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Show Page 6 THE Stones and Sticks From G-6 SEAGULL Saturday, August 7, 1948 LOOKING PLEASANT ON THE LUMBER PILE Belle F. Empey Is 4-Star Worker Mrs. Belle F. Empey is a junior storekeeper in G-6. Her husband is in the Medical corps at RESUME The greater amount of money I make Is that much more for Uncle Sam to take But I don’t care what’s deducted or whatit’s for Just so we can win this goshdarned old war. ee Camp Swift, Texas; her son, Thomas, is in combat duty in the South Pacific; another son, Billy, is in the Army Engineers; and her brother, Bill Fitzgerald, is with a bomber squadron in Florida. : Mrs. Empey says, ‘‘When I feel blue, disgruntled, discouraged or disgusted, I think of NAVY QUIZ Could you identify a certain nice man for me? Hecalls all what my loved ones in the service are sacrificing. In fact, all mothers’ sons, all women’s husbands, all sisters’ brothers, all girls’ sweethearts and I can the ladies honey and means it temporarily. His cheery greeting is always, ‘‘How’s she goin’? Sure nuff.’’ Fs Sk This is my quandry. If a gal sits down in some pitch decorating some boxes, is she pitching woo or pitching goo? Moral: You are not supposed to sit down. on the job, so what? teak oe UP-TO-DATE PRAYER Is it then Utopian for me to pray That I may meet a man some day smile work, at broken poor crowded homes, living busses, hard conditions, rationing, in- come-tax deductions, bond buying and other numerous wartime inconveniences. Forafter all it is such a little bit compared to their BIG BIT.”’ —Georgeanna King, G-5. Work and be Happy The only way we at this depot can win victory is by working and realizing that when we enter the gates and show our badges we are all alike and everyone of Who uses the mirror in his car For what it’s really intended for. aft shee beast Storehouse G-6 were very us is needed to work together, proud to have one of their Junior Storekeepers, Mrs. Gladys Buttars, selected to talk over the tinue their cleanliness campaign, then they call for an INVENrecent broadcast as a Civilian he up and tells ’em there’s none TORY. THOSE RESPONSIBLE, Front row, left to right: William E. Miler, Donald Butcher, Bob Muir, Arnold Olsen, Paul help each other and in suggesting how the job could be done better and faster. So, fellows, don’t walk around and think that you are any better than the rest of us, because a feeling like that can waste hundreds of man hours. Don’t forget that it doesn’t hurt to say ‘‘Good Mornin’,’’ or ‘‘Hello’’ to our fellow workers and our officers .. and when weare all happy there won’t be so much absenteeism. So, again I say thanks to the labor gang, the leading man, the quarterman and foreman for those good stories for our SEAGULL. —John Van Schaik on the area. Which goes to show KINDLY NOTE). Clegg, Bill Nelson, snapper. he hasn’t seen the 72,000 Now, let’s take up the matter Back row, left to right: Kent BROOMSwe havehere. of WRENCHES — not wenches Bassett, Arthur Beesley, SherSame thing as being ocean- Lee Sailor. There’s Spark Plug— man Lundgreen, Glen Phillips and Greig Bramwell. bound with ‘‘Water, water every- which isn’t any horse; Tap — where nor any drop to drink.’’ which aren’t for shoes; Pipe — Only this is ‘‘brooms, brooms ev- which aren’t to smoke, and even stance, we’ve 45,000 of four diferywhere and not a one for use.’’ a Normal one — can you imagine There’s the good old shocking ferent kinds. Yet when we urkind, the Electric Drill. The that? gently needed one to break open Straight Shank, which has no Then there’s a little matter of Oh, by the way, we had six some boxes for Invoice Ship- FILES. But don’t rush for maniMECHANICAL COWSonce but shape. Then the Taper Shank, ment, we had to send a request cures there’s no nail-files. We’ve whichis the last work in Form— the Navy tuk ’em. Seems they running our Navy Sweater Girl by our efficient messenger serv- 110 different kinds all with difgive milk, cream and ice cream. some competition. ice to our capable supervisor, T. ferent stock numbers (which is How? That’s a Military Secret. As if to add insult to injury, W. Foley, to obtain one. Figure why storekeepers get headaches Maybe that’s where the Cafeteria that out, please. Lieut. Schroder decided that G-5 —definitely for no other reason— put one over on us. should part company with their Our two warehouse gals, Milly ask Charles House). We can supIf you’re bothered with ton- stock and we were recipients|] Kohkonen and Dot Reed, wield ply everything from Mill Bastard a wicked broom, consequently (no filthy usage) to Flat Second silitis, we’ve 69,160 SWABS. And thereof. So we’ve added NUTS— the bristles have succumbed to Cut (not second childhood.) For we'd be glad to have some of and we had plenty before this the dirt. When they plead with INFORMATION PLEASE we've those good-looking sailors, like addition. BOLTS which we took Yes, Mr. Spargur is still mad Carlson for new brooms to con- a total of 1,212,100 on hand. And Pop Mannering, to assist us. on the lam. SCREWS and now Or if you wanna brush-up, we're afraid to have a screw at somebody: the big bad man we've 1000’s of BRUSHES, paint- loose for fear we’ll mix ’em up who busted_all the bats and ers, dust, sanitary, varnish, with some Screwballs we know. broke