american women's voluntary services - dec 1942

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T H E T O Y7 N S H I P T A T T L EP u b l i s h e d by

THE AMERICAN WOKEN* S VOL UNT AR Y S E R VI C E S

I S S U E VII , . _ . 1 . _ . , r._ DECEMBER, 1942 M I L L B U R N , N. J.' E DI T OR I AL " S T AF F

They were sent by theMillburn U. S. 0. MrB, Foster, wife ofStaff Sgti Eric Harold Foster, was chairman*KERRY CHRISTMASHAPPY NKvV" YEAR

GOSSIP HERE AND THEREThe BROWN family are certainly o.ll out to clean this me-ss up fastso everybody can get beck home 'again - LIEUT. PERRY T. BROWN is nowin New London, son ROGER - a 1st class bo'sun's mate is in theU.S.C.G-.

stationed at Staten Island, and the Brown family's station wegon has'been loaned to theNavy for the duration. As if this were^t enough,Mrs* "Brown 'is theuns'uns-un-unifonaed 'hero of the clan, staying homeand keeping her active eyes on their sex-vice station inSuromit,LT. PAGE CHAPMAN is still down in Miami but expects - and hopes -to return soon to Tentner, 11*J. Better take it, easy.Pe^e,and'string along until things warm up. It woulc1 be fuelisl:. "(ouch) tocorae home now andfreeze.Then EDGSCOKB'S pride and joy, ENSIGN HARRY S., is entirelytoosmsht for us to get'frisky with -Harry is whipping through a very 'stiff course at present and - herofs what kills! us - his average is a

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- 2 -LT. WILLIAIu IRW11! is a retiring soul because although he's beerTinthe service for two years we only just managed to ferret out hisaddress for our mailing list. Bill was in New Caledonia in March andnow is in the thick of the fight on Guadalcanal, \7hen he says it'sthe most tropical place he's ever seen, we know he's not fooling - Un-

less all the broadcasts are exaggerated, Bill's present surroundingsare not only tropical but downright hot .P.F.C. WALTER HINCK who enlisted in May has just been transferredfrom Bradley Field, Conn, to Richmond, Va . Walter is still musicalas ever, war or no war, because he:*s in a new band at his new base -sounds like the old days at M. II. S. except that he misses Mr. Bovet'sguidance - also - and we hope the .entire Hinck household doesn't sueus and Walter - he (quote) says he had a better Th/a,jiksgiv ing dinnerthan he would have had at home - which is saying a lot. (unquote) A(That after-thought may save our skin)Just to prove we're always on the up and up and willing to eat ourwords even if they choke us - in our last blast we reported that FRANKTHOMAS KEITNEDY was planning to spend a Merry Christinas in Memphis wit hhis mother ~ podden pi is - the Mr s. Kennedy in question is none otherthan Frank's bride, not his mothor - however we won't crawl too soonbecause if mistakes must happen... sometimes, it's always safer to say"mother" if in doubt.We won't blame LT. DAVID R3SSI/ER if ho fringes his uniform, withrabbit's feet from here on. On Friday, November 13th, the ship Davewas on was hit in the Solomon Island f iglit. Our pal was on the bridgeand a bit of shrapnel rudely tore off one shoe without bothering tounlace it first. Don't know if Lt. Res i or is superstitious but from

now on We are All Dave says is that the morale aboard ship is wonder-ful and they are gradually whittling down the Japs, H'rsy.lPVT. RICHARD PHILP will please refrain from "rubbing it in" in hisfuture cheery letters. All right, f.;ll right - we know our coffee hasgone to war but don't grind the truth home to u s, Dick says he's atPost Management School and is callod "chief coffoo maker" by hiscronies - see what wo mean?Tho O'LPUGHLIN family are nock and nock with the PERRY T. BROWNSwhen it comes to service. In fact it's a wonder they can find timoto eat between saluting each other at reunions. The head of the'house, CAPT. THOMAS A. O'LOUGELIN iv, in tho Marine Corps and stationed

at the same place ho was in during the last war, Quantico^ Mrs,O'L holds forth in her very'becoming A.W.V.S. uniform while loading apurposeful life about town, and their son is none other than L T. THOMASH Q'LOUGELIN whom you boys probably know*SEAMAN CARL KATJPP, tho former Beatrice Saj-it- witli-flowers- Earth1 sbridogrrom, was homo on a ton da3r furlough thin mo nt h, lied a perfect -ly killing timo too wo hoar. Carl wont hunting for two days withthoso Millburn firo-caters, AL SHOEMAKER and JOHNNIE PARTIHGTON, attho Washington Rock near Hartley, N. J. Not so killing after all be-cause our no:;t nows flash tolls us they wont for pheasant but broughtback plonty of nothing. Tho soa has certainly turned Carl into ablood-thirsty sailor because ho spent moot of his rcnairting furlough

rifle shooting just to keep in pract ise, Carl did man go a fow mi nut-os off to knock tho whole A.V..V.S. forco cold by appearing in person


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L'V> thank us for this paper. Carl's uniform Is plastered with all kindsof ensignias including a large t(En - Gun.nei*y efficiency gun captain.Ribbon for good conduct. Solomon caiapaign and service medal combat,plus hashmarks denoting four years of service.LT. EDWARD W. CARRINGTON who is.doing pret ty fancy curves with.fly-ing fortresses those days was visited by his family recently - asFrank is near Sebring, Fla, - and Short Hills is a mass of ice givingus a preview of a White Baas we-re- tempted to visit Lt. Carringtonourselves (and would he be surprised!!)Speaking, f surprises ENSIGN 'TARING CARRLNGTOH brightened, his oldhaunts by blowing in unexpectedly the other day - after all there'snothing that offsets the current dim-out like a glimpse of friendlyfaces in uniform.

