War Records Depository 0 411111. 01=1. 0 .41M1. 011111. ( PAWA IN As roooowww()0;1 ' t'..v IoNotutu KANEOHE The Ship's Service Res- o The new hours for the ! taurant will be open from IHedron Restaurant will be 0630 to 1000, from 1100 to $ from 0900 to 1530 Monday 1 1300 and from 1800 to 2130; closed Saturdays and Sun- etippER ithrough Saturday; closed on I days. Sundays. - .. 00 4111111. 4111111104110 41 ilF: -,().()-ows.o.imr()<,..m.o4mi &Mt HOME FOR FLEET AIR WING TWO VOLUME VII SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1946 NUMBER 28 Last 3 WAVE Officers NEW PUBLIC SHIP'S SERVICE L. L. DURNELL Leave Kaneohe SPRUCES UP With the departure this week of INFO OFFICER "Ships' Service Cafeteria will TRANSFERRED LCDR Alice E. Applegate, LCDR LTJG Arthur T. Pingree, USN, be changing its appearance in the AM2c Len L. Durnell, who has Leonora A. Cofer and LT. Frances Aerology Officer, has succeeded near future," says Chief Moss. He been here since July, 1944, was Dick, we will have waved farewell LTJG Simmons as Public Infor- expects to have booths installed to the WAVES. in the cafeteria thus increasing transferred recently to San Diego LCDR L. A. Cofer, Women's Re- mation Officer, having it assigned the seating capacity considerably for further assignment. While here to him as a collateral duty. and also adding to the comfort of he has been an outstanding athlete Before reporting to NAS Kane- the many people who eat there in both baseball and daily. football and ohe, he completed a tour of duty will be remembered by all The soda fountain will also come who aboard the USS Bennington in for changes and improvements saw him in action. (CV2O) as aerological officer. with booths being added there too. Len was selected for the Navy A native of Kansas, LT Pingree From now on we'd better call it All-Star football team in both moved to Texas at an early age, El Ships' Service, it will be so 1944 and 1945. The 1944 team en- and there his grand. So, see you at Ships' Serv- he received school- ice. gaged the 7th Airforce team for ing. He attended the University of the Pacific Ocean Area champion- Texas prior to enlisting in the of Pearl Harbor LTJG Pingree ship which the Navy team won, 14 Navy. was sent to Ford Island for duty to 0. Durnell played right half and After a tour of duty aboard the with Patrol Wing Two on the first was teamed up with "Special De- USS Saratoga, he attended the ship to leave the Pacific Coast. livery" Jones, a former All-Amer- Primary Later he was sent to Midway Is- ican, Aerographers' School in land for a fifteen months' tour of also from Kaneohe, who 1934 and later in 1941 attended the duty while Admiral Martin was played right half. Advanced Aerographers' School. the commanding officer. He has been one of the main- Previous to the outbreak of the LTJG Pingree issued the first stays for war he served as an Aerographer's this year's baseball team weather forecast for the bombing and his absence is going Mate at NAS San Diego, NAS San attacks on Wake Island. While at to be Pedro, NAS Seattle and with Pa- Midway he received his commis- keenly felt by his former team- trol Wing Four. sion and orders for duty at Moffett mates. He was one of the leading Immediately after the bombing Field, California. hitters and was doing a bang-up job at center field. PICTURE OF THE WEEK Durnell came to K-Bay from LCDR L. A. Cofer NAS Alameda, California, where serve Representative, came to NAS he was attached to the Radio-Ra- Kaneohe in June 1945 from NAAS dar Division for approximately lase Field, Corpus Christi, Texas, ,here she was Oficer in Charge two years. Previous to his duty ..of Navy Management and also at Alameda he was attending the \ Women's Reserve Representative. Aviation Metalsmith School at Here at Kaneohe, Miss Cofer Jacksonville, Florida. was the Station Historian and has He has written the history of Naval Air also done duty on board the USS COLORADO and for a ,Station Kaneohe from the date of time its commissioning which was a was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. On his first trip to Ala- 'mammoth achievement. Miss Cofer meda also duties as administrative- he played on their football ,had team and was chosen for the All- ' 'assistant to the Executive Officer. West Coast Navy Miss Cofer has received orders team. to report to NAS Anacostia, D. C., His enlistment is up in Decem- duty there. ber of this year and his plans are LT. Dick, formerly Station Sec- to return to the University of Ne- retary, is leaving for duty at NAS braska