Seabees Leave for States, Group Left May 7, Other Goes May 19 After Six Months of Hard Work, MCB-1 Is Getting That Long Awaited Stateside Rest
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11 Seniors To Be Graduated Friday At Exercises In School Auditorium COVERS GTMO LIKE THE SUNSHINE U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Volume VII, No. 19 Saturday, 12 May 1956 Seabees Leave For States, Group Left May 7, Other Goes May 19 After six months of hard work, MCB-1 is getting that long awaited stateside rest. The Seabees are leaving Guantanamo Bay in two echelons. The First group left May 7 and the second one is scheduled to depart May 19. The construction battalion arrived in Gtmo, their "second home", in Nov., 1955 and picked up where they had left off in August of that year. This was the third time that the outfit had been stationed in Gtmo Bay. INDIAN Photo In the past, all of the Mobile at times and the little amount of Members of the Naval Base High School Class of 1956 are left to Construction Battalions stationed time available, an excellent, high right: Dolores Rogoz, Eunice Avila, Maryalice on the East Coast have spent some quality job was done. Murphy, Anita Sierra, Sarah Upp, Rebecca Dobbins, time in Cuba. But MCB-1 started Philip Keenan, Timothy Reffett, Roger Getzewich and Patricia Fojt. Roberta and finished the new housing Not satisfied with what they had Johnson is missing from the picture. projects. done, the Seabees made a good A four year scholastic journey for 11 Naval start on three more projects to be Base School As soon as the "First and the completed in the future by others. seniors will end May 18. The young adults will be graduated Finest", as MCB-1 is called, ar- These consist of stripping and from the Base school in commencement exercises next Friday rived in Gtmo lalt November, they grading for quarters at Leeward evening beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel Hill auditorium. started work on the two main pro- Point, grading Sherman Avenue jects which consisted of building from Nob Hill to Northeast Gate RADM W. G. Cooper, Command- 60 units of the MEMQ type (mar- and repairs to the present Seabee er Naval Base, is slated to deliver Naval Station Library ried enlisted men's quarters) at living quarters. the commencement address to this Northwest Granadillo and 40 units Class of 1956. RADM Cooper will Closed May 22-25 of the MOQ type (married officers' The first of those projects will be inactive for sometime, but re- be introduced by T. G. Scarbor- quarters) at Caravella Point and Mrs. H. L. Broughton, Naval pairs to the living quarters will be ough, school superintendent. West Bargo. Station librarian, has announced completed later this year since the During the graduation program, that the Naval Station Library will Aside from these projects there security detachment which is left Miss Patricia Fojt, class valedic- be closed for annual inventory May were smaller ones which also had in Guantanamo Bay is working torian, will give a short talk as 22-25. to be done. The first one of these on it. will Miss Rebecca Dobbins, class No one will be allowed to was the Seabee Trailer Park which check salutatorian. out books after May was completed in December. 18. Mrs. Broughton said that all books will School Band Will Play The Chief Petty Officers' Lounge Busy Day Tomorrow be due and must be returned to was the next added addition and The evening's exercises will open the library before Monday, May 21. was finished in January. For Phone Exchange; with a musical processional by the Naval Base school band. Fol- In February the Base had its Mother's Day Calls lowing the processional, CDR J. J. annual Carnival and MCB-1 had its Leeward Pt. Paper Sullivan will give the invocation. part in it. They built three power- The long distance telephone driven rides which were a big hit wires on the Base are expected to The band will furnish the tradi- Changes Pub. Day with the children on the Base and burn all day tomorrow when Amer- tional graduation marches. Includ- The publication day they took part in numerous other ican children send either kisses or ed in the program is a vocal solo of the LEEWARD POINTER, a activities during the Carnival. greetings to their mothers. by Miss Maryalice Murphy. Naval Air Station paper, has been The last small project to be com- The Base Public Works Tele- Presentation of the diplomas to changed to Mondays instead of pleted by the builders was the re- phone Department has announced the graduates will be made by Fridays. The new publication day pair of the Seabee's galley roof that "in order to meet the expected CAPT G. M. Holley, Naval Base took effect April 30 according to which was done in March, A