C. BEREERICH apparently paid no heed "Do Not Open TilXmas" seals and had cracked open and wolfed all his presents by Decem-ber 2nd. His friend's friends at Oamp call him "Lucky Devil Al" now-but if you have a honr-unwr.appiiig holiday, Al It's your own greedy fault.And here's our oldlpai CORP. TERRENOE G-ILI again; Terrence may behome for Xmas. as he is attached to Medical Dept. $2 Hospit al, FortBragg, which Isn't too far away - hero's hoping. ",:/-: NORMAN GRAY will be home for 2has If all goes well, thanks to hisbeing a good boy - Norman' is at the Rising Sun School of Aeronautics,Phila - an unpatriotic name if-we ever heard one - and he's in theupper five percent of his class - which sounds as though he deservesa furlough, the old smartieI

LT. W. BRADFORD CRAIG who is in parts unknown by now writes 'tisthat in getting there he crossed the equator. "The climate Is wonder-ful and the people hospitable."STAFF SGT. ERIC H. FOSTER must be turning on his charms and .execu-tive ability those days .and it. doesn't surprise Us at all. Eric hasbeen put on the house committee for Non-cprmaisio_ned Officer's Club.The camp? dun't esk.Another SkTr-SHiPSON L. FRUCHTLIAN was home for a furlough recently"much matured by his army life" according to his father. Maybe so butSgt. Fruchtman hasn't forgotten how to have a good tim'o in spite ofthe added weight of maturity.By the way, PIERCE CASSEDT, JR. ha,s lost weight.-.during the samecourse of army sprouts. Piorce wirtes lie's lost five pounds, whittledtwo inches off his waistline which shouldv-give him r.ono'LIae Wq-stcurves, and ho is having lots of fun playing in tho Cadet Gloe Clubat Chapel Hill, N.,0.

Another Air Cadet from Short Hills is LAURENT' D^CAIJP. Ho enteredtho service recently and is now at Maxwell Field, .Alabama*Tho lights of the '.7ALTER R. HIKE family are so bu3y they can only

hope to.get to Short Hills for Xraas. Technician Fifth Class ALDENHINE is in tho throes of tho advanced radio course at Fort Ktonmouthmastering such fino points as piano installation and service, Aldcn's


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- 4 -brother, ENSIGN EDWIN is kept verjr busy flying every day includingSundays instructing cadets. --th.

Another instructor is ARTHUR SHITZ, a graduate of Blimp School whois at the Lalcehurst Naval Air Station. That would be right up ourcurrent if we were air-minded - nix on zooming, just coasting com-fortably in a blimp sounds dreamy*

P.F.C* THOMAS EDWARD BABCOCK managed to squeak by the censors acharming snapshot taken of the pride of the Babcock's surrounded witha brace of Arabs. Tom is now in North Africa where the "beer is coldbut weak and the wine flows freely" - BO do the bullets from all ac-counts so don't get mixed up if you catch up with Rommel.PVT. JAMES LUITV/EILLER We've always known as prolific (and good)letter writer, but now we've discovered he isn't tongue-tied either.He was on furlough from La. recently and was kind enough to stop inat the office to hand out a bit of bain on how he likes our efforts*Another personal thank-you cane from PV T. FRED ivlIELKE. Fred washome from Camp G-ruber, Okla. for a short leave.VINCENT TIG-HE must have been home too from the sighs he's left be-hind. Good old Vince, how we go for the soft soap I Vince mot one ofour staff on the street and said "you are doing something that theother fellows don't get - and I know thorn from all over the country."Vince was back from Ft . Knox and aro we glad we mot lain in the passing.CANDIDATE JAMES A. G-QRDQN, one of those red-hoadcd-i.icn-about-townGordons which all ages of Short Hills know, has recovered from an au-to accident. Jimi'die is now a candidate- at A,.A. School at Camp Davis,

N. C but managed to sandwich in a week-end at the family hoarthlast month.If all goes well and is planned it> will bo a definitely i/lerryXmas for PVTS. ANDEE30N AND FEATHER, although not together. Mrs.William S. Anderson will go out to Colorado to spend the holiday withBill who Is in technical school there, Mrs, K, U. Feather will alsojoin her best boau, Pvt . F. who is at Lowry Field, Denver,LT. C01.I. DEAN MARQUIS, U.S.N.R. (you must renembor him as the Dr .Marquis of more peaceful times) managed a tun day furlough - the firstin six months*Remind us to watch ENSIGN JOHN V.. PADGETT for a future spot in cu-pid's corner. Perhaps we're just too cosy and "folksy" but this notemakes us Ii3ton for soft music. 'Jack had his sister Betty and afriend Susanne MacDcnald, as his quests at a Navy dance at the Bilt-raore Hotel in Providence - sounds fun, especially since ho expects aleave for Xinas too.ROBERT PURNELL who recently entered tho Signal Corp at Ft . Monmout hcamo for a furlough on December 12 th. We only hope ho doesn't gotone of those hurry-up telegrams as ho sits down to open up his Xmasstocking;.Hero comes a colorful "postal of a sunset of Santa Llonica, Cal , fromPVT. SALESKY. He has just gotten through with a job - such active


