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VOLUNTARY
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VOL. I J
JANUARY -
1944
MILLBURN, N. J.
GOSSIP HERE, AND THERE
This month's stack of mail is enough to make us blush for those Christmas letters we haven't gotten around to yet* For busy boys you all rato
medals for A 1 correspondents-—not that the censors let tales of your
work get by—but we do read the papers*
Take this V-mail from your, and our, old pal Lti WILLIAM F. SIMMONS,
ffr instance. Bill is in England(off and on) as a navigator-bombardier
Liberator and says that he's earning all the money Uncle Sam pays
Flying in temperatures which hover around 55° below zero doesn't
sound tempting but we csan understand the kick you're getting out of
playing tourist to the Germans. Thanks for writing u s , Lieutenant, and
good luck in your travels.
Another V-mail—and from another favorite Lieutenant is this neat note
1 typewritten by J. A. BENNETT. Since Lt. Bennett wrote us last he has
ved from North Africa to sunny Italy—or that's what you think. He's
een in S.I. three weeks and the sun has only come out three days. At
least the people are sunny, in spite of the beating they've taken, and
seem very glad to see :our men (even to charging about ten times the
original price for everything/) Glad you had a good Thanksgiving dinner
and we hope Xmas even topped that. Let's hope next year's will be
served you right back here in Llillburn.
Pfc CHARLES S. HUMMER seems to be working steadily Wast with every chang
Of address. At least you're getting a chance to compare climates even
if the home town still beats them all. After Kinsman, Arizona, Charlie
is now parked near Pocatello, Idaho—and cold too. Cheer up I \/ho
knows-—you may be able to trade potatoes for a California orange any
ek now—and that should warm you up.
d here's a nice Merry Xrr-.as from Pfc T. LING- 700 down at Seymour CTohnon Field, North Carolina. Bob (don't ask us how wo get that out of
T.L«W.T ) —it's a Chinese secret) must be one of the busiest and most
first .class privates at the Field. He is in charge of a squadron of
two hiundrud men, taking care of all the administration work, and, in
spite of that Pfc before his name is acting First Flight Sergeant. It
all sounds very complicated so we appreciate your letter even more.
And here are two newsy notes from Cpl. S. E. WILSON who has just jumped
from Camp Crowder, Missouri, to California. Steve says the trip out
was great and he wishes it' had taken a few more days, the scenery was sc
new to him and interesting. That jaunt into Frisco on top of a Model "A'
Ford sounded now, too, Steve, but something we personally would prefer 1
skip. The place was so crowded there wasn't a free bed, chair or couch
in town so he and a buddy took in a movie. At 5 A.M. the management
woke everyone up (evidently a spellbound audience) and from then on thei
was nothing to do but go for a long walk. At that it all sounds like
more fun than guard duty in the rain.
Speaking of guard duty, Pvt, JOHN E, D'ELIA says in his V-letter from
England that he just received his Tattle when ho come off guard, duty at
noon. Glad you were glad, Jack*.-and also glad you're so pleased with
England too. In fact the whole letter oozes contentment over the swell
chow—"It's the best I've ever eaten." To the country itself and the
Saturday night dances Jack says IVRENS are invited who are also "sure
swell to us soldiers." Of course the fact that Pvt. D'Elia mentions going steady with one particular little WREN may account for the unusually
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sunny climate in England this .winter—Tbut who are we to-read'between,
the lines? Keep us posted and ,'iii- the •meantime^••.have fun,
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Lt. RODMAN BATES Isn't sporting that .determined'chin for 'nothing because he's at last landed, just' where he-wants to b e — i n the air somewhere over ,-Texa's. If took a little changing—from Infantry to Tank
Xastroyer to Air Corps, but Rod is now soloing around a spot called
LcaVia. Congratulations and we, know; you'll have those wings' in no
le at] all.
.,t. NORMAN W, MARKS manages an Interesting letter even "though the censor does cramp his style a bit so he .should-be able to write a book- •
when the ban is,lifted. How about "Marking Time in India f V Norman?
Lt, Marks'is "stationed on -a' huge tea plantation miles 'from the nearest city and..; he •says that if it weren't for seeing other men in uniform , he,J;d- think he'd dozed off and then awakened in the dark ages',
"Cows, oows, more cows, dirt, filth, and a type of ignorance that I
never knew existed," You're right, it'doesn't, sound too tempting but
fust think how uncluttered Milltxirn Avenue is going to look to you,
Ve guarantee not even one' stray, sacred: cow will slow up that big',
riotory parade we're all looking forward to. Now'that the local
Mailman has finally delivered a Tattle to you we hope he'll round up
the back issues you've missed.
Thanks, Cpl. EIllER'SCHROEDHR for writing us from Jackson, Mississippi.
We're, glad two copies of our news finally caught up with you--and
from now on here's hoping they .don't arrive in bat die's. We'll., be looking for that new address of. yours and hope Uncle. Sam picks a nice warm
.sunny one. "
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JAMES W, ilLLWANGER seems to be in a GO'ZJ location' out at Fort
Ouster, Michigan, both as to his Work'and-social life,, Jim has been
training Military Police'troops,for the past nine.months which he
says is very interesting.. As to the "Social Department—-the post is
lalfway between Detroit an,d Chicago, with special trains shuttling
a ok and forth so that, the men can, take advantage' of all -that fine
Vestern hospitality both burghs are noted for,
2/o SHELDpN EISUNBfiRG writes' us a nice "thank-you" 'note which.has us
mrring and licking 'our chops. Incidentally, Sheldon, old boy,, this
same dandy letter also had Us completely.bewildered over- the ways of
;he Navy until a more nautical mind cleared everything up, . We ..read
your writing as saying you were' at ski school—a baffling enough picture,; for a1 Seaman, but even more so when .we noticed said school was ,:._,-"
it tkiinbridge, Maryland* Exouso- our dumbness. "' We are, glad and re.-,'"'
.ieved to learn you are at Storekeeper's
School because what Maryland
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Lses for snow, or on graduation, what the Fleet, uses for ski'runs M s more than v/e could figure. Many thanks, and if you'll' write soon again
we promise to'be quicker on'the old trigger, ,
tfot that we're gettin'g , rank-conscious, but when ,not only a gold-b'raidVd
Lieutenant Commander,.but, also our old'pal, DASHING DOUGLAS CLEVELAND
takes time to whip off a V-mail'full of compliments, we can't keep from
glowing, Doug says "Its hard to think of Santa Cl^us in a land where '
there are no chimneys to , come' down, but Uncle Sam is doing his best to
remind us." Old sleuths that we are,' we, gather Lt, Comdr, Cleveland
has moved away from Hawaii, but wherever he la in the Pacific Area we
wish him all kinds of luck,,. But hurry home as soon, as you're through
cleaning'up, Doug. Short Hills, the ^Oranges, and points South all miss
,rou.
Another six feet of talent which is badly missed around Short Hills is
DICK RUMERY. Pardon u s , it's Sgt. Richard G, Rumery now. Thanks for,,
four V-mail from Italy and we're, glad you enjoyed your Zmas package"
•id the Tattle, , Since, being overseas Dick has been in Africa 'and now
in Italy, and while his present address is ,th.e best of'the, two,' neither
compares with the U.S.A. Glad you've gained... weight and that the old. • '
health is thriving on Army life; but we bet that'fine Rumery chassis
':I11 is on the willowy side.
