9 Q/e Vol. V, No. 53 U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, 19 September 1953 Cast Announced By WSBY Marathon SeaBee's "Can-Do" Transforms Little Theatre For Tops $400 for Aged Movie-Assembly Hall Into "Angel Street" Little League Shiny New Chapel Building Work completed in three months. The Little Theatre's Casting In the first radio marathon ever Committee has announced their held on the Naval Base, WGBY, selection of the three main charac- the Armed Forces Radio station, ters for the new play, "Angel raised a total of $429.11 for the Street", now in production. benefit of the Little League being Pete Sudarsky wins the role of formed here on the base. Mr. Manningham, Mrs. Avril M. Starting at 6:30 p.m. the show Clark will play Mrs. Manningham and Jan Janicek appear as Rough, continued until 1:30 a.m. the fol- the police inspector. lowing morning and featured the The play tells the story of the MCB-1 Hillbilly band and the Manninghams of Angel Street. Naval Base Combo. Under the guise of kindliness, handsome Mr. Manningham is tor- The original goal of WGBY was turing his wife into insanity. He $300. It was reached and passed accuses her of petty aberrations by 9:30, three hours after the that he has arranged himself; and start of the show Thursday night. since her mother died of insanity, she is more than half convinced that John Hull, J03, program director she, too, is going out of her mind. of WGBY, acted as Master of While her husband is out of the Ceremonies with David Doyle, house, a police inspector visits her station announcer assisting. Bob and proves that her husband is a Mairo, station announcer in the maniacal criminal suspected of a control room, spun the record murder committed fifteen years ago requests as they came in. in the same house, and that he is With the money obtained in the preparing to dispose of her. Little League donation drive plus Then starts the game of trying the money collected on the WGBY to uncover the necessary evidence -marathon the Little League will be against Mr. Manningham. It is able to field four teams for the a thrilling and exciting melodra- Spring season, complete with their Before tic game. small-size uniforms and equipment. Out of the SeaBees' cluttered bag reduced and the old assembly hall of surprises, "Can-Do," the mag- gradually took on the appearance ician, has pulled another one. With and structure. of a new building. a whisk of his magic cloth he has With a decorator's flair for per- transformed an old, dilapidated and fection, "Can-Do" even installed a New Thrift Shop Policy Changes surveyed assembly hall into a fine- Gothic arch, and to top off the looking chapel for the MCB-1 area. whole creation conjured up a stee- Three months ago the old build- ple to be set atop the building. A Can Divert Funds to Local Area ing was on the destruction list of wave of the mystic wand and the the SeaBees, but at the request of interior and exterior were bathed Chaplain R. T. Schellhase, MCB-1 in gleaming new paint: presto- chaplain, the SeaBees' commanding chango, the SeaBees have their officer CDR H. I. Taylor gave the chapel. go-ahead for reconstruction. Useless lumber was replaced, Formal dedication will take place supports strengthened, b e a m s this Sunday, 20 September at the added, the over-all heighth was 0845 service. Mrs. F. L. Tedder, (left) manager of the Thrift Shop presents $200 to Mrs. W. C. Mathews, faculty sponsor of the Coral Reef as co-editors of the publication Pierce Lehmbeck and George MacMichael look on with obvious approval. The donation is part of the Thrift Shop's new policy of using its profits as an aid to local projects, and it was decided that helping the Coral Reef would benefit the greatest cross section of contributors to the Shop. After A Page Two THE INDIAN 9 Saturday, 19 September 1953 A Message from Garcia . Mother and Patriot By Henry Garcia Editorial Office, U. S. Naval Base Sunday, 20 September 1953 Special Services Department Remember Calixto Garcia, the Fleet Recreation Center Cuban General to whom the famous Catholic Masses message was delivered? The brave Saturday, 19 September 1953 warrior who with just a handful 0700-Naval Base Chapel U. S. NAVAL BASE of men faced the spanish Army in 0900-Naval Base Chapel Guantanamo Bay, Cuba one of the greatest battles of the Daily Mass - 0630 Rear Admiral C. L. C. Atkeson, ,Jr., USN Commander Cuban- Spanish-American War, to Confessions: S a t u r d a y, 1730 - facilitate the landing of American CAPT Robert H. Wilkinson 1800; 1930 - 2015, Confessions Chief of Staff troops in a Cuban beach? There U. S. NAVAL STATION are