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C-M - E R R V , POINT mm MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-CHERRY POINT. N.C All those who have In some way made the Nursery-Kindergarten School aa actuality here as well as parents and children attending the school are Invited to an Open House of the Nursery-Kinder- garten in Barracks 228 Sunday 5 October from 1500 to 1730. The Staff will be present and refreshments will be served to all wi'h ",f?yors; for jfhJJiryi... Come nov and see the fruit of Yoi'R assistance and your child's first class. 'oL 4. No. 28 PUBLISHED WEEKLY—CIRCULATION 5000 3 October 1947 Major Marion E. Cnrl„.Ute Marino j :orps' crack Jet pilot, arrived J Aboard this station Friday the 26th September. On this, his first 1 r of duty here at Cherry Point, (jjor Carl has assumed command I VMF-122, MAG-14, -fastest man on .earth," was the itle earned by Major Carl on his foeat record flight in a Douglas ikystreak. This flight was the :limax of over a year and a half's rork and training by the Major. January '45,.Major Carl be- an* Project Officer in the fighter ^•tion and :La>son Offloer in flight est* at Patuxent, Maryland. He fcame chief test pilot in fighters od bombers on May '46 and tested ach planes as the. P-59, P-Mv F-2D, '•J, and the D-558. He started lying jets soon after his arrival iere and now has-over 110 hours ! flight time logged in. Major Carl along with Command- fCont.; Col. 5) FASTEST MAN ON EARTH" ARR I VES Freak Weather Weather made the news twice in the last week or so, a million dol- lar hurricane ripped westward across Florida and the Gulf Coast. A tropical storm that threatened to follow in the footsteps of the hurricane swept eastward across Florida and drenched the South (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5) OVERSEAS DUTY Men are needed now for overseas stations and by extending your present enlistment if you don't have enough time to do you may be one of these men who will be stationed in Hawaii, Midway, Guam, and China. Besides your regular courses (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5) NEW "0" CLUB OPENED 27th GENERAL M I LLER AWARDED TROPHY TO SPEC I AL SERV I CES LAST WEEK —Photo by PIO. MCA8 Brig. Gen. Ivan ff. Miller, Commanding General, MCAS presented i LL Cols. John T. L. I>. Gabbert and Raymond B. Hnrst, Station and AlrFXFLant Special Service Officers respectively, with the Command^ j lug General's Trophy last week. The Commanding General's Trophy will be awarded at the end of ench fiscal year to the Squadron accnmn- j Inline the highest nnmber of points during the year of Intramural sports. | In addition, the sum of five hundred dollars ($.>00.00) has been set aside within the Special Sen Ices Department for the purpose of covering expenses for a party to be given to the squadron winning the Com- . manding General's Trophy. Formal Opening Attended By Many Visitors And Local Officers By Mrs. K. Collins The new Officers Club, unofficial- ly opened several weeks ago, cele- brated its formal opening last Saturday night with a dlnner-and- dance. a highly decorative affair. A distinguished company of guests of honor came from New York and Washington for the event, and were entertained at din- ner In the second floor dining room. Outstanding among the guests was Miss Gladys Miller of New York City, who was employed through the firm of Wardman Inc., in decorating of the club. Miss Miller is nationally known in her field of decorating, has written and published three books on the sub- J e c t "Decoratively Speaking," "Home Decorating Guide" and "Furniture for the Home", and now writes a column which is pub- (Cont on P. 2, Col. 4) GET BACK RANK ACTION ON THE WEST COAST Western Union Marine Transport Squadron VMR- 252 recently returned from duty "All commanding officers will forward to this Headquarters the names of such enlisted personnel —Photo br PIO. MCAB i within thcir commands with prior on the West Coast, where it suc- "\EITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR FIRE NOR HAD," ESPECIALLY j Marine Corps service who reen- j eessfully handled the transporting AI\ I> THIS CASE, can stop these three seagoing Cherry Point j 1'sted subsequent t xrlnes. This scene took place the other day In the Administration 1945 - wh ° were not reappointed to • for their annual training period, trkinir lot after that terrific rainstorm here. j (Cont. on P. 2. Col. 4) (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5) "This is Western Union calling." At Cherry Point that famous phrase might well be augmented to sound "this is Western Union calling by courtesy of the P. X." Little known is the fact that the Western Union office here is ac- tually a service of the Post Ex- change directed by Col. T. J. Walk- er. The telegraph office located on the first deck of the Administration Building, starboard side, has an average of 30 incoming telegrams and 20 outgoing wires per day. The August of a Reserve Squadron to El Toro; " m e * nd *°/» OTer the 1 , I United States. Mr. and Mrs. Drau- Democracy on Wheels FREEDOM TRAIN BRINGS HISTORIC DOCUMENTS TO PEOPLE Designed to arouse the American «ple to a better understanding the "ideals and practices of Am- can democracy," the Freedom a:n shown above receives a final •Pection party before beginning tour of 300 cities of the 48 ates. "Freedom Is Everybody's Job." the essential theme of the train its documents. Responsible for "promoting the ilque tour, is the American Herit- ' e foundation, a non-profit, non- •lit'.eal orsanizatiotn compbsed of of the leading men of the The Attorney-Gieneral of e United States" has taken over lUonal sponsorship, and mayors towns visited are expected to fcosor the train locally. As an ideational drive in American •cs there probably never has anything like it. On display inside the train are °* the salient documents in ®«nean history, beginning with ~' eT Columbus wrote describing T oyaee t 0 t jj e Americas, and *•"? the story up to the first ghon manage the affairs of the office together helped by Sgt. Da- vid St. John, a native Yankee from Norwalk, Conn. Between these three people. Western Union ser- vices are available to everyone on the station from 0800 to 1800 Mon- (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 1) m< i c opy of the Charter of the ^ted Nations. a collector's standpoint, - scraps of paper" are extrem»- ^l-able. Such paper has rari- aad hj istoricai importance. But the Freedom Train is after bigger values and larger audiences. The collection is intended as a dramatic demonstration, for all Americans, of the development of our demo- cratic law and order, the American dream of freedom, and the sacri- fices which many have made to keep it going. The handwriting of Washington and Lincoln is there to see and more important what they had to say. The train will not merely shriek colorfully through the land, its brightly painted sides snapping by like firecrackers on the Fourth. It will pull in at sidings so that people will be able to walk through quietly and study the documen- tary evidence of their democratic heritage. Standing at the head of the train, looking backwards, one is likely to note the red, white and blue stripes lerging off in the distance according to linear per- i spective. Everything, at first, flows smoothly from the present into the past. But inside the train, on the walls and in showcases, one may learn the true nature of the Freedom Train. It is the past that builds to the future, not smoothly and in unbroken stripes of red, white and blue, but in the hard, sometimes tragic, struggle for "life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness." Don't let the outside fool you. UNIT OF WEEK The outgrowth of one of the old- est squadrons in Marine Aviation and a squadron that has a fine rec- ord of accomplishments and serv- ice is the Unit of the Week— VMR-252. VMR-252, now attached to Air- FMFlant is the only operating Ma- j rine Transport Squadron on the East Coast. Commanding the unit's complement of 44 officers and 306 enlisted men is Major Charles W. Somers: the executive officer is Major Lowell S. Reeve. Flight operations are carried on with 16 R5Cs and 2 R4Ds. The Squadron has an impressive history. It is the outgrowth of VJ-2, one of the oldest utility squadrons in the Marine Corps. This outfit performed such duties as target-towing, some transport work, and other routine duties. VJ-2 was stationed at Ewa. Oahu. T. H. at the time of the Japanese attack and suffered the loss cf con- siderable material and all planes but one. Changes came quickly after December 7th, 194L (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 1)

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C-M - E R R V , P O I N T

mm M A R I N E C O R P S A I R S T A T I O N - C H E R R Y P O I N T . N . C

All those who have In some way made the Nursery-Kindergar ten School aa actuali ty he re as well as parents and children at tending the school are Invited to an Open House of the Nursery-Kinder-gar ten in Bar racks 228 Sunday 5 October from 1500 to 1730. The Staff will be present and re f reshments will be served to all wi 'h ",f?yors; for jfhJJiryi. . . Come n o v and see the frui t of Yo i 'R ass is tance and your child's first class.

