The powder keg. [volume], January 07, 1944, Image 1

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Depot Talent
Plans Show
For I SO
A variety show by Depot talent
will be presented at the Hastings
City Auditorium 3 February for
the combined benefits of the Serv
ice Men’s Center and the colored
uso.
A dress rehearsal will be held 1
February which all enlisted person
nel will be allowed to attend.
The show is an outgrowth of the
one presented at the Christmas Eve
celebration in the permanent rec
reation building on the Depot.
Plans are now being made to
present the same show in Omaha
some time later in February.
Arrangements and direction of
the show are under Ensigns S. K
Lott and R. S. Brewer.
Major Bettes
Being Transferred
Major James J. Bettes, executive
officer of the Marine Command,
is being transferred to the Port
mouth, N. H., navy yard and naval
prison.
Major Bettes came to Hastings
as commander of the original de
tachment of marines on 23 Dcce.n
ber, 1942. He is one of 11 members
Three Win $85
In Employes’ Contest
Prizes totaling $85 were award
ed three Depot civilians for obtain
ing the largest number of new em- J
ploy< s for the Depot. Results of
the contest, which ended 31 De
cember, were most gratifying, Lt.
(jg> H. A. Dickson, civilian person
nel director, said, and added that
the Commanding Officer wishes to
express his appreciation to all who
participated.
For obtaining the greatest num
ber of new employes a $50.00 War
Bond has been awarded to Paul
Long, Snapper Trackman in the
First Lieutenant Department.
The second award of a $25.00
War Bond has been made to Miles
S. Klement, Ordnanceman in the
Ammunition Department.
A third prize of $10.00 in War
Savings Stamps was won by Anna
M. Pave'ka, Munitions Worker in
the Ammunition department.
of the original group that is left at
the Depot.
A veteran of World War I, Bettes
came to Hastings as a captain, re
ceiving his promotion as of last
May. He was in World War I, re
entering service when the current
war broke out.
Major and Mrs. Bettes and two
children reside in Hastings at 1117
North Williams. Their home is Or
lando, Fla. Major Bettes is sched
uled to leave 15 January.
Private Hutch Sworn in
To Marine Corps on Depot
Something new has been added to1
the Marine command on the Depot.
A 60-pound private from Chicago
was sworn into the Marine Corps
Reserve Friday noon at mess.
Four-year-old Private Butch,
pedigreed English bulldog, was
given to the Marines by Charles
Munz of Hinsdale, 111., its owner,
who is entering the Marines him
self.
Private Butch was brought to
Hastings by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Kennedy of Chicago, who have
been caring for him for a couple
of weeks, and was handed over to
their son, PFC Johnhenry Kennedy
for care.
So homely that heV beautiful to
the masculine eye, the white and
brown wobble-jowled pooch is pa
tient and gentle; he’s been vacci
nated for rabies and his secret pas
sion is butter.
First on his docket of duties is
to learn the doggy trick of distin
guishing between marines and
Private Hutch and his orderly,
PFC Johnhenry Kennedy.
“dogfaces;” what he’ll do then re
mains to be seen.
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Double Trouble in ItuiUliiif; 100. These identical twins are Frank
and Charlie (or Charlie and Frank) Pavelka, and Viola and Mildred
Nelson (or Mildred and Viola).
Two Sets of Identical Twins
Cause Confusion on Depot
Seeing double is justified in
building 100, for among the ener
getic workers there, are two pairs
of identical twins to confuse their
fellow workers.
Frank and Charlie Pavelka, 57,
of Pauline are ex-farmers. Both
are married, and have two children
helping the Navy.
Frank has four children; one son
is in the shipyards in Vallejo,
Calif., one son is with the army in
Sardinia, and a daughter is work
ing for Lt. (jg) J. M. Martin on the
Depot. Charlie has three children;
one daughter is working in the
Vallejo shipyards, and another
daughter is working on the Depot
as a telephone operator.
Vi“la and Mildred Nelson, 18,
two little blonde Swedes from Bag
ley, Minn., have always been to
gether. They have been Depot em
ployes for three weeks.
Two new nurses reported aboard
this week. They are Ensign Har
riet M. Fey, and Fnsign Margaret
F. Canning, coming from the Naval
Ho pita! at Sampson, N. Y.
Special Delivery Mail
To Be Speeded lip
Incoming special delivery mail
received at the navy post office for
Depot personnel is now being
handled as ordinary mail, Ensign
R. W. Wheatley, communications
officer, announced today.
This change was suggested by
the navy postal inspector from
the Ninth Naval District, and au
thority was recently granted Mr.
Jack Bradley, government postal
inspector from Lincoln. This meth
od will speed up the delivery of this
type of mail considerably, as it was
previously necessary to send a no
tice of the arrival of such mail to
each addressee, who then had to ap
ply in person at the navy post of
fice for delivery. This often re
sulted in a delay of two or three
days.
As the navy mail clerks are no
longer required to receipt for spec
ial delivery mail at the Hastings
post office, they are now permitted
to deliver these “specials” directly
to the various mail orderlies, with
out the necessity of each addressee
receipting for his mail.