NEWS F H O M E (

It Can HapTo you people in the service—Lawrence

has asked me to wr i te the "Ed i to r ia l " thismonth. I told him I couldn't possibly do i tbut as usual he had his way. I ' m very gladof t h e oppor tun i t y, however, t o w r i t eabout someth ing I f e e l v e r y s t r o n g l yabout.

As you al l know, some of you are goingto be discharged f r o m t h e services f o rvarious reasons, such as wounds, nervousconditions, i l lness o r a n y o the r o f t h emany unfor tunate th ings t ha t may hap-pen to anyone of you.

Please don ' t come back w i t h the ideaat you are going to have to submit to

and cha r i t y and t h a t people are go-g to do things f o r you j us t out o f p i ty.

Itemember tha t i t w i l l be an honor and aprivilege f o r anyone back home here t odo any th ing w i t h i n t h e i r power t o helpyou get back to your normal way of l iv ingand that that i t is very l i t t le payment ( i fyou w a n t t o ca l l i t t h a t ) f o r w h a t yougave up to go into the service. D o n ' t for-get they wi l l be t ry ing to pay you back tobalance up the ledger.

Don't be sensitive about your handicaps.Oh, yes, I can hear you al l saying "Wha tdoes she k n o w about i t ? " I ' l l t e l l youwhat I know about i t — I was in the hos-pi tal s ix teen t imes i n f i ve yea rs , w i t hdarned l i t t le money to do much w i t h andI w a n t to say r i gh t now tha t i f i t wasn'tfor the help o f f r iends and m y f am i l y Iwould have "gone under" . I f you needhelp ask f o r i t , and f o r the love o f Petedon't t h ink o f i t as char i ty.

There wi l l be some people who wi l l hur tyour feelings, and a good many black daysahead tha t w i l l be almost more than youcan bear, bu t then a l l you have to do isth ink o f the guy t ha t i s much worse offthan you are. I am br ing ing th is up be-

7 - - - c a u s e the other day, go ing to Worcester, the bus, I heard an ex-service boy sayhey can keep their damned charity, etc.,

' c . ( unp r in tab le ) . " H e was ve ry b i t te rand maybe had reason to feel so, probablybecause some well-meaning person or or-

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en to You!ganization had in some way hurt his pride.Forget your pride. Anyway all you North-bridge people be bigger than t h a t and i fyou need any pointers on how i t ' s doneask a boy who has what i t takes and tha tis Lawrence Keeler, your Editor- in-Chief.I f you need help ask f o r i t w i thou t anyqualms o r t h e fee l ing t h a t you a r e a nobject o f char i ty. T h a t is the B U N K .

W. M. W. Office Chatter

(By Ti l l i e Marker )

A grievous e r ro r appeared in th is col-umn l a s t month wh ich has haunted meever since. I reported t h a t Phy l l i s Ash-worth was marr ied to Ad r i an San Souci.My apologies to both of them. T h i s is theway the story goes—Phyllis is marr ied toArmand San Soucy and Adr ian is engagedto a Miss Wood f rom Farnumsvil le.

There were three new diamonds in andaround the office this month. M a r y Ander-son o f the Cost Department and Wi l l i amLongmuir o f t h e N a v y a r e one couple,and then there was a r i n g on the f ingerof Mar jo r i e Kershaw presented by JohnBloom of the Navy. D o t Hobart o f High-land Street received a diamond f rom Em-mett M a r t i n o f t he Navy. W h a t is t hematter wi th the Army?

Hatt ie Hami l ton o f the Pay ro l l Dept.has l e f t t o j o i n t h e W AV E S and i s a tHunter Colege in New York .

Ruth Gendron of the Payrol l Dept is tobe mar r ied F e b r u a r y 19 t o Roger M c -Gloin of the A r m y A i r Corps Fe r ry Com-mand.

Town elections w i l l b e t a k i n g p lacevery soon and we now have to mark an-other spot on t h e bal lot . I have heardthat they are going to give Eugene Ken-nedy the j ob o f t ak ing care o f ind igentcats, squirrels, b i rds, etc., t h a t have nohome o f the i r own. H e is get t ing pre t tygood a t rescuing s t ray animals and thetown feels he should be rewarded f o r hislabors. A n d so he should—so he should.

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I t i s w i t h r eg re t t h a t w e repo r t t h epassing away o f M r. F r a n k B . Hopkins.Mr. Hopkins started work at the W. M. W.August, 1895. H e was assistant foremanof the Tool Job.

February 1944

Scoops

(By Scoop Kennedy)

The C i v i l W a r s a w brothers f i gh t i ngagainst b ro the rs a n d f a t h e r s a g a i n s tfathers, b u t t ha t "weren ' t noth ing." N osir, n o t w h e n y o u cons ider t h a t E a r lHammond of the Flange job, an "Old Sal t"of the f irst war, has a daughter an Ensignin the Navy Nurses. Now, having a daugh-ter in the Navy isn ' t bad, as a mat ter o ffact i t i s p re t t y swell. B u t , f o r E a r l t ohave a son in the A rmy t h a t ' s too much.

I t seems that al l of Ear l 's stories of theadventures of a Mine Sweeper fel l on deafears, because the young so and so upedand joined the A rmy as an Aviat ion Cadet.Ear l pretends that he is not very pleasedwith th is new A r m y - N a v y game, bu t hisfriends te l l me tha t his chest has swelledup quite a b i t out o f pr ide f o r these twoswell kids.

I d i dn ' t see i t , b u t twelve people w i l lswear to i t so i t must be t rue. I t seemsthat o n e J o h n Mahoney o f t h e S t o c kRoom was ge t t ing in to h i s c a r one coldevening to d r ive home a f t e r a ha rd dayof sl inging castings. A s f r iend John wasalmost i n h i s seat he heard a f a m i l i a rclink. " I t must be money," mused John,who can smel l t he s tuff , and he ca lmlywent down on his knees and started smell-ing. A f t e r b u r n i n g t h r e e packages o fmatches and sniffing up his peck of d i r t herose wi th screams of delight t r iumphant lydisplaying something t h a t looked l i ke adime. We l l , to make a long s tory longer,three o f John 's passengers came downwi th t he gr ippe and t h e " d i m e " tu rnedout to be one of the new steel pennies.

Miscellaneous : T h e y t e l l me t h a t thecoal dealers in Worcester are now askingtheir customers i f they wi l l have one lumpor two.

Butter is also plent i ful . T h e song "GodBless America" is fast taking second placeto the Swiss anthem, "00hooleoh000 Mar-garine."

Frank Sinatra is also g iv ing Andy De-vine o f the movies a l o t o f w o r r y abouthis singing. F r a n k l y I can't see any d i f -ference. I ' m not jealous.

Well, a s Confuc ius wou ld have said,"So long."

The picture in this issue. T h e girls, le f tto r i g h t : P a u l i n e W i t e k , M a r y M c -Donald, C l a r e McDonald, , C la i re Tebo ,Bertha Rodnik, Constance San Soucy.

A smal l group o f the many Red Crossworkers.

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E d i t o r - i n - C h i e fL A W R E N C E M K E E L E R

A s s o c i a t e E d i t o r sA U S T I N L Y N C H H A N S T H E I L E R

P V T . T H O M A S M A R S H A L LJ A M E S D U G G A N J O S E P H M A C H O T A

E N S I G N H E N R Y B A I L E Y

S p o r t s E d i t o r sR. M . M A R K E R H A R O L D C A S E

F i s h E d i t o rS A L L Y J O N E S

B u s i n e s s M a n a g e rT H O M A S H . D R I S C O L L

H u m o r E d i t o r sE U G E N E K E N N E D Y J A M E S J O N E S

W h i s p e r s E d i t o r" G U S S I E " W I N C H E L L L O R E N Z

S o c i e t y E d i t o r sM R S . D O U G L A S C A R R

M R S . T H O M A S M A R S H A L LM R S . P A T R I C K M c G O V E R N

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Shop T a l k E d i t o r sL E O N B A R N E S R A Y B A R L O W

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R o c k d a l e G E R A L D G A U D E T T ER i v e r d a l e D R . E A R L E B A R C L A YL i n w o o d J . H A R O L D B A S Z N E RP l u m m e r s P R A N K K O N V E N T

Acknowledging Lettersfrom the Boys

(By Lawrence Keeler)

Pvt. " M i k e " Sereby (Woonsocket) i shaving a s w e l l t i m e s tudy ing " M a t h "problems a t F o r t Riley, Kansas. B o y, I ' dhate to be i n h is shoes as " M a t h " i s nocinch. A t least i t isn' t for me. M i k e says" I sure do l ike to see the pictures o f theWhit insvi l le 'Beauties'. G i r l s do help tokeep up our morale."

