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" .. In the interests of national de fense of the United States govern· ment, the Army is 111 be congratu lated on securing the services of John Gilbert Rankin, better known ln the aviation world as "Tex" Ran· kin. Few have ever heard his real name-John Gilbert Rankin. Two years In France and England with the United States Signal Corps, A viadon Se<:tion, during the firs! World War: barn-storming in the State of Washington with a CUrUs J N 4 :0 twenty-two years ago and, about the same time, he established the Rankin School of Flying at JUDGE O"CONNQR. Walla Walla, Washington, which school was later removed to Port land. Oregon, where it became rec ognized as one of the world's larg· da and Mexico and four years ago Whiteside, president of the Cham est civilian flying schools with an he won first place in the Interna ber of Commerce, and lO Mr. Stover enrollment of 610 resident students. tional Acrobatic Competition in St. who \Vas resPQnslble for the con· And of the more than 3,000 flight Louis, Missouri. struction job - overcoming great students who had graduated by "To have secured this outstand difficulties ln order to finish it on June 1935, not a single fatality nor ing and experienced air pilot and lime. Mr. Rankin has surrounderi even a serious injury hat' happened to have acquired for this beautiful himself with able assistants In Mr. to any of the students. "That ls, in City of Tulare this great Academy Robert Norswlng and Mr. James part, the story of Tex Rankin. His is a splendid tribute to the business Lund, with three flight command· books an aeronautics have become men and to the Chamber of Com ers and twenty-three Instructors, standard. Thirteen years ago "Tex" merce, and I offer my congratula· and as business associates Reed Rankin made the first non-stop, lions to Mayor Gall Bash, City Williams and William V. O'Con non-refueling flight between Cana- Manager W. D. Cook, Mr. Percy nor."
RANK'N' PILE PAGE ONE RA:SKIN ACADEMY EXECt.:TlVE PERSONXEL I cl v1lla.n ) : ~Q.UWell, f/.1-7 ! J. G. "Tex" RAXKIN, President A high llfl. double·uhaust, 1000 WM. V. O'CONNOR, Vice President '!"he orrkers and per:
P.4.GETWO RANK'N' FILE J taken several month$ of hard work and self dental to progress as far as we have, and to make ourselves wonhy of the organization of which we are now a pan_ We real ize also that we have Just begun IA!ltorlal by F / C J ohn L. Crouch and there Is still mi.ch to be done Cadet Captain before we have achieved our goal; bul. U1e r~wtt.r~ b:1 gr~ett il.lld is 0-1e envy of every American youth-a pair or Army wlngs. The time spent here has been a Lime that all or u.s wm remember always. The dlsclpllne and Mili tary fundamentals that we have learned from our Commanding Of ficer and his very adept staff, through assoclaUon and by taking them as examples will always be remembered. If we. the class of 41-1, can become the men that our superior officers are, then our Job F /C FRANCIS B. BODINE will ba ve been done well. Before leaving. I would like to Now, It Is our aim and object, take this opportunity to express through the pages of ''Rank'n' the sincere apprec:atlon of this File" to keep track of as many of class to the people o! the surround the members of this first batch of ing towns for their genuine hospi Rankin alumni as Is possible. tality. Not being crystal gazers we can * * * only depend on these cadets them· selves to keep us posted on their Ten s hort. weeks ago the Class of Uk>e8 r4 f/.1-JI,! progress and whereabouts. We sln eerely hope th~y wlU from time to 4H stsrt.ed training at tlus school. --,.,.-~ It seems only yesterday that we ar time drop us a line, beat messages rived, but the time has passed and out on t.Om·toms. send up smoke oow It Is Lime for us to bid farewell signals or In any other way, shape to the Rankin Aeronautical Aca or form let us know what's Ut>-Or dtmy. It bas been a real pleasure down! tc have been a.ssoclated with such In this Issue we are happy to an ouLStandlng group of individ report that word bas arrl ved by uals. It has been your combined fast kiddie car from Flying Cadets el!orts of cooperation and eager Francis Bodine and "Ancly" Bow nes.