'oL 4. No. 28 PUBLISHED WEEKLY—CIRCULATION 5000 3 October 1947

Major Marion E. Cnrl„.Ute Marino j :orps' crack J e t pilot, a r r ived J Aboard this s ta t ion F r iday the 26th

September. On this , his first1

r of duty he re at Cherry Point , (jjor Carl has assumed command I VMF-122, MAG-14,

-fastest man on .earth," was the itle earned by Major Carl on his foeat record flight in a Douglas ikystreak. This flight was the :limax of over a year and a ha l f ' s rork and t ra in ing by the Major .

January '45, .Major Carl be-an* Project Officer in the fighter ^•tion and :La>son Offloer in flight est* at Patuxent , Maryland. He fcame chief tes t pilot in fighters od bombers o n May '46 and tested ach planes as the. P-59, P-Mv F-2D, '•J, and the D-558. He s t a r t ed lying jets soon a f t e r h is a r r iva l iere and now has -ove r 110 hours ! flight time logged in. Major Carl along with Command-

fCont.; Col . 5)

FASTEST MAN ON EARTH" ARRIVES Freak Weather Weather made the news twice in

the last week or so, a million dol-la r hu r r i cane ripped westward across Flor ida and the Gulf Coast. A t ropical s to rm that threa tened to follow in the foots teps of the hur r i cane swept eas tward across F lor ida and drenched the South

(Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5)

OVERSEAS DUTY Men a r e needed now for overseas

s ta t ions and by extending your present enl i s tment if you don't have enough t ime to do you may be one of these men who will be s ta t ioned in Hawai i , Midway, Guam, and China.

Besides your regu la r courses (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5)

NEW "0" CLUB OPENED 27th GENERAL MILLER AWARDED TROPHY TO SPECIAL SERVICES LAST WEEK

—Photo by PIO. MCA8 Brig. Gen. Ivan ff. Miller, Commanding General , MCAS presented

i LL Cols. John T. L. I>. Gabbert and Raymond B. Hnrs t , Station and Al rFXFLan t Special Service Officers respectively, with the Command^

j lug General ' s Trophy last week. The Commanding General ' s Trophy will be awarded at the end of ench fiscal yea r to the Squadron accnmn-

j Inline the highest nnmber of points dur ing the year of In t ramura l sports . | In addition, the sum of five hundred dollars ($.>00.00) has been set aside

within the Special S e n Ices Department for the purpose of covering expenses for a par ty to be given to the squadron winning the Com-

. manding General 's Trophy.

Formal Opening Attended By Many Visitors And

Local Officers By Mrs. K. Collins

The new Officers Club, unofficial-ly opened several weeks ago, cele-brated its formal opening last Sa turday night with a dlnner-and-dance. a highly decorative affair .

A dist inguished company of guests of honor came from New York and Washington for the event, and were enter ta ined a t din-ner In the second floor dining room. Outs tanding among the guests was Miss Gladys Miller of New York City, who was employed through the firm of Wardman Inc., in decorat ing of the club. Miss Miller is nat ional ly known in he r field of decorat ing, has wri t ten and published three books on the sub-J e c t "Decoratively Speaking," "Home Decorat ing Guide" and " F u r n i t u r e for the Home", and now wri tes a column which is pub-

( C o n t on P. 2, Col. 4)

GET BACK RANK ACTION ON THE WEST COAST

Western Union

Marine Transpor t Squadron VMR-252 recently re turned f rom duty

"All commanding officers will forward to th is Headquar t e r s the names of such enlisted personnel

—Photo br PIO. MCAB i w i t h i n t h c i r commands with pr ior on the West Coast, where it suc-"\EITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR F I R E NOR H A D , " ESPECIALLY j Marine Corps service who reen- j eessful ly handled the t ranspor t ing AI\ I> THIS CASE, can stop these th ree seagoing Cherry Po in t j 1'sted subsequent t xrlnes. This scene took p lace the o the r day In the Administrat ion 1 9 4 5 - w h ° were not reappointed to • for their annual t ra in ing period, trkinir lot a f t e r t h a t te r r i f ic r a ins to rm here . j (Cont. on P. 2. Col. 4) (Cont. on P. 2, Col. 5)

"This is Western Union cal l ing." At Cherry Point that famous phrase might well be augmented to sound "this is Western Union calling by courtesy of the P. X."

Lit t le known is the fac t tha t the Western Union office here is ac-tually a service of the Pos t Ex-change directed by Col. T. J . Walk-er. The telegraph office located on the first deck of the Administrat ion Building, s tarboard side, has an average of 30 incoming te legrams and 20 outgoing wires per day. The

August of a Reserve Squadron to El Toro ; " m e * n d * ° / » O T e r t h e 1 , I United States. Mr. and Mrs. Drau-

Democracy on Wheels

FREEDOM TRAIN BRINGS HISTORIC DOCUMENTS TO PEOPLE Designed to a rouse the American «ple to a be t te r unde r s t and ing the "ideals and pract ices of Am-can democracy," the Freedom a:n shown above receives a final •Pection party before beginning

tour of 300 ci t ies of the 48 ates. "Freedom Is Everybody 's Job." the essential theme of the t ra in

its documents. Responsible for "promoting the ilque tour, is the American Heri t-'e foundation, a non-profi t , non-•lit'.eal orsanizatiotn compbsed of

of the leading men of the The Attorney-Gieneral of

e United States" h a s t a k e n over lUonal sponsorship, and mayors

towns visited a r e expected to fcosor the t ra in locally. As an ideational drive in American

•cs there probably never h a s anything like it.

On display inside the t ra in a r e °* the salient documents in

®«nean history, beginning with ~'eT Columbus wrote descr ibing Toyaee t 0 t j j e Americas , and

*•"? the s tory up to the first

ghon manage the affairs of the office together helped by Sgt. Da-vid St. John , a nat ive Yankee f rom Norwalk, Conn. Between these three people. Western Union ser-vices a re available to everyone on the station f rom 0800 to 1800 Mon-

(Cont. on P. 2, Col. 1)

m< i copy of the Char t e r of the ^ted Nations.

a collector 's s tandpoin t , - scraps of p a p e r " a re ex t rem»-^ l -ab le . Such paper h a s r a r i -aad hj istoricai impor tance . But

the Freedom Tra in is a f t e r bigger values and l a rger audiences. The collection is intended as a d ramat ic demonst ra t ion , fo r all Americans, of the development of our demo-cra t ic law and order, the American dream of freedom, and the sacri-fices which many have made to keep it going. The handwri t ing of Washington and Lincoln is there to see and more impor tan t wha t they had to say.

The t ra in will not merely shriek

colorful ly th rough the land, its br ight ly painted sides snapping by like firecrackers on the Four th . I t will pull in a t s idings so tha t people will be able to walk through quietly and s tudy the documen-ta ry evidence of thei r democrat ic her i tage.

