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VOL. 1.
NO. V
U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT, HASTINGS, NEBR.
Oct. 15, 194o
Officers Honor
Ileucrs, (ioforths
Officers of the Depot will enter
tain at a reception and buffet sup
per this evening honoring the mar
riage of Miss Phyllis Dee Ruther
ford to Lt. .lohn Thomas Heuer,
and the christening of Kathleen
Hanlon Goforth, daughter of 2nd
Lt. and Mrs. A. C. Goforth.
Kathleen, three weeks old, was
christened Tuesday evening in the
Depot chapel, with Ensign and
Mrs. W. D. Schwab as god-parents,
and the Rev. C. J. Crowley officiat
ing.
The Heuer marriage ceremony
took place this morning at 1000 in
the chapel, with the Rev. Father
Crowley performing the single
ring ceremony. Miss Patricia Kealy
was maid of honor, and Ensign
Richard Van Huskirk was best man.
Mrs. Heuer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of Hastings,
was formerly in the accounting de
partment; Lt. Heuer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Heuer of Minne
apolis, Minn., is disbursing officer.
Civilians Have Opportunity
to Suggest Improvements
So you think the job you’re do
ing could be simplified? Write out
your ideas and receive a cash
award for your efforts.
To create an even more efficient
Depot and to provide a program in
which civilian employes may con
tribute creative suggestions, the
Navy Department has established
the Beneficial Suggestion Award
system at NAD.
Through this program, badge
wearers will be able to share in the
all-out war effort with their minds
as well as their hands; they will
profit financially from their ideas
to increase efficiency in manufac
turing methods, elimination of pro
duction bottlenecks or to improve
the quality of the product.
Cash awards ranging from $1 to
$250 and even more, as well as the
satisfaction of making a contribu
tion to improve working conditions,
will be the benefits to the individ
uals participating in the program.
Any civilian employe may sub
mit ideas on the form furnished
for filing and crediting of sugges
tions. These forms will be placed
in convenient locations where em
ployes congregate—change hous
(Please turn to page two)
Insurance Officer Suggests
Changes in I beneficiaries
partment has new pointers for pol
You’ve bought your insurance,
sailors, but is your policy made out
properly? Lt. (jg) J. C. Graham of
Great Lakes, who visited the Depot
last week, congratulated the navy
personnel on its 99 percent of in
surance sales, but pointed out that
a recent letter from the Navy De
icy-holders.
For instance, if the applicant is
single and has both parents living,
both should be named as principal
beneficiaries, and the amount of in
surance to be paid to each should
be shown as “equally or to the sur
vivor.” In this way, a life income
is guaranteed to both; the unpaid
balance in eithey portion is payable
Poor LiV Wabhit—He Leads
Hard Life with Navy Around
If you’re a wabbit, you’d better
wun. Because “A-hunting we will
go” is the chant of a dozen fero
cious sailors, led by one William
Tucker, seaman 2c, who are after
bunnies or anything else that runs
through the fields on four legs.
With that wabbit-gleam in their
eyes, the 12 stalk out from the
barracks and out into the field,
sighting the horizon for a fluff of
cottontail. Poor bunny sighted,
Tucker summons his 11 assistants
A. C. Hook, William Warren, John
Simmons, H. Hughes, Ira John
son, C. Hundley, T. W. Graham,
Peter Pierce, D. R. Monteiro, R.
C. Kemp and Otis Tate, to proceed
with the encircling maneuver.
In an invincible ring around the
fleet little four-foot, the men close
in. Bunny starts one way—sail
ors over there. He does an about
face—more sailors. Too late he
discovers about the navy.
If the poor scared bunny is
J agile enough, he can bounce out
of the circle with one flip of the
tail; if he loses courage and gives
up easily, he is allowed to scamper
away to be recaptured later.
What is done with the wabbit?
He’s given to the nearest civilian
to be used as he wishes.
Why do they do it? The hunters
say there are too many bunnies
around—reminds them of a poem:
I had a bunny,
His name was Jim
Got sixteen now—
Her were no him.
Gas Coupons Still
Good For 3 Gallons
Until tonight at midnight, B and
C gasoline coupons will be good
for 3 gallons of gasoline, Ensign
D. Emery, rationing officer, has
announced for the O. P. A.
Since 1 October, the value of B
and C coupons has been reduced
from 3 to two gallons per week, but
the extension of time was made to
alleviate many possible shortages.
Adjustment in shortages after
today will have to be made through
the rationing board.
As of Monday, Lt. (jg) John
Evans has been passing cigars as
father of the most beautiful new
daughter anyone ever saw. Mother
and daughter are in a Hastings
hospital; Father, when not en
route to see them, is at the test
house.
NAD Totals
875,147.25
in Hands
Matching its regular pay-roll
bond sales with the purchase of ex
tra bonds during the Third Bond
Drive, NAD employes accounted
for $75,147.26 in bonds ranging
from $25 to $1000.
vasu muc.-i aimniiiiLii yvu,
3G2.75 and bonds from payrolls
amounted to $39,784.50, according
to Chief Pay Clerk R. C. Andrew.
Volunteer bond salesmen can
vassed various sections of the De
pot to urge purchase of extra
bonds; Ben Nelson of building 175
achieved the remarkable total of
$8,212.50 in sales from building
175.
Mrs. Evelyn Bruce had charge of
making out each bond.
Other leaders in the drive were
130, which bought $5,475.00, undei
the urging of Miss Mayetta Beat;
inert storage, which bought $5,
000.00, under Mrs. Anna M. Carter,
and inspection, which purchased
$4,500.00, under Roland L. Schnorr.
to the survivor should one die prior
to the end of the guaranteed per
iod of ten years.
Or, if the man is married, his
wife should be principal benefici
ary, and to provide equally for all
children already born or who may
be born later, the contingent ben
eficiary should be shown as “the
surviving children” and the amount
to each should be shown as “equal
ly to the survivor or survivors.”
Children should not be named; in
this manner, all children not yet
born are provided for.
All naval personnel now carrying
National Service Life Insurance
have the privilege of making any
changes in the beneficiary designa
tion of such insurance without the
knowledge or consent of the pres
ent beneficiary.
If you are not sure of your bene
ficiary designations or you want to
change your designation, see the
insurance officer or Yeoman Purdy
in the personnel office.