D731 B87 1951-08-24 in Itself Has Increased the Amount of Time Needed to Prepare the Paper
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* * * * * * Chest X-Ray Unit Will NAD CRANE DONORS GIVE $375 Paid In July For 269 PINTS BLOOD Beneficial Suggestions Arrive August 30 During a two-day visit of the Ameri From August 30 to September 12 a can Red Cross blood collection unit to Once again constructive thinking has mobile chest X-ray unit from Ninth Na this station, August 9 and 10, 269 pints paid off for several NAD Crane employ val District Headquarters, Great Lakes, of blood were donated by NAD Crane ees in the form of Beneficial Suggest will be on the station. The visit of the personnel. This was the second time ion awards. At the July meeting of the unit at this time is in connection with within five months that the bloodmobile Committee on Awards to Civilian Em the Navy's periodic chest X-ray program, had been on the Depot. Officials of the ployees, three cash awards totaling a _project of the Navy Medical Depart Red Cross were greatly pleased at the $375 were made. In addition, three Cer ment's Division of Preventative Medi whole-hearted response to the call for tificates of Merit were presented, and cine. The Navy is interested in keeping volunteers, and expressed their appreci two letters of thanks were sent to em its personnel healthy and on the job. Mo ation for the fine cooperation and assist ployees whose suggestions were worthy, bile chest X-ray units, such as the one ance which they received from station but not elegible for consideration for which will visit here, aid by detecting personnel. other honors. Out of eleven suggestions tuberculosis in an early stage, when the Blood donations began T h u rs day submitted, only three were declared not disease may be successfully treated. The morning shortly before nine o'clock. usable. mobile unit was last on the station a First Donor was Charles E. Lennen, A suggestion which salvaged Navy little more than a year ago. Boiler Operations who remained on the ,equipment valued at several thousand All civilian and military personnel of station following completion of a night dollars earned for Faye E. Trester, the station will be examined during the shift, in order to give his pint of blood. Building 107, Ordnance Department, a unit's stay. X-rays will be made at the Because of the heavy schedule on Thurs cash award of $275. This is the maxi Security Garage, Building 10, next to day, the unit was unable to complete the mum amount which can be paid for an the Telephone Building. A schedule has collection of blood from all who were employee suggestion, and is the highest been set up so that all departments on scheduled. A number of these employees amount paid for a Beneficial Suggestion the Depot may participate in this pro reported back to the Dispensary early on this station in several years. Mr. gram. It is absolutely essential that the Friday morning, so that their blood Trester learned that the Navy was about examinations be completed as scheduled, might be taken. Those who donated will to declare unserviceable a large quantity since the unit will be here only a limited be sent a card indicating blood type and of 3" 50 Tanks MK 8, which had weak time. Transportation of employees to Rh factor. Each donor received a small stacking rings. He inspected some of and from the Security Garage will be pin in the shape of a drop of blood, bear these tanks stored on the Depot, and provided by the Public Works Depart ing the Red Cross emblem. discovered that spot-welding the rings in three places would reinforce them so ment. The schedule follows. Arrangements for this visit of the they could be used satisfactorily. This bloodmobile were completed by Rever August 30, 1 :30 - 3 :30, all Marine and suggestion was forwarded to the Bureau Navy personnel; August 31, 7 :30 - 8 :45, end E. D. Riggs, chairman of the Law rence County Blood Program, and Mrs. of Ordnance, which modified it by sug women employees only, Building 64; gesting the addition of a filler strip to Supply, Fiscal, Ammunition Stock Con Louise Eckensberger, executive secre tary, Lawrence County Chapter, Ameri- minimize the amount of welding requir trol; 8 :45 - 9 :45, women employees only, ed. Following adoption of this modifica ( ontinued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 10) tion, the Bureau approved salvage oper ations, and requested that the tanks be repaired and placed in service. Because of Mr. Trester's suggestion, many thous ands of the tanks were put back into service, and thousands of dollars were saved. A $75.00 award was presented to Warren