• to help us learn, that has given man,the latter seemingly concerned us such an excellent s tart on our chiefly with "what's doing at way to accomplish the task that r.tooney Grove?'' Hmmm! we have undertaken. E:vcr s ince boyhood It has been At any rate, 41-H Is getting on In "'Y amMtion and life's dream to be fine s hape. The1·e was the lltlle come an Army pilot. Many of our matt.er, or course, or drilling seven chi ldhood dreams never become a hours per day whlle "lugging" reali ty. For a long time I thought rifles during the flrst week, but that my dream bad perished as that has been bolled down to but tr l'AGJJ FOUR RANK'N' FILE RANK'N' FILE PACI~ l'JVE By HAL PEARCY The one thing in the world that parked on the line, but it has been in a class by yourselves. However, gives the poor dodo Ice cream and done so use your peepers to your regardless of the dubious head· pickle nightmares without benefit own advantage-or else! shak.ings of your instructor, you of the Ice cream and pickles, is the Should you note a red diagonal are classified as a pUot so the letter ever-present "Form I", nemesis of on "Form l", see that It Is proper· P should be shown. his life, haunter of his soul!. ly signed off by one or the main· Concerning flight time, you must tenance crew. show the actual time of the dura· Now there are forms (have you Now that you are briefly ac tlon of your flight. Also you are re seen the new Coca Cola signs?) and quainted. with "Form 1" you hop quired to show from wblch airport there are-slgh!-Fonn Ones, and aboard and take oft. Tills procedure to which ditto said flight took place. as the monkey said as he swung 11 ls out of our department, but If Thi.s can be shown as local"1 we from the rafter, thereby hangs a your instructor hasn't taught you hope. The exact tim~ of take-off tale. how yet, climb back out. The Idea and. landing must be ACCURATE· Actually these harmless looltlng is to fly awhile and land again (we LY recorded. Show mlsl!ion symbol pads on the other end of those In· hope you didn't ground loop!) so (S for primary) and the number of delible pencils in the front pltcock& we can get you back at the task of landings-bounces omitted. of PT's, BT's, AT's or what have making out our post-fl.lght report Show the time of the exact dura you, are very po.tent gig-getters on "Form l". First grab the indeli tion of your flight In the certifi· from way back.. They are-please ble pencil. If your flight was dual, cate. You'd be amazed at the many take heed, sir dodo-the all lmpott· your Instructor will hand you the instances where, according to pencil and Form 1. If you were ant records of flying hours, the ~·Form One" 1 you misters are still basis of Cadet Instruction. luc.icy enough to return from a solo in the air after mess call! period, look for it yourself. It's in Then, for the love of· Allah, sign Upon approaching said PT et al the front cockpit-remember? the darned thing just as you would take a bold gander In the front First comes your classification a check-rubber or otherwise. Now cockpit and check this all-Important number, No. 37 for Cadet and (If comes the important part-DOU· pad. Has it red-crosses on it? No- dual) No. 41 for Instructor_ On dual BLE CHECK each Item CAREFUL not the all-out variety, but just the rides the name of your Instructor LY! Sign the flight on the engineer simple X like I sign my name, done should be included, spelled proper ing sheet "O. K." or, in other. words, In red pencil If there is a red cros.s. ly and with last name preceedlng did the wings stay with you ? report to the dispatcher for another. the initials. Your name should ap Have you absorbed·all tltls like a ship as that red X means that yours pear In the same fasblon with F /C blotter? If, not you'd better corner no doubt has logoes-on-the .bogoes and A1r Corps number. Yea, verily! the Chief Dispatcher and get the or a bad case of the wUly·-waws and you must remember that ,as long as dope! Failure to complete any item who wants to proceed sans prop, It usually Isl ACCURA'l'ELY makes "heap howl· aileron, or landing gear? It's a rare Show your Class, whether 41·1 or Ing dogs" and maey lonely hour~ occasion that a .red X'd sblp Is. 42-A. Many of you, we know, are for the·gals in the village! . ''Buck'' ·· B~11- ~ · ~1 . .. By F/C H. W. BUFFINGTON On the P. M. of June (censored). two such individuals greatly enjoy Gaze.lle.