,, ..- .. ', ." .., . . \ Page Four JAX AIR NEWS 20 August 1953 I i VP-3, Fasron Six, VF-173.. VJ-2. VF-13 VC-62 Report )1'' Jacksonville Area Squadrons ). ., Scouting . ,... . t I, VP-S later played on the championship Veterans''Bowling loop last week ),i' With football strong on every Cardinals team of '47. and thus shortened the first place , .' one's mind, the call for training During high school, halfback lead to only two games since The r arouses aches and pains in mus- Meyers was named on an all-star Still took a triple' header from cles that some people didn't know line-up which included a little fell Acme Sewing Co. they had. The *approaching'pigskin named, Dub Jones aa 1 left-half The Leathernecks. captured the season brings back memories, back. Said Jones now plays for the first two, .910-889 and, 1011-869 too, for Richard Meyers, AOC, Cleveland Browns,. stands 6'4" and but were easily overpowered in the w+r y newly welcomed. into the "Huskies" hits 200 lbs. final when the locals came back l lt pack. Soon after high school, and the with a 918-868 win. lie recalls, nostalgically and all-star engagement, the promising Setting the pace for the home I. modestly, "My exploits weren't aa young athlete turned down a five was newcomer Bill Walraven t great aa the guys I played with." football, scholarship at, TexasA with ''the' team's'high.. individualscore I In '39 through '41' he played high & M, 'and became 'instead, a of 200 and top three game : school ball' with Caleb Martin as seaman recruit in the. Navy, and set of 573. Vic Cieplinskl and Pete II L. .J I I one of his team-mates. Martin eventually, Aviation Ordnanceman. Giovannini were over the 500 mark. I Chief. with 515 and 505: points respect- \ ., ,. .. NOT QUITE HOT ENOUGHThere's -'-" Other new men in the squadron Ively. Fasron will meet the Donut I been wiping of the - brows and moans of "Brother, Include Robert W. Jones, AD2, Shop tonight at the Springfield It's hot!" for the. past month. 'g:. from Janesville, Wi,.; Titus IL Bowling Center. Just how hot does It really get M Harris, ATS, from Galveston, 0 in Jax on a.real hot day DoesIt Texas; Allen E. McInnis, AN, of VF17SIn ret hot enough to fry ,an l< ,. egg? Some thought It did, oth- ys Vincent, Ala.; Walter T. Bradley, a state of ever-Increasing ers thought not To prove a s.. \ AA, from Waban, Mass.; HarryL. readiness, the "Jesters" are makIng - point, this trio tried to fry an Reo, AMI, from Eslip, N. Y., preparations for their pending egg on the runway here In top Pd and Willard M. Riggs, ABAN, from deployment aboard a carrier. Joining - S ! r j photo, Jerry.Hjert, AN, (right) is ready with plate and utensilsto Me Vetch, Ky. The Husky team'welcomes the squadron for the cruise partake of the food, while all these men. are three former "Hell Razor" Mildred Home, SN, (left) pilots of VF-174, Lt. Ace Hall, cracks the egg for frying. Lt. Fasron Six: fit John Houle and Ensign Charles Bill Campbell, ZP2, NAAS _ Wetzel. Glynco, Ga., watches the pro- Check Crew Division selects ceedings. Did the egg fry The Charles R. Lindsey, AD1, as this Also coming aboard for dutyare look of defection on Hjert's week's "White Hat of the Week"for James T. Austin, AE1, from face In after await r his ability as a leader and the VF-172, and John C. Cough, YN3, of several minutes, is the answer. It was' hot, but not tt exceptional skill in which he con- a former Chaplain's yeoman at the quite hot enough to fry an egg. ';'7 tinually performs his phase of Naval Station, San Juan, Puerto Perhaps some other day! maintenance repair. Rico. _ Entering the Navy March 20, A gala plcnic-and-party will beheld .,.... m. h...,...,.<<<..:...,...:.;:;;:.:....l::..........::.""t.... ,' ..,......... ....;... ....:;. ... 1946, Lindsey received boot training at Camp Blandlng tomorrow. .. . O at san- -Diego, reporting to : All hands, with their wives, child- NAS Jax following his initial in- ren and girl friends, will congre- VP-3 Men Mix (Constant Flying, doctrination. He was later sent to gate at the affair.