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43-C /1\AKES GRADF
rlRSf CC)/APLl:TE CLASS
GRADUATES

251:tt IAAY

Graduation exercises replete with
ceremony, diplomas and formality vi:ill
mark the culmination of six months'
training for 45-C, Wings "A" and 11 B11
of the Student Flight Instructors at
the Bloomsburg Naval School, 25 May.
After completing the Secondary,
Cross-Country, Special Flight Instructors', Formntion Flying, and complete
ground school courses, the group of
eighteen men will form a class unique
in the history of the Bloomsburg f:tate
Teachers' College. It will be the first
time Naval students have been graduated
with ceremony at the new headquarters
cf the Flight School. (Turn to Page 9)

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LT, CLABAUGH
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Fa ,,.ewe/ I to lll~n
At 0620 2Z //\ o uJ l/1.1.J 5 te r

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Telegraphic notification fr,om headquarters
deprives Bloomsburg's Naval Flight School
of its esteemed Officer-in-Charge,Lt.C.L.
Clabaugh, USNR. Mr. Clabaugh leaves for
duty v'ii th the Air Transport Command vd th
headquarters in Kansas City. He departs
Sunday, 25 May, to join Squadron Three in
piloting four-motored aircraft across the
sea.
Deep regret is keenly felt throughout
the Naval Flight Instructors 1 School at
losing Mr. Clabaugh who has never tired
in his task of organizing and running one
of five of the largest Naval Reserve
Training schools in the nation.
(please turn to page eight)

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Da rn pe n
F f , e r- '5
5 p I r, t 5·
Mr. Ailor smiled - until the rains crune.
Then McGee cottage had a dish-rag look
as half a hundred half-drovmed fliers
clustered about the kegs or munched damp
sandwiches.
Racket Club dance number two, 7 May
That is a pretty dismal picture
at the Elk's Club, ~as well attended and
to paint - and from an observer's standreportedly entrenched that newly formed
point about 1900 Wednesday 19.May, it is
club of N. F. I. S. officers of Bloomspretty true.
burg in a very firm position as enterBut if nature saw fit to dampen the
tainment medium of the school. The club
enthusiasm of Lt. Clabaugh's party for
plans bigger and better socializing with NF IS Naviators that evening, she
summer coming on.
missed the boat for all the fun had come
Art vfondel I s orchestra. showered a
before the rain.
variety of melodies which seemed to the
At 1730 the kakhi gathered at the
liking of all present, and those preslodge at the field's east end and dived
ent included the charming wives of men
into sandv:iches of half a dozen variat the school as we.11 as the very welties and drank of the malt and hops.
come presence of Lts. Boyd and V,ilhite,
A game of baseba.11 rang up a nifty
Messrs. Roth and Lelanne.
figure while conversation on an endless
Buffet luncheon added a festive
line of topics ran freely.
atmosphere und was a successful innoMr. Clabaugh ond the fellows, Messrs
vation, attested to by the general clean- Boyujian, Fisher, Gargan, Roth, Boyd,
up of all edibles.
Love, and a dozen others of the instructFuture issues of STRAIGHT AND
ors and inspection sto.ff, mingled in one
LEVEL will inform you of more Racket
of the most plev.sant gatherings N F I S
Club enterprises under the able leaderhas witnessed.
ship of Lt. Sweeney, 43-D"B".

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Editor-in-Chief- Lt.(jg) ~- Jeck Roney
Assoc. Editor~- Lt (jg) W. F. Leineweber,
Sports Editor -- Ens. Joseph E. Durnin
Reporter
Ens. Allen M. Adtms

Typists
Merilyn Sailot

end

Edna Snyder

Jean Ackermcn
AdVisors
Lt. C. L. ClE1baugh, Comrr.rndi.ng Officer
Lt. J. J. Boyd, Executive Officer
Lt. {jg) R. D. Wilhite, Exec. Office Steff
Ens. F. J. Roth, Exec. Office S:,~1ff
Published bi-weekly by the Ne-vol
Flight Instructors' School Personnel.
Bloomsburg, Pennsylv8nia

22 Mtiy 1943

EDITORIAL
YOUR C. O.

BIDS ADIEU.

Ci,rry on, men. I wE1n t you to continue the Sfme excellent cooperetion with you
new eom.rnonding effi cer th& t you he ve given
me.

All orders from commending officers
r or others to their subordinc!tes, invol,ring trtvel, must be in wr1 ting end
must stcte specificrlly whot duty is to
be perforrned. (N .R. 107 (1)
Orders requiring officers t o ~
.£§.~~ to cny point, or to report for duty
ct c• plc:ce not involving trc,vel but fixing :ro cr,·~e end not expressing hcste,
m1.,st be obAyed by reporting within four
dE-ys exclu::iive of trcvel time Dfter receint of ~uch orders. If the orders read
11 wlthout d&lr·y 11 , they must be obeyed by
reporting within 48 hours exclusive of
trrvel ti.ne; if immedictely" within 12
hours eY.clusive of travel time efter
their receipt; l'nc.l rll officers must
indorse on their orders the dete and hour
of their receipt. The foregoing cllow~
~nces of time do not Ppply to cny provisions of rn officer's orders requiring
him, ofter performing the dutj specified,
to return to his regulr,r etr,tion or to
proceed on further duty. P.ny delcy wh±ch
mc.y be grcnted ~rill be cdditionrl to the
rbove time.
(N .R. 132)
(Tobe continuea in the next issue
of Straight & Level)

