In the payments. In .he amounts
that will be provided to a person's beneficiary. Again t ak ing the
average of ten leading private companies. NSLI monthly income is 30
to 35 per cent larger. A widow whose husband dies when she is
flfty-flve can receive $60.30 a month f rom a $10,000 NSLI policy.
Pr iva te policies of the same sire will pay about H5 . And the
person gets a larger policy for h is money—more Insurance, more
protection. The soldier twenty-Dye years old bought $10,000 in
Government life insurance for $162.20 a year
a v e r a g c °f t h e M e pri™te and tlGU^O will buy only
$7,650 in Insurance. The $7,650 policy will
pay a widow, at Ofty-flve, payments of 534.40 a month, as
compared to *60..#) f rom t_e Government policy.
Most Military Personnel have term policies with NSLI. These
policies can be converted Into permanent policies. The wise policy
holder can save several hundred dollars In converting his policy.
An example Is a man aged 25. who has had a term policy tor live
years and wishes to convert it into a 20 payment life for $10,000.
He may date his new policy f rom the da te he originally obtained
the te rm policy. By doing this he must pay in one sum slightly
less than the amount ot premiums that he would have paid over a
period of live years. By dat ing his policy f r o m the date t h a
t he was 20 years old, the policy will cost him approximately
$4,684 for the 20 years period. If he dates the policy trom the
present da te when he Is 25. h i , premiums will be greater and the
policy will cost him approximately $5,478. In th is way the policy
holder can save approximately $794.
,7."° T i n t i e r e s t e d i n « " r e r t i n g thei r
policies can obtain f u r t h e r
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BOX SCORES Cherry l 'oint Fly •rs 76 Newport Semi-Pros 21 Cherry
Point Fly rs .'13 Fort Benning ."•8 Cherry Point Fly- «rs 60 Pa r r
i s Island ."I Cherry Point Fly f rs 53 l ' a r r i s Island 27
Cherry Point Fly- »rs S3 Norfolk Marines 31 Cherry Point Fly >rs
67 Norfolk Marines 27 Cherry Point Fly »rs 52 House of David 58
SCHEDULE 11-12 J a n . Flyt rs vs. Fort Benning i home > 15 J
a n . Fly. rs vs. luinglev Field (home i 17-1S Jnn . Fly* rs vs.
Par r i s Island i away > 20 J a n . Fly r s vs. Chincoteague
{home \ 24 Jan . Fly* r s vs. Norfolk Rec. ( away! 25 J a n . Flyt
r s vs. Camp Lee ( away) 26 Jan . Fly. rs vs. Quant ico t home
>
All h >me games to be played a t the Drill Hall. Game
time—2000
fymtimq- ofbpoilbj P a g e F*«ar
10 January 1*47 91
Flyers Overwhelm Norfolk By J I M M IT. CKCM
Bv J O H N T . A U M A X S
With Chr is tmas a th ing of the past and the New Year
flnaii> on a wheel, sport, activit ies a t Cherry Point are
beginning to roll. Directly off the car t comes word tha t the
Cherry Point In t r amura l Bnsketball League is ready to resume
operations. In fact , before th is goes to press, the league might
be off to a baug-up s tar t . First game i« scheduled around the
7th of this month. A total of 14 teams a re entered. Teams consists
of different outfits on the base. Namely : Station Paymaster .
Athletic D e p t . AES-46, AES-42. VMF-225. MACG-1. HqSq-2. VMR-952
and the Recreation I>ept. The league will be composed of two
parts, the National league and the American league. The winners of
each league will tangle for the championship of Cherry Point. All
games will be played at the Drill Hall dur ing the day. No games
*111 be played on Fr iday or the weekend. By the looks of th ings
there should bo some rugged and interest-ing battles.
All bowling team captains a r e requested to pick up the i r new
schedules a t the Station Howling Alleys. The league has a long way
to go ind we hope to have the same Interest *e have had In the past
. If team captains can't possibly make it down to the bowling
alleys they should send one of thei r team members to obtain the
schedule. The big match of the season comes off on Thursday. J a n
u a r y 16th when the Post Exchange meets MACS 11. This coming week
the Post Exchange team will lose three of their s tandout bowlers
via the discharge route. Regardless, the match should prove
Interesting.
Here a r e a few statist ics concerning the Cherry Point Flyers
basket-ball team. They have scored 729 points in 14 games for an
average of over 52 per game. Opponents have scored 581 points for
an average of a l i t t le more than 41 per game. Individually the
scoring goes l ike th is . . Bob Rose leads the team with 149
points. "Tex" Rit ter comes second with 131 points. "Shor ty" Fenn
has 93 points. "Moose" Fry 57 points and "Le f ty " McQuillan has
53 points. The team Itself has won ten games while losing four.
Three of these defeats were registered by top notch t eams . . .
one being the "House of David." The only defeat Inflicted by a
service team was the loss to the Fort Benning Doughboys. 58-33.