-Ed.) the cadet grabbed the air around Rankin was dotted ing the "upstairs" breeze. Suddenly both sides of the plane and squeezed with aircraft. From th~ ground the instructor held up his mouth for dear life while the instructor put the ship through.a slo;v roll these planes· looked as If thel'. were piece and calmly said, "Let me When they were again right side taking a terrible beating as they show you something." The student . up,.tihe cadet nonchalantly reached zigged and zagged about the sky, at once turned loose the controls down, fastened the leg straps of some of them zigging wllen tbey and sat waiting, having nothing his parachute and tllen slid tile should have been zagging and else to sit.for at the moment. Then ends of his safety belt over his others zagging when they should just a split second before the lap and clicked them together. have been zigging. In each plane maneuver, said Cadet glanced down sat an instructor and a Cadet, the On · the sides of plane numbel' at his safety belt. With the speed (censored) are hand prints that, Instructor talking bis head off and of a gazelle (we will have to warn could they talk, would tell of a the Cadet wondering what In the Mr. Buffington about "plugging" hair-raising incident and of a world he was talking about. automobiles in his stories-besides Cadet who will never again forget In plane number (censored) sat a Chrysler ls much faster than a to fasten things so long as he lives!! PAGE SIX RANK'N' FILE B,- DEAN SPENGE R NIGHTMARE! so after turning GREEN with rear water tied to the Instrument board, I pulled the ripcord. and genlly but firmly wrung 'em Of all the "Milkman's she horses" Did I have a Joke played on me? OUl. a Cadet can experience In his slum· Gt:esa what? Instead of the para· After landing, with my damp sox bers on a warm Tulare night, I chute, out of the pack came a on, I was lead before the Captain lh1nk I had the worst. I have a BROWN pair of DENMAN cover who I.old me he was going to give sneaking suspicion It was caused alls. Even though the guy that me a wash·tub ride. He made a from a combination or overeating owned them was a big MOOSE the pass at me with a rubber tube, Paylor's mess hall and a guilty coveralls didn't possess enough which l mistook tor a gossport. conscience. area to break my fall so I was Maybe It was but IL didn't connect I was stunting the old PT in the killed, ruiturally. on to my helmet. Needless to say, exact fashion I have been taught Spencer must have had me on his boys, I was washed-out. And :tow! not to, over the vlclnlty of HAZE L nasty LIST ror placing parachutes "You were washed-out," he an· HURST when I heard a BONG in In the ready-room canopy down. nounced grulfly "for throo olJen. the motor. I felt SHIVERS go and ripcord housing out. Clever ses. First, you did not observe 'air through the old Stearman and to kid, who else would have thought dlsclpllne'. Second, for not looking my sorrow some CLUCK bad ap of a trick as practical as that one to around. Third, for stuffing :rour· pattnUy neglected to bolt the mo get even with a guy? sell on toO much of Paylor's food." tor In tlgbL The last I saw of the To be FRANK with you the fall "Now,'' says he, " I took It upon my old ConUnenUl~ she was beadln' didn't klJJ me It was the sudden self to wash you out to save you for a mountain CRAIG, sans prop. stop. Just as well though, for had from going before the board You Being a good CHRISTIAN and I lived I would have had to call on wouldn't like the board anyhow, not CRAVEN to go over the HILL a dentist. The fall broke one of my It's got long slivers In It," uoprepar the GARDINER'S time w It b da ORA Y, Moby DICK, and other ETHEU.. The boat MOOR where Angelle celebrities. When we ar I kissed her for the first time. The rived the Commandant of Cadets, GIG YOURSE* L*F, *SIR! shady LANE we strolled along eat with a celestial expression llkt Lt. ing SP!EGELBERGS and LOCAS· Bradley, gazed on his reports, con There's a ripple In my blanket CIO nuts. (Gosh, how we liked fined me to a dainty little spot No dogears neath my cot Splegelberg-speclally w ith mus where the suns RAYBURN the I've rounded up the rattans t.a.rd on ·em). I also thought of how stntu1 glgs trom the very marrow Till my nerves are all but shot. close 1'd come to being in Fort of your bones. That beats walking I..EWIS In the Infantry Instead of a punishment ramp at that, says I. My window's dressed four Inches here In lhls precarious position, and So I goes without hesitation. I've measured all my bunk A medical CORMAN stood at the \\'hy I wasn't there now. I gu1!5$ without my ruler Mr. LJnd says I ain't no CHAM door and admlnl41ered anti-whiskey I surely would be sunk. PiON flyer as yet so I didn't feel shl>ts In my arm when I entered. I should let my superiority com An officer resembling Lt. Gilmore My locker's neat and spotless plex gel the best of me, especially with a LANTZ In his hand lnoccu Each little strap's In place alter taking cognizance of the tail· lated me against blondes. heavy attitude or the ship. So I then went before the Chief Pi I've pollshed, scrubbed and dt:Sted rather than pay the PRICE of lot, who announced he was going I'm blue In my dem face. waiting