Standing at the head of the t ra in , looking backwards , one is likely to note the red, white and blue s t r ipes l e rg ing off in the dis tance according to l inear per- i

spective. Everything, at first, flows smoothly f rom the present into the past. But inside the t ra in , on the walls and in showcases, one may learn the t rue na tu r e of the Freedom Train . I t is the past t h a t builds to the fu ture , not smoothly and in unbroken s t r ipes of red, white and blue, but in the hard , sometimes t ragic , s t ruggle for "life, l iberty and the pursu i t of happi-ness ." Don't let the outside fool you.

UNIT OF WEEK The outgrowth of one of the old-

est squadrons in Marine Aviation and a squadron that has a fine rec-ord of accomplishments and serv-ice is the Unit of the Week— VMR-252.

VMR-252, now attached to Air-FMFlant is the only operat ing Ma-

j rine Transpor t Squadron on the East Coast. Commanding the unit 's complement of 44 officers and 306 enlisted men is Major Charles W. Somers : the executive officer is Major Lowell S. Reeve. Fl ight operat ions a re carr ied on with 16 R5Cs and 2 R4Ds.

The Squadron has an impressive history. It is the outgrowth of VJ-2, one of the oldest uti l i ty squadrons in the Marine Corps. This outfit performed such duties as target- towing, some t r anspor t work, and other rout ine duties. VJ-2 was stationed at Ewa. Oahu. T. H. a t the t ime of the Japanese a t tack and suffered the loss cf con-siderable mater ia l and all planes but one. Changes came quickly af ter December 7th, 194L

(Cont. on P . 2, Col. 1)

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Page Two W I N D S O C K 3 October 1947

• win(/§3Q£f<\ THE WINDSOCK » pvNIahod VMUT b)

tnd for p t n o n i a l of Marine Cor*a Air I U * B . Ihr Marine Coipa Air S u U o o . a*<J the A I R F i i r - L A X T . C h a n ? P o U t . R . C

'-•A J. C,.v **IM J A iLJ. V*M. \CJ5, C. 0. AirFMFLaat

BRIG. GEN. IVAN W. MILLER Ccmdr. Air Bases, C.G. USMCAS LT -COL. JOHN T. L. D. GABBERT

Spec. Serv. Officer F I R S T LT. CHARLES H. CHURCH

Execut ive Edi tor

STAFF—Corp. Jack A. Brown. Managing Edi to r ; Pfc. J immy Crum. Spor ts Edi to r ; Pfc. Eugene Bazar. Repor te r ; Pfc . John Ander-son. Jr . . Circulat ion Manager- Pfc . Robert W. White, Art Edi to r ; Pfc . William Wygant , Mrs. R. Collins.

•Our Republic and Its Preas will r i se or fall together ."— Joseph Pul lUer .

THK WINDSOCK la publlafced la ro«pl l -tac. with l e t t e r of laotrw-tioa No. 1I0«. dalrO l« Aug. 1S4A It ' • pr.ated *J_ ">-Rirhardaoo I'rlntin* Com pan*. Now Bera N. C-. and la Onooo-d by tbe Station Sperlal l ^ r t i m l>eparimeat from aaapproprlatrd Wei faro ao4 Becreatloo fooda at the dlror-Hon of tlie Air Station Beoreatioo Council. Circulation la 5 .000 copiea per iaaoe.

THK WINDSOCK arrepta ao adrertlatug. All plctureo uerd aro Air Station Pboto Lab pirtnrea unleaa otkorwlao credited.

THK WINDSOCK reeeleaa Armed Toreeo | -rr.» Serelrv Material. Reproduction of credited nut ter prohibited without P " « ' » aloo of A F P S . S4I Waahlnftoo Street . N. Y. C. 14.

THK WINDSOCK receleeo Shlpa Editorial Aa»w latlon material. Iteprodnctloo of cred-ited matter prohibited wltbont permiaalon of SEA.

Corp. K i t 1 C.raaaer. Tecbaical Adrlaer.

HOW IS YOUR IQ? Auao-ra to queoUona 00 page throo. Oof

rw-t: I or a. poo*. S fa i r ; 4 good. » excolleat.

1. Ethiopia . 2. Claude Thornhi l l . 3. Xanci Merki. swimming ;

Alice Marble, t enn i s ; The Babe, bast-ball, t r ack , golf, swimming and many others .

4. Sheet metal . 5. Connect icut .

THREE BEAUTY CONTESTANTS FORMAL OPENING (Cont. from P. 1, Col 6)

lished in 28 newspapers. During the war she was adviser in the fur-nishing of many of the Ware bar-racks in Washington. She WAS the ewewator tor the Blair Lee Home which is used as a guest

1 house for the White House. At present she is consultant with the i the record and setting a new aur,

1 Army Quartermaster in the pur-1 of €52.(4 M.P-H. chase of furnitura for all overseas The Major reports that the 8kj.

i quarters being built by the Army, streak, a plane built strictly j, i Her name will appear In the issue research into high sub-tot*

FASTEST MAN {Cont_ from P, 1, CoL 1)

er Caldwell wuc citfaallv B o ^ nated for the test last Febrile Altuough he Lad only about t», and a half hours of flight time the Skystrsak before undergo^ the record run at Muroc. Cilifc?. nia, he did a fine job . . . breafcj

Coming Attractions STATION THEATEE

— P b o t o by PIO. If CAS

This trio of eyecatching lorelies are a few of the hopei'als In the WINDSOCK-Armed Forres Press Sertice Beauty Contest. Left to right, they are Evelyn Collins » H y Bell and Edna Haskett. Evelyn and Nelly work at Naty Supply while Edna does her stuff as a file clerk In the Industrial Relations Office, Administration Building.

Etelyn Collins 22, formerly a physical education major at ECTC, is a native daughter of MaysvlUe, X. C. Her Navy Supply sister, Kelly Bell, calls Wlldwood, X. C., home when she Isnt out taking flying les-sons or collecting souvenir*. A veteran Cherry Point civilian after three years, Edna Haskett lives in Havelock, N. C- and collects records In her spare time.

j of "Who's Who." n&r being pub-i l ished.

Other gues ts of honor, all of whom played an Impor tant pa r t in the design and complet ion of the club, were - Cmdr. F . P . Roule t t and Capt. H. J . F inn of the Bureau of Aeronaut ics , Wash ing ton ; Mr. S. F . Matulk). Mr. 0 . A. Delarosa . Mr. T. A. Pope. Cmdr. H. N. Wal l in , and Cmdr. G. T . Swiggum, all of the Construct ion and Design Divis-

' ions of the Bureau of T a r d s and Docks; Major D. E. Marshal l . Divis-ion of Aviat ion; Captain W. B. F reeman . P o s t - G r a d j a t e school, Annapol is ; and Mr. E lmer Kl ine of Wardman Inc .

Other members of the par ty , who were invited by the manage-ment to ass i s t in the en t e r t a inmen t of the honored gues ts were the commanding genera l s of the s ta-tion. Maj. Gen. Wal lace and Brig. Gen. Miller, and thei r wives, thei r chief of staff, and beads of senior depar tmen t s .

In the main d ining room, several hundred gues t s enjoyed the splen-did s teak d inner and danced to the music of the s ta t ion band. Cherry Poin t ' s best ba l l -dresses came out of mothbal l s for the event , making a spec tacu la r display aga ins t the background of khaki , d ress -whi tes and blues, and tuxedes . The new look over which fashion leaders a r e now wrangl ing , was s t rongly in evidence. F o r those who like s ta-t is t ics. your r epor t e r counted two hoop ski r t s , two cal f - length gowns, 14 bus t l es and many more n e a r -bust les .

speeds, handled very well eve* , h ighest speeds.