Comes J a n u a r y 11-12 the Flyers- have their chance to reverse
that decision a s they meet the l>oughboys on successive nights.
The games should be very interest ing. Let 's t ry and have the
same sort of crowd for the For t Benning game a s we did for the
House of David. They can use your support .
- ££. &. W. C^ctu. •£&&& Hunt ing season is over
except for a few days of dove shooting left .
If you have never matched your skill a t wing shinning with th
is bird, plan to do so before the season closes.
I r an across an ar t ic le in Ed Zun's book. "To Hell AN ith
Fishing, and thought you might like to rend It. Here it i s :
HOW TO DISPOSE O F DEAD F I S H A recent survey showed that
roughly two-thirds of all fishermen never
eat fish. This should surpr ise nobody. Fish Is brain f»>od.
People who eat fish have large, well-developed brains. People with
large, well-developed bra ins don't fish. I t ' s tha t simple.
The question a fisherman faces, then, is how to get rid of the
fish he has caught. T h e r e a re several schools of thought on th
is problem.
The Pilgrim F a t h e r s buried a dead fish in each hill of
corn to make It grow. Unfor tunate ly , few fishermen have access
to cornfields. Most f a r m e r s would sooner have a cyclone.
Som fishermen try to palm off thei r catch on kind-hearted f r
iends and neighbors. Natural ly . It doesn't take those folks long
to learn that when a trout has boon lugged a round all day in a hot
creel, it is |»oor competition for a pork chop.
Other methods of fish disposal a re (1) s tuff ing them in a
corner mailbox when nobody Is looking. (2) h id ing them under
potted palms. (31 checking them at the Union Stat ion and throwing
away the check. (4i hur l ing them f rom fast-moving cars on lonely
roads la te at night. (51 mail ing them to the Cura tor of the
Museum of Na tura l History, re-quest ing an identification of the
species and giving a phoney n a m e ami re tu rn address, and trtl
baiting walrus t r aps with them.
None of these methods is sa t isfactory. (11 is probably
illegal. (2 ) . (3>. (4». and (51 a re in lousy taste, and
i6> br ings up the problem of walrus-disposal. Walrus disposal
makes fish-disposal seem like child's play.
My f r iend Walt Det te throws back all the t rou t he catches
in the Ben\erki l l . and keeps only chubs to feed to his seven
Siamese cats. This Is dandy for people who have tu> sense enough
to put back trout fo r f u t u r e sport and who also have t b l
seven Siamese cats. Few fishermen have both.
Both. hell. Either.
F lyers ' "Tex" Rit ter drops a lef thanded set -up for two
im-portant points in f i r s t P a r r i s Is-land game.
—Photo by Pio.
FLYERS TAKE 2 FROM PARRIS IS.
By J I M M I E CRCM
Cherry Point, N. C., Dec. 27— Cherry Point hoopsters a re gett
ing in the habit of winning court skirm-ishes the hard way.
They racked up thei r seventh victory in ten s t a r t s here
tonight by tossing a dynamite packed of-fense a t the Par r i s
Island Marines In the final q u a r t e r : an offense tha t gave
t*«e Flyers a 60-51 victory.
Leading by only one point at half t ime and at the end of the
thi rd canto, the Flyers amassed 21 points in the four th quar te r
while holding the losers to 13 markers .
Charlie (Chuck) Skinner, a 5'9" guard was the " thorn in the
Flyers s ide" dur ing the en t i re first half . Eight of the P. I.
cage s t a r s one handed shots split the mesh for 16 points. Ed
Bolton, P. I. forward, sank three 2-pointers in the first half ,
and in the last 20 minutes of play when Skinner was held to one gra
t i s toss, exploded with 11 points to t ie Skinner with 17
points.
Cherry Point jumped to an early first period lead on buckets by
Rit ter and Fenn. only to see that lead cut considerably a f te r
Skinner and Bol-ton propelled two-pointers through the mesh.
Holding a comfortable seven point. 15-* quar te r lead, the Flyers
bogged down dur ing the sec-and ten minute period, and thei r half
t ime lead was cut to one point. 29-2S. The two clubs traded point
for point in the thi rd period, and for the second t ime tin Flyers
held only a one point lead. 39-3S. at the third onar te r .
Bob ltose pushed his season's to-tal to U»S points as he dropped
through eight f rom the field of ac-tion and four f rom the char i
ty line for 20 points.
Cherry Point, N. C.. J a n . 3— Cherry Point 's high flying
basket-ball iggrega t lon staged a b***e scoring column. With the
second and thi rd team" playing for bet ter than 13 minutes of the
initial half . Norfolk felt the sting of the home squad late in the
ha'f when Cherry Point 's s t a r t ing quin let (Rose, Ri t ter ,
Fenn. McQuillan and F ry ) puiled snarply into a 15 point, 31-16,
hah' t ime lead
Fry REfl Fenn formed the indi-vidual offensive power for the
vic-tors. each connecting for five field goa '- a r d two g i f t
tosses for 12 points.
