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VOL. I NO. XIX
U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT, HASTINGS, NEBR.
Jan. 21, 1944
Depot to Select Own WOW (iirl
in Contest
Hoods Issued
Without Delay
In Fourth Drive
No delays in delivery of war
bonds are being experienced during
the Fourth War Bond Drive, now
in progress on the Depot.
Depot personnel may bring their
cash to the Civil Roll Audit office,
and receive their bonds immediate
ly.
Door or window stickers are be
ing given all who purchase extra
war bonds during the new drive.
Chief Pay Clerk R. W. Andrew is
in charge of the drive, which began
Tuesday. Representatives will be
chosen among each of the field
groups to stimulate interest in the
drive and to collect the funds.
Competition among the various
field groups for the purchase of
the largest number and amount of
bonds has been keen in previous
drives; it is expected to be even
sharper in the present drive.
Birthday Ball Tickets
On Sale on Depot
Tickets for the annual Presi
dent’s Birthday Ball will be on
sale on the Depot, Ensign George
H. Hunker, Jr., assistant security
officer, announced this week.
The tickets may be purchased in
the security office.
The dance will be held Monday,
31 January, in the Wintergarden
B' llroom in Hastings, with tickets
selling for $1.50 per couple.
All Depot personnel are urged to
buy tickets; proceeds from the
sales will be used, as in former
years, to combat infantile paralysis
locally and nationally.
* our Officers
On Leave
Four officers are currently on
leave from the Depot.
Chief Louis H. LeDuke of the
Seaman Guard is spending two
days with his family in Minneapo
lis, Minn.
Ensign Gilbert Kvam is using his
15-day leave to visit everybody
back home in Bellingham, Wash.
Also seeking the West for 15
days, Lt. C. F. Coffin, Shore Patrol
officer, is in Los Angeles.
Lt. Harrison F. Symmes is get
ting salt air in his whiskers in San
ta Monica, Cal., during his 15-day
leave, to remind him he is in the
Navy.
Who is your choice as WOW of the Depot? All Depot personnel
will have a chance to express their opinion of feminine pulchritude in
the new all-Depat contest which opens today. The contest will culmin
ate in a Washington’s Birthday hall which will not only reveal the Depot
WOW, but w hich w ill also celebrate the first anniversary of the opening
of the Depot.
See story at right for details.
Ensign Brandt
Arrives on Depot
Ensign C. S. Brandt, ammunition
officer, arrived on the Depot this
week, acting as relief for Ensign
W. D. Schwab, who has been de
tached.
Ensign Brandt comes from the
Oenera) Ordnance School in Wash
ington, D. C.
Remember, Civilians
Dance Tomorrow
Tomorrow night’s the night. The
January dance for civilians will
he held in the permanent recrea
tion building starting at 2100.
Buses will bring Depot civilians
and their guests from the main
gate.
The Depot orchestra will play.
Fairest of All
To be Named
At Depot Hall
With as much feminine pulchri
tude as there is working on this
Depot, it would be stupid, the men
say, not to sort out the most
beauteous of all the lovelies and
heap laurels upon them.
This Depot has never been ac
cused of being stupid—the Depot
WOW-girl contest opens officially
today. WOW, as you know, signi
fies Woman Ordnance Worker.
Anyone may nominate as many
persons as he chooses, provided he
pays the five-cent nomination fee.
A committee of three will count
nominations, and those receiving
the most ballots will be chosen to
appear at the Washington’s Birth
day Ball celebrating the first anni
versary of the Depot. At that time,
the fairest of the fair will be
named, by a committee composed
of Lt. Comdr. J. C. Heck, Lt.
Comdr. C. O. Bain and Lt. G. Woos
ley, and awards will be given the
girls from the nomination fees.
Further details of the contest are
given below.
Something Juicy
There have been all sorts of con
tests on the Depot, from a Band
Instrument Dance to the well
known Navy Relief Drive. Now,
kiddies, we have something juicy,
just what you’ll like—at least the
men will eat it up, unless I miss my
guess.
Now we have a different method
of arousing your attention. It is
going to work like this:
First of all we will have to choose
a bunch of tomatoes to act as a
nucleus, and these we will call
nominees. You will elect these
gals by the following method.
Think of some dolly, just any one
which you happen to know has a
good topography—from an aesthet
ic standpoint, of course— and you
write her monniker on the forms
(No. 23SK) which will he provid
ed, and together with $.05 (five
cents) deposit the whole works in
the nearest POWDER KEG box. A
new box has been installed at the
Main gate.
The committee consisting of the
editor of the paper, Johnny (Hop
a-long) Hopp, and your old and
time-worn friend, Pruneface, will
then convene to pass judgment
on the lovely lady applicants.
These good souls have been
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