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MICHAEL PASSARELLI i s a prince of a guy for brushing the Japs
aside long enough to write us two V-mail l e t t e r s in one week. Mike
i s allowed to t e l l ue now that he has been on New Caledonia and that
the new address i s somewhere in the Solomons, He's working as a crew
member on one of the planes and no wonder he gets a kick out of
watching i t s number of missions grow. In case you g e t that chance to
go for a ride "just to see what actual combat i s " we wish you a
happy landing and of course a l l 'one luck in the world, Mike,
This i s r e a l l y a recordj, We thought, Cpl, PASSARjiLLI held i t , but a l ohg comes CM 1/c EDMOMD V. "BOIJTEMPO with three V-mails written in.
as many days. Sd says that when he reads in the Tattle of boys who
are bothered with too much heat and sunshine i t makes him laugh. The
Bonternpo frame snuggles down under four blankets and even a t that i s
apt to wake up "with a few homemade i c i c l e s . ' They're busy popping off
Jap" planes wnich. i s a happy thought, especially \-uien each b i t of junk
i
i
l b r a c e l e t s for
f
h g i r l s back
b k h
turns, into
gor 0 eous rings-and
the
home.
Pujlle_ase_ hidi Your third l e t t e r absolutely mov^s us to the floor with
excitement - and no f a i r keeping us guessing too long, •' Ld says ^hat
from now. on ha c a n ' t turn out any more b r a c e l e t s because of a metal
shortage (does t h a t mean a Jap shortage too?) b u t he promises a fine
t r i n k e t which w i l l be even b e t t e r . I f you are too busy w e ' l l let. you
off on t h a t , Ed, but not on these newsy l e t t e r s .
Somehow, we got a quick swish of grass s k i r t s - ' ( o r was i t only palm
when we opened the V-mail envelope of P v t , JOSEPH M, PEPE
leaves?) - when
U.S.M.C.R, Joe was f i n a l l y taken off mess duty a f t e r a month and
i s glad "to be back a t work on the s e a r c h l i g h t s . " Aside from money
troubles
t h i s generous old Marine never can make i t l a s t u n t i l the
next pay day - - J o e i s having a pleasant time. Says he took "a t r i p
around the Island" on h i day off and i t i s even p r e t t i e r than people
write about i t . Dear dear, they write aoout iio many p l a c e s b u t
A.P.O. addresses won't t e l l where, Take i t easy J o e , and cheer up money goes f a s t i n Millburn too. remember«
Another of our s p e c i a l friends (don't sulk now, you are a l l s p e c i a l )
i s P v t , JAMBS N, SUTJJKA who V-mails as from I t a l y ,
(By the way, a l l
these dainty envelopes ana t h e i r contents are g r a t e f u l l y received b u t
you must a l l promise not to be d i s i l l u s i o n e d a f t e r the war when you
march home to find your T a t t l e r s with n e a t l y crossed eyes.) Jim and
brother Larry who i s i n the South Pacific w i l l c e r t a i n l y have plenty
of news to swap when they g e t home, Jim says t h e r e are many b e a u t i ful places xn I t a l y and he" expects to r e a l l y cover ground and see
more before i t ' s over. Glad you like i t b e t t e r than jtforth Africa b u t
how about t r y i n g the view from Millburn's four corners some fine
sunny day.
Speaking of having a sunny day - ALFRjj£D GRi^JNBKRG M,M, 2/c dreamt
longingly of a "White Christmas" - Al i s c r u i s i n g around so even
though he had plenty of viator- (ho or cold?) he missed the lack of
l d o n ' t give your family s e c r e t s away l i k e t h a t ,
snow. Come, come,
Al says he read in The T a t t l e that h i s brotner - quote -"Didn't get
even a s l i g h t case of sea-sickness on the t r i p over" - Al can't believe i t because, "He used to g e t sick standing on the Long Branch
>ier j u s t watching the ocean,"
L t , D, A» POVKLL JR. U.S.N, a i r m a i l s us from the South P a c i f i c , o r ,
as he puts i t "South of the Mason-Dixon Line and a l o t fur ther $a&v•,
When vie l a s t heard from him he was a t Submarine School i n New London,
D, A. and Mrs. Powell r a t t l e d about t h a t town for s i x months with no
worries except the housing s i t u a t i o n —but what i s three moves i n a l l
those months/? Life i s s t i l l pleasant because L t , Powell i s on s u b duty with1 never a d u l l moment even when i n p o r t . What do you meanj
"pleasant *? Ouch —and us who c a n ' t sven enjoy a crowded e l e v a t o r .
Our hats are off to you, Lieutenant.
Well, w e l l , we were j u s t wondering what had become of our Air Fan
Mail and then three fine l e t t e r s f l u t t e r onto the t r u s t y t y p e w r i t e r .
On top i s t h i s from A/C PAUL B. O'COKMSLL who i s Booming around ( i n
more wa/s than one) Freeynan F i e l d , Indiana, Paul i s i n the throes
of advanced t r a i n i n g on twin-engine jobs — a l l very fine except t h a t
as soon as Jack Frost showed us the Army moved him from the sunny
South to h i s present address.
Now reallyl. .Slippery Rock, Pa. i s as snappy a spot as we've never "
heard, of - and just to think that A C/S GEORGE WBGNSR is down
there.
There is .lots of work and l i t t l e free time but, according to ; George,..
"The'chow is marvelous and there are 180 coeds to dream about - we
don't have, time to see' much of them." Personally, 180 C.E's leave us
cold —.but if we had time for a t r i p — Slippery Rock and the
victuals would both be our cherce. Thanks, George, but sorry we c a n ' t
pay back your nice l e t t e r by obliging with your friends' addresses.
Read our1 permanent notice if you think we're old meanies' — i t ' s The
Law,
And here's a nice (as usual) and gorgeously-easy-on-the-orbs e p i s t l e
from Pfc TONY PASSARBLLI. He was good enough' to pop in the A.W.V.S.
office on a recent, furlough and we are only sour that a l l of us couldn ' t have met him. As you a l l should know by now, Tony i s the old
original Fleet Foot among- our friends and readers, so we a r e n ' t surprised ,.at his being invited to run f in an indoor Track Meet in New
York, Why.don't you accept —and then keep on running towards Millburn?. We don't see how the Passarelli even has time for work, the
Army, keeps him so busy keeping the r e s t of his group in condition . • •
Pfc Passarelli (he says that stands, for Praying for Corporal) has a
class, in Judo, goes in for-boxing, basketball, more running, and then
snoozes from 11:00 P.M. to 7sO0 A.M., bright for more exercise on the
double time as he watches the sun come up*
Cpl. HENRY L. (RED HEAD) SMITH writes us at l a s t after a seven-day
leave in, as he calls i t , Charles Boyer's Town of Algiers. Unlike
Monsieur Boyer, Algiers is very old -— and exports lots of things now
besides peacetime oranges and tangerines. Built on the side^of a h i l l
i t . i s a town of s t a i r s , but a very modern town according to Red —
Arabs and soldiers a l l dashing about, dodging buses and catching
trolleys on the fly. Incidentally CpOU Henry, we're pretty proud of
the Smith family. With you and brother T-ommie spending your second
Xmas. overseas, and Jackie in the WAVES, a l l this country needs i s a
few more Smiths and you'll a l l be home again soon.
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According to Cpl. P. STAN2IALE, distance, regarding the T a t t l e , makes
his heart grow fonder. Somewhere in North Africa " S t i t s " says he
appreciates us'more than he ever did before he went overseas. -Maybe
t h a t ' s because We miss you more. Anybody that says Africa i s warm
must be c-c-c-razy. Using four blankets and a mattress cover f u l l of
straw is not the' fashion if you're only doing i t to keep off the mosquitoes — and we thought Africa would -be fun after a l l t h i s snow.
Cpl. STANLEY H. RUDIGER should be warm'enough with or without blanket
because he's s t i l l a busy bee down in New Guinea. Stan misses a l o t
of the simple pleasures which go unnoticed in c i v i l i z a t i o n but are,
to say the l e a s t , a bore in their absence. Take i t easy, Stan old
boy, and w e ' l l a l l try to make up for lost time when you get back to
your long red flanuols and home.
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Another good Corporal i s JOHN S. MC KESVSR who, now that he i s in
India, never realized he could enjoy a paper so much. That mans Usii
and a deep, deep bow, John,' Watching the natives work using teeth,
feet and hands bounds pretty fancy but the r e s t of the country must
be like looking in a mirror. John says everything is backwards - that
goes for civilization and modern methods in general, with cars, buses,
water buffalo and sacred cows a l l using .the wrong side of the s t r e e t .