John Sabourin GM 3 /c is on the U.S.S.Massachusetts. " I made t h e ship 's a l l -star team. W e played the A r m y and webeat them—a double-header. Bob Fellowsplayed for us and please tell Richard Gag-non t h a t Bob i s one o f the best guys onthe team."

"We got a touch o f the w a r here. W ewere bombed and I can't describe the feel-ing one has d u r i n g a n a i r r a i d " wr i tesA r t h u r Mooradiam, Marine, somewhere inthe Pacific Ocean. " A l l I can say is tha ti t wasn't any picnic. I ' v e been away fromWhit insvi l le f o r e ight years now. T h a t ' sa long t ime to be away f rom home andlike to hear what 's going on back there."

Here's ano ther Mooradian—Leo, w h ois a t O'Fal lon, I l l . , w i t h t he A i r Force.Leo says, " I want to say my br ief experi-ence and knowledge gained i n mechanicsat the W. M. W. has certainly been usefulto me in the Navy. M y thoughts often goback to Bob Wilson ( r ise up, Wilson) andthe boys whom I worked wi th on the spin-ning floor. H e r e we are having the funda-

mentals o f oxygen gas generat ing equip-ment used f o r h igh a l t i tude f ly ing, sub-marines, deep-sea d iv ing and hospitals."

Pfc. " To n y " Pli touke, No r th A f r i c a orI taly, wri tes " I received your anniversaryissue of the N. F. H. and may I say i t wasvery welcome. I h o p e i t f o l l o w s m ewherever I go."

John Frabot ta, S 1/c, says " I am nowon an island in the Pacific where i t is veryhot, bu t I don' t mind i t ; i n fac t I 'm veryhappy here and st i l l enjoy the Navy. "

Cpl. Duncan Ritchie, Bombardier, is a tTampa, F l a . " W e l l , I ' v e done i t again.Just as you were get t ing used to sendingmy N. F. H. to Moses Lake I moved again.Some l i f e t h e A r m y leads, Ca l i fo rn ia ,Utah and Washington i n the summer—Flor ida i n the w in ter "—Yeah, some l i fe.

A /C C h a r l e s A d a m s , J r . , U .S .N .R . ,Pensacola, F la. , wr i tes "Thus f a r I havebeen very lucky in both f lying and groundschools. B o t h are ve ry impor tant i n theeyes o f t he officers b u t as f a r as mos tcadets a re concerned more e f fo r t i s p u tinto flying. H e r e at Pensacola we fly SVNtrainees t o beg in w i t h a n d t h e n havefaster N a v y p lanes w h e n we ' re ready.Our working day is a mighty long one, be-ginning at 5:30 A. M. and ending at 6 :30P. M., w i th extra ground work to keep usbusy i n the evening."

Pvt. E a r l Mart inson, M.P. , i s a t F o r tCuster, Ba t t l e Creek, Mich. " O u r basicw i l l soon be over, a f t e r t h a t w h a t hap-pens remains to be seen."

Lt . J i m m i e Gamble , I t a l y , s a y s " Inoticed in your last issue that a lot of thefellows a re j o in ing the Seabees. I t wasreally t ough go ing f o r awh i l e a n d t h e'Bees' were r i g h t i n t he th i ck o f th ingsand apparently not minding i t very much.My platoon has been given a holding mis-sion and so we have bu i l t dugouts—verydry, comfortable and warm. T h e n ightsare very long and am wr i t ing this by flash-l ight . "

Pfc. R a y Pe loqu in , N o r t h A f r i c a ,thought the pictures o f the "Whi t insv i l leGals" were n i f t y.

Gentlemen and ladies of the press standup please. C p l . Haro ld Cornel l wr i tes " Ibelieve f o r a smal l t own the newspaperwork on the paper is very good and a lo tof the fel lows i n m y company tha t haveseen t h e paper have every respect f o ryour work . " S i t down ladies and gentle-men of the press.

Lt . T o m ( F i t z y ) F i t z g e r a l d w r i t e s ," M y promotion to f i r s t L t . came on Dec.1st. W e are kept quite busy seven days aweek and you can see the results o f theeighth A i r Force i n the papers. W e aregiving 'Jerry ' h—. I t is a great outfit.can't te l l you any o f the happenings bu tI ' l l have some good fireside stories whenI get back."

Cpl. John Dar l ing—Stat ion Hospital, ison the desert of Arizona. " A l l there is outhere is sand and mountains bu t we havemanaged to make our home here (a t UncleSam's request). M y job is mechanic f o rthe out f i t . I t i s a n in terest ing one andon these roads and rough country I j u s tabout get a l l the trucks going good whenone breaks down. I wish they would givethis country back to the Indians and giveme good old Mass. Snow, ice and al l . "

Pvt. "Pete' Devaney is in England and

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says "England is a nice place and I havebeen to London and i t reminds me of NewYork. I have not bumped into any of ourboys over here yet but I guess I wi l l sooneror l a te r. "

Pvt. H e n r y Dav is also i s i n Eng landand hasn ' t m e t a n y o f t h e o thers y e teither. I t is too bad you fellows don't gettogether.

Pvt. L e o Bedard, Uxbr idge, i s some-where i n I t a l y. " T h e r e are a l o t o f theenemies shells fa l l ing around us but thereare also shel ls f a l l i n g o n them. E v e r yshell we fire br ings us closer to home andthat is what we want."

Capt. Em i l e Rosol i s i n the MerchantMarines and was in the Southwest Pacificwhen he wrote this note : " I t ' s been so longsince I 've been in the Home Town that i fi t wasn ' t f o r N . F. H . I wou ldn ' t knowwhat was going on."

Lt. M a r g a r e t Burke , Eng land wr i tes ,"We have a f ine hospi ta l and know tha twe a r e g i v i n g o u r soldiers t h e best o fcare which they al l deserve. Everyone inan Amer ican u n i f o r m i s cal led a Ya n k .I w i l l end w i th a Cheerio f rom England."

"D ick " Wi l l iams P h M 3/C, M i l fo rd , i sin a N a v a l Hospi ta l . H e wr i tes t h a t i nthat p a r t i c u l a r s ta t i on t h e r e a r e boysf rom the South, West and Mid-west.

Lt. Russ Wh i t i ng is an av ia tor and isstationed o u t i n Nebraska. " W h e n youwri te to Tom Marshal l please tell him thatI thought his art ic le was a l i t t le b i t of a l lr ight . "

Pvt. Roland Heroux, Uxbr idge, i s sta-tioned in Newport , R. I . Ro land says, " Ididn't see any o f Christmas as I was onescort du t y and so I sa t down and read"Funny " books. A Marine's t ime belongsto the Mar ine Corps."

Pfc. John Walker, Camp Campbell, Ky.,writes, " I haven ' t m a n y t h r i l l s t o t e l labout, bu t I am t r y i n g to do m y b i t . "

John Avak ian M M 2/C is i n the Navy." I bumped i n t o P fc . A rch ie Gigoor j iandown here. H e is an M. P. W e sure d idtalk o l d t imes over. I t ' s a g r e a t l i t t l etown and i t 's doing i ts pa r t 100 per centtowards the wa r effort ."