Major Car l served twenty-^ months overseas in two tourj * duty and h a s 18 enemy planea tt h is credi t which makes him Q

Ace. In the ear ly days he fler, Wildcat (F4F) , the p lane that h is tory for the Marine Air Corn. He holds the fol lowing decoratiou and r ibbons : 2 Navy Crosses, • Dist inguished F ly ing Cross. 2 Aj Medals, 2 Pres ident ia l Unit Cfo. t lons, Asiat ic and Pacific theater American Defense, and the Victor? Medal.

T h e Major a t tended Oregoi S ta te College before enlisting a

the Marine Corps in the fall c( 1938. He was awarded his wisp and commissioned a 2nd Liento-ant in December. 1939.

He ha i l s f rom Hubbard . Oregoi. and is marr ied but h a s no childrts a s yet.

Cher ry Point is very proud rf the record set by Major Carl utf to have him aboard .

(Dal ly change l o « I IKK Hl 'HBANDS A F F A I R S —

l r a n - o t Tone. I .mtl le Ba l l : Newa. lit 7 OI'T O F T H E BLl'K — Georgr

Htvut. Virginia Majo. Ill s SWEKT (SKNEVl EVE—Jean Port-

er. J l mm; l.Tdoo. lO V THK LAST K t l F N D f P — t J e n e Ao-

t.< Jran Heather i n 10 LONE WOLF IN LONDON —

Newa. |i> II TWO BLONDES A N D A RED-

HEAD- Newa.

CHERRY THEATRE Shone Monday through Friday ITSO. 1980

and 2130. Saturday and Sunday—1S00. 1500, liHM, 2100.

(Subject to change without notice) 10 ti BACHELOR P A F O S T E R S — Gail

I t u w l l . Claire Trevor: Cartoon-Norelty. 10 «. 7 LOVE A LEARN- -Jack Caraoo.

Martha Vlckera: Newa. cart«>u>. norelty. It' S DANGER STREET—Jane Withers.

Rrbert Lower*: Cartoon. Tevbnicolor Adrrn-ture: BANK NIGHT.

10 y. !t> T H E H F C K S T E B S — Clark Gable. IVborrah Kerr; Newa.

10 II FIGHTING F R O N T I E R S MAN— CharU-a Starrett. Smiley Burnette: WOLF CAI.L—-Jolm Caroll. Morlta.

GET BACK RANK (Cont. from P. 1. Col. 3)

the rank held on discharge upon reenlistment and who are eligible

i for a higher rank than they now earnest. By the end of '13 they had tion here at Cherry Point with its h o jd Jn a c c 0 r t | a n c e with the chart

complement of aircraft (15 R5Cs) enclosed in Letter of Instruction which it had flown from Guam on No. 1490."

all R5Cs and were performing the functions of an Transport Squad-ron.

This Squadron handled numer-ous jobs and duties. They trans-ported personnel; brought up ammo. supplies; evacuated the wounded; Point are _ carried mail; and accomplished high caliber of work that the outfit information. Why not check

has always accomplished. They w i t h y o u r gq„adron personnel offi-cer? You may be in line for a pro-motion if you do.

the 24th of March. It was assigned with the rest of MAG-21 at first to the 9th MAW and then to the 2nd

wVaponsT rood. and olh.'r MAW. Its operations here at the ~ ' characteristic of the

manv other assignments in a com-mendabte manner throughout the j >>ave successfully undertaken many

various jobs such as flying the

The above scoop is quoted for the benefit of all men who re-enlisted in the Corps with prior Marine Corps service and weren't reappointed to their rank held on discharge in accordance with the

On March of '44. VMJ-252 moved from the Hawaiian area to the Gil-

u0nce a Marine, always a Ha-

FREAK WEATHER (Cont. from P. 1, Col. 2)

Atlantic States. The storm pau« to the west of this station with -j 60 miles per hour winds; howetR the Point was soaked with 16 inches of rain within 24 hours.

An invasion of Polar Contineaa: Air has brought the chills to with the sudden arrival of ai weather. On the whole, the v» ther at the Point is abont norm for this time of year. The hi> plest note of all was sounded i Aerology officer, Lt Overstns when he said that rainfall here ft begin decreasing as the Fall st advances.

OVERSEAS DUTY (Cont. from P. 1, Col. 2)

from the Marine Corps Institn overseas stations will offer yooi excellent chance to meet stray people and to study their mu varying Ideas and customs.

An extra twenty per cent of yw base pay will aid in your sariu and the fact you are overseas ^ make it much easier to bank mx money than possible here in ^ States.

See your Sergeant Major for * tails and pull some liberties such famous places as HonoliJ

WESTERN UNION (Cont. from P. 1, Col. 5)

day thru Friday and 0900 to 1400 Saturday. Sunday and Holidays.

Overseas cablegrams, straight wires. Day and Night letters, mon-ey orders and other special wire services are at your fingertips whenever you need them. If you are in a hurry to get that message to its destination, remember that your Western Union office is ready to serve you. right away!

'boots" from Parris Island, ferry-ing personnel of Reserve Squad-

bert Islands" where"llT Joined "the r o n s ,or t h c t r a i ° l n s '»r iod- 1 rine." This statement his pioied : HIlo. Tientsin. Tsinpao, Pacific Transport Unit called "en for the Cuban maneuvers, and t h , „ f „ n . , r *«rla, Shanghai. Transport Air Group or TAG. few months later, it received its present designation Transport Squadron

As the war activity increased, so did operations for the outfit. They flew many missions in the Marianas o u t l t a agsijpr («nta in I Corps Laarae. He Is aa attorney September and proceeded to *

I n f a i ' t ?r*r a n A n n n O f I . . . • - i

many other duties. w_ c , Hajthe. Hajthe serred On May 31 of this year. MAG-21 here at Cherry Point as the Cem-

of Marine w a s decommissioned except for 252 manding Officer of AES 42 aad as VMR-252. w h i c h became a composite squad- Judge Advocate during the last war

ron. This compact squadron as it and has recently been elected Com- _ stands today is one of the ablest on maadant of the Charleston, West signed to it for the operation. 1* the base and one that you know i Virginia detachment of the Marine left Cherry Point on the W

ACTION ON W. C0AS1 (Cont. from P 1. Col. <•

The Squadron used a force «•' planes of its own and 8 planes

campaign. In fact, for a period of ^ excellent manner as it has done *nd counselor at law and his offices West Coast. Picking up lo^1

UNIT OF WEEK (Cont. f r o m P. 1. Col. 5>

Furn ished with new planes and mater ia ls , the Squadron had its designation changed to YMJ-252 and a l though sti l l classed a s an u ' i l i t iy outfit it began ca r ry ing out a lmost exclusive t r anspo r t duties.

F r o m then on. they began car ry-ing out war- t ime opera t ions in

60 days they were the only squad-ron opera t ing on Tinian and Sai-pan. At th is time, they were also ca r ry ing on opera t ions in the Guam campaign .

l . a te r on. a f t e r a rapid change of bases f rom the Gilber ts to the Marshal l#, and then to Guam, they took par t in the Okinawa campaign . With the conclusion of host i l i t ies , they flew ass igned flights to China. J apan , and the Phi l ippines .

Final ly on the 22nd of F e b r u a r y . '46. th is " v e t e r a n " squadron whose p lanes had hit about every con-ceivable place in the Pacific f r o m China to the Hawai ian Is lands, re-ceived i ts orders to repor t back to

: the States.

VMR-2C2 came aboard the s ta-

in the past . | a r e lot a ted In Char les ton. the way. they then made other' s igned flights and finished brief3

them aboard on the 10th. Thi r teen Reserve Squadrons v*

up of over 1.000 men were csrr* i These squadrons came from S* ' t ie. Oakland. New Orleans. * . nt-apolis. Dallas . Memphis 0 ! *

iKan.>. St. Louis and Denver. The r e tu rn ing of the Reserr*

| the i r individual bases began or \ 19th and by the 24th all the

had repor ted back here Point .

