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Show Saturday, October 16, 1942 am THE Page & SEAGULL Marine Warehousing Unit Equips Corps Warehousing Group Stores Supplies For Marine Corps The Marine Corps Warehousing unit (a division of the Depot of Supplies, USMC., San Francisco, Calif.), was activated at the Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, on June 24, 1943. On that date Major W. V. Harris, ist Lt. Henry R. Heath, QM-Sgt. John C. Rezek, Supply-Sgt. Richard L. Jenkins, and Sgts. Perry H. Peters and Jack T. Driscoll, reported to the supply officer in command to initiate the work. Pfc. Robert V. Chenoweth, Pfc. James R. Knight, Pfc. John Ernest R. Rogers, Pfc. Milan L. Stewart, Pfc. John Buringa, Pfc. Marland Sanday, Pfc. Clarence N. Robitaille, Sgt. Perry H. Peters, First Lieut. Henry R. Heath (Officer-in-charge). Back row: Pfc. William J. Linsday, Pfc. Stanley Debosik. A bsent when the picture was taken were Sgt. Ray- CROW’S<A, NEST mond S. Nemeth, Pfc. Eugene O. Greer, and Pfc. Charles J. Bettendorf. PAY DIRT By Mildred Ingersoll Many thanks to ‘‘Shelly” Okerstrom for her ingenuity in find- Humanity is on the march. The A little old lady was asked if | ing a name for our column. It | beginnings of a modern medical her grandson in the army was was with jubilation that we revolution is shown in the ac- serving in this country. She anpounced on hersuggestion, af- tivities of the industrialist, Henry swered: “Oh, no. He’s in Utah.”’ ter racking what brains we| J. Kaiser. He has_ instituted could round up, for a November 10, 1939, he certainly of rest and leisure, he lay down The Warehousing Unit is an organization apart from the Ma|rine Barracks and the Marine | Effects Bureau. The members of the unit are personnel of the |Marine Corps Supply Depot at ,san Francisco and are assigned here in a detached duty status, and are attached to the barracks for quarters, rations, and administration. The purpose and function of LEFT TO RIGHT, Front row: Pfc. Glen C. Hundley, Pfc. LaVern E. Betthauser, Pfc. Thomas L. Targgart, Pfc. Don E. Thomas. Second row: Supply Sgt. Richard L. Jenkins, Pfc. John P. Me- | the warehousing unit is the storEdward Cockrell, When Robert K. (Bob) Gaisford, SK 2/c, enlisted in the navy Separate Unit after which he returned to his Corp. Hawaii, Africa regular duties in San Francisco. Beginning with a nucleous of one officer and four enlisted men, the personnel of the unit has been built up through joining of several details to its present strength. Major Harris was on tempor- T. Rich, Sgt. Jack T. Driscoll, Pfev.Derrald L. Wilson. Third row: Pfc. James C. Pearson, Pfe. Robert Grier, Pfc. Melvin Hall, Pfc. Basil G. Hudson. Fourth row: QM Sgt. John C. Rezek, Set. Sees Sea Duty At did not expect to play a part in such world startling events as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of north Africa. He was assigned to the U.S.S. Nevada upon enlisting and during the following April the Nevada was sent to the Hawaiian islands for maneuvers. The ship was still in the Hawaiian islands when the Japs struck at Pearl Harbor. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Bob finished his breakfast and, anticipating a Sunday ary duty here during the first week to supervise organization, Laughlin, SK 2/c Gaisford on his bunk. There were six men in the compartment when general alarm sounded. The men wondered if it was a fire alarm or just practice drill, but such a thing as an enemy attack never entered Gaisford’s mind. He Was Wounded A Jap bomb hit the upper deck, fell through to the second deck and exploded. When he regained consciousness, he was regained consciousness, he was lage of large-quantity lots of Ma- in the hospital, suffering from rine Corps property, the storage blindness, an injured back, and ‘of which at Clearfield is of great- first degree burns. Bob regained est advantage to the mission of his sight after three days, and the Marine Corps. after spending five days in the ‘Stores Marine Property hospital, he was_ transferred All the marines assigned in this from the U.S.S. Nevada to re;work know and appreciate that ceiving ship at Pearl Harbor for ‘the freight they handle, the cars reassignment. they unload and load out, and Goes to Africa the material they store contriWhen the war department anpoate to gaining the objective of nounced that ‘‘United States ‘their corps in this war. army, navy, and air forces have The greater number of these started landing operations during men have been in action over- the hours of darkness tonight on seas and know that these stores numerous points on the shores of are munitions of war, the han- north Africa,’”’ Bob Gaisford was ‘dling of which is of equal im- somewhere off Casa Blanca at —Submitted by Lt. (jg) portance, whether it be at Sa- battle station and this time he R. P. Gannon. ,moa, Clearfield, San Francisco, was ready for the fight. On November 26, 1942, he was or on a South Pacific beach-head. among 100,000 shipyard workers really| his kind of cooperative medicine, clever idea. Let’s have more | surgery and hcspitalization. of those ideas, Mrs. O., we can | A “No Work—-No Woo’’ move- ‘Consequently, every man puts assigned to amphibious training “At our west coast shipyards,”’ use them. | Mr. Kaiser is quoted as saying, ment on the west coast has cut forth his utmost and handles his base at Portsmouth, Va. On Janabsenteeism from a previous 3.1 Chief Clerk McAuliffe (spelled| “we have developed a Mayo clin- per cent to a subnormal 2.85 per | job as a matter of personal pride uary 8, the injuries he received ic for the common man. Our at Pearl Harbor and at Casa. ;andconcern. “Me’’ net ‘‘Mac’’) is back medical chief, Dr. Sidney Gar- cent. It all started when a pretty Blanca required more attention among us WAVE wife, with news of Janet, now his! girl told a persistent absentee sta- | field has proved that a hundred- that he could have no dates with thousand workers can be given tioned in San Francisco. Read.