Well, wel l , committee stand up again.Ha r r y An to r i an , R M 2 /C, U.S.S. K a l k ,says, " A l l this coming out of a l i t t le townreally surprises me. I d idn ' t t h i nk theyhad i t in them. Seeing the fami l ia r facesin the paper rea l ly makes you stop andth ink of the good times that were had byall. I th ink that the "News Picked Up atAusties" is the most interesting and gos-siping column. T h a t ' s w h a t we w a n t sokeep i t coming."

Pfc. C l i f f o rd E i s n e r ( M e n d o n ) i s a tFor t Crook, Neb. " W e belong to the BlueA rmy a n d h a d t o w e a r a b lue r i bbonaround our le f t shoulder. C a n you imag-ine a bunch of men as tough as nails wear-ing ribbons? I am going to an Ord. Au to -motive School o u t here. W e had a nicesnow storm out here and i t made me th inkof home."

Cpl. Alec Yones (M i l l v i l l e ) , is in I ta ly." I haven't met any boys f rom Whi t ins yetbut hope to soon."

"Ken" ( A d m i r a l ) Stanley, S 2/C, is a tNewport, R. I. " I finished my boot t ra ininghere on Jan. l l t h . Re tu rn ing to Newport,I was assigned to Torpedo school, a sixteen

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Acknowledging Letters—cont'd

weeks course. W e t a k e t h e torpedoesapart and put them together again to seewhat makes them t ick . "

John Halacy, M 2/C, is at the escort re-pair Base on the A t l an t i c side. " I am asheet metal worker. I t ' s a pret ty hot placedown here i n fac t I have been able to goswimming i n December a n d J a n u a r ywithout going up to a Gym."

John Weatherburn, ACOM, New Cale-donia, writes, " I l e f t my l i t t le town eightyears ago. A s you know I have been Chieffor eight months. To be a Chief is a greatstep f o r becoming an officer i n the higherranks."

Cpl. George Vincent, USMC, is i n theSouth Pacific. " I read where T /Sg t . J imMateer was home on fur lough. G l a d toknow that he arr ived home safely and I 'mhoping to meet him again but under bettercircumstances than the f i r s t t ime. B a c kin the States are the best conditions that Ican th ink of . "

"Pete" B i l l ie l , M M 2/C, wr i tes, " I amattached to a squadron of P. T. boats. W eare based o n a n is land o u t here i n thePacific. T h e is land is l i ke those you seein the movies. T h e only th ing missing isDorothy Lamour. I n fact we haven't seenany o f the opposite sex f o r s ix months."

" A l " Ledoux, S 1/C ( A M M ) , is in New• Orleans, La . " I t i s a p r e t t y nice place.A salt water beach near by and an amuse-ment park across the street. T h e food isvery good. T h e only th ing wrong is tha tthe Base is overrun w i t h WAV E S . I t isgett ing so tha t a man can't even jo in theNavy wi thout the women fol lowing them.I go over planes. T h i r t y and s ix ty hourchecks t o see i f t hey a re f l i gh t w o r t h y,change the spark-plugs and o i l and ge tthem a l l set f o r the next take-off. W h i l eI was at Memphis, Tenn., I ran into DaveMiedema, B i l l y Moran and Paul Dexter."

"Bozo" Garabedian, S 1 /C , wr i tes, " Iam i n t h e A r m e d Gua rd o f t h e N a v y.There a re t imes when I don ' t g e t ma i lf rom town f o r months and when I do Itear open N. F. H. f i rst th ing."

"Bob" E m e r y, A M M 3 / C , B o m b i n gSqdri. says, " I n fac t I have seen qui te abi t of the world. I saw 'Mike' ZWien waydown in Brazi l and a couple of boys f romRockdale i n Tr inadad. I was looking fo rLenny Feddema i n A f r i c a b u t he mus thave moved before I got there. I spent alot o f t ime in London ; i t is rea l ly quite acity. C a n ' t beat N e w Yo r k though andI 'd g i ve any th ing t o be i n Whi t insv i l leagain. I never realized how much I l ikedthat town."

Sgt. "Joe" Kmiotek is in England. Says"Joe," " E n g l a n d i s n ' t s o bad. I cou ldth ink of worse places to be. I had a l i t t letrouble w i t h the i r money system a t f i r s tand the i r ways o f doing things, bu t l ikeeverything else i n the A r m y we get usedto them."

" I was glad to hear tha t the W. M. W.put on an exhibition of the war materials"writes " N a p " Ledoux, P h M 2 /C , Ph i la -delphia. " T h e y are doing a great job anddon't t h i nk the boys i n the service don' tappreciate i t . "

Cpl. " E d d i e " B a l d w i n , Bombard ie r,writes, " I am now in sunny I ta ly but r ightnow i t isn ' t so much that way. O u r camp

is set up i n an ol ive grove. T h e planesfly quite regular ly and so I am kept verybusy. I a m a n eng ine mechanic a n dI a lways h a v e m y head i n a n eng inelooking for something wrong. T h e plane Ia work ing on is a beauty. I t never givesus any trouble. T h e plane I worked on be-fore had had 67 missions and went downon the famous Ploesti ra id. 'K i l l e r ' Kanewas our commanding officer then. H e isback i n the States now and get t ing a lo tof pub l i c i t y. "

Sgt. " J i m m i e " B u r k e i s i n Panama."By the way, I hear you folks are havingsome real cold weather. H o w about an ex-change. W e would be g lad to give you al i t t le o f t h i s w a r m wea th t r. Y o u knowthe tropics as I have seen them are noth-ing l ike the movies, especially in the l ineof women. I haven't seen Panama Hat t ieor anyone t h a t good."

Joe Val ls is in the Pacific area. " I havebeen on th is ship one year and boy, th isl i fe is wo r th f ight ing f o r . T h e r e is on lyone other sailor on the ship who is in theregular N a v y besides mysel f and gosh Ith ink I w i l l j o i n up again. G i v e a l l thegir ls my regards."

"Lew" Lyman, M M 3/C, Camp Peary,Va., writes, " I t is a lot better here as weget a twe lve h o u r l i b e r t y eve ry f o u r t hnight and so w i l l probably see a l i t t l e o fthe surrounding country. I expect to startgoing to school. M y assignment is a fo r t ymm an t i - a i r c ra f t gun . I t sounds f a i r l yinteresting. I t i s r a i n i ng down here to-day and boy, when i t ra ins here i t suredoes come down."

Riverdale News

(By Ear le Barclay)

The number o f v is i tors which we havebeen fortunate enough to have in the pastmonth has been rather small, but the qual-i t y as usual was r igh t on top.

Johnnie B la i r got home fo r a couple ofdays, and old H igh-F ly ing Submarine re-ported in , b u t the w r i t e r was qui te dis-appointed not to have seen him.

Esther Stanley went back to housekeep-ing f o r a f ew days as Kennie spent h isfur lough in Riverdale.

S/Sgt. A r t h u r Gauthier is recuperatingin sunny I t a l y, and gives thanks t o theRed Cross f o r a l l t h a t organizat ion i sdoing.

Pvt. George Poulin has learned to wr i teperfectly on the typewr i te r, and we ap-preciated a n d en joyed h i s l e t t e r v e r ymuch. G e o r g e m a y s t i l l b e seeing t h esights of Nor th Af r ica .

Pvt. Boulonger writes of the hospital i tyof the Bri t ishers, and we hope tha t Clar-ence Hayward enjoys to the fu l les t t ha tfur lough which has been for thcoming solong, and t h a t Londontown w i l l be goodto him.

Lawrence A s h t o n spen t a couple o fweeks o f a s ick leave w i t h us, and wasquite anxious t o r e t u r n t o ac t ive d u t y,although he had seen more than a greatnumber of us would ever l ike to see.