I he.ve enjoyed working with you for
past seven months rnd it j s wil,h regret
that I leave such E:· fine ~;:i.~01.1 p of"
The
only bright rty Eibout my levv~n 6 is thEct I
A MJi.N T.ALKS TO HIS MULE
t1m going to rn operc.tj_0n to my en-tire
Over tho hi) l tr1:iled r• men behind
l-l.k:\'t:1g Dnd rm l3chrencere'fl.t elonc: 1,1;• Ntvcl
l ' mu1e drcdng r, plow.
Unexpec-1:.edly, the
o cti Yi ty.
plow h::. t e r ,, ot, t ,1e mu le stopped, end
I aope thct I h~ve given you somejthe mDn begen to grumble cs he fixed the
thing te.r,.gil;le end h customs end habits, i1nd flyj_n 6 . I heve
\\Bill, you t•re just t'J mule, the eon
tried; nnd you hi,ve been excellent students.of r jtck~iss, end I em E> man made in the
I, too, hove leerned frcm you, I feel imc::ge of God. Yet here we work, hitched
that I htolvo come ocross ::. cross-soction of up together yecr ofter yerr. I often
men whose personr,lities hcve er.. li::•1:ged !'I'J
,,ender if you work for me or I work for
understonding of people. /1.nd ·thet, belie-ve ou. Verily, I think it is EJ pertnership
me, is a great contribution tor men in mJ between v mule rnd e fool, for surely I
line of work.
work cs htrd es you, if not herder.
So, men - ci•rry on. llnd I hope th~t Plowing or cultiv~ting we cover the Slltne
ou.r pElths cvoss egFin some 8EJy. In the
distl' ·:ice, but you do it on four legs end
mec,ntime, good luck end grec,t success in
I do it on two, therefore I do twice t.a
your flying ccreer.
uch es you.
11 Soon we wi 11 be prepe ring e corn
C. L. ClE,baugh
crop. When the crop is hPrvested I give
Of fi cer-in-Cht rge.
one-third to the lfndlord for being so
~ec,rigg--the direction of E'n object from
ind as to let me use o smell speck of
the observer.
God's errth. One-third goes to you vnd
to muka fe;st.
the rest is mine. You consume Eill your
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Beley-below
decks.
portion,
with the exception of the cobs,
Bo}:£Yt:while I divide mine eimong six hens, two
~::.lg_~-- the bottom nrrt of O 8hi P or b oa t !ducks,
seven children End a oonker. If
t
nex to the keel.
b th
1
Bir:,nacle list __ sick' list.
we o
neec. shoes you get I em. You are
.12iJ!~-- verticel pieces of metel secured getting the best of me, tnd I rsk you,
to the deck of f vessel. Used to is it feir for i , mule, the son of c, jc.1eksecure hiiwsers under J:.c'1 vy st.rrin. c:: 1ss, to swinfclle e mrn, the lord of crea,W1, t,ter eng_--the end of 8 r?r,e.
t on, out o h:ts substrnce?
"Why, you only help to plow t:nd culti vt• te ,the ground, c-nd I elone must cut,
shock rnu husk the corn while you look
over the r,r sture fence rind bee-hew at
.e. Jill frll rnd most of the wint~r the
Wisdom is mede up of 10 perts, ntne
hole femily from beby up picks cotton to
perts of which ere silence, end the 10th,
elp rcise enough money to p!!y tr,xes rnd
brev::.ty.
uy f new set of hr rness fcnc1 pc1y the mortLog
Dge on you. ~no whet co you ccre Bbout
(Plecso turn to pege Ten.)

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Immedictely in front of tho Junior High
School building r. fl!'.gpole ·d th y: rd-erm
end hvl7ards hts beJn erected ccross the
court from the building. This frer is to
·o e known l'S thG auerterdeck end 1nill bo
pnid tho scme respect as th8 c,uerterc1.eck of
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Fourth Instl'llment
11 Fcd th"

Wing l 11rders will time their musters
Last issue ·,,re took up the subn1d. mrrch so vs to be ct the school r.t
j ,:;ct of 11 CONCEIT 11 c·nd its affect on
·:_:i55 vihen the colors e>re run up.
our security,. Tnis ti.IDA _l8t 1s look
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Attention to colors ~~11 be sounded
ot ~Fl:ITE, 11 its uses e.nc m~.suces •
. t 0755 end colors themselves ?~11 ee
Faith, contrr.ry to Biblicel
soundr~d at 0800 r-nd the flcg rr:iscd.
tef'ching, is sometimes o o.uestionribl0
Men vrill be requirnd to reml'in vlith- . . virtue. As e. m:.tion w1 E:re too reridy
in the quDrterdeck Oreo bet,;1eGn 'Q755 enC, "!_._
iitio trust our fellow men, rnd to bebut mry move o.bout rnd not necessr.rily
lieve imnlicitly in the scf~ty of such
stund et strict ettention until colors nre
nctionrl inf!titutions l:e the Postal
sounded.
S8rvice end t.hs Telephone, both of
The JOOD C't thB Junior High School
wbich ct>n be the spy's best friend.
building will be in chfrge v:i th two
Most of us consider thct w0 rre
e.ssisttnts. He v:ill step bick, slrute,
pretty good juog ..:.:s of chl"rrct8r, r.na
in~ follow the colors with his eyes. Wing
not rJr.sily to be fool;::d. \Afe forgot
ler.ders will hl:'ve their pL:1toons bolted,
thrt fn enemy rgent, if he is to be
en6 s0lute while their men rot.end tt r.ttensuccessful end <'Void r firing srmtd,
tion f c.cing the colors.
must be such~ plcusibl8 en& convincIndividuD.ls vrill sclute the flf'g not
ing person thrt no one susp8cts him,
only rt th0se times but at pr:ch rho. every
end lerst of ell thoss vrho pride tht1mtime they f)pproc,ch or l0E"ve the 9.unrters0lves on being good judges of cher[ ctd,3ck. The proper method is to co~e to P.
er. In other ~ords, he 'i!ill look exnctly
hdt, fc,ce the flng, ss.lute r.nc fl ce vvff·Y
like whrt he isn't - c tynicrl Americfln
for ste?ping off.
11,i th rn hon£st ( r,nd probr bly rr·ther
Evening colors v:ill be sounded ct
stupid) fnce.
1930 with similEr ceremony rnd r~spect.
This innovc,tion ct the Bloomsburg
Spy Is Ot-dinrry
1k.vc.l Flight Instructors' School should
:::dd irectly to the r0sp(~ct, prnstige, and
Tho spy is r very ordinrry sort
b Jr ring of the school thr t is r['nidly
, of l'person; the sort of nerson to v1hom
cli11bing to the top from third rmong the
; you would not f!i ve c:. SiJcond glcnce if
five simili.r training-centers in the countryl· you prssrd him on th--: street; the sort
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crowd; thr, sort of ,r0rson whom the
police ,~ould finil very c"lifficult to
trc ce b,,cruse t.b;'J d3scription of him
woul0 l'lso fit so mcny other neople.
You know wh[. t they sr.,y-"To hide
5c in+i l la+e.s
[' pebble, put it on fl bcr.ch. 11 The
en'emy ('gent, in ordor to hide himself'
Loe.a\
5+ar5
sees to it thf't he. looks lik:,:, every
one
ols0.
Now thr..t tho boys (Leinw-,,ber tmd
You must lerm to edont ~ suspicA1lille)r) h~ve ror.chE:d th-:i enc of their
ious
outlook in w~r-time. You must
rope it's srfe to sny, "Hrllelujc,
assume thet r-;vory strringer you moet mry
brother. Thrt wos the Heppy Hour to
be [' spy, thrt ev•:-cy letter you ,,rite
ond. [•11 lfoppy Hours"--nt l :::rst it shoulo.
mgy go r strey, c nd t,ht t 8vory t ,, lehrve been--but wr.sn't. Ther,3 will be
phono ct 11 you ir.:: kG mE·y b8 overhel rd.
more.
You
must lotm to be ~spiciou~-r'nd hir~r
When tbe men do r job rs fine rs
to
be
Ct•reful. If you 'hrd e five-dolln
tlu t of Tu~)r>doy lrst, the record should
bill, you , :ould not go Etbout DSking
be left to stend. And here is th~t restreng~rs in brrs to look ~ftnr it for
cord.
you,
so why trust them 'Ni th informction
l'hr,t sterling Flying C.ucrtot of
which
Cf'n be fr·r more vE:lueblo.
Gilday, Alox~nder, D~meritt, rnd Stiling
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encored thre:e ti •nes.