to0 LONG I figured I had t. take me up and WRING OUT better trust to FATE and JUMP. MY SOX. Whereupon he immedia I proudly stand at attention Well, I decamped with a startling tely loaded me In an AT-6, reached Then In march the feared Gig men cuddcnncc.c and old t.err:t !irma in· over 1nt.o my cockpit, yanked off I didn't got • alnglo gig sisted on getting Intimate with me, my sox, dipped 'em Into a pail of No, Sir! Not one-but ten! RANK 'N' FILE PAGE SEVEN PAGE EIGHT RANK 'N' FILE grateful greetir,gs and hope that en stove. Therefore, until an over· ~c'&~ you are enjoying i ood health as production of polecats occurs in (Bailed From Page Seven) we know you are after feeding on this neck of the woods we are very O UR MAST!£R-TECH.t uG ror the lru,t month. much afrald that y ou guys are "it.'' This is what we would like to Yours for bigger and better bites, There are times a man gropes call to your attention: that for the The Buffalo Gnats, Inc. blindly last month you have mistaken us For the proper word to say for orBuffaJos". P. $.-Just call us "buffs" for To express appreciation Now listen Mr. Gnats, the "Dedi· short-sort of informal for old In a modest sort of way cation of the Academy" ls over, so friends who are so closely asscr For the helping hand extended please have it understood that you elated- you know. To extract you from the ''rough." are not welcomed any more. Fall· - Instructors please initial If you suffered lack of knowledge ure to heed this notice will call for Or perhaps the job was tough drastic action. * * * And the only thing you needed Truly yours, Was this fellow to come by The Victims (Instructors) When the Job stalemated awkward P. $. calibrate you on the sly All Gnats Please Initial Have you heard this ditty? Put you straight for In your " ! have to walk the ramp. quandary Buffalo* Gnats Union What do these guys think? You were ·needing-him to show Tulare Swamp Am I pilot, or a· tramp? You the tricks of old experience Rankin Field Project 'Course I failed to check my As he's always "in the know." Tulare, California Form I, He's a bible to the Air Corps Flying Instructors Forgot the doggone."ih!ng, And a backbone vertebrae Rankin Academy Could I help It If it teh,out For be glorifies the Service Tulare, Callfornla While I slow rolled with my wing? With his work and speech each Dear Instructors: My girl is mighty lovely day. In reply to your letter of warn As she waits for me in town, All the personnel at Rankin's ing to us buffalo gnats, we wish to Just take it from me, mister, From the c.o. to the Mech state that we ain't a damn bit par These Form I gigs get you down. Kno\v the man of whom I'n1 ticular who we bite on. Ain't you Next time I'll be certain that speaking, figured that out by now? It flies with me all through Robinson, our Master Tech. You call us pests. What in the And will I ever check it-even h- do you instructors th1nk you double check It, too! For many types *of sal>Otage are·! You also warn us along with K IP r There's one that's rather rough your compliments. That don't both· Upon anatomies of men er us any, but it seems we bother * * Unless they're really tough. you a helluva Jot. Ain't you boys twisted around a little? To watch Subversive movements going on you guys scratch, it looks like you At this academy- not only get twisted around, but Some Nazi placed Sand-paper form other various and sundry con Where Scot Tissue used to be. tortions known to man. (Dedicated to J. T. Africa) Unfortunately the buffalo went * * * out with the "old west". You in· Now there is an operator structors took their place - what In the tower, 1 mean, can you expect. Now suffer the He reguJatea the take.offs consequences. (To see you guys in Of those rlyln' machines. We couldn't help snickering up a pilot meeting you mill around He gives you color signals the well-known sleeve of our vest a t.o.ble like a bunch o f buffalo at a That you1:re supposed to SQ$ the day (at the height of the water hole.) And when you are not looking, GNATey invasion o~ Rankin Field We didn't mistake you instruc He will even change the Tee -thank Heaven they're gone now!) tors for buffalo like you figured we So keep your glimmers on him that we discovered the following did. As we said before you're the Else you may be In the blue letter from an Instructor to the next best thing to 'em. You smell Riding someone else's aileron buffalo gnats, and the answer there just like a buffalo only a little Double·buggy w!U not do! to, on the bulletin board in the in· ;tronger. Incidentally did you boys When you S1'0 thaL bright red structor's room: ever smell a rii;e old buf.f? As for signal Instructors your ornery hides you are tougher That says no, no, no, don't land Rankin Academy to bite on, but we got good teeth Just fly around and cool your heels, Tulare, California ain't we boys? He'U give you the old "glad Buffalo Gnats We are sorry we cannot heed hand'', Rankin Academy your warning. We know you guys Then fly In here a·whooping, Tulare, California t.'