That's a l l very fine but when you next n i t Millburn remember .to .cross
over to. the right as you drive past the Police Station, Washington
School and .the A.W.V.S. headquarters,
Cpl. W. H. REITMANN feels he's part of Uncle Sam's forgotten force as
• he cools his heels in faraway Iran. At loast Werner gets some comfort
from reading in the Tattle (which finally found him) that a lot of the
r e s t of his Millburn friends are travelling too. , He encloses a nifty
poem - which we haven't room to relay to you - but i t gives us the
idea that Iran - as Werner also notices - is not the desert scene
conveyed by Short Hills' Lucille Manners when she brightens "The
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d e s e r t Song" a t the Paper Mill. Iran i s also the o r i g i n a l locale for
the Garden of Sden - but Cpl. Reitmarua takes t h a t with, a grain of .
s a l t too, .Never mind, Werner., dod^e the sand storms and raindrops because they c a n ' t l a s t forever - and w e ' l l make up z'or everything when
you next poke, that pretty sunburned Puss into Millburn,
Pvt, JOHN RUS3SLL LYONS should have a nice tan by now too ? what with
a furlough with h i s Mother in Florida and''then a' transfer to Sunny
California.
We only nope that well-known dew d o e s n ' t make a l i a r out
of us because Hus.se.ll.,is now at Fort Ord. I n c i d e n t a l l y , he has j u s t
finished Infantry training a t Camp Wheeler, Georgia, so e i t h e r the sun
i s following, him or vice-versa. Ditto for Kirs. Lyons Who would have
had good reason to bask even.if- she'd romauned in Short K i l l s t h i s
winter — Sons, Suns, e t c . , get i t ?
Our reporters have ferretted out the fact that both S/S^t. TiiadlJOEE
KINUM and Pfc CLARENCE B. HOKE are now in Sragland., Also t h a t fine
favorite., NICK. MAKCAivfOHIO? so ptei^haps t h e y ' l l sta'^;e a home town
reunion in a Red Cross Canteen.
Others who should get togetherj t h i s time somewhere in I t a l y , are L t .
JOHN CORTELYOU CORY (on leave from combat duty) and Cpl. FREDERICK H.
MIELKB-. Both men nave written tnat the s"ig;htseeing' i s fine and they
are in good h e a l t h .
Also thriving i s Pvt. CARL.W. DINGER who returned with an added 15
pounds after Basic .Training in Alabama* Carl i s now a t Rutgers
waiting to gd to' O.C.S.
May we compliment the RIZ1;O family for bringing up a fine batch of
thoughtful boys?' We 'hear by grapevine that t h e i r sons, .n^io-iony,
Nicholas and Frederick a l l took time out to shop for and send" home
beautiful presents in time for Xra-'is, morning..
This may bum you far-fr.om-home members but both the SV/E£!T boys v/ero
home for Christmas. We're, not being coy e i t h e r '.cause we're talking
about Lt. Com. ARTHUR B. SW/ST and Tech. Sgt> RIClJurtD W. SWBET JR.
Staff Sgt, PRijDERiCK S. STONclALL had a nice Christinas too, even i f i t
was spent in his pres.ent Nor Lii African homo. Fred says they had r;
r e a l tii.ee (variety unknown) and decorated i t with homemade ornarnonts.
L t . CALEB G, BAXTER, always one for .bigger, b e t t e r things, i s now
training as JNavigator on a Plying F.ortress. He's out a t Siou>: City,
Iowa, and, we hear., doing Just dandy,
An'other flyer v;^ miss S'eeing around i s A/C lifcRGLI) A. BLiL^TT. Hal has
qualified as a p i l o t ana i s in the throes of Preliminary Training a t
Saitei Ana, California..
Back with his windblown nose in books i s GrhOhGE R. wAJJuACE. IIo has
completed his sea braining aiid is now at the Hierch;..u'o Marine Acaderay,
Kings Point, Long Island, for furoiier study,
L t . JAMES GORDON die! the nej&t b"ast thing to getting- home for Christmas.
Jim i s in California so spent yhe festive day vvith h i s Short H i l l s
friend, Mrs, Herbert C. Cawley who is now l i v i n g t h e r e . L t . JOHN A.
CAVTiEY managed to ; ^ t home too and ot'ii^r gueets t/ith faLiiliai' faces
were Com, ROBERT C. BGULNE and I.lrs. Noume of Ivlorristown - - ox-Poarl
Harbor.
We expect l o t s of snnpp-y tiews from Pvt. JACK BSMSiilCT '-<m^xi he has more
time and Jess1 c-ctiou on his ha-nds. Just at pre'seia't a pen i s the l a s t
thing handsome Jaok wants to be burden'e.d with because lie'is in the
front line somewhere on the road GO Koine»
This doesn't surprise us one b i t because we always knew Pfc; WESLEY .
BSiil-STT had a h<3art of gold, ^es lias written h i s family i;,hab he arid
his tent mates hay.o adopted •-. twelve-yQa'r.'-old I t a l i a n boy for t h e i r
J
mascot. Nicknamed "Pepi,11 he i s a smart l i t t l e bird who not only does
odd jobs for them such as keeping the fire going, but he also amuses
them by f i l l i n g up on their r a t i o n s . How about when the war i s over,
Wes? Will there be a Pepi Bennett joining the family c i r c l e ?
No wonder Seaman WILLIAM D. MILLER enjoys Radio School in Newport^
He had a marvelous Christmas dinner with the tables actually set up,
a Christmas t r e e , and entertainment. Just to give you a l l a sketchy
idea what that means — Gipsy Rose Lee paid them a v i s i t r e c e n t l y ! i i
Speaking of entertainment, Sgt* RAYMOND. H, HAPV/ARD runs the movie
shows for the boys at Camp when h e ' s on'duty.- Then, j u s t as a busman's holiday, he took in a few more movies while on a recent fur lough in London.
Lt. DONALD CONNER i s now an a e r i a l observer in the 222nd Infantry.
Just in case that doesn't ring a b e l l , said infantry was formerly the
Rainbow Division which made history in World War 1. Don i s flying
over familiar t e r r i t o r y because the air field (and who are we to t e l l
you which one, even thought we know - this time) i s the same where he
was stationed as a Cadet,
Another Aviation Cadet who is doing O.K. i s CHARLES EDWARD S/UTTQN.
Now on the last stretch of •one advanced twin-engine f l y i n g course a t
Stewart F i e l d , Charlie i s due to sprout h i s wings any day.
L t . LAURENT DE CAMP has jus
:eh assigned GO the Operations S e c tion at the Army Air Field i n Rome, New York by B r i g . Gen. C. P. Kane,
Lai' r y f o r me r ly attended Princeton before joining' up a year
this
past October.
If any more of our good doctors decide to leave town we're going to
have to laugh off worse than an occasional s n i f f l e . Laoest to prefer
a uniformed patient is 1st Lt. PAS^UALE R, DANTE who formerly served
as High School football team and Township employee's doctor, besides
his regular practice in Millburn. Lt. Dante w i l l be stationed in the
hospital at Fort Dix, combining a b i t of home cheer to a l l newcomers
along with the usual treatment.
Lt. (J.G.) GEORGE C. MILLER, formerly of Short H i l l s but now cruising
around the Pacific.-, is as neat a l e t t e r - w r i t e r as he i s a f i g h t e r . So
good5 in fact, that one l e t t e r which George wrote back was grabbed up
by a l l th'e local and Metropolitan newspapers. I t not only made juicy
copy but i t was lovely reading how our boats sneaked into hidden
cover behind the Jap linos and then blaste_d the enemy's supply barges
f u l l of gasoline and incendiary gadgets. I t must have made p r e t t i e r
fireworks than anything those monkeys dreamt, up in peacetime 5 but
even so we bet George would like to Spend next July 4th on Old Short
Hills Road with Hetty "and their three small f r y .