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that they arc giving him a rest. Thanks for your thanks for theTattlo, Private, and writ again.Talk about "jobs" you con imagine how busy BUD ARNSDOHF is.Lt. Arnsdorf is with the U.S.H.C, at Guadalcanal and when ho spools ofthe hot tines ho isn't talking about the weather. As far as Bud canfind out ho is the only Millburnitc thoro-, but n-Ap.T* WAIT E Y-IORDBN,TOM O'MOHONEY AND A. RO3TU1 nro not far away. Ho w about waving to L T .DAVE RBSSLER tho next tirao his ship goes by, Bud?Another nice thanks from SGT . ELI CORRIVEAU who is basking on cnoof tho Hawaiian Is. at tho raoraont. Hip cy has hoard from several ofhis Millburn pals - f'r instance, PETER DSELIA,PETE is doing a fine job in the Navy and takes to tho sea liko agull. Nicky also has hoard from JOHNNIE SEFCIK who is doing plentyof walking "but won't say whore or why. Nicky would liko to know ifany former Millburn talont is in the tank outfit and if so who - po r-

haps you readers can help us out on that one,LT. JOHN F. STEUBENVOLL has just returned from service in the Arc-tic and is thawing out at Gamp Claiborno, L a. Jack checked us on ourwhimsy in the last issue - he was 500 miles from tho nearest villageand tho howling was done by the real McCo y. "No wolves in khaki canhowl very loud at 25 degrees "below," guess you're right L t . Wo canhowl up to 35 but that is freezing point.PYT. ?. C. MICHAEL BTJFO spends his''free time swimming and taking iteasy on tho Hawaiian Island sands.P'VT. MATTHEW A. RSINO - Malt sooras to bo loading a topsy turvy life

just now - if he's not fibbing - according to Pv t . Rcino ho -goes toschool at night, sleeps all day, and has no timo left for rocroation-Stop - you're brooking our hearts.Another bird who is too busy for fun is ALBERT RITA - Al finallygot six days at home which was a Groat treat to all his girls - Itsooras Al has been coiiiautinq; to North Africa lately,CAPT, EDVIARD LEVINS is buay too , keeping bachelor quarters withfour other captains. Docs that moan cooking nnd cleaning, to o, Ed?PVT* JAKES FINAN is on route to so many places ho's had to leavehis bride in Kentucky for tho duration. In passing through Jimmydropped in at his uothor's just in time for G fine turkey dinner -much bettor than that tired old "fatted calf*' which'must bo well done,PVT. J03EPH SALADINO is out of tho hospital now and well on theroad to recovery. Ec hopes the ^ood news ho's expecting from homocomes before ho's shipped off somewhere.Yes, indocdy, the old Army has cortainly changed your old pal,PVT. JOHN ADSIT - when time was peaceful and plenty of it John novorlooked at Millburn girls but now ho's comparing Texas talont withColorado's best. John can't have too much, time for tho women though,as ho's attending Tech. School, Lowry Field, Col.


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P.I.C. JAMES WRIGHT was connected with tiio Military Policehappy as a bird now at being .switched to the Air Corps. Jim's newaddress is long and complicated,


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7news of PV T . BBANTLSY VffiATHERS. Erinx was la'st heard from on Sept .8th while at an evacuation hospital somewhere in Eng lan d, Sven V-mail Was delayed and the nest letter from him arrived in Decembe r.He's probably in Africa because while he can't 'tell'much, he. does soythe weather is wonderful. and he's probably the only membe r of his fam-ily who went swimming on Armistice Day . Good luck Erinx and that goesfor all the rest of you to o. ., .HERE, THERE, Ai m NEVER MINI) V/HURE

