The White Falcon - 12.09.1942, Blaðsíða 5

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The Organization§
Infantry
Our talent at our recent party
became more abundent as the
night grew older.
Pvt. Phillip Morris was very
hard to persuade to dance; but
after he got hot, he really seem-
ed disappointed when the music
finally stopped. Pfc. Charley
Pennington sure can shuffle a
wicked foot also. Staff Sgt. Null-
meyer’s rendition of “Dear Old
Girl” was excellent and got the
biggest hand of the evening.
We were all happy to see Col.
Bell, Lt. Col. Breckenridge, Capt.
McConville, Major Carrol and all
the other officers that came in
for a few minutes.
Pvt. James B. Refeley.
if anyone has a bicycle to loan
or sell, it certainly would be ap-
preciated. A person needs some-
thing besides a pair of good legs
around here now!
1st Sgt. Poslik now has his
new teeth. Boy, it must be great
to take your teeth out at night.
Of course the 1st Soldier doesn’t
do that, but there is no reason
why he can’t.
Take notice of that frown on
Sgt. Corron’s face. He seems to
be quite put-out, because his
package has not arrived yet.
Pfc. Merrill T. Hamilton.
New bond buyers brought our
percent close to the top, and the
staff is earnestly working to get
the few late-comers to subscribe.
Pvt. Mankus and Pvt. Dodge are
among the latest to make the
sacrifice. For those who want
to “lay it across the line,” it is
now possible to buy whole bonds
for cash, thus ending the pro-
blem of Christmas shopping.
Pvt. John Conway is now at-
tending A. O. School.
Hearing from home, Pvt. Ray
Schnieder reports that a third
member of his family has en-
tered the service. Pfc. Ed Miller
also has two brothers in the ser-
vice. About a fifth of us have
at least one brother among the
fighting men.
Pvt. E. Brinkman.
This organization is proud to
announce that in addition to its
No. 1 celebrity, Pfc. Wm. Sacco,
middleweight champion of this
command, we now have two
more celebrities, who are none
other than the star comedians
of “Ace of Diamonds”: Sgt. Ri-
chard Lee and Pfc. Hy Kaufman.
If any of you guys want any
info, about soap see Pfc. Geo.
Petrie who before his induction
into the Army was employed in
the research laboratories of one
of the largest soap manufacturers
in the world.
In answer as to why Pvt.
“Clickin’ Piece” Miller has stop-
ped “clickin’,” it’s because bis
girl friend married the janitor’s
son. And speaking about girls,
since Pfc. Jack Wearing received
his sister’s picture, he has ac-
quired a host of new friends.
Note: yours truly, lest everyone
forgets, saw her first.
Our organization wishes Pfc.
Droydek a speedy recovery.
Pfc. Edw. Dortmak.
There are a few more men
who have big smiles on their
faces, since our Commander
gave them NCO Warrants:
Corp. A1 Gregory and T/4G.
Dominic Smick appointed Sgt.;
newly appointed two strippers
are Corp. Elvin T. Cummins,
Geo. Vodicka, Rudy Draeger, Val
Stchur, and T/5G. Elmer Olson,
our artificer.
We wish to compliment Capt.
D. N. Hall, on his splendid work,
of selling Bonds; he has 75 per-
cent of his command now, be-
hind him in this drive. Good
work, Captain, keep it up.
Some of the fellows would
like to know how in the world
does Pvt. Mike Vukovich get
so many letters from girls in
every state of the Union.
Corp. Val. Stchur.
Since the completion of our
new day room, all of the ping-
pong players . are again slowly
rounding into form. Eddie “The
Champ” Schakofski is believed
to be among the contenders for
our mythical' championship. Of
course, for a tennis star like Ed,
ping pong must be a very mild
sort of diversion. Just as a hint
to those higher ups who may be
able to do something about it,
that new day room sure would
make a grand place for movies.
The secret of Sgt. Joe Cleve-
land’s gift to the women: Russo
says his success in handling
members of the fair sex is due
entirely to his earlier training
given him by his old friend and
associate, Sgt. Decker.
Corp. Nolan C. Adney.