Also headed for the sea and, who knows, j u s t as exciting a career, i s
FREDERICK G. SCHROjSiMt;, Fred has j u s t completed boot training at the
Naval Station at Sampson, New York, and i s waiting for another
.assignment..
A/S DONALD R. ATKIN is also waiting to be qualified - for some branch
of the Aii1 Service, Don has entered the Nashville Army Air Center
and is busy with the usual physical and psychological exams which w i l l
place him where the Atkin brain" and brawn w i l l do the most good0
Lt. D. KING IRWIN, U.S.N.R. was up here for a p a r t of the holidays
prior* no his transfer out, to the Pacific Coast wnere he has high
;
hopes of getting sea legs a t long l a s t .
Aa
c a n ' t t e l l you what on in fact he doesn't even know his new address as yet - being somewhere
between "Here and There" a t chit writing- - Good Luck, King, and keep
us posted.
•p*.«-
HONOR-ROLL
We are proud to present Lt, THOMAS W. LYONS in t h i s column, this'
month, as..he was awarded ~ohe Silver Star for gallantry in action in
the vicinity.of Bontiempo, Sicily, in July - having led a tank column
under heavy .fire along the- only approach to an important. town to
coiiiple oely crush enemy resistance. . Lt. Lyons was also awarded the
Purple-Heart for oiie injuries he received which caused.hurt to be
evacuated to North Africa for a month in the. h o s p i t a l .
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VICTORY BELLES
It seem;:, that we" called DOROTHY JOHNSON a WAG- P.O. 1/c in the
Hoveruber: Issue when all the oinie she has been a Yeoman 2nd class in
the WAVES I - so you;
y ; can pass us the salt topput on them thar words
we are chewing - and, 1 wemi>jht ac'd, that when we c.et• such a nice
letter putting us "jaep ! th erroneous type gets quite t a s t y l This
patient and kind young lad goes on to say that sne has been in the
s e r v i c e a year ,arid bhree months and feels quite s a l t y now, Nautically she i s known as "Johnson11 (or "Johnny"-, to her pals) • She has
been stationed for the past year in the City of Brotherly Love
(Philly to us) and thinks • the Navy is Tops - says she would e n l i s t
a l l , over again if she had t o . Well., many thanks "Johnny" for your
grand leoter and do write us again In one of your Infrequent spare
moments.
While we're curtseying p r e t t i l y with thanks - we'd like .to bob several
in the direction of Lt. MARY GRIBRSQi-7 and S/Sgt. JULIA LAROCCA for
their- lovely Christmas cards and thank them for their v i s i t s . -,
Hahal— Hero Is a. l e t t e r froni Sgi. AUDREY- MIT SOBER FERGUSON, written
:
when ff. ,"! P V.was •••.still
1 S&t., KITSCHER from the Marine Barracks a t New
River, N..C. 3 and not a h i n t does'.sue hand out •-about her, then approa
ching-wedding (see Cupid's Corner), • The day she wrote, she was
Sergeant of the C-riiard whliing away a rare dull• moment, in Ghat capac
i t y , by penning us. u n t i l her attention was called elsewhere. This
Lady Leatherneck, doesn't believe in S. Glaus, we take i t , as she
didn't wait u n t i l Due* 25th to'open her U.S.O. package (the contents
of which she liked very rauchi)
We are sorry to report that Ens. Ll'ARY P. ELY, v/ave, came, down with
l •br.ight
bi
•chat
old Dabbil
Eve
- the
only
spot about i t
h
i Flu
Fl on Christmas'
C i t
E
t
was •..hat she was home for two weeks t.o .recuperate and "vie are d e l i g h t
ed to hear that' ehe i s O.K. now.
Our newest \fAVS i s Mies HELEIT JEGii.NLjjHNE
t r a i n i n g a t Hunter College on.'January 27
who leav
here for
Pfc. JOSEPH COIABELLI writes to t e l l us h e ' s somewhere In the Pacific
(his A.P.O. i s out of Seattle) and that he h a s n ' t seen any Millburni t e yet, but Is s t i l l , hoping - in fact "the nearest thing to home h e ' s
met yet are a couple of Maplawood lads whoa he did not know back here
- but who have become great friends of his out there... He was glad to
hear of ohe PSTRILLQ brothers and Cpl. KARL KANE via t h i s sheet (see
"Permanent Notice" at the end of the Tattle about oheir addresses-,
Joe),
Thanks for your swell : l e t t e r , s o l d i e r , and good luck to you-,
tool
JOHN R. BRAY S 1/c pens us a nifty note from one of those briny Parts
Unknown where he i s busy doing Naval Armed Guard work - and he says
that, even though thousands of"'miles separate him from Main S t r e e t ,
nothing will stop a l e t t e r from making the span (and nothing d i d l ) .
s t i l l do the same old dodging
He's on another ;ship now but ,says
of Nazzy Submarines, looking brav as Uiey
y dodge
g hiUier and t h i t h e r
t for him
h i ("Roger?"
( " ? " - Joe?)
J ?
John wants us to say "Hello" to Joe Devi to
and to t e l l said Devi to that he's kind of lucky being out among
those co-eds??? John has j u s t found out. that Ens. WALTER KABIS i s
in his o u t f i t but they haven't met as y e t .
s.
W. E. WAREKEME, Cox. must be way the heck away - as he w r i t e s one*
l e t t e r , date,] December 1 s t , to thank us for the a r r i v a l of h i s
September Tattle??
(Mo doubt, the Christmas Edition w i l l reach him
by Easter?) His second l e t t e r ? eleven days l a t e r heralds the a r r i val ox' the October issu.3 oO mebbe things are picking up? Anyhow
h e ' s somewhere in the South Pacific and warns us that Jungles are
no push-over (a tidy b i t of info he says he found out quickl)
He's
had h i s coxswain's r a t i n g since November (and congrats on t h a t ,
Cox'n, ole boy - nice workl) and ha wants e s p e c i a l l y to say "Hello"
to Carl Schoener who i s somewhere close by t h a t area (he t h i n k s ) .
Sorry we cannot p r i n t addresses. B i l l , see "Permanent Notice" a t
the cad of ihe T a t t l e and s l i p us ano uher newsy note a t the same
time.
W
' e hear, via our local
tfinchell's,
chat Pvt. GLEN VAN WAGBNEN,
formerly in I t a l y , i s t r a v e l i n g a^ain, but ox' course we d o n ' t know
where, and couldn't t e l l if we a i d .
