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Show THE Page 2 the Seagull < SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1944 Published every other Saturday for the personnel of the Naval Supply Depot at Clearfield, Utah. EDITORIAL STAFF GWEN HUNSAKER MARGUERITE K. BYINGTON GRACE W. PORTER KENNETH WOODRUFF JIMMIE CAGLESp (P) 2/c . . . LIEUTENANT HARRY J. JORDAN . ; Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Photographer Photographer . Editorial Supervisor Address all communications to Office of Public Relations, Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, Utah. It is requested that any of the material herein be reprinted only with the express permission of the Navy Department. All photographs, unless otherwise credited, are official Navypictures. Red Cross--- A Beacon of Hope Saturday, March 4, 1944 SEAGULL Day Nursery Nears Well-Armed for Leap Year Completion at NSD Plans for the Day Nursery to be established at the Anchorage, directly across the street from the Naval Supply Depot, are fast nearing culmination, according to Mrs. Vir- | ginia Christiansen in charge of Welfare section. Heating facilities are being rearranged to assure even temperatures and warm floors for the 2 to 5year-old children who will make up the nursery group. Adequate furniture for furnishing the rooms will arrive shortly, and everything will be in readiness for the opening date to be announced soon. A project is also under way to arrange recreational activities after school hours and on Saturdays for children of school age. “The opening of the Day Nurserywill fill a definite need Through the darkness which has fallen upon our land, the for.mothers of young children, American Red Cross shines out like a beacon of hope whose. who are patriotically aiding in the war effort by working at fitful shafts of light probe the sky. NSD,” states Mrs. ChristianIn every city, town and village American homes have been sen. touched with sorrow. Walk down any street and you will sense this by the number of stars in windows, each representing a beThe Lesson of the loved member of the family who is off to war. He may bein batfor poised overseas or combat; for some camp preparing Crate tles “greater than Waterloo or Gettysburg’’; or miles from civBy Edgar A. Guest ilization keeping the supply lines open; or actually facing the enemy under fire in the midst. of all the horrors of a battle at It seemed an unimportanttask, sea or on land. He may be a casualty iin an evacuation or base too trifling for a chief to ask, hospital, or he may be a prisoner of war. Or, he may be dead. A little thing, nor could he see, the need to do it thoroughly; For each star there are many aching hearts at home. Is He fancied nonecould ever tell opportunity an for pray not does there a soldier’s mother who whether he did it very well to be at her boy’s side to advise him, cheer him, comfort him, Orslighted it, yet, truth to say, on him depended much that and with tender hands, smooth his furrowed brow? For these day. anxious mothers there is a source of great comfort in the Red the boys, their to thought that though they can not go He was to nail a wooden crate. Cross can. Red Cross work overseas is mothers’ work. © No chance in ‘that for splenIn other hands, dor great; : No chance to prove his gift of And done for her. skill, a thankless post was A chanceto talk it out with someone when worried; a his to fill; friendly smile when one is lying wounded in an evacuation Well nailed or not, ‘twould be the same, the world would hospital; a Red Cross kit-bag when all one’s personal possesnever know his name; ions have beenlost on the battlefield; a hot drink and doughnuts . in the cold, grey morning when one has returned from a nerveHe did not see or understand wracking bombing mission. Little things? Yes, but how imporjust what waspassing “neath tant to the fighting men! The Red Cross performs these servhis hand— ices and many morein overseas clubs, on the battlefields, and That as that wooden crate was nailed, a plan succeeded or in the military and naval hospitals. It should be happy hunting this leap year for Helen Rose who is armed “with what it takes’ in feminine charms as well as Cupid’s own weapon, the bow and arrow. Helen, who has been at NSD since September 9, now works in Storehouse H-7 and is the riggers’ own candidate for the title “Queen of the Riggers.” CEWAReport l|Letters to Editor By Clifford Surrell Next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held Wednesday at which time a plan for accident and health insurance will be discussed; therefore, it is very important that all directors attend. We have in operation now and available to all members of the association a good life insurance program at a very low premium. All members interested should contact Mr. Harry Davis in the Accounting department, Administration building, at Extension 275, who is authorized to accept ap- it failed; To those of us who watch and wait and do our bit at home, That miles away men stood in plications for this life insurance. the Red Cross is indeed a beacon of hope and relief. Our eviwait depending on that simple crate, dence of faith in this work is necessary for the morale of our fighting men. The best evidence of that faith is the little Red For not a wheel could turn or drive until it safely did arCross in our windows marked ‘1944 War Fund” as a companrive. & ion piece to the little blue star on the field of white. Lhe ‘ —Lynn McKinlay He drovehis nails, and let it go, thinking. that none would ¢¢ ¢ Y” & p by * ever know acum OGDEN NASH Whosehandhad held the hammer there, or, knowing it, would ever care, Buy your stamps a dime Yet in a few brief days there at a time, came the news that burned If you are one of the 3500 civilian employes at the ClearOr a quarter, or even a his cheeks with shame— dollar, field Naval Supply Depot whois never absent nor tardy, if you “Broken in transit and we stay cle another month’s deWhichever you do won't work diligently at your assigned tasks without grumbling, you ay. hurt this ryhme, are to be commended. But, there is still an important thing you Hitler’s the one who'll can do—you can bring a friend or a relative to take a job here Vain is the skill of workmen holler. and so relieve the acute shortage of labor needed to keep the great; unless the boy that Naval supplies flowing to the combat zones. makes the crate Shall give his best to driving During the past 60 days enrollment at NSD has doubled, nails, the work of all the but the increased tempo of war hasstill outstripped our efforts, othersfails. and three shifts will have to be inaugurated to keep thelife There is no unimportant task; line of supplies adequate. whatever duty life may ask, On it depends the greater plan Typists, stenographers, supply clerks, classified labor both —there is no unimportant male and female, and box makers are needed at once. man! No one could be more interested in moving the necessary Saleslady: “‘Here’s a lovely supplies to the front lines than NSD employes—except the gift card—’To the One and BUY WAR BONDS boys in the front lines whose very lives depend upon their safe Only Girl | Ever loved.’ “’ AND STAMPS and quick arrival. We can not fail them. This week—today— Sailor: ‘“Fine, give me a dozU. S. Treasury Depariment. en of ‘em.” bring a friend to take a job at NSD. y Bring a Friend To Do a Job G-NASHING Dear Editor: There has been a question bothering me for some time now . .. | suppose others have already asked the same thing, but | do not recall having seen the answer any place. My question is, ‘Why doesn’t the Navy have facilities for a blood donor’s station? There are _plenty of us who would gladly donate blood,vital to our fighting men, if some one would only takeit. That the blood donated is invaluable is evident. Only this morning on the way to work we heard a radio program from Chicago presenting a Marine Sergeant Green. The sergeant admitted—after several properly put questions — that he was at Guadalcanal, Tara- wa, the Marshalls and the Solomons. He said he had spent five months in a hospital and had 15 blood plasma transfusions. He concluded by saying that he would not be here if it were not for several ‘‘home front’’ soldiers. Which brings me to my point ... since the state doesn’t feel obligated to install a blood plasma center, certainly some branch of the armed services should provide a place. It is ad disgrace to every person in the state to know that none of us have contributed with the most precious thing of all— life-giving blood. Those boys are giving their lives! Sure we buy bonds and bonds buy guns and ammunition . . . but bonds do not buy blood. Nothing can makeblood but human beings . . . and we are falling down on our responsibility to the boys who are giving their lives for us. —An Employe Isn’t it funny how little girls love dolls and little boys have a yen for soldiers, and when they grow up it’s vice versa? |