Well, boys, that work on
our shower room is now com-
pleted, except for the lighting
system. After this is completed,
the next project will be the in-
creasing of our Mess Mall, so as
to give the chow hounds more
room to eat — not only Corp.
Grout.
Pfc. Edward G. Doubek.
With the loss of Major McMa-
hon, who we are sorry to see
go, we welcome, Major Morrison.
It’s a good outfit Major.
A question. Why do so many
people heckle Lt. McGuire, our
Adjutant? Can’t they see he is
always busy, what with all the
papers spread out on his desk.
For the last few days, Capt.
Wisdom has been walking around
like he had lost something. He
has. Inquire at the dentist.
Tech. Sgt. “Pepper” Martin
joined our ranks recently and
took over the Sgt. Major’s throne.
Main light switches are his fai-
lure.
Pvt. Pitzer was awarded un-
animously, the title of Super-
Mailman. He may have to start
writing the letters himself,
though, If he wants to keep the
title.
Tech, Sgt. Alford is now our
Act. 1st Sgt. since 1st Sgt. Hat-
field went to the hospital. Power
lo Sgt. Alford and a quick re-
covery to Sgt. Hatfield. Oh yes,
lest we forget, Staff Sgt. Miller
is again back at the supply.
Sgt. Ralph Karsten.
After being with this organiza-
tion for quite some time, Pvt.
Howard C. Simpson left a few
days ago on transfer. While with
this outfit Pvt. Simpson has
shown us that he was a very
capable messenger.
Every one seems a lot happier
about the sugar reports. One
especially happy is Sgt. Curley
Mays, Jr. who just heard from
Arkansas.
Sgt. Melvin E. Dinser.
We can say that our boast to
buy War Bonds is steadily be-
ing made good.
We are also honored to report
that we have two romco’s, Corp.
Dameron and Pvt. Alesander;
how about giving the rest a les-
son or two boys?
Clifford E. Shanklin.
Old days were brought to me-
mory recently when everyone
enjoyed a dance sponsored by
Lt. Brown, SSO. We had every-
thing including refreshments,
Pvt. Deskins seemed to enjoy it
more than anyone else for no
one could cut on him. Can you
explain that, Deskins? Corps.
Cooper and Johnson said they
didn’t care to dance, but they
were “cutting rugs” before it was
over! Did a rock pile have any-
thing to do with that, boys?
Corp. Arthur L. Stratton.
Field Artillery
Corp. “Pete” Piotrowski is
now back from NCO School. We
are not able to tell if he is any
wiser than before, due to the fact
that he keeps his knowledge to
himself.
Our new Maintenance building
is now nearing completion, and
the boys are really thankful, i
Thanks to the splendid work of
the Engineers, it is really a nice
job.
The latest epidemic is “Letter
Writing”; it seems to affect the
majority of the boys in such a
fashion that it is impossible any
more to gather together for a
decent card game. We notice
that the pool table in the re-
creation hall is not half as busy
as before.
The latest tales of the pioneer
days is being told by none other
than Pfc. Doyle Foster who can
connect more history to his
father’s old “Squirrel” rifle than
historians have been able to ac-
quire since the Revolutionary
War. Bobbie Couch is right in
there pitching with his tall tales
of old Kaintuck also. We are be-
ginning to wonder if -the lately
organized “Orderly Room” Sgts.
.Club is a thing of the past or
if there is that much of a de-
cline in the number of visitors
to the Orderly room.
Corp. Leigh.
1st Sgt. James R. Colbert has!
just returned from AO School.
Sgt. Colbert passed with flying
colors.
Pvt. Eugene R. Woida has just
returned from Junior NCO
School; he passed with the high-
est grades of the whole school.
Pvt. Richard H. Jones is now at-
tending the Junior NCO School,
and we wish him the best of
luck. Pvt. Ralph Owens is now
in special duty at the fire de-
partment. We hope he makes a
good fireman.
It seems as if Staff Sgt. Char-
les C. Hillman has run out of
“color back.” Some of the boys
have written and are trying to
have some more sent to him. His
hair seems to be changing fast,
so we hope that the “color back”
gets here fast.
