THE T O W N S H I P T A T T L E

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JANUARY, 1 9 4 3 MI LLBURNy N . J

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Mrs, Walter M. Taylor Mrs'. Carl Egner
Reporters
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Mx-s. George V/. Gilman

GOSSIP HERE AND THERE •

Call us rank-conscious (there's no "ly" on t h a t ) if you w i l l , but

pardon us for lickingr the old chops and 'starting off Issue No. 8 bjy
quoting from a Major s fan l e t t e r - FRANCIS J. SKI Dr.'
but now ^somewhere in England", takers valuable timo ORE, ex-3hort- Hills
for the "newsy Township Tattle. V/hile'Frank's litt.3 out to tha^nk us.
tending the home f i r e s and working for our local Red e woman keeps busy
Frank i s finding England the nearest thing to home-- Cress canteen,
with natives who t r y to make the l i f e of "our boys" a grand country and
possible. Here's that "nest" you're looking forward as c oraf or table as
waiting. to--and thanks for
My I My I how time f l i e s - h e r e ' s .a note fron FRED LEGG3TT^who,. accord-
ing to the Navy, i s now a seaman 2/c - They ccn't- fool us, Freddie, be-
cause i t Seems only yesterday that you,were whipping around'Short Hills
on'your bike in knickers and that . cheery "hello, Mrs.1 ".always put •
you in the f i r s t class —grado A--departnent with u s . "Fred graduates
next month and then leaves Newport for points'unknown, but ho hopos to
meet the enemy face to face soon. Incidentally, wo c a n ' t help noticing
that the N:.'vy keeps the Leggott nose buried in books at both classrooms
and labs, which i s something a long line of exclusive schools never
achieved.
Another thanks to DAVE V/OLFE, who i s now busy at the Hawthorne School
of Aeronautics in Orangeburg, S.C. He writes that the "Tattle" i s one
thing he looks forward t o every month..
CLARENCE B. HOKE, JR. —P.F.C. U.S. Army (and by the way t h a t ' s
pretty snazzy stationery, Clarence) deserves orchids or some more uso-
ful prize for writing us a l l the way from Africa. Clarence t i c s for
the long distance record with his thanks. Ho must nevo f e l t l i k e a
debutante, because in on e mail "The 4th and 5th issues of our ever-in-
creasing volume" arrived, plus five l e t t e r s from iii.s fatally, a carton
of Chesterfields and ten other pieces of mail "from other sources"—
hcart i n t e r e s t , Clarence? Also, P.F.C. Hokc got his hands on the New-
ark Evening News of October 13 and i t was just like being at home—
almost, anyway.

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WILLIAM POZNANSKI S 2,c evoidontly wants to bo alone. B i l l i s cool-
ing his hools at Camp Bradford, Va, and, as of January f i r s t , "Mud ,' mud,
mud, i s the order of the day. .frionover ho gots liberty he goes into
Norfolk, but i t ' s tho same old ctory--"Too many pooplo around." If our
memory doesn't f a i l us (don't worry", i t never does)''Bill is the strong
silent type who used to trap muskrats with King Irwin and Bub Sohroiber
in more peaceful days—(Hartshorno Woods to you).
"Hello, g i r l s " , yourself, CORP. 'V. II, xTKITlIAN. Seeing as how the
address is care of the Service Club, Camp Swift, Texas, the "Swift"
makes us wonder if i t ' s Harry Roitman, that k i l l e r d i l l e r of former
days. How about i t Corporal? Anyhow, he has just been transferred to
M.P. Bn. (which makes absolutely no sense to our un-railitary minds) and
i s near Austin, capital of the state and location of the University of
Texas. W. H. Reitman misses Millburn and particularly the Paper-mill
Playhouse. They're both s t i l l hero, so hurry back soon, and thanks for
writing us,
CADET RICHARD F. MEYER i s now at the Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, aft or
lots of training and traveling since he entered tho service in August.
Certainly, wo remember you, Dick. In fact, how could we ever forget
that session of trying to "watch the b i r d i e " while you wore taking
movies of the A.W.V.S. and O.C.D. a c t i v i t i e s l a s t May? Your best has
been forwarded to Mesdames Vcit, Drehor, and a l l tho others you usod to
know—except for a large share which we've taken for ourselves, f i r s t .
And heroes a cheery - and beautifully printed, we might add- l e t t e r
of thanks from DICK SWEET, who gets his Tattle and other mail via tho
postmaster in Now Orleans. Dick graduated in the upper third of a class
of 90 men and he's now a qualified searchlight e l e c t r i c i a n . Sounds hard
to your humble scribe who is easily baffled by a simple fuse. Recently
Dick and a group of pals wont on an'excursion deep into tho i n t e r i o r
of Louisiana and picked up a lot of local color enroute- beautiful pas*
t o l stucco homes slathered with old iron grillwbrk, and, farther out,
old ruins; also several Chinese farms with the' owners working neat rows
of vegetables in wido-pcoked straw hots. Popping off o few largo snakes
broke the monotony and they f i n a l l y ended up by swimming in n cold «.v, •
stream. Hope you got back to your post on time, Dick, but oven if you
d i d n ' t , tho l e t t e r was worth i t - - t o u s .
CORP. M. HANSON writes a long newsy note from 1,1cChord Field, Wash.— .
McFog Field, as far as he's concerned. Corporal Hanson got home on a
furlough recently and although ho had a swell time, he i s s t i l l busy
trying to regain the seven pounds ho l o s t . Evidently, tho heat and
food situation wore him down, but, as he says—quote "After wo turn tho
heat on Schiklegruber we can turn i t on ourselves again". As to the
food, the situation (which wo don't mind now at a l l ) wasn't oven notic-
eable u n t i l he met i t face to face. After trapping a l l over Millburn
and points east in serach of a steak, he finally trapped on in Chatham,
SGT. DONALD A. CONNER, who is now an a i r cadet a t Winfield, Kansas
has certainly covered ground, and a i r , since ho entered the service
last April. Don has gone from Randolph Field to Kelly Field, and then
to Muskogee, Okla. There he ran into some home-town draftees who were
at Camp Gruber. After Muskogee, Don travelled on t o tho Army Air Force
Basic Flying School at Enid, Okla,, which lands"him a t l a s t in Winfield.
At present h e ' s cooling his heels and piling up flying time in his log,
expecting to leave for an O.C.S. in Florida sometime t h i s s.pring.
Thanks for writing, Don, and take i t easy,
STAFF SGT. LOUIS EBBESON, who used to grace 7/ittkops Garage in
Short Hills got home on leave Now Yoars Doy from Manchester, N. H.
Louis.is sold;on array life and says he lias the "best C.'O. in the whole
TJ, S.' - a *Col. Moore - SGT. EBBJJSON. and DONALD PERSON, who is with
the Coast Guard Training Station, paid a Hew Year's call on the Robert
Veits which was enjoyed "by all.

