american women's voluntary services - sep 1942

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i s an e s s e n t i a l it e m i n t h e r e a l i z a t i o n of V i c t o r y ( i t . i nhea r t en in g to no te t h e pou ty pu3f! Adojjbh hid os be ne ath h isr i d i c u l o u s l i p t o u p e o , and t h o m i r t h l e s s t o o t h f l a s h i n g

on T o j o ^ g ruody pan) vfa co nti nu e on our m err y,way . A l l you have to do i s 'wr i te us more l e t t e r s .

Then* a l l we have t o do is boomerang them r i g h t "back a tyou , .a ' i d y ou . . . ( a nd we do moan YO U) , . ,

Ju st hand us thr oe "big t rowelG . . .anrl w e ' l l s t a r tspreading cheer a l l ovor aga in!J .J

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his old love ~ tho Air Forco ~ but ho'sstudying t o bo a mechanic with tho groundf iol d corps Prod had hopod t o bocomo api lot but something in his physical mako-Up disagreed with h igh alt i tudes* No onathough ho has very l i t t l e time to look at understands that batter than us becausehimself in i t . If ho did, he'd sea Hand- while? wo wouldn't know about tho physicalley enrolled as an Air Cadet stationed at sido, just looking down from a two storyMitchell Field - the lucky dog - because building gives th is timid soul tho hocboothat surely means he can got home oftener jooboos, so "ground work" sounds like apromotion.Corp, Roy Bumstud, an o"-Short Hills -Princeton addition is busy but did findthough in the Ordinance Dopt, but perhaps time to play in the Hawaiian Opon Golfthey 'l l get together. Championship matches - which will giveMark Ardorson who recen tly entered thoservice is now at Jefferson Barracks, Mordo, it s a d a t e , C l a r e n c e , andthat date can't come t oo soon f a r u s ! Bythe w a y , t o answer your question..anylocal residents c a n purchase copies o f t h e"Tattle" a t h, W .V.S,HeadquarterB(The oldColetta bicycle sh op) in Millburn fo r fivecents (we a re grateful if offered miret o o . . . a s a l l such funds are used: towa rddefraying costs of t h is pu bli c a t io n)Our most swooping thanks t o SteveRogers for his card of god wishes t o o andmore f same tc Corp.kiehael DeBlis U . S .M . C . for his encouraging letter on ourbehalfWe'll pavs on yaur request forback copies to the m ailing M esdam bsl . . .and Here's hoping that that extra c hevronie yo u rs wh en t h is arri v e s .

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S t a ti o n , Ja c k s o n v i l l e , F l a o , h as re c e nt lybeen released from t h e h o spit al wh ere h eu nderwent a major operations Sincer elyhope y o u a r e feeling st ro ng agai n , Lt Birmingham*Staf f Se rg ea nt , Jarats Hfloley h a s beenin t h e station hospital a t Fort Dix forso m et im e . I e d o n t k n o w w h e t th e t ro u bleis b u t d o hope it is a t h ing o f t h e pastn w Also V i c t o r prin c i pal , t h e s a m e , a tF o rt D o u g l a s , U t a h . W o n ' t yo u bo ys dro pu s a note a n d l e t u s know h o w y o u r e?The hospitals^ o f F t . D i x an d Ft .D c u glasfc ugh t r b e able to scare- u p a p e n c i land paper each a n d y o u should have a sparem o m e n t .Poer James Uordo n is in t h e h o s p i t a lot F t , E u s t i s , V a . , f o l l o w i ng a m o t o ra c c i dent in w h i c h a t ru c k in w h i c h h e w a sriding g o t o u t o f c o n t r c l and o v e r t u r n e d .A passing farm er pi c k ed u p 2 0 b o y B , Wedo h o pe y o u w e r e no t serio u sly h u rt ,Jimmy and th abo v e writ ing go es f o r y o ut o o ,

SMALL WORLDT h e wo rld m u st h a v e gro wn larger t h ism o n t h and t h is c o l u m n ie p r a c t i c a l l y a na c h i n g v o i d , P v t , Jimm y L uit weiler ,f o H e w i n g our a d v i c e l a s t m o n t h , h a swritten stiraulatingly t o T h u r e A n d e r s o nw i t h no re su itj also want s t o hoar o fDuffy lVicphail* Ho w abo u t y o u t w o bo ysdipping a swif t pen? Your ge-neral ne wsletter sounds like a fine idea , Jim m y ,and w o c a n s ee t h at y o u h a v e plent y of