Of course the government lias asked us- stay- at - homes to continue todo just that and, although nobody has invited us .to go anywhere it'sjust as well. Boy, do we catch on ast because after, a glimpse atthe following list of.tourists the choo-cLoos should be made of rubber.THOMAS LYONS har; gone from Ft.- Honmout h to .O .C .S , ct Ft . Khox wherewe.trust he's being a busy boy studying h ar d,WILLIAM E. TAPLIN has left Newport and is a Candidate at the Anti-Aircraft School at Camp Davir.PVT. CLAUDE R. MOORE who is at Ft . Benning, Ga.. i s guaranteed aMerry Xoias because The Litt le Wo man will journey down fro m,M ill-burn to spend the holiday with him.CAND. WALTER A. MCKAY'S family will spend Zmas with him at Ft.Benning, too.JOHN RUSSELL JACOBUS, half- brot her of Ifajor F. J. SKIDMCRE,, hasrecently enlisted in the ground crew of the Army* Air Co rp s.A break for the L AL ONDE family as t he L T . C0i.3.IAi.EE, wh o has beenat Camp Allen, Nor folk, Vn. for a training course in now back athis post in Beautiful Brooklyn.JA1IES NICOL who has been in the Army at Militar y R eservat io n, Pa..has become A/C at BostonLT . RICHARD A.,.PRICE was home on a ton day leave after whippingthrough tho 0.T.3, at F t . Momr.outli and has now goiu; out to Dayt on,Ohio.PVT. JOHN N. TAYLOR manages to keop in the nun this winter. Jackhas been in New Mexico but is now at Ambry Riddlo School,. Miriui, Fla aSGT. VINCENT A. SCUAULSR JH. scons to keep on tho go- to o. Vincewas in Idaho , then went to Walla Ualla, W as h, last rnont]i and he'snow lurking around Sioux Cit y, Xov/a - or was , laat flash we so t .CAPT. C. HOEIJ PHIL IPS is sure of a v/hite GhrlEtx^s unless, we geta sudden thav/. He will get ho mo for the fi-rs:t timo in a year ~just in time to help Santa wriggla down the chifa-icyBL T . CARL F, ROGGE and Ilrs. Rogge spent his furlough from CampEdwards visiting their former haunts in Liillburn and Sho rt Hil ls.Mrs. Rogge has been living on Cape Cod in ordor to bo near herfavorite uniform.


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' PVT. ROGER C. STICKLE snatched a 24 hour leave at home en route ,_'' -from Arkansas to Maryland.Another quick leave was given LT. BREVOORT STOUT. "Brevvy has beenin Washington, D. C. and spent one short day in Short Hills before

leaving for Pearl Harbor - of all choice vacation spots.SGT. HARRY C.ftUMEVILLERAND CADET F. aT. LATTIN recently enjoyedfurloughs home.Ditto for SGT. HARVEY J. "iOLTON who came up from Kossler Field, M iss.LT. R. C. THATCHER JR. who was home on leave has been switched toanother ship but caginess(and ignorance) seals our lips.

. P.F.C. EARL T. PEARSON of the U.S.l.I.C. received a well-deservedvacation after going through two major battles - one of them beingPearl Harbor.S.O.M. 2/c (whatever THAT all means) JOSEPH H. MOULTON has a 3 dayfurlough in the recent past to dream over, now that he' s back on duty.LT. HARRY ROY SMITH sandwiched in a leave while being moved fromPensacola, Flo. to Cherry Point, H. C.CORP. CHRISTOPHER C. WHITTINGHAM (try that on your typewriter with-out looking) spent a week, seven days, at home this month. Historywon't te l l where from.P.F.C. AARON G.1 BASS spent a weekend away from Baltimore and visitedhis sister, Mrs. Bierman, in Summit.

v CORP. MARCUS HANSON managed a trip back from McCord. Field, V/ash.PVT. NEIL WM. BUIS who recently entered the service has left forFt. Belvoir, Va. where he is now in the throes of a 12 week EngineeringCourse.LT. (j.g.) CHARLES W. BULKLBY has his fingers crossed hoping for aleave home in January. We'll hope too, Charlie, if that does any good,CHARLES %. DUPUIS is expected home for Christmas so the Dupuis Clanis guaranteed a M. C.Another nice present will be the presence of CORP. DONALD F. COOPERwho expects to raise himself out of a maze of geodetics long enough toget home for Xmas. (And. after that we''-ll stand for no wise-cracks onour spelling abi li ty).PVT. MICHAEL PAC10 is home for a month on sick leave. That's toughluck Mike, but you' ll probably be rotten spoiled with al l the -lovingcare you're getting.This doesn' t belong in this column-, except that we hope i t will leadto a furlough home soon. PVT. LAWRENCE RITA has j\ist been opora-ted onfo'r a broken beak but the ray of sunshine lies in the fact we hoar

Larry can now out-profile the late John Barrympre. Looks great fromhere Larry, but can you s t i l l smoll through a l l that new beauty?


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9 -PVT. THOM AS DELGALDO and HENRY iiONACQ are both home on furloughsat the present typing, Pardon us while we crawl into our tent for apeek at that tired crystal globa. Yep, sure eno ugh, Henry is not onlydue to take a long trip soon but , and here's wh ere our for tune telling

comes in handy - the stork is .just folding back its wings getting.ready to dive-bomb the Monaco hom e, Wit h any consider atio n at all theold bird should time the att ack with Henr y's fur lough.To wind up our reasons WHY" space on trains and bo at s is mor e than alittle cramped these, days, we'll add that LT . ADRI AN F. DEDECKER' andLT. (j.g.) EDLO.ND M. F E M E R now hove those complicated, addresses show-ing they're on active duty in parts unknown. Best of luck lieutenants $and we only trust that if our Tatt le Tales reach yo u eventually theywill keep away that bored feeling.