he couldn't even have the day off, the reunion wag postponed. Mr. and
Mrs. lieridith Laffey went down after the holidays end spent a week near
the field so that they oould get glimpses of 12 d before he's transferred
somewhere else.
LT, (J.G,) CRAWTOED WINNER is on-duty in parts unknown - even to his
family,; while his brother, BRUCE', is a midshipman at .Vnnapolis -making
the family IOO^J nautical minded.
SGT. L'DYITH AT; KAISER, JR. manages to keep fit by belonging"to a
football, baseball, and basketball team. Considering that ICd is now in
Panama, we'd think the temperature alone might keep the Kaiser waist-
line tapered down, •. . : .;'• '
FVT. Y/ILLIiiK A N J K R S O W must have felt like a general, because his wife
managed a, trip all the way to Lowry Field, Denver: to spend the holidays
with him. Bill will finish his course around February 1, and then ex»
poets to move on to some other military garden spot,
DOUGLAS CLE'irSLi-iJD was always a personable fellow, even when puttering
around his home in Short Hills in gardening c.ttir-e, but now - Lt.
Commander Cleveland is a positive killer in that uniform}.. Doug is now
an instructor in the Gunnery School at tho •JN.aval Base in Norfolk, Va»
If he is as accurate as he used, to bo with clay pigeons, the enemy had
better duck. ... - . ' •. .
JOHN B. R3TMJ*fciCK, Jr; has boon transferred to the U. S. K&rittm© "
service, stationed at Sheopshead Bay, F.Y. Jack is an instructor and
plenty enthusiastic about the organization, not just because he's able
to %&t somo weak-ends, either. - -fter training in Boston to be a radio
operator on a merche.nt ship, lio is still kept busy, as operators aro
pretty scarce. Wo .agree Vith Jack whe'h ho. says the Haritime Service
will help mako us tho most powerful na'tion on tiio seas, Thanks for
your lettor Jack, and ilrs'. Uglier received tho' enclosed mossagd.
Just bocG.use SNSIG-N fi^TIDS y^RHON BOV^S, J?t is Rr.lloping all over
Africa these days, we hope ho isn't taking his family (and us) for a
ride, too. Vornon's letters aro coming through regularly end-his latest
neWs burns us up. Ho now' owns, a fine, livo, Arabian stallion, the wild-*
est thing hq's ever soon, but ho hasn't boon thrown yot, Uaybo not, but
We aro throv/n to hoar said stood was purahased for only fifty>cants,
American money! Bnsifsn, Bowes r.iust bo a dicko3?er. from, yay back. Also,
tho contrast in climate is something, too. In one spot oranges and tan-
gerines can be bought four dozen for f ivo cents, L\nd e, tQW hours away
there is good skiing. . \
Despite our cautions about boing foolish and returning to tho frozen
North; ..LT» PAGS3 CIL'LPIL-JT is back in ...tl^ntic City r.ftor seven weeks in
Liiami, and his f amily .have joined him in Vcntnor,
ROBERT D, HAMBRTGHT is lucky in boing able to get home evory week-end.*
Bob doesn't cuito agree, though, because he's trying hard to be admit-
ted to O.C.S.
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SGT. IRVING PARTELOW spent his Christmas leave in London. Irving
stayed at the Rod Cross Club, which i s not only a friendly, but reason-
able spot—fifty cents, or the price of one fresh horso, i s a l l >.t
costs to spend the night with breakfast thrown i n . Ho saw a l l the
eights, including the changing of the Guard and a movie "Pride of tho
Yanks". Couldn't havo been luokior or ma&o him feel more a t home, bo-
cause he was in high school with Teresa Wright.

S ROGERS, although our s l e u t h s don't remind us whether h e ' s Army

or Navy, i s catching devil f i s h and other outsize numbers in his spare
time, we hear, so i t certainly would be handier if Jim were a Navy man.
To prove we're not the grumbling typo w e ' l l think of him as Admiral
Rogers u n t i l further notice.

STEPHEN ROGERS, the Admiral's brother, i s a t r a v e l l i n g man for Undo

Sambo. Since joining the Army, Steve has beon stationod i n New Jersey,
Florida, Texas, Utah, and Kansas.

EDWARD AUGUSTUS WARNER will be another 90 day wondor como March. Ed

i s in Chicago working hard in the Midshipman course and expects t o bo a
full fledged Ensign any month now.

PRIVATE THOMAS DELGALDO was home on a ten day furlough, but the old
moanie couldn't got back to those Georgia poaches fast enough.
CORPORAL VINCENT MASI also gave the homo town a t r e a t for sevon days.
PRIVATE FRANCIS of the same family was homo in time t o enjoy Mrs. Masi's
Christmas Day dinner, and returned again to spend Now Year's Day with
brother Vinee,
PAUL ALFRED WYCKOFF. E.M. 3/c, who e n l i s t e d and swam off t o join the
Navy in December, h a s n ' t r e a l l y had much time to w r i t e , but wo'11 bo
expecting a flash soon, Al.
Another gay Navy blade i s S 2/c ROQCO GIANNATTASIO, whoso homo-coming
on Christmas Day was the best present his mother could have wished for o
Rocco was in Millburn for four more days, and the havoc ho caused in
the hometown in general, and Drapkins Dopt. Store in p a r t i c u l a r , was
something. Or perhaps »e shouldn't mention t h a t {how about i t , Mary)?

CORP. VINCENT KANE was another Christmas p r e s e n t . Vince made a l l the

rounds, v i s i t i n g his old f r i e n d s , among them Mrs. Bufo, whose son SGT.
Lewis Bufo could not get a furlough*. Corp. Kano l i k e s the T a t t l e and
seems to approve cf the whole A.W.V.S. — good boy, Vincel
By the way, speaking of BTOTO1. LEW did a l l r i g h t , even though ho could
not get home. Understand J v t . ' i . had Christmas dinner in Tulsa with
friends who loaded him down with food and p r e s e n t s . With h i s arms f u l l
of good cheer, Low had to hitch hike back t o camp, a b r i s k 85 miles—
threo hours of steady walking and thumbing before ho got a r i d o .

CORP. ANTHONY BONSLLI and PVT. JAMES INAN also both came home for
Christmas and New Years.
PVT. LEWIS CUSANO i s stationed, along with PVT. EATHEW D3CLASSIS, dowi
in Miami Beach. Very find, and the only thing t h a t mars t h e i r fun i s
the fact t h a t they get no reduction in movie p r i c e s . Come, como, boys,
with your big s a l a r i e s , t h a t ' s peanuts,
PVT. JOSEPH GOGLIA wrote'home recently and said He's j u s t finished a
grand tour of Williamsburg, Va. taking in a l l t h e fine s p o t s , including
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the oldest Episcopal Church in America, Th.at' s r i g h t , soo America f i r s
Joo/ "but 'don't forgot the l i t t l e church in Springfiold had a history tc
Al
ING3L0 FAENZA, who i s now sweltering on Galapagos I s l a n d , spends .hia
spare time ploying cards, waiting for tho feature a t the l o c a l movie
hut to change. .Angola- saw i t in Millburn f i r s t , and after the tenth
timo i t "begins to bore the old c r i t i c ,

P.F.C. NICK I.1YR CANT ONI 0, who hasn't lost his sense of humor, writes
that he i s now touring French Morocco. tr l had talked of taking a vaca-
tion, so thought I ' d bunk hero for tho present". A good idea, Nick un-
less your C. 0. i s more Broad minded than most.
Another l o c a l ' t o u r i s t far.afiold [we're g e t t i n g just too, too whimsi-
cal) i s PVT. NICK MARCKETTA. Nick i s touring Africa and has tafcoh to'r-
smoking a pipo. -^1 though ho hasn't written u.s for throe month? tho boy
friends report t h a t Nick misses his former bc-ss, Paul V/aese, "and also
that stuff on Mr. W's s halves". All r i g h t , wa get i t , Nick.

PVT. JAMES 'iYCKOFF (Al's brother by chanco?)' i s missed not only by hir
friends but also by. loyal customers. Jimmy used t o pinch h i t driving
the truck when not behind the counter or shuffling the clothes in the
back of the Band Box cleaners. Take the Japs to the cleaners now, Jim
and get back-soon.

Better luck next year, Ernst. . MIDSHIPMAN• VffiHfuEYER has been trying to
get home for the last two New Years and each.time has been disappointed,
"Tell, t h a t ' s l i f e , but we'll be looking for you come Easter.
PVT. JOHN MC'KSEVER, better known as r'Dick" t o his intimate p a l s , (why
We don't, know) spent a forlorn furlough'.trying to discover a t l e a s t ' one
friend, left in Millburn. With everyone, even the g i r l s , in uniform,
Dick was l o s t . "He hopes to meet his twin brother, LEVttS, who i s tempo-
r a r i l y a t Camp Rucker, Ala,

S'2/c ANTHONY pi IONNO and PVT. CONSTANTINE SOLAZZI both sand cheery
thanks to the A.W.V.S. for the welcomed news. Thanks for the thanks
boys, and be sure to write us when you can. sneak a spare moment. ••'
Another l e t t e r , from PVT. GEORGE DSLGALDO (Tom's brother, w e ' t r u s t )
t e l l s us he's now driving a- truck a t camp. He'doesn't say which one--
cainp, not truck—but hopes his old' friend, DR. FISCHER, who i s stationed
at the same place will have time to look George-up. f?vt. DelGaldo, %p •
modest fellow, thinks perhaps Dr; Fischer's l o f t i e r job may leave him
more free time for looking up'friendly f a c e s . .

