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Show Friday, December 24, 1943 THE SEAGULL Page 3 Dan Cupid Chalks Up Double Score As Two Depot Couples Marry Dec. 10 Heath - Holtz, , Myers- Wilson Take Nuptial Vows Dan scores Cupid at chalked NSD up December two 10 when ist Lieut. Henry R. Heat! USMC and Ensign C. Elaine Holtz (NC) USNR were married at Provo, Utah, and Corp. Bernard T. Myers USMC and Miss Dorathea Wilson were marriec in Evanston, Wyoming. Lieut. Heath, who is from San Francisco, California, came tc NSD last June and is nowoffice: in charge of the Marine Corps Warehousing unit. Mrs. Heath is from LaSalle, Illinois, and has been at Clearfield five months. Inasmuch as regulations prevent married nurses serving with the Navy, Mrs. Heath is resigning ier position at the Dispensary, Corp. Myers is attached to the, Marine Missing Effects sectior at NSD, while Mrs. Myers serves as the depot gasoline and tire ration clerk. Myers has been in the Marine Corps 14 months ind at NSD since May; Mrs. Myers came to Clearfield in June. Both are from Kansas City, Missouri, but will make their home in Ogden for the present. eae Corporal and Mrs. Bernard T, Myers Lt. ( ig) Ebnet Sails Seven Seas During 18 Years In U. S. Navy With 21 years in the service of his country to his credit, 18 in the Navy and three in the Army, Lt. (jg) A. M. Ebnet, LAST WILL OF ADOLF HITLER Lieutenant I, Adolf Hitler, being of unsound mind and misery, and considering the possibility of a fatal accident known as assassin- ent finish, but me in the end. bor attack in 1941, Lt. Ebnet, then Warrant Officer Ebnet, was Lt. Ebnet was on sea duty, convoying supplies to the South Islands and self to hang Q. In nautical language is a “lazy guy’’ an idler? cist’s mate attached to a Marine company which invaded the island. > in their got world Lt. (jg) A. M. Ebnet annually. knows I The was the malaria, he was assigned to duty at the Naval hospital at Oak Knoll, California, then transferred to NSD in September. Here he helps ship medical supplies to his buddies still on the to them but they somehow did not seem to appreciate it. To AMERICA, I leave Walter A. John Paul Jones, saluted French Admiral La Mette Picquet, at Quiberon Bay in 1778, 5v firing 13 guns, one for each of the colonies. Q. What does Salty Sam mean when he speaks of the “bum boat’’? A. A launch that comes alongside a ship to sell provisions or take seamen andvisitors ashore. Q. How did the term “give quarter’? originate? s A. The term originated in the wars between the Dutch and the Spaniards, when a captured officer was given life and liberty A. No. A “lazy guy” is a line or tackle used to make fast a boom in rough weather. Q. Was Captain Mildred McAfee of the Wavesthe first woman to reach such rank? A. No. The superintendent of the ‘Navy Nurse Corps, Sue S, Dauser, has held the rank of Captain since December 22, 1942. for a ransom fee estimated ata Q. I understand the term “Blue quarter of his yearly pay. a VELT, I leave my apology for interrupting his fishing, but he got even. His ‘‘Unconditional Surrender’’ agreement at Casablanca certainly cooked my goose. To GOEBBELSand RIBBEN.TROP, I leave 30 million marks (two dollars) to buy a gift for my mother and father who are getting married the day I die. To COUNT CIANO, son-in-law of Mussolini, I leave the Victoria Cross for bringing down in ONE day, 41 bombers and 72 fighters—all ITALIAN. To JAPAN (land of the Rising Scum) HIROHITO, I leave all my medals, which will help him sink quicker when he gces bit of stevedoring on army transports at the docks in San Francisco, but it was his experience in the drug department of a drug store which gave him an assignment to the medical corps. Winchell who always said, ‘TO warm up to Comrade Stalin, Q. How deep is a fathom? or get near enough to Moscow A. Six feet. Q. What was the first shot to even smell VODKA. To FRANKLIN D. ROOSEfired in honor of the Stars and Stripes? fighting fronts. Before joining the Navy nearly two years ago, Pharm, Oliva did whole Heil with Hitler.’”” I know he’ll Monday” originated among 18th be very busy on my funeral day century sailors. Is this true? so he’d better not come—busiA. There was an old custom ness before pleasure. aboard ships whereby a man’s To MUSSOLINI, I leave my, infractions of the rules were Chaplin mustache, whichehe is logged daily for which he was to make into a toupe for his flogged on Monday. This may be