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-8-I s r e l e c v i n g h i s g r a n d s o n f o r a c t i v es e rv i c e w i t h o u r a r m e d f o r c e s b y a s s u m i n gt h e c a r e o f h i s m o t h e r e n d o t h e r r e s p o n s i -b i l i t i e s . T h i s f i n e c h a p h a s l i v e d 104b u s y y e a r s b u t h a s n e v e r h a d a c h a n c e f o ra w r a c k a t o u r e n e m i e s , h a v i n g b e e n t u r n edd o w n i n t h e C i v i l W a r f o r p h y s i c r l d i s a b i l -i t i es a n d i n W o r l d W c r f o r b e i n g t o o o l d !D o c t o r ' s p l e a s e n o t e *

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w a s B O d u mb h e t h o u g h t a Je e p w a s a f e m a l eJap?

Or a b o u t t h e c o c k r o a c h w h o k e p t r u n n in gu p a n d d o w n t he e d g e o f a c r a c k e r b o x u n t i lh i s p a l a s k e d h i m w h e t o n e a r t h w a s t hem a t t e r w i t h h i m . " Wh y ", h e c r i e d , " L o o k w h a ti t s a y s h e r e ' T e a r a l o n g t h i s l i n e 1" , D o n ' ts h o o t , b o y s .

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Bt r in g o f v i c t o r i e s b y d e f e a t i n g S p r i n g -f i e l d 8 -7 a n d t h e C u h s 14 -6 * S p r i n g f i l o dh a d v i c t o r y i n t h e i r g r a s p , l e a d i n g 7 - 5,w i t h o n l y t w o o u t D t o go i n t h e s e v e n t hi n n i n g , b u t a w a l k b y W e i d n e r , s i ng l es b yS p e r a n g o a n d Ol e m p i o a n d a l o n g t r i p l e b yA.ngelo DiLonno,"brought ac ro ss the.; w i n n i n gr u n s a n d s a v e d t h e W a r d e r s u n b l e m i s h e dr o o o r d . T h ey d o w ne d t h e C u b s e a s i l y , s c o r -i n g n i n e r u n s i n t h e 1 s t i n n i n g . D iLo n n oc o l l e c t e d t h r e e h i t s , w h i l o T ed Szrnans,., C .S p r i g g s , D . Pa c i f i c o a n d W e i d n e r c o l l e c t e d2 a p i e c e . T h e C a r d i n a l s c o n t i n u e d t o s l i pa s S p ri n g f i e l d p u t t h e f i n i s h i n g t o u c h e so h t h e m 5- 4 i n a w e l l . p i t c h e d b a l l g a m e *

T h e S e v e n t h W a r d e r o t h e n d e f e a t e d aselect grou g of 4,11-Stnrs in a Th ursd aye f t e r n o o n b a s e >?all c l a s s i c , T ho s c o r e w a s11- 7 w i t h W a r d e r s s c o r i n g 4 r u n s i n t h ^ l o t .S i Lo n n o n o t o n l y p i t c h e d a s w e e t g a me f o rt h e v i c t o r s b u t R a n g e d o u t 3 s t r a ig h t h i t s .T h e S e v e n t h Y/ard t h e n w o n t h e i r f i n a lg a m e i n a h a r d f o u g h t c o n t e s t 5-4 ' a g a i n s tt h e C a r d i n a l s , T h e y , c e l e b r a t e d t h e i r t r i u m p hb y a t r i p t o t h e Y a n k e e S t a d i u m t o s ee t h eB o s t o n s p l a y t h e Ya n k e a s . .