* . AMA) School, Memphis, Tenn., SALTY HUMOR FROM Pleasure On FamAround led Bermuda Isle and in May 1947, received ordersto VJ-2 Aviation Training Unit 12, NAS On the plus-side for the "Hurri HERE AND THERE ' the clock flying Sched- Whiling Field, Fla. Nearly two cane Hunters" this week are the ules are the order of the day for ] Chapman, AD3. years later he returned to NAS additions of six new names on the old Junk man: "Any paper, any The biggest I've patrol squadrons of Fleet Air lighthouse Jax for a seven month tour with squadron roster. They are CharlesJ. old Chief rags: ?"My good man, this is WIng Eleven when they are stationed ever seen, 142 feet high, is there, VA-45.'In Nov. 1949, he was transferred Arleth, AE1. } Theodore E. Goodlin - Bermuda but VP-3 standing as a warning for ship AC2 Robert S. McDill AN the CPO Club." on personnel to Port Lyautey where he ; : Junk man: "Any old bottles?" returning here recently ping to stay'clear of the treacherous spent the next .20 months before Ernest A. Banning AN; Joseph remember best the interesting coral" reefs surrounding the returning to Jacksonville for his B. Clancy, AA and Bobby F. Mow- liberty on the beautiful island. island, Chapman added. third stay, July 7, 1951. ery, AA. When the grandfather of a Rus- Free lance and organized rec- AFTER FASHIONING them- Born in Atlanta, Lindsey has A glance at the debit side shows sian family passed away, his sor- reation were enjoyed by the pa- selves a spear gun for deep sea lived most of his life in Valdosta, four men have left the Hunters, rowing relatives put the following trol squadron men as they man- fishing from a hollow tube and Ga. He attended Lake Park High including Frank M. Johnson and notice in the local paper: "Vasil aged to( sandwich relaxation in rubber tubing and a spear froman School, Lake Park, Ga. Lindsey George J. DeLius, Airmen who Mlkalov has" been called to a bet- with the busy flight schedule. aircraft gun cleaning rod, resides here In Jacksonville with have both been discharged. Russell ter world. SIGHTSEEING tours took up George Evans, ADAN, and George his wife Rebecca, who is a native Hlnkley, AM3, and William E. The next day, the family was the time of many, some tried un- Coxwell, ALl, went deep sea J axon.- Chastang; SN, have been trans- arrested for criticizing the Soviet derwater fishing and others madea fishing."I William L. Hobart, AMI, and ferred to different duty assign regime. cruise on one of the big luxury shot three giants," said Ev- wife Mildred, are proud to an- ments. . liners for tourists, while golfingwas ans, and "Coxwell came back nounce the arrival of a 7 lb., 4 New single silver bars on the Boy: "We sure had a good time enjoyed by a few. Bermudahas with a ferocious octopus whichwe oz. baby boy, Nell David, born collars of Mssrs. peorge II. Swin- last night for a quarter!" one Of the world's top ten managed to land but whenwe July 28, at the Naval Hospital.The ney, Jr., and Robert C. Balchunas Girl: "Sure did! Wonder what golf ranges. weighed it, we couldn't even \welcome mat was dusted off take them out of the Ensign class the kid brother spent it for?" -"Three of my buddies took bi- get a reading." for Wesley T. Anderson, AD3, who and cause them to write their cycles and went one way whilewe Lt.jg) Thomas Davies described reported tot duty last week ,after names with the title Lt.jg( ). He rounded a bend at close to four hailed a cab and toured the floor shows in the night serving almost five years with August F. Falck, ADC, flight forty. A sudden skid and the car the island at a cost of about two clubs as being typically native VC-4, NAS Atlantic City, N. J. division chief for the "Weather overturned. They found themselves dollars each," related Stanley with all the swing and sway of NATTCenter Marines dealt Fas- Wonders," has sighed on for an- Hitting together, unhurt, alongsidethe Calypso. ron Six a double setback in the other six years, which will, when completely smashed car. lie completed, make a total of 20. Two Awards To put his arm around her waist, but The Hunters had a little "on-the- she drew away. Navy For Safety Job" training last week when Hur- "It's all very nice," she sighed, ricane Barbara was discovered in "but wouldn't it have been easierto Washington (AFPS)The Navy the Atlantic on its way up the run out of gas?" has been presented two safety coast. With the changing of the awards for 1952 by the National names of the storms from Able Safety Council-the "Award of I Baker, etc., to Alice, Barbara, etc., "So brother your is a painter? "Yep." Honor," and the "Award of Merit.'' It's wondered if perhaps the Hurricane - The, "Award of Honor," highest Hunters will have any "Paints houses, I presume? given by the council, was presented trouble with the "girls" in the fu- "Nope, paints men and women. "Oh, an artist?" to the Navy for accident pre- ture.. Carol or Dolly, perhaps, will vention in 1952. The Navy lost- provide a little more oppositionthan "Nope, he just paints men on time accident frequency rate in did Barbara. CIne door and women on the other!" 1952 was 4.2 accidents per million * * man-hours as compared to a rate a S 2> Jc M VF-IS Judge: "For hitting your wife, of 8.4 in industry and the overall Athens, Grf't"'