In cha rge of th is movement * Major C. P. Somers . the com*J ing officer, and Major R. C. ^ the opera t ions officer of A total of 55 pilots and 80 esl* men were used for the ope ra te

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I October 1947 WINDSOCK Page Three

MEET CHERRY POINT Graduating f r o m the N a . a l Acad-

py ia 1M1 a f t e r f o u r year# on ^ j r continually championsh ip in-K <ol les ia te rifle t eam, L t Col.

5. Moore has made qu i te a rec-^ tor himself ill t h e pas t 20 yea r s . , that record a r e included V tscks at t he t r a n s c o n t i n e n t a l lpe<d record. Other a t t e m p t s were sder the exis t ing record, bu t bad ick and. worse, bad wea the r foul-0 tp the two flights. I V second "Opera t ion J o e " w a s

xtempted J u n e 4, 1945. Leaving >.t West Coast with two o t h e r ^rsairs. alt went well, t he C.O. of IAG-11 recal led, unt i l the flight ns between P i t t s b u r g h and Allen-jva. Pennsy l r an ia . A te r r i f ic torm with Its top over 45,00 feet ished all th ree a i r c r a f t . R ipp ing ibric. popping 85 r ive ts and twls t -w the left aer l ion comple te ly off.

Col. Moore quie t ly cont inued, he planJ hur t l ed f r o m 42,000 fee t

about 2.000 fee t ove r t he Alle-tanies before t he recovery w a s ompleted. T h e s a m e s to rm did boat fire mill ion do l l a r s wor th of

in the Quebec a r ea of Can da after moving f r o m the Penn-Tlraoia region. Lt . Col. Moore uded in Delaware . Ma jo r Owens uded at Pennsy lvan i a and L t . loL Clasen reached haven in New bmpshire.

Before winn ing h i s wings a t •ensacolt in "35. L t . Col. Moore erred on the Mar ine Corps Rifle ;am at th^ Nat iona l Rifle ma tches .

1932 he sailed fo r S h a n g h a i wi th . H. 4th Mar ines . H i s fiancee

ime to China a y e a r l a t e r and hey were mar r i ed December 4, S33 by Judge P u r d y of t he Amer-ran Court for China.

Returning to t he S t a t e s in "34, - reported to P e n s a c o l a fo r flight lining. T h e nex t yea r found L t ol. Moore wi th A i r c r a f t One a t nantico. Dive Bombers and F igh t -rs were the o rder of t he day . Bu t le West Coast du ty which c a m e ext was with ne i the r of these b u t istead with Scout Bombers . Fighters m u s t be In L t . Col.

loore's blood fo r in '29 he Joined MF-211 and w e n t wi th MAG-21

Ewa in J a n u a r y of 1941. Af t e r earl Harbor h e m a d e a survey of ie outer H a w a i i a n I s l ands . Re-siding VMF-211 a f t e r W a k e I s -ad was accompl ished by March M2. The squad ron moved to an atter island to gua rd t he l i fe l ine the South Pacific. In the fa l l of

1 he re turned to t he S t a t e s and

ass i s ted In p r e p a r i n g MAG-12 fo r c o m b a t

MAG-12 went overseas in *43 and with i t went L t Col Moore first a s Exec, and la te r a s C. O. Th i s w a s h i s second w a r t ime tou r of over-seas duty . He served a t Guadal-cana l with t he F i g h t e r Command a s i t s commande r fo r a while and then took p a r t in t he Solomons campaign . By October of '43 Col. Moore was s ta t ioned a t El To ro organ iz ing t he F i g h t e r P i lo t Re-p lacemen t Uni t t he re . Af te r two m o n t h s he a s sumed command of MAG-41, t r a i n i n g both fighter and dive bomber pilots.

G-3, Mar ine Air West Coast sup-plied him wi th a new job in Feb-r u a r y of '44. As P l a n n i n g and T r a i n i n g Officer, Col. Moore helped o r g a n i s e and t r a i n six r ep l acemen t s q u a d r o n s fo r f a s t c a r r i e r duty. Foresee ing the Navy 's need for these outf i ts , the u n i t s we re ready when t he d i s t r e s s cal l came.

His las t t ou r of o v e r s e a s du ty came when he lef t t he S t a t e s 1 Augus t 1945 a s C. O. of MAG-44, a c a r r i e r based a i r suppo r t g roup . At E w a when V-J Day came. Col. Moore was next ordered to Guam to t a k e command of MAG-21, a t r a n s p o r t g roup . Th i s g r o u p sup-por ted t he o rgan iza t ions in China and J a p a n un t i l i ts r e t u r n to t he S t a t e s in F e b r u a r y '46. H e then m a d e a su rvey of Pacif ic bases and r e t u r n e d to E w a as G-4. H i s first g l impse of Cher ry Po in t was in J u l y of '47.

Or ig ina l ly f rom Newtonvil le , Mass.. the Col. r e tu rned to Lt . Col. in F e b r u a r y th i s year . At the out -b reak of w a r he he ld t he r a n k of Capta in .

H i s wife and n ine yea r old son, David, have joined h im h e r e f rom I the i r h o m e in Massachuse t t s . j