up the ball game at the sweeping, scrubbing, etc. So la- If you’ve a yen for home-brew, storekeeper’s picnic. Bob wanted dies, when you need brushes for we can supply the KEGS,strict- to call some morestrikes on the house cleaning time, come and ly on commission however. Then Navy boys because they couldn’t see us. there’s GARBAGE CANS, where- hit the ball. eke ie This one is for Ripley’s Be- in we could assign one to every Mr. Harry Anderson: ‘“‘Boy, if lieve It or Not. We've 9000 worker on the area for use duryou don’t want to work why don’t SHOVELS. Whatin the heck the ing rest or hideout periods. But here’s the final ‘fess-up,’ you get transferred to some other Navy uses shovels for is your why our able and respective gang, you are getting in my guess as well as mine. It’s like hair.’ Boy: ‘‘Which hair?’’ having the Navy Training Center Storekeepers, Clyde Obray and a pe nik Ed Reed, sometimes forget to at Farragut, Idaho. Wanted: To meet and talk to close a window at five — get the Hey, you Sportsmen, we’ve got the lady wearing the bright GUNS. Sorry though, they’re Lu- FIVE stuff. It’s all because the red blouse who left D-4 just a bricating Guns. But honest, we’ll place needs the night air to cool few seconds before the big show-. lubricate your aching joints dur- off the blue smokeof cuss words, er started Wednesday evening, properly and popularly used by ing deer season. July 21. Boy, was she all wet. And DIES — Not hair dyes. all storekeepers. (MR. SPARoak ce G-6 is no Beauty Parlor although GUR — PL—EASE NOTE!) The little man that wasn’t At the recent Storekeeper’s Gladys Buttars, one of our Junior there said, ‘‘Well, I don’t think Storekeepers, would make a Picnic chances on a $25 BOND they had any refreshments at the good ad for one. But don’t get were sold and G-6 Storekeeper storekeeper’s picnic.” faint-hearted, some of these said Edward A. Reed’s son Howard, OER was the happy winner. Dies are adjustable so don’t loose Good salesmanship: ‘‘Boss,’* —Reporter from G-6 hope. said the salesman, “‘I just could Then comes the CHISELS or not sell the box labeled, ‘How to Chiselers. They’re photo-typed become beautiful,’ so I changed like folks you find in life. Feathe label to read ‘How to keep ture an A-1 Chiseler. Again the Accounting sings around the campfire Approved publicity photographs your natural beauty.’ Boy, did Socker Type, brutish sort. The the girls buy it then?”’ Last Saturday, after work, Ac- | Tang Turning aren’t what they of depot people and events may aeonnke A bepurchased at the cafeteria. counting took off for the evening ,took delight in tormenting Iris seem. They don’t even turn when Wanted: To know just how Glossy prints, 4 x 5 inches cost coolness of Ogden canyon. At. Knight, Betty Glen, Vonza Mohr, pretty Georgeanna King passes much farther it is to walk back 7:30 sharp we dug into baskets Marian DeWitt and VerDene by. And the Framing variety, be- ten cents while the 8 x 10 inch to Weber River from the Picnic filled with fried chicken and all Webb while they were wading in ware of those — gals — ‘your size are fifteen cents. grounds than it was to ride up the trimmin’s. The trimmin’s in- the stream by throwing pebbles Mommy donetole you.’ And last there in a car. Maybe Lt. Dowell cluded a round or twoof 3.2 and into the water. but not least, the Blacksmith Ancould tell you as he decided to salad. vil or the real workers. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks and Mr. take a few steps back there and Forty people showed up. Don and Mrs. Wilson arrived quite Now we come to DRILLS. This try out his fishing arm. Jones, guest of Marjorie Chris- late, after the chicken was gone. doesn’t include Air-raid, Fire or tiansen, brought along his guitar So they used their keen imagina- Arithmetic Drills. Although we “Hattie the hash-slinger’’ and Lt. Anderson led us in a tions on the salad. need all three when getting out missed her cue in this issue besong fest. Pfe. Tom Denwick, After dark we found a dance an invoice or receiving a ship- cause she was on leave and her USMC, took some movies of the floor and spent the remainder of ment. They run trueto life, too. ‘husband, Sgt. Howard Larkin There are many interesting group and promised to show the evening dancing at the Herwas here on furlough from his features being turned down for them to us later. Mr. Woodruff, mitage. station in Arizona. It is quite pos- publication because there are no depot photographer, was there The success of the picnic was So far as we know, there are sible that in next issue there will names attached to the manuwith his trusty camera and took due to the untiring efforts of El- no more twins on the depot. If be a rebuttal of the ham-slicer script. We would like to print some snaps. ma McLean Harry Davis and Lt. our SS (super-snooper) has episode in ‘‘Crow’s Nest” last them but we just can’t if we don’t Cpl. Frank Gorman, USMC, Anderson andtheir aides. time. missed out, please let us know. know where they’re from. Soldier from the Navy Supply. 3 9k From all appearances our storehouse G-6 is just the same outwardly as any other on the. area. But our STOCK is the thing. Take HAMMERS for in- F-6 NOTES “OUT THERE IN THEWEST...” Publicity Photos What—No Hattie? Yes—No Hattie What’s In A Name? No More Twins? |