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Show THE Page 6 VOX POPULI By NEWS HOUND Anchorage Provides 81 Furnished Housing Units Seeing all this snow and ice Eighty-one furnished houses around Clearfield and vicinity are now available at the Anchgoing to waste made your rov- orage, according to Mrs. Maring reporter choose the follow- garet N. Mace in charge of housing as the question of the week: ing at the depot. NSD personnel interested in obtaining one “What would you think of or- of these houses may contact ganizing a winter sports club Mrs. Mace in the personnel deat the depot to sponsor skiing partment. The housing units at the an-' parties, skating parties, tobogchorage are in the following gan rides and anything else in sizes: 20 no bedroom units, 50 the line of winter sports?’’ Here with one bedroom, eight with two bedrooms, and three with are some of the answers. three bedrooms. Miss Mina Shurtleff of Clearfield thinks ‘‘it would be wonderful’ and personally she’s very fond of ice skating. She even Lt. (jg) Wolf has joined the gave us a tip as Storage group. He is the Mato the best place terials Handling Officer. More to ice skate in than once we have heard him Clearfield — it’s called the handsome Wolf in at a large pond “ships’’ clothing. Marilyn Graham is leaving “right up from the highway.” Stores Custody office this week Also she con- to work in Follow Up. We’ll fesses to a fond- miss you, Marilyn. Lt. Bruns and ‘“‘Bob’’ Spargur ness for tobogganing, and ski- have a feud. Although betting ing and come is to be abhorred, a gigantic bet winter, spring, summer or au- of ten cents is put up each week tumn one of her favorite recrea- on their bowling average. The terrific fight they wage would tions is dancing. Mina has been lead some people to believe that at NSD since June and before their names were McTavish and that time attended Weber col- MacDune! We call our new mail basket lege. the “fire wagon.’’ What do you R. C. Allred of Salt Lake City call yours? also goes on record as being in Lum Edwards has a new mode favor of the idea. He likes to of conveyance. It is a bomb truck, no less! Edwards conice skate and tinues to smile and spread cheerpoints out that fulness all over the place, scooter, bicycle, jeep or bomb truck, make no difference to him! park are Our teacher, Mr. Barton who choice spots for conducts two classes a day, one Salt Lakers who for Junior and Assistant Storewant to ‘‘hit the keepers, and one for Clark drivice.’’ Sleigh riders, was ill two days this week. ing also ranks The pupils missed him. We wonder which one of them forgot to bring the apple that ‘‘keeps the doctor away?”’ ski although hei@c. Ue Sunset and evening Star admits that he does most of it Means five o’clock to me off the skis. Mr. Allred is a There will be moaning at the bar joiner and at the time of the interview had been at the depot Because that’s where I will be only two days. Before coming Sunrise and morning star, to NSD he did carpenter work on Myride has called for me defense homes. There’ll be no squeezing in the car “It’s a good idea although I’m not so muchonthis winterstuff,”’ My seat will be EM’T! says Charles W. Harwood, snap- A window and a service star per on a labor crew working in My friends are shunning me i H-7, Mr. Har- I guess to really ‘‘Win the War’’ wood admitted Means a consolidated ‘‘We’’! that he liked to ski a little, but mostly he goes Socials Chairman to shows and Slates Next Dance dances for his The next all-depot dance will recreation. He be held February 12 in honor of has been at Valentine’s day and Abraham | NSD since May Lincoln’s birthday, according to _ and before that Jerry Joseph, socials chairman time was at the of the Civilian Employes WelSecond Street fare association. : a depot. Before The dance will be at the Davis the war he was .a farmer and high school in Kaysville and the saloon keeper back in Nebraska. depot Royal Americans orchesAnother man who thinks win- tra will furnish the music. ter sports is ‘‘a good idea—for Fronk of Ogden who thinks ‘‘ice the guy” is Dean Egbert, a naskating is wone go tive of Layton. Not that Dean derful.’’ In the has anything Ogden area against winter Phyllis says tne sports, he just; best ice rinks likes basketball, are at Snow Basoftball and sin in Ogden horse-back ridcanyon, at Wiling better. Dean lard Bay and at played basketLittle Mountain. ball for Davis However, she high -and his confesses that pride and joy i the thing she a gaited Amer likes best about ‘ ican ice skating is eating chili after it’s all over. Also roller skatthe Army but was returned to ing and dancing rank high on run his mother’s farm in Layher list of ‘‘What to do for Recton and is driving a Clark in reation.’’ She helps hold down D-10 during the winter months. the Public Voucher section in In our final interview we the Disbursing office, and, incifound another winter sports fan denally, she ‘‘wears a pair of in the person of Miss Phyllis silver wings.” SEAGULL Saturday, January 22, 1944 Transportation Officials Inspect Snow Plow Stores Custody Inspecting the big 10-ton snow plow which keeeps the depot roads clear are: Quarterman Chauffeur Ira C. Baughman, Leadingman Chauffeur William H. Ledbetter, and Leadingman Chauffeur Albert E. Reyman. Inside the cab are James Dick, driver, and Michel Jenkins, operator. Depot Slates Movies For Next Week Three Members of Transportation Section Become “Featured Civilians” Motion pictures will soon be shown regularly each Sunday, Not one but three men hold down the “featured cilivian” Tuesday, and Thursday in the spot in the Seagull this week. They are Ira C. Baughman, quar- cafeteria beginning at 1930 for terman chauffeur, William H. Ledbetter, leadingman chauffeur all Naval personnel and their in charge of heavy equipment, and Albert E. Reyman,leading- families. man chauffer in charge of light equipment. All three have been stationed at San Diego and Barstow, California, then came to NSD with Captain Omar D. Conger, former Supply Officer in Command, last February. Ira C. Baughman Mr. Baughman whois the civilian head of the transportation department was in the lumber business in San Diego for 19 years, before going into transportation. During the last World War he worked in a motor assembly plant in Stockton, Represent Navy Depot Wood, vocalist; man, vocalist. Albert E. Reyman Mr. Reyman, leadingman chauffer for light equipment, has been in civil service since 1936 as a chauffer and laborer. Before that he spent 10 years in the service — three in the Army and seven in the Navy. During this time he was stationed in Europe, West Indies, Hawaiian Islands and briefly in San Diego. During the second Nicaragan campaign in 1927, he was on patrol duty on the U. S. S. Whipple. Golf is his hobby and his pride and joy are his two daughters, ages 10 and 13. FOUNDset of car keys at Gate No. 1. and Ruth Tol- ‘‘Girl Crazy’; and Thursday, ‘‘Deseret Song.’”’ Monday will be-a-free showing. of captured German war film. The Public Relations depart- | mentis interested in seeing what type of pictures the boys would like booked for showing at the depot. Suggestions may be dropped in the Seagull boxes or sent to the Public Relations de- Music for the dance which followed the talent show was furnished by the depot Royal Amerpartment. icans orchestra. It Never Fails to Happen = WHERE'S. THAT WYETE Ui CY Zi RIDER®/ I'M Qe AGETTIN’ TIRED AC /* YY) lt OF WAITING / EVERY MORNING-} WZ| BAB. & = Me * Feetes PAW Ayree ite ee PA ee e n lew Whey 40 Metin ; Ledbetter received a good back- ground for his job during his 14 years as construction foreman on the San Diego county road department. Also he has managed a 720-acre cotton farm in Arizona with 700 Mexicans under his supervision. For recreation he loves to dance, with swimming and picnicing also ranking high. Tuesday, Representing the. Clearfield Naval Supply Depot on the War Workers Talent Show at the Ogden USO Wednesday night were Van Nance, pianist; Gordon California, building motors for the British government. Here he met the man whoinvented the tank and has heard him describe the consternation on the faces of the Germans when the first tank drove across the Germanlines. His hobby is photography and he also likes to build furniture. In fact he has built half the furniture in his house. William H. Ledbetter Leadingman Chauffer in charge of heavy equipment, Mr. Pictures slated for next week are: Sunday, ‘‘The North Star’; ees vibbes wis nate uth, Wenn, whan, Mihi ee OH WHAT A BEAUTIFULL MORNING-AND YOUR CAR IS hx ALWAYS TEN a) “MINUTES AHEAD OF TIME— Yl Sd O“AC Z) —BUT WHEN IT'S RAINING CAT'S AND DOG'S — You GUESSED IT CHUM—*IT NEVER FAIL'S To HAPPEN": SEND IN YouR 1DEAS~ (0 f |