Other b i t s of "Shan,:;ri La" grapevine are -chat L t . ROY BUMSTEAD has
flown overseasj" and that Pvt, xtlGHAT&J B. DOYLE i s off- on another
out-of-country f l i g h t after a few lioon'ths in Virginia*
SMALL ..'JORLP
This l a t t e r a r r i v e d j u s t as one December ibsue had crouched i n t o
the maw of the raimeo ;raph so we had to hold i t over u n t i l t h i s month
with g r e a t r e l u c t a n c e &;„ w,e wanted to squeeze i t i n t o the Christinas
e d i t i o n ever so badly - i t was so fu.ij. OJ. news. I t ' s from Major
WAITE W. .WORLSH, U.S.K.C. and w e ' l l try DO f l a s h up lite high l i g h t s
for you - i t ' S j u s t fraught with "S.W." items. The Ilajor has been
out o^ the U. S. since A p r i l , 1942, and since L,hen he has met three
l o c a l lea thernocks - namely Capt. Bud Arnadoi'f 3 Capt. .Eddie Roff
and Capt. Thomas O'wlahoneyj i n f a c t h e ' s seen Eddie and Tom s e v e r a l
times and l e t ' s us m on one s e c r e t bhat caere it; a Mrs. Thomas
O'Mahoney, a very charming Australian g i r l who is-duo to v i s i t . M i l l bur n any day now. Major W or den has al: o met L t . .E, MORTON FEKMER anc, smallest of S - a l l worlds.',- Capt. DOUQLAS Ivl. SMITH and the Major
are on duty together with the-same, b a t t a l i o n i
Cur kind correspondent sighs off with the Hlcupid" news chat JACK YU11CK (M,H.S. l 34)
i s a 1st Lt. in the Army Air Corps and r e c e n t l y married a girl* he
met in Liichigan, while he was attending Ivlichi^an S t a t e . Many, many,
many thanks 'to you, Major, for" sending us buch a fine batch of
news about I l i l l b u r n i t c s - anc; we are lookin,; forward to hearing
from you again GOonI
Pfc CLARENCE B. HQKE JR. i s a nice thoughtful guy - he sends us two
V-mail l e t t e r s with large—ish writing to t h a t our lamps d o n ' t g e t
completely crossed up (as they wcruld have if he had sq.uizzled the
entire: message on one V s h e e t ) . Hej'.s oom-3j.he.rt; in England and says
ho lik^s h i s new location lo:ts better ind bhat chore i s nothing
wrori' with h i s appetite - but d e f i n i t e l y I He sends ^ jasons Greetings
to ED KAISER and. FRED BROWN and "US" aud the "Small World1'! p a r t i s
t h a t he and GEORGE EADtfOVTCH are planning t h e i r Christmas Day t o l e t t e r #S with "Keep Typing 'em and w e ' l l
ge t&1 a r .
C l a r e nc 3
Okey Doke5 Hoket and we're s t i l l waiting to .
continue our job"
imbibe in t h a t Ka
j r ' s Coke' v^ith you when you couc marching homel
Here i s a neatly printed V-mail l e t t e r from Pfc M. C. KAS^LHliSiN but
what with the i-edaction in size of the l e t t e r we' CJ"ot, in comparison
to the o r i g i n a l , our r i ,ht and l e f t eyea are p r a c t i c a l l y braided t o gether 'trying to decipher i t - even with the axd of our t o n ' s Junior
G-men magnifying glass 1 I t ' s a swell l e t t e r : , though, make no mistake;
about t h a t I and he t e l l s us t h a t , while i n Africa he saw t h a t o f t met t r i o - JOHNNY PETKILLO, NXCK. MARCAtfTONIO,
MARCANO, and NICK MARCK3TTA and
al
also ROCCO TOLVE and th
h:-d a happy r e u n i o n . "M.C." (does t h a t
stand for Mike or Martin?) says he hopes to see JlI.LiY GROSUO and
some 'of the other local boys too—now that he is in "Sunny" (oh,
Yeah?) Italy. He wants us to say hello to the TOLVAJ—-Vito. and his
cousin, the aforementioned Rooco. Thanks for all your nice wishes,
soldier, and you know we send the same to all of youI
Hero's a q.ueer one for this department, Cpl. HUGH FITZS II.IMONS' was in
the Service Club at Camp Carson, Colo., recently, when he spotted a
familiar face—but, he wasn't quite sure whether or not this face
re'&lly was EDDIE MA.LLON or just someone who had a strollg rosemblance—
also this hauntingly-familiar-looking soldier looked a lot stouter
than the Eddie of Hughiers memory, back hone.. Vfell, it was Eddie all
right~-but Eddie wasn't sure it was Hughie, either—so neither one
spoke—toil I tchj How. do we know? Each boy;, wrote home and said he
thought he had seen the other—and their mothers got to get her' on
the letters—sooooo d o n H bo such sfcy violets next tine :, boysj
A/0 ROGER WENT writes from "Deep in tjie Heart of"—that he met A/c
EARL MELLEN at midnight recently in Corpus" Christi, all of which was
quite a pleasant !.uirprlse--(hu:.i—hoii? about your beauty sleep, boys?)
Roger expects to graduate around the end of this, month—and we know
this young mariner will look handsomer than ever with those wings!
Ear-to-tho-ground data for this department
items :-
us the following
•Lt. P. A. HAKDVTLLE was invited to dinner by the Colonel of
his outfit and was delighted to find his former Springfield
Minister among the guests, meaning, of course, I.lajor Melberr;
who is, now head of the Chaplains in the Western Pacific area*
Lt, Handvillo might change his name to "Handsfull" at this
point as lie is in corimand of his '.otacftrient on account of
his Captain has just.been naue a IIa;jor.
Pvts. JOHN 1?AIR1<TSIJD and &AJRI0I1-GU BIXTQKAJV1 met recently out
at the University of Mississippi-.
Pf'c. LLOYD 0. SMITH, in, icy Iceland is planning to meet'DICK
MONTGOMERY and spend his furlough with him, some tine this
month.
.From England v/e hear that Pvt, DEAil BRIGHT and Pfc. ROBERT
THUMPS ON are In the same battalion ana thereby enjoy a lot
of each other?s company, • Incidentally, Dean's aunt Is a
nurse in the British Army, stationed nearby, which makes
things oven nicer for him.
Also pn those same shores of Albion, we are told that Pvt,
•WILLIAM J. DAY <Jr. is looking fommra to meeting his old
friend, Cpl. PAUL PAIAZZOLA. 'Paul has gecn quite a lot of
action about which Billy is anxious to hear. Another pal,
Pl'Cr.SARL MILLS is in England too, so there should be a lot
more "S.vsT," news from this quartvv soon.
T/ 5 AMTHONI CAIY.U10 on returning from his furlough, stopped
in to aee Pvt, DA1TIEL TERONO »vhp not only gave hln:. his bunk
for the night, but saw to it that they both had a good time
together.
Those MAHCJCSTTA brothers, Cpl. IFRANK and Pvti ' 1JICICT have
finally met for the first time in two years, thanks to
Kicky'c Chaplain who arranged for Cpl. I'rankio to visit his
brother for four days at the hospital where Ilicky is now
c o nv ale s 6 i ;i(:.
Cpl. PROSPER 8r;nANZIALE and 1MLL ELAUERIT had a happy meet
ing in Africa not so long ago which nicely winds up our
Small Vforld news till anonl
TOO BAD
From Nashville, fenn. S/Sgt. LEWIS BITFO writes that he has been
eliminated from Air Crew Training because of physical reasons and
is awaiting transfer to the Armorer School at Denver, Colo. We
know how disappointed you must have been, Lew—but we're glad you
are taking youx* troubles in your stride and we're also glad you are
Lew chides us too about dubbing
heading for one fine school, to^
his brother, Cpl-. MIKS BUFO-, a Captain in one of our past issues {an
incident that still nak.es question marks of our eyebrows???.) and adds
that Cpl. Mike was among those fightin 1 lade out at one of those
South Pacific Islands that we T ve been rea ling so much about. Maybe ;'•
that's why we haven't heard from Hike—here we've bseii kidding him
about the hula---and all along Itc been the Nasty Nips that have kept
him too busy to write*
Our- reporters have just popped up with the sad news -that Lt. 7/ILLIAM
TAP LIN is in the hospital (flat on his face-'-according to our First
Aid lure) with' a broken back.caused by an unruly mechanical mustang
(Jeep) which not only tossed hl;.i Into a ditch, but had the :,all to
land on top of him! Well, we trust the- eventual Iron corset won't
put your tunic too much out of chape—arid hereafter we suggest riding
those Jeeps with your spurs on (the way they rode ITieuports and
Jenny's in ore last war I) Seriously, though, we are fraught with
sympathy and best wiab.es for your painless and speedy/ recovery.
We are happy to inform you
appendectomy In England,.
- Vit
J
-
AEL LULLS I B reooveririf, from an
* ************
SILVER LINING
Here are two cheery V-mails from our old pal "Smitty"—Pvt« THOMAS E.