Stop—you're k i l l i n g u s , Jack. In f a c t , i t i s n ' t , f a i r t o pass, t h i s

item on to the r e s t of you boys far away, but here goes. Lucky SGT.
JOHN SPERANZA s t i l l gets homo every week-end. Wo can only add,- enjoy
i t while i t l a s t s .

• PVT. JOSEPH SALADTNO got a hurry c a l l t o come home on account of tho

i l l n e s s of his father. . Fortunately, Mr, Saladino i s getting along nico-
ly now, so, at this late date, everything worked- out for the best, with
Pvt. oaladino (his buddies c a l l him ifBeaus" thank you) working in a fov,1
days leave on a ; clear. conscience.

PVT. FERDINAND BRITA, better known as Freddie, i s sadly missed at jlro

Local b owling a l l e y s . Incidentally, yours isn.'t the only face missing
around tho pin b a l l s , ^rod. Our driving ban against pleasure t r i p s has
fixed t h a t .
 PETTY OFFICER MACHINIST MATE 2/c ROCCO DESESSA got home for hia f i r s t *
leave in three yoars on—you guessed i t - Christmas Day. His *f anally
were overjoyed, naturally, even though four of his ten day leavo wore
taken up reaching Millburn, four getting back, leaving two days homo.
Note to PVT. ROCCO MANTERINO. We f i n a l l y got your address from your
s i s t e r , but how about dropping the Tattle a card giving us the l a t e s t
flash? Plenty of your old friends would like t o hear from or about you,
. Lucky.

:And here's a personal touch from one of our most successful and t i r e -
less reporters "Micky" Bufo* Her notes are always fun to t r a n s c r i b e for
^O'EtL'.guys, but t h i s i s such a'dream we w ouldn't spoil a punctuation
mark. "P.F.C. GEORGE MCFADDEN i s in the Tank Div. at present and he
tanks us a lot for our T a t t l e " . Tanks George,, and Tanks, Micky, t o o .
P.F.C.FREDERICK MISLKE spent a furlough a t home e a r l y in December but
now that he's back in Camp, Fred spends mos,t of his time answering h i s
fan mail. Incidentally, Fred i s one of the most missed men about town.
Aside from his personal charm, Fred was his f a t h e r ' s able a s s i s t a n t be-
fore the Army lured him away. You'd be surprised how many groaning
hearts and furnaces need your handy t ouch. Better come back soon, or
that kid brother w i l l .be right in the groove as Pop's 1st and finest
helper, Fred,

P.F.C. ANTHONY MAUCIONE had a ten day furlough in January but i t was
too far t o come home, so he decided t o see his brother, PVT. RALPH at
March Field, Calif. Tony hopes t o curve around by San Francisco and .,"
take in a few r e l a t i v e s en r o u t e . • .

PVT, JOHN DANIEL PETRILLO, 'Johnny to you lonely heart's of Millburn,

was home for the holidays and decided t o tour the neighborhood and sur-
rounding country looking up a l l his old pfifls. Lucky you d i d n ' t get
home a month l a t e r or t h a t plan would have washed out. Johnny, by the
way, is a brother of our old friend PVT. DOMINI CK PSTRILLO, remember
him, girls?
P7f, TEOS. PEDICINE" JR. expects t o graduate next month, so h e ' s too
busy studying t o play, but think how p u r t y ' y o u ' l l look with those hard
earned trimmings, Tom. -: * . ..
3. 2/c EUGENE GERARDIELLO, you bad boyj I t ' s none of. our business ?
r e a l l y , but you had b e t t e r write your loved ones a t home, or e l s e . We
wouldn't mind a breezy line e i t h e r , but t h a t ' s asking too much consider-
ing your family haven't heard a word from t h e i r boy Gene in four weeks.
All is forgiven, but get on that fountain pen. By the way, your brother,
PVT. JERRY called up and says he's in the best of h e a l t h .

/ Life i s just ono maneuver a f t e r another for PVT. JAMES MONACO. Jimmy \
/ i s in Puerto Rico and there i s no time for recrea5ion. According t o h i s \
/ s i s t e r , Jimmy won't give out with any news a t a l l , the old stingy. Par- \
don us if we stop to play post- office by passing on a message from Dom- j
inick Bufo. Dom says, via the T a t t l e "Do you remember that snow b a l l /
\ f i g h t , Jimmy? Well, do what you did that day, t o a Jap, for me".
PVT. ANTHONY THOMAS i s now overseas, a f a r c a l l from hurling baggage
around t h c D . L. & W. Station, but hefty t r a i n i n g , t o o . I t would be a
pleasure to have a scoop of Tony tossing Nazis over his shoulder, and
we bet they're a lot more f r a g i l e , t o o .
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S .(2/c JOHN SULLIVAN i s overwhelming in h i s appreciation. Jack sends
thanks to'one and a l l , the U.S.O. and A.V/.V.S. for t h e i r thoughts and
greetings.. We've taken most of them out for the l a t t e r , but i f any of
the others come around for t h e i r share w e ' l l "give". Thanks, Jack, and
you have a l l our good luck wishes in r e t u r n .

PVT. RAYMOND C0LANDR3A was home on an eight day furlough i n January.

Also PVT. ANTHONY CAIYA1T0 managed a week-end pass, Tony i s a new member
of the U. S. Armed Forces, so i s new on our mailing l i s t , t o o . Keep u s
posted on your l a t e s t moves", and w e ' l l be watching your promotions,
SGT. ALOYSIUS P. BERBERICH seems to be able to keep himself and the
pest of the boys from being bored even though A l ' s addres.s-Parts Unknown-
has a very business-like ring to i t . Our -old friend the Sarge writes
that he took part in a damp play and i s now known as "The Coca Cola Kid".

LT. RALPH BOT/VN, J r . who i s stationed Shaw Field was v i s i t e d by h i s

family recently and sent horae "thanks" for the T a t t l e . Ralph also prom-
ises to write us but just now h e ' s kept'so busy h e ' s ready t o p i l e into
bed as soan as his work i s over.
So far the Arms'" hasn't-broken up the SNYDER boys because Millburn T s
best known t r i p l e t s are s t i l l together - down at Miami Beach. John.",.
Charles and William recently entered the service and we t h i n k , consider-
ing the weather at home, t h a t they've done pretty well for themselves,

CHARLES Wi. DRAKE who left a t about the same time as the t r i p l e t s ,
i s now an Aviation Cadet, stationed a t Chapel H i l l , N. C. Not too far
away so perhaps ho'11 be able t o get back to Short" H i l l s soon.
Another Short Hills cadet is ROY BUMSTED. Aftor a year in Hawaii
Roy cocelved enough leave to givo him three f u l l days at home before
reporting to the Santa Ana Air Base, Cal, for t r a i n i n g .
Tho CONCHAR family must be very proud these days because they can
boast of having three boys in the s e r v i c e . ENSIGN BARTON, who i s i n
parts unknown now; JAOS VJATSON A.L'.U. 3/c who i s t r a i n i n g in Chicago,
and, the l a t e s t addition to enter the service - ENSIGN DONALD CONCHAR
who i s stationed at Corpus C h r i s t i , Texas,

Talk about contrasts - here are two of our old favoritos"who couldn't
bo farther apart - SGT. R0B3R T. KOl-iESTSAD now attending radio school at
Ft. Mon&iouth, N. J . , and LT. ADRIAN DEDECKER, most recently of Casa -
blanca. Tho lieutenant sent his family a Christmas cablegram which
cleared up that "Parts Unknown" address for thorn.

Another It* on our l i s t i s ROBERT RUSHER who i s now busy teaching

surveying* In case you've been trying to locate him, Bob i s at Camp
Claiborno, La*

HANDLEY H, DICKINSON should take time out and look up ROY BUMSTED,
as both boys aro a t Santa Ana. As Handley i s working hard in the Pre-
Flight School he may be s i t t i n g next t o Roy without r e a l i z i n g tho old
homo t a l e n t i s within talking distance.
Taking valuable furlough time out t o thank us for tho T a t t l e i s a
constant surprise and pleasure - i t a l s o proves your mothers brought
you up in stylo t o o . JOSEPH IDORE A.M.lvI. 3/c, ANTHONY DI IONNO a / s ,
SGT. MARKS, and CPL. CHANGO (and sondo?) All stopped at \tho- A.W.V.S. •
to s c a t t e r orchids on our e f f o r t s .
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The circulation Dept. or address-lookers-uppers have f i n a l l y tracked

down the whereabouts of STANLEY GUBSRNAT but they DON'T know whom to
contact locally for the l a t e s t news of him. Also, we would l i k e to
clear up the G-ubernat family t r e e , If you receive t h i s Stan, w i l l you
give us some news - and also t e l l us if you're a brother of JOE GUBER~
NAT? Thanks.