We wonder who the girl is
who calls Sgt. Groves “DADDY”?
T/5G. James P. Kieth, Jr.
Capt. Garrison has returned
from leave and has assumed com-
mand from Lt. Blum. Corp. Ewen
has returned from school and has
been hiding himself behind the
switchboard. Pvts. Kegley and
Eagle have returned to duty from
the hospital.
Corp. Lee.
Our one each Sgt. Donald
(Duck) Pine has quit drinking
beer because he is very much
afraid of his waistline. Sgt. Ho-
wenstine has been saying he is
quite glad as Pine gives him his
share. Something new has been
added in the way of promotions
here of late; Staff Sgt. Jackson
has been promoted to Tech. Sgt.;
T/4G. Eyerly has been promoted
to Staff Sgt.; and our little man
Pfc. Cibock has been promoted
to Corp. Let us not forget the
Captain of our football team,
Corp. Hood, who has been re-
cently promoted, and Pvts. Arm-
strong and Deegan who have
made Pfc.
It must be great to be so po-
pular as to have your picture
in magazine. We wonder, Corp.
Rains, how the picture ever got
into one certain magazine.
Wednesday night’s White Fal-
con meeting brought to mind a
story told on Pfc. Mills of this
organization. It seems that, in his
younger days, John had journa-
listic ambitions. He used to
haunt the editor’s office of the
Penn Yan Daily Bugle, and each
morning the editor used to trip
over him as he crossed the thres-
hold. After six weeks of such
goings-on, the editor said, “Young
man, I admire your persistence
and am giving you the south side
of Penn Yan to cover as cub re-
porter. Now there’s not much I
can tell you about reporting, but
you have undoubtedly heard the
old story about what constitutes
news. In other words, if a dog
bites a mah that’s not news, but
if a man bites a dog, that’s news.
Now run along and get a story.”
An hour later John rushed into
the office perspiring profusely,
his hair mussed, his tie off to
one side and all excite^, "Stop
Nan Grey, charming Hollywood
star, premiered radio show,
“Those We Love,” by telling sold-
iers, “You’re ‘those we love’.” To
prove her point, she took ten
privates dancing after the show.
the presses,” he shouted, “I’ve
got your story — FIRE HYD-
RANT SPRAYS DOG.”
Pvt. Marvin Koops and Pfc.
Lonard Anderson are now proud
fathers of a boy and a girl re-
spectively. Heartiest congratu-
lations, fellows, and remember
that one bright spot is that you
at least miss the diaper chang-
ing stage.
T/G5. Francis Harper salvaged
a pair of gloves last week and
likes his new pair so well that
last night he wore them to bed.
And talking about gloves;
yesterday, in the mess hall, Pfc.
Chas. Vendl asked for a slice
of bread and reached up a dirty
paw to receive it (forgive him
folks he just rushed in off de-
tail). Pfc. Jim Lemon, passer of
said bread, yelled, “Good Grief,
Chuck, you forgot to take off
your gloves.”
Pfc. J. L. Schmerl.
Now that Sgt. Francis Clark
and Corp. Schilling are back from
AO school our organization is
once again at it’s best.
Pvt. Roth seems to be “down
in the dumps,” lately, just be-
cause he received only twenty-
five letters from his girl friend.
Doing foot drill the other day
Pvt. William Meier, “Junior” to
you, did about face and got lost.
A searching party was sent out
to find him. There’s a good pro-
spect for Scout Corp. No. 1, if
we ever saw one.
Our supply Sgt. Paul Kenney
and Pfc. John W. Hines are do-
ing the hairclipping for the gang.
It seems that Pfc. Hines is get-
ting all the practice, lately. To
stimulate business, Sgt. Kenney
is giving away free, one pair of
G.I. shoestrings to every custo-
mer. Nice going, “Soige.”
r We welcome Lt. Duggar. who
has recently joined our organiza-
tion. One Yard B o i d, asked
Pvt. Robert Lewis if Lt. Duggar
came from the States. Pvt. Lewis,
replied, “No, I think he came
from California.”
Corp. Spista,