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Show Thursday, May 21, 1959 Page 7 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS Strawberry Dream Angel Loaf ANYTHING GOES By Rolf W. Kay game. I was wrong thinging he would go away and leave me and Rose alone. He stated, Youre the only one left in camp and youre playing pinochle ifn you know it or dont. (He was brushing up on his vocabularly with a U.S.A.F.I. course but he was only on the first chapter.) I went along, As luck would have it I drew him as my partner. Or he drew me. Anyway we were partners. I still dont know how to play pinochle but I do remember vaguely what happened. We were playing double deck To begin with I had the great displeasure of bepinochle which gave me a real mitt full of cards. ing an adjutant to a Company Commander. We both We had a big meld to make, someone led a club, I had the extreme displeasure of being under the sub- followed with a low cuub and we lost the trick. The jugation of a tyrannical Battalion Commander who Colonel looked at me and said, Is that the only club coveted hi srank of Colonel more than any man you have son? I looked thru my hand and said, who ever served his country. Before the War he was No, as a matter of fact I have the ace of clubs. I a stable sergeant and the way he told it, one of the know now it was the wrong thing to say. Squeaky best. Altho I didnt believe it, the rumor went the hit his forehead with the palm of his hand, leaned rounds that he got his rank of Colonel in a rather back too far, the chair went out from under him, strange way. It seems he went to deliver a horse he caught the table with the toe of his right foot to some one in the Pentagon right after the war and the table went flying. This would not have been started. It also seems that he got confused in all the too on the table stood the Colonels fifth but tragic offices and hallways of this immense building and of refreshments which was his quota for the month. got lost. Before he found his way out some months Naturally the bottle broke and not being a drinking later he received promotion by the mere fact that man I couldnt understand his anger. The game was he was around for so long. This is the man who over then and there and I went back to Tokyo Rose, later became my battalion commander. I was the door after safely inside carefully bolting Basha. own J Right from the start we took an immense dis- my like to each other. I remember well my first enThe third incident occurred during our Saturday counter with Squeaky as he was affectionally baseball with the enlisted men. This was the called by his subordinates. He wanted me to issue an Colonels game big day and he played with a vengeance. If order that for three days the entire Company would the officers won, thats all he talked about for the eat nothing but When I asked him, rest of the week. If we lost, there was no living with Why? he replied, Thats so in case we run out him till the following Saturday. It was the last half of food or our supplies are cut off the men will know of the ninth. There were two out, the score was 3 to what to do. This seemed rather strange to me and 2 in favor of the E.M. and Squeaky was at bat. The always being frank I said, That sounds rather pitch came, Squeaky closed his eyes and swung stupid. Who needs practice in starving to death. Any glindly. Somehow the bat and ball came into contact idiot can do that. We were friends no longer. and with great effort he hauled his fat carcass to While I was on duty I did the best I could and third base, skinning his knees as he slid into third. he didnt bother me much. It was during the off duty Guess who was next at bat? Thats right, yours truly. hours that I seemed to get under his skin and arouse A home run now would mean Victory for the officers and my chance to get back in the good graces of the his ire. Battalion Commander. 'But fate decreed otherwise. In retrospect, there were three instances that Realizing that I couldnt hit the side of a tank with a I am sure played a big part in my getting out of tennis racket, I wasnt too surprised when I missed the army. The first one happened during the lunch the first three balls that were thrown. The game was hour of one otherwise uneventful day. There wasnt over and we were defeated. much to do in India and every lunch hour we pitched Soon after that the Point System was introhorseshoes.' One day the Colonels partner was sick duced. Everyone got points depending on length of so Squeaky" asked me to be his partner. I might say at this point that when a Colonel asks its as service, time overseas, combat duty and so forth. good as a communique from the War Department. We all added up our points and I came in last with As I mentioned before, the Colonel was an old stable about ten points short of even being considered for sergeant and he could throw four horseshoes, with a trip stateside. I resigned myself to the fact that Id the horse still attached, better than I could throw be overseas for the rest of my natural life and then one horseshoe with the horse removed. My first some. A few days after the Points were added up throw went wild and somehow found its way thru the my Company Commander got his orders to go home. windshield of the Colonels jeep. The game ended He had been in the army all his life and had three abruptly and Im sure Squeaky made a mental times as many points as anyone else, so naturally he should go home first. We were all sitting around note of my unorthodox horseshoe pitching. the office when he heard the good news. He turned Incident number two happened one Saturday to the Colonel and said, I dont want to travel all night while I was busy in my Basha resting and the way to Calcutta by myself, how about letting listening to the short wave radio. Tokyo Rose was one of the other officers go along with me. The te' ng us how stupid we were to stay overseas and I Colonel pointed his finger at me and with a thunderwas vehemently agreeing with her. The door opened ing voice which I am sure is still reechoing thru the and Squeaky came in, unannounced as usual. He jungles of Assam said, TAKE HIM. And that my dear children, is how Grandpa got said,, Come along, were going to play Pinochle. I Im sorry sir, replied, I know nothing of the out of the Army. World War Two has been over for thirteen years but there are still times when we all have to listen to the War experiences of our friends. My experiences, if they can be called that, were extremely dull to say the least. Ive never been in any battles or had any close shaves to speak of. So the only thing I can talk about was how I got out and believe me we all fought that battle 24 hours a day with great determination and fervor. Strawberry shortcakes are a favorite dessert this time of biscuit shortyear. They can be made with cake, sponge or angel food cake from the grocery, or made from a mix. Theyre all wonderful especially when served with a dessert topping that adds creamy-ric- h flavor and calories. few mix on The is stored the pantry very topping shelf until prepared . . . and any unused topping can be stored in the refrigerator for three or four days. Strawberries Dream Angel Loaf Vz cup cold milk 1 10 or angel Vz teaspoon vanilla food loaf cake 1 package dessert topping 1 quart fresh strawberries mix Sugar Cut cake to make 2 loaves. 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