HOWARD SANDERS who i s in the Signal Corps i s studying t o become a

radio s p e c i a l i s t , while his brother DAVID i s doing personnel work*
Boy, do we like notes like t h i s - they nake us purr in f a c t . One of
our reporters called up for news of GAFT. EDWARD A. LEVINS and nearly
swallowed the phone when 3d answered for himself. He happened t o be
home for that weekend after being stationed in Georgia and Washington.
The captain says "No matter how tidy my desk i s , I have t o have the
l a t e s t cofj of the Tattle on i t " - likes i t in other words.

PVT. DONALD MAXVOSSI found the town t o o , too lonely on a recent

leave. All the men (you're t e l l i n US) are in s e r v i c e , and the g i r l s are
a l l working overtime at defense plants. 1
CORP. ANTHONY RIZZO and his brother, PVT'. NICK RIZZO seem t o be play-
ing follow the leader. iiThoy ran into each other in England a few months
ago so w e ' l l expect to hoar of a rounion any day now. Both the boys are
in Africa but haven't crossed paths yot.

PVT. JAMES IAURINO i s attending radio school and finds i t more i n t e r -

esting and understandablo than your humble scribes would,
PVT. JOSEPH FIOLA c a n ' t t e l l where he i s but says h e ' s learning the
language - enough to spoak up for some of the many pinoapplos, banans%
and coconuts which arc pretty p l e n t i f u l . JOG'S wife i s the formor
Romaine Maccionc of Millburn and their l i t t l e daughter, Mary Ann, sends
pop loads of love.

BOB SCHWEIZER'S family havon't hoard a word from him in t h e past sov-
on woeks so perhaps somo of you dear readers hav© run into him in pass-
ing. If you havo, how about dropping us a line and w e ' l l include the
good news in our next?

HOWARD P* HULSEBOSCH expects t o bo home somo time soon before taking

off for f l i g h t school. Don't know just whoro t h a t w i l l bo but only hope
i t ' s a warmer climato than old llillburn-by-thc-Soa.

Speaking of weather - which we shouldn't - LT. '7ILLIAIJ IRVffN had a

hot time ovor the holidays. From a l l accounts B i l l had t h a t Whito
Christmas everybody was singing for - except t h a t i t was Whito-hot.
Whilo sweltering in s h o r t s , B i l l and his cronios huddled under a'-.neaa^by-
troo and polished off a dinner of turkoy, do-hydratod c r a n b e r r i e s , and
tho works. You make us vary envious Lieutenant, especially at the pre-
sent typing with a codo id do head t o boddor us.

LATE FLASH - BOB SCIJWTSIZER' s family received a V l e t t e r yesterday,

just as we were going to press.
EATING OUR OWN WORDS DSPT.. . .
We erroneously l i s t e d ALLEN SNYDER as a Corporal i n t h e December i s s i v
when, i n t r u t h , he i s a Sergeant, .and, as Allen was our f i r s t "Draftee".
he c e r t a i n l y deserves b e t t e r treatment from us.,We beg your pardon, A
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and the only excuse we have t o offer is
to have made our mind n a l l thumbs".
Another example of our shattered grey matter hasr.be$t& brought t o our
a t t e n t i o n by RAY LYON, who gently chides us for saying t h a t MILTON
SI LANCE "enjoys army l i f e " in the same December i s s u e , as i t seems t h a t
Milton and Ray were in the same c l a s s a t Great Lakes Naval Training
School????? ( I t ' s beginning t o look as though we a r e going t o have t o
choke on the e n t i r e alphabet!)
Besides a l l the above, i n the selfsame " T a t t l e " , i t appears that our
foot managed t o pop into our mouth when we opened the l a t t e r t o say t h a t
"DOMINICK PETRILLO was fresh from K a i s e r ' s Seda jerking grounds : l . * .Honr'-'
e s t l y , Dominick, we did not mean to infer t h a t you were a "soda je.rker"
instead of the able Pharmicist we know you t o b e . . . w e only meant t h a t
Kaisers was a l s o famous for i t s soda fountain (remember the mobs in t h e
a f t e r school r u s h ? ) . . a n d we are indeed sorry t o have caused you any em-
barrassment by our foolish u t t e r a n c e s .

NOW YOU SEE 'EL'. .AND HOW YOU DOII'T. . . . . .

(recently home on furloughs or leaves) • •
Among the "lucky yous" who were home on, or around t h e Christmas Holi-
days was MAJOR E. BERNARD WARD who i s now in D e t r o i t . . a l s o L t . COMDR.
and Mrs. Bernard P. Day made a short t r i p up from Washington, D. C.
LT. F. EVERETT ABBOTT of the A.A.F. (or has i t -been changed back t o
A.A.C.?) was home in time to trim t h e Christmas -tree with h i s wife and
the four l i t t l e Abbotts before departing f o r Jefferson Barracks i n S t .
^ouis. (Ev has a brother Lewis who i s a l s o a 1st Lieutenant i n t h e
Army.)
LT. RICHARD MAFCHES was hero for the holidays t o o , a l s o ENSIGN ALBERT
MEYER, who stopped in a t tho A.7/.V.3. Office as d i d SOT. NORMAN MARKS
and PROSPER STANZIALS (and were we pleased and f l a t t e r e d a t a l l t h i s
attention!) LT. WILLIAM PFEFFSR JR. was another lucky on-loavo man; als-
JOSEPH KEARNEY, who has departed for Oklahoma; and CORP DONALD MCITIAIL,
from Ft.. Bragg; ERIC R3EVE, from F t . Mpyor; CORP. ALEXANDER PHILP, from
F t . Banning, Ga;
More of t h e same wore ENSIGN JOHN PADGETT (who brought home Ensign
Frank F e nslor as a house suost) a l s o JOSEPH WITTKOP; KENNETH C. WOLF-.
ROBERT L. KENNEDY: AND GEORGE PSNDBRGAST.;
BILL LECETRECTIER C.M'.O.M.M. was homo f o r a few h o u r s on Christmas
. Day and i s now bock on convoy d u t y .
GEORGE BATELAN i s home on furlough, at this writing, after'seeing
many j u n g l e s .
THEODORE PRICE1, who had a r o c c n t f o u r day l e a v e , saw t h e Sugar Bowl
game a t N . ">. ( I s n ' t t h a t t o o swoot?)
Another f o r t u n a t e f u r l o u g h e r was BION IIUMBER (whose wife i s C h a r l o t t e
of " C h a r l o t t e ' s " and we can t o l l you t h a t tho-re never was a h a p p i o r g i r l
than she was over h i s homecoming!... a l s o homo i n t i m e f o r New Years was
SGT. LOUIS EBBESON, now a t Manchester, I\T. K. , whero he s a y s he has t h e
b e s t C. 0 . i n the whole U. 3 . Army. .* (how a b o u t i t , boys?) •

CORP. DON 7700DF02D a r r i v e d on F n i r v i o l d Drive i n t i m o t o h e l p h i s

mother and f a t h e r s t i r up a t a s t y Tom and Jerry 1 1 f o r t h e i r ' a n n u a l C h r i s t '
mas Svo p a r t y .
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And t h i s i s staunch l o y a l t y i f wo ever saw i t . . "SOLDIER ROCCO" {CORP
TIOLA) not only sent us a Christmas card, but a l s o dropped i n "to give us
g r e e t i n g s , i n person a t A.7.V..S. IJ. Q,.

LT. COMDR. DEAN MARQUIS was back hero for the Yule season..and LT.
TilARLSS P. DAY, U.S.N.R.A.F. surprised h i s wifo and young sons by a r r i v -
ing Christinas Evo p r i o r t o his t r a n s f e r to Floyd Bennett F i e l d , . i n c i d e n t -
a l l y , h e ' s now "keeping house" ( i f you can f l a t t e r a reconditionod summer
bungalow with such a t i t l e ) with LT. COMDR. ARTHUR FRENCH a t nearby Man-
hattan Beach.