sew- high tide of callers come Mother's Chief of Staff. an announcement made by the age treatment plant was also start- Day, May 13, three long-distance NAS Special Services Office. Legion Award Given ed back in December and is now 85 telephone operators will be on hand The LEEWARD POINTER is a percent complete awaiting special to accommodate every patron." H. P. McNeal will bestow the four-page mimeographed paper materials required to seal the tank. and is published In was also disclosed that the American Legion Award to a boy weekly at the NAS Ad Building Approximately 1,000 eight-hour service will be made on a "first- and a girl in the graduating class. in accordance with NAVEXOS P-35, Rev 1945. man-days were put into these come-first-serve" basis. Winners of the award were chosen smaller jobs which took away earlier The paper features the NAS Long distance call rates on a by their instructors and precious help from the main pro- classmates. Suttlebutt column and local news 3-minute duration range from The two winners will jects. $2.00 bits on the front page. The second to $10.00, depending upon the receive handsome bronze medals. page is devoted to front page story distance of the receiving end from As of this May, however, the LCDR K. G. Peterson will deliver jumps, movie schedule and laff the local office. 100 units of housing is finished the benediction near the end of lines. The third page carries sports having a total of 50,000 eight-hour The telephone office is situated the program which will be closed news and the last page bills the man-days expended. Taking into on Building No. 609, Marine Site by the playing of a recessional by entire day-by-day menu of the consideration the lack of materials No. 2. the school band. week. m 4m Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 12 May 1956 THE INDIAN The Chaplain's Corner The Indian's mission-To inform and entertain all hands; to serve MOTHER WEARS AN APRON the efficiency, welfare, and content- as a possible factor in promoting Some people say that wearing an apron is a sign that company is ment of personnel. coming. Now you may laugh at that but mother doesn't think it's RADM WILLIAM G. COOPER, Commander, Naval Base, Guantanamo so funny. Bay, Cuba. How many times have I heard her embarrassed and apologetic for CAPT G. M. HOLLEY, Chief of Staff being caught in her apron in the midst of her work. It seems that CAPT WILLIAM R. CARUTHERS, C.O. Naval Station, Guantanamo mother classifies this event as a number one crime. Hmm, let's see-a Bay, Cuba. carpenter doesn't apologize for his overalls, nor the serviceman for his are signs of their Editorial Staff uniform, -nor the chef for his big white hat- they profession. I believe that a mother's work is best symbolized by the apron. LTJG D. G. LaCasse -------------------------------- Officer-Advisor Since cooking and cleaning are a part of the vocation of motherhood, G. L. Henderson, -JOC --------------------------------------- Editor God wills to look with infinite approval upon mothers in aprons. Come to Managing Editor J. C. Current:JOSN ------------------------------ think of it, God sees mother in her apron more than not. E. U. Orias, J03 ------------------------------------ Feature Editor Somehow in the course of almost every day mother's best lamp gets D. D. Hinton, JOSN --------------------------------- Staff Reporter knocked over, or footprints find themselves on the newly scrubbed floor, weekly at the Naval Station in accordance THE INDIAN is published or cowboys and running Indians flatten that nice cake in the oven, or with NavExos P.35, Revised Nov. 1945, and financed with non-appropri- any one of a million other things. ated funds. Where mother receives the patience and strength to bear up under Materials marked AFPS may be used by news media provided credit all this-God only knows. But, thank heavens, God sees all this so that may not be used. All material is given. Features marked "copyright" not even the smallest difficulty patiently borne according to God's will originated by THE INDIAN may be used in whole or in part or shall go unrewarded. without credit. Jerome J. Sullivan photos unless otherwise credited. All photographs are official U.S. Navy Chaplain, U. S. Navy EMs Should Grasp Opportunities It's up to the individual to make his place in the world and to make his own opportunities, or so someone has said. But this isn't always so. Sometimes all he has to do is recognize the opportunities which have been made for him. Such situation exists right now with the numerous opportunities for service in the navy as an officer. Recently it was announced that about 1,960 enlisted men received regular or reserve officer appointments yearly through seven programs.