"The Old

P.rk I s 1:1.-~ovin 1 11 wr s ,: edi ce te6 to seni ar

clE ss 45-C r;hich group I s ['rk is 11 moverin' 11
the end of this month c1offl "Nieu AuLEENS"
wr:.y. (It clmost moved premrturely on the
cr·est of the vmves of the le st f ow dc:ys'
-1 ovmpoura.)

..Antonio Recellio- ·¥es6ionetto s:mg
~i,.i>lc screnr d0 t ,; f: , >,.iC ~t, rry-eye.d
\Pleese turn ~o pvge ten)

Keep Ee.rs Open

Alw!'ys put yourself in the pl.<-ce
of Eln onemy rgent. Imc•gine thrt there
is r little bl::>ck moustl:.ch•, on your
upper lip c·nd th:-t you rr8 Hitler. Then
rsk yourself •,.rtrnt you could lcrrn from
th-'.) conversftion thrt ts going on in the
, btr, or the informrtion thrt is given

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When you learn to adopt
.-,M.s outlook, you will not only be
·,2.reful to keep your own mouth shut
:1ou will also want to mak~ other people
'.'.mt thf'.ir8.
So m11eh for the danger of having
;' ai th in you!' fellow-mer.. But what about
cbe fe.i th ycu h9.ve jn yc,ur frianC:s and
relati-res - in your moU,er and fat;,1€r,
,tnd the girl you are grir.g fo me.rrJ?
Of all Security l~ss~ns, this is the
'1-iardest to learn - that ,S3:r-vice information must be shared with no one, not
,.,ven with those you love.
Now that is not to say that you
must no longer put your trust in these
people in whom you may have co!lfiri_e d
all your life. But you m-.lst no·t sue.re
with them secrets that are not ycurs
to impart - secrets that belong to the
Navy," and to the Navy alone. It is no
good arg.iing that you h~ve absolute
faith in tte girl you are going to
iTla~:ry, and that if you car.hot trust her,
the:1 you cannot trust ar..yona.
That is not the poii1+,. She will
not h9.·1e had the advants.ge of Security
Ir.struction such as yon h2.ve haci.
. :.:.3 rr.ay gi.ve away informatio!'l without
1r'1owing she has done so. An:1. remeJ'l".ber
::hat the first person an ern~my agm1t
·untacts ,rhen he wants to k1ow e.nything
' c-,-::..·et is the wife or gi.d-frie:nd of
(.~1-e mr1.n whc kr:ows that se~ret.
You may feel that your ~ife or
..-o t.her has a rieht to lm0w whe':1 you are
_:i danger - u right to be told if you
::now that O!l a certain date :ro·J. a:ce
s,.l:'..li:".lg in convoy, or are go5.ng on a
;: ::.. .. ll from which you may never rE:tu1·n,
e.,Lc. you may also fe1;;.l that the7 h'tve a
:: -:..ght to knoVI if this re.td 1.s cancelled,
JO that thair minds mny te set at rest.

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ula t;:i '.'.'r1z r ,r-JY~_.J0 for zar-r-ison caps
an opi: ,_0!l~tl ~ : :plipm:,mt foI· i::1-}.l commi q:_.j ,,·, tfrl j we.rTc1f'.t, a.r.d cbi.8f pF-tty
offit:'3r ~, f·)r -t:.1.1e eliminat Lo:r.. of

br::nd. o~· off'C..co-rs I capr. E~'. C9l~t, for
f o.:'f'l':l.l wenr, ".l.nd. for str~ pas of
ran]: crl" :i:w.:.f rrr:y arou:r,.:: t:1e i::uff s
o~ offi~~:· 1 s s1-eevcs ,:in bJ 11·: service uniforils. The eJ..:i.m:i.mi.tion of
brrd.d 0:r.. of~icon: 1 caps e..nl the haJ.f
st::.·ipe regulations will he0orr.e effectiw1
on Jatl~ary l, 1944.
Garrison caps, wl::i,ich me.y be worn
in place of the regu.lation visor ccp,
wiJ.l ½e blue, 'rh:i. ~~8, kb1.ki, or gree~
ma·terlal to metch the -i.:.n:.i.form. Corr-nissi0ne:l offi-:;ers: except fl 1 'le.brs, v•l 1-1
wec1r the in;:;i gnia of :i:-ank O!: t':i.e rig~1t
side of tl':8 cap. .t. rninil'.tm·e device-thf=J Navy r:hi.P.11'.'l. worn on off:.cers' visored caps--·:Vj_ll be worn on the left
side. :a0th cievicss ,.rill be placed
two inches from the front edge of the
cap.
Effecti.ve January 1, 1()44, all
· offic ers 1, i.1.1 wear cnps with poli_shed
black vis0rs and 1:llack c!dn st:i.-aps, or
the n0w ,)Ve:>:·se0.s ,::aps. For f )rmill
wenr, caps ·,,i ti-~ embroidered visors and
g'.lld lnc.s chi::1 st:cr~ps may be vmri1 by
offiCPrf, of ihe rt:m!c of coml'!)ander E',nd
abn'i8, ()f fi..cer8 of the 1·enk of Lieutenc.n·~ co:.m1a".ld.e:r and below substitute a
goJ.d lac~1 c::..in st:.:np for t:1e black braid
ch:.:.1 strc.:.p on fo:rrnnl occRsions.
'Ihe regulcti.,lon _prov~.d.rng for
stri oes of rpnk to be ,m:rn half w1...y
nrou~rl the cuffs of offke,:,::; 1 sleeves
is as foJlor·s: "Sleeve st:,:-i.pes 0n the
blue ;:;errice coat sh::ill extend on t·ne
outside of the slecv0 f£om seam to seam
only."