.n't so brave. The only harm we But be sure to keep her sound Dear Pests: ever heard of en Instructor doing Or you will find yourself a loopin' The Instructors of the Rankin ls to go home, beat the stuffing out Like a whirl wind on the ground. Academy send you their most of his wife, and break up the kitch· KIP RANK'N' FILE' PAGE NINE 1 PAGE TEN ' RANK'N' FILE R~.\ NK ' N ' FlliE P;\ (;'1: E LEl'E l\ 0 1 Try out the controls. Pull back fnsptctlon ~\1e.tled the +'k:ltl.)' " M A-' on the stick. If it hits you on the concealed bet\r1 een the pilot's stat ''S111iUJ,. 0"''' brldge or the nose, you neea and Ute side of the plane: but.. ais· By WALT BOHRER cushions. Kick ri6ht rudder; if satisfied \Ylth his berth, he \Yns a1u your left foot doesn't come back, bling tO\YArd the c<>nlrols-U nd the How do you do, I'm sure ! Have look under the seat for It. It may [lllOt. you heard about the three slightly be caught In the arburetor float. When cbe cadet was ordered back befuddled pilots who mistook a Next look for your Instructor. He to the IJeld, bt radioed In return parachute for a community hand should be In the front cockpit at that be prtltM'ed to malnualn kerchief and blew their brains out! th other end of your gosport straight flight In order to waft tube. If not, look in the "PX" a\\°ay the paralyzing odor and to There was a young* f~ler named he ls probably buying a box of save risk of nntagonlztng hi8 ptts· Hall aspirin. senger nny o\ore than nceessnry. Who fell In the spring In the fall Back canie the order to get rid Now 'twould be a sad thing of the 1kunk, so back \vent the It he'd died in the spring, * cockpit endo;;ure and a quick In· But he didn't-he died In the falll ~erdon of the plane dumped cbe ~m1ndod intruder to,,..a.rcl lhe We have just *beard that one of ground. our embryo young pilot.! plays one of those big horns that wraps It ls said :hat* before Hitler 11 makes decision he always con· around your neck and the oomps" a come out behind your neck Just suits the stars. He's got something there-we wouldn't mind consult· above the hairline. Well. the other log Hedy Lamarr or Alice Faye day be was sititng out In the drill area practicing when along comes ourself! I one of these junior cyclones and screwed him eight feet Into the * * * ground before be could let go! '6J..e 7~'6 f,auweU, (Soared from Page Four) One of the kay PAGE TWELVE RA.NK'N' FILE My Joyous strength I do Impose; " FLYING FORTRESS" CODAY re· But wUI It start? Nobody knows! quests that the company install PT wings on the school bus . . . The throttle cracked I do Insist- GEORGE NELSON has left Rankin Now, pilot, please unlax your wrist; Academy for Lake Charles, Louis· There In your hand, you may not By KARL HUCH JJ;S lana, where be Is employed by the know. Superior OU Corp.... DALE RAN· I am wondering If the boys on Lies the answer-w!IJ It go? KIN and DEAN STEWART spend the night maintenance crew are fig· most of the early hours fishing . . . uring on doing their night work al 1 sweat and strive to wind It tight TOM WHITE wants a substantial bome?- they are all getting mar With brutal force of nature's might; raise (go sit on a giant firecracker. ried! ··eas on, switch oU!" my throatby -Ed.) ... And so It goes! cry- The Rankin *Academy * has two "Let's not have another try!" * * * brand new gasoline trucks espec· !ally built for their particular needs The handle flashes thru Its arc, 'Gk ~ 7.t. ldd tJ.e Cffed by the Standard Oil Company. No My hands are ca!Joused from its (Hopped from Page Two) finer equipment can be boasted or mark; by any other school. For this I know, from lesson past_ spons lblllty. A s Flying Cadets, you To get results, you wind 'em fast! were shown to be gentlemen, be· WUI someone* Invent * a device to fore your application for enlistment tell what alrplane is In which end I spend my wad (the term we use), was accepted. Your Primary train of tho hangar when they are all In And back off clear to save abuse. ing as Officers and pilots has Just the hangar? It's breathless work I do admlt l>een completed. The capacity for The pilot now must do his blL taking responsibility and carrying ChJef Pilot Lund* * still hasn't ex. through with