SILVER, .LININGOn the receiving end of the "Tatt le", LT . ARTHUR BARTR ON writes thatthe job they aro doing o ver there (you guess! ) wi ll bo a fine one...finished in .true American stylo (we've known that all alo ng, Art hur ,but it's nice to hear it reiterated).A snappy Marine nV" postal fron JOSEPH LA T3LL A informs us t ha t ,via this locally fabricated grapevine, it gives him quite a "L ift " tofind out how many of the local lads aro in there pit chi ng, .and thathe'll see u s , after the "Rising Sun Sinks" (rhymer; nic.oly wit h "s tinks"too, Joe...which according to the latest reports, those little yellowt?(censored)s" aro beginning; to do already;)From Ft. Lewis, Kash. P.F.C. EUGENE WASSL.SR compares Mt. Ranier'smajestic altitude o f 14,400 ft. to our own doar little Washingto n Ro ck(300-odd ft?) Ho says tho viow is about the same (??) but that he'drather strain his vision from Millburn's high to r any day.Oboyi...how wo envy JOSEPH MARCFICTTA down in balmy, palmy Boca Ra-ton, Fla.ins we gaze out upon "Joisoy's" frozen rand-scape and try tothaw our frigid minds (doesn't soora to o lo ng ago t hat wo wo re mo ani ng-and- mclting, does it?- but. , thanks to our partially starved rferlbornors" now , wo may still mo an, but wo posit ively don't molt 1I) Jo-soph calls this brain child tho '''Book of Good On eer n, and wishes us a"White Christmas". .Don't look. no w. , but olo Mama Nat ure has grantedyour wish a week ear ly, Joe!NORVELLE SHAR3?E'is another loyal soul who likes to hear of h isfriends via this "Billy-~doo" (ana wo likod hear ing from yo u No rv o llol)CORP. ANT HONY doPAOLA pens the soao sunt iuent s, only his kindlymessage was practically obliterated, by tho "Passod- by~Arrny~ce.nsor"stamp..so, at this point, wo'ro smiling, but cro ss- eyed.We curtsy prettily before, a "V" latter from LT. ALAi: &0UBLEDAT,U.S.N.. .somewhere in Ireland.. as ho pays us many- a court ly co mplime nt .,he also says that Ireland is really quite a co untr y, tho ugh so mewhatbackward compared to tho IT. S. (personally, we found it ch arming, and"Leftward", traffically speaking, when wo -wore tlioro).D C O U I C K PSTRILLO foels right at homo some 1500 miles from his oldsoda-jerking ground at "Eais or 's", a s , he's now a pharmacis t in the Air


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-10-Force Detachment at Miami Beach (Uh-huh! the ner e t hought of his lo - 5cale turns our eyes emerald green, as our blue paws pound on the key-board of our "frozen asset Tt).

After consuming five of our six already published copi es of the"Tattle" SGT . GEORGE BATEEIAN has finally crashed thro ugh wi t h a let ter ....when he isn't flying, he's taking trips up- river in native dugoutcanoes, or coastwise sailing in a two- masted scho one r, .wherever he ma ybe?...Thanks for your "verbal visit " Geo rge, and we hope you r mid dle"H" is in proper order now.

Pardon o ur squeaks of delight , but SA1IU3L AL EXA NDE R addressed usas :'Girls". .and girls will be girlish!.* .anyhow Sam likes the "Tat tle".And now, if you please.. BIL L PFEFFER writes and calls us "Fol ks". ,(honestly, we'll answer to ANYTHING-. .>* well, almost anything, .beforewe're through. . "Follcsy:tLadies'7-V\fimm.in:,'"Grirl's" e t c . P . S . no o ne hasaddressed us as "To ot s" yet ??) So bo it.. Bill is up at the Harvard

Medical with a 2nd Lieutenant 's rating (not 1st lieutenant as we err-oneously t hought) studying herd to be an Army M edi co . .Even t hou gh, asyou put it, Bill, you are not living in a grass hut on some impro bableisland (shades of the bean and the cod'!!) do let's hear from yo u ag ai n.While CLIFT CORNWALL JR'S family are still enjoying, in retrospecttheir Thanksgiving weekend w ith him., in Mich. ,L T . GE OR GE DOD GS is en -joying, in anticipatio n, a Christmas visit fro m- his family at F t , Sill.,and speaking of anticipating.;Sgt. DONAID CEASE (now an inst ruct or .. ..but we don't know at wha t? ) is getting dreamy eyed loo king fo rward toa probable Christmas furlough.MIL TON SIL ANCE, 'way out west in 7/ushington, likes Arm:; life ver ymuch,.,and gives an uncensored \veathar repo rt. .. namely. .. it's raininglike "you- know- what" out there , tho ugh the climate is mild er t han oldN. J.'s variety.PVT. 11ARVIN'SILRERSHER has boo n too busy to write abo ut all that h o'is doing but ho do es on joy hearing from the hom o folks (and hero weare "too busy" to do anything but write as "Prass T ime " for t he "Tat tle"draws nigh}.)

WHERE OH VHas anyone soon LT . BR3V0 0RT ST CU T , U.S.li.R. lately? Fairlyrecently... he was fxo quanting Wa shingt on D .0. \a hot spots in the com-pany of a group (or should wo say co vey?) of W.H .S . N. S. and 'DameScuttlebut t" sayeth he might be in Pear l Harbor now??? where instead ofW.H-..3.N.S. he will find hens in grass pe tt icoat s. Oil! On:

TARNISHED- SILVER LIIgNG JJgPT^. ..While waiting for a paycheck from "the Ma n in Grey Wh is ke rs " (Shh!Shh'l maybe its Santa Glaus??) LE'JIS BITCTO sighs audibly and pines fo rhis "Bundle of Lo veliness" back hone (What could be mo re he art rendi ngthan a love- sick sergeant???) Lo w claims he prefe rs reading the "Tat-^tie" to batting an eye at "Ssquiro"'s racey drawings (He ha s got it bauLew's roo mmate" Joe Shea., hails f rom Ho lyoke, Mass..'.and don't think

Lew doesn-'t keep telling Joe how much bet te r New Jersey is th an xTewEngland...what with "B of L 's " and the Bufo brand of spaghett i andmeat balls, etc.


