Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1944 Page: 4 of 8
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£cldien6, in Mujjti. . .
NCWS OF THE 3C7TH S'JC-DEPOT
By MARTHA ACHI2E
With Christmas greetings still ringing in our c-irs, thoughts turn
suddenly to the fust approaching year of 1944. Not a preat deal is
being said, hut thoughtful expressions indicate that some of the Depot
employees are making the usual good n dilutions while others are just
wondering what the New Year has in store, but all are anticipating the
stroke of midnight on New Years Eve when old 1943 will slide quietly
into the shades of time, making way for the noisy entrance or 1944—
to all and everyone, the Sub-Depot exten Is wishes for a Victorious
New Year!
NEW EMPLOYEES- swelling the personnel of the Sub-Depot are
Floyd L. Springer, Karl D. Martin, Byron F. Frown, Irvin Orput, Emile
Morhar and Etta M. I)ucap, all of whom put their shoulders to the
wheels of the Depot this past week.
DIRECT HIT—The random shots of rupid found their way
to Sub-Depot Supply and singled out M rzella Jones, who be-
came the bride of Sgt. James It. Richard on last Thursday
evening. Our congratulations and Lest wishes to Sgt. and
Mrs. Richardson.
FRANK RUCK OKAHAM—After telling us about the delectable
quail dinner he had enjoyed Sunday (and just before lunch, too, when
we could barely stand a reference to food), we finally drew it out of
Homer Graham that he had bagged a quail on his hunting trip. How-
ard Fisher must have gone along for the walk, as he returned empty-
hande 1.
WHO’S WHO—That tall man with the hungry look who is always
stalking possessively about the Engineer Hangar and Machine Shop is
Shop Superintendent J. D. McKiddy and our idea of one swell guy! A
Sub-Depot pioneer, having come over on the 387th Mayflower, so to
speak, 1 September 1942, Mr. Mac is acutely aware and justly proud
of the progress made by the Maintenance Division of the Sub-Depot.
A member of an all-out-for-victory family, Mr. Mac has one son in the
Air Corps, one son employed at the Sub-Depot, a sister-in-law and two
brothers working in war industries. Mr. McKiddy has to his credit an
attractive brunette wife (“a darn good cook, too!”), a Mercury Con-
vertible, a keen appreciation for steak and his own opinion of goldbrick-
ers (CENSORED). He lives his own philosophy going about his daily
way with malice toward none and justice for all.
LOST—One good day and all that could have been ac-
complished if a goldbricker had not been absent from duty.
HOLIDAY RESUME—The happy, if weary, faces shining about
the Depot reflect a holiday well spent. . . . John L. Sullivan returned
Monday from Denton where he spent Christmas with his Mother . . .
Thelma and Donald Comer and Wrp. J. Reck left last Friday for Dallas
and a five-day celebration in the CMty . . . Leila Williams weekended in
El Paso . . . Edwena E/.zell and Helen Rigbce again gave the Pyote
officers a treat at the dunce at the Pyote Club Saturday night . . .
Dora Davis reports a very happy Christmas with her family in Ker-
mit . . . Leo and Mary Eoudamy with relatives in Rig Spring; . . . Allen
P. Smith and family with relatives in Bakersfield; . . . Mary -Sue Sto-
vall with family in Andrews . . . Mary Wright with family in Eastland
. . . Joe Gee, Joe Montgomery, Homer Haynes, Emmet McMahan and
Rill Ake with family or relatives in San Angelo and Jessie and Allen
Conger in Lorraine . . . Lt. and Mrs. Marshall have as their guest for
the holidays, Miss Jean Holmes of El Dorado, Arkansas, thus adding
another blonde to their household. Miss Holmes’ refreshing personality
and smoothness on the dance floor has made her the toast of the circle,
and let it now he said that the Marshalls, Jean Holmes, Lt. Forsyth
and always-under-foot Achee made the most of every minute during the
holidays and are looking forward to the grand finale of the season with
New Years Weekend.
Some people whose chief ambition in life is to have a hot
time will probably have their desires gratified in the next world.
Even to 341st
Christmas comes hut once
FAYE EMERSON strides along
the Warner Bros, lot to the stage
where production is under way for
‘‘Women at War.” technicolor short
about the women who wear the uni-
form of Uncle Sam.
a year, and judging by all the long
faces and red eyes the day after,
like a pair of Hq Corporals, who
started very early, and continued
far into the night, it is a good
thing.
“’Twas the night before Xmas
and all through the house, not a
creature was stirring, not even a
mouse"—so thought Cpl. and Mrs.
Scofield, who had decided to turn
in early, but found themselves in
the midst of a very noisy and large
party, which left almost as soon as
Cpl. and Mrs. were fully awake.
The WAC Day room was really
hopping that night, and for the
few of you who weren’t there, the
341st was well represented. Cpl.
Drewry tried to pull his rank on
a certain hatless WAC S/Sgt. She
got her hat.!
PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
“PT” Athletics canine mascot, tak-
ing Pfc Ostrow for a walk.
T/Sgt. Freeman deserves credit
for, among other things, the ar-
rangement of the Sq. Xmas Pro-
gram. It. the high spot of the eve-
ning, made the affair a fine suc-
cess. The Hand, with its Xmas
Songs made the atmosphere very
"Christmassy.” Pfc. “bring-the-
cups-back” Rlake did a very good
, job as MC, and had the good for-
tune to introduce some fine talent.
He could be a bit more careful
Xmas Comes But
Once a Year—
i
Santa Carries
Bundles From
Heaven to 747th
The stork arrived at the 747th
with a red suit and a long white
heard this week with both Sgt.