I r o n i c n o t e . . l o c a l f e s t i v i t i e s were too much f o r DONALD CHASE who

claims ho had t o back t o Arizona t o r e s t afterwards (??)
ROCCO DESESSA S/c Petty Officer U.S.N. r e c e n t l y had h i s f i r s t visit
home in over a year and a half.
JOHN GUENTHER was another happy homecomor..as was CORP. JOSEPH BENNETT
(seo Bars, ^ t r i p o s and Chevrons) who expects t o go to FT. Monmouth for
further t r a i n i n g . #and SGT. ALLEN SNYDER had a b r i e f sojourn i n t h o s e
p a r t s beforo r e p o r t i n g to O.T.S. in Miami.

Hey! wait a minute..hero we thought we had j o t t e d off a l l t h e r e c e n t

homecomers..and now wo find another l i s t of f o r t u n a t e f e l l o w s , .

LT. ( j . g . ) CHARLES 'ii. BULKLEY and h i s wife came back t o t h e homo town
base for a brief r e c e s s . . . b u t d i s c r e t i o n won't l e t u s mention from whore,
or the name of LT, g u l k l e y ' s s h i p .

'Another Navy lad, who was home (though only f o r a scant few hours) was
ENSIGN VINCENT K. HULL.
HENRY IISRP3RS JR. took his family completely by s u r p r i s e , . a r r i v i n g out
of the mysterious Navy blue in time t o join h i s p a r o n t s on a Christmas
jaunt t o Groton, Conn, t o v i s i t brother RICHARD HEHPERS U.S.C.G.
DANIEL R. FORMAN had a ton day homo leave from Hendricks F i o l d . . a n d
from "we won't t e l l " came Staff SGT. ERIC H. FOSTER for f i f t e e n happy
days,

LT. AND MRS. F. A. HANDEVILLE ( l a t e of tho S. H i l l s A & P) and, more

r e c e n t l y of the h o t e l f i r e in Edinburg, Indiana) s u r p r i s e d h i s mother by
a h:vp$.y homecoming from t h e Hoosier S t a t e .

CORP. TERENCE GILI was homo for a week and asks us t o forgive him for
not aropping in a t A.W.V.S. during his s t a y . . T r u l y , Terence, we a r e sorry
not t o have seen y o u . , b u t , as our h e a r t s are w e l l s of sympathy and under-
standing, .we do r e a l i z e how occupied your s e m i - f o r t n i g h t must have been.

Also on the homo l i s t were CORP. FRED GRAY...and LAURENCE 3SAULAC. . .

and LT. DONALD P. CKAI&ERS...Lt. Chalmers came from Chapol H i l l , N. C.
and has gone t o Corpus C h r i s t i , Texas,

While Sgt. Vi/ILLIAIv: DECAMP was a b l e to come home on furlough, . h i s b r o -

t h e r A.C. LAURENT DE CAMP'S wife was able t o f l y to Alabama t o spend
Christmas with her Air Cadet hubby..so, though tho family was s p l i t up
for the holidays, .each must have1 been happy in s p i t o of i t a l l .

ARTHUR SSITZ and h i s wife and t h o i r new baby were homo on l e a v e , frou
Lakohurst..after an absence of many months.
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Wftile F.T. COURSEN was enjoying fine Christmas skiing weather at Camp
Hale, Colo.,.brother CORP. DICK COURSEN was having a decidedly warm
Christmas in Australia.,we t r u s t both brothers were happy with t h i s a r r s r
gement..and speaking of Camp Hale, another l o c a l lad out t h e r e , ski Tro'ope
FRED JOHNSON, reports that though i t was 30 below zero out t h a r , he likeJ
i t fine! (pardon us while we pull up a c h i l l b l a i n and relax)
I f you are not too weary of Christmas post morterns yet, we think you
a l l will be interested t o learn (some with envy, no doubt) t h a t ARTHUR
MAC0MB3R had a nice homelike Christmas with a family, out where he i s ,
Yule t r e e , splendid dinner and a l l (did you hang your khaki sock above
the hearth, -^rfohur?)

A fine l e t t e r from CORP. NICK PICCIUTO (See Bars and Chevrons Dept.)
t e l l us that t h i s news sheet i s the only way he can keep t r a c k of h i s
former Millburn pa I s . , so our best intentions are r e a l i z e d . ! . . . a l s o Nick's
b a t t a l i o n has the heaviest gun i n the e n t i r e d i v i s i o n (hops i t draws a •
bead on Schicklegruber and Eirohito e ' e r too long)

Aha!., a t long l a s t we have heard from BOB CUSICK, who i s teaching

radio material and theory at the U. S. Naval Training School a t Corpus
Christi, Texas..despite" being confined more or l e s s t o landlubber a c t i v i -
t i e s , he sounds most cheery, .thanks for t e l l i n g us where to contact your
family for future news of you, Bob.

Though i t ' s very warm,, wherever he i s , CAPTAIN GEORGE TRUNDLE was a l l

smiles, a s he received a l l h i s Christmas g i f t s on schedule,
JIMMY ST37ART (not of cinema fame..but l i k e h i s namesake, h e ' s in the
A.A.fi.) writes appreciatively of our newsy e f f o r t . . h e ' s studying aeroplan
mechanics and though ho likes Army l i f e , he misses "Ole Millburn" j u s t a
bit.
,•

'Another profuse penning of a p p r e c i a t i o n comes t o us on a card from

STANLEY RUDIGER.. not only does he f i n d our " T a t t l e " amusing, but a l s o he
was overjoyed a t r e c e i v i n g t h e g i f t of a money b o l t a s he did not own one
which must have been tough on "Eoglo Day1'.
We can hardly blame BJCHJAIIIN HELLER for saying h e ' d l i k e t o remain i n
Indio Cal. for t h e d u r a t i o n , as t h e y have STOVES i n t h e i r q u a r t e r s (what
with our furnaces now more or l e s s "frozen a s s e t s " ) . .Ben had h i s Christma
leave in Hollywood, and a t t h e U.S.O. center he met Hody LaMar, Betta La-
v i s , and was lucky enough to receive h i s Christmas g i f t from t h e famous
hands of none other than Linda D a r n e l l (and he t a l k s about s t o v e s ! . ' )

KARL KOLN must t r u l y t h i n k t h e r e i s a s i l v e r l i n i n g out a t 3?t. Grant,

111. because Karl was chosen out of 285 men by h i s Commanding O f f i c e r c s
"Soldier of the V/ock" r e c e n t l y . . . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s K a r l . . a n d you and Louis
Fobeson (see furlough s e c t i o n ) w i l l have t o d e c i d e between you which h&s
the best C. 0.

Another s u r o - f i r o candidate f o r t h i s cheery column i s NORMAN GREY who

finished with 100% in a recent exam., whoops!

VICTOR FORKER i s d e l i g h t e d with h i s job a s a camouflagcr a t Camp L i v -

i n g s t c n , La. a s he was an a r t i s t p r i o r t o e n t e r i n g t h e Army.. .Also ho
thin'tcs h i s camp i s the b e s t i n t h e c o u n t r y .

LT- JOHN C, CORY had a most enjoyable v i s i t t o B e l f a s t a s he enjoyed

many l u x u r i e s of pro-war days i n c l u d i n g the (heavenly day! ) t h r i l l of
s p e vid 1 r .g mo no y,
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SGT. RAYMOND HAPWOOD. . w r i t e s c h e e r i l y from some !l Shangri L a " . . a n d no
wonder ho' s grinning from here to horo, a s he says he got onougii Chflstma
g i f t s t o s t a r t a s t o r e . . " S a v e your pay..Boys, buy from Ray" might bo a
3odd slogan for y o u . . . o r aro you planning a "jawbone11 e n t e r p r i s e , Ray?
Another smiling s e r g e a n t (but l o s s mercenary) i s H. KOREAN II0RNSCK3R..
who wrote h i s family from "Parts Unknown" and paid our u T a t t l o t T a "bevy o2
•jcmplimonts (pardon us while we l a p i t u p . •"believe u s , . i t ' s swoot sayings
v< g
iike t h a t ,, t h a t koopp t h i s ole paper
pp going
g g. , e n, d p
keep us from grousing
g g Cb
grousing
•hat's t h e use of a l l t h i s t o i l ? " . . s o , thanks a million for your h hearten
ing p r a i s e , S g t . Konieckor.)
CORP. GUSTAV LARSON missed becoming an expert sharp-shooter by three
measly l i t t l e points..but nevertheless, he's very happy doing a l l s o r t s o:
things, including being an i n s t r u c t o r in onti a i r c r a f t snarpshooting, and
being a studont pressman.

