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VOL. I NO. XVIII U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT, HASTINGS, NEBR. Jan. 14, 1944
C ivilian Dance
Announced for
22 January
DON’T READ THIS if you
want to stay home Saturday
night, 22 January.
That’s the date of the January
civilian dance, calculated to bring
after-the-holidays social life out of
the doldrums.
All civilian employes, their wives
or husbands, and friends are cor
dially invited to attend the free
party at the permanent recreation
building.
The affair, which begins at 2100,
promises to be a gala one, Ensign
R. I. Carriker, recreation officer
declares.
“You come and we will see to it
that there will be no trouble about
getting in the main gate,” Carriker
says. “Special busses will bring
you from the main gate to the rec
reation building.”
The Depot orchestra will play.
Prairie Village
Has Inspection
All housewives of Prairie Village
were congratulated for the cleanli
ness and neatness of their apart
ments at inspection this week.
“All apartments were satisfac
tory in every respect,” Comdr. C.
T. Mauro and Lt. Comdr. J. C.
Heck, inspectors, reported.
Mrs. James A. Smith of apart
ment 6-C won the pennant for the
most outstanding apartment in
cleanliness and arrangement of
furniture.
Winners of honorable mention
were the apartments of H. G.
Johnson, 2-E; Dave Trotter, 1-F;
Johnny Price, 2-F; William Small,
1-B; M. H. Clark, 6-A; and M.
Sherman, 4-A.
Congratulations were also ex
tended to Mrs. William Small for
the neatness and well-keeping of
the recreation building, and to
William Small for the cleanliness
of the head and washroom.
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FLASH! NAD Sailors defeat
ed the Doane College Navy
Trainees on their own basket
ball court Wednesday night 40
to 37. The game was the most
vigorous the Depot players have
shown. Complete story and sum
mary will appear in next week’s
POWDER KEG.
When the ambulance si
ren blows, all navy and ci
vilian cars, trucks, and
jeeps must pull over to the
side of the road and come
to a dead stop. THE AM
BULANCE IS ANSWER
ING A N EMERGENCY
CALL, AND MUST HAVE
A CLEAR ROAD AHEAD.
Comdr. Mauro
Visits Depot
Comdr. C. T. Mauro, Pr6 of the
Burau of Ordnance, spent several
days on the Depot this week, in
specting production lines and con
ferring with ammunition officers.
Taking Comdr. S. H. Crittenden’s
place in the Bureau, Comdr. Mauro
is chiefly interested in ammunition
production. This trip was his first <
to Hastings, and he was “favorably :
impressed” with the Depot.
Comdr. Mauro came to the Bur- j
eau a month ago from Pearl Har
bor, where he was with the Fleet.
Before that, he was one of the of
ficers who took destroyers to Eng
land under the Lend-Lease act.
Comdr. Mauro relieved Comdr.
Crittenden for sea duty.
Melvin K. Reeve Wins
$100 for Suggestion
Keeve . . . his suggestion will
save 520 manhours of labor per
month on a single operation. See
story at right.
Pete, Barracks Aide, Busted
To S 2e, on Bread and Water
Pete’s been busted again! He’s!
back to S 2c.
Having proved himself a true
and trusted aide to the 0. O. D.
of the Naval Barracks, Pete had
gradually been advanced until he
at last became a petty officer—GM
3c.
Trust and responsibility were
Pete’s. But Pete slipped, as all
living things do.
One day last week Pete created
quite an additional hardship on the
cleaning detail in Lt. B. A. Robert
son’s office. Pete was put on re
port and went up to Captain’s
Mast.
Chief Master-at-Arms R. W.
Caldwell saw to it that the punish
ment of two days of bread and
water was carried out.
So Pete, the angry angora mas
cot of Barracks 5-A, is once again
a S 2c.
Nine Officers
Are Promoted
Nine officers are wearing new
bars as a result of promotions 1
January.
From Lt. (jg) to Lt. the follow
ing officers were advanced: N. R.
Bondoc, V. W. Baker, C. F. Coffin,
H. A. Dickson, A. P. Korach, J. M.
Martin, J. W. Mitchell and R. E.
Hardy.
From Ensign to Lt. (jg) one of
! ficer was promoted: H. F. Ream.
Two Officers Leave
Depot This Week
Two officers were detached from
the Depot this week for sea duty.
They are Ensign W. D. Schwab,
who left Monday, and Lt. Huston
Jr., who left today. Both were
ammunition officers.
Eliminating 520 man-hours
of labor per month on one op
eration won Melvin K. Reeve
| of Grand Island a $100 award
under the Beneficial Sugges
! tion Plan last week.
Reeve originated a shuttle
I system of pressing which
! eliminates 50 per cent of the
time formerly spent on the op
| eration. Under present pro
duction schedule, his improve
ment will save at least $5,000
! per year.
The suggestion has been
forwarded to Washington for
further consideration.
The $100 award is the larg
est made here so far; a num
ber of smaller awards have
been made for other sugges
tions.
George E. McKee of build
ing 130 was one who received
a small reward for an idea he
had. McKee didn’t like soil
ed respirators, and so he sug
gested they be wrapped in
kleenex or paper napkins after
cleaning to keep dust out. All
he really wanted out of his
suggestion was a clean respir
ator, but he got a $5 award in
addition.
Blanks for the Beneficial
Suggestion Plan are found in
almost every building on the
area. To date, more than 250
suggestions have been made.
Depot Priest
Goes to Hebron
The Rev. C. J. Crowley, assistant
pastor of St. Cecilia’s Church in
Hastings, and Depot priest, as
sumed duties as pastor of the Cath
olic church in Hebron this week.
Father Crowley had conducted
services on the Depot each Sunday,
and had been in charge of special
masses.
A farewell dinner was given in
his honor at the city auditorium in
Hastings Tuesday evening.