Ul-UCUT! or BRITE„4J&mS

William Bendlx will co - sUr with Blag Crosby in the for thcoming j "Connect icut Yankee". . . . J a c k i e Robinson. Negro first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodders goes on the a i r Sep tember 26 as a gues t on the Bill 8 t r - n spor t show and ou October 25 In " T i e Big Break" . . . . Si-ice Colonei Lemuel Stoopnagle (F. Chase Tay lo r ) has been signed for a pe rmanen t spot on the Camel Cigare t te -Vaughn Monroe show he has been replaced on t he "S top Me If You've H e a r d Th is One" comedy ie r ies by Lew Lehr . . . . T h e P a r a m o u n t Thea t e r of N e * York City is t en ta t ive ly p lann ing to set up a f ree-p lay j u k e box in the lobby or basemen t lounge. The only records to be played would be the h i t t unes of Mel T o n n e , F r a n k i e Laine and the King C o h Tr io to de te rmine t he re la t ive popular i ty . . . . A rad io d r a m a t i c vehicle s t a r r i n g Bonita Granvi l le is In t he offing. T h e show would be t i t led. This Is Our Life, and would have o t h e r Hollywood s t a r s in gues t appearances . . . . Duke El l ing ton has been s igned fo r a one-hour dai ly noonday t ranscr ibed d isk jockey show by Sta t ion WMCA In New York. Th i s s ta t ion Is p lan-n i n g a s imi la r show f e a t u r i n g H a r r y Jamea . . . . One of the la rges t s ing le sa les of a t r a n s c r i b e d se r i e s fo r qui te somet ime was made re-cent ly when the Morton Radio P roduc t ions Company of Chicago sold t he "Louise Massey and W e s t e r n e r s " p rogram to 95 dea le r s of the Gibson R e f r i g e r a t o r Company. . . . A f t e r a s u m m e r t i m e t r imming of the budget the "Rad io Reader ' s Diger t ha s resumed Its n a m e gues t policy again for i ts f a l l ser ies . T h e first gues t s t a r was Ge r t rude Lawrence on Sep tember 11. . . . S t an Ken ton ' s o r ches t r a , s t i l l in a period of reorganiza t ion , ha s been signed for a four -week da te be g inn ing November 25 a t the Hote l Commodore in New York. . . . Th i s Week ' s Big FIT®: Peg O' My H e a r t . I Wonder Who 's Kiss ing Her Now, Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (Tha t C iga re t t e ) . Near You, and T h a t ' s My Desire . . . . J e r r y M u : _ u s H a r m o n i c a t s scheduled for a ser ies of one-n igh t and t h e a t e r da t e s in t h e Midwest. . . . I t looks l ike a big year fo r ac t s in Miami. Al though t he "Miami s ea son" is s t i l l some m o n t h s away , t he r e so r t c lubs t h e r e a r e a l r eady beginning to l ine u p big at-t r ac t ions inc luding such n a m e s as J a c k i e Miles, Sophie Tucke r , Mil-ton Ber le , and possibly Danny Kaye . . . . Ted Hus lng , s p o r t s c a - t e r , h a s a stiff schedule set u p fo r himself t h i s fa l l . Besides h i s six days a week disk pockey whi r l on WHN, h e is s la ted for the W e s t Po in t g r id i ron ser ies and a lso a pro gr id-cas t eve ry Sunday f rom Bal t imore . . . .. Hei ry Morgan wil l commute f r o m New York to Los Angeles and vice ve r sa th i s fa l l when he s t a r t s h i s Schick E v e r s h a r p show and a lso a movie "So This I s New York" . . . . Eddie Can to r will p re sen t a new vocal is t on h i s h a l f - h o u r show th i s fa l l . The young lady, Cece Blake, was b rough t to Can to r ' s a t t en t ion by his daugh te r , Mari lyn, th ree years ago. In t he e n s u i n g t ime Can to r ha s been t r a i n i n g the vocalist f o r radio by p rocur ing a s s i g n m e n t s fo r h e r with t he o r c h e s t r a s of Ski tch Hende r son and Vaughn Monroe. . . . F r a n k i e Laine, s inger whose re -cordings of " T h a t ' s My Des i re" h i t the j ackpo t , ha s col labora ted with none o the r t h a n Hoagy Carmichae l and has t u rned songwri te r . T h e tune , recen t ly publ ished, is " P u t Yourself in My Place , Baby' r with lyr ics by Laine and mus ic by Hoagy. . . . Guy Kibbee, ve teran screen s ta r , will fo rego severa l p ic tu res this fa l l to have a top ro le in a Broadway product ion of "The La te Chr i s topher Bean". He will play t he role crea ted by Wa l t e r Connolly.

&rhpbub nf Uttrin? &ertrirp

r\ f I HOME UFEJ

rersonal A ffairs

QUESTION: WHAT CHARACTER-ISTIC DO YOU L I K E BEST IN P E O P L E ? L I K E LEAST?

Miss Helen G. Jowdy ; N a v y Supplyy; H a r e -lock. N. C. — Sincer i ty is a t r u e cha rac te r i s -tic of a rea l per-son. Rudeness , by fa r , is the leas t des i rable of all cha rac t e r i s -t ics ."

P fc . R o b e r t O. H e s s ; Special i Service 's Office; I Baraboo. Wis.— I " T h e bes t c h a r - I ac te r i s t l c t h a t I J l ike about a pe r - I son is t he abll l - I ty to keep cool I and f r iendly , no | m a t t e r how press ing the si t-ua t ion may be. I flnd i t very ha rd to like people who don ' t show re -spect for the r igh t s of o the r s . "

P fc . Char les H. H a r r i s ; MCAS-11; P i t t sbu rgh , Pa .—"Charac te r -is t ic I l ike most In a person is h i s wi l l ingness to help aor do wha tever he can. no m a t t e r wha t comes up. Char -ac te r i s t i c s I l ike

Ioaat is conceited n ess and self ish-ness . "

Pfc . J a c k C. Guequierre ; AES-46; Wayne. P a . — " T r u s t w o r t h i -ness is the c h a r -ac ter i s t ic I l ike most In a per -son. Decei t ful -ness is the c h a r -ac te r i s t i c I dis-like the m o s t "

Communi ty Church . CaifceUe

0646. 0845. 1200 Mass a t S ta t ion Chapel .

Confess ions S a t u r d a y 1600-1700 and 1930-2100.

0900—Masj a t Communi ty Church . Daily Mass a t 0630 in Cathol ic

Wing of Sta t ion Chapel . P e r p e t u a l Novena Devot ions T u e s -

day a t 1910. •peda l boa leaves MOQ a t 9916 fo r Have lock via MEMQ and r e -to the s ta t ion v ia the s a m e rou t e immedia te ly fo l lowing t h e close

wnday School.

*5*—Sunday School a t Cher ry Point School.

Divine W o r s h i p a t S ta t ion Chapel.

•^—Divine W o r s h i p a t C o m m u n -ity Church.

« - Y o u n g People ' s Meet ing a t Cherry Po in t ScheeL

OO—Kvening Divine W a r s h i p a t

Many a ques t ion was b rough t to mind when a recen t a r t i c l e unde r "Se rv icemen ' s Serv ice" appea red in the New York Dally News. I t s ta ted t h a t wi th t he s igning of the Sena te Resolut ion 123 official ly end-ing Wor ld W a r I I i t t e rmina ted the benef i ts insofa r a s ce r t a in ve t e rans were concerned . I t will have no effect on any person who enl is ted or reen listed between October 6, 1945 and Cctober 5, 1946. As to such pe r sons , t he t e rmina t ion of the w a r w'U be the t e rmina t ion of tha t period of en l l smen t o r reenlism>»nt.

It ha s come to the a t ten t ion of the Educa t ion Officer t h a t the policy govern ing t he Genera l Educa t ion Developmen t e s t s in the s t a t e of New York has been revised. In the pas t no credi t whatsoever would be g r an t ed for the success fu l complet ion of these t e s t s ; however, a s t u -dent m a y now obtain a Cert i f icate of Equiva lency f rom the S ta te De-p a r t m e n t of Educa t ion . Contac t the Educa t ion Officer a t 3273 for f u r t h e r i n fo rma t ion .

HOW IS YOUB IQ7 (Answers can be found on page 2)

1. W h a t l iberated count ry has not asked t he U. N. for relief ass is-tance because i t says o the r na t ions need t he help more despera te ly?

2. "Snow F a l l " if* the theme of wha t wel l -known piano maes t ro?

3. With what spo r t s a r e t he fol lowing female a th le tes con-nec ted : Nancle Merki, Alice Mar-ble. Babe Zahar ias .

4. A new flag is flying over Iwo J ima, of wha t mater ia l is it made of.

5. The n i c k n a m e "Nutmeg S t a t e " br ings to t he tore w h a t s ta te .

THE OLD SALT -By William C. Wyqcmt

B & r f S ® A * 1 1 ' HAVe TO ,.<U*T ORtAM ABOUT A TRANSFER BECAUSE T H E FIRST « R 6 E A * T *Aip HQ ACAIN TODAV

WELL THIS IS WHERE T H E I WANT A WHAT MAKES Y O U "Y FIRST SERGEANT THINK I CAN G E T rOANSTER

Y O U A TRANSFCR { TOLD ME TO SO WW EN I ASKED

HIM •

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FT. BENNING TAKES 2-0 WIN OVER "FLYERS" Cherry Point, N. C., Sept. 27—Seeking revenge for last year's two Ft. Ben-j

ning-inflicted losses—440 and 38-0—the Cherry Point "Flyers" today were thp haolp"? victims of another "Doughboy'' defeat. Notching a two-point mar-gin on the fourth play from scrimmage, the visitors from Georgia held tight for the remaining 58 minutes of play to talce a 2 to 0 victory over the "Point-ers'' before 4,300 chilled spectators. The two points, seemingly small during the first half, grew in size during the third and fourth periods when it became

Flye r s " offens-appa ren t that the i r e a t t ack was making no headway aga ins t the s t ronger Benning elev-en. Only once, late In the four th qua r t e r , did the locals threa ten to Invade the "Doughboys" goal line, and that a t t ack was stopped cold less than th ree feet away f rom pay d i r t .

