The Apache sentinel., 1943-11-19

=. TOI SAdiltJIc, GllCy UIdNclCU III d
sbattle-wagon (railroad vernacu-
lar for a day-coach made over with
double bunks) as far as Tucson,
where an extra sleeper was put n
for the WACs. The WACs trav-
eled in real style in the de luxe car
with its private rooms. F.. +. 1t also
seems that Pvt "Personality-Plus"
Della Haney injected quite hum
orouS incident into the trip -
but that's story that Haney doesn't
want us to tell. OF all the pic
lures that were taken in Hollywood,
the most interesting are those of
Pvt Austin Mccoy enthralling a
group of soldiers with his piano
playing and Pvt. Lamar "Stoney"
Stone being enthralled by Actress
Joan Leslie as she signs his auto
graph book across a, stack of trays
in the Hollywood Canteen.
Thinking out loud-Service Club
No. is on some time nowadays
with its own letterhead stationery;
its news is better written than
ever, too! The same goes for Serv-
ice Club No 2. Our sincere thanks
to Hostesses Carter and Watkins!
IF it weren't for Mrs. Maynard
and Mrs. Hardy, don't know what
we'd do" says Mrs Marion Wethers
of the Post Red Cross. Recently
these. two charming and industrious
ladies made 18 pairs Of, draperies.
for the 92nd Division and now
they've just. completed slip-covers
to make the Red Gross reception
room more cozy!s Orchids to them!
More orchids to Mrs. Clara Sulli-
van who so graciously consented to
help us out with news of civilian So
cial goings-on, etc. =. Mrs. Wini-l
fred Barnes, secretary to 1t. Col.
Nelson is wishing that more cooper
alton had been given the Special
Service Office in Fort Huachuca's
still incomplete effort to raise $1,000
for the Community Chest. :. Work
of such sketch artists as Sgt. An
drew Lewis inspires our profound
admiration for soldier artists who do
not believe in letting their talent
remain idle and unused.
Now that Sgt. Bette Kerr of
LeavenWorth, Kans., has put Cpl.
James .Cootie" Hurd out of his mis-
cry by marrying him, We'll bet
there1l be more wedding bells ring
ing among members of the WAC
Non-Com's club. Other members of
the club are: Cpl. Vera Powe, pres
ident, New Orleans; Sgt. Virginia
Meyer, vice president, Cincinnati;
Cpl. Mary Freeman, secretary, Win
ston-Salem, NC; Sgt Glennye Oh
1ver, assistant secretary, Chicago;
Sgt. Marguerite Wallace. treasurer,
Monmouth. ILL.,, and Sgt. Carrie
Hamilton, sergeant at arms and
chaplain, Chicago.
Overheard on the bus
Soldier: rs your boy friend in
the Sou or Division?"
WAC (rather shaken): "Er ,"
Soldier: Am being too personal
or something's"
WAC; "Of course not"
Soldier: rs he in the SOU or
Division?"
WAC: "sCU versus Division
Popular neminee for current title
OF Man About -the-Post" is the Di-
visions .dashing shutterbug, S/Sgt.
Verdun P Cooke. i. His colleagues
nominated him for the honor.
-. And then there's the story
about the prin, old-maid English
teacher who'd never heard a soldier
cusS a sailor out Cor vice versa) ::
my word" she exclaimed, "aren't
their characterizations intriguing!"
She ought to hear some of the pic
turesque patter that is making
World War II slang history around
barracks and orderly rooms these
days: ''long coat" or wearing a coat
long enough to sweep up the floor"
for a person who acts as an inform
er; milk carrier" or "a guy who'll
bust quart over your head in a
minute" another Army term for an
lnformer; "going into the cabin
carrying tales on a fellow soldier:
ito open his nose" make someone
angry There's lot of patter that's
even more picturesque. Slanguage
known as "jive,s that is supposed to
be spoken by city Sliekers, and de-
fieS explanation, rhyme or reason
Like the roach on the porch, too
smooth to move"
We owe our ability. to quote that