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Show Page 6 THE Supervisor Presents Bonds SEAGULL Monday, April 10, 1944 Cafeteria Serves Civilians Two Employes ReceiveAwards For Attendance Glen W.. Martin of Idaho Falls received a $25 war bond, while Fred L. Lewis of Preston, Idaho, was awarded $10 in war savings stamps Wednesday as a result of their excellent at- tendance records for the past month. Both Mr. Martin and Mr. Lewis, better known as ’’Pop,” TWO CHAUFFEURS .. . Glen W. Martin (left) and Fred L. Lewis (center) received a $25 war bond and $10 in war savings stamps, respectively, for their excellent attendance records during the past month. The awards were made by Mrs. Lucille Wilson (right), supervisor of the War Bond Department. NSD’s Unique Naval Barracks Originate as Construction Camp Quonset Village, NSD’s unique naval barracks, was originally erected on a site near the present location, as quarters for workers employed in the construction of the depot. The first Quonset huts were used by the Navy were fabriused to augmentthe Clearfield cated and assembled. elementary school to provide Following the completion of sufficient office space for the the depot, the huts were moved construction forces. These huts to their present location for use are both employedin the transportation department as chauffeurs, and both were very pleased with their awards. Mr. Martin has worked at the depot for five months. He attended the Idaho Falls high school, and worked for the Reclamation bureau, a chemical plant and construction com- pany. A depot employe for 20 months, ‘’Pop’’ Lewis camein with the contractors to begin construction work on the depot. He then transferred to a labor crew, and finally to the transportation department. Before coming to live at Clearfield, ‘‘Pop’” was a carpenter ROLLED ROASTS. . . for consumption in the depot cafeteria are examined by Lieut. J. M. Nelson, cafeteria officer, and Charlie Spencer, head chef. were erected in the rear of the as naval barracks. Since that and contractor in the Preston time the Quonset village has area and also worked for the school. been expanded several times Quonsets Erected to meet an increased need for When it later became evi- enlisted men’s quarters. dent that some sort of camp At present the village has to house workers constructing three mess halls for enlisted the depot would be necessary, men and one large one for the additional Quonset huts were chiefs. In the chow line food is obtained and erected for this served to 24 men per minute. purpose. Divided Into Units The Quonset hut is an The huts are divided off into ‘igloo”’ type building, the con- units and connected by board struction of which was stream- walks. Each unit is equipped lined and simplified by the bu- with a clothes line, and thevilreau of yards and docksin or- lage contains several ‘’scrub der to provide a house that decks,’ which are huts used could be easily taken down and for washing clothes or taking re-erected as necessary. The showers. One group, Unit E, is buildings are well insulated, what is known as “’quiet area”’ with both dead air space and since this is the quarters of the rock wool blankets and have night shift workers. been found to be comfortable The village contains library both at the far north and in the and recreation huts, and a vatropics. riety of athletic equipment is Origin of Name available at the Master-atThe ‘‘Quonset’”’ is derived Arms shack. However, one of from the Naval Air Station at the most popular huts is found Quonset Point, Rhode Island, in Unit C where the telephone where. the first of these huts booths are located. i Utah Power and Light Company for eleven years. bobs Officials Confer On Establishment Of NavyPost Office Lt. Comdr. Paul D. Bentley, district postal officer for the Twelfth Naval District, was at Clearfield this week conferring with Lt. (jg) C. E. Ross, communications officer and other depot officials on the establishment of a Navy postoffice at NSD. The. new post office will be located in the space now occupied by the Personnel Division and will be a branch of the CONFERRING .. . on plans for a Navy Post Office at NSD are: (left to right) C. E. Thurston, mail specialist 2/c, Lt. (jg) C. E. Ross, communi- cations officer, and Lt. Comdr. Paul D. Bentley, district postal officer for the Twelfth Naval District. Civilian Chow Line Lengthens As Clearfield Depot Expands Directly paralleling the growth of the depot is the extenC. E. Thurston, mail specialist sion in the length of the civilian chow line which in the past 2\c, who recently reported for year has grown from a scant 150 to 2,500 a day. duty, will be in charge. Stamps, Lieut. J. M. Nelson SC-V(S), Wholesale quantities of the registry, parcel post and money USNR,cafeteria officer and finest Utah-grown material orders will be handled. former Salt Lake Woolworth goesinto the preparation of the executive, refers to his cafeteria as an example of democ- daily menu. Trucked into the racy in action, “a cafeteria of depot every day from wholesale the employes, by the employes, houses in Salt Lake City and and for the employes.”’ Ogden the week's total of food Staffed By Civilians Staffed entirely by civilians consumedincludes 535 gallons the cafeteria employes have of milk, 70 gallons of cream, grown in number from seven 210 pounds of butter (3,360 to forty-three. Every effort is ration points worth), 7,500 made to provide food as near pounds of potatoes, 2,000 cost as possible with all the pounds of other vegetables, service being completed in two 8,750 pounds of meat, 360 dozen eggs and 6, 720 cupsof hours and fifteen minutes. coffee. Additional civilian employes at the depot made adequate Favorite Dessert service at the cafeteria “‘like Favorite dessert of depot emcrowding ten people into a six- ployes is pie, which is the passenger car,’ states Lieut. choice of nine out of every ten Nelson. But the Navy came patrons. Baked in the depot through in traditional style. kitchen, 1,250 pieces of pie Within a week a supplemen- are sold daily over the cafetary cafeteria with a seating teria counter at nooh. capacity of 700 was in operaHead Chef of the cafeteria tion in the heart of the busiest is Charlie Spencer of Ogden, packing section on the depot. while Martha Bonner of Salt Lake City is personnel and cost Expand Cafteria It is expected that work supervisor. With a policy of bringing will be started soon on the expansion of the main cafe- food to the worker when he teria which will double its seat- needsit, the cafeteria is open ing capacity and service line. Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to The cafeteria will now seatall! 2 p.m., and in the afternoon CHOWLINE... forms seven times a day in the Quonset huts area where meals are provided at a variety the present depot employes from 5 to 9:30. On week. days of hours to accommodate enlisted men working either day or night shifts. In the background are the unique with enoughvacantseats to in- a 5 to 5:30 dinner is served fa’ Quonset huts which are used as barracks for the blue jackets stationed at NSD. Officer in charge of the vite the patronage of new the benefit of overtime workNaval Barracks is Comdr. Raymond J. Curry (insert.) ers. workers. Communications Department. |