which he was attending Patuxent, Md., where she will as- when he entered the Navy in 1940. sume the duties of Air Transport Officer. FAMOUS She came to this station from The winner of the "Picture of the Week" contest this time is QUOTES CNO, Washington, D. C., where unknown. This exceptional print was submitted without any in- Education is the instruction of she was Technical Consultant in formation at all so if the owner will contact the Klipper Office the intellect in the laws of Na- the Photographic Laboratory and we will be happy to give him credit in our next issue. ture, under which name I include Administrative Assistant in the Entries for this contest should be 214 by 41,4 or larger horizon- not merely things and their forces, Aviator Training Division. tal prints as smaller pictures will not show to advantage. Pictures but men and their ways; and the LCDR Alice E. Applegate, for- submitted should have name, department, type camera used and fashioning of the affections and mer CommunicationS Office r, the location of view written on the back of the picture and all of the will into an earnest and came to NAS Kaneohe from NAS prints will be returned to the owner in good condition. loving desire to move in harmony Dallas, Texas, where she was As- Pictures should be sent to the Public Information or Klipper with those laws.-Thomas H. Hux- (Continued on page 8) Office in the Administration Building prior to 1200 each Friday. ley. 9t761. 6 I, and Page 2 THE KLIPPER Saturday, August 10, 1946 LIFE AT THE BOATHOUSE The Boathouse, also known as forth across the bay to their vari- the Captain of the Port, is one of ous jobs. the busiest departments here at The boathouse furnishes the NAB. With Machinist W. C. Public Works Department with one Rhoads in command there are a boat for the ,upkeep of bay lights. They also cooperate with the Sea great deal of duties to be carried Plane Handling Department by out. Following Machinist W. C. taking care of head runs and fur- Rhoads in command is Chief A. F. nishing a line handling boat which who has spent over four is used for towing Sea Planes. Its Gillette length is seventeen feet. All men years here at NAS Kaneohe. The sleep at the boathouse on twenty- crew consists of twenty-five en- four hour call emergencies. The listed personnel. Their duties for Chiefs are the only ones who consist of the upkeep of stand radio watches and the en- the day listed personnel stand the emer- the boats and standing by for gency watches. emergencies. When an emergency There is a complete repair shop arises the boathouse is under the where maintenance on all small Operational Control of the Air Sea craft is done, engines overhauled Rescue Headquarters, which is at and where many other adjustments Fort Shafter. are made as a part of the facilities They have twenty-one boats in operated by the personnel at- all including three crash boats tached to the boathouse. Not all is sixty-three feet long. Each of these work at the boathouse and on off boats is equipped with two radios duty hours the men relax and en- one is operating frequency hooked joy the recreational facilities , ambu- their disposal in the well equipp oi.o,Ic control. kToni may 194s to up with operations and all STATION CLERK was employed lances. The other radio is hooked recreation room located in th@' February 1944 she up to Fort Shatter, Air Sea Rescue boathouse area. A radio, pool at NAS-NOB Kodiak, Alaska. Hei: table, IN AD BUILDING job there was in charge of Offi- Headquarters and air sea rescue writing implements and Blonde, blue-eyed and attrac- cers' Personnel records. planes on this Island and NAS Ho- magazines of all descriptions pro- tive describes Marion S. Johnson nolulu, Hawaii, Maui. vide the men with a variety of Marion claims Salem, Oregon, entertainment. who has checked in as station as her home but went to High There are four Plane Personnel clerk in the Administration School in Idaho and also attended boats used for officers recreation, Building. Miss Johnson is filling the University of Idaho. bay emergencies and any crashes WHISKEY AND STAMPS this job which has been vacant Her hobby is collecting popular that may arise in the bay area. (SEA) -Present shortages of since April 1945. She is well qual- phonograph records, and her fa- The four Plane Personnel boats liquor on the shelves does not nec- ifield to do so as she has had con- vorite sports are swimming and are used to cruise the waters of essarily mean lack of fire water at siderable experience in this type dancing.