many stories about him, but are not heard before Mass on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sunday. CAPT Orlin L. Livdahl the one I like the best is this Commanding Officer little anecdote I am going to tell Protestant Services CAPT Jack M. Howell you now: Executive Officer The war was in its boiling point. Sunday: 0930-Sunday School Editorial Staff The spark of ideal had set on fire 1000-Adult Bible Class Lieutenant E. A. Sandness--Officer Adviser H. E. Davis, JOC- Managing Editor the hearts of the Cubans and 1100-Divine Worship Al Henderson, J03- News Editor originated a great conflagration, 1930-Christian Fellow- J. C. Dierks, JO3-- --- Sports while the cry of "Cuba Libre", S. E. Cobbs, PHSN- Photographer emitted by a few patriots in ship THE INDIAN is published weekly, fin- Wednesday: 1930-Mid-Week anced by non-appropriated funds, printed Oriente filled the air and echoed on government equipment, for free distri- in every corner of the Island. The Prayer bution on the U. S. Naval Base, Guan- Cuban patriots, "Los Mambises", Thursday: 1930-Choir Rehearsal tanamo Bay, Cuba by order of the Base Commander. GEN Nathan F. Twining, USAF as they were called, riding on horse Chaplains at this Activity THE INDIAN is published in compliance Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force back and armed only with their CDR M. 0. Stephenson, CHC, USN with the provisions of NAVEXOS-P-35 "machetes" and their honor, had LT J. F. Agnew, CHC, USNR (Rev) 1945. left their homes and had gone after This publication receives AFPS material. General Nathan F. Twining (Protestant) AFPS material appearing herein cannot be the enemy to fight for liberty. They reprinted without written permission of started his climb to Air Force gave no quarter and they asked LCDR W. J. Spinney, CHC, USN Armed Forces Press Service, 641 Washing- Chief of Staff as a corporal in the (Catholic) ton Street, New York 14, New York. for none, and the words "capitu- Oregon National Guard, on active late" or "surrender" did not seem duty on the Mexican border in the to exist in their dictionaries. So, summer of 1916. He was called when General Garcia's mother, TEEN-AGE ROUNDUP as a sergeant in WWI. Lucia Ifiiguez, received one day the N R Officers Released He was graduated from the U.S. visit of a messenger who informed Military Academy as a second By Barbara Burke and Linda Thurston her that her son had been captured Letters have been mailed to 1,982 lieutenant of Infantry, November, alive by a Spanish The Teen-Age Club bowling column, she Naval Reserve officers on active 1918, under an accelerated war- answered, rather teams were selected last week. The angrily, "There duty notifying them that they will time program. However, flying was must be some mistake! . That four teams are headed by Linda his desire be issued orders releasing them and he entered flight prisoner is NOT . Thurston, Luella Curran, Pierce my son! I from active duty in the near future. training in 1923 and was graduated know he can't be! . Lehmbeck and Donald Moore. "-"Allow Officers receiving the notices from Kelly Field, Tex., and rated me to add-replied the messenger will A big farewell party was tossed for a pilot September, 1924. be released in January, 1954. Kaye -that when he was captured he Five Naval Reserve officers at and Faye Gennaria, those His first flying duty was as an shot himself well-known Gitmo girls ." "Oh," cried Guantanamo Bay have received who left instructor at Brooks Field, Tex., Lucia, "Now I know that it's him! last week. Another their letters, three of which were "big deal" his primary base. This was fol- . My was held at John Moon's house for son . I know it is assigned to Utility Squadron Ten. lowed by a variety of flying and . ." the newly initiated freshmen to staff duties. my son! Priority of retention lists have celebrate the end of "hash week" In August, 1940 he began a been established to determined with Jack Stafford entertaining series of assignments in Hq., Army which officers shall be kept on with tales of South Philly and the Air Corps, Washington and in May, active duty. Basis of selection was sophmore-freshmen girls providing 1942 was named Director of War Marine Test Pilot the need for officers with broad the food. Organization and Movement. experience and certain others with DID YOU SEE. George Mac- Then came WWII overseas duty essential specialized experience. Michael and Pierce Lehmbeck beginning July, 1942, first as Chief Sets New Altitude Officers are being released in planning the yearbook. Bar- of Staff of the Allied Forces in the inverse order on the priority lists.