The more.

c:'1ance t,,ere is of it being_Jc~~- Get
1.hu, qui tc clear in your mL-.d 9, be-

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s,eorle who know a secre.b_t,_he lei?.P_.
ca•1se it is the first rule of Se~u.ri ty.
Gn : e you realize this, you will see that
~t js not only careless talk that costs
lives. Too many people a.re of the
'.)r,i:iion that careless te.lk is loudi'lot.1·;~hed. conversation in public bars to
perfect stran~ers, and th~t the opJosite,
, E":- .=;ful ta::k, is a con.!.'id:mtinl whisper
to your wife or sweetheart. But, it is
t:31:.~ of. any sort that must be stopped,
,.,) :natter what the precautions tr.at are
... 1'.k-sn.
Mothers and sisters and wives, with
~he be.pt intentions in the world, can
/ l'le away information without e e:1
~·~nowin 6 t:iat they have done so. If they
.ire wo~ricd about your safety, they will
tend to confide in those ~·ho are sytjlpath3tic. In wex-tirne we do not alwuys
choose our frieTJ.d.s wisely, but tt .rn
ins-1:in-:'tiYel;r to anyone ~Jho sr,ows kindness a;,-,d understarnb.>1g.1 espec.ia:1.ly if

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Carelesc Talk Costs Lives
But this must not happen.

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Any enemy egent will not only be a goo~
Listener - he will also be a sym9a t1.1etic
one.

And so you .must harden your heart.
If the people who love ycu e.re wise, they
will not t!'y to learn you:: sacrets. It
is your du·c:r to keep thorn t0 yuu".'Se~.f,
and the v.romcn who tr1.es to mnke :,-·ou betray this t1·us·~ which is put :i.n /01l :i.s
not worth very rruch,
Th~_nk d€;)pl~T about those things,
bocnuse you will not solve this p1.:,1Jlem
w~thout u struggle. ·
Only n,000 binoculars he.ve been

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offered th3 Nc.vy, of which 2,000 v1.are
accc.:tpb::;le type8. In iforld Wrr !, S0,000
bin0cu1e.?·3 ?:~re offer-ad and 5:!.,000 acc~pAll bu·i:. one pair v.:ere ret1l:i.ne<.l
after the war.

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Jlnd still they comet Meening the new
-birds. Only they didn't roll in with
auch style and pomp ss the 11 !'1 group. No

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Whereas in the normcl course of
evet'lts, even the tre.ckless wastes of the convertibles - just stetion wagons. No
cher::rt finvlly regch en end somev,ihere: so, zoot suits - just those snappy tan topcoats.
too, does the interminPble sojourn of thitOh, well, time changes every·Ghin_g. They
ur.. ique chss of student offiyers knmm ,:is alreedy have quite a ruddy complexion from
-13-C. Their's indeed is a record to be
the healthy outdoor life of Bloomsmud.
proud of, f o_r eren' t they the only living
*lHH'**
class in cnptivity to leave Bloomsburg by
Our old aristocrat, F.dmund "You Know
the front door efter successfully comMe 11 Gravely gave out with a remark at
nlcting every deve·Ush course thE',t vms evertho"f the oth~r ds.y that t:Jps all his predevised to trap i:-nd ensnare an unwe,ry . (vious efforts. Our Ed sa:i:d, in his inimiA-V(P)? And vWHEREAS this lieek as event- table "buddy-buddy" d:-9.wl; 11 He's just jealur llY. to nll good Navel men the time has ous because I heve such a llolu on all the
come ' to "shove off 11 to more distant shorescollege women around here." With plenty
encl ·;,.rbereea a.11 the? odds vud ends thi:i.t i,reof emphasis on the "l".
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nl·.t ~re11y or unne turB1ly Dcquired during
.
.
c: s1.x end one hEJlf month period cannot be
'll11s story drifts back to us. True
expe cted to fit into the small confines 0 r 0 r not, it's something to think about.
a s et. beg, ther efore regretfully we letW/3 S~ems that the 45-I boys were doing e.
behind the following items ·which with rr-rel1.ttle drill worlt out on the field. One
good tests we bequeflth to the onr=is who
of them blacked out, keeled over on hlls
plow Etlong in our footsteps --- GAWD HELP face. "Well," roared kindly, mild- ·
THEi:H
.
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mannered Lt. Lelenne, 11 Don'w· just lie there .
Beoueathels
Do push-ups or som8thing! 11 That• a
To Lt. Boyd, we bec;uecth, for his
efficiencyt Or something.
exclusive use vfter strenuous workouts in
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the gym, the bird beth in front of the
Another pome for those with intelleeschool.
tually warped minds:
To Ensign Roth, we lee.ve our f•ncient Scintillat~, scintille.ta, stallule
yet treasured hide-bound copy of "~·kvy
~octurna.l,
\.
Legs 11, i·.11 the rifles the unfortun'e.te
· Fain would I fathom thine essence
rnEmbers of our cless hr.d to shoulder ns
supernal;
they walked their penalty tours, rn.d"
In the superterrestial ether hslatious~
-d ghteen complete sets of shoulder boards,A10ft, ss a crystalline gem carbonaceous.
~ollt:.r bers, and crcp devices. It• s been
.
so long since we 've worn them we just
!het, gent~e p eople, is :merely a scientcen't get used to them.
1.st•s version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
· To Lt. (jg) Wilhite we bequ0e.th all sta.r. 11
our unused liberty pe.sses together with
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If you•re still r ea.c1ing this, 1.t
our fevori te pr.rking plr ce s in be ck of
Weller Hall which vff:i were not allowed to proves tht,t E1nything can he.npen her~.
They should heve given us more dual beu se, and our vutomobil8s which we have
fore they g£ive us our "pootic license)."
f orgotten how to drive .
To 45-D we leave the Wocos, Cubs,
Seems t.hBt *""****
the only Navy men in
Stinsons, Cruisors, Fnirchilds, etc.,
town
on
Saturday
nights now EJre the boys
which served us so long Pnd fe.ithfully
who
thought
No.§.
"A" coupon would be
r nd which are now in need of a 100 hour
this
month-..fil1£!
the men on wt:1tch.
good
check.
About
69%
Cl"n bt:? found in Wilkes-Barre.
To e.11 the other cless0s we chee rThe r esidents of that community are steE:dfully give our crystal b£ill into which
f.,._-tly seerching the Susquehanna for e
wo looked m(iny tim<?S in order- to disglimpse of the battl()we.gon thEt turned
cover when the end wa s in sight.
loose
the thundering · herd of Navy blue on
To Mr. Ailor we b equeath our three
them.
The stock llnswer that the boys givH
volumes on "The Care 2.nd Reclaiming of
to
the
per :-,etual query of wh,:1nce they
S•,ff.nrplend."
·
ccme
is
(in true ~u r-time "No s ~cr0ts
To the good peoplo of Bloomsburg,
divulged"
style ): 11We just got into New
en umbrella.
York
eftAr
~1 ")(' mnnt.n:o:t s:i+. tct·"'"' s:i1'1n .,,.'!+ ...-1
(Pl ease turn to pege eight)
to get E:wey from the big city."

