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Show Page 4 THE Uniforms Limit 1944. “Wearin’ Of the Green” SEAGULL Captain Presents Awards By Iris Since the weather has been a bit deceiving, Mrs. Whinnery suggested that we should get our Christmas shopping done early. Lynn must have misunderstood her for he blossomed out with a Gl instead. Lois Marti is the new payroll clerk who came to work with us on March 6th. She is a native of Salt Lake City and formerly worked for 2 years with Erin not in uniform came forth with a touch of costume green but not a four leaf clover could be found. Among these descendants of the ‘’wearers of the green’’ are Cecile Murphey, Alfred Murphy, Beverly O’Hara, Frances O'Hara and Beverly Gronwall. Irish Officers | Outwardly it was the usual day for the Naval personnel | but in the hearts of Lieut. | James McGinnis, Lt. (jg) Vance Callighan, Lt. (jg) Edward Keenan, Lt. (jg) Mervin Sullivan, Lt. (jg) George McMichael and enlisted men Lee O’Hara, rick McHale, Humphery. O’- Accountine for Accounting By S1\c Jackie Kline St. Patrick’s day aboard the Clearfield NSD has come and gone without a sign of the traditional four leaf clover. Those loyal sons and daughters of Maurice O’Brien, Thomas Pat- Saturday, March 18, 1944 Italian Lingo Proves Helpful For NSD Guard Words and phrases picked up as a kid in an Italian neighborhood in Superior, Wyoming, have turned out to be of immeasurable value to Al De- the telephone company there. Welcome Gibbs. She back spent to June a 30-day leave with her husband, who Captain Cyrus B. Kitchen awards a $25 bond to Mrs. Delilah Burgess (left) while Thomas R. Hooper stands by to receive $10 in war savings stamps. Two Employes Receive Attendance Awards for Month of February Leary, Paul McCallahan, Jo- Supply Officer in Command Captain Cyrus B. Kitchen seph McAlister, James Malone, Guy McKenzie, and Glen Mul- awarded a $25 war bond and $10 in savings stamps last week to laney echoed thespirit of that two employes of the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot for outstanding records in attendance during the month of February. great Irish holiday. Marine Green Appropriate Mrs. Delilah Burgess of Mrs. Burgess reports that The Marines, however, Princeton, West Virginia, who she was “kinda surprised’ found their conventional green works as a laborer was award- when: she heard she had won most appropriate for the day. ed the bond, while Thomas R. the bond this month—in fact Marines George Connors, Ray- Hooper of Salt Lake City, a she didn’t believe it until she mond Laughlin, Thomas Dona- boxmaker, received the stamps. saw her name on a sign. She hue, Phil. O’Brien, Richard Commends Employes came to NSD last January with MacDonald and Raymond MulThe Supply Officer in Com- her. husband, Alvah Burgess laney felt that they were cele- mand also commended the 515 who is also employed as a labrating ‘their day” in a true other employes of the depot borer. Irish fighting spirit by keeping who were neither absent nor Mr. Hooper who also came the supplies at NSD moving to late during the past month, and to the depot in January, has “whip the Axis.” the 697 workers who were ab- run his own service station in Lt. {jg) Charles Mann_ in sent not more than one day nor Salt Lake City for the past 12 true Irish spirit remarked that tardy in excess of an hour. The years. Now that wartime shorthe would “fight about anything number of employes reaching ages cut down the service staat.any time whether or notit’s this attendance standard for tion business, he is serving the necessary.’’ March 14 marked February surpassed the. Jan- Navyat Clearfield and working 22. years in the Navy for this uary figure by 28 per cent. in his service station on weeklrish officer. Winners Reactions ends and evenings. was on duty for 13 monthswith the Seabees in the Aleutians. Whowill be the next to be engaged in the Time Section? Esther is now sporting a ring, third finger, left hand. Betty Rae left on the 15th to return to school. We shall miss her for she is practically an old salt. She has been with the Payroll Section since last May. Accounting sends their wishes for a speedy recovery to Al De Corso Faye. Wehopeshe will soon be back with us feeling as good as Corso and to numerousItalian new. prisoners of war. Born of Austrian parents who cameto this country long Sailors and Marines before the first World War, Al Tie for Bowling Lead learned Austrian from his famThe Sailor keglers tied ily, Italian from his playmates, with the Marines in the NSD and it wasn’t until he started to bowling league standings as school that