Clarence Sterling and Cpl. Cyrus C.
Young in the role of proud papa.
Congratulations to all concerned.
While we are on the subject of
now arrivals, Cpl. Everett W. Kee-
fen received word from Camp Mac-
kail, N. C.. that he became grand-
father effective November '27th.
His daughter and son-in-law are
proud parents of a baby girl.
The Christmas Eve Squadron
party was considered a huge suc-
cess by all who attended. Among
the lucky individuals who won the
door prizes donated bv the Snecial
Service Office were Lieut. Jones,
1st Sgt. Loeliger, T/Sgt. Jerry
0o!e, S/Sgt’s. McManus and Mc-
Cord, Sgt’s Vernigelli and Van-
tyne, and Pfc’s Matson and Jin-
ings. A swell time was had by all.
—Cpl. Frank E. Fleet.
though about tacking Miss and
Mrs. on peoples names.
It is too bad that more were
not present at the party, but some
had valid excuses, but some did
have semi-valid excuses. They
just couldn’t make it—huh Wayne?
The name must be withheld, but
it is a fact that a certain “hand-
some” Sgt. broke off with one of
his “flock” to save himself a
Christmas present.
We must congratulate S/Sgt.
Ricketts who is practically in OCS
at last.
Ankara, Turkey—An Istanbul
newspaper reported a rumor that
the Nazis secret weapon is a tun-
nel under the English Channel in-
to Britain.
A true musician is one who puts
his ear to the keyhole when he
hears a woman singing in the bath
tub.
TWO NAZI TRANSPORTS were
sunk by this Douglas bomber,
sponsored by Red Skelton last
spring, according to a message
forwarded to the NRC comedian
from its Russian pilot.
:<S
I
Nsvar mind tha caramony. Ha*kin*!”
The Wolf
C«ki»fki 1*0 kr Smmm, fetnkm* kr Cm* kmu
by Sansone
6-Kay
NEWS
O F T H E
CADETS
The first “gadget” of the new ad-
| vaneed class to tie the marital knot
at PAAF turned out to be Sqdn.
| lfi’s William H. (Billy the Kid)
Pascoe. He married the former
Maxine Hoge of Chicago. Mrs.
Pascoe is remaining in Pecos until
graduation day!
Oh! I'll bet I know what you’re wishing!"
A/C Wendy “Wolf” Phillips is
I giving devoted attention to a ccr-
I tain beautiful young thing in the
I’X restaurant.
Ira F. (Sacktime) Smith has
Jitter Bugs "Swing Out" at USO
Christmas Party for 367th-969th
; made an amazing comeback to the
ranks of eager early birds. . . . How
long can this last? , . . Irving Rat-
ner, the toasted one, sweats it out
even with all the windows open. . . .
Feb. 8th should see a lot of new
husbands from 16 and Cadet Pine
seems to be already ball and
chained. . . . Cadets Patterson and
Prochnow (true Texans) are still
trying to convince us that Texas is
the Garden spot of America.
Santa Turns Out
For Finance Guys
’Twas the night before Christ-
mas . . . and the Finance Roys were
snuggled in their little beds with
great and joyous anticipation of
what would be awaiting them on
Christmas morning.
Then ... all of a sudden this
quiet spell was broken and HE
came in. Yes, everyone thought at
rirst that ole’ Saint Nicholas had
arrived a little ahead of schedule
until this big burly buxom figure
began to make loud noises. Fin-
>lly, it was learned that it wasn’t
Santa after all. Instead, it was the
‘Mighty Caliph,’ Max Denoff, with
his usual amplitude of charm . . .
massing out hard-boiled eggs. Can
vou imagine! He thought it was
Easter!
We were sorry of one thing, how-
ever. . . . This disturbance awak-
ened our Asst. Adjutant, T/4th.
Charles Bond Buster Blake, Jr.,
from a deep dream of peace . . .
and Santa. And it made him so
urovoked that he commenced talk-
;ng in some unknown tongue which
vas later learned to be Chinese.
—Sgt. Kenneth Forshee.
The USO Christmas party was a
success in the fullest meaning of
the word. The jitterbugs really
had a ball with the somewhat con-
servative dancers having to stick
to the sidelines. The music was
very hot especially when Lt.
i Bunch took over the drums and
| beat out a little jive in the Krupa
style.
Hats off to Mess Sergeant W’illie
Lee and his staff who did such a
swell job in preparing our Christ-
mas meal as well as food for the
party. Too much credit cannot be
given these men because while most
of us were recuperating from a
Christmas Eve spree, they were
going about thir chores so that we
could enjoy a very delicious dinner.
We want to welcome the thirty
new men recently added to our or-
ganization by the way of California
and Arizona. Hear they are tal-
ented, too, with musicians and ath-
letes predominating. Take heed
bugler boy Sam Wilson, here’s a
chance you’ve been waiting for to
organize that band.—Pfc. Carlton
L. Jones.
Sqdn. 12 After Taps: Among our
pilots bold was one suffering from
the local style of “bad cold” and
j trying to do something about it in
the dark. He opened his foot lock-
er .. . got out the desired salve . . .
and prepared to apply it to his
chest . . . something didn’t smell
l ight so he turned on the light and
found himself covered with INK!
. . . Not everything exciting hap-
pens at night though . . . frin-
stance, soloing out in a bobcat
without flaps ... a sight certain
to give the boys on the sidelines a
thrill . . . but Dorlag knows how
it feels in the cockpit. . . . Edwards,
too, for such things arc rather
strenuous for co-pilots as well!
Lana Turner’s nothing to rave
about. Take off the sweater and
what has she got?
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