SMITH—Who finds the vim and vitality to smile and. sound ohipper In
spite of the Tact that he has just recovered fr.oia a 3 weeks hospital
sojourn In Iceland—having been laid low witr Rheumatic Fever, He
sayfs he's feeling first rite now—and to say i . llo to his former
school mates, the POLIOARPIO twins and to- give fyis returns to Ole
Millburn. Another reason for Smitty's beaming countenance is that
he has just received a nice fat batch of SA
from home.!1 Keep on
reporting to us, me la,d«-«-we go for it—II] c i
We see by the Item that Major R0ESR1 L. IJRJGET landed home for the
Holiday season after a large axiount of flying in India, Burma, and
China (to all three of which he will probably, hie again upon the
completion of his reports to Washington}-*, The really silver part is
that !jie dreamed of a "Thite Christmas 9-t home while In Chunking—
lit-tle whotting that his dream would coxae true I Major "Vright is a
veteran of World War 1 who volunteered aft or Pearl Harbor and who
lias been in active (vory_ active!), service, over since. The best of
everything to you, MajorI! You deserve it I
A fine way to delebrato your first wedding anniversary (or any other)
is to be able to arrive home arid surprise your foiiilies — w h i c h Is
just what Lt. and Mrs. PALMER BEADNER did—by air I! Pvt. WILLIAM
BRADNSR ivas home, too, and it was the first time the brothers had met
in almost two years I
That broad grin on Pvt. IAVflGNCii LSVJIS* handsome face is because he's
now In Officers Candidate School.
Pvt. H. G-. MELLEN is wearing a. bit of the same on his glanour-puss
because he has just been accepted for training in the Army Air
Forces and is smilingly awaiting transfer at this writing.
Tech. Sgt. DINALD V. CHASE received the Air Force Medal in November
for completing successful bombing missions over Roumanian Oil Fields
•11.
(and howl) and o oner missions as well
and for you Sarge'l
we're beaming with you
Our g i r l i s h pans gleam on and on for Sgt, JOHN N. TAYLOR who has comp l e t e l y recovered from his recent operation.
And smiles galore, for 2nd L t . THOMAS M. STEVENS, who received h i s
wings on January 7 t h . Ditto for Robert V. Finnea^ey who received
h i s wings' a clay e a r l i e r - January 6 t h .
Any day now, we anticipate beholding the fine features of Cpl. M. E.
STAINZIALE who i s back in the homeland from the. South P a c i f i c and expects uo make a t r i p back h e r e .
I t ' s nice to learn that Pfc i'elix Cardone i s back .v/ith h i s company
after a s p e l l on che c l i n i c a l cot.
Of course Millburh doesn1 t f e e l smug over her f i g h t i n g men or anything - (yeah?) - but j u s t to add to the mounting l i s t of our own
lads who d i s t i n g u i s h themselves - we give you Ensign ROBERT SLhGKRBEAUX who was among the top ton in h i s gradual tin,u, clase of over 500
men a t ^uonset, R. I . - he w i l l cp^cialize in Special Devises which
sounds not only very s e c r e t , out also very ominous to the enemy.
Another happy couple who were able to coiue back to Millburn for
Christrnab were L t . and LIrs. ROSS L. CUJ.MING, - L t . Cummins i s now
acting as Personal Consultant a t j?t. McPherson, Ga.
Sgt-, JIT.11IY GROSSO received the purple He.scrt r e c e n t l y - and coivTatu l a t i o n s , Jamost We sincerely hope-, you w i l l r e s t on these lavender
l a u r e l s and not go getting wounded againi
CUPID'S CORNER
I t kincla looks as i i oho 'New Year's cherub and L i t t l e Dan were doing
a heart throb duet - a t any r a t e , war or no war. Dame Romance ever
r e a r s her lovely headi
This f i r s t item came to us r.s a l a s t minute flash for the December
issue - but - arrived jutst LOO l a t e &o be included - so 3 here i t i s
now.
.
:,
•'-••-.
JOHN B. RBTALLACK JR. and His,. Nora Heath, of Madison, were married
on December Gth. The groom is with the Merchant Marine, Our tardy
but sincere best wishes to them bothi
Another wedding ox' i n t e r e s t was that of Ensign JACKSON ALLBIN RIKER
U.S.N.R. and Miss Jane Liarie Lonergaiij botii of Llillburn, who were
married a t S t . Rose of Lima and had a gala r e c e p t i o n a t C h a n t i c l e r ,
Among those who nave announced t h e i r intended t r o t h are Tech. Corp.
JOSEPH DUETSCII and Miss Margaret Labadics ox iMewark; also Chief P e t t y
Officer ROBERT deC. JOHNSON', U.S.N. and Blanche Brouard, S l / c WAVES,
have announced t h e i r engagement. We have no idea as to any d e f i n i t e
wedding date tho' - as one lady i n question i s now taking further
t r a i n i n g in Georgia and the groom-to-be xs awaiting assignment to
another s n i p .
Ensign E. B. Y/ilHvSYiiiR h$s put a lovely s o l i t a i r e on
the hand of Miss P e a r l Marie Black of Montclair - and we hope-we
w i l l hear l o t s of wedding b e l l s soon - for a l l the above "engagees".
As we go to p r e s s . Marine Sgt, AUDREY MITSCHEIR5 one of oui1 Victory
B e l l e s , i s stepping down che a i s l e a t St,. Stephen's Church to become
the bride of 2nd L t . ALLEN RICHIuOFD FERGUSON A.A.F. of Paw t u c k e t , R.
I.
We believe t h a t Sgt, Audrey i s the f i r s t member of M i l l b u r n ' s
lady warriors to hark to the wedding b e l l s (ana i f we are wrong,
we're sure y o u ' l l l e t us know I) - at any r a t e our congratulations
to the lucky Lieutenant for his excellent choice. He, by the way i s
stationed in California and h i s bride i s s t a t i o n e d i n North Carolina,
and we hope onu or the other will get a more proximate t r a n s f e r soon.
12.
Pfc. JOSEPH H. WITTKOP seems to be wearing two hearts these days
a Purple Heart award on his mainly chest - plus h i s own heart on h i s
sleeve in honor of Miss Barbara Hendrix of Alabama. -The f i r s t he
received in the Tawara B a t t l e , and the l a t t e r of course was a far
more pleasant b i t of arrow targe cry from DanM Cupid* Anyhow he
has arrived at the Navy Base Hospital in San Diego5 Cal. and as soon
as he gets a thirty-day leave he plans to do the double "I do" with
Miss Hendrix- and take. in the home, town on h i s honeymoon*
Another guy, with Holy Matrimony, gleaming in his eye, i s Ens, PIERCE
A. CASSiiiDY JR. who expects to get leave in March, during which ho
will come home and get Married..
And here's an Ensign who d i d n ' t wait for the Ides of March — we refer
to Ens. JQSiSPH WiSITZISl'teiiRG who cook as his bride Miss Martha Perkins
on De-ce.r;j.ber 26th at Los Altos, California. A foivaer M.H.S. schoolmate
i^ns. ROSS HADDOK GRAY and I Irs.- Gray ivere on hand for the nuptial
f e s t i v i t i e s which made everything about perfect, as these two
Nautical one-stripers have been pals for years ana are only stationed
about 25 miles apart now.
Sgt. J . J . SPERANZA was- married December 19th to Hiss Margaret La
Fleur- of Plattsburgy ilevu York. .
And another Sarge who became a Benedict iri December was Sgt. JBffl-.IY
MONACO, We hear his bride is a Puerto Rican blonde beauty with blue
eyes and her .-first name is Magda —. which a l l sounds, very very
romanticI
Who op si — here
we are late again! (and, we confers, a b i t hazy as to.
d e t a i l s s t i l l 1 , ) Anyhow, Pfc SAIHGL SAGGIO was married in October to
a g i r l from Hontasono, Washington. H6w about t e l l i n g us more about
i t Sam?