"Shavings" from thePattern Shop

(By Pa t r i ck A . McGovern)

In one o f my recent articles I to ld youabout P v t . A i m e Brochu w h o declaredafter part ic ipat ing in the battle of Salernothat i t had taken "gu ts " to w in i t . We l l ,last w e e k A i m e ' s b r o t h e r b r o u g h t t h eproof o f t h a t s ta tment i n t o show us—The P u r p l e H e a r t f o r M i l i t a r y M e r i tWhich A l i ne was awarded a f te r Salerno.By st range coincidence Stanley Thomaswho was ki l led in action a t Pearl Harborand l ikewise received t h e Pu rp le H e a r tworked in the same department with Aime—on George Dyer's job. Sgt . Donald Kingof Sutton, also a member o f tha t job re-ceived a c i ta t ion f o r b ravery i n act ion.That's qui te a record f o r the Gear Job'sservice board. M r . D y e r w a s ce r ta in l yproud of them as he told me about them.Aren ' t we A L L proud of them! I t ' s quitesafe to predict I 'm sure that there w i l l bemany such records.

A few of the service men f rom the Pat-tern Shop have been c la iming t h a t m ycolumn lacks news o f o u r department.Well, y o u see boys, t h e o l d g a n g h a sdwindled down t o j u s t about a skeletoncrew. T h e r e ' s n o t a g r e a t dea l t o t e l labout the o ld " fog ies" who a re le f t—soI've been chas ing a r o u n d anywhere Icould t o d i g u p column mater ia l . H o w -ever, since last issue the boys have gone"Social". A r c h i e Fournier entertained uswi th a K e l l y Pool Pa r t y. H e has a newtable down ce l lar. S a i l o r B i l l W h i t n e ythen took over and on t ha t evening Cpl.Bob Gonyor honored us w i th his presence.He had much t o show us i n the correctway t o p l ay "show down" as they do i tin t h e deep South. N e x t d a y h e w e n thunt ing w i t h Herman Buma and Ra lphHoughton. T h e y c la im the Cpl. i s betterat "show down" than he is a t a target—at least when the target is a rabbit. "L ige"Gilmore's p a r t y was n e x t and i t was areal house warming. H e has bu i l t a newhome u p i n t h e Quobbin section so w eopened i t up in fine style. A l Sutcl i ffe in-troduced us to a new game of cards whichhe claims or ig inated i n I re land. I can ' tvouch fo r the or ig in o f the game but I doknow that A l went home wi th his pocketsfu l l o f money. T h e s e par t ies a r e p r e -l iminaries you see in preparat ion f o r the"bang u p " t ime we' l l a l l have when youreturn. W e don ' t w a n t t o g e t r u s t y sothese are practice sessions.

Ed Larsen, who has been w i t h us f o rnine years, w a s forced t o leave us t h i sweek on account of an eye ailment. W e ' l lcertainly a l l miss h im—both as a work-man and a pal. I ' m sure you a l l j o in usin wishing him the best o f everything.

Sgt. E. A . Duhamel, a 190 pound para-trooper, visited us recently. H e has madefour jumps thus f a r. W i t h the next onehe gets h is wings. I ' d hate to meet h imafter he lands—he's a mass of muscle andbrawn.

We a lso h a d Sg t . J a c k B a r r i t t - 2 4 0pounder A i r Corps Mar ine. H e was onfur lough f rom a Cal i fornia hospital. He 's

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certainly t h e per fec t example o f Unc leSam's physical fitness program. H e wasone o f Char l ie Stewar t 's me ta l pa t te rnmakers.

Cpl. J a c k F i t z g e r a l d — handsome a sever w i t h those smi l ing I r i sh eyes—justas much a " k i d " as when he carr ied uspatterns — admitted a f t e r b e i n g ques-tioned that he was anxious to get back toKentucky - - a y o u n g l a d y t h e cause !Lucky gir l , I 'd say.

Lt. F r a n k L ightbown wri tes us V-mai lthat he 's i n " J o l l y O l d Eng land " , t h ebirthplace o f his dad. Wa t c h f o r Sgt. A .Harmanian, Frank . Remember him? H eworked f o r John Saropian — the fe l lowwi th the s l ick Ado lph Men jou mustacheand the wonderful personality.

News Picked Up By APolitician

(By Dan Duggan, J r. )

The annual town election wi l l take placenext week, a n d t h i n g s a r e v e r y quiet ,only one contest, Pau l Rutana o f R iver -dale w i l l oppose Cur t Car r and Tom Dou-ville f o r a ber th on the selectmen board.Ray Meader, a veteran member o f theschool committee, w i l l not seek re-electionand George McRoberts wi l l take his place.Mike Marker, a new corner in politics, wi l ltake the place o f Tip O'Nei l l on the A t h -

\.-Alv letic Committee.Pvt. Gregorie Maguire o f Grove Street

has returned after a 10 day furlough.Cp1s. John Fitzgerald and Bob Gonynor

have returned after a br ief stay wi th theirfolks. B o b is now attending officers' can-didate school.

Thomas Me l ia o f P ine St reet has en-listed in the Marines.

A r t h u r Kershaw has been t ransferredto Maxwel l , A la . , where he w i l l continuewi th the A .A .F.

Pvt. Joe Hickey now stationed in North-ern I re land is contemplating a v is i t w i thsome o f his f r iends i n London.

Sgt. W i l l i a m B a i r d was home f o r theweek-end af ter a t r i p to England, Irelandand Scotland.

Dorothy Rauth o f the Mar ines i s nowstationed in No r th Carolina.

Captain James Horan paid the town avisi t l as t week. D o c t o r i s look ing v e r ywell.

James Graham of Granite Street is nowa Sergt.

L a r r y O'Nei l l , the keeper o f the Lock-up, i s recuperat ing a t h is home a f te r anoperation a t St. Vincent 's i n Worcester.

The boys who operate the snow removalequipment are very busy this winter fight-ing brush fires.

Ernest Hi l l , former ly of this town, nowin the Seabees, spent the week-end w i t h

- f r i e n d s .L) , W o r d has been received that Tom Fi tz-

gerald is now a 1st Lieutenant.Mrs. A l i c e B u r r o u g h s h a s rece ived

word t h a t her son Darre l , somewhere i nthe Pacif ic, has been promoted t o MachMate 1/C.

News Picked Up A t"Austies"

By "Austie" Lynch

Mike Ovian o f E l m Street who is sta-tioned in Flor ida, came home recently fo rthe f i r s t t ime i n over a year. M i k e l ikesthe South but would rather have our NewEngland weather.

Francis To l k a o f N o r t h Uxbr idge andWhit ins has received a c i tat ion f o r cour-age and also the Purple Hear t fo r leg in-jur ies received i n Ind ia . B r o t h e r Joe i ssomewhere in England.

Dick Bogogian of Worcester and W. M.W. dropped i n recently f r o m Camp Gor-don down i n Georgia. D i c k i s f ine a n dsti l l has that fine color.

I t 's S g t . D e l . Ramsey n o w a n d t h egeographical pos i t ion o f " D e l " i s n o wSanta Monica, C a l i f . G e t t i n g closer t oHollywood a l l the time.

Kam. Ovian, Nor thbr idge H igh 's f i r s tdraftee, has been home on leave. K a m .said that he thought high school was toughbut, that boot t ra in ing in the Marines wassomething.

We had Dick Cunningham home with usrecently f r o m N o r t h Caro l ina a n d d i dthey do a renovat ing j ob on Dick. Y o uguessed i t gang the waist line is receding.

James Gamble o f Wa l t h a m a n d t h eW. M . W. i s now a 1s t L ieutenant andhis p romot ion came o n l a s t Chr is tmasDay. Genera l Clarke presented L t . Gam-ble w i th his si lver bar.

Ruth ( H a m i l t o n ) L i b e r t y has gone toCali fornia t o v i s i t he r husband Vernonof the Coast Guard.

Alice Smith has returned from Coloradoand expects to go to Cal i fornia. A l i c e isnot another Eleanor but likes to be whereher husband is, you a l l remember SidneySmith o f the Smi th Cleaners.

Lt. Ray Boudreau of Church Street metStanley Sotek in England recently. T h e ywent on a s i gh t seeing t o u r o f Londonand a f te r the tour they came to the con-clusion t h a t t h e London beer w a s t h eflatest to date.