Bogard, Radio Shop, Pub 1 i c Works Department, for his suggestion for converting time card racks to hold IBM cards. Mr. Bogard suggested that a stamp die be used to reprocess the racks. By adopting this idea the Navy was able to utilize equipment on hand, and saved the price of new racks for IBM use. Mrs. Betty J. Tompkins, Warehouse A, Supply Department, received the first award presented to a woman in many Beneficial Suggestions winners for July, left to right, Jess McHargue, Mrs. months. By devising an attachment for Betty Tompkins, Faye Tre&ter, Warren Bogard, Walter Murphy, Richard a multistamp used in her department, Reed. (Continued on Page 6) D731_B87_1951-08-24 in itself has increased the amount of time needed to prepare the paper. But DIVINE SERVICES BURSTS & DUDS continues to be pub lished regularly every other week. In EVERY SUNDAY order to keep our publication dates, we Published semi-monthly at the U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Indiana, from ap must hold to our deadlines. The paper propriated funds and printed commercially, in is now published at Stone City Press, compliance with NavExos P-35, Rev. November, Bedford, which must have complete copy 1945. Armed Forces Press Service (AFPS) material appearing in this publication may not be re not later than Monday afternoon, in printed without the written permission of Armed order to have the paper back on the sta Forces Preo;s Service. tion by Friday. COMMANDING OFFICER Captain E. C. Roak, USN The BURSTS & DUDS staff appreci EXECUTIVE OFFICER ates the fine cooperation which it has Cammander J. T. Bland, USN received from everyone who turns in EDITOR Donald E. Voelker news. We want to continue to print ASSISTANT EDITOR the news, while it is news, but we must Margaret F, Stanley have those items by Thursday morning PHOTOGRAPHER, John E. Lane at nine sharp, or we're not able to get Depot Chapel DEPOT TELEPHONE 2391 8-24'-Sl - 4400 them to the printer. If they don't reach Catholic 9:00 a.m. us in time, they just won't be in the next TO ALL WHO HELPED AND issue. Oh yes, we've moved, you know, Protestant _________ 11:00 a.m. TO ALL WHO GAVE to the Industrial Relations Building. Sunday School ______ 9:45 a.m. NAD Crane personnel are to be con Our telephone is still 2391. So keep the gratulated on their splendid display of news rolli_ng in- we're always glad to have it! self a "crackpot" if not actually a dang cooperation during the visit of the erous lunatic. In the slang of the period American Red Cross bloodmobile to the the Wrights "had bats in the belfry." station August 9 and 10. IT CAN BE DONE As late as 1927 the man who would A special word of appreciation is due: IF YOU KNOW HOW fly the Atlantic ocean was a "nut." It the nearly 300 volunteers, who took time was the "can-do's" of that period among from their busy day to report to the Dis This is a time when every American the aeronautical engineers and the flyers pensary; the Transportation Division of should save all that he can from current who put it across. The "can't-do's" of Public Works, which so efficiently took earnings, even though circumstances that period already have joined the donors to and from the Dispensary on compel it to be ever so little. "have-not's." schedule; the Employees' Cooperative It isn't easy to save, whether your in Now the know how of successful sav Association, which provided food, bever come be large or small. We have heard ing is to realize that it must be done ages, and ice at cost for the bloodmobile people in both categories complain: "I regularly. There must be the conviction unit and the canteen; the various other can't save a nickel." Sheer nonsense, that it can be done. It must be carried divisions of Public Works, which kept of course, because it's always possible on then to a successful conclusion- the the operation of the blood collection to save some small something. accumulation of a financial reserve com unit functioning smoothly throughout Which brings the thought that, very patible with one's current income. both days; the Medical Department, loosely, there seem to be two kinds of Simple, isn't it? It's still more simple which allotted the North wing of the people among all of us who work for a when it is realized that the United States Dispensary for the unit's use; and the living. They are the "can-do's" and the Government has a savings plan designed several Heads of Departments and sup "can't-do's." Somehow the former seem to help every worker to carry on. It is ervisors, who helped fill quotas and to get things done, usually quite suc the Payroll Savings Plan made available make necessary arrangements.