CHRISTMAS CARDS FROK YOU,

We t o i l i n g T i l l i e s w i s h t o t h a n k s 11 of you t h o u g h t f u l men who s e n t u s
Christmas C a r d s . . a s wo r e a l l y a r e most a p p r e c i a t i v e o f your kind t h o u g h t s
which came from p r a c t i c a l l y a l l c o r n e r s of t h e w o r l d . Tho f o l l o w i n g
c a r d s a r r i v e d t o o - l a t e t o mention i n t h o D e c o m b c r " T o t t l e " :
Major E.C. Hoinzingcr Anthony Mauciono L t . F . A. H a n d e v i l l c
Air Cadet R.B. K o s t e r Joseph M a r k o t t a C a n d i d a t e James A. Gordon
Corp.'Andrew Gould Frank M a r k o t t a Corp. Gus L a r s o n
(from I n d i a ) B i l l Kolly Corp. A l b e r t Colandroa
Corp. James Ellwangor Joseph do C l a s s i s Eugano Wassmer
Corp. Anthony DePaola K a r l Koln Marvin S i l b e r s h o r
Johnny Y/arehimo Corp. Rocco F i o l a

Mo. M. M. 2/c RAY LYONS JR. (who wrote us a n i c e l i t t l e mossage i n -

forming us t h a t he hns two other b r o t h e r s i n tho s e r v i c e , WARREN LYONS
i n t h o Army, and GRENVILLE LYONS i n t h e Coast Guard) a l s o sent u s a c a r d .
BARS STRIPES AND CHEVRONS....
From now on, i t s CAPTAIN ROBERT 'i/ILLIAKS, u n t i l f u r t h e r n o t i c e . . . a n d
F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t ' s s i l v e r bars a r e now being worn by RODMAN BATES ( a t
Tank Destroyer School^: Camp Hood, Texas) and JOSEPH P . DAY JR. (now
stationed with t h e Army Medical Dept. i n Washington, D. C.)

MmmmJ...quite an impressive a r r a y of Second L i e u t e n a n t s too...WILBER

DUNK3L ( a l s o a candidate f o r : 1 Cupid's corner) and FRANKLIN B. SATTERY7AITE,
30B3RT t-CPHERSON, JOSEPH IIARCANTONI0, FRANK KASPSRSEH, and a l s o t h e CHAUJ
brothers,, EDVJARD, and AMOS (Amos received h i s wings t o o ) and, t h i s l a s t is
a l a t e 'phone f l a s h from our e d i t o r , ROBERT COOK has j u s t r e c e i v e d h i s 8iu<
L i e u t e n a n t ' s commission.

I n t h e ranks of "Top Kick" ( t h i s i s what our l i t t l e book says i s slang

for Sergeants) we f i n d Master S e r j e a n t CARL COLANDREA, who has been pro-
moted as an i n s p e c t o r of a e r o p l a n e s , i n Port of Spai n . , s p o r t i n g t h e tripiV
chevron are JOHN FLAHERTY, BRUCE KSELSR, and JCE1\T: PALOMBO', a l s o the two"
following airmen..DONALD CONNOR and GEORGE COBURrT,

Among the two s t r i k e r s a r e CORPORALS VINCENT KANE, VINCENT TIGHE, and

VINCENT O.SI (3 Vincents) as well as NICK P7.CCIUT0, JTL1IT GROSSO, ROBERT
SENT, EUGENE WASS1SR, MICEASL SCIOSCIA (he has two b r o t h e r s , JOHN AND
JIIARLES in t h e Army t o o ) and JOSEPH BENNETT AHD HE ON EUfciBSR who a l s o won
h i s marksman medal
 Two new Officer Candidates are PHILIP DRAKE $a.t Camp Davis, H.C.I) hi
JAKES ELLWANGER (at F t . Benning Ga.)
WILLIAM REDPATII has be on c l a s s i f i e d as a P i l o t , so h e ' s probably off
in t h e clouds i n more ways than one,.
Going ITautical we hear that L t . ( j . g . ) H. JALES STOKES JR. has been
named Flag Lieutenant, and personal aide t o Rear Admiral J . I . HALL JR.
somewhere i n North Africa,
ARTHUR JOKES, former Flight Lieutenant with the R.C.A.F. in England
for about a year, has been t r a n s f e r r e d t o the U«S« Navy a s a f u l l Lieu-
t e n a n t , and i s now a t the Jacksonville Aviation Training School i n F i e r i /

CKARLES Ii. DUKRSSt.IA, former physics teacher a t Millburn High School,

i s now an Ensign in the U. S. Navy
Snooping about t h e s c u t t l e b u t t some more we d i s c o v e r q u i t e a few nain.3,
with imposing l e t t e r and numerals (but strange to u n . u o r a t l e a s t p a r t l y
so..and our n a u t i c a l husband and brethren are not on hand t o put us "hep'
anyhow iiere they are and we hope you have a rough idea what w e ' r e t a l k -
ing about: NORVSLLfi SEARPE, A . S . E . A ' . 2 / C ; WILLIAK KlilRR.., A X . 3 . 2 / c ;
JAKES W, CONCKAR I I , A,T:.i:. 3/c,.t\vo other P e t t y Officers S/bl'are GEARLEi
DUPITIS AND "BARTC" BARACTA (CHARLES DUPUIS wrote us t o t e l l the l o c a l
pulchritude t o p r e t t y up as he hoped t o be home for the h o l i d a y s , .and
he was:I
CARL B. EAUPP, 1st Class Gunners Hate, i s going t o advanced Gunners
Mate School in Washington, D . C . a l l of which i s doubly nice a s he i s
able t o get up here and see, his bride (the former B e a t r i c e EV:.rth) almost
every weekend.
And with t h i s happy t i d b i t , t h i s column f o l d s i t s counting' (you p r o -
motions) f i n g e r s and i s duly impressed with a l l t h i s "Up and-upness n i 1

TARNISHED SILVER LINING

LT. RICHARD TUSON spent h i s Christmas day in Cal. where they had a
bad sand storm (no remarks about a "'Thite Xrnas" i f you p l i z z j ) a l l t e n t s
were down and the Noel f e a s t was well seasoned w i t h sand, i n c l u d i n g t h e
Christmas beer..we suppose t h e camp had, Turkey SANDwichos t h e next d a y , .
ouchJI Anyhow, . d e s p i t e t h i s cli.ri.atic cataclysm, L t . Tuson claims he had
a very nice t i m e . • \

Though JOHN E. GIIIICRE i s happy to have his wife with h i m . . t h e y both

groan a b i t as t h e r e has been nothing but r a i n , r a i n and more r a i n ' a n d
they are s i t u a t e d only C5 f t . above sea l e v e l , in H o u s t o n . . s o i t ' r a t h e r
looks as though the GiLmores may have to Indulge i n swimming or paddling.
unless the weather man has a change of h e a r t .