Tech. C o r p . Johnn ie F i t z g e r a l d h a sbeen home f r o m t h e h i l l s o f Tennessee.John l i kes mounta in mus ic b u t p re fersthe Jute box. over a t Chicken Pete's.

James G i l roy o f the U . S. N . came i nf rom New Foundland f o r a f ew days.

Bi l l Longmu i r o f t h e N a v y has beenhome on leave w i t h h is mother and t h a tisn't all. B i l l has been very busy dodgingcupid u n t i l t h i s l a s t t r i p home. T h a tl i t t le fel low with the arrow got B i l l to popthe question a n d " M i d d i e " Anderson i snow sporting a very nice sparkler.

Bob Wood o f the A r m y has been homeand reports that he might go to California.

Edward "Spider" Ter jan ian is home onfurlough. T h e "Sp ider " has l i t t l e to saybut we a l l know tha t he has seen a lo t o faction.

Eddie Mu r ray of New Vi l lage has beenhome on leave and a t present is stationedin Maryland.

Cpl. Va s k y Asadoor ian, s ta t ioned i nSouth Amer i ca , h a s been promoted t orank o f Sergt. Vasky, spent the holidaysin Columbia, South Amer ica and visi tedthe c i t i es o f Caracoa, Maraca iba , a n dBarrangui l l . V a s k y m e t t h e A m e r i c a nconsul, M r . Ward low, and was h is guestat a dinner party. T h e wife of the Ambas-sador is a former Worcester g i r l who wentto school w i t h Cora W h i t i n Trus l ow o fthis town.

Maynard J . K r u l l o f Prospect S t ree thas been assigned f o r du ty a t the bomb-sight school a t B ig Springs, Texas.

Dorothy Riel ly, who once l ived on EastStreet and now of Worcester has enlistedin the A r m y Nurses Corps; B ro the r E dwhen l a s t seen w a s s t i l l g r o w i n g a n dworking as an apprentice i n the hospitalat the submarine base, New London.

Lt . Bennie F. Bardon o f Prentice Cor-ner is a patient at the McCloskey GeneralHospital i n Temple, Texas. Benn ie is i nWard 120-A. I t i s no th ing serious b u tUncle Sam watches his boys very closelythese days.

The second h a l f i s on i n earnest w i t hthe To o l Job leading b y one po in t w i t hthe Office in second place, Cards th i rd andPlaners and Foundry and Chuck fo l low-ing.

You a l l remember Wes, the propr ietorof the Py th ian alleys? We l l he h u r t h isarm about 13 years ago wrest l ing a deer,now when he misses those easy crippleshis arm st i l l hurts. ( ha ! ha ! )

I've got to make an apology to the CardJob, instead o f being the f igh t ing bunch,they are the luckiest, w i t h smashing a l lrecords to date, 582 fo r a single str ing, to1640 f o r a three s t r ing total .

Norman Burroughs and Norman Spratthave started ta lk ing to themselves lately.

The To o l Job has some n ice bowlersalso, when the lowest man has to drop outwi th a 308 ( E d Sanderson).

Koistra a n d Pa rke r ' s f e u d i s g o i n gstrong, versus C raw fo rd and Crawford .

The Foundry manager to ld me i f theseason could only last long enough, theywould be bound to w in one match. M a n -ager o f the Chucks says di t to. B i l l H a l lsays, " W i l l i e " S h a w won ' t be l a t e a n ymore i f he has to take him home to supperand guard him.

Wes says Red Kor tecamp has g o t t obuy h im some nice bowl ing bal ls f o r h isfinger p r i n t s are on every one where hegrabs them.

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

Bowling News

(By Angus Parker, Sr. )

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Rockdale News

(By Ger ry Gaudette)

F i r s t off, I would l ike to te l l a l l o f youguys and gals tha t w i th in the last monthwe have had two o f our local boys makegood, but really good. Pv t . Rosius "Roger"Gaya, o f the Medics was cited f o r excep-t ional ly mer i tor ious conduct on October15th, by no less a person than the Com-manding General. I t appears tha t Roger,w i th the help o f a buddy, rescued threewounded soldiers, under the most difficultconditions. A c c o r d i n g t o t he c i ta t ion i tspecifically mentioned heavy enemy bom-bardment. H e t h e n personal ly resust i -tated these men and i s undoubtedly re-sponsible fo r the saving of their lives. Ahighly courageous act and we at home areall very proud of Roger.

Also, Pfc. Rene Augin, was commendedtogether w i th his group fo r the outstand-ing conduct displayed by them in f ight inga f i re i n a fue l dump somewhere i n thePacific. I guess Rene and his Buddies hada rea l hot t ime o f i t , as I read the com-mendation issued by M a j o r Gen. Geiger.Again w e salute you Rene and fee l wemust caution you not to p lay wi th fire, a tleast not the ones that are apt to blow upin your face.

There h a v e been severa l l u c k y oneswi th in t h e pas t month o r so t h a t havebeen home f o r a f e w days o r so. F r o mthe army Sgt. Ray E. Jacques from Texas,Cpl. E m e lien J . B e land f r o m C a m pWheeler, Ga., Pfc. Dav id E . Lafiash, F t .George Meade, M d . , P v t . W i l f r e d R .Landry, also f rom Ft. George Meade, Pfc.Bernett Po task i o f t h e Mar ines , homef rom Boston, P v t . A r m a n d H . M a r t i n ,f rom Camp McCoy, Wis . , P v t . E d w a r dTebo, fresh f rom maneuvers in Louisiana,Pvt. W i l l i am J. Heney f rom F t . Church,R. I . , S /Sg t . Rober t Jacques f r o m L a sVegas, Nev., Pfc. Joseph " B i n n y " Blette,f rom Camp N ian t i c , Conn., Pv t . JosephWinowski, Camp Hood, Texas, Pv t . W i l -fred Sabourin, Camp McCall , N . C., Pvt .Paul McNei l , Camp Wheeler, Ga. B o t hS/Sgt. P a u l L a v a lee a n d h i s b r o t h e rChick have been home bu t unfor tunatelyat different intervals.

The Navy was nowhere near as gener-ous as the only ones I have record o f areRichard Lachapelle S l i c f r o m Nor fo lk ,Va., a n d A l b e r t A . L a f lash, A M M 1 / c ,Memphis, Te n n . A l s o M a t h e w Po t t l e ,S 2/c, Brainbridge, Md., and Donald Lor-tie o f the C.B.'s were home f o r a shor tvisit. I n c i d e n t a l l y A l b e r t L a i ' lash h a sbeen recent ly t rans fer red t o LaGuard iaField, N . Y. , where he is going to F l i gh tMechanic School. I f he passes O. K. he hasa chance of being War ran t Officer. Here'swishing you luck, A l .

Also a b i t o f interest ing news I think,is the f a c t t h a t Av ia t i on Cadet RichardW. Per ras i s we l l i n h is p r i m a r y f l i gh ttraining, a t Lo rdw ick School, i n Lake -wood, Flor ida. I t is a race between Rich-ard and B i l l Spratt , who is going throughhis f l ight t ra in ing at Jackson, Miss., as towho is going to get their wings first.

Bi l ly 's bro ther, J i m Spra t t , has beenappointed 1st Radio Operator on a B-17,

and the las t reports he has about e ighthours a day flying.

Time and space prevent me f r o m ac-knowledging t h e l e t t e r s rece ived l a s tmonth, bu t I intend to hold them al l overunt i l the next issue.

Wishing you all the very best of luck, solong un t i l next month.

Society Column

(By the Society Editors)

Society turned out "en masse" f o r theFour th W a r B o n d R a l l y, h e l d a t t h eWhi t i n Gymnas ium o n t h e even ing o fFeb. 5 th . Conducted b y a v e r y efficientcommittee w i th Dut ton A lden a t i ts headi t was the proof o f the townspeople tha twe're a l l w i t h you, boys, hearts, minds,and pocketbooks. E v e r y f a m i l y i n townmust have been represented b y a t leastone Bond-buyer.