In th ree plays. Benning re tu rned the op in ing kickoff six yards to thei r own 44 yard line. With the wind behind him. fu l lback Bob Seibert arched a long end-over-end punt over the charging linemen into the a r m s of safety man John Quinn. Standing on the goal line. Quinn let the ball drop f rom his h a n d s and it rolled behind the goal posts. Before he was able to pick up much-needed blocking. Quinn was smeared behind the goal l ine for a safety.

• "i • v i Pboto by P IO . MCA®

CASTING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE GIVEN l>uring the remainder of the first j mence the first of October in

half Cherry Poin t ' s fo rward move-ment was slowed a lmost to a s tand-still. I«ate in the half , the locals drove f rom their own 23 to the Benning 37 before losing the ball . Three first downs were chalked up

Classes a r e scheduled to com-1 ing goods s tore In near-by towna. fly !. . . Guns will be checked o a t for

a period of 48 h o u r s or for the week-end. . . . Hun t ing l icenses a r e

cast ing, fly tying and bait cast ing, Lt. O. W. Curt lss . OIC of the Drill Hall Hun t ing and Fish ing Hut . an-nounced last week.

One night a week—af te r working hours—the combined c lasses will

du r ing the drive, two of them com-1 meeting the Hun t ing and Fish ing Hut . P lanned p r imar i ly for the novice, you may reg is te r at the Hut or call 2294 to reg is te r for any of the classes .

Hun t ing Odds & Ends : Shot gun ptionally ou t s t and ing defens- ffcells a r e ra t ioned to personnel a t

25 per month. . . Hun t ing l icenses may be procured f rom any spor t -

ing on penal t ies aga ins t Benning. Seibert . 190-pound Benning block-

bust ing fu l lback kept h i s c lub on t h r offensive du r ing the first half with l ine-smashing Jaunts and his

ive p l a t F r a n k Wal l ington. " F l y e r " ha l f -

back. broke away for the longest run of the a f te rnoon du r ing the 40-yard drive in the first half . With gome beau t i fu l blocking and shif ty hips. Wall ington broke into the Benning secondary , and had h e , possessed Just a l i t t le m o r e speed, league got u n d e r w«r th i s pas t he would have been a . ay for a TD ! » e e k b e "

T a k i n s to the a i r in the second | <-anse ol the h u r r i c a n e warn ings , ha l t , the ••Flyers" pass ing a t tack Games commenced on Tuesday proved to he very weak. Ten a e r . a l s j » » r n i n g w h e n ^ H q . Sq. F M F was were tossed; only one pteted and one was in tercepted. ^ _

Af te r moving to the Benning 35 : saw A E S - « win two s t r a igh t se ts va rd line la te in the four th period !rom MACG-1 to coup the game. In on a 15-vard penal ly . S e c r i s f s 11- j the th i rd and dua l game for the vard spr int a round end and a Ker- day. VMR-25! overcame VMF-S31. sey-tossed pass for n ine yards . j Seating them 2 out of 3 sets. Robbins was forced to punt . Ben- defeated 531 in the opening game, n ine tack possession on the o n e ' deefated 531 in the opening game, yard line and Seibert punted out S i . F M F notched a win over iwo p lays la ter . The ptrat was j AES-46 in one of the best games against the wind and the " F l y e r s - , witnessed since play s t a r t ed in the took over on the 16. Seerist rolled I league. MACG-1 won over VMR-to the 11 and Gholson. behind some | 25! in the final game to complete good in te r fe rence , car r ied to the j the week. three . Gholson took a hand-off on

hpeaMmq effipoth.

priced at $3.10; combinat ion h n n t -ing-flshing l icenses a r e $4.10. . Provided enough in teres t is shown in hunt ing , and fishing, a Rod and Gun Club may be formed in t h e near fu tu re . . . . Because of the many different hun t ing l aws in each county, a complete mimeo-graphed form has been prepared , out l in ing the hun t ing season in all counties. . . . These fo rms m?y be procured at the Hun t ing and F i sh-ing Hut .

INTRAMURAL PLAYER OF WEEK Volleyball Leagae

The stat ion i n t r a m u r a l vol leybal l ;

was com-! defeated by VMT-1 in the opening game of the day. The second game

a fake-buck- la te ra l . and It looked a s though the " F l y e r s " ace- in- the-hole play had net ted a touchdown. But. Gholson was stopped less than a yard f rom pay dir t . T h r e e more a t t e m p t s to crack the Benning for -ward wal l proved fut i le , and the • Doughboys" took over with less than a minu te to play.

The Cherry Point g r idders leave today for Norfolk where they t ang le wi th Norfolk Receiving Stat ion to-mor row af te rnoon .

At p resen t with 3 t eams tied for first p lace and the o thers not too fa r behind, i t 's st i l l "anybody 's l e ague ! " The s t and ings of the t eams a r e : T e a m : Won Lost AES-46 3 1 MACG-1 3 1 VMT-1 3 1

Hq. SQ. F M F 2 2 VMR-252 1 3

VMF-531 0 < Af te r sweat ing out the h u r r i c a n e

warnings , the Sta t ion Touch-Foot-

Halley Fad.-* Qu'.nr.

FOX A S P STATISTICS V.ot Fort Renn'.wr ,.r LE H j s u o i«k ic» LT Mler .

I.G PeTboId C (cl Tal laot n r . W«rd

Gronain**r P r a r p e r

Sc*:ion PrroJdv

Cutri , c l SetN-rt

RT

W i r d :

I V : n t v v v *v : Cherry Po in t : Quinn.

at i tutloni • Cherry Po in t : E n d i : F1* Tackles . WhitaVer. S'.lk: Guards : Boadrvan. Actooie'.lo. P i P l a n a .

M j e r s : Kick*: Gbo'«on. A1 banes ' . _WaUlnc-ton. Lan. K t r * * . Macben. F' End*: Scoril. Let* : Tackles : Ji l U r T a t n m : Guards : Cotter . Austin. Her-• v - Center: T-.minella. Cur rau : Backs : Kot-r t* . Greenldpe. O'Brien. Sloan.

Official# : Jowdy Referee: Simpson. f t r

Husay. HendllneaJMn: Morgan. F i f M JudfT.

Firs t Posrns r » « . r x ™ . Ranninr ... F r a i i t M ... l tushlos ..... Lost

Completed - -Tarda l o l f m p M By .. Pcnta — Average .... R t c s n w d . . . _ Tards Slckoff

Own Re*-orered .... m . i Penalties —

i Penalty Tarda Yards Gained Ruahin* Yard* Gained Passing Yards Gained Penalties . Total Yardage Gained ...

Hard-hi t t ing , l ine-cracking Cher-ry Point fu l lback . Leonard Rob-bins . was nominated las t Sa tu r -day. fol lowing the " F l y e r s " 2-0 loss to the F t . Benning "Doughboys." as the "P l aye r of the Week." . . . The 190-pound pigskin to te r ca r -ried the oval only five t imes, but he ga rne red 20 yards , an average of f o u r yards per t ry. . . . Said Ben-ning Coach. " B u t c h " Kendr ick , of Robbins: "An excel lent g round ga iner th rough the line. And it seemed to me as though the m o r e t ack le rs the re were hanging on to him. the more yardage he ga ined ."