Cherry Poiut 's fast-breaking of-fense, clever ball handling,
and de-fensive ball-hawkishness had the visi tors in a fog f rom
the moment the game got underway. Vaught and Hurs t pushed the t i
c t o r s into a 4-0 lead early in the opening f rame, and two more
"bunnys" dropped through by Vaught gave the Fly-ers an 8-0 lead
before Shuey broke the scoring ice for Norfolk with a beaut i ful ,
high-arched set shot f r o m the corner.
Playing with an aplomb tha t they hadn' t displayed before th is
season, the "F ly ing Leathernecks" kept a f t e r the visitors,
causing them to become more ra t t led in the final half .
Spark plug of the Norfolk crew was the i r center, Shuey. who
through the aid of his long set shots f rom all angles, led the
visi-to rs in scoring with 11 points.
"Shor ty" FVnn turned in an ex-cellent defensive performance and
Bob Rose brought loud "oooh's" and "aaah ' s " f rom the crowd with
his fancy shooting.
Cherry Point , N. C., Jan . 4—Ex- 1 citement ran r ampan t in
the "Fly-e r " lair tonight ac the Cherry Point j? oasketbfti:
aggregation won a | "n-iigh and tumble" 67-27 victory * over the
Norfolk Marines.
Buckets by B able. GUner. Vaught and Mllle 0 u*e the "Fly- : ing
Leathernecks" an 8-0 lead, and J they were never headed. But in th«
I final chukker, in a t tempt ing to slow 3 down the fas t moving
Cherry Point offense, the Norfolk club used c few of the
"knock-em-down-drag em-out" tactics, with the result* be ing: a
total of f 1 fouls called by the officials.
While the Cherry Point s ta r t ing five "warmed the bench" for
the biggest pa r t of the contest, resting -up for tomorrow night
's tilt with ; the House of David quintet , it was -the second and
th i rd squads that ran up the ear ly lead. Subst i tute : center.
Hurs t , dropped through five i shots f rom the floor to lead the j
scoring with 10 points.
I t was the four th s t ra ight victory J for Cherry Point, and
the second | over Norfolk. Last night the "Fly-f e r s" t rounced
Norfolk 83-31. To-1 night ' s one sided score gave the * Flyers a
two-night total of 150 i points.
Doughboys Halt Flyers For t Benning, Ga.. Dec. 21—The ;
Cherry Point Flyers win s t reak of six was snapped tonight as
the Fort ; Benning Doughboys went wild in : the las t quar te r to
t rounce the Fly-ers. 58-33.
The Doughboys travel to Cherry Point on Jan . 11-12 for two
game? These games should prove very in-terest ing as the Flyers a
re on a new win s t reak and will certainly seek revenge.
SHORTY' FENN AND MOOSE' FRli
2ND PARRIS ISLAND Cherry Point. N. C.. Dec. 2S—
Cherry Point slowed down Par r i s Is land's a t t ack to a
standstil l to-night to hand the South Carolina Marines a decisive
53-27 defeat be-fore 450 spectators in the last of a two-game
series.
The Flyers, who were out a f t e r their eighth victory in
eleven starts , controlled the game throughout . Charl ie «Chuck •
Skinner . P a r r i s Island captain and guard garnered jus t four
points, these coming on buckets just before and a f t e r the half
t ime intermission. Skinner ' s fa i lure to hit the hoop was the
main reason for the visi tors bad showing. I.ast night, with Chuck
tallying 17 points. Pa r r i s Is land batt led the Flyers on even
t e rms for three quar-ters before fal l ing behind.
Ed Boltou. Par r i s Island forward topped the visi tors scoring
with four floor shots and three char i ty tosses for 11 points.
The smallest man on the Flyers, the greatest crowd pleaser and
the person the fans a lways root for. because of his size, is "Shor
ty" Fenn. Shorty s tands but 5'6" and believe it or not. has a twin
brother who is well over six foot.
"Shor ty" hai ls f rom Winstead. Conn. During his high school
days he tossed them in for Gilbert High. He joined the Marine Corps
in 1943 and served with the 2nd Wing in Hawaii , the Marshall
Islai.ds and the occupation of Japan .
Besides basketball as a favor i te sport . Shorty is quite a
baseball player. He hurled for a semi-pro nine in the Conn.
Inter-Sta te League and with a Marine t e a m on the west
coast.
"Shor ty ' s" plans for the f u t u r e a r e undecided.
Whatever be may decide—lots of luck. Shorty.
—Photo by Criscione. Known to all f ans as the hea\i«* | j
and tallest man on the Cherry PcU ft Flyors is "Moose" Fry. A l
w t < 9 plugging and always fighting is otVl of Fry ' s good
points. "Moc?«^ .-tands well over the six foot m u w and hi ts the
scales at 220 pout '1 tween center and guard pos l tW- 'a After his
high school days * , r ' f j over. "Moose" signed for the r ine
Corps. He entered the C