a given Job Is so im· claimed why No. 29 flew only 27% "Contact!" I call, a nd grab the thing portant as to defy description. of the Ume last month. This in for· That to my ears wm noises bring. Without It, the mosL brilliant, and maUon ls vital to the stali.stical The bull·like roar I love to hear potentially most capable men are (don't stutter!) department. The sound I hate's the stripping worthless. Wherever you may be, gear! In military or clvU Ille, you will Fritz Ringer *and * J erry (D PAGE FOURTEEN RANK'N' FILE Cia41 f/.1-7 -~ed! Cbarlu Can-oll Ball he was •nglneer trainee ror the Lamar Jr. College at Beaumon!. Halls rrom N•llle, Oklahoma, at· Carter 011 Co. Hobbles are photo Hobby-cpona. tended C8m•ron Jr. College at Law· graphy and correspondence. ton (2 years) and Oklahoma A & Alfred O. Damron* M. College at SUIJwater wbere he )1nrtln Ston~ Clu*ck Born at Alma, Oklahoma, but received a B. S. degree. Before en· Halls from Erick, Oklahoma and claims Okmulgee as bis home. ls U llsunent as Cadet was an oil field ' attended Oklahoma Tech. Before of Okla. alumnus, collects guns and worker. Hobbles:. shooting ari:d becoming a Flying Cadet, Cluck builds model airplanes as hobby. swimming. was a wheat· !armer. Hobbies? All he can handle without blr1ng help! Woodrow L. Dick* \ rern E. Bre,vtr * - swimming, dancing, collecting Was born a\ SlOulland in the Home town, Fairview, Oklahoma. p!ctu.res and good music! "show me!" state of Missouri. How Also attended Oklahoma A & M ever be attended the Oklahoma College at SUJJwater. Was student Cllhon W, oOle Mllltary Academy, Oklahoma A & * Al and Nor1heutem State. He was berore enllaunent.. Has ''$Jug'' -0r · ls a Texan, having been born at a construction worker berore be bobbl••· namely, radio, motors, Post, Texas. Attended Texas Tech coming a cadeL Hobbles are swim football and bueball. • R. R." and was supervisor for the ming and golf. Farm Securlcy Administration of Sam 1. Brown * the U. S. D. A. before enllstlng 1n Is trom Bartlesville, Okla., spent Erwin C. Etbell * the Alr Col'J)9. Hobbles, fishing and Was born at Lawton, Oklahonu, 3\i yeara and several bucks at hunting. Tulsa University. Hobby Is sports. we suspect, so that he wouldn't have to leave town to attend Cam· Orville Bucbanru1* Lionel D. Colle)' * ron Jr. College! However, inas· Was born at Rust Springs, Okla· Another Texan. Born at Hewitt, much as he came out with a Jr. Col homa. Attended-You've guessed IL but claims Wacp as present home lege degree In Art& and Science, we -Cameron Jr. Col.lege at Lawton town. Attended Baylor University, don't say we blame his choice! Be and Oklahoma A & M at SUIJwater three .years. Summer occupation fore enlistment, Ethell was a furni where h~ plucked an A. S. d~grtt . bef RAN"K'N' PfT..lil PAGE FIFTEEN •. PAGE SIXTEEN RANK'N' FILE Robert C. Malahy ~l/J -'J. ~! Shawnee, Oklahoma, claims Ole ~ o/- 47-lll ol ((.'.ontlnued from Page l'Uteen) exUncUoo being Bob's binh· place. Several years later he at (Landed &om Page Thtte) in Oklahoma. He attended Tulsa tended Oklahoma U (one semester) Most of 4l·H have soloed, Mr. U and holds all sports ht. hobbles. and Oklahoma A & M College ( six Bodine having done hls "ghost semesters). Hobby Is plcture-cllck· walk'" on Fl'lda.Y the 13th after Gra1n·Ule E. Greene* Ing. l hour and 56 minutes In the air. WAs born at Soyre, Oklahoma, Mr. Bowman soloed lo three hours, bul that doesn'l make him a $oyre· Fr•nklln JI. McOo*lgln 50 minutes. Misters B en e 1 t, puss! Spent lwo years In Oklahoma Unusually enough, McColgln was McClure, Sampeck, and Raap are Jr. western College and one semes· born at Rankin, Oklahoma! He at among others who have "done ter In Southwestern State Teachers tended Oklahoma Aggie and Mech their stuff" alone. What wiUl College. Hobby, sports. College, majoring In Aeronaullcal stalls, turning stalls, power spins, Engineering. Hobbles, tennis, mod· spins, forced landings, gilding and Willl11n1 F . Hatch el airplane building and Boy Scout climbing turns and elementary * diary work. First popped up at Salisbury, Mis· eights, Uley've realty been churn· sour!. Later sold tires for Fire ing up the ozone! Connor O. Montgomery* The boys claim the BT·l3'• are stone. Didn't tell us what college Was born at Wapanucka, Oklaho he used to aet excused from to go plenty swltll to fl.Y. Though they ma, but finally had to attend Mur· glide at 90 with naps and land at flslhn', but did ment.lon he dabbled ray State College to learn to pro In bunting and such as a hobby. 