ivory dome. He will need a disthe possible. origin of ‘‘Blue guise to hide from the Italians Monday.” who know what a mess he got Q. What was the name of the them into. To RUSSIA, I leave all my first U. S. aircraft carrier? FROZEN assets. I never could A. USS Langley. secured was transferred to the states where he was hospitalized for another month. After he had recovered from public KIND Marines pital as a malaria victim, then HOLIDAY, which they will cele- brate “After the the island we pulled out for New ‘Zealand leaving the Army and /USO to take over,’’ continues Pharm. Olive. At New Zealand he spent 30 daysin the hos- any kid who might think along Nazi lines. To the JEWS, I leave a new present war, Lt. Ebnet has an array of six ribbons on his Navy IT’S A NAVY FACT That’s the way Bert A. Oliva, pharmacist 2/c, describes Guadalcanal after spending fo ur months there as a pharma- schools to scare the hell out of then he was transferred to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D. C. and thence to NSD last July. For his services during the his home in Ogden for the present. their fliers The only thing I liked about the place was the coconuts.” gold-framed photograph of my- Australia, uniform which signify the following: Pearl Harbor Defense, Southwest Pacific battle area, American Theater of War, Expert Rifle, Expert Pistol, and Good Conduct. During his 18 years in the Navy, Lt. Ebnet has served on a variety of sea craft including battleships, submarines and aircraft tenders. A man who has come up through the ranks, Lt. Ebnet was originally a torpedoman and was a warrant gunner at the outbreak of war. He has sailed most of the seven seas and docked at ports in the following places: South America, Alaska, Australia, East Indies, Asia, China, Philippines, and West Indies. A married man with two daughters, Lt. Ebnet is making About Guadalcanal Is Coconuts To NORWAY’S QUISLING, I leave my DOUBLE CROSS. He was a PIKER compared to me, when it came to double crossng. To POLAND, I leave a 16x10 just three hours out of Pearl Harbor returning from Wake and Midway. For the first year of the war, . Pacific Pharm.Olivia Says Only Good Thing ation, declare this to be my last assistant ordnance officer, has sailed most of the seven seas (you hope) will’ and testament. To FRANCE, I leave all the and dockedat ports in nearlye very continent. beautiful madamoiselles in ocHe signed up in the Army in cupied Paris. I was NEVER the 1923, served his three-year en-|. one for girls. WHOOPS! listment, then transferred to the To ENGLAND, I leave the oriNavyin 1926 and has been in the ginal manuscript regular Navy continuously since of MEIN KAMPF, which their R. A. F. that time. spoiled. I had written a differAt the time of the Pearl Har- Mrs. Henry R. Heath Bert A. Oliva Bon Voyage Alice Kuersten, property and supply clerk of the Daily State- ments section of the Posting department, left last week for New York City where she will meet her finance, 1st Lieut. Eugene M. Personnel Section Lists Positions Open At Depot Property and Supply Clerks are critically needed at NSD in Kennedy of the U. S. Army Air addition to the other types of who has been stationed clerks and laborers which have in England for the past 16 previously been publicized, anmonths. nounces the Personnel departMiss Kuersten is from Chicago ment. Heights, Illinois, and worked at At the present time upwards the Air Corps Supply Depot in of 1,000 laborers are needed at Florida before coming to NSD. the Naval Supply Depot plus large numbers of typists, IBM downin the Pacific. clerks and_ stenooperators, To the GERMAN PEOPLE, I graphers. Corps, leave all pictures of myself, es- pecially those printed on soft paper as I know what they will do with them. To HIMMLER and GOERING, I leave the final execution of my will as they are experienced at executions. To the entire world, I just leave, and will they thank God! My final wish is that I be buried in an ASBESTOS SUIT, as I will need it where I am going. Submitted by Georgia J. Birch THE PERFECT HOSTESS The perfect hostess needs quick wit and tact — like the Chungking matron, who invited a few Americans to Thanksgiving dinner, promising them the incredible treat of turkey. As the No. 1 boy entered the dining room, he slipped and the priceless bird skidded to the floor. ‘‘Never mind, boy,’ said the hostess quietly and kindly. “Take it back to the kitchen and bring in the other one.’’ |