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It took one of the new 4~,I men to be
~he first to find and contribute to the
"Suggestion Box" in the wardroom of the
"A NAVY VIFE EAYS"
Quarter Deck (The Junior High School
I 1 v€ just decided not to primp.
Building). And a very helpful suggestion No one's around to care if I skimp
it was, too; one that will be acted upon HeTe, there and ~vcrywhere.
no doubt, favorably.
· 1 won't even bother to brush my hair.
IAnd, I v.c;n' t fix my face.
That is the purpost:: of the box 8.nd
\'\'hat, if my 11 1;.ndies" do need nev. l!.tce?
of the station are urged to ~v~il themsel- I won't do rr.y nails and I ~on 1 t shine
ves of the 01)portuni ty to me.ke their help- my shoes.
ful sugge::.tions kno,·n in this rn~mner. How I'm reully not subject to Navy 11 Blues 11
l'.bout putting some of those shower room
I von 1 t keep my clothes looking "in the
rantings, those verbal b1;;e;fs, in writing?
pink"

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Wai ting for the Cycle ps
¥,hat of it, if my house is never clec,n?
No one will knov· thrt I I m juf t plain meon.

There is an old expression around

Navy Yards and Receiving &tc.tions

for the Cyclops".

Dumn it c.11 - there goes the 1 phon6.
Boy, ho.t r~ noise it mukes vhen you're

During ?,orld War number one the Cyclops wus in service between a ~om.th
American port and u port in the United
States. ::-he v· a s a collier but had been
carrying shipments of ore for use in

Oh v ell, I' 11 ans\'.er it e.nyw~y •
Itcould be c bid t0 something gry 11 \11:ec tern Union, did I hear you soy,
•Jack v-1 ill be home in less than e. day'?
V.hy I 1 d not even rate a kiss
If he ever found me looking like thisl"
So 1·emember, sister - one day of "repair"
Cr.n' t fix the d~w.nge th£1.t you' ve done there.

11 VH1iting

When one seagoing men
:iddres.ses another and says, '"ht. t ship
are you wni ting for 11 ? The rt:.ply is, usually, "I e.m waiting for the Cyclops".

Vl.ar nmterie.ls.

all alone.

- Peggy Moon - Kiwi
The Cyclops was nevE.Jr he:m·d from aft r
0 -clearing for th&t last voyage. ~he is
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Stre~tcar conductur: Did you get
one of the f ev· vessels the. t has disappeared home all right l~st night?
¥iith1.,ut n trace.
V.:ago.mrn: V:hy, ye::,. ~\hay do you ;1.::,k?
eonductor: V:'ell, you got up nnd gave
It i::. therefore understood in Navi,l a lctdy your su.t and you tv·o were the only
parlance that vhen a sailor is v;aiting for peo 1)le in the c~r.
the Cyclops he either d0Gsn 1 t know what ship
· Le.mpoon
he is waiting for or is not too anxious
__ o
to go to ser..
Oonrad: I like lying in bed morningf.
and ringing th€ bell for my vnlct.
PROMOTIONS
11:atson: ~y goodnet:s -- hE-ve you really
got a vr..let?
Swnin, Leste1· E. Lt. (jg) to Lt. (sg}
Conr~d: No, but I've got a bell.
Ensign to Lt. (jg)
~each, John t.
-0BoJthe' Tom_W.
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Sellers:
You s1:cy this lloma.n shot her
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Colabellt~, Alfred V. 11
husbend with this pistol, and ct close
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Gravely, Minund K.
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range?
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:luff, Curtis A.
Gallagher: Yes, sir.
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St:Jllsrs: Are there poi·der marks on
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.,liller, Kenneth
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his body?
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'., olcott, Fred E.
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Written by a soldier of \-iorld War I

Dear Mom,
I am one of the f ellov.s 'Who mo.de the
vvorld safE. for democracy. I was celled
int0 calss "A 11 • Next time I want t0 be in
Class 11 B" -- "be" here when they go nnd
"be" here when they come buck.
I remember ¥·hen I regh tered. I
went to a desk cind the man in charge WllS
my ma.ilmEm. He barked, 11What 1s yer name?"
I said, 11 You know mine, what's yers?" He
barked again so I told him huguat
Childs. He so.id, "Are you an &lien?"
I suid, "No, I feel fine. 11 He asked me
how old I wa& and I told him 23 the
(Plea&e turn to pege eight)