he found that Engthe ninth game of the second lish also must be mastered. half was completed last Thurs- Italian Interpreter day. Hegothis first practical exOnly a few points behind the perience as an Italian interdeadlocked Sailors and Ma- preter when he ran a gang of rines are the Transportation Italian laborers on a salt mine keglers, while the Public Works at Promontory Point. This beGarage and Storekeepers teams gan when he was but 16 as a hold down the top team series part time job during his sumand singles spots, respectively. mer vacation from school and DeCorso and Vlastnik retain continued until he was 21. their leads in the individual DeCorso’s regular trade beseries and singles competition. fore the war was meatcutting. He worked in several. butcher shops in Ogden during past years and also in Toledo, Ohio. Scotch and Irish Secretaries Take St. Patrick’s Day Spotlight Saint Patrick‘s Day turns the spotlight of the week on two girls with Scotch and Irish backgrounds who work on the lower deck. of the Ad building. They are petite, smiling Aleas Robertson of Scotch descent, who. is secretary to Hines. Although their desks at work are within easy hailing distance of one another, after working hours Aleas lives in Salt Lake, while Dawn turns to Ogden. Occasionally they conveniently trade apartments on the weekends. Sisters Under the Skin Both girls came to the depot last November and comein for a little “ribbing’’ now and again since they previously worked for the Army. ‘Sisters under the skin,” they are the best of friends, although their tastes in some matters Comesto Clearfield “Shure ‘n an elevator boy taught me all | know,’ laughingly states Dawn Maughan, but her present position as secretary to Comdr. Hines indicates plainly that she either made her statement in jest or else knew a very intelligent elevator boy. Her past experience shows good positions in trolman. the amateur stage. Captain. Kitchen and trish green-eyed Dawn Maughan, who is secretary to Comdr. are quite different. For instance, Dawn claims to cook anything and all things, while Aleas specializes on steaks. An Alumna of Montana State and former resident of Bozeman, Montana, Miss Robertson worked for the Yellowstone Park Company during her summer vacations and spent a year in the offices of Southern Bell Telephone Company in Los Angeles. For two years . . . collects phonograph records and_ is interested in any and all sports. One of her favorite hobbies is designing clothes, and judging from the pert outfits she wears, her proficiency in this line has passed Dawn Maughan (standing) and Aleas Robertson and a half years she worked as secretary for the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army before she cameto Clearfield. eas was the secondgirl in the history of Montana State to be ROTC sponsor two years. She was a college beauty queen... During her college days, Al- has lived in Salt Lake for two When work was begun on the Clearfield depot, Al applied at once for a position as a guard during the construction of the base, and after its com- missioning transferred to civil service. He is now senior pa- Whenit comesto sports, DeCorso is one of the champion keglers in the NSD bowling league. Also he enjoys hunting and fishing, but finds it necessary to restrict his hunting activities to birds and other varieties of small game—he’s muchtoo busy cutting up veniHill Field, San Francisco, as son for others, to hunt during secretary to an attorney in Los the deer season. Angeles, and working for LETS KEEP OUR CHINSUP!!! the U. S. Forest Service. Let’s stick to it all, through the Writes Poetry and Stories thick and the thin ofit, She enjoys playing the piano, clarinet, and “’ once every Let’s work for the joy that is born of the din ofit. six months | take down my accordion and play ‘Homeon the If failures occur and dangers beset us, Range,’ she says. Miss Maughan has also had two We'll keep right on working and let nothing fret us; short stories and several attempts at poetry published. In This work is worth while and we’re sure of the right of it— high school days she named a well known product now on the So let’s all stick to it, and make a real fight ofit. market. However, Dawn says —Edith Smith the name is her own personal Ships Spares secret and refusesto divulgeit. Dawnlikes horseback riding Before marriage a man and hiking, but other than that “yearns’’ for a woman but not she is strictly an indoor girl after marriage—no sir. After with dancing and a passion for the ceremony has been read spooky shows topping her list. the “'y”’ is silent as in ‘““work.” |