The people who bought $500 "bonds aswell as the the members of the New Eng-land Cavalcade were guests a t a tu rkeydinner served at the Cafeteria previous tothe show.

The m e m b e r s o f t h e Cava lcade —seventy-seven o f them—came i n t o t o w nvia s ix a rmy t rucks about ten o'clock i nthe morning. T h e y set up the i r scenery, •did a l i t t l e rehearsing and then went tolunch a t the cafeteria. I ns tead o f a rmyfare they found a delicious meal o f roastduck—all the courses and fixings. I n theafternoon the Whi t in Gym was given overto them. Yo u should hear the boys praiseour wonderful gym and the fine receptiongiven them there.

Then d inne r t i m e a r r i ved a t 6 p . m .Each sold ier accompanied a c i v i l i an t odinner and what fine stories of these boyswe heard . T h e y we re a l l chosen f r o mcamps i n N e w Eng land a n d t h e y weretour ing d u r i n g t h e W a r B o n d D r i v e .They h a d p lanned, rehearsed a n d a r -ranged the show themselves.

But then, they needed no director. Cpl.B i l l Sega of Binghamton, New York, hon-ored me by accompanying me. H e was agraduate o f Cornell Un ivers i ty School o fMusic and a producer i n h is own r i gh t .A t the show la te r he played one o f theleading parts.

Dur ing d inne r P v t . Wa l t e r Legawiecentertained us w i t h h i s v io l in . H e wasa former member of the Boston SympathyOrchestra and h a d played under Kous-sevitsky's baton f o r two years.

Pvt. S i d Ramin w h o d i d most o f themusical arangements was called f rom hisway to Hol lywood t o answer the cal l o fhis Uncle Sam.

A f t e r dinner the show was given at theWhi t in Gymnasium. I t was a vaudevil letype o f show and we certainly found outthere's much ta lent in Uncle Sam's a rmyr igh t he re i n N e w Eng land . W e h a ddancers, singers, impersonators and joke-sters. E a c h man in the orchestra was in-troduced to the audience. T h e y proved tobe former members of the country's lead-ing orchestras. To m m y Dorsey, Vaughn

Monroe, F r e d Wa r i n g and Gene K r u p aall represented in the Wh i t i n Gym.

I t cer ta in ly was a Gala N i g h t f o r ourBack the A t t a c k program. T h e commit-tee deserves much c red i t f o r p rov id ingus w i t h such a f ine evening's enterta in-ment and a l l the dads, mothers, sisters,brothers, wives, sweethearts, f r iends andrelatives o f you f i gh t i ng m e n a r e w i t hyou w i th minds, hearts, and pocketbooks.

Lieut. R i t a S t . A n d r e i s o n h e r w a yhome f rom New Caledonia. S h e has beenthere a s a n A r m y N u r s e f o r t h e pas teighteen months . L i e u t . ( j . g . ) Geo rgeFoley met her on the street in San Fran-cisco! L i e u t . St . A n d r e is hav ing a restin a Texas hospital. W h e n released I betshe heads East in a hur ry.

Lieuts. Thurs ton B r o w n ( A r m y ) a n dGeorge F o l e y we re enter ta ined b y M r .and M r s . Joseph M c C a r t h y. M r s . M c -Carthy was t h e f o r m e r M iss Cather ineKennedy who taugh t Eng l i sh a t No r th -bridge Junior H igh School. T h e wor ld issmall and ou r boys are t ravel ing!

At. S t . Pa t r i ck 's Church on Tuesday,January l l t h , Miss Cather ine B u r k e o fPine S t ree t became t h e br ide o f L ieu t .Henry Hetherman o f Providence. H e i sstationed a t Camp A t t e r b u r y i n Ind ianawhere the couple w i l l reside.

Miss June G r a y o f N o r t h Uxbr idge ,secretary a t the Br i t i sh Consul a t Wash-ington, D. C., was marr ied on Saturday,February 12th, to Pfc. A r m a n d Lemoineof L inwood Avenue. T h e ceremony wasperformed a t St. Patr ick 's Church.

Dur ing the past month, two local nurseshave joined the armed forces. M i ss Doro-they Hammond o f H igh land St ree t hasreported to Norfolk, Va., as a Navy Nurse.She holds the rank o f Ensign.

Miss Gerald ine M u r p h y, f o r m e r l y o fWhi t in Avenue ( n o w o f Eas t Douglas),has reported to the A r m y Medical Corpsas a nurse. S h e received her t ra in ing a tSimmons College and Children's Hospitalin Boston.

A fu tu re nurse has enrolled at Worces-ter Memoria l Hospi ta l f o r t ra in ing. S h eis Miss Ruth McKee of 31 Wi l low Street.

Recently M i s s M a r g a r e t Deane , o fNorth M a i n e S t r e e t g r a d u a t e d f r o mMassachusetts S t a t e Col lege, A m h e r s t .She has taken up her duties as a teacherin the Junior H igh School.

Another N o r t h M a i n Street g i r l , MissMargaret Gal leshaw, h a s been electedcaptain o f t h e basketbal l t eam a t O u rLady of the Elms, Chicopee.

Miss Gladys Baker o f Prospect Streettraveled to Flor ida recently to be marriedto Pvt. Wi l l iam Osterman of the Marines,and Quaker St reet . T h e wedd ing t ookplace on Jan. 30, w i th a Mar ine chaplainofficiating. T h e groom is at tending am-phibian school at Dunedin, Fla.

On Feb. 5 M iss Roberta Clougher, o fEast Douglas, became the br ide o f A r n oWagner i n the Clougher home. A f t e r at r ip t o N e w Hampshire, the couple w i l lreside i n Douglas. M r . Wagner is a toolengineer i n t h e Magneto Dep t . o f t h eW. M. W.

Charles Reneau wi l l be marr ied to MissRi ta Casey, 19 Chap in Street , M i l f o r d ,Mass., on 'Feb. 22. Cha r l es i s stationedat Camp Bradford, Va.

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Linwood News

(By J. Haro ld Baszner)

The fo l lowing service men spent week-end fu r loughs w i t h t h e i r parents, wivesor sweethear ts : P v t . R a o u l P o u l i n o fCamp Edwards, Cpl. Leo Tro t t ie r of CampEdwards, Roland Christ ian, seaman 2ndClass stationed at Bedford, Pa.

Pfc. George M . Gure t in o f Camp K i l -mer, N. J., had a seven day fur lough wi thhis wi fe and baby daughter, and Pvt. Ed-mund H. Maio had an eight day fur loughwi th his wife. P v t . Maio is at For t GeorgeG. Meade, Md.

Word has been received b y Mrs . Con-stance Gauthier of Highland Terrace thather husband, Pfc. Kenneth Gauthier, hasarrived in No r th A f r i ca . Good luck Ken.

Pfc. J o s e p h H . P r u n i e r a n d M r s .Prunier of Main Street are the proud par-ents o f a son christened Rober t Hen ry.Pfc. Prun ier is stat ion at Camp Lejeurte,N. C. Congratu lat ions to you both. M a yhe be a chip off the old block.

Pvt. R o l a n d J . N o l e t , s ta t ioned a tShreveport, La . , spent a f u r l ough w i t hhis parents on Union Street.

Rene Pel land, seaman 1st class, spenta shor t leave w i t h h i s parents on Wa l lStreet. A l s o Clarence J . Bisson spent afur lough w i t h h i s p a r e n t s o n C h u r c hStreet.

We have been informed that 2nd Lieut.A lber t Desjourdy has been promoted to1st L ieu tenant o u t i n t h e Paci f ic a rea.Congratulations a n d t h e bes t o f goodluck A lber t . T h a t i s another promotionfor one of our boys f rom Linwood.