PVT. HUGE FITZ3I1.1I0NS who l e f t here f a i r l y r e c e n t l y , i s s t a t i o n e d

at Camp Acadia, near the famous Santa Anita r j c o - t r a c k i n Cal. a l l of
which he l i k e s very much.,,the only sad part being t h a t f r i e n d s of h i s
family have c a l l e d a t camp s e v e r a l times t o invite 1 him t o d i n n e r , and
each time he has been absent on manoeuvres' (hence we put you i n our tear-
ful column Eughie..and wo hope you and the family f r i e n d s have caught up
with one another o ' e r now,)

I Speaking of race l^acks ALBERT (S1TOPSI) DAITT3 and LA7REHCE (CUE)

/RITA are both p r e t t y sad t h a s e days because t h e t r a c k nearby has shut
\lO7jn. "D.B," back here wants t o know what you boys a r e doing for a
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hobby now? Could i t be a quiet game of African golf??
P.F.C. THOMAS BA3C0CK now a chauffeur f o r a Lt« Col. i n Africa helped
construct bunks only to find t h a t mattresses v.'ero l a c k i n g , v s o they have
to sleep on s t r a w . . . a s for t h e p r i c e of oranges. Thomas, i t sounds j u s t
l i k e home 1I
STORK CLUB NK7S. . .
Among t h e now candidates ! for t h i s "Tiny Garment1' s e c t i o n , are a
"Junior'-' to Lt. and Mrs, :iyci^C"~L> SL'CTH.. .an-d a woe d-ebutante to LT and
R':RS. 7/. AUSTIN TA1TS2Y (The daughter greeted t h e world fror-i Now Jersey
and her papa i s stationed at LIiarr.i) .
The stork a l s o l e f t a dear l i t t l e male bundle with PVT. end Mrs.
JOSEPH SALADINO.
That' long beaked avian'must havj hoard t h e slogan "Keep 'on Flying"
and taken same p e r s o n a l l y . . .
ON TEE F3MIHINE FROrT. . .
Miss $3|Upr PATRICIA KALLOIT has received her commission a s Ensign in
tHo VfAVES. .and HISS IIARY T. ELY, former Wyoming school t e a c h e r , has been
accepted as a 7/AVSS Officer Candidate.
MISS L'ARIAN BAILEY AMD LTSS JULIA ROCCA are a t the WAAC Training
Center a t D'aytona Beach, F l o r i d a .
SHALL WORLD
PVT. NICK RIZZO h a s been k i c k i n g gongsaround London w i t h h i s b r o -
t h e r whenever they had a s p a r e momo-nt and h a s: ;had a s w e l l t i m e s e e i n g
a l l the s p o t s he used t o know only i n books** ' *viz, Buckingham, 10 Down-
i n g S t . , The Tower e t c . w i t h a n accent on P i c a d i l l y . Ho s a y s i t l o o k s
good from t h e a i r t o o , and t h a t e v e r y o n e h a s boon so very kind a n d frien<
l y he h a s h a r d l y had a chance t o be lonesome.
PVT. DANIEL DSSSSSA and FVT. STEPHEN ROGERS went e a r l y i n S e p t . t o
A i r c r a f t Mechanics S c h o o l , Av^arillo Texas and l a s t week were j o i n e d by
P v t s . SAL SAIIMARTINO AND IIATTIIS'J R2I1T0. They a r e a l l s t u d y i n g t o be
top-flight mechanics capable of brewing our Flying Fortresses and than
will take five weeks Aerial Gunnery, as our bomber crews must be versa-
t i l e chaps those days*
PVT. DICK '.TELLS has been conducting a one man hunt a l l over Camp Crow-
der for his erstwhile pal of IJ.H.S. days, ifARTIx! FINAN, Crowder i s so
big ho very f l a t t e r i n g l y asked A.'J.V.S. assistance and wo certainly hope
we d i d n ' t f a i l -y^u, Dick, Do l e t us hoar again from t-he Ozarlcs. Even
if news is scarce, the fishing i s good, and the smallest notes on the
iraplost subjects are pleasing to these old oyos.
A l e t t e r from PVT. TCI! PEDECINE reports he has run into MATT REINO
at Ainarillo Air Field, Wo hope by nov; you have also seon tho other boys
mentioned above Tom; perhaps at this writing the western brand of hospi-
t a l i t y i s working on you a l l as a group, '.fe are glad you raiss I/Iillburn
but if you could hear the wind that '^'..blowing over us r i g h t now, you'd
probably miss Texas.
The Mechanic Street Musketeers of Camp Rucker, Ala. are ARTHUR PITT-
INGER, LEV/IS MCKEEVSR and our fine correspondent V1T0 TOLVS, who have
been shifted around a l l over camp and now find themselves, as of Now
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Years Eve (no si3nifan.ce) in the same barrack. They t e l l u s that after
taki*tig a "good gander at a l l the towns within 100 miles of camp they con-
sider that the tov;ns in the state of 31. J . en joy many privileges and
that i s very comforting to us. You Ilusketeers nust get i n touch with
PVT. JACK BENEDICT. Ho i s a messenger ot Headquarters, Camp Ruoker.
Down at Port Sumner N. K., STAFF S3R JACK" FLAHERTY says t h a t
while waiting for advanced t r a i n i n g they have, liira ioinp; guard duty, K.
P. and the works--he guesses t h e highest ranking K. P-.- a r t i s t s i n the i
country. 15A.G 3RL3 of Khollv/ood Road has been with him r i g h t along and
is going to be an instructor there. He shall, have the T a t t l e , Jack, and
Many thanks. His wife Doris, who i s With him, l i k e s F t . Sumner, and
makes l i f e much pleasanter for the brave sergeant*
Small World i s a strange ."place for our own CORPORAL ANDREW GOULD of
Parts Unknown t o find himself, but nerc he i s anyway'., sending messages
of Christmas good will luck and a fair wind t o PVT3.. ALBERT SPEI7CER,
NORMAN CRERAN and SOI . LA.VRSITCS BARSBY, whose whereabouts he does not
know. PVT. GOULD k i l l e r a t the r i f l e range, men, so never say we
did not warn you, iisf asome futur ovoriing in Olympic Park sees him win-
ning a l l t h e c h i n a .
CUPIDS C0RIT5R
What i s your h e a r t s and flowers department coning t o ?
With many a.painful blush Cupid admits that one wedding almost s l i p
ped right through her fingers but not cruit_p:. Lo, t h e s e many months a
Miss Dolores Chambers of Cypress St. traveled 6400 miles to j o i n CORP.
M. HAL: SOU in the well-known double affi-rmo/fcivo at Me Chord Chapel,
Chord F i e l d , Wash, on July 11. Ou^ congratulations are none the loss
warm and our apologies none t h e l e s s humble f o r being so b e l a t e d , si]
and madand.
In fact, miles moan riothing to us durable g i r l s when "Our man in the
Armed Forces1' is at the other end of tho l i n e . In November i.Iiss Rita
Rondeau jourmed to I.Iarchfield, Cali so that CORP. VIKCH-TT MA-SI could
slip that" plain golden ring on her finger. Noyj she's off again to v i s i t
him at Groat F a l l s , Montana, whore he i s , among o t h o r t h i n g s , Editor of
tho Base Newspaper.
Rice and c o n f e t t i knee deep on t h e s t r e e t s of S t . Louis, Mo. on
Saturday, January 9, and why do you think?? The wedding of Miss Barbara
Dunshoe of East Orange and LT. RODKiiN BATSSfNtfas the- cause of i t a l l .
Congra t ula t i ons, b o t h .
A gay g a t h e r i n g a t tli 2 Officers Club, Cross C i t y , F l a , c e l e b r a t e d
the announcement of Miss Norma Iluber's engagement t o LT.
DUNKEL..A t r o p i c a l moo;i, a sleepy lagoon and a h i b i s c u s flower and l o t s
of happiness we wish you.
The heart of ROBERT PURKELL, Signal Corps, Fort I-.Ionmouth i s also a
mass of arrows we presumo, as his engagement has just been announced to
Miss Peggy Christiansen of Short H i l l s .
And with pardonable pride of marksmanship, andther bullseye has r e -
cently been scored oh the tender heart of ROCCO GUGLI3.I0, who i s engaged
to Hiss Jeanne Drunm. In about three months Rocco expects a furlough to
get married and bring his bride hone for a few days. Open that champagne
Mom;. Run, fatted calf.
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And maybe the I^AHGAITTOIJIOS w i l l be uncorking a b o t t l e of the,,bubbly,
too, as our . e a r~to-the-ground department i n d i c a t e s that t h e handsome
2nd LT. J0S2PH N. writes most every day to L i s s I.larion Reino of herea-
bouts, and that she and his father and brother a r e attending his gradua-
tion in Virginia after which he wi^-l be at hone for ten days.
The engagement was announced January 1 } 1943 of SGT. MICHAEL JAMES
D3BELLIS U.S.K.C. of 22 Meeker PI. and L-isa Josephine Push of Swoyertowh,
Pa. This romance flowered in the crowded pulieus
p of our national capitoj
where Sgt. DeBellis i s stationed i n the office of t h e Commandant, Marine
Corps Headquarters, and Hiss Pugh i s attached t o the Naval Personnel
Bureau.
Mrs. John Lonergan of 20 Reeve Circle has announced the engagement of
her daughter Jane Marie to CADET JACKSON ALLEN RIK3R of Killburn. Miss
Lonergan graduated from S t . Elizabeths Convent, N. J. and the dashing
.cadet i s at Colgate Univ. Pre-Flight t r a i n i n g school.
LIEUT. THOMAS V/ICK3NDEN, the former Jean Elizabeth Dunn of Patterson,
•honeymooned at &ea Island, Ga. after t h e i r marriage Jan 2nd. Lt. V/icken
den i s with the u. S-. Medical Administration Corps. Our best wishes go
to both.