"Doughboy" fu l lback Seibert t u rned in the longest Benning run

a n ine yard j a u n t off tacgle. . It was Robbins. * ' rk ing f rom

his l ine backer ' s spot, who finally brought him down, and it w a s Rob-bins. whose back-break ing t ack les j a r r ed the very ea r th on which the two clubs were playing, stopped other Benning g round-ga in ing a t -t empts in the ea r ly s tages .

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ball League got unde rway again this week.

On Monday VMT-1 handed MACG-1 a 2 6to 12 defeat in the opening game. In the 2nd g a m e VMR-252 scored twice to defea t VMF-531 . . . 14 to 0. AES-46 won 6 to 0 on a forefit over Hq. Sq. F M F in Tuesday ' s game, a s the Hq. 's team did not show up for the game. AES-46 came back the next day to t r ounce VMR-252 . . 33 to 0 in the last game of the week.

A change in the l ine-up was made a f t e r the week 's games . Hq. Sq. F M F has dropped due to the lack of p layers and VMF-122 h a s taken thei r place in the League.

S tand ings a r e : AES-46 3 0 VMR-252 * 2 MACG-1 1 VMT-1 1 1 VMF-531 1 2 VMF-122 0 2

By J i m m y Crum PIGSKIN PROGNOSTICATIONS FOR OCTOBER 4 Had lt not been for th ree m a j o r ca tas t rophlea In las t Saturday,

grid c lashes in the southwest , our first week 's average for come plckin 's would have topped 80 per cent. . . However , the power-Ui , LSU eleven dumped Rice, 21-14; Texas A & M t r immed Texas T«tt 29-7: and Oklahoma A & M eked out a 14-7 win over Texas Christiu . . . One predict ion in both the South and F a r Wes te rn circles backflr*

Nor th Carolina, a f t e r 3^4 q u a r t e r s of rough-going, stopped ti» T r i p p M e s s Georgia "Bulldogs." 14-7. and Idaho put together two TDi a field goal and a safe ty to top S tanford , 19-16. . . . Many surpr i r j j t eams and upse ts a re bound to occur in the Eas t each year. . . . We call* for a "close one" In the Holy Cross -Dar tmouth " tug-o ' -war ." and do* It was . . . . The "Crusade r s " and "Whi te Ind ians" bat t led to a p<-ore!esj tie. . . . Cal i fornia c rossed-up all records and s ta t i s t ics by nosing or Navy, 14-7, and Temple r an r a m p a n t over NYU, 32-7. . . . All of whici gives n s an average of 74 per cent for the first week, by way of 29 cor-rec t pickings and 10 losses. . . .Tomorrow, for the second s t ra ight North Carol ina 's Car l Snavely-coached " T a r Hee l s" a r e Involved in tW "Game of the Week." . . . The "Cboo-Choo" ( Jus t i ce ) driven C a r o l i n g t ravel to Aust in . Texas , to do ba t t l e with Bobby Layne and the Tei* "Longhorns . " . . . Coach Blair Cher ry ' s lads mopped up the gridiron wta Oregon last Sa turday , 38-13, and we don' t have to ask twice what ha> pec -a to Carol ina on tha t fa te fu l Sa turday a f t e rnoon of September r . . . Cherry will th row Lyne aga ins t the vaunted Carol ina line u< Snavely will have add a goodly supply of coal and wa te r on the aide-lines. should the "Choo-Choo" begin to lose some of Its fo rward powe

The fact tha t two All-Amerlcan candida tes will collide somewhi overshadows t i e two equal ly power fu l fo rward combinat ions. . . "Game of the Week" and on a blind-folded "eeny, meeny. miny. mot-

choice, th is scr ibe will st ick by the " T a r Heels" . . . . Watch for a heea CO-minute bat t le between the Navy Goat and the Columbia Lion. . Lou Li t t le ' s charges , ba t te red and bruised, will t ake the i r place in tV victor 's circle, but not by more t han one s ix-pointer . . . . Wisconri a f t e r t rouncing Purdue , 32-14, will have a tough t ime s topping Indim f resh f r o m a 17-0 victory over Nebraska . . . . Fo rmer Ail-American We Fesler , Ohio S ta te mentor , has plenty of good mater ia l , and Purdue i more than ready tc make the "Buckeyes" look like a buncfa of kinde gar ten s tudents . . . . A toss of the coin says t h a t w e l l st ick with tk •Bucks". . . . The Missouri-SMU bat t le , Georgia Tech-Tulane engift ment and Washington ' s meet ing with Oregon Sta te will a lso be "toKi n ' go". . . . The crys ta l bal l ( the same one tha t double crossed fi

owner last Sa tu rday) looks for Missouri, Georgia Tech and Washinpi to be victorious.

EAST: Army over Colorado, H a r v a r d in a close one with Boston I Holy Cross to t ake Temple, but not unt i l the "Owls" have made it rtwfl for Ox Da Grossa ' s "Crusade r s , " Colgate will have an easy time r j Kings Point Merchant Marine. Pennsy lvania to pract ica l ly repeat la year s 66-0 thumping of Lafaye t te , P e n n Sta te over Bucknell . SOB Dame will breeze past P i t t sburgh , Pr ince ton will take a close one frfl Brown, Dar tmouth over Syracuse and a close one between Yale u Cornell , wi th Yale ge t t ing the nod.

MIDWEST: I l l inois over Iowa, Kansas over Iowa State , Michipi in a close one with S tanford , Mississippi S ta te over Michigan Sua UCLA over Nor thwes te rn , Kentucky over Xavier , and Minnesota shod squeeze by Nebraska .

SOUTHWEST: Arkansas , by one touchdown, over TCU, Oklahes A & M will h i t Denver like the Atom Bomb hit Bikini, Texas Tech o« West Texas Sta te and Tulsa to r u n Drake into the t u r f .

SOUTH: Wake F o r e s t over Clemson, LSU ( this one 's a s close i they come) over Georgia, North Carol ina over Davidson, Duke (this « could go e i the r way) over Tennessee . VMI over George Washington, a Mississippi will knock SoutL Carol ina h igher t han the proverbial ka

FAR W E S T : Idaho over Washing ton Sta te . Rice will have to be• thei r guard and fu l l of fight to down Southern Cal i fornia . Herman Wtf* meyer will lead St. Mary 's to a close victory over Cal i fornia , and Orep will s top Nevada.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt , the re will be upse t s tomorrow afitf noon on the collegiate gr id i rons . . . . This scr ibe will be scoutinp aroa for a new c rys ta l bal l before next Sa turday if the upse ts and doaii crosses occur in any of the above-mentioned 40 contes ts .

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INTRAMURAL STANDINGS Total P ta .

MACG-1 18 VMF-312 » 6 M S U - 1 AE8-41 0 MACS II 0 VM> -N-5S1 0 AES-4« S Hdq. S<jd. Sta 1 Hdq- S<jd. FMF 0 Nary Dl«p. - , 0 Sta. P a r . - 0 Flight Off. _ _ _ _ _ 0 AES--4- - 0 MAG 53 .i •

Air 8 ta . Trg. ....... Sta. Trana — Sta. Off. - -YMF-114 MAG-11 Crash C n r . l a s t . Trg . Sch

AMERICAN LEAGUE: MACG-1. A»T MACS-11. Nary Disj).. Hdq. Bqd. 1. Sta. P a / . . Flight Off. ; NATIONAL*; Gt*E: MAG-53. Hdq. S<jd. 1. AES-41. Air Sta . TIT.. Sta. Trans.: r — RT LEAGUE: SU. Off. YMF I H - g Off. no pta. because team represes unit orraalzatioo tbsagti artnallT