Here's a last-minute heart ohrob flash that j u s t came pulsing in over
che vine in time to p r i n t — The e&gag:efneirb of Lt. JOHTT A, WARH&R
to Miss Jane Taplin of Llillburn has j u s t been announced* — AhQ with
t h i s final arrow, Dan .signs .off t i l l February,
STORK.'.CLUB
A v e r y n i c e A i r m a i l l e t t e r h a s floito i n our window from L t . THQIvIAS W.
MURPHY U.S.H.R. - ( o n e of our many l o c a l p h y s i c i a n s now d o c t o r i n g
for Uncle Sam) w i t h the happy news chat he ahci M r s . Ivlurphy a r e t h e
prb.ua p.: r e n t s - o f a s o n , b o r n a few .months ago* Phie Mother and t h e i r
two c h i l d r e n a r e d u r a t i o n i n g i n g a s h i n g con, D . C . , -while t h e n a u t i c a l
medico i s bobbing about on t h e P a c i f i c . C o n g r a t s on t h e new young
' u n . L i e u t e n a n t 5 a s w e l l a s on your promotion t o a f u l l t w o - s t r i p e r .
Lt* and M r s . EDWIN LABViilY have a l o v e l y now dau,_.ht..,r named S h i r l e y
C o l l e t t e who promises t o be cue lirenda FrazjLor of 1960 ? a c c o r d i n g t o
reports.
Another feminine b i t -who augurs a turmoil in the stag line some
sixteen years hence i s Miss Barbara JVan I'.asi who arrived via storkb i l l on November 21st to Cpl. and Mrs. Vincent P . Masi.
ORCHID
EXCITAIVTGE
We'll s t a r t off our "Thanks" column this month v;ith g i r l i s h squeaks
of "Oh Joiumy - Oht" as v;e peruse a V-l.jt/Ur from that star of our
Small World department .-(you guessed it',) - Pfc JQKHNY PS'xiULLO. He's
the guy everyone meets up with, smacks into ~ or plain bumps upon.,who
•r
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has been in
his l e t t e r ,
fact, Johnny m'boy, we're tuning up our blushes we's we can blush
r i g h t with you when you pay us that promised v i s i t at headquarters.
Meanwhile., a l l those c o nip 1 intents you wrote us have us j u s t x^l&in
starry-eyedl
Here's a V-job a l l the way from India, from Sgt. DICK WELLS to t e l l
as how much he liked our Christmas issue (November for overseas). lie
says this was his 2nd Christmas in the Army and i t ' s been more than
a year since he was home. Dick-asks for news of CARL DI1JGER and a l l
we remember i s that we wrote a b i t of rhyme about h i s having an infected finger in the September T a t t l e . However, w e ' l l be glad to play
• postman if you care to write him, in care of us.
And now, progressing East from India, we find our next V-letLer comes
from one of pur favorite "old s a l t s , " namely HENRY N. MONACO E.M. 1/c
who is busy in the Pacific somewhere, but who takes -time out to dash
us a line to thank us for the October Tattle (that Pacific Postman
sure has lazy feet - as our Tattles never seem to get there as f a s t i )
He, Iienry, says he hasn't seen anyone from home yet ? but h e ' s s t i l l
hopefully keeping his eyes wide open - and then the darling' says we
can be his Santa Glaus as long as we keep sending him the " I . " Don't
worry, boyl With or without white whiskers, we won't l e t you downl
Here's another Pacific Salt - raebbe your respective yachts w i l l nudge
bows one of these days? This l e t t e r i s from PETER A'. D'ELIA S 1/c
who cryptically writes he 'hasn't much to say, only he wishes he were
back to thank us for our newsy effort in person,. He sends his best
to a l l his buddies in the M.H.S. class of '41 - (and our best thanks
to you, Pete, for your double treat of a l e t t e r and Christmas card to
us.)
And s t i l l another Pacific Seaman', This time it* S HENRY WINKLER S 1/c
who sends us some nice inky thanks in his very neat hand, saying that
he i s glad to get our news of the town he thinks the world of — a l l
of -which steps up our morale a t least, umpty-hundred percent too —
(You're r i g h t on your surmise about Mrs. Bufo keeping us posted on
your address, Henry.)
S t i l l in the Pacific Theater, we espy a l e t t e r from Pfc E. H. LEANDER
JR. who i s with a Bomb Squadron somewhere in New Guinea. Besides
fanning our ego with compliments, lie writes that after spending some
time over there he has formed an entirely new conception of x,he good
ole U.S.A. and never again w i l l he j u s t take his homeland for granted.
In fact the main thing"that keeps him and his buddies going i s the
knowledge that the sooner they get choir jobs done the sooner they
will get home.
No\"; l e t ' s hop over the Atlantic to. "somewhere in I t a l y " from whence
cometh a V-letter from Cpl. NICK PARIS who v/rites to thank the U.S.O,
for his Christmas package and to s--.y. that they c e r t a i n l y w i l l make
the best they can of Christmas over' t h e r e , though he r e a l l y misses the
old home town and everything about i t .
We are simply aglow over this l e t t e r from JOSEPH P. MILLER S.F. 3/c
who has us gogle-eyed with a l l the nice things he says about the
Tattle or "That Light Brown Paper," as he c a l l s i t .
Joe apologizes
for not being able to send us a Christmas card, but allows as how he
i s hardly within walking; distance from any corner s t o r e , being way
out a t sea. He also gives us the Small World item that he f i n a l l y
met up with his cousin, VINCENT SCKAULER, on Thanksgiving day, r i g h t
here in Millburn after searching a l l ov._r the globe, including' the
F i j i Islands, for hiinl
From, Pair f i e l d , Ohio, Capt. R. C. BRUMBERGER writes us a cheery note
of thanks for spreading "The S p i r i t of Millburn11 to a l l corners of
the earth. Capt. Brumbergyr was the happy r e c i p i e n t of h i s Captaincy
as a Christmas g i f t from Uncle Sam - (Congrats, Cap'nl) - the promotion arriving the day before Christmas. He i s high in h i s praises to
the U.S.O. for their Christmas parcel, and signs off by t e l l i n g us
a l l to keep up the swell work — and .that we hope to do I
1
1.4,
"7o received a. very amusing (and complimentaryi) letter from Gapt,
JOSEPH P. DAY Jr. A.G.F. who promised us a visit (and he kept his
promise.!) to thank .us in person for our struggle with the Fourth
Estate. His eighteen-year-old-son, Pvt. JOSEPH P. DAY III entered
the A m y on December 6th and is now at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts,
Our thanks for their cards of thanks are heartily extended to Gapt.
W, B. SIICPARD, A/C VKMAN KANE, Col* JOSEPH DU3T3CE, Dpi. FkFl) IIEITKAMP,
C. RAYMOND J1IGHBROWN S 2/c, and F/O JOHN C. FLAIISRTY* Your respective
addresses have been noted too--and brought up to date.
All the many and beautiful Christmas cards we received from our service men and women were greatly appreciated. The bounty was such,
however, that we would have to take up the entire issue of the Tattle
if v/e-mentioned each name in acknowledgement j so w© are sure that the
large group (practically the entire personnel of Tlillburn's fighting
forces!) will understand and accept our wholesale but heartfelt
thanks.
SPOftTS
Here we are, curdling our frayed bit of brain a Ssin to try and give
you a well-scrambled resurae of "the sport world (being about as
athletic as boiled macaroni ourselves—you can imagine the enormity
of this task-!
We regret to report that the Blue and VJhite Five lost their opening
game to Clifford Scott, 40 - 50, on the opponent's court, but not
without plenty of excitement and. competition, as Milltxurn was ahead
37 - 35 at- the end of the third period. Gapt. Pill Johnson was high •
scorer for IJillburn with twelve point:..
The Blue and White Jay-Vees vindicated the local honor by creaming
Clifford Scott's Junior Varsity 45 - 11 with Bob Henderson corralling
high score what-have-you for the home team by making sixteen of these
points.