Sgt. Joseph R. Guilmette sent me aMai l le t ter letter saying that he arr ived safelyand is now in Nor thern Ireland. H e saidthe t r i p was beauti ful . H e was probablyknown better by "Rene", f o r t ha t is hewhe signed his name. P m very glad that Ihad a ta lk wi th him that last time he washome on fur lough. We l l , Rene, watch outfor the lovely I r ish colleens. T h e y tel l metheir eyes are as blue as the Sea, and astwink l ing as t h e s tars . W h e n y o u g e tback home we must have a chat about that.I t ought to be interesting.

I received a splendid le t te r f r o m Sgt.Del Ramsey. He is now in Santa Monica,California, sett ing up a brand new supplywarehouse. H e crossed t h e coun t r y b ytruck and machine. H e said the t r i p was

taw beau t i fu l b u t w a s a l i t t l e lonesome a tfirst, bu t had so much work ahead of himhe d idn ' t have much t ime t o th ink . D e las many of you know is over the 38 yearage l i m i t b u t has chosen to s tay i n and

help as much as he can. A l l o f us t h a tknow Del wish him good luck and the bestof good health.

Last year we had a distinguished visitorin o u r p lan t , Sg t . J o h n A . Wa l l ach o fManchaug. I had a le t ter f r o m h im th ispast month. H e is now 1st Lieut. Wallachand is wo rk ing very hard f o r h is Pi lo tswings. H e knows General Douglas Mac-A r t h u r f o r he served under h i m a t thePhilippines. A t t h a t t ime he was Bom-bardier and Nav iga to r i n t he Bombers.David Picard on the Pol ishing job in t ro-duced me to h im when he was here, andI've yet to meet a more modest chap espe-cially one who has been decorated so manytimes. Good luck to you L ieutenant andmay y o u soon be w e a r i n g those s i l ve rwings of a pilot.

Edward F o u r n i e r w a s home o n f u r -lough w i t h h i s pa ren ts o n ProvidenceRoad. I j u s t h a d t ime t o shake handswi th h i m before h e l e f t t o g o back t oSouth Carolina. H e was looking splendid.You see Ed changed f rom the football uni-form o f h is a lma mate r, t o t h a t o f t heuni form o f a much b igger team, Unc leSam's boys o f t he a i r . H e has learnedto use a machine gun that wi l l pick off thepigeons i n the sky, especially those w i t heither the Ris ing Sun on the i r wings o ra l o p s ided cross ca l led t h e Swast ika.More power t o you E d and the best o fgood luck.

I understand t h a t m y f r iend Cpl. E d -ward Gorman is due home soon, so whenhe does we' l l get together and have a finechat. I ' m looking f o rwa rd t o seeing E dand when I do I ' l l l e t you fel lows knowhow he is and pass the good word alongto you.

I ' l l close this month's news now fellowsand hope tha t next month w i l l b r ing youmore o f w h a t you w a n t to know. U n t i lthen we're al l wishing you God speed andmay you a l l keep r i gh t on " is leing along"in the Pacific and Romeing along in I ta ly. "

Fish Stories

(By "Sa l ly " Jones)

The annua l meet ing o f t he M u m f o r dFish and Game Club was held in the Gymon Jan. 31, 1944. T h e officers elected wereas fol lows: Pres . , D r. R. S. W. Roberts,Vice Pres., W in fo rd W. Jones; Sec'y andTreas., John W. Dunbar. T h e club plansto restock the club pond at Castle H i l l witha good quant i ty o f Brook, Rainbow, andBrown Tr o u t . I t m a y be o f in terest t osome of you fellows in the service to knowthat you are cordial ly invited to fish tha tpond anytime you are home on leave as theclub voted t o a l l ow a n y member o f thearmed forces tha t privi lege wi thout hold-ing a membership card.

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

The fo l lowing i tem is supposedly true.The o ther n igh t , Ro land Ph i lb rook andWi l f red D u p o n t w e r e w a l k i n g d o w nMeadow Road when they came across a"cat" wa lk ing a long w i t h them. R o l a n dtold Wi l f red t ha t he was extremely fondof ca ts a n d as h e p icked " k i t t y " u p —bang!—to h i s surpr ise he received bo thbarrels f r o m said "ca t " . R o l a n d who bythis t ime had los t a l l h i s love f o r catspromptly tossed the animal to the ground,gave i t a heck of a k ick and received twomore charges f o r h i s t roub le . D u p o n tgot clear o f the incident, bu t the last weknew, Philbrook's shoes were s t i l l i n theback ya rd f o r a i r—and we can imaginewhere the rest of his clothes are. "Skunksare so p lay fu l "—i f you don't th ink so, askRoland.

Don't F i re ' T i l Yo u See the Whites o fTheir Eyes!

" B i l l " Ward, foreman of the Core Roomand " A n d y " Hanson, assistant f ound rysuperintendent were out hunt ing rabbitsawhile ago. They had "B i l l ' s " dog "Banjo"and soon "Ban jo" started a rabbit. " B i l l "Ward calmly drew a bead on the fleetingbunny and squeezed the t r i gger, c l i ck—so W i l l i a m h u r r y i n g h i s second sho t ,squeezed again and c l i ck—"B i l l " was a l ldismayed, so he sidled up to " A n d y " andcomplained t h a t t h e r e w a s someth ingwrong wi th his gun. " A n d y " took the gunand af ter careful scrut iny, he f inal ly con-vinced " B i l l " t ha t the gun was okay bu twhat the he l l is the idea o f us ing shells20 or 25 years old? " B i l l " jus t shruggedand walked away, bu t i f any o f you boyscan send h i m a f e w 12 ga . shells, t heywould be appreciated.

"Teeth Bi te M a n "

I suppose you fe l lows are saying howelse can a person get bit ten? W e l l boyshere i t is. " J i m m y " Connor (Ralph's dad)of the Foundry Carpenter Shop, was en-gaged i n ra ther a heated argument las tweek, a n d i f y o u k n o w " J i m m y " — a n yargument he's i n is heated. W e l l s i r, theopposition was rather tough, and BrotherConnor had to do some fancy ta lk ing towin his point but then—then i t happened.He had j u s t broken down the other fe l -low's a rgumen t , a n d h e i n h i s g l o r ystarted to rub i t in, but his jaws got goingfaster t h a n h i s tongue—down came h i sfalse teeth and he suffered a ra ther goodbite on his own tongue. W e l l tha t woundup t h e session a n d " J i m m y " h a s beenrather quiet since—so you see "teeth biteman", bu t ra re ly does man b i te himself.

Border Street Reunion

Last week , A / C " K e n " C a h i l l , a n d" Wa l t " Kennedy and " E d " Benoit both ofthe Navy, had a l i t t le get-together a t thehome o f "Ken 's " folks. These boys haveall done wel l , and the Border Streetersare p roud o f them. " K e n " has rough lyfive weeks t o g o before h e f inishes h i st ra in ing f o r a bomber pi lot, and we hearthat " E d " Benoit is now a 2/C pet ty offi-cer. W e are a l l proud o f these boys andwish them continued good luck!

* N e w s F r o m H o m e W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

Sports Column

(By Harold CasePseudo B i l l Cunningham)

Hello :I t 's m e again—back a t t he same o ld

stand and opened f o r business. I d idn ' tget t o go to M i a m i bu t i f you guys cantake i t I can.

Rummaging around in the cellar againI managed to get my hands on about twoweeks accumulation of back sport sections.The kids in the neighborhood made a col-lection o f paper las t month and cleanedup, not only my cellar, but also at the shopf re ight office where they sold the collec-tion. I guess I d idn ' t miss much as aboutall the news is basketball and baseball.

The hot stove league is s t i l l i n sessionand f i r s t one day the baseball outlook isbad and the next day every one is f u l l ofoptimism. Pres ident Sam Breadon of theCards said tha t a min imum of 19 playerswas needed to field a major league squad.Several managers took exception to th isand Breadon stated the fol lowing day thatmaybe he ta lked too much and t h a t theCards would play and i f men were neededthey wou ld g e t t hem f r o m t h e minors.Wi th O 'Dea l , B u r m e i s t e r a n d ca tcherWalker Cooper in the service the Redbirdsare going to be hard up fo r catchers.