M e a n w h i l e f a n s a t T a y l o r P a r k w e n t h om e"f e e l i n g a s i f t h e y h a d s e e n a t r a c k m e e t a st h e k i l l b u r n I n d i a n s s c a l p e d t h e p &a l aA s s o c i a t i o n o f J e r s e y C i t y 2 0 - 1. S a lE h r h a l t p i t c h e d f o r t h e R e d s k i n s , T h e i rn e x t g a m e w a s w a s h e d o u t a s w e r e m a n yM i l l b ur n c e l l a r s b y s u c h w e a t h e r . T h e n , i na g a m e w h i c h e n de d i n th e 7 t h w i t h t h e

d a i l y d e l u g e , t h e I n d i a n s c o n t i n u e d t he i rw i n n i n g w a y s b y t r i m m i n g t h e P i t t s b u r g hJu n i o r Le a g u e v s o f N ew a r k , . 7 - 2 , w h u p u tu p a b e t t e r b a t t l e t h a n t h e s c o r e i n d i c -a t e s , T h e i r w i n n i n g s t r o ^k e n d e d i n ahot Jy oontcst-cd game wi th th e tviontclairStarts, 11-10 in the 11th innin g. Ca lE he h a l t W O K u n a bl e t o p i t c h , a n d p a l u m b o ,M c C a r t h y a n d D o n c-j.reh.all e r e t o o w i l dto Bt-il] bhe eta rs r a t s .

T h e f o l l o w i ng S u n d a y } starting the 1sta s i f t h oy w e r e g o i n g t o ' a f i r e > theM a p l o w c o d F i r e m e n i n v a d e d t h e p r e c i n c t so f t h e u n d a u n t e d I n d i a n s W h e n th e s m o keh a d c l e a r e d a w a y , a n d t h e e n g i n e s b a c k i nt h e i r s t a l ls t h e R e d s k i n s h a d b a g g e d a1 7 -5 v i c t o r y .

L a s t w e e k D o n M a r s h a l l , B o b l a r d a n d Jo eS o a n d or o W e r e a m o n g 30 p a r t i c i p a n t s i nt r y - o u t s f o r t h e D o d g e r s a t E b b e t s F i e l do n i n v i t a t i o n o f M i l l b u r n i t e Ed M a r s h a l lD o d g e r s c o u t . O n l y 7 o f t h e 30 w e r e s e -l e c t e d f o r c o n t r a c t s f o r s p r i n g p r a c t i s et u t a l l 3 i ki ll bu rn b o y s w o r e a m o n g t h e m .M a r s h a l l a l s o h i t l o n g e s t h i t o f a n yr o o k i e . None of tho three can ,tak e ad


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6-2, 6-0.Ne w a r k w o n t h e St a t e Pu b l i c p a r k s t en*?

n i s T o u r n a m e n t h e l d i n T a y l o r P a r k , 1 6po i n t s f o r Ne w a r k , 14 fc.r Mi l l b u r n .

B i l l U m s t a e d e r o f M i l l b u r n w a l k e d o f fw i t h Me n s d i v i s i o n c r o w n , d r o p p i n g o n l y3 g a me s e n r o u t e .

Be r n i e Pi e l a h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d h e a df o o t b a l l c o a c h a t M i l l b u r n H i g h s c h o o lr e p la c i n g P a u l C h e r i n , n o w a Li e u t e n a n ti n t he Na v y ' s p h y s i c a l f i t n e s s d i v i s i o n *w h o m he a s s i s t e d l a s t y e a r . F oo tt C'Llp r a c t i s e i s g u t t i n g u n d e r w a y n n d e i g h tg a m e s a r e s c h e d u l e d a a f o l l o w s :1942 FOOTBALL SC HEDULE

1941 scoreD a t e ' O p p o n e n t M i l l b u r n - O p p o n e n tO c t . 3 We s t f i e l d a t Mi l l b u r n 0-40O c t . 19 Stimmit at Mi ll bu rn 0-26O c t . 17 Gl e n r i d g e a t Gl e n r i d g u 0-19O c t . 2 4 C a l d w e l l a t C a l d w e l l 0- 30O c t . 31 Scott at East Orange 12-39N o v * 7 R o s e l l e P a r k a t M i l l . No v . 14 Ve r o n a i t Ve r o n a 3-9N o v . 2 1 M a d i s o n a t M a d i s o n 0- 6

"GUESS WHERE "S o m a n y m e n a r e n o w e n r o u t t o , o rh a v e r e a c he d p a r t s u n k n o w n a m } u n p u b l i s h -

a b l e , w e ' v e d e c i d e d t o gi v e t h e m a s p e -c i a l s p a c e . T h e n , a s t h e m e w a d d r e s s e s