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- 11-and one rarely sees the sun" is the nournfulJOHN CORY, v.'ho adds that the peo ple (wher eververy kind ond can't do enough for them..which

'*'It's cold and camp,plaint we get from LT.he happens to be?) areis some compensation.BARS. . STRIPES. . AND C.

One of our Washington D.G, correspondent s infor ms us that CAT SSBYJONES is a full Colonel, connected with the War Depart ment dow n t her e,which indeed is splendid news.And here are SD7/ARD P. FIELD JR. and FITZITUGH QUARRIER both wearinga Majo r's gold oak leaf (Gosh!. ..only last August we were apo lo gis ingand "Eating our own wor ds" fo r calling Bub Field :rLiGut." instead ofCapt."..)It looks as though many of you boys have a good grip on the ladde r. ,and on the 1st Lieutenant 's run.- we find F. EVSRSTT ABBOT T (another

good aurilliary fireman gone khaki!); NED COX (recently home on leave);JOHNNY KEMMERER JR: also RETRY SIAYTOM of the A.A . C.One rung d own, we sr i- the following "Shavetails"... (Boy! are wegetting the jargon!1)...no ne other than 2 nd LIETITEITAWTK RICHARD PR ICE;BERNARD HORNSCKSR JR: P. T. COURSE: and JOSEPH P. DAY JR. (Incidental-ly, Joe got his commission just in tine to eat Thanksgiving turkeywith us..and we can vouch that array life hasn't jaded Joe's palate,"because the T urk left the table as a heap of b o n e s M )FRED STONEALL is now a Staff Ser geant , andthere's a triple chevron over LEW IASSER'S "M

chevrons are being worn this seaso n by NOR OUT MAR KS : AL B3R B3RICH:don't look now butP." arm band..similar

MICHAEL deBSLLIS: and GEORGE MONA HANV a birthday present, George?) was your additional inverted

"Off he goes, into the wild blue yonder" is what we'll be singingto HANDLEY DICKINSON.... .now that he has been classified, as a pilo t ..Andperhaps, ere lo ng, .we will hum- the ''Shavetail So nat a" to ROBERT WURT Zand JAMES ELL7VANGER as bot h are O.C.s no w. (Haven't yo u ever Iiea-tD. it ??)Neither have wo ,invent the tune .we justtoo) invented the name, and if you-insist..we'11

Newest additions toKENNETH BARSEY: FRED H the Corporal list (.watch it growl) include1RRIGAL: GEORGE JACOBUS 1 GUSTAV3 RSEN: A LSPENCER: PETER SCHULTZ : ALL EN SNIDER (any relat io n to the newly induct -ed Snyder Triplet s, Al?) and (Hollo) ROC CO! FIOL A. Mea nwh ile , ROBERTMCCOLLTJM has become a technician in the signal repair co,RAYKOND DUNN: EUGENE 7/ASSERT:A2T; and ARTI-IUR M/iCOLiBER are P.F.C.salso JOS doCLASSIS...Joo has boo n a groat help to this depart ment bysending us the names of three othor P.F.C.sMALVOSI, and a guy named SAL ISBURY (You didr.' .JOHN HESRIGAL , THOMASmonicker Jo e, but anyv/ay many, many thanks for you r aid, and for yourXnas card). o Leatherneck SAM J. CAIVAFO is a P,F, C, t oo IWith the Navy blue and gold we soo t he two and a half L ieu t . Co m-

mander's stripes on the sloevo of DAVID I-CALI1N (husband of the'formerSally Sage Stewart) in the Washingto n sccno (D.C.) also WIL L IAM BYRE) JRis a Lieutenant, and ditto for 11. T. SAMFSON a..TTIT. .. FR 3D R03SL AND- is


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- 1 2 -now a Lieutenant U. gv ) and ENSIGN ALBERT MEYE R has been made anavigation instructor at Norfolk, Va,

And speaking of Ensigns, HEN RY L. NASH lias rec eive d his commissionas Ensign graduating with the largest group of office rs evor to bosworn in at one time (pleaso don't ask us how rdany)..

