■ffuati A7G311 "> .caosEW .caQStxru^ WAR LOAN M-GUIRE BAN ME ft WAR LOAN McGuire general hospital Vol. II RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1945 No. 33 Civil Service Paycheck Hike To Cover 500 MGH Workers Five hundred McGuire civilian included will be forthcoming July a week straight time, regardless of workers will reap the benefits of 28. whether the workday falls on an the new federal employees pay act The new pay act, signed into law overtime day or not. However, any in their July 14 checks, Lieutenant last week by President Truman, pro- time put in over regular duty hours Virginia Breed, director of the per- vides an over-all 15.9% pay boost for in any one day is payable by time sonnel division, disclosed today. all civil service employees from the and one-half. July 14 checks will cover the July lowest to the highest pay grades. At 3. A flat 10 per cent increase over 1-7 work period with pay raises in- McGuire, this means about 500 the regular basic rate of straight cluded, she announced, while first workers paid on a yearly salary sche- (Continued on Page %) full pay period checks with increases dule will receive wage boosts, while another 500 McGuire ungraded hour- ly employees will continue on their present scale. 250 Attend Seventh Hits All phases of the new act will be put into effect at McGuire immed- Civilian Hop $25,130 Lag iately, according to Lt. Breed, who pointed out that with the law becom- Terming McGuire’s first civilian ing effective on July 1 the first pay employees’ dance a “huge success,” In 11th Hour period would cover the initial 7 days of the month. There will con- George T. League, president of Civi- With McGuire $25,130 short of its tinue to be a seven-day lag between lian Recreation Center No. One, an- $110,000 quota as the Seventh War the end of a pay period and the nounced today that over 250 tickets Loan closes in on its final 48 hours issuance of pay checks. were collected at the door for the of life, Lt. Velma R. White appealed MANY CHANGES MADE center’s formal Wednesday night in j today to all civilian employees to Salient features of the new law the Virginia Room of the John come through with a flood of last- as they affect McGuire workers are Marshall. minute to make purchases Saturday, these: In addition to McGuire civilians, final day of the “McGuire’s drive, 1. All employees receiving between a host of detachment soldiers and biggest bond buying day yet.” $720 and $2,980 annual salary now patients as well as civilians from To be counted in the drive, pur- will get straight time and one-half other posts attended the first such chases must be made before mid- for any hours worked over 40 hours affair held by any installation in McGUIRE MERRY-GO-ROUND—With assorted parts of a carousel night Saturday. Charles weekly. Formerly, overtime pay was | this area, he said. Music was fur- scattered around the site of the recent Elks’ Carnival, Pvt. “While a few individuals,” Lt. Ward chose himself ten-gallon hat, a helpless giraffe on a pro-rata basis. I nished by Ray Raymond’s Orches- Falkevitz, 53, a White reported, “have made large and wound up for the evening having a merry time. 2. Employees must work 40 hours I tra. purchases to boost the quota con- siderably, we will reach our $110,- 000 goal only if every person on the Swimming Pool Completion post gives the drive his support with First Meeting in Offing cash. “This week, especially,” Lt. White Expected About August 5 continued, “civilians should come Of NCO Recreation Center through with enthusiastic purchases. Coupled with an announcement ing the arrival of pumping and They get a substantial pay raise Ef- First meeting of McGuire’s new j ice, while others have already chlorinating equipment before add- fective July 1. On the 14th they that the McGuire swimming pool’s NCO recreation center will be call- pledged to join, he disclosed. Alli- ing the finishing touches. will receive their first checks bear- of appli- due-date of completion would be the next few son described the turnout ing the increases. a ed within days, First about the week of August 5, Major The baseball diamonds right next It will be short cants as “very successful.” pay period, covering July 1 7. Sergeant Bill Allison, chairman of Walter B. Belitz, Jr., post engineer, door to the pool have already been to WHAT ABOUT WACS? Bonds will not be deducted from the constitution committee an- revealed today that the various used for practice games, the major The first meeting will be devoted checks for this pay period, so cash nounced today, while he revealed newly-built athletic