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on a person.
Mrs. Ensign: Y€s -- the littl~ ¥ertt
Jester
-0Be.r,·ick: Did that psychiatrist help

your wife's mental condition?
Werner: Oh, she'~ better, but the
p&ychintrist went nuts.
Bored vralk
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He
S(.ldom seen washin',
His grooming, &t best, is inferior.
But that doesn't faze him,
He knc;,Yf; we will raise him
Becuu~e of his lovely interior.
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DEF~AT

Lt. Clabaugh came to Bloomsburg at

JAP

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1'rJIPJ::Q9- en-- Rout~ Home
fj.lo+,s :.3luff )•,ne'ill'._JVi thout Loss

the Flight school's inception last summer
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adjustments with a dispatch tha·~ b~,s:osaks
of intelligent initiative and yee.:r;::; of experience in aviation and i.t.3 aci.nd;.1istration
Many of us recall his, farr •JUS :1 checkrides" when he says, "Hm--a pr atty day:
~-Iow about letting me go up wi-t:.h you today?"
And then that sober countena:1ce wh,m it• s
all over--that walk half-way back to the
flight room- when all the time you're
bursting to hear about your flying -- before that smile lights up his face and
you relax like a punctured balloon.
Or the ~imes we enjoyed society at
dances and Happy Hours.
40-C would have missed Mr. Clabaugh
by fact of . l~ving the school itself on
26 May, but now the entire organization is
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go-ing- -to -loser a;- man- fnr Vi horn each ·officer
has n une but the highest regard and offers
congratulations and the very best wishes.
Lt. Clabaugh, we salute you.

Four Marine pilots flying-Grumman
Vdldcats have found they can fight Jap
Zeros without b~lletf. "
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After using all their ammunition to
destroy four Japarn,.: &e dive bo!llbers and
dame.ge three othe:t'& which they found
attacking on American Naval force northvvest of Guadalcenal, the WildcRts still
had to fight their way home with empty
guns.
They had flown only about fifteen
miles of their long trip back to Henderson Field when a Marine pilot spottited
twelve Zeros. The Japs didn't knov. that
the Wi1d9a t guns were empty, but in · spite
of the odds ·~f,.·three ' te in -ihe:1:r) fe.vor
the Zeros ·e r me in ·· ca11tiously. As ··encn ·
Zero dived nt an American plane, the
Marine next in line pulled up and faced
the oncoming Japanese. The Jup didn't
1.
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likeisecing
a \\ildce.t' s nose coming straight
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at h 1im and he'd pull av•;ay. The bluff
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worked again and ng2. in beccute from headen
To Lt. Clabaugh, our skipper, we leave tracer bullets aren't visible and the
a. big bottle of aspirins for all the headZeros thought they v,ere being fired on.
a ches we have caused him during our stay
The bluff worked, too, becimse in other
,1:1 his _station, but besides thh we also
engcgem1ccnts the;: Japs had found that they
leave him our respect, admiration and affec couldn't trB.dE lead on even terms with
Hon for the fine friend he 1 s been to every a Vdldcc.t. The fight continued to vi thin
man in our class. We would like, also, to t~rn miles of Henderson Field. The V'vildask him to share both of his requests with ca ts werE: shot up plenty :;:-::- one of them
Dean Kock,
ha d twenty bullet holes -- but they all ·
came home.
And finally to the business office,
~e leave a blank check to pay for all the
Those boyt Lre member& of one of
meals we did not eat here. Until later,
the fabulous M£1.rine outfite v·hose Pratt &
happy lo.ndings, mates.
v\hitney-powered Wildcati:, have kept the
·~-- nir over Guadalcr:nal clear of enemy
V'ORLD V.AR I SOLDIER SAYS:
planes. On one day alone their squad(Continued from pa.ge six)
ron sent thirty Zeros, tvo destroyers ,
first day of September. He said, "First
and two ci:crgo ships to their nncertors.
of September you will be in France and tha
Melbourne tildcat
will be the last of August."
"The day I went to camp I guess they
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didn 1 t thir:µc _I 1 d live long. Tht first
scenery -- red flannels, BVD 1 s -- all colors
<,
Th
fellow wrote on my card - "flying corps. 11
and kinds. · e -union ; suit ~I.,hed· would..,,--'
I went . a little f arther e.nd some f ellow··
fit Tony Go.lento. The lieute:mmt lined
said, "Look wha t the v.ind 1 s blo¥;ing in."
us up and told me to stand up, I s e id,
I said, "Wind nothin'. The draft's doin'
''I am sir. The underweLr jm.t rnr,kes me
it. 11 As soon as you're in it, you think
look like I'm sitting dov.·n.'· He got so
you can fight anybody.
me d hE.. put me out digging e. ditch. it.
11They have two sizes in the army -little V'hile later he passed me ELnd snid,
'·.oo small and too large . The pants ar e
"Don I t throvr the dirt up h er e . 11 I s aid,
-:o tight I can't even sit dm n. The shoes "Where E.hf~ll I thr0v1· it?,. He said, noig
··.re so big I turned around three times and another hole e.nd put it in there. 1·
11
~iey didn 1 t move. And what a rain coat
Three days l a ter vce sailed for France.
,:, ey gt..ve met It s tr!'. ine.d the rain. I
Going dm"n the pier I hE.d more bP.d luck -_.c,s sed an officer all dressed up ,·d th a
I had a sergeant vho :::,tuttered and it took
: 1mny b elt nnd all that stuff.
He said:
him so long to say, 11 Ho.lt' tha t 27 of us
•Jhdn 1 t you notice my uniform when you
marched over-bonrd. They pulled me out. and
,;;assed? ' I said, nyl:s, what are you
lined us up c::n d the captELin came by and
kicking about -- looK what they gave met'
Se id, "Ft ll in". I 5a id, "I've ulrendy
1' Oh t t it was nice -- five below zero
been in, i:,ir. 11
one morning they c c:lled us out for e.n under{Plet.se· turn t.(' pq~e ten)
wear inspection. You talk a bout

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In C':lfle yo11 r:iissed it t'IJ.e UC me~uf'a~-tnrad. F0: Ci.'.C, ;:--.lar.~s in 1942- -£:xpect::; -to
d0u.bJ.e tha-':. ir.. 1'14:5, A l:)t 0f planes.