70, they are easier to "set down" nounce It. Robby is collecting Ulan the Stearman&. pipes. We are glad to get "the dope,'' Korman L. BJJI * fellows, and hope you continue ~ The stork dropped Norman off at Richard D. Moor* let us bear from you. More (horse) Miami (Oklahoma, not Florida). Was born at PlaU.sburgh, N. Y., power 10 you! Educallon was soaked up at North· a cousin or the late President Cal· eastern State College. vln Coolldge. Attended Oklahoma * * * City University, was stenog before i>.tJll ! Ray L. lUlllard enlisting In Air Corps. Hobby: fish· * 1nsu·uctor George Barnes Is ing. Was born on Armlslice Day, 1918. keeping all too silent the fact that at Kiefer, Oklahoma. Attended Ok· be went to church the other night Earl C. Morris, Jr. lahoma U. Hobby Is photography. * when he mistook It for the Elks Place of bl.rth: Ardmore, Okla, Club. However, once Inside be de Schools attended: Oklahoma U and Tborna$ ' ''· Lane* cided to stay and hear the sermon. N. M. lnaUtute or Mines. Occupa All went well unlil the preacher Lane City, Texas, which seems to uon was furniture salesman, ambu· have to do with a long line or said, "I can see good In all Utlngs," lance cauffeur. Hobbles are Lanes, was the town In which Tom un and Barnes, In the rear pew, pipes usual. Include polo, deep sea fish· was born and raised. He attended up, "Have you ever tried fl.Ying in ing and motor boaling. Oklahoma A & M exlt·lng with a t.be fog?" B. S. degree lo General Business. - Merton L. Orick Entered Air Corps after having * Comes from Phoenix, Arizona, We'll Always been house manager in a theater. but was born at Dustin, Oklahoma. Had never been up In plane be· a Atlended Phoenix Union High and Remember-- fore. Phoenix Jr. College. Hobbies are The following men who started swimming, driving, radio· phono out with our class In May, but Hur1•y D .Le,,•ts * graph. Has been civilian office who for some re1111on found it Is loyal to Poteau. Oklahoma, his clerk. U.S. At·my lnduclion Sta· was necessary lo transfer lo birthplace. Attended Oklahoma u. lion, Phoenix, past year. some other branch of the Army, or In other ways decide not to Elmer (). LISI * Mrron C. Poul * conllnue the fUght Instruction, Is from Missouri, having been Born at Edna, Kansas. Home can rest assured that they will born at Harrisonville. He attended town. Beaumont, Texas. Attended always be our classmateS wher· the Kansas City Conservatory of l,.amar Jr. College and Texas A & ever they may be. They are a Music and the Oklahoma A & M M. No degree, no hobbles. swell bunch or fellows! College, majoring In music and J. E. Britain L. ~l. Clifton graduating with Bachelor or Fine J uli"" D. Shiv.rs* R. G. Craig Aru degree. Previous to becoming Is a deep-souther from Bogalu.. llA.NK "N" l"ILE PAOE SEVENTEEN In saying farewell we propose a Jud 7.vna~wJ toast to dear old Rankin: /f/.4at! ha Dat.u! Shivers Hilliard and Murphy In "Here's lo Rankin, the 'Randolph The mosl unhappy man alive on of the West,• one Saturday June H, 1941 was the step... Dlck without a convert!· Let's not s trive to make it good famous Company Sgt. Manin Stone hie. . . Ball without a chaw.. . Let's strive t o make it best'" Cluck. The reason for his great dl· Frayser wilhout a seegar... Lane F /C "Monty'' Montgomery lemma was, after phoning for two without a protruding mid-secUon days to the surrounding towns for 100 dates for the cadets, both upper ... Morris without a song... Mur· F/C CaptaJn *Crouch: "Mister and lower classes, he was lnforme-d phy and Hill glvlng drlll command~ Keys, why didn't you salute me?" that the dance would be canceled. Dodo Keys: "I didn't see you, on me right foot. . . Leonard on Previous plans had been made for Ume for formac.Jons . . . Cluck wlth· slr." the entire Cadet Corps to appea r F / C CapL Crouch: "Ob, that's all out his daily feminine fan mall... !n Porterville for a raising right then-I thought maybe you nag ceremony and a dance given by the Cox wilhout some hair. . . Brown 'vere mad at me:' working up a sweat... Crouch with Elks club. a loud voice... Moore talking llke What was Martin to do with iOO TOO TRUE! * dates? After spending a few more a mo.n... Butler and Malahy play· H • • • • It they have Form One's houn1 cancelling dates, with sweat lng anylhing but plng-pcng. . . in heaven, I thJnlr. I can stand running from his brow and voice Clair: tall. dark and handsome.. . qua verlng with soolhlng embarrass· Greene: short. blonde and cute.. . heat.." F /C R. 0 . Moor ment for his misgivings, he tried lO Buchanan, faL . . Denman pro leave the fair sex In a gay mood for nouncing bird . . Cluck leaving future engagements, one or which out the punctuation when telling MEBBE HE* NO* KE* TCH