Another candidate for our "Off in the b lue" serenade is L T . HARRYR. SMITH who received his wings at Pensaco la, and is now at Cherry Pt.N. C.SMALL 7/0RLD

P.F.C. STEVE VlILSON of Craig Fifeld, Seliua Alabama is certainly SmallWorld's delight'. At Maxwell Field, he saw bot h BUD .KOSTER and 3D.LAFF3Y and now he is flying with an unnamed lieutenant from Maplewood.Never let it be said, Ste ve, that "poor little Steve Wilso n isn't evenin our army" to'this homey sheet. Just as oft en as you brigh ten oureyes with that gold- encrusted statio nery yo u'll make our columns andmeanwhile Good luck with your plans.BILL KEL L Y, of our Navy's amphibious forces T reasur e Island , SanFrancisco, Cal. (see Clinical Comment ) was expecting a four day fur-lough, when last heard frou,which he intended to spend in Los Ang ele swith his pal PVT . JOSEPH A. BENNETT , also of Berkley Ro ad, Maplewo od.Don't you two boys laave your hearts on the Par amo unt lot now- - it'sno place for them.Our good correspondent, CORP. ROCCO FIOLA writes that he met NICK

PETRILLO at that crossroads of the world, Miami B ea ch , and while ithardly seems like Small World mater ial, Ills wife is wit h h i m a vet er-an of almost six mont hs on the burning sands of Fla . They bo th on -joyed a visit from Mr s. Joseph Cardone who was at Hollywo od for acouple of woo ks.PVT. DICK WELLS has been in Fort Dine, Barr acks 6 with LL OYD SMITH andthe SNYDER TRIPLETS, among other soldiery; Dick has only been in theArmy since Dec. 4th, ho has also seen BOB S170VJDEN from ITillburn andlunched with BOBBY 1IITCHELL who danced so beautifull y in the reco ntHi- Ho product ion^ "A.W.Y.S* on Parade1' dear to our hearts-- , (wish yo u allcould have seen it) And this same'fine Dick has.'.written us a card t otell us this, A proper young recruit and. one to pat te rn aft er , gent le-men.In the Radio Operators schoo.l Trunx Fluid, "7i scon sin is FVT . ROCCOCAIVANO, burning the midnight oil in "evening class es" fr o m 11 pm to7 am. Wonder what thoy do for night school? Ho reports that PVT .DAVIS YffilTTEJTORS graduat ed wit h seco nd highest g.radQ (9 5.5) fromRadio Mechanics school last weo k and a plenty stiff co urs e.As for the Caivanos, Ro cco , P.F.C. KEHTTETH is at Ft . Bra gg, P. F. C.SAM is at Oceanside, Cal. and SERGE^IT JOSEPH is in that big old"Parts Unknown".Globetrotting north and south of the equator, Seaman Carl Kaupp(see Gossip) has bumped into L t . ART HUR BAR TRON, ENSIG N B/-RTON CONCHA,LT. FRSD R03SELAND JR. and FIREKAN ROCCO D3 SESSA. Jo in the Navy and


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-13-meet your friends, eh? Stanley Gutema t also met Fireman ROCCOarid EARL PEARSON, both looking forward t o furloughs home on the femin-ine front. As to a derth of girls when you were here in August, Stan,you probably didn't look in the right places. Bent with toil in A W Sand Red Cross offices or home recovering; from samo, are the rightspots,

MAJOR FRANCIS REED, at present stationed in Washington, D. C. , hasas his assistant. CAPTAIN HAROLD KENNETH TAYLOR (of the Millburn Tay-lor Park Taylors) a former resident of these Hills.Here are some late flashes - PVT. IvIICHAEL PETTINICHIO was homeon a 14 day furlough this month and did he mow the local ladies wit hhis manly chassis?P. F. C. PET3R D'ELIA evidently expects to change his address soonso he spent a night at home from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.P. F. C. THOMAS LIALVOSSI also graced the old town with a brief

view of himsolf but he left just before Xmas for loss pleasure andmore business. . .Oth'or lucky pals who got hone on furloughs recently aro SGT. JOEPAUL MARCANTONI0 and PVT.' DOIIINICK DE CLASSES - who also rhymes with"Chassis" - and he's a fine firyu.ro in his uniform we might add.SGT. LEWIS BUFO hasn't been back to Millburn for months but wo'repulling for you Low. Understand you got in.ion a nifty Thanksgivingdinner at the home of ono of your buddies in Tulsa, Okla. Being in aprivate home again must have been as good as tho" food itsolf, eh?

CLINICAL C015MENTDONALD SEOFFSTALL has recovered from pneumonia contracted in NorthCarolina and returned to duty after a convalescent furlough spent"hunting and oating"--venison and partridge wo hope, Don yum, yum.LT. RICHARD MANCHEE was slightly mashed in some kind of an accidentno detail at this writing, but is now back at his post at Norfolk.',, Va.Poor SEAKAN BILL KELLY has boon flat on his back in the hospital atTreasure Island with flu and them an operation for sinus. Nothing todo but watch what he aptly terras tho "California moist sunshine" 77 e CJ:-.1aro most'awfully pleased and flattered, Bill that the Tattle helped

you pass some bad hours and wo all do hope you got your Christmas wish-to bo back on your I.C.T. landing"barge,LT, DANIEL R. FORMAN sustained a broken noso playing volley ballbut is ok now and manly beauty unimpaired. ' Hope you won the game,lioutonant.AVIATION CADET FIERCE CASSEDY JR., to quote himsolf, is wobblingaround on crutches after sonoone sort of twisted his ankle in tho thirdporiod of a football game; looks to us as if our armed forces playpretty rough, and they'll work ovon rougher whon tho time comos,Messrs. Adolph, Bonito and Tojo.PVT. MARTIN FIUAN JR. of Camp Crowdor, Mo . is ill in the hospitalbut roportod by reliable sources 'to bo improving. Wo hope you will boa well man whon this roaches you, Mart . ' . '.