4 o o me t h r o u g h t h e i r n a m e s w i l l b o b u p, a g a i n u n d e r o t h e r h e a d i n g s * E n s i g n W a r i n g C . C a r r i n g t o n w r i t e s t h a t

h e i s w e l l a n * w o r k i n g h a r d i n f o r e i g ns e r v i c e . H i s b r o t h e r , W a r d i s a n A i rC a d e t s t a t io n e d a t G r e e n v i l l e , k i s s .W a r d w a s h o m e o v e r t h e L a bo r D a y w e e k e n da nd s ai d h e l i k e s t h e p a p e r b e c a u s e h eo a n f in d o ut w h e r e h i s f r i e nd s a r e . I n *: o i d e n t a l l y w e h a v e m o r e t h a n a s n e o k yf e e li n g t h a t W a r d w i l l - b r e a k i n to C u p i d s 'c o r n er a n y m o n t h n o w .

T o q u o te h i s m o t h e r , Li e u t . (J. G . )C h a r l e s W . B u l k l e y i s dc i n g w a l l t o u t h o ' s" No r t h S o u t h , E a s t , c r W e s t - w h i c h i sa s de f i ni t e a l o c a t i o n a s s he c a n g i v e ,

Lt . A r t h u r B o r t c n w r i t e s , " if i t w e r e ' n tf o r th e b u s i n e s s a t h a n d j t h i s w o u l d b ea w o n d e r f u l t r i p " . M a y b e s o m e o f y o u

r e a d e r s w i l l r e c o g n i z e h i s n a m e i f n o th i s f a c e , i n y o u r o u t f i t } a nd b e a b l et o tr' ade h o m e n e w s t o g e t h e r *

P . F . C . Alo yc iu:-, B e r b e r i c k , i n a l e t t -e r h o me s a ys t h e f o o d i s g o o d a nd h e n e -v e r f e l t > e t t e r i n h i s l i f e - t h a t ' s t h eo l d s p i r i t A l

T h e f a m i l y o f S e a m a n Jo s e p h M o u l t o nare ar. niv.ch at sea as ho i s . Joe h asp h o n e d c b om t h r e e t i m e s l a t e l y t o s a yh e ifi w e l l , l'^ppy, h a s r e c e i v e d t h eT a tt . lo , a r i .Kk a. s i t , b u t h e c o u l d n ' tt e l l their, w h e r e h o w a s s a i l i n g f r o m .

A n o t h e r S e a m a n H a r r y N u s e ~ w r o t eh o m e h e w a s s a f e a nd w e l l t c o sE n s i g n C r a w f o r d W i n n e r ' s f a m i l y d o n ' tk n o w i f h e * s o n l a n d o r s e a , b u t > w i t ha n a m e l ik e t h a t C r a w f o r d c a n ' t l o s ee i t h e r w a y .

Lt . H e n r y H e r p e r s J r . i s w o r k i n g h a r df r o m 6 A . M . t o m i d n i g h t , r e a d y a n d w a i t -i n g i n p a r t s u n k n o w n f o r t h e j a p s o ra n y o t h e r gn a t t h a t c o m e s a l o n g .

P v t . N i c h o l a s R i zzo a n d d o r p . A n t h o n yR i zzo h a v e b o t h a r r i v e d s a f e l y a n d a r ee n jo y i n g t h e m s e l v e s . S o rr y - w e d o n ' tk n o w i f t h e K i zz o b o y s a r e m o w i n g ' e md o w n t o g e t h e r o r s i n g l y .

A l l e n D a n i e l S n y d e r i s a n o t h e r w h o i sd o i n g a l l r i g h t - " We l l a n d h a p p y " i ns p i t e of a n a d d r e s s t h a t l o o k s l i k e ac o d e .

W i t h a l l t h e s e h i d d e n l o c a t i o n s i t i sa r e l i e f t o w i n d u p t h e l i s t w i t h s o m e -t h i ng a t o u c h m o r e d e f i n i t e . B r a n tl e yW e a t h e r s a l s o h a s a p r e t t y f o x y a d d r e s sb u t i-t l e a s t w e c a n s a y h e i s s o m e w h e r ei n E n g l a n d . B r i n x o n l y a r r i v e d t h e r er e c e n t l y b u t s e e m s t o be- h a v i n g a n i n -t e r e s ti n g t i m e w o r k i n g i n a h o s p i t a l .H o W o u ld - b u t c o u l d i t b e b e c a u s e o ft h e p r et t y n u r s e s , b y a n y c h an c e p v t .W e a t h e r s ?


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