fields were al- disclosed, and will be ready for of- to airing of members’ views on purchases today or Saturday are that more than 125 non-coms have most ready for use. Workmen on ficial use after a bit of trimming controversial issues in drawing up strictly in order. Up to now, ci- already paid initiation fees and first swimming pool, located direct- removal of rocks from the out- a constitution, to aid in the con- the and* vilians have been lagging behind dues. ly across South Avenue from the field. stitution committee in drafting their bond quota. Here’s their Approximately 190 men are eligi- Post Theater, are currently await- regulations. Debate is anticipated, In addition, the handball and chance to catch up with at least ble, but a good number are off the are listed as com- among other questions, on status of volleyball courts (Continued on Page 4) post on furlough or detached serv- GIs Get Free Ducats to plete. The tennis and basketball Wacs in the newborn organization. courts, which have also been used, Proposals will probably include plac- Woody Herman Show need only a bit of surface patching Employees ing Wacs on full membership status, New Booklet Puts "In Know’ will W'oody Herman, “The Man Who before they can be put to full use. on associate membership which booklet carry afford them privileges of the center Plays the Bluess” appears at the The now-under construction phy- To introduce McGuire to new civil- chief, the will approxi- mately vote on Mosque with his orchestra next sical therapy building, Maj. Belitz ian employees, and to add to veteran ten pages of local informa- but no business matters, the Wednesday, bringing with him sev- added, is about 50 per cent complete employees’ information about the tion and civil service rules to sup- or exclusion from group. eral all-star vaudeville acts from and the contractors are awaiting hospital, Employee Relations Sec- plement a War Department booklet To house the center, a building the medical equipment designed to tion, Personnel is prepar- distributed to all army employees. in the new section of enlisted men’s Broadway. \ Division, barpacks will be allotted. Allison is Patients and detachment person- make the PT building one of the ing a printed booklet to be distri- Mr. League estimated the booklet members at nel can get free tickets by signing up most modern and completely-equip- buted soon to all civilians. would be issued in two to three expected to report to (Continued Page 21) at the Red Cross information desk. ped in the army. Edited by GeorgeT. League, section weeks. on ONE OF MANY—Pvt. Hollars adds a final touch to a colorful marine He Paints Mass Production design. The painting, says Hollars, combines several scenes he re- moved from his mem- By SGT. BERNARD ASBEL a home in the tank which Ralph commanded. It the back of fractured his skull and converted him to a mass-pro- ory. Few of his paintings are direct When Pvt. Ralph J. Hollars picks up with a paint duction artist. For in the ensuing period of hospitali- representations of any one site. brush, landscapes in oil take shape as on a beltline. zation in Honolulu, Ralph one day was smitten with In the past three and one-half weeks Hollars, Ward a terrible urge to create and, as if possessed, plunged 53 patient, has turned out in his spare time nine strik- into a parade of paintings which poured from *his ing landscapes and swashbuckling marine paintings. brush as daily papers slide in an endless chain from that’s wholesale rate for a seasoned brush- If a a high-speed press. To this day he hasn’t shaken an begin- him- wielder, think of what it is for amateur—a self from the urge and the end is nowhere in sight. ner, at that. For “beginner” is the class in which mod- In 30 days in that Honolulu hospital, Ralph pro- est Hollars answers to his name. duced 16 scenic canvases and well over 100 charcoal Proprietor of a photographic eye—and a ready grin sketches. For evidence that quantity has not marred with a cigar jutting out from its middle —Hollars his quality, sneak down to Reconditioning’s art studio when he cap- really started daubing six years ago was and when back is turned take a look. Cpl. where he Ralph’s tivated by scenics in North Carolina trav- Frank S. Rowley, a tried-and-true professional artist, finance company. But it ’Cvas eled for a commercial who, with Sgt. Edward T. Paier, has tutored Hollars only occasional then in improved technique and use of color, says unquali- Came the war, and Hollars found himself bouncing fiedly, competent jolts, “Two more years will make Hollars a in a GI tank on sundry Pacific islands.