The Braves have changed ownershipand Casey Stengel resigned as manager.Numerous baseball names have been men-tioned f o r t h e pos t , G a b b y H a r t n e t t ,Bucky Har r i s , Char l ie Gr imm, and j u s ttoday the name of Bi l l Dickey was broughtup. D i c k e y says he won' t p lay next sea-son, which i f t rue, w i l l pu t the Yanks ina hole as they have already lost CharleyKeller, K e n Sears a n d To m m y By rne .Joe Gordon has announced h is intent ionof enlisting, Spud Chandler is 1-A, MariusRusso is frozen in his war job and severalother p layers a r e f ac ing d r a f t reclassi-fications. N o mat ter who gets draf ted orhow l ow the reserve players pool is, myguess i s t h a t the parks w i l l be open f o rthe f i rst c ry of the umps.

A l Javery can bowl as well as he tossesthe apple over the plate. S ince the s tar tof the C i t y Bowl ing league i n Worcesterhe has l ed w i t h t h e h ighest ind iv idua lscoring, h i s average be ing 105.4. G e n eDesautels, I n d i a n ' s ca tcher, w h o h a i l sfrom Southbridge has been classified f o rthe N a v y. ( A l b y t h e w a y i s t h e f i r s tplayer to sign and re turn his '44 contractto the Braves.) Carpen te r, new owner ofthe Phils is interested in having the base-ball magnates promote p ro footbal l . H esays that they have the parks, concessions,equipment, and the help to do i t ; a l l theylack are the various franchises. T h e ideadoesn't hold water w i th other owners whoclaim they have enough t o do w i t h j u s trunning basebal l . L i p p y D u r o c h e r i sabout to make a t r i p overseas. L a t e l y hehas been enter ta in ing soldiers w h o a reconvalescing i n t h e south. D o m i n i c D i -maggio has gone on record as favor ingmajor league players w i th being creditedfor t ime, served i n the armed forces, to-ward bu i ld ing the i r ten-year record ne-cessary in the major leagues before a manis immune to being returned to the minors.A recent baseball meeting under Commis-

sioner Landis adopted such a proposal. Somuch fo r baseball.

Basketball i s near ing the end and be-fore many more weeks we see the star t ofthe tou rney season. D a r t m o u t h , w h i c hjus t captured its seventh straight EasternIntercollegiate League t i t l e has one o ftwo outstanding teams in the East. A r m ybeing perhaps the better o f the two. T h eBig Green l os t o n l y one o u t o f f i f teengames, t h e honor go ing t o t h e Mi tche l lField Bombers. F a n s wou ld j u m p a t achange t o see t h e t w o teams meet andthey might do tha t in the Nat ional play-offs a t the Garden the middle o f March.A r m y a u t h o r i t i e s a r e n ' t c e r t a i n y e twhether the A r m y cagers w i l l enter thetourney and Dar tmou th m a y be r idd ledwith absentees be fo re game-t ime a s agood port ion o f the squad is composed o fV-12'ers.

Narcus is sponsoring another team thisyear and have played some t igh t games onSunday af ternoons a t Mechanics H a l l .Next week the f i rst o f a series of two outof three games w i l l be played w i t h Nor -tons. R i g h t now Nortons is batt l ing i t outwi th Ho l y Cross. T h e Purple cagers de-feated the Abrasives last week 52-32. Yes-terday the score was pract ical ly reversedwi th H o l y Cross on the shor t end o f a51-32 score. T h e final game wi l l be playedFeb. 13th.

Long Is land beat Rhode Is land Sta teat i ts own game last week by sinking 99points. Yo u know the R. I. system—a longheave and hoop i t . I guess they d i dn ' t(w)hoop i t u p enough. I o w a i s n ' t t h eonly place they can grow corn you know.And speaking of Iowa they are unbeatenand the i r defeat o f Chicago by a bowlingscore, a lmost, 103-31, gave them undis-puted t i t le to the B ig Ten championship.

Northbridge is ro l l ing r i gh t along suf-fer ing only two defeats so f a r th is year,one a t the hands o f Leominster and theother b y Bar t le t t . A r e t u r n game heremade the series even wi th Leominster andthis week w i l l te l l the tale w i th Bar t le t t .

Here we go back to baseball again. Totell the t ru th I went back over the papersand found a few items I missed. I real lyswipe m y stuff , make no mistake aboutthat. D i c k e y and B ranch Rickey, pres.of the god o ld Dodgers were honored a tthe annual dinner of the New York Base-ball Wr i t e r s las t week. D i c k e y receivedthe p layer o f the yea r award, t he f i r s tcatcher t o be so honored and the f o u r -teenth recipient since B i l l Te r r y won thef irst award back in '31. R i ckey won rec-ognition f o r outstanding service to base-ball over a period o f years, an award tobe known as the W i l l i a m Slocum Mem-orial, i n hono r o f t h e f o r m e r basebal lwr i ter.

Before our t ime fellows, but I guess weall have heard of the gTeat Chicago Club'sdouble - play comb ina t i on , • T i n k e r t o -Evers-to-Chance. T h e f i r s t m e m b e r o fthis "combo", Tinke r, has been seriouslyi l l w i t h f l u a n d complications. L a s t re -ports say he is gradual ly improving.

The Boston Red Sox w i l l have spr ingtra in ing workouts i n t h e Tu f t s Collegegym again this year.

Now f o r a l i t t l e local news. M o s t o fyou G.I . 's know Roland Duquet te some-times known as "Sparky". H e is stationedat Quonset r i g h t now a f t e r mak ing therounds o f some o f the h o t spots aboardone o f Unc le Sam's ships. H e drops i n

here off and on and is making other rounds

and doing al l r ight . H e is f ight ing a t 1 2 0 - - T hpounds w i t h the Hedron 9-1, Quonset Pboxing team. R o l l i e and h i s mates athe E a s t Coast Serv ice Champs w h i cmeans they are the best i n the business.I have been promised a gander a t t w otrophies he has won, the f i rs t t rophy wasearned aboard the battleship Dakota andthe second was the resul t o f a w i n overthe Seabees at Camp Thomas. Ro l l ie saysthey have t h r e e matches l i n e d u p f o rFebruary the f irst o f them wi l l be againstCamp Edwards. A n y fellows at Edwardsf rom here—this i s your chance to see afine scrapper f r o m your home town.

I suppose t h a t m a n y o f y o u m u s i clovers ( ?) have heard o f F r a n k Sinatra,the cu r ren t apple o f every femme eye?He's branching out f rom the singing busi-ness and has gone into the f ight game byvir tue o f b u y i n g t h e cont rac t o f Ta m iMauriello, ra ted the number two heavy-weight among the act ive f ighters today.What a racket. W i t h Frank ie in one cor-ner and Ta m i i n the r i ng how could theylose? W h e n Maur ie l lo has had his threeminute inn ing and has the male fans i nan uproar S ina t ra can o i l h is pipes andhave t h e female cont ingent i n a coma.They can't lose, every night wi l l be ladies'night. S i n a t r a should buy the Plaillies.

I am going to close this t ime wi th somebad news. A f t e r Februa ry 14th, Va len-tine's D a y, you w i l l have t o do w i thou tthe i m p r i n t o f you r g i r l ' s l ips, o r you rwife's f o r t ha t matter, on a l l V-ma i l let-ters. T h e post office says tha t when run-ning the original let ter through the pressthe l ipst ick gums up the works and of ter-smudges t h e l e t t e r fo l lowing. S o f r o —now on the on ly smudging w i l l havebe person to person.

Hang on,CASEY

Late Flash : Spec ia l—By a recent ru l -ing o f the WAC's commanding officer, i tis okay fo r you fellows to kiss your WA Cdate goodnight provided you don ' t do i toutside the camp area. D o n ' t say I t ippedyou guys off to a good th ing when I hearabout i t . W h a t the heck—if I know youwolves the r u l i n g was obsolete before i twas made.