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full of m,terial on tbe .H<1Ji_cR~ tp_:r:_.
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A great deal is said today ebout tl1.e
• t.
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Most of us know gener·',
"'" • • .--Sta ,J.c K.ectr1.c1. tv •
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c.,;..~ i· +,...,_~._,.:;:i
·0u t · b.e-:et\a.
c-:rei f ew f ac t s f or your memor:..es.
·
The first successful Helicopter was
Every night my roommate Pfaff shuffles
::leveloped by Profes:.o:or Focke in Germany in across the ro,.;w, tot:.ches the r-u.nJ.r: and ex1957.
~lei.ms p::-:-o:!:'uselv at the resalting Si_:ar.:1.':.
The Helicopter flying chara.cteristicr Wh "!.clt bri:,f:e to rriind, that E--...1:r-r.ru;i:ng R.:.: it
enable it to rise and descend verticai.Iy v:iif:Y reem, the hJ.ma.n oor.y can gener-~-;_,e a
out running space ••• to fly forward or in re:i:·ored cha::ge of static elec:rid ty as
,-.orsP- c]j_rection, to shy to either side or n::;__gn as J.u,ono volts by wo.lk:::..n,; s~.cccs n
bounce e ~:iou t on the air, or spin like a topwoolen r:1-g on a dry, cold day~ Ey ac tri.al
on its vertical e.xis, or to hover motionless expar1,nent, a charge of this type _t,aa
over a definite spot. There are no stallh'1g bee~ released_
such i!lten~i
~1,~at
characteristics since in case of motor fail- a Clf;arette lJ.gJ.1uer has been igc,..... t,,u.
ure the craft m;rely windmills to the grOl:nd. Just imngine, som~ of you sup~r--chc~rged
The Helicopter fuselage is without winzs.gen~l8mcn, wh1c,t might happen if you
The front has the square-faced appearance ol shu1:Cled across a hELngar floor and .
n taxicab. Aft it lifts sharply to provide
touched t:ie nee~ of ~- t~:k ~ull of high
cle2.rance for the rear rotor. Two rotors (or oct,,ne ge.s---which, _1nci:1ent.? 1 ~Y,.. Pf.§.
props)are installed; one approximately 56 feet, occurred around airports witn aisasoperat:Lng in the horizontal plane on top
terous results.
of the f0.selage; one of 7½ feet in a vertical
plane at one side of the tail. The full lift
of the Helicopter is obtained from the horizon- Wtlg~t Bros. first motor.
ta.l rotor. Power is furnished by a seven cylinder /
'l'he Wright Bros. first motor
Warrier radial engine by gear and shaft transmiflSion- was a small water-cooled job of
to the two rotors.
about 12 hp. and weighed 144 lbs., a
Gross weight is 2400 pounds.
weight-horse power ratio of 12 to 1.
Uses·are numerous, including aerial
ambulances, photography work, patrol work,
2tc. The fact that it con operu.te from any
3hip deck large enough to accomodate its
The common Metal Radio Tube
';:;ulk makes it a real factor in this wnr.
The Helicopter, incidentally, can stop
Sometimes we take the little things
in 50 feet fro;n 80 miles per hour. That's for gre.n-ted. Typical is the metal radio
better than you can do in your automobile. tube which has the following structural
====-===================parts: metal envelope-spacer shield--( Continued from pi:.1.ge one.)
insulating spacer---mount support---conMembers will receive diplomas in
trol grid--· coated cathode---screen---heatcr
the school auditorium in the presence of er supprossor---plate---bat~lum getter-the execu.tive staff including Lt. J. J.
coniCQl stem shield---header---glass sealBoyd, executive officer, Lt. Wilhite, Lt. header insert---glasr,-button stem seal-Lelanne, and Ensign Roth, also of the
;~w.,.l:i.,·:-:ddcr"l base shieJ.d---header skirt-executive office.
lead wire-crimped lock-octf\.l b,)se--. The grr:,.duation exercise will comexhaust tube--.-bnse pin---8}:ha,ust tip--mence at 0950, Tuesday 25 May. After
aligning key---solder---raligni.ng plug.
graduation the men leave for advanced
Now if we knew wh.:-~t each of the foregoing
training in New Orleans.
was, -v:e'd have somethingt
Na~es familiar about the school
and airport include Lt. {jg) Gene D.
Strickler, formerly executive officer
and pre~ent company commander; Lt. (jg)
The Chinese
Samuel P. Conrad, Wing Leader 11B11 ; Lt.
~jg) W. Jack Roney, Wing Leader "An;
Maintaining their usunl manner of
Ensign Edwc.rd Sellers, Platoon Leader;
doing things thoroughly, th0 Chinese Army
'.,t. (jg) Daniel K. Watson; Lt. (jg) Robert rate their soldiers cc,mparatively in rank
· ·" Wagaman; Ensign Joseph Durnin; Ensign
to ours as: Our private iR their 211.d Cla;.;s
'·i.l.liam D. Barwick; Ensign Jol:n. J. Gallt1.gher Soldier-Our private 1st Class is their
_;,,0ign Roland F. Anderson; E~sign James R. 1st Claflf-. Soldier--our Cnrnnr,:il hA~ the
?:·n er; Ensign Robert W. Shre ve; El1sign
comparative Chin':' se rank of "Superior
.'.cbert H. Holben; Ensign Luther E. Gla sgow;Soldier. 11 The Chinese word "Gugn Ho" is
?: rnign Samuel H. Hirshberg; En.sign Charles t:1eir version of our 11 V11 for Victory. It
Weyhenmeyer; end Ensign j·ames McCormick. means 11 Work Together. 11
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~ith 175,000 end some odd prisc~0r~ j th.e rr.ort.gar;e? Not- r tr.ine, :rou on:-Sry