I wlll be the farewell dance when an officer his name- "Cluck sir!" "Sir, my cranium, colUllstlng of class 4J·I graduates. Lieutenant ... Lewis playtng piano from mu· Vermont marble, volcanic lava and Bradley and Martin wish w make ale. . . List with a smile. . . Brewer African Ivory covered with a thick amends to the fair young women not scratching. . . Colley not hav· layer of case-hardened steel, forms of this community, by giving a Ing a snap or the gal back home.. . an impenetrable barrier to all that dance which will be remembered Chrlsllan without Colley. . . Paul seeks to Ingress upon the ashen tls· as the gayest affair of the year-he with that lovesick look In his eye sues of my brain. Hence lhe ef• hopes! . . . carson without a big deal . . fulgent and ostentaUous\y effer F/C Erwin C. Ethell Orick not singing. . . Erwin with vescent phrases just now directed straight hair. . . McColgin not for my comprehension have failed wanUng to mall a letter after C NUTS! * to penetrate and permeate the son· to Q. . . Gardiner aans grin. • . iferous forces of my atrocious Intel· F/ C Colley (a country boy from Geary without Frayser.. . Buffing· ligence!" Texas) Journeyed to Woodville one ton without a salute and Montgom· F/C Loyd K. Cox Saturday night to watch the moths ery without the "Dawn Patrol!" flutter aroun her-up to and practically lnclud· lapsed back to normal and forgot ers! Hell, pappy's got a whole barn Ing listening to l<'rayser gargling about the trou11ers. Comes laundry fulJ~" oft-key collee. day and out go the aforementioned It Is our hope that the idea or pantaloolUI to the washery. On re· STAGE GRADE* the "Dawn Patrol" doesn't die. ex. ceivlng his laundry, "Ace" was one plre, perish or what have you, with mighty unhappy kay-det on ac· I think that I shall never see our departUtt. We're sure that It count of bis trousers resembled a A "D" as lovely as a "B" shall not, for, aner carefully select· cross between a pair of short pants A "B" whose sacred form is pressed lng each member, we feel tbey will and a c.rapper's shirt after a fight Upon the stage slip of the blessed. carry on to make said patrol an with a wildcat ! "Os" are made by fools like me even more famous unit. F/C "MOBY" DICK. But only God can make a "B". PACE EIGHTEEN RAl'fK 'N' PILE W HAT IS HAPPENING "Well at last I'm a pllot,'' be I N ROOM 17? thought-But then At Basic they made him start "Pity Pat" Orick muot haVc gone There once was a brilliant and over again. oH his beam again. No, someone healthy young man 8ald he aroused Mr. Cluck's tem· Who wani.ed to fly for his Uncle Sam F /C Carson*: " H*ere * comes tile 4th per. What are those Inhuman So he passed all his tests and he of July parade. Where's your sis· sounds? Those terrible shrieks! ter?" Started to go " Pity Pat" just can't stand cold wa F/ C Shivers: "Upst.Slrs w•vlng And he soon found hlmaell a her hair." ter, but there he stands, underwear wlngles.;; dodo. and all, in the shower with eold F/C Carson: ''What's the mat· ter? Can't you afford a flag?" water streaming down his bowling There was plenty to learn, but be lips. What does It sound like and learned it all. what Is he saying? "Help! Help! As a matter of fact he was r ight * * * Oh hectorsmlth! Marlin, let me out ·on the bait' of this naszy cold water before I His Instructor soon told him, a•l !rPttHI''" Mr F.rwtn laughs un· "You're readY to fly 6,._hhou.gb i t is 'With rep-e1 th.At tll hls side and cheeks bun, adding And pilot this PT alone throutih \Ve ltitro of the transfer of Brtga· more horribly to the ever mounting the sky." dler Cen u al B eul')' W. Hums. din. "OWWW, help! This is ter cornnua.ndant of the West Coast rible! Someone take blm away! Those first tough five weeks soon Air Co1·11S Training Center to That mean old man makes me feel Ne,vfou.n_ ~~--- T h e blJ.lt"itr ithJ11 so far 10 .,.·J.tl d0\\'11 .. at Rankin F'ltld Is l bt bi·mOtOl"f'd D o u,R"la.~ sh O\'\D abovr. It carried Gen~ra l Ua\'enport J"Ohnson, In cb.arge of 1-h ~ 11lttlll! "-"d opt":ratJon3 otrr~c of the chief or th f" A ir Co•·ps tu \l'ashlngton: Grout• Ca11taJn D. \ t, Carnegie of the British F.n1bassy1 and Colo nel 'Ed· "·ard L yons. nt \V con1111andlng officer of !\loffen .FieHt. I'AGE N1 N b:T J,;J,;N 1hlj ~ttce .J.2ejet11el Jot the #!John 1-/enty 'j ff oJ I/out .l2ankin 4cttdemy Ttienrf3 ' . ' PAGE TWENTY RANK'N' PILE ' -- •• ' " . ' • , " Well it just goes to show how much you can depend on weather reports-we' ve been flying blind for the la't half an hour!" ' .. We/I, 1-/ete 'j ,£.ookiny {)t Zjou * • J . T. AFRICA, RANKL'i CO~TROL TOWER * • .,. •. . .