"Alps" still lives up to its high sounding name- by leading the "A"
League in bowling—highest individual scores being held by Mayo ?.66 (Father of Coast Guardsman Komia'n Mayo.) and Pritchard - 235.
And now v/efll bowl you over with, the New Year's Day Bowl scores in
football as follows: Rose Bowl, Southern California 89—Washington 0;
Sugar Bowl, Georgia Tech. 2.0—Tulsa 18; Orange Bowl, Louisiana State
19—Texas A & M 11; Cotton Bowl, Randolph Field 7—Texas II. 7; .Sun
Bowl. Southwestern Texas 7 — Mew Mexico 0; Oil Bowl, Southwestern
La. 24—Arkansas A & M 7} Vulcan Bowl, Tuskegee 12—Clark 7; Flower
Bowl, Allen University 33—van;.-'.ton-Salem Tech. 0; Shrine Game, East 13vfest 13 --— and pardon us while we"' jump Into the nearest Was sail
Bowl to recover from all this tallying.
In the local Hockey, the Millburn Blue Wings triumphantly opened the
season by whamming the puck to a spectacular overtime victory against
a fast-moving Madison team 6 - 5.
The New York Rangers aren't doing too well in the big league—their
latest defeats being at the hands of Boston who downed them 13 - 3, and
the Canadians did likewise 6 - 5 .
In boxing, Beau Jack used his leather-padded duke-s to beat Lulu Costantino in a final decision at Ma&i-son Square Garden. There seemed to
be plenty of footwork t o o — a s , according to-the newspapers Jack spent
most of the evening, chasing his quarry hither and yon about the
squared circle in order to get a poke at Costanti.no' s- fast receding
chin—all to a chorus of boos, of course I
In golf—"Jug" .KcSpaden of Philadelphia won the Los Angeles open-with
278 for 72 holes, Johnny Bulla came in second with 281.
Toodle-oo till next time.
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15.
The REVEREND HENRY J. CAL<r?rGLL, Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church
of Short Hills lias written this message, which la the ninth of a_
series of articles from each of the ministers of our townahip.
"Greetings and beet winhes fpr the. New Year to all the boys from
Millburn and Short Hills in the armed forces of the country.
The year 1943 demanded many, sacrifices of you yet you bravely carried
on despite the trials and hardships you had to face because God was
with you* Your u aunt less courage and heroioru on the different "battle
fronts has brought glory-and honor to the stars and stripes, „
In St* hose of Lima Church, here in. Short Hills we hold special services regular].:/ for your benefit asking Divine Providence; to keep
an ever watchful eye over you at all time a, Many a mother's prayer
Goes up to heaven at the tie services for- the boys 'who are far from
home, Keep dp your courage then. In spirit we are all with. you. I
ask God to blesa arid protect you during the Hew Year,"
BARS, STRIPES AND ;ggEVR0N5,
Adsit, John W.
opi; .
Basilea, Hugh B.
?fo,.
Bateman, William N»
Lt.
Brill, Robert
,Capt. ..
Brumberger, Robert C,
Cap;b»
Buie, Neil W.
Lt.
Oatlin, Everett A.
Gpl.
Chapman, Page IVi' Jr.
P.apt* .
Coffman, Frank vV,
Major
Coppola, Jo seph T.
T/5
Cory, John Cortelyou
Lt •,
D*Andrea, Daniel F.
Pfc.
Dreher, Gordon L,
Cpl.
Finnessey, Robert V,
French, Arthur
2nd lit.
Gardner, Carl A.
Pfc.
Heitman, Henry R, III
End Lt.
H o m e , Peter L. Jr.
R 3/o
Horton, John A,
A,M>M. l/o
Idoro, Joseph
2nd Lt.
Jame s, Hugh I? •
Lt.
Johnstons, Henry fli Ji
La Rocoa, Julia
S/Sgt #
Leavitt, W. E .
Lt."
Lewis', Lav/re nee B.
Gpl.
Lincoln, Leroy R. Jr.
S l/o
Manchee, Richard E.
Lt.
Manterino, Raced
Monaco, Henry N .
Monoco, Jame s
Pendergast,
Ramsdell, Clifford H.
Reino, Matthew
Retalli'ok, Robert L.
Hiker, Jackson.
Rogers, Redmond P.
Rudiger, Stanley H .
Salsbiu-y, Carl C.
Gehaefer, John F«
Scott, Donald J. Ur,
Sorocoa. Ralph
Simtas, G-eorge
J.
Gperanza, Carmen
Bperanaa, Ro ceo
Stevens, Jolili. L.
Stevens, Thonas D.
Stidger, VM, G.
vSutera, La valence M,
Tiffany, Karl H .
Turner, Herman 0.
'•Veils, Richard 0.
y/inkler, Henry
¥00 Thik Ling
Young, Vfo. R.
Smith, Grenville A.
Cp.l.-:
H.H.l/c
Sgt..
-c3Bt.. .
Ensign
Set.
Cpl.
Ensign
R, 3./.C
Cpl.
S/Sgt,
Cpl.
Pfc./
Lt.
T.M.o/c
T.lvI.S/c
A.O.M.B/c,
2nd Lt.
S l/c
Pfc.
Lt.
S 2/c
Sg.t-i
S l/c
Pfc.
M/Sgt.
The following will leave to?/n for service in January:
Army
Robert T, Dunn
John H. Heller
Anvy Aviation Cadet
Ssiians, Rudolph
^.uiCT. NOTICE
If any of you v<ant to send letters to friends in service, address
them to the friend in care of the Tattle, A.V/.VfS. Headquarters,
Millburn, New Jersey, and T.ve will gladly forward them for you..
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16,
Tfe want to thank the folio-wing for calling at A.V/.V.S. Headquarters
- your visits were enjoyed by u s .
A/G \«I. W, Bettefidge
Lt. Palmer Bradner
Pvt. R. M. Brambila
Gpl. Anthony Oaivano
Lt. E . L, Chalif
Gpl. Don W. Cooper
Lt. R. W, Cook
S S/o J* J. Caffrey
Pfc. Robert JT. Drui.nond
Pvt..Arthur R. Fracfcenpohl
Lt. Mary B, Grierson
Pfc. Harry E , Hooley, Jr.
3 M 3/c Anthony D'lonno
Pfo. A. L, Kaspereen
Sgt, L. E , Laeser
Pvt. a. A. Mazurki
Pvt, Howard G. Mellen
Q M 2/o J . S. Moulton
Sgtj Audrey I , Hit seller
R T l / o S. G. Re1son
Pvt. R. H. ochroedor
Sgt. John B# S c h i l l i n g
Pvt. Florence 3'# Stokes
S l/c W. u. Szpara
8gt. V i r g i l V/. Sajnms
Lt. Coxadr. Arthur B« Sweet
Capt. S, C. Tap1in
Llid'n Bruoe I/inner
ifilliams
p l . Carl
Report .era
Mrs # Carl Egne-r
Mrs. G* W.
Giliaan
Ivlrs, R, i 1 . Lay ton
A. E . French
Mr;;. 0. V. Smith '
Mrs> E, T. Burton
LI, S, Anderson
Mias /inne Zirmuerman
Mrs.' James M
Mrs',
Mrs,
lira,
Mrs,
Mrs,
Mrs',
Krs,
ill"3.
T.Irr!,
lira.
IIrs,
I\:rs'.
Mrs,
John S« Bacheller
Dominick Bufo Coleraan Burke
P . A. Cassedy
Paul G i l l
E. R. J e f f c o a t t
F, ;/i Lawrence'
P, J . Lor.ibeck
Robert L'lausf
0, J . Ilorelock, J r .
Q,. W. Rege s t e i n
Robert A. oinoerlieaurc
S,. 3 , Spencer
Ciroulati'on Manager^
Mrs. G-. P. Robinson
Mrs, L. G, Giles, Aso't.
Symington, Chairman ,!a.'/.Y.3. Millburn-Short Rills Unit