-| complete ers will remember her as Mr. | medical and hosptal her unless he could show her a ;eare by groups of medical spe- time card for a full week’s work. Steinfeid’s efficient secretary |cialists at a cost of seven cents | Sure enough,’ a week later he who left the depot a short while ja day. This is a challenge to | produced the card and got the Accounting for Accounting By Jean and he was admitted to the | Northup naval hospital. On July | 24, he was medically surveyed to limited short duty and assigned at Clearfield. Gaisford is a native of Utah ago. Sent for training to Hunter |‘American industry.”’ “Johnson,”’ shouts Lt. Anderdate. She passed the idea on io and claims American Forkas his college, New York, Janet emerother girls and now the slogan Son and Marian, Jennie, and home. ged a yeoman 3/c with an exand both male and female N. W. |Alice jump. Marian’s new name We heard a story the other ceptional record, and was orN. W. chaptersare flourishing on is Johnston butshe likes to get dered to headquarters, 12th Na- day of a doting young female \the west coast, and spreading.— in on everything anyway. It Miss Allen Leaves who stopped a young R. A. F. |From the Bakers Review, sub- seems to be a habit here in Acval District, for duty. Mac traveled to the coast city flier in front of the stage door mitted by Lieut. J. M. Nelson. canteen. “I think it is perfectly during the past month. to visit wonderful,”’ she gushed, ‘to Mrs. M., and in spite of his tales think that you go into the air of transportation difficulties, arrived back here with his sunny disposition still intact. to duplicate names. ‘Anyoneelse by the name of Johnson please apply for a job here. | A numberof changes and adThe following names are on ditions were made in the depart“The heck I do, Ma’am,’’ said the cards at the administration ‘ment recently. Harry A. Davis the hero. “I go up to make some building time clock: iwas appointed chief clerk. (The to die for your country.”’ PLEASE NOTE, all you who other fellow die for his.’’ would stand in the good graces of Mr. Roddom. Bob, who is well known to the military per- Suggestive Names |counting | Why does ARNOLD CROUCH? 'A stands for A lot of patience). Isn’t SAMUEL WOOLEY? | William L. Brigham Thorpe is They painted the HALL ‘the new supervisor of the time ae payroll section. states pays off its employes in BROWN. sonnel of the depot (especially We think WILLIAM ROYLE. The section has lost one emGerman currency for days that on the 15th and last of every they are absent. A note is also Boy, can FRANCIS COOK! ploye, Mrs. Tackman, who left month), wishes it to be known placed in the pay envelope sayWe made RUBY PITCHER. ;October 7 for Idaho, where she that he is NOT a naval reservist! Who lifted DARRELL UPP? | will spend a few weeks with her ing, ‘‘Please note that we are The correct title is — USN, ReI’d like to be with IRIS A. mother. paying you in German money tired! Something new has been added for the days that you were ab- KNIGHT. She has a small hand ANNA and now they come in bunches; What is this we hear about sent, because when you are not |June Gibbs came from storage Mr. Upp, of civilian rolls being working for the war effort you BROADFOOT. The made MARY FOREMAN. time section to work on the paylaid “‘up’’ with an infected el- are working for Hitler.”’ Isn’t IRENE WHITE? roll, June Simmons took over bow? Seems we heard reports Why should VIOLET to 'the effect that he was bendB. the job formerly held by Mrs. He sent his precious pcem to SMART? Tackman, and Goldie Brienes is ing it too much — or something. the editor. ‘Let me knowat once Isn’t PQUETA SHORT? the versatile office girl with the Winnie Johnson (one of the whether you can use it,’’ he The. boys “drive. DELSA sweet smile. main reasons why you get your wrote, ‘‘as I have other irons in WILDE. A suggestion was made in the checks on time), is anxiously the fire.”’ It laughed at, NORMA BURNS. direction of William L. — not to In a fewdays the answer came awaiting an introduction -to the| When with the girls, CHARLES try so hard and perhaps his elusive “‘Scuttlebutt Sam.’’ This | back from the editor: ‘Remove PARKS. bowling score would be better. introduction is being engineered irons, insert poem.’ The only news from stores secIn winter we have snow ANN by Mildred Ingersoll (The Spirit | PROST. tion, reports Mr. Sevener, is of Military Rolls), and the meet- | It is well to have had a great He let poor HELEN WAITE. Theron Moffitt’s recent marri_ing between these two famous | deal of experience, yet it seems Envy turned JANE GREEN. age and Theron won’t talk. rt ““characters’’ will be consumated ,to do something to our youthful Lt. Anderson promises to re—Robert W. Furniss in the near future. enthusiasm. Patrolman, Patrol No. 3. turn the supposedly borrowed | A business firm in the Eastern | Purchase Division Purchase division was sorry to have Miss Emmajean Allen leave to return to her home at Logan, Utah. We hope she will be back with us again. Verlan Mellon Has New Son Last Week Verlan Melion of H-4 was pass- ing cigars last week, following the birth of a new son. He said it was harder on him than on his wife. She was trying to work her way through college selling sub- scriptions to the Saturday Evening Post. But all the fellows wanted to take Libertys. wastebasket just as soon as someone returns his so he can take the extra one to cover the ‘elephant traps’ again. By the way, if you want to break your neck quickly end effectively and increase your French vocabulary, one good way to do it is to walk down to accounting in a hurry. It is remarkable how your English improves too. |