TOO BAD OR CLINICAL C0L7IENTS

Well,, w e ' l l begin t h i s sorry s e c t i o n on a cheery n o t e . PVT. CARL
YffLLIAKS was q u a r a n t i n e d f o r mumps a s h o r t while ago b u t d i d n o t c a t c h
same. Thank F o r t u n e , t o o , as we can t h i n k of n o t h i n g more p a i n f u l to a
man or a mump than r i d i n g around i n those a l t i t u d e s . :i C a r l i s w i t h t h e
s k i t r o o p s a t Camp H a l e , Colorado—and has l o t s of company from anong our
l o c a l hopes as t h i s i s s u e w i l l show you.

Our 2nd Class seaman BILL K3LLY i s s t i l l i n t h e Navy h o s p i t a l a t San

Francisco following a s i n u s o p e r a t i o n and has n o t h i n g b u t p r a i s e f o r t h e
Navy doctors and the t r e a t m e n t he h a s had t h e r e . I t ' s been an awfully
long p u l l for you, B i l l , but we know how a n x i o u s you a r e t o g o t back t o
your b o a t , but anyway perhaps you have t h a t f u r l o u g h we f a l s e l y p r e d i c t e d
l a s t month t o look forward t o .

O f f i c e r s Candidate 3ARL TIFFANY, of F o r t Eenning, Ga. was l a i d up f o r

two weeks i n t h e h o s p i t a l w i t h a badly s p r a i n e d a n k l e acquired, p l a y i n g
baseball T i n k e r s , t o Ev.ers., to T i f f a n y , oh? H e ' s much b e t t e r now and
Mrs. Tiffany went down f o r a New Years v i s i t which undoubtedly helped
h i s recovery,

PVT. BARNARD JOHNSON i s improving a f t e r a go of pneumonia. 7/e hope i f

you a r e improved enough, Mr. Johnson, you w i l l s e i z e your p e n c i l and t e l l
us what and where you a r e a s our r e a d e r s long f o r d e t a i l s and s o do we.

LT. WM. L. BAKER has been d i s c h a r g e d from, t h e h o s p i t a l a t Hot S p r i n g s

Ark. and i s now a t F t . Dix; aid while we're i n t h e r e c u p e r a t i v e v e i n ,
CADET 7/ILLIAK NIXON BATSMAN has a l s o returned to work a t Maxwell F i e l d ,
Ala. after doing a s t r e t c h i n the hospital t h e r e .

LT. HENRY JOHNSTONS, son of our own Capt. Johns tone, of A.W.V.S. Motor
Transport fame, had a furlough homo recently enroute from Cambridge, Mass
to Plobe Sound, Fla. He spent most of his leave i n bed with a bad cold
•but said i t f e l t fine (bed, we mean). Certainly even t h e Mayo Bros,
would thinjc well of your next b i l l e t for a cold sufferer, L t .
 LT. CLARK TAPLIN i s i l l in a hospital somewhere i n California. Happi-
ly h^s wi£e i s able to v i s i t him every day and We a l l hope he i s on the
mend now,
PVT. KICK P3TRILLO, our greatly missed prescription and p i l l man from
Mr. Kaiser's Drug Store, i s back in tho groove,_having j u s t received
orders to tako up his mortar and pestle and r e t o r t or what-youwwilli&n
tho station hospptal in Miami Beach.
PVT. SAMUEL ALEXANDER has entirely recovered and i s back -at work af-
t e r three weeks i l l n e s s in an undisclosed section of country.
2nd CLASS SEAMAN" JOHN SULLIVAN, a Grade A Torpodoman, stationed a t
Newport, R. I . strained tho muscles in his back nd spent a day in sick
bay as result of a slight accident. We think i t sounds like an overdose
of your favorite pastime, John. Roller skates are wont to snap at you
just when you think you have thorn under control,
TWEET TWEET
WARREN PARTELOW, a man of p a r t s i n any p a r t of t h e w o r l d , i s a o h i a f
cook on the other side of t h i s globe of o u r s , and takos his r o c r o a t i o n
playing tho accordion for the entertainment of a l l around him.
PVT. 7/ESLEY BENNETT, of tho s i l v e r t onguo — or perhaps we should say
t h r o a t , sang i n chapel on .Christmas and then put h i s heart and soul i n t o
"Oh,. Promise Mo" at a m i l i t a r y church wodding on Now Years Day***all t h i ;
at Camp Ruckar, Alabama and w o hope i t was not ono t h a t Cupid's Corner
should know.
On unrevcaled amounts of Coca-Cola, PVT. FRANK SANGSTSR JR. colobratec
Christmas Evo by playing the drums i n four o r c h e s t r a s , accompanied by a
pal on tho saxophone. So good was he t h a t a job i s assured him ; 'aprcs
la guerre"." And as a l l t h i s was accomplished on "nothing but coke" t o
quote Fraiik, our imagination r e e l s at the thought of what might have
been with stronger f a r o .
SPORTS
Millburn l o s t i t s f i r s t ' basketball^ game of tho season on Dec. 15 t o
• Clifford Scott High School, East Orange - 45-23, on the S c o t t i e s floor,
af%or Capt. Vic Lincoln, lone hold-over from l a s t year, sank a f o u l shot
and Dick ^dgocomb followed with a lay-up f o r an e a r l y lead.
The following week t h e Kilib urn q u i n t e t was outscored but not o u t -
played by a t o l l e r Summit team - 33-21 on t h e v i c t o r ' s c o u r t . Capt.
Lincoln was high-scorer for the Blues.
In t ho f i r s t game played on the l o c a l court Clifford Scott v a r s i t y
d r i b b l e r s trounced our Blue and White quintet f o r t h e i r t h i r d consecu-
tive loss 48-20. Although we rolled up an early l e a d , the S c o t t s domin-
ated the second half too completely. The Jayvees also l o s t to Clifford
Scott Juniors 35-15 and your old s p o r t s r e p o r t e r was sadly reminded of
the discouraging accounts we used to put out i n the f o o t b a l l season.
But Hooray, Hooray, in one of those well-known t h r i l l e r s t h e M i l l -
burns defeated t h e i r arch r i v a l Summit 31-28 on the l o c a l boards l a s t
Friday, amid wildly cheering students, although Summit had s t i l l a
marked advantage of height which our quintet overcame by f a s t e r and
more aggressive p l a y . Gene Consalos took high scoring honors with a
da?zling exhibition of back court accuracy. B i l l Dey and Andy Gaunaldi
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posted a 22-20 win over Summit Jayvees the same n i g h t , led by,J3ob j?ear~
son and Ben Palumbo.
In bowling, the l a t e s t flashes indicate that t h e Dubonnets lead the
laides league, the Casa Columbo i s at the top of A league for the men,
Tighes., of the Business Mens league, L Tavern, of the C league and the
Robins lead the ]31ue Uondays. High scorers are D. Tighe f o r the l a d i e s
with 201, and for the men, Dante 255, bteockle 245, Terone 224, and
Gilmore 221.

By way of closing, we f e e l we must mention to you s p o r t s that the

winter fishing season opened- Saturday for p i c k e r e l , p i k e , walleyed pike
and perch with unusually good fishing predicted by the Fish and Game
Commission and unusual chilblains and'frostbite predicted by t h i s d e -
partment unless you have a l i t t l e heated hut t o put over your hole in
the i c e .

And speaking of ico, the rod b a l l i s up and Taylor Park Lake i s

full of skaters, rugged enough to walk there, f r i s k on to blades
and walk homo again.

P.F.C. CARMINE PEDICINE was in church one Sunday morning, when f e e l

ing burning oyos on the back of his nock ho turned around t o behold ED
SKIVE who had wife and family with him. Coming out he met Sam SAGGIO,
handsome ox-buildor of those deoevine sundaes at Kolls Sweet Shoppo.
Moral: Go to church, gentlemen.