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Show RAIN OR SHINE ( j if' f 7 "IP ' ' - ( : ",' .7' :: .. Ar. . . ' v : ' ),-,, 1.1. 11 , Tv,.rt4 W Sr,l I THERE'S a slim, dark haired girl f IX! 1 working at a desk in Naval : -I Jf;-- ) Service Headquarters, in a clean . - - -' : - white shirt and a Navy blue uni- A form. Her name is Helen Rosemary - -, V Partridge, and she is working with colored crayons and ink over -...:,- -i- - : ; . . swirling, circling designs on pastel - - . haded sheets of paper. $.-;. " cs',:':; '"a.'-i They're not the usual artistic j-,. . . . . designs seen on drawing boards, g . - 'jum however, and Sub. Lieutenant Part- , A ,,t- I ridge is not doing a usual job. --Ji4 s N w, For she is the only woman meteor- v " " ologist In the Navy, Army or Air , Forces, and the patterns of weather - he is drawing daily affect not . Tards of material for gowns, but THERE'S a slim, dark-haired girl working at a desk in Naval Service Headquarters, in a clean white shirt and a Navy blue uniform. uni-form. Her name is Helen Rosemary Partridge, and she is working with colored crayons and ink over swirling, circling designs on pastel haded sheets of paper. They're not the usual artistic designs seen on drawing boards, however, and Sub. Lieutenant Partridge Part-ridge is not doing a usual job. For she is the only woman meteorologist meteor-ologist In the Navy, Army or Air Forces, and the patterns of weather he is drawing daily affect not Tards of material for gowns, but hips, men and millions of dollars In cargo carried by the Royal Canadian Navy. Her job, as Assistant to the Staff Officer, Meteorology, at Naval Service Serv-ice Headquarters, is to co-relate ttation weather reports received from airports, observers and other posts, and to prepare a comprehensive compre-hensive picture of weather conditions condi-tions at all times. This information informa-tion is vital to the Navy. It is a Job hich requires skilled training nd ability. The weather at sea can be the Navy's friend or foe; rough weather discourages submarines, but also Sub. Lieut Helen Partridge, W.R.C.N.S., only woman meteorologist meteorol-ogist in the Canadian armed serw- , ices. At top: two members of her j staff prepare weather reports for j the Navy. N j helps separate ships in convoy. The I intricate weather maps which Sub. I Lieutenant Partridge prepares dally i with their areas of high and low I pressure, cold fronts and weathor i conditions at all points of Interest, ' are Siscussed by her with officers in naval headquarters and the bne-flt bne-flt of that knowledge is applied In ; operations rooms. J |