down in North Africe, Uncle fern hc1s .:.Y'.- j cusr3~ I 9··,; 2n hP·~-e to do Lhe wo ..--ry:yig
herited at least e share of the bu,den of P.b~ut the rr,or<:,gr;-,ge on yC'ur tot'g~.. uup.:Te+,e·
salaries which must be paid to t;·ttis& 'T,sn. fol hs.1~.F. ,
''; 1~c:1+, the only time I flm ye,:1:r
They'll receive payments renging frcrn 10,t
bett.c r j s on election day, f0r I cen
a day for enlisted men to ~-48.00 !'1(,nth]y
vote cr,r' ynu cen't. /Ind ,p ft13r ~le-::tion
for officers from the ra~k of najor f',o
field marshal 1. This excluai ve of food
I re(d1.ze ·!-.hr- t I wr-;s f .11 l:y vrJ bi.g a
and shelter. IncidFmtrlly, cs1Ytu:cAd off- jecb:-ss_ es y00:. prpc, V;:..; rily, I em
icers do not have to work un2 es:, they ·
pro11e to v;ondr-;r if pc1..i tLcs vr~re made
deslre to do so. The U.S. top0s that
.fore jrckfs,3, or to mcke jc1cLas:3es out
prlsoners of war ere getting th~ same
of men.
treatment.
"And t.het l!in' t ell, Bill. Vll'len
you die 1 thet is supposed to be the end
of yon. But m::i? 'l'r.e p't"etc1.Jer tel:.1.~me
.fillo s n
~bet w~en I die I mty go to h~ll fo~want the whole story,
cve::-.
· '!'ell me, Willivm, co~1side1'ing
While authorities seem to confirm the these things, how crn you look so opinion that Orville end Wilbar W:-ight of rnd sole;mn'?"
Dayton, Ohio, solved the problem of avia- -· -- - · --~~-,~-· - -·- - - - tion, the facts show that the idea of
(Er?m ~~~et~)
cerial locomotion goes back to the myths of
--Daedalus E seniori tl' but then srdly set secluded
attempts of men to soar vbove the earth.
int cell when subdued by some senguiA wooden pigeon which sustained itself in ne.ry soul srdly short in sonorous
the flir· for e few minutes is recorded as
simction.
hr.ving been invented by Arcnytns of
BusBllo rnd Porto g~gged--Pnd
Trrentum, 400 yeers B.C. Simon fAagus WE!S gcggf~d the rudiencci. Keep your eyee on
killed in Rome cluring the reigri of Nero by these two.
t ttempting to fly from one house to enother.
High spot of the show wes Fnsign
Frier Roger B£con (1214-1294) con(Bert Lnhr) Holben, the ·mrn who pbys
structed E· mt chine using two hollow copper· scx0phone, doubles in brc ss, mellows bhe
globes with the eir exhaust.ad, which could r·ud5.fm".!e V''ith r chrrrcteristic mcnori se into the eir supporting a man. (This logue(wi th prntomi:ne), 11 :md wei•rs fl size
sounds like it might be the first ReEJl
57 sui t, 11 •
McCoy). In the 15th Century Enerus, El
But of rll the Ects perh~ps the
Monk, flew more thon r furlong from the
most rictous wrs the buxom chorus of
ton of 8 tower in Spriin. Giovennc BE tiste Blo0msburg NFIT beruties, song ~r-d
Br·nte, s methemoticien of Perugie, Eit
chmce girls 11 whoso terpsichorean !!rt
the close of the 15th century c,ttiched
is not to be touched---------.
crtific~l wings to his body end made
Th~,t W[ s the show. Pnd e. good
several flights ebove L6ke Throsimene,
one it wns. With a little drncing to
but discf::.rded the ider· E1fter an eccident. top it off the fourth Iieppy Hour left
In the 17th century Besnier, e locksmith
r• M.gh record to be the gool of future
of Sable, Fronce, mEide flights from
efforts.
elevcted positions, which envbled him to
s01::r over houses r·nd rivers of consider(From pc:ge eight)
oble breadth.
I 1u s
.the b1br t 12 c~;,.ys·-se·rsick
•fo~ 12' c~rys_.. Nothings· ·,oin/2' down-every-·
thing comJ1(( upTr lk r. bout dumb people.
Group 45-I oVjects to LeineweWr:
I srid to one of the fellows, "I guess
They deme.nd c retrE,ction of certain
we dropped Enchor." He replied, "l lmew~
unpleE:sont aspersions Cf'St on the composit they'd lose it. It 1 s been henging ovf:r
45-I character by this illustrous coluimiist. the side ever since we left New Yorkt 11
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"convertible c,,rs---fc.csimile Ensign ·
Well, we lr·nded in Frcnce--we we:~e
uniforms---drooling cigerettes---Fifth
immediE>tely sent to the trenches. After
Di::itrict SE>ilors. 11 Indeed !
three nights in the trenches the CE?n1.10ns
We will h1:•ve the revders of S&L know sterted to ror-r rnd the shells skrted
theta 45-I Eirrived on e rt,iny Sundry
to poss. I wes shE•king with pat.rioti.flm.
r :fternoon, not e "cloudless l'ZUre blue
I tried to hide behind e 'ttree er.d t.~e:re
i:ifternoon," es steted by Leineweber. 45-I weren I t even e.nough trees for tta of'f:i.ce::-z
[;:-oup hE·S one convertible (c ustc wes) in Th8 C~ptr.in ccme around rnd soi d, "Fi ·re
tt 's possession rnd thet owner doesn't
o'clock we go over the top. 11 I s ,- id
·:imoke, let clone "drool11 cigE·rettes, E.5
"Crptriin, I'd like to hPve t:• tr.i;l.k with
st.!•ted by Leineweber. 45I regrets the
you." HP- seid, "Well, Whrt is it. 11 I
obvious confusion creoted between upper
Sllid, 11 CPptoin, I I d like t.o hr,ve r· furC!lv s smen f:lnd 45! when Leineweber writes
lough. 11 Be seid, 11 Hr,ven I t you r ny rod
vbout 11 re1;son[:bly faecimile Ensign's
blood in you?" I S(lid, "Yes, but I
unif arms. 11
don I t went to see it. 11 Five OI cloc'!<: we
went ov0r the top. Jin 1 t Wer HP.1.L?? '? ??

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