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-14-FAN 1.1AIL DEPART1.1E13T

How nico of you CADST HSRPERS, to address your note to tho lonespinster of our staff. We aro so glad that you like our efforts andespecially that you. approve tho now lay-out Which, 'was decided, upononly with great debate and tre pidat ion, I can tel l yo u. Cadot Richa rdHerpers is at tho Coast Guard Training Bas e, No w L on do n and has a 'Monthof sea duty yot before graduation. Certainly hopq ; you havo full Arcticequipment as a morning like this at sea would even free z e the oystersin their beds.

Also thanks t'o LT . H. A. HANDEVT LL E. for ' the fine Christmas card andgood wishes. Wo certainly will keep up our effort s as long as you nionencourage us like this, no matter how many bro ken finger nails' liescattered about tho typewriter.. And may wo say th at you are great lymissed at the A and P b y all. . -' '".":CUPID'S CORNER . .

The 1st Reform Church of East Orange rang with. th e strains of Lo - .hengrin on Dec. 6th as Lt. 7JARREH CLARENCE ANSCEUETZ U.SJS.C. made;Miss Beatrice Burns of East Orange his blushing br id e. L t . and M r s .Anschuetz are now stationed at. that, rallying spot of ."the De vi l Dogs,Quantico, Va. ; ;:., . , ''' The 'engagement of Miss- Grace H o m e r of Weliesley, Mass. , has recent-ly been announced to L T. HENRY- W. JOHNSTONE JR. The lieutenant isstationed at 'Cambridge.' ; SERGEANT TE X PO E, whose smiling face and glowi ng red head are miss-ed by everyone who frequents the T aImage Hsso stat ion was recently here

on a furlough on his way from Edgewood Ars enal to San Die go . He andyour willing repor ter met in the High Scho ol hall s at a' lli-Ho" dress- '-rehearsal wher e we were learning h6v?"best to carry the Bo livia n flagin a Pan-American- finale and. Tex.co nfided that he expects soo n'to leadMiss Adele deWall of Union to the altar. Cupid's arrow has also struck CORP . FRED" HERR IG3L araMships,_ andright in Oklahoma to o , where the br ave C orpo ral i s stationed at" CampGruber. His intended' is Mis s Marg aret K ing, f Muskogee, Okla.The happy clangor of bells heralded th e we dd in g on.the 2 5th ofNovember of Miss Margaret E, White .of West Have n Co nn, to CORP. RO SSCUMMINS of Ft . Dix. Corp. and'Mrs. Cummins hod a short ho neymoo n atSkytop, Pa.A few days lat er, Dec . 3rd, in a cloud of whit e lace and oran geblossoms, we presume, Miss Elizabet h 'Holla son of Mid dle to wn, Co nn,became Mr s. Edward I. Greenbaum. The'former SERGEANT GRSEKBAU K'isnow at Officer's Candidate School. 1 . Cupid's best wishes for a Merry Christmas' go wi t h this to al l his

victims. - ';;;.ON THE FEMININE FRONT : .

Millburn boasts of two more 'T.A. A.Cs since last we went to pr es s.W.A.A.C. 1, being Miss 'JULIA GRACE LAROCCA, . and W..A.A.C. .2 being Mi ssJOYCE WENT (sister of Roge r Went who is a Nav al Aviat io n Cadet at Ede n-


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V -15-boro, Pa,)HI HO. . . . .

And while we are in the petticoat department, we might add that therecent "Hi Hor' enterprise, sponsored by the Milib urn A.W.V.S. was agala success, both as sources of entertainment and revenue..aside fromthe splendid local talent,.the cast was augmented by radio stars, Lu-cille Manners (now residing in the former Hack home on Old Short HillsRoad) and Phil Cook..and, as an added surprise, Bobby Mitchell camehome on leave just in time to execute several neat tapping routines..In fact our only regret is that you all could not be with us to sharein the festivities.STORE CLUB DSPT.

That ole bird went more or less civilian on us this month as therewere 18 blessed events in the township, but only one candidate fortiny military garments has been noted so far.,namely, a young shavernamed Michael has boon born to Lt. and Mrs. ARTHUR 3. SV/SET. ..another"arrival" though not exactly military;, was a son to Police Sergeant andM r s . F r a n k S t o e c k l e , on N o v e m b e r f i r s t . . .SPORTS

Millburn High with Captain Robertson playing hisfirst game in sometime andstill showing some signs of hisfoot injury, lost to Verona13-6 onNov. 20th. TheMillburn score was ade when Larry Gleconscooped up thoball on a blocked kick and ranthru theVerona teamfora touchdown.Tho Blue andWhite team rang down thecurtain on its1942gridironseason by losing tofavored Madison toam. Thogatno wasplayed atMadi-son onThanksgiving Day and thefield was very muddy. Bywinning thisgame the Madison Dodgers clinched theSuburban Conference andondod anundefeated season.Mr. andMr s. Tommy Iamiicolli won the 1stprize turkey intho mixedbowling tournament onThanksgiving wit h a. sco re of 1141.The door season opens to-day andthe lucky huntsman arc asked to- flfgive tho hides tothe game wardens to bo used forclothing forour armed forces.


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